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69 Players

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age From To G MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Shareef Abdur-Rahim 20 1997 2008 830 28882 15028 6239 2109 820 638 .472 .297 .810 34.8 18.1 7.5 2.5 1.0 0.8
2 Ray Allen 21 1997 2010 944 35179 19695 4185 3550 1145 172 .448 .398 .893 37.3 20.9 4.4 3.8 1.2 0.2
3 Shandon Anderson 23 1997 2006 719 15946 5327 2252 1007 556 180 .457 .316 .739 22.2 7.4 3.1 1.4 0.8 0.3
4 Dexter Boney 26 1997 1997 8 48 19 6 0 2 1 .316 .167 .750 6.0 2.4 0.8 0.0 0.3 0.1
5 Bruce Bowen 25 1997 2009 873 24055 5290 2428 1089 712 336 .409 .393 .575 27.6 6.1 2.8 1.2 0.8 0.4
6 Mark Bradtke 28 1997 1997 36 251 59 68 7 5 5 .431 .692 7.0 1.6 1.9 0.2 0.1 0.1
7 Marcus Brown 22 1997 2000 27 229 92 22 23 8 2 .381 .333 .714 8.5 3.4 0.8 0.9 0.3 0.1
8 Kobe Bryant 18 1997 2010 949 34569 23853 5027 4404 1445 545 .455 .341 .840 36.4 25.1 5.3 4.6 1.5 0.6
9 Marcus Camby 22 1997 2010 759 23289 8137 7443 1416 779 1997 .471 .182 .681 30.7 10.7 9.8 1.9 1.0 2.6
10 Jimmy Carruth 27 1997 1997 4 21 5 4 0 0 2 .667 1.000 5.3 1.3 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
11 Erick Dampier 21 1997 2010 867 21854 6859 6409 760 300 1271 .492 .083 .628 25.2 7.9 7.4 0.9 0.3 1.5
12 Ben Davis 24 1997 2000 40 154 54 53 5 6 2 .356 .462 3.9 1.4 1.3 0.1 0.2 0.1
13 Emanual Davis 28 1997 2003 227 3935 1100 440 396 167 29 .394 .352 .787 17.3 4.8 1.9 1.7 0.7 0.1
14 Tony Delk 23 1997 2006 545 11702 4957 1351 1024 447 77 .408 .343 .769 21.5 9.1 2.5 1.9 0.8 0.1
15 Aleksandar Djordjevic 29 1997 1997 8 61 25 5 5 0 0 .500 .714 .800 7.6 3.1 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.0
16 Nate Driggers 23 1997 1997 15 132 36 22 6 3 2 .302 .000 .714 8.8 2.4 1.5 0.4 0.2 0.1
17 Brian Evans 23 1997 1999 102 1097 375 164 77 35 18 .381 .343 .820 10.8 3.7 1.6 0.8 0.3 0.2
18 Jamie Feick 22 1997 2001 201 4316 911 1437 139 117 90 .424 .400 .629 21.5 4.5 7.1 0.7 0.6 0.4
19 Derek Fisher 22 1997 2010 947 24718 8595 2057 3048 1024 71 .404 .375 .813 26.1 9.1 2.2 3.2 1.1 0.1
20 Todd Fuller 22 1997 2001 225 2500 833 674 46 34 60 .421 .000 .668 11.1 3.7 3.0 0.2 0.2 0.3
Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age From To G MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
21 Dean Garrett 30 1997 2002 359 6969 1737 1810 204 168 372 .480 .677 19.4 4.8 5.0 0.6 0.5 1.0
22 Reggie Geary 23 1997 1998 101 931 209 82 110 50 14 .344 .328 .493 9.2 2.1 0.8 1.1 0.5 0.1
23 Devin Gray 24 1997 2000 27 173 67 39 7 9 3 .365 .618 6.4 2.5 1.4 0.3 0.3 0.1
24 Evric Gray 27 1997 1997 5 42 13 3 2 1 0 .267 .250 1.000 8.4 2.6 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0
25 Darvin Ham 23 1997 2005 417 5178 1139 963 229 136 154 .518 .250 .494 12.4 2.7 2.3 0.5 0.3 0.4
26 Steve Hamer 23 1997 1997 35 268 76 60 7 2 4 .526 .000 .552 7.7 2.2 1.7 0.2 0.1 0.1
27 Othella Harrington 23 1997 2008 709 13925 5212 3130 443 185 286 .505 .000 .738 19.6 7.4 4.4 0.6 0.3 0.4
28 Michael Hawkins 24 1997 2001 75 641 132 68 117 21 2 .377 .305 .800 8.5 1.8 0.9 1.6 0.3 0.0
29 Shane Heal 26 1997 2004 49 308 97 22 38 4 3 .273 .289 .700 6.3 2.0 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.1
30 Mark Hendrickson 22 1997 2000 114 1508 381 316 63 50 15 .416 .167 .803 13.2 3.3 2.8 0.6 0.4 0.1
31 Allen Iverson 21 1997 2009 886 36719 23983 3315 5511 1964 162 .425 .313 .780 41.4 27.1 3.7 6.2 2.2 0.2
32 Kerry Kittles 22 1997 2005 507 16929 7165 1983 1295 811 221 .439 .378 .780 33.4 14.1 3.9 2.6 1.6 0.4
33 Travis Knight 22 1997 2003 371 4566 1276 1160 224 136 221 .438 .259 .696 12.3 3.4 3.1 0.6 0.4 0.6
34 Priest Lauderdale 23 1997 1998 74 525 255 143 33 8 26 .472 .000 .554 7.1 3.4 1.9 0.4 0.1 0.4
35 Randy Livingston 21 1997 2007 203 2684 773 282 415 121 31 .406 .351 .771 13.2 3.8 1.4 2.0 0.6 0.2
36 Horacio Llamas Grey 23 1997 1998 28 143 58 36 5 11 8 .469 .333 .611 5.1 2.1 1.3 0.2 0.4 0.3
37 Matt Maloney 25 1997 2003 295 7470 2177 500 852 240 14 .408 .372 .797 25.3 7.4 1.7 2.9 0.8 0.0
38 Stephon Marbury 19 1997 2009 846 31891 16297 2516 6471 1022 121 .433 .325 .784 37.7 19.3 3.0 7.6 1.2 0.1
39 Walter McCarty 22 1997 2006 593 10374 3056 1554 670 380 173 .392 .346 .698 17.5 5.2 2.6 1.1 0.6 0.3
40 Amal McCaskill 23 1997 2004 114 968 204 213 36 24 36 .377 .000 .609 8.5 1.8 1.9 0.3 0.2 0.3
Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age From To G MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
41 Jeff McInnis 22 1997 2008 576 15927 5396 1170 2514 371 31 .431 .328 .796 27.7 9.4 2.0 4.4 0.6 0.1
42 Martin Muursepp 22 1997 1998 83 951 389 181 50 41 25 .425 .323 .693 11.5 4.7 2.2 0.6 0.5 0.3
43 Steve Nash 22 1997 2010 935 29049 13462 2758 7513 734 71 .487 .432 .900 31.1 14.4 2.9 8.0 0.8 0.1
44 Ruben Nembhard 24 1997 1997 10 113 40 8 17 9 0 .432 .000 .800 11.3 4.0 0.8 1.7 0.9 0.0
45 Gaylon Nickerson 27 1997 1997 4 42 15 5 1 1 1 .333 .000 1.000 10.5 3.8 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
46 Moochie Norris 23 1997 2006 445 7641 2272 868 1233 321 19 .401 .286 .740 17.2 5.1 2.0 2.8 0.7 0.0
47 Jermaine O'Neal 18 1997 2010 793 22488 11324 6029 1192 402 1534 .461 .152 .710 28.4 14.3 7.6 1.5 0.5 1.9
48 Ray Owes 24 1997 1997 57 592 177 163 15 15 20 .417 .200 .565 10.4 3.1 2.9 0.3 0.3 0.4
49 Vitaly Potapenko 21 1997 2007 610 11608 3995 2725 418 258 209 .479 .167 .694 19.0 6.5 4.5 0.7 0.4 0.3
50 Chris Robinson 22 1997 1998 76 1095 350 117 104 47 13 .376 .374 .571 14.4 4.6 1.5 1.4 0.6 0.2
51 Roy Rogers 23 1997 2000 137 2309 652 483 57 26 209 .483 .500 .532 16.9 4.8 3.5 0.4 0.2 1.5
52 Malik Rose 22 1997 2009 813 13406 5003 3371 684 487 293 .437 .177 .743 16.5 6.2 4.1 0.8 0.6 0.4
53 Kevin Salvadori 26 1997 1998 39 241 42 45 13 2 24 .283 .667 6.2 1.1 1.2 0.3 0.1 0.6
54 Jason Sasser 23 1997 1999 14 108 30 15 4 5 0 .412 .333 .500 7.7 2.1 1.1 0.3 0.4 0.0
55 Brent Scott 25 1997 1997 16 55 19 9 3 1 1 .471 .500 3.4 1.2 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.1
56 James Scott 24 1997 1997 8 32 1 6 3 2 0 .000 .000 .500 4.0 0.1 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.0
57 Shawnelle Scott 24 1997 2002 105 634 189 228 20 14 23 .464 .465 6.0 1.8 2.2 0.2 0.1 0.2
58 Stevin Smith 25 1997 1997 8 60 14 10 4 1 0 .333 .167 1.000 7.5 1.8 1.3 0.5 0.1 0.0
59 Matt Steigenga 26 1997 1997 2 12 3 3 2 1 1 .250 .000 .500 6.0 1.5 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.5
60 Joe Stephens 24 1997 2000 22 227 71 45 12 12 3 .357 .190 .700 10.3 3.2 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.1
Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age From To G MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
61 Erick Strickland 23 1997 2005 501 10189 3780 1317 1203 422 41 .392 .351 .826 20.3 7.5 2.6 2.4 0.8 0.1
62 Brett Szabo 28 1997 1997 70 662 153 165 17 16 32 .446 .000 .738 9.5 2.2 2.4 0.2 0.2 0.5
63 Antoine Walker 20 1997 2008 893 31531 15647 6891 3170 1085 469 .414 .325 .633 35.3 17.5 7.7 3.5 1.2 0.5
64 Samaki Walker 20 1997 2006 445 7612 2376 2089 252 134 316 .462 .111 .630 17.1 5.3 4.7 0.6 0.3 0.7
65 Ben Wallace 22 1997 2010 904 27920 5637 9275 1217 1182 1949 .472 .116 .417 30.9 6.2 10.3 1.3 1.3 2.2
66 John Wallace 22 1997 2004 381 6143 2901 1061 281 134 216 .462 .300 .740 16.1 7.6 2.8 0.7 0.4 0.6
67 Donald Whiteside 27 1997 1998 30 275 61 13 37 11 0 .333 .324 .647 9.2 2.0 0.4 1.2 0.4 0.0
68 Jerome Williams 23 1997 2005 587 12755 3865 3743 474 618 128 .502 .038 .645 21.7 6.6 6.4 0.8 1.1 0.2
69 Lorenzen Wright 21 1997 2009 779 18536 6191 4943 622 471 572 .459 .069 .645 23.8 7.9 6.3 0.8 0.6 0.7