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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player From To G MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Shareef Abdur-Rahim 1997 2008 830 28878 15028 6239 2109 820 638 .472 .297 .810 34.8 18.1 7.5 2.5 1.0 0.8
2 Ray Allen 1997 2008 863 32223 18227 3903 3327 1071 159 .446 .397 .889 37.3 21.1 4.5 3.9 1.2 0.2
3 Shandon Anderson 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 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 1997 2008 793 22547 5076 2283 1049 676 323 .408 .391 .575 28.4 6.4 2.9 1.3 0.9 0.4
6 Mark Bradtke 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 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 1997 2008 866 31572 21619 4590 4002 1321 507 .453 .340 .839 36.5 25.0 5.3 4.6 1.5 0.6
9 Marcus Camby 1997 2008 695 21303 7459 6736 1282 723 1862 .467 .183 .678 30.7 10.7 9.7 1.8 1.0 2.7
10 Jimmy Carruth 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 1997 2008 786 19990 6397 5838 683 276 1175 .483 .083 .627 25.4 8.1 7.4 0.9 0.4 1.5
12 Ben Davis 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 1997 2008 864 22244 7776 1868 2784 928 65 .402 .373 .811 25.7 9.0 2.2 3.2 1.1 0.1
20 Todd Fuller 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 From To G MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
21 Dean Garrett 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 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 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 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 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 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 1997 2008 709 13926 5212 3130 443 185 286 .505 .000 .738 19.6 7.4 4.4 0.6 0.3 0.4
28 Michael Hawkins 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 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 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 1997 2008 829 34626 22988 3142 5228 1876 156 .426 .314 .780 41.8 27.7 3.8 6.3 2.3 0.2
32 Kerry Kittles 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 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 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 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 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 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 1997 2008 823 31479 16209 2488 6396 1012 118 .434 .326 .785 38.2 19.7 3.0 7.8 1.2 0.1
39 Walter McCarty 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 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 From To G MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
41 Jeff McInnis 1997 2008 576 15926 5396 1170 2514 371 31 .431 .328 .796 27.6 9.4 2.0 4.4 0.6 0.1
42 Martin Muursepp 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 1997 2008 860 26528 12278 2534 6787 679 61 .485 .431 .897 30.8 14.3 2.9 7.9 0.8 0.1
44 Ruben Nembhard 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 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 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 1997 2008 724 20431 10397 5584 1066 373 1398 .459 .154 .705 28.2 14.4 7.7 1.5 0.5 1.9
48 Ray Owes 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 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 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 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 1997 2008 775 12933 4873 3275 648 477 290 .440 .194 .741 16.7 6.3 4.2 0.8 0.6 0.4
53 Kevin Salvadori 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 From To G MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
61 Erick Strickland 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 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 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 1997 2006 445 7614 2376 2089 252 134 316 .462 .111 .630 17.1 5.3 4.7 0.6 0.3 0.7
65 Ben Wallace 1997 2008 847 26577 5469 8904 1173 1134 1873 .473 .116 .418 31.4 6.5 10.5 1.4 1.3 2.2
66 John Wallace 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 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 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 1997 2008 761 18411 6168 4918 619 467 567 .459 .069 .646 24.2 8.1 6.5 0.8 0.6 0.7