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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 Tariq Abdul-Wahad 1998 2003 236 4807 1830 776 266 184 83 .417 .237 .703 20.4 7.8 3.3 1.1 0.8 0.4
2 Derek Anderson 1998 2008 615 17974 7357 1988 2083 691 87 .408 .341 .853 29.2 12.0 3.2 3.4 1.1 0.1
3 Chris Anstey 1998 2000 155 2157 813 534 127 78 65 .413 .138 .755 13.9 5.2 3.4 0.8 0.5 0.4
4 Drew Barry 1998 2000 60 598 134 67 111 19 2 .417 .381 .774 10.0 2.2 1.1 1.9 0.3 0.0
5 Tony Battie 1998 2007 680 15641 4532 3820 460 381 665 .492 .123 .692 23.0 6.7 5.6 0.7 0.6 1.0
6 Chauncey Billups 1998 2008 758 24087 11212 2225 4163 776 122 .416 .385 .886 31.8 14.8 2.9 5.5 1.0 0.2
7 Etdrick Bohannon 1998 2001 26 152 37 44 6 2 10 .429 .679 5.8 1.4 1.7 0.2 0.1 0.4
8 Keith Booth 1998 1999 45 449 130 97 39 22 11 .325 .091 .563 10.0 2.9 2.2 0.9 0.5 0.2
9 Rick Brunson 1998 2006 337 4533 1090 447 876 201 21 .378 .362 .693 13.5 3.2 1.3 2.6 0.6 0.1
10 Kelvin Cato 1998 2007 541 10621 2960 2874 244 292 685 .507 .077 .644 19.6 5.5 5.3 0.5 0.5 1.3
11 Keith Closs 1998 2000 130 1647 502 372 44 28 163 .471 .000 .606 12.7 3.9 2.9 0.3 0.2 1.3
12 James Collins 1998 1998 23 103 59 14 3 6 3 .382 .450 .571 4.5 2.6 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.1
13 James Cotton 1998 1999 19 92 49 16 0 4 1 .359 .000 .778 4.8 2.6 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.1
14 Chris Crawford 1998 2004 252 3985 1654 547 154 101 80 .437 .347 .824 15.8 6.6 2.2 0.6 0.4 0.3
15 Austin Croshere 1998 2008 645 11380 4435 2615 618 244 215 .408 .340 .864 17.6 6.9 4.1 1.0 0.4 0.3
16 William Cunningham 1998 1999 23 201 14 38 2 3 11 .259 .000 8.7 0.6 1.7 0.1 0.1 0.5
17 Antonio Daniels 1998 2008 793 18614 6317 1531 2755 538 84 .446 .309 .793 23.5 8.0 1.9 3.5 0.7 0.1
18 Tim Duncan 1998 2008 824 30616 17796 9746 2583 651 1992 .508 .190 .684 37.2 21.6 11.8 3.1 0.8 2.4
19 Tony Farmer 1998 2000 101 1368 532 327 79 76 20 .395 .189 .770 13.5 5.3 3.2 0.8 0.8 0.2
20 Danny Fortson 1998 2007 440 8832 3615 3184 301 182 94 .472 .167 .785 20.1 8.2 7.2 0.7 0.4 0.2
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 Adonal Foyle 1998 2008 723 12998 2972 3435 343 264 1185 .476 .000 .499 18.0 4.1 4.8 0.5 0.4 1.6
22 Lawrence Funderburke 1998 2005 318 4726 2031 1142 183 94 100 .506 .118 .675 14.9 6.4 3.6 0.6 0.3 0.3
23 Chris Garner 1998 2001 46 442 72 36 63 28 5 .280 .190 .615 9.6 1.6 0.8 1.4 0.6 0.1
24 Kiwane Garris 1998 2000 31 248 72 20 30 7 1 .320 .333 .760 8.0 2.3 0.6 1.0 0.2 0.0
25 Ed Gray 1998 1999 60 809 373 73 46 27 12 .339 .341 .814 13.5 6.2 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.2
26 Derek Grimm 1998 1998 9 34 14 4 0 3 1 .286 .333 1.000 3.8 1.6 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.1
27 Reggie Hanson 1998 1998 8 26 6 6 1 2 1 .500 3.3 0.8 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.1
28 Cedric Henderson 1998 2002 260 6182 1885 755 419 228 111 .436 .140 .715 23.8 7.3 2.9 1.6 0.9 0.4
29 Jerald Honeycutt 1998 1999 54 632 275 105 36 25 8 .391 .362 .632 11.7 5.1 1.9 0.7 0.5 0.1
30 Troy Hudson 1998 2008 517 11282 4637 877 1748 273 30 .401 .339 .858 21.8 9.0 1.7 3.4 0.5 0.1
31 Zydrunas Ilgauskas 1998 2008 642 18718 9304 5069 817 356 1135 .477 .135 .781 29.2 14.5 7.9 1.3 0.6 1.8
32 Bobby Jackson 1998 2008 684 15306 6812 2147 1802 642 64 .419 .359 .789 22.4 10.0 3.1 2.6 0.9 0.1
33 Anthony Johnson 1998 2008 682 13664 3881 1163 2011 494 86 .414 .351 .739 20.0 5.7 1.7 2.9 0.7 0.1
34 Dontae' Jones 1998 1998 15 91 44 9 5 2 3 .333 .261 6.1 2.9 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.2
35 Brevin Knight 1998 2008 655 17238 5162 1697 4291 1161 83 .415 .142 .791 26.3 7.9 2.6 6.6 1.8 0.1
36 Rusty LaRue 1998 2004 98 1564 486 126 152 62 11 .376 .318 .841 16.0 5.0 1.3 1.6 0.6 0.1
37 Jason Lawson 1998 1998 17 80 26 27 5 4 4 .600 .800 4.7 1.5 1.6 0.3 0.2 0.2
38 Michael McDonald 1998 1998 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
39 Tracy McGrady 1998 2008 749 26281 16744 4623 3525 997 729 .437 .337 .747 35.1 22.4 6.2 4.7 1.3 1.0
40 Ron Mercer 1998 2005 432 13407 5892 1342 921 456 113 .429 .250 .808 31.0 13.6 3.1 2.1 1.1 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 Marko Milic 1998 1999 44 216 108 30 14 13 1 .560 .429 .647 4.9 2.5 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.0
42 Jeff Nordgaard 1998 1998 13 48 18 14 3 2 0 .278 .889 3.7 1.4 1.1 0.2 0.2 0.0
43 Charles O'Bannon 1998 1999 48 399 120 67 29 11 4 .400 .000 .870 8.3 2.5 1.4 0.6 0.2 0.1
44 Kevin Ollie 1998 2008 587 9184 2250 918 1364 307 21 .411 .333 .786 15.6 3.8 1.6 2.3 0.5 0.0
45 Anthony Parker 1998 2008 211 5455 2059 670 365 171 35 .472 .425 .810 25.9 9.8 3.2 1.7 0.8 0.2
46 Scot Pollard 1998 2008 506 8372 2222 2351 220 299 352 .494 .000 .709 16.5 4.4 4.6 0.4 0.6 0.7
47 Mark Pope 1998 2005 153 1637 285 261 63 32 45 .401 .179 .573 10.7 1.9 1.7 0.4 0.2 0.3
48 Rodrick Rhodes 1998 2000 72 1234 380 88 121 69 12 .347 .200 .620 17.1 5.3 1.2 1.7 1.0 0.2
49 Shea Seals 1998 1998 4 9 4 4 0 1 0 .125 .000 .500 2.3 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.0
50 God Shammgod 1998 1998 20 146 61 7 36 7 1 .328 .000 .767 7.3 3.1 0.4 1.8 0.4 0.1
51 Charles Smith 1998 2006 142 1973 729 200 124 87 70 .409 .288 .606 13.9 5.1 1.4 0.9 0.6 0.5
52 Kebu Stewart 1998 1998 15 110 40 31 2 5 2 .462 .640 7.3 2.7 2.1 0.1 0.3 0.1
53 Michael Stewart 1998 2005 286 3303 623 907 88 56 278 .442 .522 11.5 2.2 3.2 0.3 0.2 1.0
54 Ed Stokes 1998 1998 4 17 3 4 1 1 2 .333 .500 4.3 0.8 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.5
55 Johnny Taylor 1998 2000 54 866 256 120 26 32 20 .402 .394 .718 16.0 4.7 2.2 0.5 0.6 0.4
56 Maurice Taylor 1998 2007 534 13324 5889 2452 623 246 259 .466 .152 .711 25.0 11.0 4.6 1.2 0.5 0.5
57 John Thomas 1998 2006 208 2253 560 432 60 69 50 .502 .000 .591 10.8 2.7 2.1 0.3 0.3 0.2
58 Tim Thomas 1998 2008 742 19805 8774 3137 1190 568 287 .436 .365 .758 26.7 11.8 4.2 1.6 0.8 0.4
59 Keith Van Horn 1998 2006 575 18150 9206 3909 900 472 295 .443 .361 .835 31.6 16.0 6.8 1.6 0.8 0.5
60 Jacque Vaughn 1998 2008 746 12366 3398 1006 1864 397 15 .432 .349 .777 16.6 4.6 1.3 2.5 0.5 0.0
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 Eric Washington 1998 1999 104 2300 716 216 108 78 43 .402 .346 .757 22.1 6.9 2.1 1.0 0.8 0.4
62 Bubba Wells 1998 1998 39 395 128 68 34 15 4 .414 .167 .721 10.1 3.3 1.7 0.9 0.4 0.1
63 DeJuan Wheat 1998 1999 80 740 265 56 127 32 3 .383 .390 .700 9.3 3.3 0.7 1.6 0.4 0.0
64 Alvin Williams 1998 2007 460 12612 4161 1140 1877 549 109 .421 .313 .760 27.4 9.0 2.5 4.1 1.2 0.2
65 Brandon Williams 1998 2003 18 163 41 18 3 8 3 .298 .300 .500 9.1 2.3 1.0 0.2 0.4 0.2
66 Travis Williams 1998 1999 47 427 151 111 22 20 6 .470 .000 .540 9.1 3.2 2.4 0.5 0.4 0.1