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66 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 Tariq Abdul-Wahad 23 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 23 1998 2008 615 17975 7357 1988 2083 691 87 .408 .341 .853 29.2 12.0 3.2 3.4 1.1 0.1
3 Chris Anstey 23 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 24 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 21 1998 2009 757 16843 4904 4098 491 407 690 .492 .136 .690 22.2 6.5 5.4 0.6 0.5 0.9
6 Chauncey Billups 21 1998 2010 839 26951 12659 2471 4677 870 141 .416 .388 .889 32.1 15.1 2.9 5.6 1.0 0.2
7 Etdrick Bohannon 24 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 23 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 25 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 23 1998 2007 541 10616 2960 2874 244 292 685 .507 .077 .644 19.6 5.5 5.3 0.5 0.5 1.3
11 Keith Closs 21 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 24 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 22 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 22 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 22 1998 2009 659 11480 4475 2649 627 245 216 .407 .340 .861 17.4 6.8 4.0 1.0 0.4 0.3
16 William Cunningham 23 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 22 1998 2009 867 19636 6617 1608 2932 564 85 .444 .312 .793 22.6 7.6 1.9 3.4 0.7 0.1
18 Tim Duncan 21 1998 2010 901 33196 19283 10575 2852 692 2121 .508 .188 .684 36.8 21.4 11.7 3.2 0.8 2.4
19 Tony Farmer 28 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 21 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 Age From To G MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
21 Adonal Foyle 22 1998 2009 733 13060 2989 3461 344 264 1193 .477 .000 .499 17.8 4.1 4.7 0.5 0.4 1.6
22 Lawrence Funderburke 27 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 22 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 23 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 22 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 23 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 29 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 22 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 23 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 21 1998 2008 517 11281 4637 877 1748 273 30 .401 .339 .858 21.8 9.0 1.7 3.4 0.5 0.1
31 Zydrunas Ilgauskas 22 1998 2010 709 20519 10152 5569 881 384 1219 .476 .263 .782 28.9 14.3 7.9 1.2 0.5 1.7
32 Bobby Jackson 24 1998 2009 755 16790 7344 2347 1945 704 68 .417 .354 .793 22.2 9.7 3.1 2.6 0.9 0.1
33 Anthony Johnson 23 1998 2010 763 15149 4302 1310 2212 540 91 .413 .357 .740 19.9 5.6 1.7 2.9 0.7 0.1
34 Dontae' Jones 22 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 22 1998 2009 729 18176 5342 1785 4481 1229 87 .412 .134 .789 24.9 7.3 2.4 6.1 1.7 0.1
36 Rusty LaRue 24 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 23 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 28 1998 1998 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
39 Tracy McGrady 18 1998 2009 784 27462 17289 4777 3700 1039 744 .436 .339 .749 35.0 22.1 6.1 4.7 1.3 0.9
40 Ron Mercer 21 1998 2005 432 13418 5892 1342 921 456 113 .429 .250 .808 31.1 13.6 3.1 2.1 1.1 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 Marko Milic 20 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 24 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 22 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 25 1998 2010 638 10047 2454 993 1481 326 25 .411 .321 .791 15.7 3.8 1.6 2.3 0.5 0.0
45 Anthony Parker 22 1998 2010 293 8171 2938 995 639 272 53 .456 .417 .821 27.9 10.0 3.4 2.2 0.9 0.2
46 Scot Pollard 22 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 25 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 24 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 22 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 21 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 22 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 24 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 22 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 26 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 23 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 21 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 22 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 20 1998 2009 806 21051 9319 3338 1258 599 298 .436 .369 .757 26.1 11.6 4.1 1.6 0.7 0.4
59 Keith Van Horn 22 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 22 1998 2009 776 12658 3463 1028 1919 403 15 .429 .352 .779 16.3 4.5 1.3 2.5 0.5 0.0
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 Eric Washington 23 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 23 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 24 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 23 1998 2007 460 12610 4161 1140 1877 549 109 .421 .313 .760 27.4 9.0 2.5 4.1 1.2 0.2
65 Brandon Williams 22 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 28 1998 1999 47 427 151 111 22 20 6 .470 .000 .540 9.1 3.2 2.4 0.5 0.4 0.1