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Danny Ainge

Daniel Ray Ainge (Danny)

Position: Guard-Forward
Height: 6-4    Weight: 175 lbs.
Born: March 17, 1959 in Eugene, Oregon
High School: Eugene in North Eugene, Oregon
College: Brigham Young University

Drafted by the Boston Celtics in the 2nd round (8th pick, 31st overall) of the 1981 NBA draft.

Coaching Record

44 7 9 22

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Game Logs and Splits

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1981-82 22 BOS NBA 53 1 564 79 221 .357 5 17 .294 56 65 .862 25 31 56 87 37 3 53 86 219
1982-83 23 BOS NBA 80 76 2048 357 720 .496 5 29 .172 72 97 .742 83 131 214 251 109 6 98 259 791
1983-84 24 BOS NBA 71 3 1154 166 361 .460 6 22 .273 46 56 .821 29 87 116 162 41 4 70 143 384
1984-85 25 BOS NBA 75 73 2564 419 792 .529 15 56 .268 118 136 .868 76 192 268 399 122 6 149 228 971
1985-86 26 BOS NBA 80 78 2407 353 701 .504 26 73 .356 123 136 .904 47 188 235 405 94 7 129 204 855
1986-87 27 BOS NBA 71 66 2499 410 844 .486 85 192 .443 148 165 .897 49 193 242 400 101 14 141 189 1053
1987-88 28 BOS NBA 81 81 3018 482 982 .491 148 357 .415 158 180 .878 59 190 249 503 115 17 153 203 1270
1988-89 29 TOT NBA 73 54 2377 480 1051 .457 116 305 .380 205 240 .854 71 184 255 402 93 8 145 186 1281
1988-89 29 BOS NBA 45 28 1349 271 589 .460 58 155 .374 114 128 .891 37 117 154 215 52 1 82 108 714
1988-89 29 SAC NBA 28 26 1028 209 462 .452 58 150 .387 91 112 .813 34 67 101 187 41 7 63 78 567
1989-90 30 SAC NBA 75 68 2727 506 1154 .438 108 289 .374 222 267 .831 69 257 326 453 113 18 185 238 1342
1990-91 31 POR NBA 80 0 1710 337 714 .472 102 251 .406 114 138 .826 45 160 205 285 63 13 100 195 890
1991-92 32 POR NBA 81 6 1595 299 676 .442 78 230 .339 108 131 .824 40 108 148 202 73 12 70 148 784
1992-93 33 PHO NBA 80 0 2163 337 730 .462 150 372 .403 123 145 .848 49 165 214 260 69 8 113 175 947
1993-94 34 PHO NBA 68 1 1555 224 537 .417 80 244 .328 78 94 .830 28 103 131 180 57 8 81 140 606
1994-95 35 PHO NBA 74 1 1374 194 422 .460 78 214 .364 105 130 .808 25 84 109 210 46 7 79 155 571
Career NBA 1042 508 27755 4643 9905 .469 1002 2651 .378 1676 1980 .846 695 2073 2768 4199 1133 131 1566 2549 11964

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1981-82 22 BOS NBA 53 1 10.6 1.5 4.2 .357 0.1 0.3 .294 1.1 1.2 .862 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.6 0.7 0.1 1.0 1.6 4.1
1982-83 23 BOS NBA 80 76 25.6 4.5 9.0 .496 0.1 0.4 .172 0.9 1.2 .742 1.0 1.6 2.7 3.1 1.4 0.1 1.2 3.2 9.9
1983-84 24 BOS NBA 71 3 16.3 2.3 5.1 .460 0.1 0.3 .273 0.6 0.8 .821 0.4 1.2 1.6 2.3 0.6 0.1 1.0 2.0 5.4
1984-85 25 BOS NBA 75 73 34.2 5.6 10.6 .529 0.2 0.7 .268 1.6 1.8 .868 1.0 2.6 3.6 5.3 1.6 0.1 2.0 3.0 12.9
1985-86 26 BOS NBA 80 78 30.1 4.4 8.8 .504 0.3 0.9 .356 1.5 1.7 .904 0.6 2.4 2.9 5.1 1.2 0.1 1.6 2.6 10.7
1986-87 27 BOS NBA 71 66 35.2 5.8 11.9 .486 1.2 2.7 .443 2.1 2.3 .897 0.7 2.7 3.4 5.6 1.4 0.2 2.0 2.7 14.8
1987-88 28 BOS NBA 81 81 37.3 6.0 12.1 .491 1.8 4.4 .415 2.0 2.2 .878 0.7 2.3 3.1 6.2 1.4 0.2 1.9 2.5 15.7
1988-89 29 TOT NBA 73 54 32.6 6.6 14.4 .457 1.6 4.2 .380 2.8 3.3 .854 1.0 2.5 3.5 5.5 1.3 0.1 2.0 2.5 17.5
1988-89 29 BOS NBA 45 28 30.0 6.0 13.1 .460 1.3 3.4 .374 2.5 2.8 .891 0.8 2.6 3.4 4.8 1.2 0.0 1.8 2.4 15.9
1988-89 29 SAC NBA 28 26 36.7 7.5 16.5 .452 2.1 5.4 .387 3.3 4.0 .813 1.2 2.4 3.6 6.7 1.5 0.3 2.3 2.8 20.3
1989-90 30 SAC NBA 75 68 36.4 6.7 15.4 .438 1.4 3.9 .374 3.0 3.6 .831 0.9 3.4 4.3 6.0 1.5 0.2 2.5 3.2 17.9
1990-91 31 POR NBA 80 0 21.4 4.2 8.9 .472 1.3 3.1 .406 1.4 1.7 .826 0.6 2.0 2.6 3.6 0.8 0.2 1.3 2.4 11.1
1991-92 32 POR NBA 81 6 19.7 3.7 8.3 .442 1.0 2.8 .339 1.3 1.6 .824 0.5 1.3 1.8 2.5 0.9 0.1 0.9 1.8 9.7
1992-93 33 PHO NBA 80 0 27.0 4.2 9.1 .462 1.9 4.7 .403 1.5 1.8 .848 0.6 2.1 2.7 3.3 0.9 0.1 1.4 2.2 11.8
1993-94 34 PHO NBA 68 1 22.9 3.3 7.9 .417 1.2 3.6 .328 1.1 1.4 .830 0.4 1.5 1.9 2.6 0.8 0.1 1.2 2.1 8.9
1994-95 35 PHO NBA 74 1 18.6 2.6 5.7 .460 1.1 2.9 .364 1.4 1.8 .808 0.3 1.1 1.5 2.8 0.6 0.1 1.1 2.1 7.7
Career NBA 1042 508 26.6 4.5 9.5 .469 1.0 2.5 .378 1.6 1.9 .846 0.7 2.0 2.7 4.0 1.1 0.1 1.5 2.4 11.5

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1981-82 22 BOS NBA 53 1 564 5.0 14.1 .357 0.3 1.1 .294 3.6 4.1 .862 1.6 2.0 3.6 5.6 2.4 0.2 3.4 5.5 14.0
1982-83 23 BOS NBA 80 76 2048 6.3 12.7 .496 0.1 0.5 .172 1.3 1.7 .742 1.5 2.3 3.8 4.4 1.9 0.1 1.7 4.6 13.9
1983-84 24 BOS NBA 71 3 1154 5.2 11.3 .460 0.2 0.7 .273 1.4 1.7 .821 0.9 2.7 3.6 5.1 1.3 0.1 2.2 4.5 12.0
1984-85 25 BOS NBA 75 73 2564 5.9 11.1 .529 0.2 0.8 .268 1.7 1.9 .868 1.1 2.7 3.8 5.6 1.7 0.1 2.1 3.2 13.6
1985-86 26 BOS NBA 80 78 2407 5.3 10.5 .504 0.4 1.1 .356 1.8 2.0 .904 0.7 2.8 3.5 6.1 1.4 0.1 1.9 3.1 12.8
1986-87 27 BOS NBA 71 66 2499 5.9 12.2 .486 1.2 2.8 .443 2.1 2.4 .897 0.7 2.8 3.5 5.8 1.5 0.2 2.0 2.7 15.2
1987-88 28 BOS NBA 81 81 3018 5.7 11.7 .491 1.8 4.3 .415 1.9 2.1 .878 0.7 2.3 3.0 6.0 1.4 0.2 1.8 2.4 15.1
1988-89 29 TOT NBA 73 54 2377 7.3 15.9 .457 1.8 4.6 .380 3.1 3.6 .854 1.1 2.8 3.9 6.1 1.4 0.1 2.2 2.8 19.4
1988-89 29 BOS NBA 45 28 1349 7.2 15.7 .460 1.5 4.1 .374 3.0 3.4 .891 1.0 3.1 4.1 5.7 1.4 0.0 2.2 2.9 19.1
1988-89 29 SAC NBA 28 26 1028 7.3 16.2 .452 2.0 5.3 .387 3.2 3.9 .813 1.2 2.3 3.5 6.5 1.4 0.2 2.2 2.7 19.9
1989-90 30 SAC NBA 75 68 2727 6.7 15.2 .438 1.4 3.8 .374 2.9 3.5 .831 0.9 3.4 4.3 6.0 1.5 0.2 2.4 3.1 17.7
1990-91 31 POR NBA 80 0 1710 7.1 15.0 .472 2.1 5.3 .406 2.4 2.9 .826 0.9 3.4 4.3 6.0 1.3 0.3 2.1 4.1 18.7
1991-92 32 POR NBA 81 6 1595 6.7 15.3 .442 1.8 5.2 .339 2.4 3.0 .824 0.9 2.4 3.3 4.6 1.6 0.3 1.6 3.3 17.7
1992-93 33 PHO NBA 80 0 2163 5.6 12.1 .462 2.5 6.2 .403 2.0 2.4 .848 0.8 2.7 3.6 4.3 1.1 0.1 1.9 2.9 15.8
1993-94 34 PHO NBA 68 1 1555 5.2 12.4 .417 1.9 5.6 .328 1.8 2.2 .830 0.6 2.4 3.0 4.2 1.3 0.2 1.9 3.2 14.0
1994-95 35 PHO NBA 74 1 1374 5.1 11.1 .460 2.0 5.6 .364 2.8 3.4 .808 0.7 2.2 2.9 5.5 1.2 0.2 2.1 4.1 15.0
Career NBA 1042 508 27755 6.0 12.8 .469 1.3 3.4 .378 2.2 2.6 .846 0.9 2.7 3.6 5.4 1.5 0.2 2.0 3.3 15.5

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1981-82 22 BOS NBA 53 564 10.1 .439 .369 5.0 5.9 5.5 19.7 3.1 0.3 17.5 21.5 94 104 -0.3 0.8 0.5
1982-83 23 BOS NBA 80 2048 13.2 .519 .499 4.4 6.8 5.6 16.1 2.5 0.2 11.4 16.5 110 104 2.8 2.4 5.2
1983-84 24 BOS NBA 71 1154 10.4 .498 .468 3.0 8.3 5.7 18.4 1.7 0.2 15.4 16.2 104 107 0.5 1.3 1.8
1984-85 25 BOS NBA 75 2564 14.2 .570 .539 3.4 7.9 5.8 19.9 2.2 0.1 14.9 15.9 115 108 3.8 2.7 6.6
1985-86 26 BOS NBA 80 2407 13.6 .562 .522 2.3 8.1 5.4 21.3 1.9 0.2 14.5 15.2 115 105 3.6 3.1 6.8
1986-87 27 BOS NBA 71 2499 15.2 .574 .536 2.4 8.0 5.4 21.2 2.0 0.3 13.3 18.0 115 109 4.1 2.5 6.5
1987-88 28 BOS NBA 81 3018 15.9 .598 .566 2.5 7.0 4.9 22.2 1.9 0.3 12.6 17.3 121 112 6.6 1.8 8.4
1988-89 29 TOT NBA 73 2377 18.0 .554 .512 3.3 8.7 6.0 25.3 1.9 0.2 11.1 22.6 116 111 5.2 1.4 6.6
1988-89 29 BOS NBA 45 1349 17.5 .553 .509 3.2 9.8 6.6 23.1 1.9 0.0 11.3 22.4 116 111 2.8 0.8 3.7
1988-89 29 SAC NBA 28 1028 18.6 .554 .515 3.5 7.1 5.3 28.1 1.9 0.4 11.0 22.9 116 112 2.3 0.6 2.9
1989-90 30 SAC NBA 75 2727 16.1 .528 .485 2.9 10.6 6.8 25.5 2.1 0.4 12.7 23.0 107 110 2.7 2.1 4.8
1990-91 31 POR NBA 80 1710 17.0 .574 .543 2.9 10.2 6.6 23.8 1.8 0.5 11.4 20.8 119 106 4.2 2.2 6.4
1991-92 32 POR NBA 81 1595 15.4 .534 .500 2.7 7.4 5.1 18.4 2.2 0.5 8.7 20.5 116 106 3.2 2.1 5.3
1992-93 33 PHO NBA 80 2163 14.3 .596 .564 2.6 8.3 5.5 16.5 1.5 0.2 12.5 17.3 120 110 4.6 1.8 6.4
1993-94 34 PHO NBA 68 1555 11.8 .524 .492 2.0 7.4 4.7 15.9 1.8 0.3 12.3 17.8 109 110 1.9 1.0 2.9
1994-95 35 PHO NBA 74 1374 14.3 .596 .552 2.1 7.0 4.6 21.7 1.7 0.4 14.2 17.6 119 113 2.9 0.6 3.5
Career NBA 1042 27755 14.7 .555 .519 2.9 8.1 5.6 20.8 2.0 0.3 12.7 18.5 114 108 45.7 25.9 71.6

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1981-82 22 BOS NBA 10 129 19 45 2 4 10 13 6 13 11 2 1 11 21 50 .422 .500 .769 12.9 5.0 1.3 1.1
1982-83 23 BOS NBA 7 201 28 72 2 5 8 11 2 14 25 5 1 6 24 66 .389 .400 .727 28.7 9.4 2.0 3.6
1983-84 24 BOS NBA 19 253 41 90 2 9 7 10 4 16 38 9 2 13 36 91 .456 .222 .700 13.3 4.8 0.8 2.0
1984-85 25 BOS NBA 21 687 97 208 7 16 30 39 20 58 121 32 1 32 76 231 .466 .438 .769 32.7 11.0 2.8 5.8
1985-86 26 BOS NBA 18 652 107 193 14 34 52 60 22 76 93 41 1 31 57 280 .554 .412 .867 36.2 15.6 4.2 5.2
1986-87 27 BOS NBA 20 762 116 238 32 73 31 36 13 52 92 24 4 41 62 295 .487 .438 .861 38.1 14.8 2.6 4.6
1987-88 28 BOS NBA 17 670 71 184 19 57 37 42 15 53 109 9 1 41 64 198 .386 .333 .881 39.4 11.6 3.1 6.4
1990-91 31 POR NBA 16 277 47 105 11 36 23 28 1 28 31 12 4 24 33 128 .448 .306 .821 17.3 8.0 1.8 1.9
1991-92 32 POR NBA 21 449 81 169 21 52 39 47 8 40 49 15 1 25 58 222 .479 .404 .830 21.4 10.6 1.9 2.3
1992-93 33 PHO NBA 24 591 64 170 33 80 34 39 20 60 56 12 2 22 61 195 .376 .413 .872 24.6 8.1 2.5 2.3
1993-94 34 PHO NBA 10 230 27 59 17 40 15 21 7 23 21 6 1 5 26 86 .458 .425 .714 23.0 8.6 2.3 2.1
1994-95 35 PHO NBA 10 137 19 38 12 26 10 11 2 10 10 5 0 6 15 60 .500 .462 .909 13.7 6.0 1.0 1.0
Career NBA 193 5038 717 1571 172 432 296 357 120 443 656 172 19 257 533 1902 .456 .398 .829 26.1 9.9 2.3 3.4

Playoffs Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1981-82 22 BOS NBA 10 129 8.2 .493 .444 5.0 5.6 5.3 12.3 0.8 0.4 17.8 19.4 98 105 0.0 0.2 0.2
1982-83 23 BOS NBA 7 201 8.5 .429 .403 1.1 6.4 3.7 18.6 1.2 0.3 7.2 17.3 97 106 0.0 0.2 0.2
1983-84 24 BOS NBA 19 253 10.6 .482 .467 1.8 5.5 3.6 21.9 1.7 0.5 12.1 17.4 105 110 0.1 0.2 0.3
1984-85 25 BOS NBA 21 687 12.0 .513 .483 3.3 6.1 4.7 23.2 2.2 0.1 12.4 15.1 112 111 0.6 0.6 1.3
1985-86 26 BOS NBA 18 652 17.3 .638 .591 4.1 8.5 6.5 19.3 3.1 0.1 12.4 16.2 128 105 1.6 1.1 2.7
1986-87 27 BOS NBA 20 762 11.9 .581 .555 2.1 5.9 4.1 16.7 1.6 0.3 13.9 16.7 113 118 0.7 0.3 1.0
1987-88 28 BOS NBA 17 670 8.6 .489 .438 2.8 6.8 4.8 24.3 0.7 0.1 16.8 16.4 102 113 0.0 0.5 0.5
1990-91 31 POR NBA 16 277 12.4 .546 .500 0.4 12.0 6.0 17.5 2.2 1.0 17.0 21.9 103 110 0.0 0.3 0.4
1991-92 32 POR NBA 21 449 14.3 .585 .541 2.2 8.6 5.4 17.0 1.7 0.2 11.6 20.6 118 113 0.8 0.4 1.2
1992-93 33 PHO NBA 24 591 10.3 .521 .474 4.1 7.6 5.9 13.8 1.1 0.2 10.5 15.8 112 114 0.7 0.1 0.8
1993-94 34 PHO NBA 10 230 14.7 .630 .602 3.2 8.3 5.6 12.9 1.3 0.3 6.8 13.7 133 115 0.7 0.0 0.7
1994-95 35 PHO NBA 10 137 15.5 .700 .658 1.7 6.6 4.2 10.9 1.9 0.0 12.3 16.0 133 116 0.4 0.1 0.5
Career NBA 193 5038 12.2 .550 .511 2.8 7.3 5.1 18.5 1.7 0.2 12.9 16.9 113 112 5.7 3.9 9.7

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1987-88 28 BOS NBA 1 19 4 11 .364 3 4 .750 1 2 .500 1 3 2 1 0 1 1 12
Career NBA 1 19 4 11 .364 3 4 .750 1 2 .500 1 3 2 1 0 1 1 12

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1988 NBA

Awards

1980-81 NCAA John R. Wooden Award

Honors

1980-81 NCAA AP All-America (1st)

Games

Career NBA 1042 (75)
Career 1042 (80)

Minutes Played

1987-88 NBA 3018 (10)

3-Pt Field Goals

1986-87 NBA 85 (5)
1987-88 NBA 148 (1)
 1988-89 NBA 116 (5)
1989-90 NBA 108 (4)
1990-91 NBA 102 (7)
1992-93 NBA 150 (3)
Career NBA 1002 (52)
Career 1002 (52)

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

1986-87 NBA 192 (9)
1987-88 NBA 357 (2)
1988-89 NBA 305 (3)
1989-90 NBA 289 (4)
1990-91 NBA 251 (9)
1992-93 NBA 372 (4)
Career NBA 2651 (60)
Career 2651 (60)

3-Pt Field Goal Pct

1986-87 NBA .443 (3)
1987-88 NBA .415 (6)
1990-91 NBA .406 (6)
1992-93 NBA .403 (9)
Career NBA .378 (81)
Career .378 (81)

Free Throw Pct

1986-87 NBA .897 (2)
Career NBA .847 (47)
Career .847 (49)

Assists

Career NBA 4199 (78)
Career 4199 (82)

Steals

Career NBA 1133 (87)
Career 1133 (92)

Effective Field Goal Pct

1987-88 NBA .566 (5)
1992-93 NBA .564 (5)
Career NBA .519 (74)
Career .519 (74)

Offensive Rating

1987-88 NBA 120.6 (10)
1992-93 NBA 120.0 (9)
Career NBA 113.9 (62)
Career 113.9 (61)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.005 (294)
    

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Boston Celtics NBA $400,000
1985-86 Boston Celtics NBA $550,000
1986-87 Boston Celtics NBA *$587,500
1987-88 Boston Celtics NBA $625,000
1988-89 Total NBA $675,000
1989-90 Sacramento Kings NBA *$700,000
1990-91 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $725,000
1991-92 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $725,000
1992-93 Phoenix Suns NBA $1,330,000
1993-94 Phoenix Suns NBA $1,690,000
1994-95 Phoenix Suns NBA $2,080,000
Career (may be incomplete) $10,087,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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