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Ron Artest

Ronald William Artest (Ron)

Position: Forward
Height: 6-6    Weight: 244 lbs.
Born: November 13, 1979 in Queensbridge, New York
High School: LaSalle Academy in New York, New York
College: St. John's University

Drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 1st round (16th pick, 16th overall) of the 1999 NBA draft.

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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
1999-00 20 CHI NBA 72 63 2238 309 759 .407 60 191 .314 188 279 .674 62 246 308 202 119 39 166 159 866
2000-01 21 CHI NBA 76 74 2363 327 815 .401 43 148 .291 210 280 .750 59 235 294 228 152 45 159 254 907
2001-02 22 TOT NBA 55 50 1642 269 636 .423 53 170 .312 136 204 .667 73 198 271 127 141 39 118 217 727
2001-02 22 CHI NBA 27 26 823 152 351 .433 36 91 .396 81 129 .628 40 91 131 77 75 23 69 108 421
2001-02 22 IND NBA 28 24 819 117 285 .411 17 79 .215 55 75 .733 33 107 140 50 66 16 49 109 306
2002-03 23 IND NBA 69 67 2317 362 846 .428 71 211 .336 273 371 .736 101 261 362 198 159 50 145 242 1068
2003-04 24 IND NBA 73 71 2714 468 1112 .421 75 242 .310 322 439 .733 100 285 385 272 152 50 202 194 1333
2004-05 25 IND NBA 7 7 291 59 119 .496 7 17 .412 47 51 .922 8 37 45 22 12 6 17 27 172
2005-06 26 TOT NBA 56 56 2207 350 867 .404 78 253 .308 206 305 .675 75 211 286 203 122 41 131 164 984
2005-06 26 IND NBA 16 16 603 109 237 .460 18 54 .333 74 121 .612 26 52 78 35 42 11 43 45 310
2005-06 26 SAC NBA 40 40 1604 241 630 .383 60 199 .302 132 184 .717 49 159 208 168 80 30 88 119 674
2006-07 27 SAC NBA 70 65 2641 458 1040 .440 93 260 .358 307 415 .740 102 352 454 235 149 43 146 205 1316
2007-08 28 SAC NBA 57 54 2172 436 962 .453 84 221 .380 212 295 .719 101 227 328 199 133 38 148 159 1168
2008-09 29 HOU NBA 69 55 2452 416 1037 .401 153 383 .399 196 262 .748 65 294 359 229 105 24 140 155 1181
2009-10 30 LAL NBA 6 6 231 28 64 .438 11 28 .393 12 21 .571 9 21 30 25 10 4 15 15 79
Career NBA 610 568 21268 3482 8257 .422 728 2124 .343 2109 2922 .722 755 2367 3122 1940 1254 379 1387 1791 9801

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
1999-00 20 CHI NBA 72 63 31.1 4.3 10.5 .407 0.8 2.7 .314 2.6 3.9 .674 0.9 3.4 4.3 2.8 1.7 0.5 2.3 2.2 12.0
2000-01 21 CHI NBA 76 74 31.1 4.3 10.7 .401 0.6 1.9 .291 2.8 3.7 .750 0.8 3.1 3.9 3.0 2.0 0.6 2.1 3.3 11.9
2001-02 22 TOT NBA 55 50 29.9 4.9 11.6 .423 1.0 3.1 .312 2.5 3.7 .667 1.3 3.6 4.9 2.3 2.6 0.7 2.1 3.9 13.2
2001-02 22 CHI NBA 27 26 30.5 5.6 13.0 .433 1.3 3.4 .396 3.0 4.8 .628 1.5 3.4 4.9 2.9 2.8 0.9 2.6 4.0 15.6
2001-02 22 IND NBA 28 24 29.3 4.2 10.2 .411 0.6 2.8 .215 2.0 2.7 .733 1.2 3.8 5.0 1.8 2.4 0.6 1.8 3.9 10.9
2002-03 23 IND NBA 69 67 33.6 5.2 12.3 .428 1.0 3.1 .336 4.0 5.4 .736 1.5 3.8 5.2 2.9 2.3 0.7 2.1 3.5 15.5
2003-04 24 IND NBA 73 71 37.2 6.4 15.2 .421 1.0 3.3 .310 4.4 6.0 .733 1.4 3.9 5.3 3.7 2.1 0.7 2.8 2.7 18.3
2004-05 25 IND NBA 7 7 41.6 8.4 17.0 .496 1.0 2.4 .412 6.7 7.3 .922 1.1 5.3 6.4 3.1 1.7 0.9 2.4 3.9 24.6
2005-06 26 TOT NBA 56 56 39.4 6.3 15.5 .404 1.4 4.5 .308 3.7 5.4 .675 1.3 3.8 5.1 3.6 2.2 0.7 2.3 2.9 17.6
2005-06 26 IND NBA 16 16 37.7 6.8 14.8 .460 1.1 3.4 .333 4.6 7.6 .612 1.6 3.3 4.9 2.2 2.6 0.7 2.7 2.8 19.4
2005-06 26 SAC NBA 40 40 40.1 6.0 15.8 .383 1.5 5.0 .302 3.3 4.6 .717 1.2 4.0 5.2 4.2 2.0 0.8 2.2 3.0 16.9
2006-07 27 SAC NBA 70 65 37.7 6.5 14.9 .440 1.3 3.7 .358 4.4 5.9 .740 1.5 5.0 6.5 3.4 2.1 0.6 2.1 2.9 18.8
2007-08 28 SAC NBA 57 54 38.1 7.6 16.9 .453 1.5 3.9 .380 3.7 5.2 .719 1.8 4.0 5.8 3.5 2.3 0.7 2.6 2.8 20.5
2008-09 29 HOU NBA 69 55 35.5 6.0 15.0 .401 2.2 5.6 .399 2.8 3.8 .748 0.9 4.3 5.2 3.3 1.5 0.3 2.0 2.2 17.1
2009-10 30 LAL NBA 6 6 38.5 4.7 10.7 .438 1.8 4.7 .393 2.0 3.5 .571 1.5 3.5 5.0 4.2 1.7 0.7 2.5 2.5 13.2
Career NBA 610 568 34.9 5.7 13.5 .422 1.2 3.5 .343 3.5 4.8 .722 1.2 3.9 5.1 3.2 2.1 0.6 2.3 2.9 16.1

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
1999-00 20 CHI NBA 72 63 2238 5.0 12.2 .407 1.0 3.1 .314 3.0 4.5 .674 1.0 4.0 5.0 3.2 1.9 0.6 2.7 2.6 13.9
2000-01 21 CHI NBA 76 74 2363 5.0 12.4 .401 0.7 2.3 .291 3.2 4.3 .750 0.9 3.6 4.5 3.5 2.3 0.7 2.4 3.9 13.8
2001-02 22 TOT NBA 55 50 1642 5.9 13.9 .423 1.2 3.7 .312 3.0 4.5 .667 1.6 4.3 5.9 2.8 3.1 0.9 2.6 4.8 15.9
2001-02 22 CHI NBA 27 26 823 6.6 15.4 .433 1.6 4.0 .396 3.5 5.6 .628 1.7 4.0 5.7 3.4 3.3 1.0 3.0 4.7 18.4
2001-02 22 IND NBA 28 24 819 5.1 12.5 .411 0.7 3.5 .215 2.4 3.3 .733 1.5 4.7 6.2 2.2 2.9 0.7 2.2 4.8 13.5
2002-03 23 IND NBA 69 67 2317 5.6 13.1 .428 1.1 3.3 .336 4.2 5.8 .736 1.6 4.1 5.6 3.1 2.5 0.8 2.3 3.8 16.6
2003-04 24 IND NBA 73 71 2714 6.2 14.8 .421 1.0 3.2 .310 4.3 5.8 .733 1.3 3.8 5.1 3.6 2.0 0.7 2.7 2.6 17.7
2004-05 25 IND NBA 7 7 291 7.3 14.7 .496 0.9 2.1 .412 5.8 6.3 .922 1.0 4.6 5.6 2.7 1.5 0.7 2.1 3.3 21.3
2005-06 26 TOT NBA 56 56 2207 5.7 14.1 .404 1.3 4.1 .308 3.4 5.0 .675 1.2 3.4 4.7 3.3 2.0 0.7 2.1 2.7 16.1
2005-06 26 IND NBA 16 16 603 6.5 14.1 .460 1.1 3.2 .333 4.4 7.2 .612 1.6 3.1 4.7 2.1 2.5 0.7 2.6 2.7 18.5
2005-06 26 SAC NBA 40 40 1604 5.4 14.1 .383 1.3 4.5 .302 3.0 4.1 .717 1.1 3.6 4.7 3.8 1.8 0.7 2.0 2.7 15.1
2006-07 27 SAC NBA 70 65 2641 6.2 14.2 .440 1.3 3.5 .358 4.2 5.7 .740 1.4 4.8 6.2 3.2 2.0 0.6 2.0 2.8 17.9
2007-08 28 SAC NBA 57 54 2172 7.2 15.9 .453 1.4 3.7 .380 3.5 4.9 .719 1.7 3.8 5.4 3.3 2.2 0.6 2.5 2.6 19.4
2008-09 29 HOU NBA 69 55 2452 6.1 15.2 .401 2.2 5.6 .399 2.9 3.8 .748 1.0 4.3 5.3 3.4 1.5 0.4 2.1 2.3 17.3
2009-10 30 LAL NBA 6 6 231 4.4 10.0 .438 1.7 4.4 .393 1.9 3.3 .571 1.4 3.3 4.7 3.9 1.6 0.6 2.3 2.3 12.3
Career NBA 610 568 21268 5.9 14.0 .422 1.2 3.6 .343 3.6 4.9 .722 1.3 4.0 5.3 3.3 2.1 0.6 2.3 3.0 16.6

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
1999-00 20 CHI NBA 72 2238 13.4 .491 .447 3.2 13.1 8.1 17.7 2.9 1.3 15.8 21.4 95 103 -0.3 2.6 2.3
2000-01 21 CHI NBA 76 2363 13.6 .483 .428 2.9 12.3 7.4 17.6 3.5 1.4 14.5 21.6 94 104 -0.1 2.0 1.9
2001-02 22 TOT NBA 55 1642 15.8 .501 .465 5.1 13.8 9.5 14.1 4.5 1.7 14.0 23.5 96 100 0.0 2.7 2.7
2001-02 22 CHI NBA 27 823 18.4 .516 .484 5.5 13.3 9.3 17.8 4.8 2.1 14.5 26.7 98 101 0.2 1.2 1.4
2001-02 22 IND NBA 28 819 13.2 .481 .440 4.7 14.4 9.6 10.3 4.2 1.4 13.4 20.3 95 99 -0.2 1.4 1.3
2002-03 23 IND NBA 69 2317 17.6 .529 .470 5.0 12.4 8.8 14.9 3.6 1.6 12.6 22.5 105 98 3.2 4.1 7.2
2003-04 24 IND NBA 73 2714 18.2 .511 .455 4.3 12.5 8.4 19.2 3.1 1.4 13.4 26.2 101 96 2.8 5.2 8.0
2004-05 25 IND NBA 7 291 23.5 .608 .525 3.3 14.9 9.2 16.2 2.3 1.6 10.7 26.1 118 103 0.9 0.4 1.3
2005-06 26 TOT NBA 56 2207 15.2 .491 .449 4.0 11.0 7.6 15.8 2.9 1.4 11.6 23.6 99 103 0.5 3.2 3.7
2005-06 26 IND NBA 16 603 18.1 .534 .498 5.1 9.6 7.5 11.1 3.7 1.3 12.9 25.7 102 100 0.4 1.1 1.5
2005-06 26 SAC NBA 40 1604 14.1 .474 .430 3.6 11.5 7.6 17.6 2.6 1.4 11.0 22.8 98 104 0.1 2.1 2.2
2006-07 27 SAC NBA 70 2641 18.5 .538 .485 4.4 16.0 10.1 15.6 2.9 1.3 10.7 23.3 108 105 3.6 3.1 6.7
2007-08 28 SAC NBA 57 2172 18.8 .535 .497 5.6 12.1 8.9 16.2 3.1 1.4 11.9 25.5 106 108 2.4 2.2 4.7
2008-09 29 HOU NBA 69 2452 15.6 .512 .475 3.2 13.4 8.5 16.2 2.3 0.7 10.8 24.5 104 103 1.6 4.0 5.5
2009-10 30 LAL NBA 6 231 13.7 .539 .523 4.4 10.3 7.3 16.0 2.2 1.3 17.0 17.0 106 105 0.2 0.3 0.5
Career NBA 610 21268 16.4 .514 .466 4.1 13.0 8.6 16.5 3.1 1.3 12.7 23.6 102 102 14.9 29.7 44.6

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
2001-02 22 IND NBA 5 167 22 54 6 13 9 13 6 30 16 13 3 9 19 59 .407 .462 .692 33.4 11.8 6.0 3.2
2002-03 23 IND NBA 6 252 35 90 12 31 32 40 11 35 13 15 6 16 25 114 .389 .387 .800 42.0 19.0 5.8 2.2
2003-04 24 IND NBA 15 584 98 259 19 66 61 85 24 98 48 21 16 37 45 276 .378 .288 .718 38.9 18.4 6.5 3.2
2005-06 26 SAC NBA 5 198 31 81 9 27 16 23 8 25 15 8 4 5 15 87 .383 .333 .696 39.6 17.4 5.0 3.0
2008-09 29 HOU NBA 13 488 80 203 23 83 20 28 12 56 54 14 3 32 27 203 .394 .277 .714 37.5 15.6 4.3 4.2
Career NBA 44 1689 266 687 69 220 138 189 61 244 146 71 32 99 131 739 .387 .314 .730 38.4 16.8 5.5 3.3

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
2001-02 22 IND NBA 5 167 15.7 .494 .463 4.6 16.1 10.7 17.0 4.1 1.3 13.1 19.8 98 92 0.1 0.4 0.5
2002-03 23 IND NBA 6 252 16.0 .530 .456 4.8 10.9 7.8 10.8 3.2 2.2 12.9 22.6 104 105 0.2 0.3 0.5
2003-04 24 IND NBA 15 584 17.4 .466 .415 4.6 14.5 9.5 17.4 2.0 2.2 11.1 27.5 95 94 0.4 1.0 1.4
2005-06 26 SAC NBA 5 198 16.3 .477 .438 4.6 12.1 8.0 13.7 2.2 1.8 5.2 22.8 108 118 0.2 0.0 0.2
2008-09 29 HOU NBA 13 488 12.5 .471 .451 3.0 10.3 6.8 20.3 1.6 0.5 12.9 24.3 96 108 -0.2 0.5 0.3
Career NBA 44 1689 15.5 .480 .437 4.2 12.6 8.4 16.8 2.3 1.5 11.4 24.5 98 102 0.7 2.1 2.8

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
2003-04 24 IND NBA 1 0 17 3 5 .600 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 1 3 3 1 0 1 2 7
Career NBA 1 0 17 3 5 .600 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 1 3 3 1 0 1 2 7

College

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Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1997-98 18 STJOHNS 32 870 139 335 34 104 60 114 201 62 52 36 92 79 372 .415 .327 .526 27.2 11.6 6.3 1.9
1998-99 19 STJOHNS 37 1265 196 418 58 155 85 132 232 156 76 44 105 85 535 .469 .374 .644 34.2 14.5 6.3 4.2
Career 69 2135 335 753 92 259 145 246 433 218 128 80 197 164 907 .445 .355 .589 30.9 13.1 6.3 3.2

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

2004 NBA

Awards

2003-04 NBA Defensive Player of the Year

Honors

1997 McDonald's All American
1998-99 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)
1999-00 NBA All-Rookie (2nd)
2002-03 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
2003-04 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
2003-04 NBA All-NBA (3rd)
2005-06 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
2008-09 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)

Minutes Played

2009-10 NBA 231 (10)

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

Career NBA 2124 (94)
Career 2124 (95)

Steals

2000-01 NBA 152 (7)
2002-03 NBA 159 (6)
2003-04 NBA 152 (3)
2006-07 NBA 149 (3)
2007-08 NBA 133 (8)
Active 1254 (8)
Career NBA 1254 (60)
Career 1254 (65)

Minutes Per Game

2005-06 NBA 39.4 (10)
Career NBA 34.9 (89)
Career 34.9 (95)

Steals Per Game

2000-01 NBA 2.0 (7)
2001-02 NBA 2.6 (2)
2002-03 NBA 2.3 (2)
2003-04 NBA 2.1 (3)
2006-07 NBA 2.1 (2)
2007-08 NBA 2.3 (2)
Active 2.1 (2)
Career NBA 2.1 (9)
Career 2.1 (9)

Steal Pct

1999-00 NBA 2.9 (7)
2000-01 NBA 3.5 (2)
2001-02 NBA 4.5 (1)
 2002-03 NBA 3.6 (1)
 2003-04 NBA 3.1 (5)
2005-06 NBA 2.9 (5)
2006-07 NBA 2.9 (3)
2007-08 NBA 3.1 (3)
Active 3.1 (1)
 Career NBA 3.1 (11)
Career 3.1 (13)

Defensive Win Shares

2003-04 NBA 5.2 (7)

Hall of Fame Probability

Active 0.006 (43)
Career 0.006 (280)
  

Transactions

January 23, 1999: Traded by the Phoenix Suns (as a 1999 1st round draft pick) with Mark Bryant, Martin Muursepp and Bubba Wells to the Chicago Bulls for Luc Longley.

June 30, 1999: Drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1999 NBA Draft.

February 19, 2002: Traded by the Chicago Bulls with Ron Mercer, Brad Miller and Kevin Ollie to the Indiana Pacers for Travis Best, Norm Richardson, Jalen Rose and a 2002 2nd round draft pick (Lonny Baxter).

January 25, 2006: Traded by the Indiana Pacers to the Sacramento Kings for Peja Stojakovic.

August 14, 2008: Traded by the Sacramento Kings with Sean Singletary and Patrick Ewing Jr. to the Houston Rockets for Donte Greene, Bobby Jackson and a 2009 1st round draft pick (Omri Casspi).

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1999-00 Chicago Bulls NBA $1,079,760
2000-01 Chicago Bulls NBA $1,160,760
2001-02 Total NBA $1,241,760
2002-03 Indiana Pacers NBA $1,904,860
2003-04 Indiana Pacers NBA $5,200,000
2004-05 Indiana Pacers NBA $6,157,895
2005-06 Indiana Pacers NBA $6,842,105
2006-07 Sacramento Kings NBA $7,526,316
2007-08 Sacramento Kings NBA $7,400,000
2008-09 Houston Rockets NBA $7,400,000
Career (may be incomplete) $45,913,456
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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