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Manute Bol

Manute Bol

Position: Center
Height: 7-6    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: October 16, 1962 in Gogrial, Sudan
High School: Case Western Reserve English Language in Cleveland, Ohio
College: University of Bridgeport

Drafted by the Washington Bullets in the 2nd round (7th pick, 31st overall) of the 1985 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
1985-86 23 WSB NBA 80 60 2090 128 278 .460 0 1 .000 42 86 .488 123 354 477 23 28 397 65 255 298
1986-87 24 WSB NBA 82 12 1552 103 231 .446 0 1 .000 45 67 .672 84 278 362 11 20 302 61 189 251
1987-88 25 WSB NBA 77 4 1136 75 165 .455 0 1 .000 26 49 .531 72 203 275 13 11 208 35 160 176
1988-89 26 GSW NBA 80 4 1769 127 344 .369 20 91 .220 40 66 .606 116 346 462 27 11 345 79 226 314
1989-90 27 GSW NBA 75 20 1310 56 169 .331 9 48 .188 25 49 .510 33 243 276 36 13 238 51 194 146
1990-91 28 PHI NBA 82 6 1522 65 164 .396 1 14 .071 24 41 .585 66 284 350 20 16 247 63 184 155
1991-92 29 PHI NBA 71 2 1267 49 128 .383 0 9 .000 12 26 .462 54 168 222 22 11 205 41 139 110
1992-93 30 PHI NBA 58 23 855 52 127 .409 10 32 .313 12 19 .632 44 149 193 18 14 119 50 87 126
1993-94 31 TOT NBA 14 0 116 4 19 .211 0 3 .000 0 0 3 15 18 1 2 16 5 13 8
1993-94 31 MIA NBA 8 0 61 1 12 .083 0 3 .000 0 0 1 10 11 0 0 6 5 4 2
1993-94 31 WSB NBA 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
1993-94 31 PHI NBA 4 0 49 3 7 .429 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 0 2 9 0 8 6
1994-95 32 GSW NBA 5 2 81 6 10 .600 3 5 .600 0 0 1 11 12 0 0 9 1 10 15
Career NBA 624 133 11698 665 1635 .407 43 205 .210 226 403 .561 596 2051 2647 171 126 2086 451 1457 1599

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
1985-86 23 WSB NBA 80 60 26.1 1.6 3.5 .460 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 1.1 .488 1.5 4.4 6.0 0.3 0.4 5.0 0.8 3.2 3.7
1986-87 24 WSB NBA 82 12 18.9 1.3 2.8 .446 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 0.8 .672 1.0 3.4 4.4 0.1 0.2 3.7 0.7 2.3 3.1
1987-88 25 WSB NBA 77 4 14.8 1.0 2.1 .455 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.6 .531 0.9 2.6 3.6 0.2 0.1 2.7 0.5 2.1 2.3
1988-89 26 GSW NBA 80 4 22.1 1.6 4.3 .369 0.3 1.1 .220 0.5 0.8 .606 1.5 4.3 5.8 0.3 0.1 4.3 1.0 2.8 3.9
1989-90 27 GSW NBA 75 20 17.5 0.7 2.3 .331 0.1 0.6 .188 0.3 0.7 .510 0.4 3.2 3.7 0.5 0.2 3.2 0.7 2.6 1.9
1990-91 28 PHI NBA 82 6 18.6 0.8 2.0 .396 0.0 0.2 .071 0.3 0.5 .585 0.8 3.5 4.3 0.2 0.2 3.0 0.8 2.2 1.9
1991-92 29 PHI NBA 71 2 17.8 0.7 1.8 .383 0.0 0.1 .000 0.2 0.4 .462 0.8 2.4 3.1 0.3 0.2 2.9 0.6 2.0 1.5
1992-93 30 PHI NBA 58 23 14.7 0.9 2.2 .409 0.2 0.6 .313 0.2 0.3 .632 0.8 2.6 3.3 0.3 0.2 2.1 0.9 1.5 2.2
1993-94 31 TOT NBA 14 0 8.3 0.3 1.4 .211 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.1 1.3 0.1 0.1 1.1 0.4 0.9 0.6
1993-94 31 MIA NBA 8 0 7.6 0.1 1.5 .083 0.0 0.4 .000 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.3 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.3
1993-94 31 WSB NBA 2 0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0
1993-94 31 PHI NBA 4 0 12.3 0.8 1.8 .429 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0.0 0.5 2.3 0.0 2.0 1.5
1994-95 32 GSW NBA 5 2 16.2 1.2 2.0 .600 0.6 1.0 .600 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.2 2.4 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.2 2.0 3.0
Career NBA 624 133 18.7 1.1 2.6 .407 0.1 0.3 .210 0.4 0.6 .561 1.0 3.3 4.2 0.3 0.2 3.3 0.7 2.3 2.6

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
1985-86 23 WSB NBA 80 60 2090 2.2 4.8 .460 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.5 .488 2.1 6.1 8.2 0.4 0.5 6.8 1.1 4.4 5.1
1986-87 24 WSB NBA 82 12 1552 2.4 5.4 .446 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.6 .672 1.9 6.4 8.4 0.3 0.5 7.0 1.4 4.4 5.8
1987-88 25 WSB NBA 77 4 1136 2.4 5.2 .455 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.6 .531 2.3 6.4 8.7 0.4 0.3 6.6 1.1 5.1 5.6
1988-89 26 GSW NBA 80 4 1769 2.6 7.0 .369 0.4 1.9 .220 0.8 1.3 .606 2.4 7.0 9.4 0.5 0.2 7.0 1.6 4.6 6.4
1989-90 27 GSW NBA 75 20 1310 1.5 4.6 .331 0.2 1.3 .188 0.7 1.3 .510 0.9 6.7 7.6 1.0 0.4 6.5 1.4 5.3 4.0
1990-91 28 PHI NBA 82 6 1522 1.5 3.9 .396 0.0 0.3 .071 0.6 1.0 .585 1.6 6.7 8.3 0.5 0.4 5.8 1.5 4.4 3.7
1991-92 29 PHI NBA 71 2 1267 1.4 3.6 .383 0.0 0.3 .000 0.3 0.7 .462 1.5 4.8 6.3 0.6 0.3 5.8 1.2 3.9 3.1
1992-93 30 PHI NBA 58 23 855 2.2 5.3 .409 0.4 1.3 .313 0.5 0.8 .632 1.9 6.3 8.1 0.8 0.6 5.0 2.1 3.7 5.3
1993-94 31 TOT NBA 14 0 116 1.2 5.9 .211 0.0 0.9 .000 0.0 0.0 0.9 4.7 5.6 0.3 0.6 5.0 1.6 4.0 2.5
1993-94 31 MIA NBA 8 0 61 0.6 7.1 .083 0.0 1.8 .000 0.0 0.0 0.6 5.9 6.5 0.0 0.0 3.5 3.0 2.4 1.2
1993-94 31 WSB NBA 2 0 6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 6.0 0.0
1993-94 31 PHI NBA 4 0 49 2.2 5.1 .429 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.9 4.4 0.0 1.5 6.6 0.0 5.9 4.4
1994-95 32 GSW NBA 5 2 81 2.7 4.4 .600 1.3 2.2 .600 0.0 0.0 0.4 4.9 5.3 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.4 4.4 6.7
Career NBA 624 133 11698 2.0 5.0 .407 0.1 0.6 .210 0.7 1.2 .561 1.8 6.3 8.1 0.5 0.4 6.4 1.4 4.5 4.9

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
1985-86 23 WSB NBA 80 2090 11.2 .472 .460 6.4 18.3 12.4 1.4 0.6 10.6 17.1 7.6 95 99 -0.4 4.2 3.9
1986-87 24 WSB NBA 82 1552 10.9 .482 .446 5.6 19.3 12.4 0.9 0.6 10.8 19.0 8.3 94 101 -0.5 2.9 2.4
1987-88 25 WSB NBA 77 1136 10.8 .472 .455 7.0 20.2 13.5 1.5 0.5 10.6 15.8 8.0 98 101 -0.1 2.1 2.0
1988-89 26 GSW NBA 80 1769 9.8 .421 .398 6.6 19.5 13.1 1.8 0.3 10.8 17.5 9.7 88 103 -1.2 2.8 1.7
1989-90 27 GSW NBA 75 1310 7.2 .383 .358 2.8 18.8 11.2 3.3 0.4 10.0 21.1 7.4 76 108 -1.4 1.4 0.0
1990-91 28 PHI NBA 82 1522 8.4 .426 .399 5.0 20.5 12.9 1.7 0.5 9.6 25.7 7.0 80 102 -1.3 2.6 1.3
1991-92 29 PHI NBA 71 1267 7.7 .394 .383 4.9 15.1 10.0 2.3 0.4 9.8 22.7 6.3 82 106 -0.9 1.6 0.8
1992-93 30 PHI NBA 58 855 8.5 .465 .449 5.6 18.8 12.2 2.8 0.8 8.2 27.0 9.2 81 106 -0.9 1.1 0.2
1993-94 31 TOT NBA 14 116 3.1 .211 .211 2.9 14.6 8.7 1.1 0.9 8.8 20.8 8.9 46 104 -0.3 0.1 -0.2
1993-94 31 MIA NBA 8 61 -3.4 .083 .083 1.9 18.7 10.2 0.0 0.0 6.8 29.4 12.0 18 105 -0.3 0.1 -0.3
1993-94 31 WSB NBA 2 6 10.7 0.0 19.9 9.7 20.6 0.0 10.4 0.0 207 107 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993-94 31 PHI NBA 4 49 10.2 .429 .429 4.5 9.0 6.7 0.0 2.0 11.1 0.0 6.2 103 103 0.0 0.1 0.1
1994-95 32 GSW NBA 5 81 9.5 .750 .750 1.4 15.2 8.2 0.0 0.0 7.6 9.1 5.7 134 111 0.1 0.1 0.1
Career NBA 624 11698 9.4 .441 .420 5.5 18.8 12.2 1.8 0.5 10.2 19.9 7.9 87 103 -6.8 19.1 12.3

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
1985-86 23 WSB NBA 5 152 10 17 0 0 3 8 16 38 1 3 29 4 15 23 .588 .375 30.4 4.6 7.6 0.2
1986-87 24 WSB NBA 3 43 4 10 0 1 0 2 5 9 0 0 5 0 6 8 .400 .000 .000 14.3 2.7 3.0 0.0
1987-88 25 WSB NBA 5 44 4 7 0 0 1 1 7 12 0 0 2 1 5 9 .571 1.000 8.8 1.8 2.4 0.0
1988-89 26 GSW NBA 8 148 7 36 2 22 2 7 5 31 1 2 29 3 21 18 .194 .091 .286 18.5 2.3 3.9 0.1
1990-91 28 PHI NBA 8 109 9 18 0 0 6 9 4 19 1 1 12 5 14 24 .500 .667 13.6 3.0 2.4 0.1
Career NBA 29 496 34 88 2 23 12 27 37 109 3 6 77 13 61 82 .386 .087 .444 17.1 2.8 3.8 0.1

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
1985-86 23 WSB NBA 5 152 13.9 .560 .588 10.8 16.3 13.4 0.9 1.0 10.9 16.3 6.8 114 106 0.1 0.2 0.3
1986-87 24 WSB NBA 3 43 8.5 .368 .400 11.2 10.5 10.9 0.0 0.0 6.2 0.0 10.6 96 112 0.0 0.0 0.0
1987-88 25 WSB NBA 5 44 12.2 .605 .571 18.9 13.4 16.2 0.0 0.0 2.8 11.8 8.7 132 112 0.1 0.0 0.1
1988-89 26 GSW NBA 8 148 5.4 .230 .222 3.4 17.0 10.3 0.8 0.6 10.9 7.1 11.4 58 109 -0.4 0.2 -0.2
1990-91 28 PHI NBA 8 109 9.3 .546 .500 4.7 16.5 10.8 1.4 0.5 7.0 18.5 11.7 97 110 0.0 0.1 0.1
Career NBA 29 496 9.8 .410 .398 8.0 15.8 12.0 0.8 0.6 8.9 11.5 9.7 91 109 -0.3 0.6 0.3

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
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
1984-85 22 BRIDGEPORT 31 303 496 91 153 419 42 8 219 58 72 697 .611 .595 22.5 13.5 1.4
Career 31 303 496 91 153 419 42 8 219 58 72 697 .611 .595 22.5 13.5 1.4

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1985-86 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)

Games

1986-87 NBA 82 (1)
 1990-91 NBA 82 (1)

Blocks

1985-86 NBA 397 (1)
 1986-87 NBA 302 (2)
1987-88 NBA 208 (5)
1988-89 NBA 345 (1)
 1989-90 NBA 238 (4)
1990-91 NBA 247 (3)
1991-92 NBA 205 (7)
Career NBA 2086 (14)
Career 2086 (16)

Blocks Per Game

1985-86 NBA 5.0 (1)
 1986-87 NBA 3.7 (2)
1987-88 NBA 2.7 (5)
1988-89 NBA 4.3 (1)
 1989-90 NBA 3.2 (4)
1990-91 NBA 3.0 (4)
1991-92 NBA 2.9 (6)
1992-93 NBA 2.1 (8)
Career NBA 3.3 (2)
Career 3.3 (2)

Block Pct

1985-86 NBA 10.6 (1)
 1986-87 NBA 10.8 (1)
 1987-88 NBA 10.6 (1)
 1988-89 NBA 10.8 (1)
 1989-90 NBA 10.0 (1)
 1990-91 NBA 9.6 (1)
 1991-92 NBA 9.8 (1)
 1992-93 NBA 8.2 (1)
 Career NBA 10.2 (1)
 Career 10.2 (1)

Defensive Rating

1985-86 NBA 98.9 (3)
1986-87 NBA 101.5 (4)
1990-91 NBA 102.1 (10)

Defensive Win Shares

1985-86 NBA 4.2 (10)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (1009)

Transactions

September 27, 1982: Traded by the Atlanta Hawks (as a 1985 2nd round draft pick) with Jim Johnstone and a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Darrell Lockhart) to the San Antonio Spurs for George Johnson.

January 20, 1984: Traded by the San Antonio Spurs (as a 1985 2nd round draft pick) to the Golden State Warriors for Ron Brewer.

June 17, 1985: Traded by the Golden State Warriors (as a 1985 2nd round draft pick) with a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Duane Washington) to the Washington Bullets for Greg Ballard.

June 18, 1985: Drafted by the Washington Bullets in the 2nd round (31st pick) of the 1985 NBA Draft.

June 8, 1988: Traded by the Washington Bullets to the Golden State Warriors for Dave Feitl and a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Doug Roth).

August 1, 1990: Traded by the Golden State Warriors to the Philadelphia 76ers for a 1991 1st round draft pick (Chris Gatling).

July 28, 1993: Released by the Philadelphia 76ers.

October 12, 1993: Signed as a free agent with the Miami Heat.

January 25, 1994: Released by the Miami Heat.

February 21, 1994: Signed a 10-day contract with the Washington Bullets.

March 9, 1994: Signed a 10-day contract with the Philadelphia 76ers.

October 18, 1994: Signed as a free agent with the Golden State Warriors.

February 15, 1995: Waived by the Golden State Warriors.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 Washington Bullets NBA $137,500
1986-87 Washington Bullets NBA *$168,750
1987-88 Washington Bullets NBA $200,000
1988-89 Golden State Warriors NBA $400,000
1989-90 Golden State Warriors NBA *$850,000
1990-91 Philadelphia 76ers NBA $1,300,000
1991-92 Philadelphia 76ers NBA $1,350,000
1992-93 Philadelphia 76ers NBA $1,650,000
1993-94 Total NBA $650,000
1994-95 Golden State Warriors NBA $200,000
Career (may be incomplete) $6,906,250
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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