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Caron Butler

James Caron Butler (Caron)

Position: Forward ▪ Height: 6-7 ▪ Weight: 217 lbs.
Born: March 13, 1980 in Racine, Wisconsin
High School: Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield, Maine
College: University of Connecticut
Draft: Miami Heat, 1st round (10th pick, 10th overall), 2002 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 30, 2002
Age: 31 years, 327 days ▪ Experience: 9 years

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Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 3, 2012, 6:23AM
All-Time Rank: #231. George McGinnis… #232. Jason Richardson… #233. Kenny Anderson… #233. CARON BUTLER… #233. Red Kerr… 

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
2002-03 22 MIA NBA 78 78 2858 429 1032 .416 34 107 .318 309 375 .824 135 262 397 213 137 31 192 230 1201
2003-04 23 MIA NBA 68 56 2030 240 631 .380 10 42 .238 133 176 .756 92 234 326 126 75 13 91 162 623
2004-05 24 LAL NBA 77 77 2746 441 991 .445 38 125 .304 275 319 .862 146 304 450 146 110 23 125 213 1195
2005-06 25 WAS NBA 75 54 2708 494 1086 .455 41 120 .342 289 332 .870 114 352 466 186 127 18 175 238 1318
2006-07 26 WAS NBA 63 63 2474 451 975 .463 18 72 .250 283 328 .863 147 320 467 233 134 17 181 188 1203
2007-08 27 WAS NBA 58 58 2314 439 943 .466 66 185 .357 236 262 .901 93 295 388 284 128 20 150 160 1180
2008-09 28 WAS NBA 67 67 2585 491 1085 .453 65 210 .310 345 402 .858 118 296 414 290 106 20 210 165 1392
2009-10 29 TOT NBA 74 74 2783 450 1051 .428 42 145 .290 264 315 .838 104 357 461 156 116 24 160 193 1206
2009-10 29 WAS NBA 47 47 1853 293 694 .422 25 95 .263 185 211 .877 68 248 316 107 68 15 113 126 796
2009-10 29 DAL NBA 27 27 930 157 357 .440 17 50 .340 79 104 .760 36 109 145 49 48 9 47 67 410
2010-11 30 DAL NBA 29 29 867 170 378 .450 28 65 .431 68 88 .773 22 96 118 46 28 8 49 59 436
2011-12 31 LAC NBA 18 18 598 101 230 .439 33 93 .355 33 46 .717 9 59 68 31 23 2 24 34 268
Career NBA 607 574 21963 3706 8402 .441 375 1164 .322 2235 2643 .846 980 2575 3555 1711 984 176 1357 1642 10022

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
2002-03 22 MIA NBA 78 78 36.6 5.5 13.2 .416 0.4 1.4 .318 4.0 4.8 .824 1.7 3.4 5.1 2.7 1.8 0.4 2.5 2.9 15.4
2003-04 23 MIA NBA 68 56 29.9 3.5 9.3 .380 0.1 0.6 .238 2.0 2.6 .756 1.4 3.4 4.8 1.9 1.1 0.2 1.3 2.4 9.2
2004-05 24 LAL NBA 77 77 35.7 5.7 12.9 .445 0.5 1.6 .304 3.6 4.1 .862 1.9 3.9 5.8 1.9 1.4 0.3 1.6 2.8 15.5
2005-06 25 WAS NBA 75 54 36.1 6.6 14.5 .455 0.5 1.6 .342 3.9 4.4 .870 1.5 4.7 6.2 2.5 1.7 0.2 2.3 3.2 17.6
2006-07 26 WAS NBA 63 63 39.3 7.2 15.5 .463 0.3 1.1 .250 4.5 5.2 .863 2.3 5.1 7.4 3.7 2.1 0.3 2.9 3.0 19.1
2007-08 27 WAS NBA 58 58 39.9 7.6 16.3 .466 1.1 3.2 .357 4.1 4.5 .901 1.6 5.1 6.7 4.9 2.2 0.3 2.6 2.8 20.3
2008-09 28 WAS NBA 67 67 38.6 7.3 16.2 .453 1.0 3.1 .310 5.1 6.0 .858 1.8 4.4 6.2 4.3 1.6 0.3 3.1 2.5 20.8
2009-10 29 TOT NBA 74 74 37.6 6.1 14.2 .428 0.6 2.0 .290 3.6 4.3 .838 1.4 4.8 6.2 2.1 1.6 0.3 2.2 2.6 16.3
2009-10 29 WAS NBA 47 47 39.4 6.2 14.8 .422 0.5 2.0 .263 3.9 4.5 .877 1.4 5.3 6.7 2.3 1.4 0.3 2.4 2.7 16.9
2009-10 29 DAL NBA 27 27 34.4 5.8 13.2 .440 0.6 1.9 .340 2.9 3.9 .760 1.3 4.0 5.4 1.8 1.8 0.3 1.7 2.5 15.2
2010-11 30 DAL NBA 29 29 29.9 5.9 13.0 .450 1.0 2.2 .431 2.3 3.0 .773 0.8 3.3 4.1 1.6 1.0 0.3 1.7 2.0 15.0
2011-12 31 LAC NBA 18 18 33.2 5.6 12.8 .439 1.8 5.2 .355 1.8 2.6 .717 0.5 3.3 3.8 1.7 1.3 0.1 1.3 1.9 14.9
Career NBA 607 574 36.2 6.1 13.8 .441 0.6 1.9 .322 3.7 4.4 .846 1.6 4.2 5.9 2.8 1.6 0.3 2.2 2.7 16.5

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
2002-03 22 MIA NBA 78 78 2858 5.4 13.0 .416 0.4 1.3 .318 3.9 4.7 .824 1.7 3.3 5.0 2.7 1.7 0.4 2.4 2.9 15.1
2003-04 23 MIA NBA 68 56 2030 4.3 11.2 .380 0.2 0.7 .238 2.4 3.1 .756 1.6 4.1 5.8 2.2 1.3 0.2 1.6 2.9 11.0
2004-05 24 LAL NBA 77 77 2746 5.8 13.0 .445 0.5 1.6 .304 3.6 4.2 .862 1.9 4.0 5.9 1.9 1.4 0.3 1.6 2.8 15.7
2005-06 25 WAS NBA 75 54 2708 6.6 14.4 .455 0.5 1.6 .342 3.8 4.4 .870 1.5 4.7 6.2 2.5 1.7 0.2 2.3 3.2 17.5
2006-07 26 WAS NBA 63 63 2474 6.6 14.2 .463 0.3 1.0 .250 4.1 4.8 .863 2.1 4.7 6.8 3.4 1.9 0.2 2.6 2.7 17.5
2007-08 27 WAS NBA 58 58 2314 6.8 14.7 .466 1.0 2.9 .357 3.7 4.1 .901 1.4 4.6 6.0 4.4 2.0 0.3 2.3 2.5 18.4
2008-09 28 WAS NBA 67 67 2585 6.8 15.1 .453 0.9 2.9 .310 4.8 5.6 .858 1.6 4.1 5.8 4.0 1.5 0.3 2.9 2.3 19.4
2009-10 29 TOT NBA 74 74 2783 5.8 13.6 .428 0.5 1.9 .290 3.4 4.1 .838 1.3 4.6 6.0 2.0 1.5 0.3 2.1 2.5 15.6
2009-10 29 WAS NBA 47 47 1853 5.7 13.5 .422 0.5 1.8 .263 3.6 4.1 .877 1.3 4.8 6.1 2.1 1.3 0.3 2.2 2.4 15.5
2009-10 29 DAL NBA 27 27 930 6.1 13.8 .440 0.7 1.9 .340 3.1 4.0 .760 1.4 4.2 5.6 1.9 1.9 0.3 1.8 2.6 15.9
2010-11 30 DAL NBA 29 29 867 7.1 15.7 .450 1.2 2.7 .431 2.8 3.7 .773 0.9 4.0 4.9 1.9 1.2 0.3 2.0 2.4 18.1
2011-12 31 LAC NBA 18 18 598 6.1 13.8 .439 2.0 5.6 .355 2.0 2.8 .717 0.5 3.6 4.1 1.9 1.4 0.1 1.4 2.0 16.1
Career NBA 607 574 21963 6.1 13.8 .441 0.6 1.9 .322 3.7 4.3 .846 1.6 4.2 5.8 2.8 1.6 0.3 2.2 2.7 16.4

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 WS/48
2002-03 22 MIA NBA 78 2858 15.1 .502 .432 5.3 10.9 8.0 14.1 2.6 0.9 13.8 22.9 99 102 1.6 3.6 5.1 .086
2003-04 23 MIA NBA 68 2030 10.7 .440 .388 5.2 13.6 9.4 10.8 2.0 0.5 11.4 18.5 94 102 -0.2 2.4 2.1 .050
2004-05 24 LAL NBA 77 2746 15.8 .528 .464 6.0 12.4 9.2 9.3 2.1 0.6 9.9 20.7 110 111 4.1 1.2 5.3 .093
2005-06 25 WAS NBA 75 2708 17.0 .535 .474 4.8 15.6 10.0 12.1 2.4 0.5 12.4 23.2 107 106 3.5 2.8 6.3 .112
2006-07 26 WAS NBA 63 2474 18.3 .537 .472 6.6 15.3 10.8 15.9 2.8 0.5 13.9 23.1 108 109 3.4 1.9 5.3 .103
2007-08 27 WAS NBA 58 2314 20.7 .558 .501 4.6 15.4 9.8 21.9 3.0 0.7 12.4 24.0 113 107 4.8 2.4 7.2 .150
2008-09 28 WAS NBA 67 2585 18.8 .552 .482 5.2 13.8 9.4 19.7 2.2 0.6 14.3 25.9 108 113 3.4 1.1 4.5 .083
2009-10 29 TOT NBA 74 2783 13.7 .507 .448 4.3 14.9 9.5 9.2 2.2 0.7 11.9 22.1 101 108 0.6 2.9 3.5 .061
2009-10 29 WAS NBA 47 1853 13.5 .506 .440 4.2 15.6 9.8 9.6 1.9 0.6 12.6 22.0 101 109 0.4 1.7 2.1 .054
2009-10 29 DAL NBA 27 930 14.2 .509 .464 4.5 13.3 8.9 8.5 2.7 0.7 10.5 22.3 101 105 0.2 1.2 1.4 .075
2010-11 30 DAL NBA 29 867 14.2 .523 .487 3.1 12.5 8.0 9.1 1.7 0.7 10.5 25.1 100 106 0.2 1.0 1.2 .067
2011-12 31 LAC NBA 18 598 14.8 .535 .511 1.8 11.8 6.8 8.7 2.0 0.3 8.8 21.0 106 108 0.8 0.2 1.0 .082
Career NBA 607 21963 16.2 .524 .463 5.1 13.8 9.4 13.7 2.4 0.6 12.4 22.7 105 107 22.2 19.4 41.6 .091

Playoffs

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
2003-04 23 MIA NBA 13 511 59 153 2 11 47 57 18 110 31 28 7 23 45 167 .386 .182 .825 39.3 12.8 8.5 2.4
2005-06 25 WAS NBA 6 262 42 101 3 14 24 29 16 63 16 12 4 14 31 111 .416 .214 .828 43.7 18.5 10.5 2.7
2007-08 27 WAS NBA 6 246 40 87 5 21 27 31 10 34 23 11 1 16 19 112 .460 .238 .871 41.0 18.7 5.7 3.8
2009-10 29 DAL NBA 6 202 43 99 7 23 25 27 3 35 8 9 5 15 16 118 .434 .304 .926 33.7 19.7 5.8 1.3
Career NBA 31 1221 184 440 17 69 123 144 47 242 78 60 17 68 111 508 .418 .246 .854 39.4 16.4 7.8 2.5

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
2003-04 23 MIA NBA 13 511 15.4 .469 .392 4.0 20.7 12.3 11.6 3.0 1.2 11.4 18.9 97 92 0.4 1.0 1.4 .128
2005-06 25 WAS NBA 6 262 15.6 .488 .431 7.1 22.0 14.3 11.1 2.4 1.1 11.0 22.8 102 105 0.1 0.4 0.5 .088
2007-08 27 WAS NBA 6 246 17.7 .556 .489 4.7 11.5 8.1 18.5 2.4 0.4 13.7 22.7 109 109 0.3 0.2 0.6 .109
2009-10 29 DAL NBA 6 202 17.8 .532 .470 1.7 17.7 9.7 8.0 2.4 1.8 11.9 29.2 101 103 0.1 0.3 0.4 .096
Career NBA 31 1221 16.3 .505 .438 4.4 18.6 11.5 12.3 2.7 1.1 11.9 22.2 102 100 0.9 1.9 2.8 .110

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2006-07 26 WAS NBA 1 0 15:38 1 7 .143 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 2
2007-08 27 WAS NBA
Career NBA 1 0 16 1 7 .143 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 2

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 9 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Caron Butler 7.2 6.3 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.5 3.5 2.1 1.2
Cliff Levingston 96.0 7.0 6.1 5.5 5.5 5.3 4.7 3.4 2.0 1.3
Kenyon Martin 93.1 7.1 6.7 5.3 5.0 4.9 4.0 3.8 2.1 0.0
Junior Bridgeman 92.7 6.7 6.1 5.5 5.1 4.8 4.0 3.6 2.6 2.1
Wayman Tisdale 92.3 7.0 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.4 4.5 3.4 3.2 1.8
Tom Gugliotta 92.2 6.7 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.0 3.8 3.5 1.8 1.6
Eddie Johnson 91.9 7.4 6.5 5.6 5.3 4.3 4.0 3.9 3.0 1.8
Juwan Howard 91.4 7.0 6.0 5.6 4.9 4.6 4.4 2.8 2.8 1.9
Bill Bradley 91.2 7.0 5.4 5.4 4.9 4.7 4.2 2.8 2.5 1.1
Cazzie Russell 91.0 7.3 7.1 5.9 5.2 5.2 4.1 2.2 2.0 1.8
Purvis Short 90.9 6.2 6.0 5.7 5.4 5.2 5.0 3.7 2.6 2.2
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Caron Butler 7.2 6.3 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.5 3.5 2.1 1.2
Jim Washington 92.0 6.7 5.5 5.4 4.9 4.7 4.3 3.6 2.4 1.3 0.5 0.0
Gus Johnson 91.3 7.2 5.9 5.3 5.1 5.0 3.5 2.2 1.6 0.9 0.1
Cliff Levingston 90.9 7.0 6.1 5.5 5.5 5.3 4.7 3.4 2.9 2.0 1.3 0.5
Bill Bradley 89.9 7.0 5.4 5.4 4.9 4.7 4.2 2.8 2.5 1.1 0.8
Jerome Williams 89.5 7.6 5.4 5.0 4.8 4.5 4.3 3.5 2.6 0.2
Tom Gugliotta 89.3 6.7 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.0 3.8 3.5 1.8 1.6 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.3
Keith Van Horn 88.8 6.5 6.3 6.3 5.5 4.8 3.7 3.5 2.8 2.3
Lonnie Shelton 88.4 7.5 5.9 5.8 5.1 4.8 4.6 2.1 0.9 0.5 0.1
Kenyon Martin 87.8 7.1 6.7 5.3 5.0 4.9 4.0 3.8 3.3 2.7 2.1 0.0
Xavier McDaniel 86.8 7.4 6.2 5.4 5.3 5.1 5.1 4.6 4.4 2.3 1.4 0.7 0.0

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
2000-01 20 UCONN 29 950 151 347 14 46 129 171 221 89 63 9 70 76 445 .435 .304 .754 32.8 15.3 7.6 3.1
2001-02 21 UCONN 34 1223 253 521 30 75 155 199 256 101 71 13 98 75 691 .486 .400 .779 36.0 20.3 7.5 3.0
Career 63 2173 404 868 44 121 284 370 477 190 134 22 168 151 1136 .465 .364 .768 34.5 18.0 7.6 3.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
2007 NBA
2008 NBA
Monthly Awards
Nov 2002: Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month
Jan 2003: Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month
Feb 2003: Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month
Mar 2003: Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month
Honors
2002-03 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
Free Throw Pct
2007-08 NBA .901 (6)
Career NBA .846 (53)
Career .846 (58)
Steals
2002-03 NBA 137 (9)
2006-07 NBA 134 (7)
Minutes Per Game
2006-07 NBA 39.3 (10)
2007-08 NBA 39.9 (4)
2008-09 NBA 38.6 (7)
Career NBA 36.2 (53)
Career 36.2 (54)
Steals Per Game
2002-03 NBA 1.8 (8)
2006-07 NBA 2.1 (3)
2007-08 NBA 2.2 (4)
Steal Pct
2006-07 NBA 2.8 (6)
2007-08 NBA 3.0 (4)
Hall of Fame Probability
Active 0.022 (35)
Career 0.022 (246)
NBA Elo Player Rating
233rd (overall) as of Feb 3, 2012, 6:23AM
47th (active) as of Feb 3, 2012, 6:23AM
   

Transactions

June 26, 2002: Drafted by the Miami Heat in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 2002 NBA Draft.

July 14, 2004: Traded by the Miami Heat with Brian Grant, Lamar Odom, a 2006 1st round draft pick (Jordan Farmar) and a 2007 2nd round draft pick (Renaldas Seibutis) to the Los Angeles Lakers for Shaquille O'Neal.

August 2, 2005: Traded by the Los Angeles Lakers with Chucky Atkins to the Washington Wizards for Kwame Brown and Laron Profit.

February 13, 2010: Traded by the Washington Wizards with Brendan Haywood and DeShawn Stevenson to the Dallas Mavericks for Drew Gooden, Josh Howard, Quinton Ross and James Singleton.

December 9, 2011: Signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Clippers.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
2002-03 Miami Heat NBA $1,678,800
2003-04 Miami Heat NBA $1,804,680
2004-05 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $1,930,680
2005-06 Washington Wizards NBA $2,461,617
2006-07 Washington Wizards NBA $7,438,000
2007-08 Washington Wizards NBA $8,218,990
2008-09 Washington Wizards NBA $9,249,980
2009-10 Dallas Mavericks NBA $9,780,970
2010-11 Dallas Mavericks NBA $10,561,960
Career (may be incomplete) $53,125,677

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