Mario Chalmers

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Almario Vernard Chalmers (Mario) ▪ Twitter: @mchalmers15

Position: Guard ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-1 ▪ Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: May 19, 1986 in Anchorage, Alaska
High School: Bartlett in Anchorage, Alaska
College: University of Kansas
Draft: Minnesota Timberwolves, 2nd round (4th pick, 34th overall), 2008 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 29, 2008
Age: 27 years, 31 days ▪ Experience: 5 years

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Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2008-09	22	MIA	NBA	PG	82	82	2626	278	662	.420	114	311	.367	148	193	.767	37	191	228	403	160	8	165	240	818
2009-10	23	MIA	NBA	PG	73	22	1807	182	454	.401	75	236	.318	82	110	.745	25	110	135	246	91	12	123	175	521
2010-11	24	MIA	NBA	PG	70	28	1579	155	388	.399	83	231	.359	54	62	.871	12	134	146	177	76	7	91	158	447
2011-12	25	MIA	NBA	PG	64	64	1825	223	498	.448	101	260	.388	80	101	.792	16	155	171	222	97	11	142	166	627
2012-13	26	MIA	NBA	PG	77	77	2068	227	529	.429	123	301	.409	89	112	.795	19	152	171	273	118	12	119	196	666
Career			NBA		366	273	9905	1065	2531	.421	496	1339	.370	453	578	.784	109	742	851	1321	542	50	640	935	3079

Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2008-09	22	MIA	NBA	PG	82	82	32.0	3.4	8.1	.420	1.4	3.8	.367	1.8	2.4	.767	0.5	2.3	2.8	4.9	2.0	0.1	2.0	2.9	10.0
2009-10	23	MIA	NBA	PG	73	22	24.8	2.5	6.2	.401	1.0	3.2	.318	1.1	1.5	.745	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.4	1.2	0.2	1.7	2.4	7.1
2010-11	24	MIA	NBA	PG	70	28	22.6	2.2	5.5	.399	1.2	3.3	.359	0.8	0.9	.871	0.2	1.9	2.1	2.5	1.1	0.1	1.3	2.3	6.4
2011-12	25	MIA	NBA	PG	64	64	28.5	3.5	7.8	.448	1.6	4.1	.388	1.3	1.6	.792	0.3	2.4	2.7	3.5	1.5	0.2	2.2	2.6	9.8
2012-13	26	MIA	NBA	PG	77	77	26.9	2.9	6.9	.429	1.6	3.9	.409	1.2	1.5	.795	0.2	2.0	2.2	3.5	1.5	0.2	1.5	2.5	8.6
Career			NBA		366	273	27.1	2.9	6.9	.421	1.4	3.7	.370	1.2	1.6	.784	0.3	2.0	2.3	3.6	1.5	0.1	1.7	2.6	8.4

Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2008-09	22	MIA	NBA	PG	82	82	2626	3.8	9.1	.420	1.6	4.3	.367	2.0	2.6	.767	0.5	2.6	3.1	5.5	2.2	0.1	2.3	3.3	11.2
2009-10	23	MIA	NBA	PG	73	22	1807	3.6	9.0	.401	1.5	4.7	.318	1.6	2.2	.745	0.5	2.2	2.7	4.9	1.8	0.2	2.5	3.5	10.4
2010-11	24	MIA	NBA	PG	70	28	1579	3.5	8.8	.399	1.9	5.3	.359	1.2	1.4	.871	0.3	3.1	3.3	4.0	1.7	0.2	2.1	3.6	10.2
2011-12	25	MIA	NBA	PG	64	64	1825	4.4	9.8	.448	2.0	5.1	.388	1.6	2.0	.792	0.3	3.1	3.4	4.4	1.9	0.2	2.8	3.3	12.4
2012-13	26	MIA	NBA	PG	77	77	2068	4.0	9.2	.429	2.1	5.2	.409	1.5	1.9	.795	0.3	2.6	3.0	4.8	2.1	0.2	2.1	3.4	11.6
Career			NBA		366	273	9905	3.9	9.2	.421	1.8	4.9	.370	1.6	2.1	.784	0.4	2.7	3.1	4.8	2.0	0.2	2.3	3.4	11.2

Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
2008-09	22	MIA	NBA	PG	82	2626	13.3	.548	.506	1.7	8.8	5.2	23.5	3.3	0.2	18.1	16.3	107	107	2.1	3.1	5.2	.095
2009-10	23	MIA	NBA	PG	73	1807	10.7	.519	.483	1.6	7.1	4.4	21.0	2.7	0.5	19.7	16.3	100	105	0.3	2.4	2.7	.072
2010-11	24	MIA	NBA	PG	70	1579	10.3	.538	.506	1.0	9.5	5.5	16.8	2.5	0.3	18.0	15.0	103	104	0.7	2.3	2.9	.089
2011-12	25	MIA	NBA	PG	64	1825	13.0	.578	.549	1.1	9.8	5.6	19.0	2.8	0.5	20.7	17.4	104	101	1.5	2.8	4.3	.112
2012-13	26	MIA	NBA	PG	77	2068	13.3	.576	.545	1.2	8.6	5.1	19.4	3.0	0.5	17.1	16.1	110	104	2.6	2.5	5.2	.120
Career			NBA		366	9905	12.3	.553	.519	1.3	8.7	5.1	20.3	2.9	0.4	18.7	16.3	105	104	7.2	13.0	20.3	.098

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2008-09	22	MIA	NBA	PG	7	7	231	20	50	.400	6	21	.286	5	7	.714	6	13	19	31	20	1	17	21	51
2009-10	23	MIA	NBA	PG	5	0	131	18	40	.450	7	20	.350	11	13	.846	1	8	9	13	3	0	12	18	54
2010-11	24	MIA	NBA	PG	21	1	511	54	124	.435	32	84	.381	23	32	.719	4	36	40	44	27	1	28	48	163
2011-12	25	MIA	NBA	PG	23	23	819	92	208	.442	33	92	.359	43	60	.717	12	72	84	90	28	6	42	69	260
2012-13	26	MIA	NBA	PG	22	22	610	70	168	.417	23	61	.377	39	49	.796	10	43	53	69	19	1	34	67	202
Career			NBA		78	53	2302	254	590	.431	101	278	.363	121	161	.752	33	172	205	247	97	9	133	223	730

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2008-09	22	MIA	NBA	PG	7	7	33.0	2.9	7.1	.400	0.9	3.0	.286	0.7	1.0	.714	0.9	1.9	2.7	4.4	2.9	0.1	2.4	3.0	7.3
2009-10	23	MIA	NBA	PG	5	0	26.2	3.6	8.0	.450	1.4	4.0	.350	2.2	2.6	.846	0.2	1.6	1.8	2.6	0.6	0.0	2.4	3.6	10.8
2010-11	24	MIA	NBA	PG	21	1	24.3	2.6	5.9	.435	1.5	4.0	.381	1.1	1.5	.719	0.2	1.7	1.9	2.1	1.3	0.0	1.3	2.3	7.8
2011-12	25	MIA	NBA	PG	23	23	35.6	4.0	9.0	.442	1.4	4.0	.359	1.9	2.6	.717	0.5	3.1	3.7	3.9	1.2	0.3	1.8	3.0	11.3
2012-13	26	MIA	NBA	PG	22	22	27.7	3.2	7.6	.417	1.0	2.8	.377	1.8	2.2	.796	0.5	2.0	2.4	3.1	0.9	0.0	1.5	3.0	9.2
Career			NBA		78	53	29.5	3.3	7.6	.431	1.3	3.6	.363	1.6	2.1	.752	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.2	1.2	0.1	1.7	2.9	9.4

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2008-09	22	MIA	NBA	PG	7	7	231	3.1	7.8	.400	0.9	3.3	.286	0.8	1.1	.714	0.9	2.0	3.0	4.8	3.1	0.2	2.6	3.3	7.9
2009-10	23	MIA	NBA	PG	5	0	131	4.9	11.0	.450	1.9	5.5	.350	3.0	3.6	.846	0.3	2.2	2.5	3.6	0.8	0.0	3.3	4.9	14.8
2010-11	24	MIA	NBA	PG	21	1	511	3.8	8.7	.435	2.3	5.9	.381	1.6	2.3	.719	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.1	1.9	0.1	2.0	3.4	11.5
2011-12	25	MIA	NBA	PG	23	23	819	4.0	9.1	.442	1.5	4.0	.359	1.9	2.6	.717	0.5	3.2	3.7	4.0	1.2	0.3	1.8	3.0	11.4
2012-13	26	MIA	NBA	PG	22	22	610	4.1	9.9	.417	1.4	3.6	.377	2.3	2.9	.796	0.6	2.5	3.1	4.1	1.1	0.1	2.0	4.0	11.9
Career			NBA		78	53	2302	4.0	9.2	.431	1.6	4.3	.363	1.9	2.5	.752	0.5	2.7	3.2	3.9	1.5	0.1	2.1	3.5	11.4

Playoffs Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
2008-09	22	MIA	NBA	PG	7	231	11.8	.480	.460	3.5	6.6	5.2	23.7	5.0	0.4	24.3	15.7	95	102	-0.1	0.4	0.3	.063
2009-10	23	MIA	NBA	PG	5	131	10.3	.591	.538	0.9	8.2	4.3	17.6	1.2	0.0	20.8	20.5	101	109	0.0	0.1	0.2	.056
2010-11	24	MIA	NBA	PG	21	511	12.5	.590	.565	1.0	8.3	4.7	15.2	2.9	0.2	16.9	15.9	109	104	0.6	0.6	1.2	.111
2011-12	25	MIA	NBA	PG	23	819	13.2	.555	.522	1.8	10.4	6.2	18.0	1.9	0.6	15.2	16.1	110	103	1.2	0.9	2.1	.122
2012-13	26	MIA	NBA	PG	22	610	11.7	.533	.485	2.1	8.6	5.4	18.1	1.7	0.1	15.2	17.8	106	107	0.6	0.5	1.1	.088
Career			NBA		78	2302	12.3	.552	.516	1.8	9.0	5.5	18.0	2.3	0.3	16.8	16.7	106	105	2.3	2.5	4.8	.101

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 5 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5
Mario Chalmers		5.2	5.2	4.3	2.9	2.7
Ricky Sobers	95.4	5.3	4.8	4.3	2.8	2.4
Odie Spears	92.7	5.6	5.2	4.7	3.3	3.1
Greg Anthony	92.4	5.5	4.8	4.6	2.9	2.2
Chris Duhon	90.7	5.2	4.8	4.2	4.1	2.3
Bill Keller	90.2	6.1	5.4	4.0	3.6	2.7
Johnny Davis	90.1	5.7	5.2	4.4	4.3	2.5
Rodney Stuckey	88.8	5.0	4.5	3.8	2.7	2.0
Jay Humphries	88.6	4.9	4.8	4.5	3.5	1.9
Bob Warren	87.0	4.9	4.8	4.0	2.3	1.6
Mario Elie	86.5	5.1	4.8	4.4	4.2	1.6

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Mario Chalmers		5.2	5.2	4.3	2.9	2.7
O.J. Mayo	85.0	5.6	4.2	3.5	3.4	2.4
Vincent Askew	84.6	6.0	4.6	4.3	2.9	2.7	1.5	0.2	0.2	-0.2
Kenny Sailors	84.3	5.2	4.9	3.7	1.7	1.6
Belus Smawley	83.8	5.6	5.3	5.0	4.5	3.0	-0.6
Rodney Stuckey	83.1	5.0	4.5	3.8	2.7	2.5	2.0
Ron Williams	82.8	6.1	5.8	4.4	2.6	2.6	1.9	0.1	0.0
Dorell Wright	82.8	5.8	4.9	4.3	3.4	2.2	1.9	0.2	-0.1	-0.1
Lewis Lloyd	82.8	6.3	4.7	4.6	2.6	1.6	0.1	0.0
Phil Ford	82.8	6.1	5.7	5.2	2.9	2.4	0.9	0.2
Ramon Sessions	80.4	5.6	4.4	3.7	2.9	1.1	0.7

College

Light text indicates college freshman or JV participant

			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
2005-06	19	KANSAS	33	859	121	272	48	128	89	113		74	127					379	.445	.375	.788	26.0	11.5	2.2	3.8
2006-07	20	KANSAS	38	1108	159	324	59	146	87	113		115	124					464	.491	.404	.770	29.2	12.2	3.0	3.3
2007-08	21	KANSAS	39	1170	164	318	73	156	97	130		120	169					498	.516	.468	.746	30.0	12.8	3.1	4.3
Career			110	3137	444	914	180	430	273	356		309	420					1341	.486	.419	.767	28.5	12.2	2.8	3.8

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Awards 2007-08 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player	Honors 2005 McDonald's All American 2008-09 NBA All-Rookie (2nd)	Championships (Minimum 1 playoff game) 2012 Miami Heat (NBA)	Games 2008-09 NBA 82 (1)
Steals 2008-09 NBA 160 (3)	Steals Per Game 2008-09 NBA 2.0 (4)	Steal Pct 2008-09 NBA 3.3 (3) 2009-10 NBA 2.7 (5) 2012-13 NBA 3.0 (7)

Transactions

June 26, 2008: Drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2nd round (34th pick) of the 2008 NBA Draft.

June 26, 2008: Traded by the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Miami Heat for cash, a 2009 2nd round draft pick (Henk Norel) and a 2009 2nd round draft pick (Nick Calathes).

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
2008-09	Miami Heat	NBA	$700,000
2009-10	Miami Heat	NBA	$773,500
2010-11	Miami Heat	NBA	$854,389
2011-12	Miami Heat	NBA	$4,000,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$6,327,889

Contract

Free Agent or Unsigned Draft Pick cap hold ▪ Player, Team, or Early Termination option

Team	2012-13	2013-14
Miami Heat	$4,000,000	$4,000,000

Signed December 9, 2011 for an assumed $12,000,000 for 3 years.

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