Benjamin Coleman (Ben, Big Ben)
Position: Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-9 ▪ Weight: 235 lbs.
Born: November 14, 1961 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
High School: Minneapolis North in Minneapolis, Minnesota
College: University of Maryland
Draft: Chicago Bulls, 2nd round (13th pick, 37th overall), 1984 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 31, 1986
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| Totals | Shooting | Per Game | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Total | 227 | 42 | 3612 | 583 | 1129 | 0 | 5 | 328 | 432 | 305 | 928 | 128 | 94 | 99 | 302 | 613 | 1494 | .516 | .000 | .759 | 15.9 | 6.6 | 4.1 | 0.6 | |
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Place | Home | 112 | 20 | 1789 | 302 | 552 | 0 | 1 | 164 | 222 | 152 | 459 | 65 | 47 | 62 | 150 | 297 | 768 | .547 | .000 | .739 | 16.0 | 6.9 | 4.1 | 0.6 |
| Road | 115 | 22 | 1823 | 281 | 577 | 0 | 4 | 164 | 210 | 153 | 469 | 63 | 47 | 37 | 152 | 316 | 726 | .487 | .000 | .781 | 15.9 | 6.3 | 4.1 | 0.5 | |
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| All-Star | Pre | 122 | 21 | 1874 | 318 | 624 | 0 | 3 | 166 | 218 | 163 | 494 | 79 | 52 | 49 | 172 | 317 | 802 | .510 | .000 | .761 | 15.4 | 6.6 | 4.0 | 0.6 |
| Post | 105 | 21 | 1738 | 265 | 505 | 0 | 2 | 162 | 214 | 142 | 434 | 49 | 42 | 50 | 130 | 296 | 692 | .525 | .000 | .757 | 16.6 | 6.6 | 4.1 | 0.5 | |
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Result | Win | 87 | 18 | 1353 | 237 | 413 | 0 | 1 | 115 | 160 | 119 | 372 | 46 | 36 | 50 | 118 | 243 | 589 | .574 | .000 | .719 | 15.6 | 6.8 | 4.3 | 0.5 |
| Loss | 140 | 24 | 2259 | 346 | 716 | 0 | 4 | 213 | 272 | 186 | 556 | 82 | 58 | 49 | 184 | 370 | 905 | .483 | .000 | .783 | 16.1 | 6.5 | 4.0 | 0.6 | |
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Month | October | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | ||
| November | 37 | 0 | 575 | 93 | 183 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 89 | 54 | 151 | 28 | 20 | 12 | 57 | 97 | 258 | .508 | .000 | .809 | 15.5 | 7.0 | 4.1 | 0.8 | |
| December | 32 | 15 | 648 | 115 | 229 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 62 | 47 | 161 | 32 | 21 | 18 | 65 | 106 | 277 | .502 | .758 | 20.3 | 8.7 | 5.0 | 1.0 | ||
| January | 41 | 5 | 506 | 82 | 164 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 56 | 46 | 140 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 88 | 204 | .500 | .000 | .714 | 12.3 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 0.4 | |
| February | 43 | 11 | 665 | 106 | 201 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 57 | 57 | 164 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 53 | 121 | 254 | .527 | .000 | .737 | 15.5 | 5.9 | 3.8 | 0.4 | |
| March | 43 | 6 | 780 | 125 | 230 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 94 | 70 | 224 | 22 | 20 | 24 | 56 | 129 | 324 | .543 | .000 | .787 | 18.1 | 7.5 | 5.2 | 0.5 | |
| April | 30 | 5 | 436 | 62 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 74 | 30 | 87 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 72 | 177 | .512 | .716 | 14.5 | 5.9 | 2.9 | 0.4 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Day | Sunday | 25 | 7 | 485 | 73 | 160 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 55 | 49 | 125 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 38 | 81 | 183 | .456 | .000 | .673 | 19.4 | 7.3 | 5.0 | 0.7 |
| Monday | 18 | 5 | 254 | 45 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 40 | 20 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 46 | 123 | .523 | .825 | 14.1 | 6.8 | 2.6 | 0.4 | ||
| Tuesday | 39 | 6 | 596 | 94 | 194 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 85 | 47 | 150 | 26 | 11 | 16 | 54 | 97 | 258 | .485 | .000 | .824 | 15.3 | 6.6 | 3.8 | 0.7 | |
| Wednesday | 40 | 9 | 676 | 106 | 201 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 67 | 60 | 180 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 51 | 99 | 264 | .527 | .000 | .776 | 16.9 | 6.6 | 4.5 | 0.7 | |
| Thursday | 19 | 3 | 334 | 51 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 36 | 22 | 70 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 34 | 72 | 130 | .622 | .778 | 17.6 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 0.8 | ||
| Friday | 52 | 7 | 752 | 126 | 234 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 90 | 55 | 194 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 64 | 141 | 321 | .538 | .000 | .767 | 14.5 | 6.2 | 3.7 | 0.4 | |
| Saturday | 34 | 5 | 515 | 88 | 172 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 59 | 52 | 163 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 45 | 77 | 215 | .512 | .000 | .661 | 15.1 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 0.4 | |
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Role | Starter | 42 | 42 | 1105 | 193 | 352 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 108 | 72 | 238 | 43 | 33 | 25 | 90 | 159 | 461 | .548 | .694 | 26.3 | 11.0 | 5.7 | 1.0 | |
| Reserve | 185 | 0 | 2507 | 390 | 777 | 0 | 5 | 253 | 324 | 233 | 690 | 85 | 61 | 74 | 212 | 454 | 1033 | .502 | .000 | .781 | 13.6 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 0.5 | |
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Minutes | 40+ | 5 | 4 | 206 | 39 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 25 | 18 | 56 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 98 | .582 | .800 | 41.2 | 19.6 | 11.2 | 1.8 | |
| 30-39 | 12 | 11 | 412 | 74 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 50 | 29 | 98 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 26 | 48 | 180 | .587 | .640 | 34.3 | 15.0 | 8.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 20-29 | 49 | 15 | 1174 | 194 | 365 | 0 | 3 | 94 | 120 | 99 | 294 | 54 | 28 | 24 | 100 | 182 | 482 | .532 | .000 | .783 | 24.0 | 9.8 | 6.0 | 1.1 | |
| 10-19 | 105 | 12 | 1494 | 223 | 452 | 0 | 2 | 160 | 206 | 125 | 391 | 41 | 27 | 43 | 136 | 294 | 606 | .493 | .000 | .777 | 14.2 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 0.4 | |
| 0-9 | 56 | 0 | 326 | 53 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 31 | 34 | 89 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 68 | 128 | .445 | .710 | 5.8 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.1 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Rest | 0 Days | 59 | 12 | 1016 | 175 | 324 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 114 | 96 | 284 | 36 | 25 | 28 | 78 | 149 | 436 | .540 | .000 | .754 | 17.2 | 7.4 | 4.8 | 0.6 |
| 1 Day | 97 | 20 | 1545 | 239 | 471 | 0 | 3 | 129 | 173 | 100 | 351 | 57 | 44 | 48 | 133 | 264 | 607 | .507 | .000 | .746 | 15.9 | 6.3 | 3.6 | 0.6 | |
| 2 Days | 33 | 5 | 547 | 93 | 173 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 79 | 50 | 140 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 43 | 91 | 247 | .538 | .772 | 16.6 | 7.5 | 4.2 | 0.5 | ||
| 3+ Days | 33 | 5 | 462 | 69 | 145 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 61 | 55 | 145 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 45 | 98 | 188 | .476 | .000 | .820 | 14.0 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 0.5 | |
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Conference | Eastern | 159 | 29 | 2606 | 419 | 811 | 0 | 3 | 230 | 313 | 223 | 662 | 77 | 67 | 70 | 220 | 436 | 1068 | .517 | .000 | .735 | 16.4 | 6.7 | 4.2 | 0.5 |
| Western | 68 | 13 | 1006 | 164 | 318 | 0 | 2 | 98 | 119 | 82 | 266 | 51 | 27 | 29 | 82 | 177 | 426 | .516 | .000 | .824 | 14.8 | 6.3 | 3.9 | 0.8 | |
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Division | Atlantic | 74 | 14 | 1158 | 197 | 373 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 129 | 102 | 307 | 38 | 32 | 33 | 105 | 208 | 480 | .528 | .667 | 15.6 | 6.5 | 4.1 | 0.5 | |
| Central | 85 | 15 | 1448 | 222 | 438 | 0 | 3 | 144 | 184 | 121 | 355 | 39 | 35 | 37 | 115 | 228 | 588 | .507 | .000 | .783 | 17.0 | 6.9 | 4.2 | 0.5 | |
| Midwest | 34 | 12 | 570 | 95 | 192 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 69 | 41 | 134 | 35 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 103 | 250 | .495 | .000 | .870 | 16.8 | 7.4 | 3.9 | 1.0 | |
| Pacific | 34 | 1 | 436 | 69 | 126 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 50 | 41 | 132 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 36 | 74 | 176 | .548 | .000 | .760 | 12.8 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 0.5 | |
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Opponent | Atlanta | 14 | 1 | 210 | 29 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 22 | 13 | 59 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 77 | .509 | .864 | 15.0 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 0.7 | |
| Boston | 17 | 2 | 254 | 49 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 23 | 15 | 65 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 49 | 114 | .544 | .696 | 14.9 | 6.7 | 3.8 | 0.8 | ||
| Chicago | 14 | 1 | 238 | 39 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 29 | 22 | 67 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 99 | .520 | .000 | .724 | 17.0 | 7.1 | 4.8 | 0.5 | |
| Cleveland | 15 | 5 | 319 | 51 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 42 | 24 | 76 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 47 | 135 | .567 | .000 | .786 | 21.3 | 9.0 | 5.1 | 0.5 | |
| Dallas | 6 | 4 | 139 | 25 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 58 | .543 | .000 | 1.000 | 23.2 | 9.7 | 4.7 | 1.7 | |
| Denver | 6 | 1 | 76 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 32 | .407 | .909 | 12.7 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 1.0 | ||
| Detroit | 14 | 4 | 247 | 42 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 41 | 23 | 51 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 40 | 117 | .447 | .805 | 17.6 | 8.4 | 3.6 | 0.6 | ||
| Golden State | 7 | 0 | 73 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 | .357 | 1.000 | 10.4 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 0.1 | ||
| Houston | 6 | 2 | 103 | 17 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 40 | .459 | .857 | 17.2 | 6.7 | 4.0 | 0.7 | ||
| Indiana | 11 | 1 | 181 | 27 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 66 | .529 | .706 | 16.5 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 0.2 | ||
| LA Clippers | 5 | 0 | 63 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 28 | .565 | .000 | .667 | 12.6 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 0.2 | |
| LA Lakers | 6 | 1 | 87 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 42 | .600 | .800 | 14.5 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 0.8 | ||
| Miami | 3 | 0 | 39 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 18 | .538 | .667 | 13.0 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 0.3 | ||
| Milwaukee | 16 | 3 | 242 | 32 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 33 | 23 | 57 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 41 | 90 | .478 | .000 | .788 | 15.1 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 0.3 | |
| New Jersey | 10 | 5 | 183 | 31 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 26 | 13 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 37 | 76 | .620 | .538 | 18.3 | 7.6 | 4.1 | 0.5 | ||
| New Orleans | 4 | 0 | 48 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 30 | .542 | .667 | 12.0 | 7.5 | 2.8 | 0.0 | ||
| New York | 16 | 2 | 192 | 29 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 52 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 42 | 77 | .518 | .826 | 12.0 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 0.3 | ||
| Oklahoma City | 5 | 0 | 85 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 41 | .800 | .692 | 17.0 | 8.2 | 5.0 | 0.8 | ||
| Orlando | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | .500 | 11.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Philadelphia | 8 | 2 | 173 | 36 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 21 | 17 | 49 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 85 | .600 | .619 | 21.6 | 10.6 | 6.1 | 0.6 | ||
| Phoenix | 5 | 0 | 56 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 26 | .476 | 1.000 | 11.2 | 5.2 | 3.2 | 0.6 | ||
| Portland | 4 | 0 | 56 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | .471 | .636 | 14.0 | 5.8 | 4.0 | 0.5 | ||
| Sacramento | 5 | 0 | 66 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 26 | .435 | .857 | 13.2 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 0.6 | ||
| San Antonio | 5 | 2 | 101 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 23 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 45 | .591 | .826 | 20.2 | 9.0 | 2.4 | 1.2 | ||
| Utah | 6 | 3 | 80 | 18 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 43 | .500 | .778 | 13.3 | 7.2 | 3.5 | 0.8 | ||
| Washington | 18 | 3 | 290 | 35 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 28 | 29 | 81 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 41 | 90 | .402 | .714 | 16.1 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 0.6 | ||