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Sean Elliott

Sean Michael Elliott (Ninja)

Position: Forward ▪ Height: 6-8 ▪ Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: February 2, 1968 in Tucson, Arizona
High School: Cholla in Tucson, Arizona
College: University of Arizona
Draft: San Antonio Spurs, 1st round (3rd pick, 3rd overall), 1989 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 4, 1989

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 6:47AM
All-Time Rank: #214. Michael Cooper… #214. Dick Van Arsdale… #216. SEAN ELLIOTT… #216. Jason Richardson… #218. Sidney Wicks… 

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
1989-90 21 SAS NBA 81 69 2032 311 647 .481 1 9 .111 187 216 .866 127 170 297 154 45 14 112 172 810
1990-91 22 SAS NBA 82 82 3044 478 976 .490 20 64 .313 325 402 .808 142 314 456 238 69 33 147 190 1301
1991-92 23 SAS NBA 82 82 3120 514 1040 .494 25 82 .305 285 331 .861 143 296 439 214 84 29 152 149 1338
1992-93 24 SAS NBA 70 70 2604 451 918 .491 37 104 .356 268 336 .798 85 237 322 265 68 28 152 132 1207
1993-94 25 DET NBA 73 73 2409 360 791 .455 26 87 .299 139 173 .803 68 195 263 197 54 27 129 174 885
1994-95 26 SAS NBA 81 81 2858 502 1072 .468 136 333 .408 326 404 .807 63 224 287 206 78 38 151 216 1466
1995-96 27 SAS NBA 77 77 2901 525 1127 .466 161 392 .411 326 423 .771 69 327 396 211 69 33 198 178 1537
1996-97 28 SAS NBA 39 39 1393 196 464 .422 42 126 .333 148 196 .755 48 142 190 124 24 24 89 105 582
1997-98 29 SAS NBA 36 36 1012 122 303 .403 34 90 .378 56 78 .718 16 108 124 62 24 14 57 92 334
1998-99 30 SAS NBA 50 50 1509 208 507 .410 39 119 .328 106 140 .757 35 178 213 117 26 17 71 104 561
1999-00 31 SAS NBA 19 19 391 38 106 .358 13 37 .351 25 32 .781 6 41 47 28 12 2 19 34 114
2000-01 32 SAS NBA 52 34 1229 147 339 .434 55 129 .426 60 84 .714 17 153 170 81 23 25 51 80 409
Career NBA 742 712 24502 3852 8290 .465 589 1572 .375 2251 2815 .800 819 2385 3204 1897 576 284 1328 1626 10544

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
1989-90 21 SAS NBA 81 69 25.1 3.8 8.0 .481 0.0 0.1 .111 2.3 2.7 .866 1.6 2.1 3.7 1.9 0.6 0.2 1.4 2.1 10.0
1990-91 22 SAS NBA 82 82 37.1 5.8 11.9 .490 0.2 0.8 .313 4.0 4.9 .808 1.7 3.8 5.6 2.9 0.8 0.4 1.8 2.3 15.9
1991-92 23 SAS NBA 82 82 38.0 6.3 12.7 .494 0.3 1.0 .305 3.5 4.0 .861 1.7 3.6 5.4 2.6 1.0 0.4 1.9 1.8 16.3
1992-93 24 SAS NBA 70 70 37.2 6.4 13.1 .491 0.5 1.5 .356 3.8 4.8 .798 1.2 3.4 4.6 3.8 1.0 0.4 2.2 1.9 17.2
1993-94 25 DET NBA 73 73 33.0 4.9 10.8 .455 0.4 1.2 .299 1.9 2.4 .803 0.9 2.7 3.6 2.7 0.7 0.4 1.8 2.4 12.1
1994-95 26 SAS NBA 81 81 35.3 6.2 13.2 .468 1.7 4.1 .408 4.0 5.0 .807 0.8 2.8 3.5 2.5 1.0 0.5 1.9 2.7 18.1
1995-96 27 SAS NBA 77 77 37.7 6.8 14.6 .466 2.1 5.1 .411 4.2 5.5 .771 0.9 4.2 5.1 2.7 0.9 0.4 2.6 2.3 20.0
1996-97 28 SAS NBA 39 39 35.7 5.0 11.9 .422 1.1 3.2 .333 3.8 5.0 .755 1.2 3.6 4.9 3.2 0.6 0.6 2.3 2.7 14.9
1997-98 29 SAS NBA 36 36 28.1 3.4 8.4 .403 0.9 2.5 .378 1.6 2.2 .718 0.4 3.0 3.4 1.7 0.7 0.4 1.6 2.6 9.3
1998-99 30 SAS NBA 50 50 30.2 4.2 10.1 .410 0.8 2.4 .328 2.1 2.8 .757 0.7 3.6 4.3 2.3 0.5 0.3 1.4 2.1 11.2
1999-00 31 SAS NBA 19 19 20.6 2.0 5.6 .358 0.7 1.9 .351 1.3 1.7 .781 0.3 2.2 2.5 1.5 0.6 0.1 1.0 1.8 6.0
2000-01 32 SAS NBA 52 34 23.6 2.8 6.5 .434 1.1 2.5 .426 1.2 1.6 .714 0.3 2.9 3.3 1.6 0.4 0.5 1.0 1.5 7.9
Career NBA 742 712 33.0 5.2 11.2 .465 0.8 2.1 .375 3.0 3.8 .800 1.1 3.2 4.3 2.6 0.8 0.4 1.8 2.2 14.2

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
1989-90 21 SAS NBA 81 69 2032 5.5 11.5 .481 0.0 0.2 .111 3.3 3.8 .866 2.3 3.0 5.3 2.7 0.8 0.2 2.0 3.0 14.4
1990-91 22 SAS NBA 82 82 3044 5.7 11.5 .490 0.2 0.8 .313 3.8 4.8 .808 1.7 3.7 5.4 2.8 0.8 0.4 1.7 2.2 15.4
1991-92 23 SAS NBA 82 82 3120 5.9 12.0 .494 0.3 0.9 .305 3.3 3.8 .861 1.6 3.4 5.1 2.5 1.0 0.3 1.8 1.7 15.4
1992-93 24 SAS NBA 70 70 2604 6.2 12.7 .491 0.5 1.4 .356 3.7 4.6 .798 1.2 3.3 4.5 3.7 0.9 0.4 2.1 1.8 16.7
1993-94 25 DET NBA 73 73 2409 5.4 11.8 .455 0.4 1.3 .299 2.1 2.6 .803 1.0 2.9 3.9 2.9 0.8 0.4 1.9 2.6 13.2
1994-95 26 SAS NBA 81 81 2858 6.3 13.5 .468 1.7 4.2 .408 4.1 5.1 .807 0.8 2.8 3.6 2.6 1.0 0.5 1.9 2.7 18.5
1995-96 27 SAS NBA 77 77 2901 6.5 14.0 .466 2.0 4.9 .411 4.0 5.2 .771 0.9 4.1 4.9 2.6 0.9 0.4 2.5 2.2 19.1
1996-97 28 SAS NBA 39 39 1393 5.1 12.0 .422 1.1 3.3 .333 3.8 5.1 .755 1.2 3.7 4.9 3.2 0.6 0.6 2.3 2.7 15.0
1997-98 29 SAS NBA 36 36 1012 4.3 10.8 .403 1.2 3.2 .378 2.0 2.8 .718 0.6 3.8 4.4 2.2 0.9 0.5 2.0 3.3 11.9
1998-99 30 SAS NBA 50 50 1509 5.0 12.1 .410 0.9 2.8 .328 2.5 3.3 .757 0.8 4.2 5.1 2.8 0.6 0.4 1.7 2.5 13.4
1999-00 31 SAS NBA 19 19 391 3.5 9.8 .358 1.2 3.4 .351 2.3 2.9 .781 0.6 3.8 4.3 2.6 1.1 0.2 1.7 3.1 10.5
2000-01 32 SAS NBA 52 34 1229 4.3 9.9 .434 1.6 3.8 .426 1.8 2.5 .714 0.5 4.5 5.0 2.4 0.7 0.7 1.5 2.3 12.0
Career NBA 742 712 24502 5.7 12.2 .465 0.9 2.3 .375 3.3 4.1 .800 1.2 3.5 4.7 2.8 0.8 0.4 2.0 2.4 15.5

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
1989-90 21 SAS NBA 81 2032 12.5 .546 .481 7.2 9.2 8.2 10.7 1.1 0.4 13.1 17.4 112 109 2.6 2.0 4.6 .108
1990-91 22 SAS NBA 82 3044 14.2 .564 .500 5.4 10.8 8.3 11.1 1.1 0.7 11.3 17.8 115 107 5.1 3.7 8.8 .138
1991-92 23 SAS NBA 82 3120 14.4 .564 .506 5.0 10.3 7.7 10.0 1.3 0.6 11.4 18.1 115 108 5.0 3.4 8.4 .130
1992-93 24 SAS NBA 70 2604 15.6 .566 .511 3.9 10.0 7.1 15.4 1.3 0.7 12.5 20.6 112 109 3.9 2.2 6.1 .113
1993-94 25 DET NBA 73 2409 11.3 .510 .472 3.1 9.1 6.0 12.5 1.1 0.7 13.0 18.1 102 114 1.0 0.4 1.4 .028
1994-95 26 SAS NBA 81 2858 16.0 .587 .532 2.6 8.5 5.7 11.3 1.4 0.9 10.8 21.6 116 108 5.8 2.9 8.7 .147
1995-96 27 SAS NBA 77 2901 16.3 .585 .537 2.8 12.1 7.6 11.8 1.2 0.8 13.1 23.4 110 106 4.1 3.6 7.7 .128
1996-97 28 SAS NBA 39 1393 14.0 .529 .468 4.0 12.7 8.2 15.5 0.9 1.4 13.9 21.3 106 115 1.4 0.1 1.5 .051
1997-98 29 SAS NBA 36 1012 9.5 .495 .459 1.9 11.6 7.1 10.0 1.3 1.0 14.5 18.3 96 102 -0.1 1.5 1.4 .065
1998-99 30 SAS NBA 50 1509 12.6 .493 .449 2.8 12.5 7.9 13.3 0.9 0.8 11.1 19.7 101 99 1.3 2.2 3.5 .113
1999-00 31 SAS NBA 19 391 8.8 .475 .420 1.8 11.4 6.8 11.1 1.6 0.4 13.7 16.4 95 101 0.0 0.6 0.5 .067
2000-01 32 SAS NBA 52 1229 12.4 .544 .515 1.6 13.4 7.8 10.8 1.0 1.4 11.9 16.3 106 100 1.3 1.7 3.0 .118
Career NBA 742 24502 13.9 .553 .500 3.9 10.6 7.3 12.0 1.2 0.8 12.2 19.5 110 107 31.5 24.2 55.7 .109

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
1989-90 21 SAS NBA 10 291 53 96 0 1 21 29 11 41 18 9 6 15 37 127 .552 .000 .724 29.1 12.7 4.1 1.8
1990-91 22 SAS NBA 4 132 17 40 0 3 25 32 8 22 16 4 1 9 9 59 .425 .000 .781 33.0 14.8 5.5 4.0
1991-92 23 SAS NBA 3 137 19 40 5 8 16 18 4 13 8 3 4 6 6 59 .475 .625 .889 45.7 19.7 4.3 2.7
1992-93 24 SAS NBA 10 381 59 125 3 14 37 40 8 48 36 8 3 22 22 158 .472 .214 .925 38.1 15.8 4.8 3.6
1994-95 26 SAS NBA 15 574 87 200 20 55 66 85 23 72 40 10 7 27 38 260 .435 .364 .776 38.3 17.3 4.8 2.7
1995-96 27 SAS NBA 10 389 47 117 10 34 51 64 11 39 25 11 4 30 24 155 .402 .294 .797 38.9 15.5 3.9 2.5
1998-99 30 SAS NBA 17 574 68 153 22 55 45 59 11 58 45 9 4 21 50 203 .444 .400 .763 33.8 11.9 3.4 2.6
1999-00 31 SAS NBA 4 119 15 40 5 13 5 8 1 22 5 0 2 4 13 40 .375 .385 .625 29.8 10.0 5.5 1.3
2000-01 32 SAS NBA 12 239 19 51 8 22 11 11 3 26 14 5 6 13 21 57 .373 .364 1.000 19.9 4.8 2.2 1.2
Career NBA 85 2836 384 862 73 205 277 346 80 341 207 59 37 147 220 1118 .445 .356 .801 33.4 13.2 4.0 2.4

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
1989-90 21 SAS NBA 10 291 13.0 .584 .552 4.2 10.7 7.5 7.9 1.5 1.3 12.1 16.8 114 108 0.4 0.4 0.7 .118
1990-91 22 SAS NBA 4 132 14.5 .545 .425 7.1 12.8 9.9 17.0 1.4 0.5 14.3 19.8 112 114 0.1 0.1 0.2 .085
1991-92 23 SAS NBA 3 137 15.6 .616 .538 3.4 8.3 5.7 8.2 1.1 1.8 11.1 16.9 126 123 0.3 0.0 0.3 .092
1992-93 24 SAS NBA 10 381 13.4 .554 .484 2.5 11.6 7.2 14.4 1.1 0.5 13.4 19.1 109 109 0.4 0.3 0.8 .095
1994-95 26 SAS NBA 15 574 14.5 .548 .485 4.7 9.5 7.1 12.1 0.9 1.0 10.2 20.9 113 107 0.8 0.8 1.6 .135
1995-96 27 SAS NBA 10 389 12.1 .534 .444 3.5 8.5 6.1 10.7 1.6 0.7 17.1 21.7 101 114 0.1 0.0 0.2 .020
1998-99 30 SAS NBA 17 574 13.9 .567 .516 2.5 9.3 6.1 14.5 0.9 0.5 10.5 17.3 113 100 1.1 0.7 1.9 .157
1999-00 31 SAS NBA 4 119 8.5 .460 .438 0.9 17.6 9.4 9.1 0.0 1.2 8.4 18.1 93 95 0.0 0.3 0.2 .090
2000-01 32 SAS NBA 12 239 7.6 .510 .451 1.4 9.9 5.9 9.5 1.1 1.7 18.9 13.6 93 105 -0.1 0.2 0.2 .036
Career NBA 85 2836 13.0 .551 .488 3.3 10.2 6.9 12.0 1.1 0.9 12.7 18.6 109 107 3.2 2.8 6.0 .102

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
1992-93 24 SAS NBA 1 0 15:00 1 6 .167 0 0 3 4 .750 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 5
1995-96 27 SAS NBA 1 0 22:00 5 12 .417 2 6 .333 1 1 1.000 0 5 2 0 0 2 4 13
Career NBA 2 0 37 6 18 .333 2 6 .333 4 5 .800 1 7 2 0 0 3 5 18

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 12 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Sean Elliott 8.8 8.7 8.4 7.7 6.1 4.6 3.5 3.0 1.5 1.4 1.4 0.5
Jack Marin 91.9 9.1 8.5 8.3 7.5 6.1 5.4 3.9 3.6 3.1 2.5 1.3
Wally Szczerbiak 90.3 8.7 8.0 7.4 7.3 6.2 5.2 4.5 2.9 1.6 1.6
Rodney McCray 90.0 9.4 8.5 7.9 7.6 6.3 5.3 4.6 2.9 2.5 0.9
Mickey Johnson 86.7 8.5 8.3 7.3 7.2 5.5 5.3 4.1 3.7 3.5 2.7 1.8 0.7
Nick Anderson 86.3 8.3 7.7 7.6 7.4 5.3 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.1 2.8 1.8 0.0
Greg Ballard 86.0 9.4 7.9 6.9 6.9 6.0 5.6 3.9 3.6 2.0 1.7 0.0
Bob Netolicky 85.6 8.3 8.2 7.5 7.4 5.6 4.9 4.1 2.1 0.0
Tayshaun Prince 85.5 9.4 8.0 7.5 7.5 7.0 6.2 3.3 3.2 0.8
Jerome Kersey 84.8 8.8 8.6 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.4 3.6 3.4 3.2 2.5 2.4 2.2
Larry Kenon 84.6 10.0 9.5 8.8 7.5 6.2 5.9 5.4 4.1 0.9 0.2
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Sean Elliott 8.8 8.7 8.4 7.7 6.1 4.6 3.5 3.0 1.5 1.4 1.4 0.5
Jack Marin 91.9 9.1 8.5 8.3 7.5 6.1 5.4 3.9 3.6 3.1 2.5 1.3
Wally Szczerbiak 90.3 8.7 8.0 7.4 7.3 6.2 5.2 4.5 2.9 1.6 1.6
Rodney McCray 90.0 9.4 8.5 7.9 7.6 6.3 5.3 4.6 2.9 2.5 0.9
Mickey Johnson 86.7 8.5 8.3 7.3 7.2 5.5 5.3 4.1 3.7 3.5 2.7 1.8 0.7
Greg Ballard 86.0 9.4 7.9 6.9 6.9 6.0 5.6 3.9 3.6 2.0 1.7 0.0
Nick Anderson 86.0 8.3 7.7 7.6 7.4 5.3 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.1 2.8 1.8 0.0 -0.4
Bob Netolicky 85.6 8.3 8.2 7.5 7.4 5.6 4.9 4.1 2.1 0.0
Tayshaun Prince 85.5 9.4 8.0 7.5 7.5 7.0 6.2 3.3 3.2 0.8
Larry Kenon 84.6 10.0 9.5 8.8 7.5 6.2 5.9 5.4 4.1 0.9 0.2
Corey Maggette 84.2 8.6 8.1 7.0 6.9 6.3 5.0 3.9 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.0 2.6

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
1985-86 17 ARIZONA 32 1079 187 385 125 167 171 70 22 8 68 52 499 .486 .749 33.7 15.6 5.3 2.2
1986-87 18 ARIZONA 30 1046 209 410 33 89 127 165 181 110 21 6 101 68 578 .510 .371 .770 34.9 19.3 6.0 3.7
1987-88 19 ARIZONA 38 1249 263 461 41 87 176 222 219 137 28 15 101 69 743 .570 .471 .793 32.9 19.6 5.8 3.6
1988-89 20 ARIZONA 33 1125 237 494 66 131 195 232 237 134 32 9 103 54 735 .480 .504 .841 34.1 22.3 7.2 4.1
Career 133 4499 896 1750 140 307 623 786 808 451 103 38 373 243 2555 .512 .456 .793 33.8 19.2 6.1 3.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1993 NBA
1996 NBA
Awards
1988-89 NCAA AP Player of the Year
1988-89 NCAA John R. Wooden Award
Honors
1985 McDonald's All American
1987-88 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1988-89 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1989-90 NBA All-Rookie (2nd)
Championships
(Minimum 1 playoff game)
1999 San Antonio Spurs (NBA)
Games
1990-91 NBA 82 (1)
1991-92 NBA 82 (2)
1998-99 NBA 50 (1)
Minutes Played
1991-92 NBA 3120 (8)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.010 (294)
NBA Elo Player Rating
216th (overall) as of Feb 11, 2012, 6:47AM

Transactions

June 27, 1989: Drafted by the San Antonio Spurs in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1989 NBA Draft.

October 1, 1993: Traded by the San Antonio Spurs with David Wood and a 1996 1st round draft pick (Jerome Williams) to the Detroit Pistons for Isaiah Morris, Dennis Rodman, a 1994 2nd round draft pick (Antonio Lang) and a 1996 1st round draft pick (John Wallace).

July 19, 1994: Traded by the Detroit Pistons to the San Antonio Spurs for Bill Curley and a 1997 2nd round draft pick (Charles O'Bannon).

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1990-91 San Antonio Spurs NBA $1,800,000
1991-92 San Antonio Spurs NBA $1,802,000
1992-93 San Antonio Spurs NBA $1,802,000
1993-94 Detroit Pistons NBA $1,807,000
1994-95 San Antonio Spurs NBA $1,350,000
1996-97 San Antonio Spurs NBA $5,333,000
1997-98 San Antonio Spurs NBA $5,333,333
1998-99 San Antonio Spurs NBA $5,333,000
1999-00 San Antonio Spurs NBA $5,433,333
2000-01 San Antonio Spurs NBA $5,300,000
Career (may be incomplete) $35,293,666

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