Ben Gordon

Benjamin Gordon

Position: Guard ▪ Height: 6-3 ▪ Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: April 4, 1983 in London, United Kingdom
High School: Mount Vernon in Mount Vernon, New York
College: University of Connecticut
Draft: Chicago Bulls, 1st round (3rd pick, 3rd overall), 2004 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 5, 2004
Age: 28 years, 305 days ▪ Experience: 7 years

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Feb 3 Injury Report: Out indefinitely (January 21, sore left shoulder)

Totals

▪ ▪ Finders: Game ▪ Streak ▪ Head2Head

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
2004-05	21	CHI	NBA	82	3	2002	434	1056	.411	134	331	.405	233	270	.863	55	160	215	164	53	10	186	224	1235
2005-06	22	CHI	NBA	80	47	2482	486	1152	.422	166	382	.435	211	268	.787	43	176	219	240	75	5	180	238	1349
2006-07	23	CHI	NBA	82	51	2704	609	1338	.455	155	375	.413	380	440	.864	35	223	258	296	64	17	249	252	1753
2007-08	24	CHI	NBA	72	27	2291	464	1069	.434	142	346	.410	266	293	.908	40	181	221	213	55	8	150	171	1336
2008-09	25	CHI	NBA	82	76	2999	598	1315	.455	173	422	.410	330	382	.864	52	231	283	279	71	22	200	184	1699
2009-10	26	DET	NBA	62	17	1730	291	699	.416	75	234	.321	198	230	.861	26	93	119	166	49	6	118	147	855
2010-11	27	DET	NBA	82	27	2131	339	770	.440	107	266	.402	136	160	.850	41	154	195	171	48	16	141	178	921
2011-12	28	DET	NBA	15	15	497	76	180	.422	20	44	.455	43	53	.811	3	32	35	50	11	4	46	41	215
Career			NBA	557	263	16836	3297	7579	.435	972	2400	.405	1797	2096	.857	295	1250	1545	1579	426	88	1270	1435	9363

Per Game

▪ ▪ Finders: Game ▪ Streak ▪ Head2Head

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
2004-05	21	CHI	NBA	82	3	24.4	5.3	12.9	.411	1.6	4.0	.405	2.8	3.3	.863	0.7	2.0	2.6	2.0	0.6	0.1	2.3	2.7	15.1
2005-06	22	CHI	NBA	80	47	31.0	6.1	14.4	.422	2.1	4.8	.435	2.6	3.4	.787	0.5	2.2	2.7	3.0	0.9	0.1	2.3	3.0	16.9
2006-07	23	CHI	NBA	82	51	33.0	7.4	16.3	.455	1.9	4.6	.413	4.6	5.4	.864	0.4	2.7	3.1	3.6	0.8	0.2	3.0	3.1	21.4
2007-08	24	CHI	NBA	72	27	31.8	6.4	14.8	.434	2.0	4.8	.410	3.7	4.1	.908	0.6	2.5	3.1	3.0	0.8	0.1	2.1	2.4	18.6
2008-09	25	CHI	NBA	82	76	36.6	7.3	16.0	.455	2.1	5.1	.410	4.0	4.7	.864	0.6	2.8	3.5	3.4	0.9	0.3	2.4	2.2	20.7
2009-10	26	DET	NBA	62	17	27.9	4.7	11.3	.416	1.2	3.8	.321	3.2	3.7	.861	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.7	0.8	0.1	1.9	2.4	13.8
2010-11	27	DET	NBA	82	27	26.0	4.1	9.4	.440	1.3	3.2	.402	1.7	2.0	.850	0.5	1.9	2.4	2.1	0.6	0.2	1.7	2.2	11.2
2011-12	28	DET	NBA	15	15	33.1	5.1	12.0	.422	1.3	2.9	.455	2.9	3.5	.811	0.2	2.1	2.3	3.3	0.7	0.3	3.1	2.7	14.3
Career			NBA	557	263	30.2	5.9	13.6	.435	1.7	4.3	.405	3.2	3.8	.857	0.5	2.2	2.8	2.8	0.8	0.2	2.3	2.6	16.8

Per 36 Minutes

▪ ▪ Finders: Game ▪ Streak ▪ Head2Head

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
2004-05	21	CHI	NBA	82	3	2002	7.8	19.0	.411	2.4	6.0	.405	4.2	4.9	.863	1.0	2.9	3.9	2.9	1.0	0.2	3.3	4.0	22.2
2005-06	22	CHI	NBA	80	47	2482	7.0	16.7	.422	2.4	5.5	.435	3.1	3.9	.787	0.6	2.6	3.2	3.5	1.1	0.1	2.6	3.5	19.6
2006-07	23	CHI	NBA	82	51	2704	8.1	17.8	.455	2.1	5.0	.413	5.1	5.9	.864	0.5	3.0	3.4	3.9	0.9	0.2	3.3	3.4	23.3
2007-08	24	CHI	NBA	72	27	2291	7.3	16.8	.434	2.2	5.4	.410	4.2	4.6	.908	0.6	2.8	3.5	3.3	0.9	0.1	2.4	2.7	21.0
2008-09	25	CHI	NBA	82	76	2999	7.2	15.8	.455	2.1	5.1	.410	4.0	4.6	.864	0.6	2.8	3.4	3.3	0.9	0.3	2.4	2.2	20.4
2009-10	26	DET	NBA	62	17	1730	6.1	14.5	.416	1.6	4.9	.321	4.1	4.8	.861	0.5	1.9	2.5	3.5	1.0	0.1	2.5	3.1	17.8
2010-11	27	DET	NBA	82	27	2131	5.7	13.0	.440	1.8	4.5	.402	2.3	2.7	.850	0.7	2.6	3.3	2.9	0.8	0.3	2.4	3.0	15.6
2011-12	28	DET	NBA	15	15	497	5.5	13.0	.422	1.4	3.2	.455	3.1	3.8	.811	0.2	2.3	2.5	3.6	0.8	0.3	3.3	3.0	15.6
Career			NBA	557	263	16836	7.0	16.2	.435	2.1	5.1	.405	3.8	4.5	.857	0.6	2.7	3.3	3.4	0.9	0.2	2.7	3.1	20.0

Advanced

▪ ▪ Finders: Game ▪ Streak ▪ Head2Head

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
2004-05	21	CHI	NBA	82	2002	14.9	.526	.474	3.1	8.9	6.0	16.3	1.4	0.4	13.7	30.4	100	103	0.8	2.7	3.5	.084
2005-06	22	CHI	NBA	80	2482	14.5	.531	.494	2.0	8.1	5.1	17.3	1.6	0.2	12.4	26.3	102	106	1.8	2.6	4.4	.086
2006-07	23	CHI	NBA	82	2704	18.2	.572	.513	1.5	9.3	5.4	20.1	1.2	0.5	14.0	29.3	108	103	4.7	3.9	8.6	.152
2007-08	24	CHI	NBA	72	2291	16.4	.558	.500	1.9	9.2	5.4	16.9	1.2	0.3	11.1	26.0	110	111	3.6	1.4	5.1	.106
2008-09	25	CHI	NBA	82	2999	17.0	.573	.521	2.0	8.8	5.4	15.9	1.2	0.5	11.9	25.0	112	112	5.2	1.7	6.9	.110
2009-10	26	DET	NBA	62	1730	14.0	.534	.470	1.7	7.0	4.2	16.7	1.5	0.3	12.9	24.5	106	114	1.8	0.4	2.1	.059
2010-11	27	DET	NBA	82	2131	12.4	.548	.510	2.2	9.3	5.6	13.2	1.2	0.6	14.4	21.5	104	115	1.3	0.3	1.7	.037
2011-12	28	DET	NBA	15	497	11.9	.529	.478	0.7	8.5	4.4	19.0	1.2	0.7	18.5	23.5	96	113	0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.003
Career			NBA	557	16836	15.5	.551	.499	2.0	8.7	5.3	16.8	1.3	0.4	13.0	26.1	106	109	19.3	12.9	32.2	.092

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
2004-05	21	CHI	NBA	6	153	30	74	7	22	20	25	6	16	15	5	2	13	18	87	.405	.318	.800	25.5	14.5	2.7	2.5
2005-06	22	CHI	NBA	6	245	43	106	15	41	25	37	5	20	18	6	0	17	12	126	.406	.366	.676	40.8	21.0	3.3	3.0
2006-07	23	CHI	NBA	10	395	61	147	24	55	58	63	9	38	38	9	1	34	34	204	.415	.436	.921	39.5	20.4	3.8	3.8
2008-09	25	CHI	NBA	7	304	52	134	17	46	49	56	3	20	21	3	1	8	22	170	.388	.370	.875	43.4	24.3	2.9	3.0
Career			NBA	29	1097	186	461	63	164	152	181	23	94	92	23	4	72	86	587	.403	.384	.840	37.8	20.2	3.2	3.2

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
2004-05	21	CHI	NBA	6	153	14.0	.512	.453	4.0	7.3	5.6	18.0	1.6	1.0	13.3	27.1	102	110	0.1	0.1	0.2	.055
2005-06	22	CHI	NBA	6	245	12.8	.515	.476	2.4	7.1	4.7	13.8	1.2	0.0	12.2	25.9	99	111	0.0	0.2	0.2	.031
2006-07	23	CHI	NBA	10	395	16.0	.584	.497	2.7	8.5	5.6	18.4	1.2	0.2	16.3	24.4	109	106	0.7	0.4	1.1	.132
2008-09	25	CHI	NBA	7	304	15.8	.536	.451	1.2	6.2	3.8	12.5	0.5	0.2	4.8	25.0	114	116	0.7	0.0	0.7	.105
Career			NBA	29	1097	14.9	.543	.472	2.4	7.4	4.9	15.7	1.1	0.3	11.8	25.3	107	110	1.4	0.7	2.1	.091

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)

Thru 7 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ben Gordon		8.6	6.9	5.1	4.4	3.5	2.1	1.7
Kendall Gill	93.8	8.8	6.7	4.7	4.6	3.2	2.9	1.8
Flynn Robinson	92.3	9.3	6.7	4.9	3.6	3.3	2.2	1.3
Eddie Johnson	91.1	8.2	6.9	6.3	4.8	3.5	3.0	1.7
Vinny Del Negro	90.7	8.3	6.8	5.7	3.5	3.1	2.5	2.2
Jay Humphries	89.4	8.6	7.6	4.9	4.8	4.5	3.5	1.9
Brian Taylor	89.1	8.3	7.9	5.3	4.8	3.6	1.8	0.1
Gene Shue	88.7	8.5	7.6	5.6	4.6	4.6	2.4	0.4
Devin Harris	88.6	7.5	6.5	5.6	4.2	3.7	2.7	2.7
Steve Jones	88.3	8.2	7.1	5.6	5.4	4.4	2.7	1.1
Mike Newlin	87.9	8.5	5.9	5.8	5.2	4.7	1.8	1.6

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ben Gordon		8.6	6.9	5.1	4.4	3.5	2.1	1.7
Scott Skiles	92.2	8.0	7.0	4.5	4.4	3.2	2.0	1.3	0.3	0.1	-0.2
Micheal Ray Richardson	90.9	8.7	6.9	6.0	5.5	3.3	2.4	2.0	0.3
Flynn Robinson	89.7	9.3	6.7	4.9	3.6	3.3	2.2	1.3	1.2
Devin Harris	88.6	7.5	6.5	5.6	4.2	3.7	2.7	2.7
Kyle Macy	86.9	9.2	6.4	5.0	4.6	4.5	3.9	2.4
Johnny Moore	86.8	7.2	6.6	5.8	3.8	3.2	2.1	1.2	0.3	-0.1
Butch Beard	86.6	7.6	5.9	5.6	4.4	3.7	2.2	2.0	1.5	0.0
Steve Jones	86.1	8.2	7.1	5.6	5.4	4.4	2.7	1.6	1.1	0.8
Chuck Williams	84.7	10.0	6.1	4.7	3.8	3.2	3.0	1.3	0.6
Mo Williams	84.6	9.8	6.7	4.5	3.2	2.5	2.2	1.0	0.2

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
2001-02	18	UCONN	34	844	140	315	62	150	85	117		93	105	34	6			427	.444	.413	.726	24.8	12.6	2.7	3.1
2002-03	19	UCONN	33	1101	211	476	80	191	143	177		138	156	38	7			645	.443	.419	.808	33.4	19.5	4.2	4.7
2003-04	20	UCONN	39	1346	239	551	104	240	141	170		184	176	53	6			723	.434	.433	.829	34.5	18.5	4.7	4.5
Career			106	3291	590	1342	246	581	369	464		415	437	125	19			1795	.440	.423	.795	31.0	16.9	3.9	4.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Awards 2004-05 NBA Sixth Man of the Year	Monthly Awards Jan 2005: Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month Feb 2005: Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month Mar 2005: Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month	Honors 2004-05 NBA All-Rookie (1st)	Games 2004-05 NBA 82 (2) 2006-07 NBA 82 (1) 2008-09 NBA 82 (1) 2010-11 NBA 82 (2)
Field Goal Attempts 2006-07 NBA 1338 (9) 2008-09 NBA 1315 (10)	3-Pt Field Goals 2008-09 NBA 173 (6) Career NBA 972 (72) Career 972 (72)	3-Pt Field Goal Attempts 2008-09 NBA 422 (8) Career NBA 2400 (90) Career 2400 (90)	3-Pt Field Goal Pct 2005-06 NBA .435 (7) 2011-12 NBA .455 (9) Career NBA .405 (23) Career .405 (23)
Free Throw Pct 2007-08 NBA .908 (3) Active .857 (7) Career NBA .857 (32) Career .857 (35)	Turnovers 2006-07 NBA 249 (8)	Points 2006-07 NBA 1753 (7)	Usage Pct 2004-05 NBA 30.4 (7) Career NBA 26.1 (38) Career 26.1 (46)
Hall of Fame Probability Active 0.004 (59) Career 0.004 (359)

Transactions

June 24, 2004: Drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 2004 NBA Draft.

July 8, 2009: Signed as a free agent with the Detroit Pistons.

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
2004-05	Chicago Bulls	NBA	$3,358,320
2005-06	Chicago Bulls	NBA	$3,610,200
2006-07	Chicago Bulls	NBA	$3,862,080
2007-08	Chicago Bulls	NBA	$4,881,669
2008-09	Chicago Bulls	NBA	$6,404,750
2009-10	Detroit Pistons	NBA	$10,000,000
2010-11	Detroit Pistons	NBA	$10,800,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$42,917,019

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