Blake Griffin

Blake Austin Griffin ▪ Twitter: @blakegriffin

Position: Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-10 ▪ Weight: 251 lbs.
Born: March 16, 1989 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
High School: Oklahoma Christian in Edmond, Oklahoma
College: University of Oklahoma
Draft: Los Angeles Clippers, 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall), 2009 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 27, 2010
Age: 24 years, 65 days ▪ Experience: 3 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
2010-11	21	LAC	NBA	PF	82	82	3112	696	1376	.506	7	24	.292	446	695	.642	270	719	989	312	63	45	223	252	1845
2011-12	22	LAC	NBA	PF	66	66	2392	561	1022	.549	2	16	.125	244	468	.521	218	499	717	210	54	48	150	216	1368
2012-13	23	LAC	NBA	PF	80	80	2598	577	1072	.538	5	28	.179	281	426	.660	186	476	662	299	97	50	185	231	1440
Career			NBA		228	228	8102	1834	3470	.529	14	68	.206	971	1589	.611	674	1694	2368	821	214	143	558	699	4653

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
2010-11	21	LAC	NBA	PF	82	82	38.0	8.5	16.8	.506	0.1	0.3	.292	5.4	8.5	.642	3.3	8.8	12.1	3.8	0.8	0.5	2.7	3.1	22.5
2011-12	22	LAC	NBA	PF	66	66	36.2	8.5	15.5	.549	0.0	0.2	.125	3.7	7.1	.521	3.3	7.6	10.9	3.2	0.8	0.7	2.3	3.3	20.7
2012-13	23	LAC	NBA	PF	80	80	32.5	7.2	13.4	.538	0.1	0.4	.179	3.5	5.3	.660	2.3	6.0	8.3	3.7	1.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	18.0
Career			NBA		228	228	35.5	8.0	15.2	.529	0.1	0.3	.206	4.3	7.0	.611	3.0	7.4	10.4	3.6	0.9	0.6	2.4	3.1	20.4

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
2010-11	21	LAC	NBA	PF	82	82	3112	8.1	15.9	.506	0.1	0.3	.292	5.2	8.0	.642	3.1	8.3	11.4	3.6	0.7	0.5	2.6	2.9	21.3
2011-12	22	LAC	NBA	PF	66	66	2392	8.4	15.4	.549	0.0	0.2	.125	3.7	7.0	.521	3.3	7.5	10.8	3.2	0.8	0.7	2.3	3.3	20.6
2012-13	23	LAC	NBA	PF	80	80	2598	8.0	14.9	.538	0.1	0.4	.179	3.9	5.9	.660	2.6	6.6	9.2	4.1	1.3	0.7	2.6	3.2	20.0
Career			NBA		228	228	8102	8.1	15.4	.529	0.1	0.3	.206	4.3	7.1	.611	3.0	7.5	10.5	3.6	1.0	0.6	2.5	3.1	20.7

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
2010-11	21	LAC	NBA	PF	82	3112	21.9	.549	.508	10.2	26.9	18.6	18.7	1.0	1.1	11.7	27.3	111	107	6.5	3.4	9.8	.152
2011-12	22	LAC	NBA	PF	66	2392	23.4	.557	.550	10.7	25.1	17.8	16.6	1.2	1.7	10.9	26.6	113	104	6.6	2.6	9.2	.185
2012-13	23	LAC	NBA	PF	80	2598	22.4	.572	.541	8.7	21.5	15.2	19.9	2.0	1.6	12.8	25.4	114	102	6.8	3.9	10.6	.196
Career			NBA		228	8102	22.5	.558	.531	9.9	24.6	17.3	18.5	1.4	1.4	11.8	26.5	113	105	19.8	9.9	29.7	.176

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2011-12	22	LAC	NBA	PF	11	11	393	84	168	.500	1	.000	42	66	.636	19	57	76	27	20	10	25	41	210
2012-13	23	LAC	NBA	PF	6	5	158	29	64	.453	0		21	26	.808	8	25	33	15	0	5	13	24	79
Career			NBA		17	16	551	113	232	.487	1	.000	63	92	.685	27	82	109	42	20	15	38	65	289

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2011-12	22	LAC	NBA	PF	11	11	35.7	7.6	15.3	.500	0.1	.000	3.8	6.0	.636	1.7	5.2	6.9	2.5	1.8	0.9	2.3	3.7	19.1
2012-13	23	LAC	NBA	PF	6	5	26.3	4.8	10.7	.453	0.0		3.5	4.3	.808	1.3	4.2	5.5	2.5	0.0	0.8	2.2	4.0	13.2
Career			NBA		17	16	32.4	6.6	13.6	.487	0.1	.000	3.7	5.4	.685	1.6	4.8	6.4	2.5	1.2	0.9	2.2	3.8	17.0

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2011-12	22	LAC	NBA	PF	11	11	393	7.7	15.4	.500	0.1	.000	3.8	6.0	.636	1.7	5.2	7.0	2.5	1.8	0.9	2.3	3.8	19.2
2012-13	23	LAC	NBA	PF	6	5	158	6.6	14.6	.453	0.0		4.8	5.9	.808	1.8	5.7	7.5	3.4	0.0	1.1	3.0	5.5	18.0
Career			NBA		17	16	551	7.4	15.2	.487	0.1	.000	4.1	6.0	.685	1.8	5.4	7.1	2.7	1.3	1.0	2.5	4.2	18.9

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
2011-12	22	LAC	NBA	PF	11	393	20.8	.533	.500	6.0	17.8	11.9	13.8	2.7	2.0	11.3	27.3	104	104	0.6	0.4	1.0	.118
2012-13	23	LAC	NBA	PF	6	158	16.4	.524	.453	6.7	19.6	13.4	17.3	0.0	2.4	14.7	27.1	103	114	0.2	0.0	0.1	.046
Career			NBA		17	551	19.5	.530	.487	6.2	18.3	12.3	14.8	2.0	2.1	12.2	27.2	104	107	0.8	0.3	1.1	.097

All-Star Games

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2010-11	21	LAC	NBA	PF	1	0	14:39	4	6	.667	0	0		0	0		2	5	5	0	0	0	0	8
2011-12	22	LAC	NBA	PF	1	1	31:26	9	12	.750	1	2	.500	3	6	.500	3	8	3	2	0	1	3	22
2012-13	23	LAC	NBA	PF	1	1	27:24	9	11	.818	0	0		1	2	.500	2	3	3	2	1	0	3	19
Career			NBA		3	2	73	22	29	.759	1	2	.500	4	8	.500	7	16	11	4	1	1	6	49

Similarity Scores

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

Thru 3 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3
Blake Griffin		10.6	9.8	9.2
Terry Dischinger	95.8	11.3	10.3	9.2
Bobby Jones	94.3	11.0	10.2	10.2
Red Robbins	90.6	10.7	9.3	7.0
Terry Cummings	89.5	10.7	8.7	7.5
Jerry Lucas	88.9	12.7	9.9	8.1
Dolph Schayes	88.8	12.8	10.3	8.5
Bailey Howell	88.3	11.7	10.7	7.6
Vern Mikkelsen	88.2	13.2	9.2	8.9
Andrei Kirilenko	88.1	11.6	9.2	7.3
Buck Williams	87.8	11.4	8.9	7.3

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Blake Griffin		10.6	9.8	9.2
Kevin Love	67.9	11.4	10.0	5.3	4.9	1.1
Serge Ibaka	65.7	9.4	7.6	6.2	3.7
Bob Feerick	64.7	18.6	10.5	8.9	3.6
Goose Ligon	62.6	9.9	9.7	6.5	6.3	2.4	1.0	0.3
Donald Sidle	62.5	9.7	5.9	5.6	1.9
Leo Mogus	61.1	8.0	7.7	5.0	1.2
Bob Kauffman	58.5	8.0	7.9	7.9	3.1	2.0	1.4	1.2
Greg Monroe	58.5	7.0	6.6	5.9
Johnny Norlander	58.2	9.7	5.8	4.2	0.6	0.2
Fred Schaus	57.8	8.5	8.4	6.8	4.0	3.7

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
2007-08	18	OKLAHOMA	33	937	184	324	0	2	116	197	108	301	61	33	28	76	82	484	.568	.000	.589	28.4	14.7	9.1	1.8
2008-09	19	OKLAHOMA	35	1165	300	459	3	8	191	324	135	504	80	39	41	116	89	794	.654	.375	.590	33.3	22.7	14.4	2.3
Career			68	2102	484	783	3	10	307	521	243	805	141	72	69	192	171	1278	.618	.300	.589	30.9	18.8	11.8	2.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games 2011 NBA 2012 NBA 2013 NBA	Awards 2008-09 NCAA AP Player of the Year 2008-09 NCAA John R. Wooden Award 2008-09 NCAA Naismith Men's College Player of the Year Award 2010-11 NBA Rookie of the Year	Weekly & Monthly Awards Player of the Week: 1 time (Show/Hide) Dec 9, 2012 Rookie of the Month: 6 times (Show/Hide) Nov 2010 Dec 2010 Jan 2011 Feb 2011 Mar 2011 Apr 2011	Honors 2007 McDonald's All American 2008-09 NCAA AP All-America (1st) 2010-11 NBA All-Rookie (1st) 2011-12 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
MVP Award Shares 2010-11 NBA 0.004 (10) Active 0.004 (36) Career 0.004 (196)	Games 2010-11 NBA 82 (2) 2011-12 NBA 66 (1)	Minutes Played 2010-11 NBA 3112 (5) 2011-12 NBA 2392 (4)	Field Goals 2010-11 NBA 696 (8) 2011-12 NBA 561 (5)
Free Throw Attempts 2010-11 NBA 695 (2) 2011-12 NBA 468 (4) 2012-13 NBA 426 (9)	Offensive Rebounds 2010-11 NBA 270 (5) 2011-12 NBA 218 (7)	Defensive Rebounds 2010-11 NBA 719 (3) 2011-12 NBA 499 (4)	Total Rebounds 2010-11 NBA 989 (3) 2011-12 NBA 717 (3)
Personal Fouls 2011-12 NBA 216 (3)	Points 2010-11 NBA 1845 (10) 2011-12 NBA 1368 (6)	Field Goal Pct 2011-12 NBA .549 (7)	Minutes Per Game 2010-11 NBA 38.0 (8)
Points Per Game 2011-12 NBA 20.7 (10)	Rebounds Per Game 2010-11 NBA 12.1 (4) 2011-12 NBA 10.9 (6)	Player Efficiency Rating 2011-12 NBA 23.4 (7)	Effective Field Goal Pct 2011-12 NBA .550 (10)
Defensive Rebound Pct 2010-11 NBA 26.9 (8)	Total Rebound Pct 2010-11 NBA 18.6 (10)	Offensive Win Shares 2011-12 NBA 6.6 (7)	Win Shares 2011-12 NBA 9.2 (7) 2012-13 NBA 10.6 (10)
Win Shares Per 48 Minutes 2012-13 NBA .196 (9)

Transactions

June 25, 2009: Drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 2009 NBA Draft.

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
2009-10	Los Angeles Clippers	NBA	$4,983,480
2010-11	Los Angeles Clippers	NBA	$5,357,280
2011-12	Los Angeles Clippers	NBA	$5,731,080
Career	(may be incomplete)		$16,071,840

Contract

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

Team	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
Los Angeles Clippers	$7,226,892	$16,402,500	$17,632,688	$18,862,875	$20,093,063	$21,323,250

Signed July 9, 2009.
Team Option for 2011-12 picked up on September 28, 2010.
Team Option for 2012-13 picked up on June 14, 2011.
Maximum amounts for 2012-13 are used for extension and need to be updated when true amounts are known.
Signed extension on July 11, 2012 for the maximum amount available for 5 years that starts in 2013-14.
Extension includes a 15% trade kicker.

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