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Derek Harper

Derek Ricardo Harper

Position: Guard
Height: 6-4    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: October 13, 1961 in Elberton, Georgia
High School: North Shore in West Palm Beach, Florida
College: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1st round (11th pick, 11th overall) of the 1983 NBA draft.

Game Logs and Splits

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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
1983-84 22 DAL NBA 82 1 1712 200 451 .443 3 26 .115 66 98 .673 53 119 172 239 95 21 111 143 469
1984-85 23 DAL NBA 82 1 2218 329 633 .520 21 61 .344 111 154 .721 47 152 199 360 144 37 123 194 790
1985-86 24 DAL NBA 79 39 2150 390 730 .534 12 51 .235 171 229 .747 75 151 226 416 153 23 144 166 963
1986-87 25 DAL NBA 77 76 2556 497 993 .501 76 212 .358 160 234 .684 51 148 199 609 167 25 138 195 1230
1987-88 26 DAL NBA 82 82 3032 536 1167 .459 60 192 .313 261 344 .759 71 175 246 634 168 35 190 164 1393
1988-89 27 DAL NBA 81 81 2968 538 1127 .477 99 278 .356 229 284 .806 46 182 228 570 172 41 205 219 1404
1989-90 28 DAL NBA 82 82 3007 567 1161 .488 89 240 .371 250 315 .794 54 190 244 609 187 26 207 224 1473
1990-91 29 DAL NBA 77 77 2879 572 1226 .467 89 246 .362 286 391 .731 59 174 233 548 147 14 177 222 1519
1991-92 30 DAL NBA 65 64 2252 448 1011 .443 58 186 .312 198 261 .759 49 121 170 373 101 17 154 150 1152
1992-93 31 DAL NBA 62 60 2108 393 939 .419 101 257 .393 239 316 .756 42 81 123 334 80 16 136 145 1126
1993-94 32 TOT NBA 82 55 2204 303 744 .407 73 203 .360 112 163 .687 20 121 141 334 125 8 135 163 791
1993-94 32 DAL NBA 28 28 893 130 342 .380 37 105 .352 28 50 .560 10 45 55 98 45 4 54 46 325
1993-94 32 NYK NBA 54 27 1311 173 402 .430 36 98 .367 84 113 .743 10 76 86 236 80 4 81 117 466
1994-95 33 NYK NBA 80 80 2716 337 756 .446 106 292 .363 139 192 .724 31 163 194 458 79 10 151 219 919
1995-96 34 NYK NBA 82 82 2893 436 939 .464 121 325 .372 156 206 .757 32 170 202 352 131 5 178 201 1149
1996-97 35 DAL NBA 75 29 2210 299 674 .444 60 176 .341 95 128 .742 30 107 137 321 92 12 132 144 753
1997-98 36 ORL NBA 66 45 1761 226 542 .417 59 164 .360 55 79 .696 23 80 103 233 72 10 101 140 566
1998-99 37 LAL NBA 45 29 1120 120 291 .412 43 117 .368 26 32 .813 13 54 67 187 44 4 52 66 309
Career NBA 1199 883 37786 6191 13384 .463 1070 3026 .354 2554 3426 .745 696 2188 2884 6577 1957 304 2334 2755 16006

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
1983-84 22 DAL NBA 82 1 20.9 2.4 5.5 .443 0.0 0.3 .115 0.8 1.2 .673 0.6 1.5 2.1 2.9 1.2 0.3 1.4 1.7 5.7
1984-85 23 DAL NBA 82 1 27.0 4.0 7.7 .520 0.3 0.7 .344 1.4 1.9 .721 0.6 1.9 2.4 4.4 1.8 0.5 1.5 2.4 9.6
1985-86 24 DAL NBA 79 39 27.2 4.9 9.2 .534 0.2 0.6 .235 2.2 2.9 .747 0.9 1.9 2.9 5.3 1.9 0.3 1.8 2.1 12.2
1986-87 25 DAL NBA 77 76 33.2 6.5 12.9 .501 1.0 2.8 .358 2.1 3.0 .684 0.7 1.9 2.6 7.9 2.2 0.3 1.8 2.5 16.0
1987-88 26 DAL NBA 82 82 37.0 6.5 14.2 .459 0.7 2.3 .313 3.2 4.2 .759 0.9 2.1 3.0 7.7 2.0 0.4 2.3 2.0 17.0
1988-89 27 DAL NBA 81 81 36.6 6.6 13.9 .477 1.2 3.4 .356 2.8 3.5 .806 0.6 2.2 2.8 7.0 2.1 0.5 2.5 2.7 17.3
1989-90 28 DAL NBA 82 82 36.7 6.9 14.2 .488 1.1 2.9 .371 3.0 3.8 .794 0.7 2.3 3.0 7.4 2.3 0.3 2.5 2.7 18.0
1990-91 29 DAL NBA 77 77 37.4 7.4 15.9 .467 1.2 3.2 .362 3.7 5.1 .731 0.8 2.3 3.0 7.1 1.9 0.2 2.3 2.9 19.7
1991-92 30 DAL NBA 65 64 34.6 6.9 15.6 .443 0.9 2.9 .312 3.0 4.0 .759 0.8 1.9 2.6 5.7 1.6 0.3 2.4 2.3 17.7
1992-93 31 DAL NBA 62 60 34.0 6.3 15.1 .419 1.6 4.1 .393 3.9 5.1 .756 0.7 1.3 2.0 5.4 1.3 0.3 2.2 2.3 18.2
1993-94 32 TOT NBA 82 55 26.9 3.7 9.1 .407 0.9 2.5 .360 1.4 2.0 .687 0.2 1.5 1.7 4.1 1.5 0.1 1.6 2.0 9.6
1993-94 32 DAL NBA 28 28 31.9 4.6 12.2 .380 1.3 3.8 .352 1.0 1.8 .560 0.4 1.6 2.0 3.5 1.6 0.1 1.9 1.6 11.6
1993-94 32 NYK NBA 54 27 24.3 3.2 7.4 .430 0.7 1.8 .367 1.6 2.1 .743 0.2 1.4 1.6 4.4 1.5 0.1 1.5 2.2 8.6
1994-95 33 NYK NBA 80 80 34.0 4.2 9.5 .446 1.3 3.7 .363 1.7 2.4 .724 0.4 2.0 2.4 5.7 1.0 0.1 1.9 2.7 11.5
1995-96 34 NYK NBA 82 82 35.3 5.3 11.5 .464 1.5 4.0 .372 1.9 2.5 .757 0.4 2.1 2.5 4.3 1.6 0.1 2.2 2.5 14.0
1996-97 35 DAL NBA 75 29 29.5 4.0 9.0 .444 0.8 2.3 .341 1.3 1.7 .742 0.4 1.4 1.8 4.3 1.2 0.2 1.8 1.9 10.0
1997-98 36 ORL NBA 66 45 26.7 3.4 8.2 .417 0.9 2.5 .360 0.8 1.2 .696 0.3 1.2 1.6 3.5 1.1 0.2 1.5 2.1 8.6
1998-99 37 LAL NBA 45 29 24.9 2.7 6.5 .412 1.0 2.6 .368 0.6 0.7 .813 0.3 1.2 1.5 4.2 1.0 0.1 1.2 1.5 6.9
Career NBA 1199 883 31.5 5.2 11.2 .463 0.9 2.5 .354 2.1 2.9 .745 0.6 1.8 2.4 5.5 1.6 0.3 1.9 2.3 13.3

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
1983-84 22 DAL NBA 82 1 1712 4.2 9.5 .443 0.1 0.5 .115 1.4 2.1 .673 1.1 2.5 3.6 5.0 2.0 0.4 2.3 3.0 9.9
1984-85 23 DAL NBA 82 1 2218 5.3 10.3 .520 0.3 1.0 .344 1.8 2.5 .721 0.8 2.5 3.2 5.8 2.3 0.6 2.0 3.1 12.8
1985-86 24 DAL NBA 79 39 2150 6.5 12.2 .534 0.2 0.9 .235 2.9 3.8 .747 1.3 2.5 3.8 7.0 2.6 0.4 2.4 2.8 16.1
1986-87 25 DAL NBA 77 76 2556 7.0 14.0 .501 1.1 3.0 .358 2.3 3.3 .684 0.7 2.1 2.8 8.6 2.4 0.4 1.9 2.7 17.3
1987-88 26 DAL NBA 82 82 3032 6.4 13.9 .459 0.7 2.3 .313 3.1 4.1 .759 0.8 2.1 2.9 7.5 2.0 0.4 2.3 1.9 16.5
1988-89 27 DAL NBA 81 81 2968 6.5 13.7 .477 1.2 3.4 .356 2.8 3.4 .806 0.6 2.2 2.8 6.9 2.1 0.5 2.5 2.7 17.0
1989-90 28 DAL NBA 82 82 3007 6.8 13.9 .488 1.1 2.9 .371 3.0 3.8 .794 0.6 2.3 2.9 7.3 2.2 0.3 2.5 2.7 17.6
1990-91 29 DAL NBA 77 77 2879 7.2 15.3 .467 1.1 3.1 .362 3.6 4.9 .731 0.7 2.2 2.9 6.9 1.8 0.2 2.2 2.8 19.0
1991-92 30 DAL NBA 65 64 2252 7.2 16.2 .443 0.9 3.0 .312 3.2 4.2 .759 0.8 1.9 2.7 6.0 1.6 0.3 2.5 2.4 18.4
1992-93 31 DAL NBA 62 60 2108 6.7 16.0 .419 1.7 4.4 .393 4.1 5.4 .756 0.7 1.4 2.1 5.7 1.4 0.3 2.3 2.5 19.2
1993-94 32 TOT NBA 82 55 2204 4.9 12.2 .407 1.2 3.3 .360 1.8 2.7 .687 0.3 2.0 2.3 5.5 2.0 0.1 2.2 2.7 12.9
1993-94 32 DAL NBA 28 28 893 5.2 13.8 .380 1.5 4.2 .352 1.1 2.0 .560 0.4 1.8 2.2 4.0 1.8 0.2 2.2 1.9 13.1
1993-94 32 NYK NBA 54 27 1311 4.8 11.0 .430 1.0 2.7 .367 2.3 3.1 .743 0.3 2.1 2.4 6.5 2.2 0.1 2.2 3.2 12.8
1994-95 33 NYK NBA 80 80 2716 4.5 10.0 .446 1.4 3.9 .363 1.8 2.5 .724 0.4 2.2 2.6 6.1 1.0 0.1 2.0 2.9 12.2
1995-96 34 NYK NBA 82 82 2893 5.4 11.7 .464 1.5 4.0 .372 1.9 2.6 .757 0.4 2.1 2.5 4.4 1.6 0.1 2.2 2.5 14.3
1996-97 35 DAL NBA 75 29 2210 4.9 11.0 .444 1.0 2.9 .341 1.5 2.1 .742 0.5 1.7 2.2 5.2 1.5 0.2 2.2 2.3 12.3
1997-98 36 ORL NBA 66 45 1761 4.6 11.1 .417 1.2 3.4 .360 1.1 1.6 .696 0.5 1.6 2.1 4.8 1.5 0.2 2.1 2.9 11.6
1998-99 37 LAL NBA 45 29 1120 3.9 9.4 .412 1.4 3.8 .368 0.8 1.0 .813 0.4 1.7 2.2 6.0 1.4 0.1 1.7 2.1 9.9
Career NBA 1199 883 37786 5.9 12.8 .463 1.0 2.9 .354 2.4 3.3 .745 0.7 2.1 2.7 6.3 1.9 0.3 2.2 2.6 15.2

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 LS WSAA
1983-84 22 DAL NBA 82 1712 10.5 .475 .447 3.6 8.1 5.8 17.7 2.7 0.7 18.3 14.7 97 109 0.0 4.7 5 14 -4.5
1984-85 23 DAL NBA 82 2218 15.2 .564 .536 2.4 8.0 5.1 21.7 3.2 1.0 14.9 15.5 113 107 8.1 7.0 15 9 3.0
1985-86 24 DAL NBA 79 2150 18.8 .580 .542 3.9 7.6 5.8 26.3 3.3 0.6 14.8 18.5 116 109 13.4 5.2 19 8 5.5
1986-87 25 DAL NBA 77 2556 20.0 .561 .539 2.2 6.1 4.2 33.6 3.1 0.6 11.2 19.6 121 109 19.2 7.7 27 8 9.5
1987-88 26 DAL NBA 82 3032 18.1 .528 .485 2.6 6.2 4.4 30.4 2.7 0.7 12.6 20.6 115 108 17.0 9.4 26 11 7.5
1988-89 27 DAL NBA 81 2968 18.3 .561 .521 1.7 6.7 4.2 30.1 2.9 0.8 14.1 21.2 113 109 14.4 8.5 23 15 4.0
1989-90 28 DAL NBA 82 3007 19.8 .567 .527 2.1 7.0 4.6 32.2 3.2 0.5 13.7 22.0 115 107 17.7 12.2 30 9 10.5
1990-91 29 DAL NBA 77 2879 19.4 .543 .503 2.3 6.9 4.6 30.7 2.6 0.3 11.2 24.2 113 111 13.3 5.6 19 18 0.5
1991-92 30 DAL NBA 65 2252 16.7 .512 .472 2.2 5.9 4.0 28.0 2.3 0.5 12.0 24.4 107 112 4.9 3.7 8 21 -6.5
1992-93 31 DAL NBA 62 2108 15.9 .522 .472 2.0 4.6 3.2 25.7 1.8 0.5 11.2 23.5 109 117 3.2 0.0 3 19 -8.0
1993-94 32 TOT NBA 82 2204 12.3 .485 .456 1.0 6.3 3.6 23.5 2.9 0.3 14.2 18.6 102 104 3.9 8.0 12 16 -2.0
1993-94 32 DAL NBA 28 893 10.2 .446 .434 1.2 6.1 3.5 17.5 2.6 0.3 12.9 19.8 94 111 0.0 0.8 1 12 -5.5
1993-94 32 NYK NBA 54 1311 13.7 .516 .475 0.9 6.4 3.7 27.6 3.2 0.2 15.2 17.8 108 99 3.9 7.1 11 4 3.5
1994-95 33 NYK NBA 80 2716 12.6 .547 .516 1.4 6.8 4.2 26.7 1.5 0.3 15.2 16.7 111 107 9.2 10.6 20 10 5.0
1995-96 34 NYK NBA 82 2893 13.9 .558 .529 1.3 6.8 4.1 20.1 2.4 0.1 14.7 19.4 107 106 6.5 11.2 18 16 1.0
1996-97 35 DAL NBA 75 2210 12.9 .516 .488 1.6 5.7 3.6 25.3 2.2 0.4 15.3 17.9 104 111 2.5 3.7 6 18 -6.0
1997-98 36 ORL NBA 66 1761 11.5 .491 .471 1.5 5.5 3.4 23.2 2.3 0.4 14.9 17.6 101 107 2.3 4.9 7 12 -2.5
1998-99 37 LAL NBA 45 1120 12.8 .506 .486 1.4 5.5 3.5 25.4 2.1 0.3 14.6 14.4 109 108 5.1 1.2 6 6 0.0
Career NBA 1199 37786 16.0 .537 .503 2.1 6.5 4.3 26.8 2.6 0.5 13.5 19.7 111 109 140.8 103.4 244 210 17.0

Playoffs

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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
1983-84 22 DAL NBA 10 226 21 54 3 8 5 7 8 20 28 11 2 6 16 50 .389 .375 .714 22.6 5.0 2.0 2.8
1984-85 23 DAL NBA 4 132 10 21 1 3 5 7 1 12 20 6 1 4 12 26 .476 .333 .714 33.0 6.5 3.0 5.0
1985-86 24 DAL NBA 10 348 57 107 8 14 12 16 13 19 76 23 0 23 27 134 .533 .571 .750 34.8 13.4 1.9 7.6
1986-87 25 DAL NBA 4 123 20 40 2 9 24 30 2 12 27 7 0 5 7 66 .500 .222 .800 30.8 16.5 3.0 6.8
1987-88 26 DAL NBA 17 602 89 202 9 36 43 59 11 43 121 32 5 32 44 230 .441 .250 .729 35.4 13.5 2.5 7.1
1989-90 28 DAL NBA 3 119 21 48 5 16 11 16 2 8 23 4 0 12 13 58 .438 .313 .688 39.7 19.3 2.7 7.7
1993-94 32 NYK NBA 23 750 99 231 29 85 36 56 13 54 103 42 1 41 63 263 .429 .341 .643 32.6 11.4 2.3 4.5
1994-95 33 NYK NBA 11 388 56 109 27 47 18 24 5 38 62 11 1 26 29 157 .514 .574 .750 35.3 14.3 3.5 5.6
1995-96 34 NYK NBA 8 293 29 82 11 35 11 15 0 17 38 10 1 14 24 80 .354 .314 .733 36.6 10.0 2.1 4.8
1998-99 37 LAL NBA 7 113 13 31 1 10 3 6 1 10 15 2 0 4 2 30 .419 .100 .500 16.1 4.3 1.4 2.1
Career NBA 97 3094 415 925 96 263 168 236 56 233 513 148 11 167 237 1094 .449 .365 .712 31.9 11.3 2.4 5.3

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
1980-81 19 illinois 29 934 104 252 33 46 75 156 39 8 66 50 241 .413 .717 32.2 8.3 2.6 5.4
1981-82 20 illinois 29 1059 105 230 34 45 133 145 67 16 51 48 244 .457 .756 36.5 8.4 4.6 5.0
1982-83 21 illinois 32 1182 198 369 13 24 83 123 112 118 72 18 90 80 492 .537 .542 .675 36.9 15.4 3.5 3.7
Career 90 3175 407 851 13 24 150 214 320 419 178 42 207 178 977 .478 .542 .701 35.3 10.9 3.6 4.7

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1986-87 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
1989-90 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)

Games

1983-84 NBA 82 (1)
 1984-85 NBA 82 (1)
 1987-88 NBA 82 (3)
1989-90 NBA 82 (1)
 1993-94 NBA 82 (1)
 1995-96 NBA 82 (2)
Career NBA 1199 (22)
Career 1199 (26)

Minutes Played

1987-88 NBA 3032 (9)
Career NBA 37786 (32)
Career 37786 (36)

Field Goals

Career NBA 6191 (79)
Career 6191 (84)

Field Goal Attempts

Career NBA 13384 (77)
Career 13384 (85)

3-Pt Field Goals

1986-87 NBA 76 (7)
1988-89 NBA 99 (7)
1990-91 NBA 89 (10)
Career NBA 1070 (41)
Career 1070 (41)

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

1986-87 NBA 212 (6)
1987-88 NBA 192 (5)
1988-89 NBA 278 (8)
Career NBA 3026 (38)
Career 3026 (38)

Assists

1986-87 NBA 609 (10)
1987-88 NBA 634 (10)
Career NBA 6577 (18)
Career 6577 (18)

Steals

1986-87 NBA 167 (9)
1987-88 NBA 168 (8)
1989-90 NBA 187 (5)
Career NBA 1957 (12)
Career 1957 (13)

Turnovers

Career NBA 2334 (51)
Career 2334 (56)

Points

Career NBA 16006 (84)
Career 16006 (90)

Assists Per Game

Career NBA 5.5 (67)
Career 5.5 (68)

Steals Per Game

1986-87 NBA 2.2 (7)
1987-88 NBA 2.0 (10)
1989-90 NBA 2.3 (5)
Career NBA 1.6 (29)
Career 1.6 (32)

Assist Pct

Career NBA 26.8 (77)
Career 26.8 (78)

Steal Pct

1984-85 NBA 3.2 (9)
1985-86 NBA 3.3 (7)
1986-87 NBA 3.1 (8)
1989-90 NBA 3.2 (6)
Career NBA 2.6 (23)
Career 2.6 (25)

Offensive Rating

1986-87 NBA 121.4 (8)

Offensive Win Shares

Career NBA 140.8 (71)
Career 140.8 (71)

Defensive Win Shares

Career NBA 103.4 (75)
Career 103.4 (78)

Win Shares

Career NBA 244 (70)
Career 244 (73)

Loss Shares

Career NBA 210 (29)
Career 210 (29)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.001 (350)
      

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Dallas Mavericks NBA $200,000
1985-86 Dallas Mavericks NBA $200,000
1986-87 Dallas Mavericks NBA *$337,500
1987-88 Dallas Mavericks NBA $475,000
1988-89 Dallas Mavericks NBA $475,000
1989-90 Dallas Mavericks NBA *$997,000
1990-91 Dallas Mavericks NBA $1,519,000
1991-92 Dallas Mavericks NBA $1,725,000
1992-93 Dallas Mavericks NBA $2,069,000
1993-94 Total NBA $1,927,000
1994-95 New York Knickerbockers NBA $2,382,700
1995-96 New York Knickerbockers NBA $2,837,000
1996-97 Dallas Mavericks NBA $1,300,000
1997-98 Orlando Magic NBA $1,560,000
1998-99 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $1,000,000
1999-00 Detroit Pistons NBA $1,100,000
Career (may be incomplete) $20,104,200
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).