Al Jefferson

Position: Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-10 ▪ Weight: 265 lbs.
Born: January 4, 1985 in Monticello, Mississippi
High School: Prentiss in Prentiss, Mississippi
Draft: Boston Celtics, 1st round (15th pick, 15th overall), 2004 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 3, 2004
Age: 28 years, 138 days ▪ Experience: 9 years

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All-Time Rank: #173. Jamal Mashburn… #174. World B. Free… #175. Maurice Lucas… #176. AL JEFFERSON… #177. Richie Guerin… #178. Clyde Lovellette… #179. Jerry Sloan…

All-Time Rank: #173. Jamal Mashburn… #174. World B. Free… #175. Maurice Lucas… #176. AL JEFFERSON… #177. Richie Guerin… #178. Clyde Lovellette… #179. Jerry Sloan…

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
2004-05	20	BOS	NBA	PF	71	1	1051	195	369	.528	0	3	.000	85	135	.630	119	193	312	24	22	55	66	195	475
2005-06	21	BOS	NBA	PF	59	7	1062	189	379	.499	0	4	.000	86	134	.642	97	202	299	30	30	46	62	166	464
2006-07	22	BOS	NBA	C	69	60	2319	453	882	.514	0	1	.000	201	295	.681	237	519	756	88	48	106	136	232	1107
2007-08	23	MIN	NBA	C	82	82	2919	721	1441	.500	0	5	.000	284	394	.721	308	603	911	117	74	119	167	222	1726
2008-09	24	MIN	NBA	C	50	50	1836	485	975	.497	0	4	.000	186	252	.738	172	376	548	79	39	83	92	141	1156
2009-10	25	MIN	NBA	C	76	76	2463	560	1125	.498	0	4	.000	181	266	.680	180	523	703	137	63	98	136	205	1301
2010-11	26	UTA	NBA	C	82	82	2940	654	1319	.496	0	0		220	289	.761	235	559	794	149	46	153	105	238	1528
2011-12	27	UTA	NBA	C	61	61	2075	516	1048	.492	1	4	.250	137	177	.774	133	452	585	134	47	101	62	155	1170
2012-13	28	UTA	NBA	C	78	78	2578	611	1236	.494	2	17	.118	167	217	.770	156	564	720	164	80	89	105	170	1391
Career			NBA		628	497	19243	4384	8774	.500	3	42	.071	1547	2159	.717	1637	3991	5628	922	449	850	931	1724	10318

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
2004-05	20	BOS	NBA	PF	71	1	14.8	2.7	5.2	.528	0.0	.000	1.2	1.9	.630	1.7	2.7	4.4	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.9	2.7	6.7
2005-06	21	BOS	NBA	PF	59	7	18.0	3.2	6.4	.499	0.1	.000	1.5	2.3	.642	1.6	3.4	5.1	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.1	2.8	7.9
2006-07	22	BOS	NBA	C	69	60	33.6	6.6	12.8	.514	0.0	.000	2.9	4.3	.681	3.4	7.5	11.0	1.3	0.7	1.5	2.0	3.4	16.0
2007-08	23	MIN	NBA	C	82	82	35.6	8.8	17.6	.500	0.1	.000	3.5	4.8	.721	3.8	7.4	11.1	1.4	0.9	1.5	2.0	2.7	21.0
2008-09	24	MIN	NBA	C	50	50	36.7	9.7	19.5	.497	0.1	.000	3.7	5.0	.738	3.4	7.5	11.0	1.6	0.8	1.7	1.8	2.8	23.1
2009-10	25	MIN	NBA	C	76	76	32.4	7.4	14.8	.498	0.1	.000	2.4	3.5	.680	2.4	6.9	9.3	1.8	0.8	1.3	1.8	2.7	17.1
2010-11	26	UTA	NBA	C	82	82	35.9	8.0	16.1	.496	0.0		2.7	3.5	.761	2.9	6.8	9.7	1.8	0.6	1.9	1.3	2.9	18.6
2011-12	27	UTA	NBA	C	61	61	34.0	8.5	17.2	.492	0.1	.250	2.2	2.9	.774	2.2	7.4	9.6	2.2	0.8	1.7	1.0	2.5	19.2
2012-13	28	UTA	NBA	C	78	78	33.1	7.8	15.8	.494	0.2	.118	2.1	2.8	.770	2.0	7.2	9.2	2.1	1.0	1.1	1.3	2.2	17.8
Career			NBA		628	497	30.6	7.0	14.0	.500	0.1	.071	2.5	3.4	.717	2.6	6.4	9.0	1.5	0.7	1.4	1.5	2.7	16.4

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
2004-05	20	BOS	NBA	PF	71	1	1051	6.7	12.6	.528	0.1	.000	2.9	4.6	.630	4.1	6.6	10.7	0.8	0.8	1.9	2.3	6.7	16.3
2005-06	21	BOS	NBA	PF	59	7	1062	6.4	12.8	.499	0.1	.000	2.9	4.5	.642	3.3	6.8	10.1	1.0	1.0	1.6	2.1	5.6	15.7
2006-07	22	BOS	NBA	C	69	60	2319	7.0	13.7	.514	0.0	.000	3.1	4.6	.681	3.7	8.1	11.7	1.4	0.7	1.6	2.1	3.6	17.2
2007-08	23	MIN	NBA	C	82	82	2919	8.9	17.8	.500	0.1	.000	3.5	4.9	.721	3.8	7.4	11.2	1.4	0.9	1.5	2.1	2.7	21.3
2008-09	24	MIN	NBA	C	50	50	1836	9.5	19.1	.497	0.1	.000	3.6	4.9	.738	3.4	7.4	10.7	1.5	0.8	1.6	1.8	2.8	22.7
2009-10	25	MIN	NBA	C	76	76	2463	8.2	16.4	.498	0.1	.000	2.6	3.9	.680	2.6	7.6	10.3	2.0	0.9	1.4	2.0	3.0	19.0
2010-11	26	UTA	NBA	C	82	82	2940	8.0	16.2	.496	0.0		2.7	3.5	.761	2.9	6.8	9.7	1.8	0.6	1.9	1.3	2.9	18.7
2011-12	27	UTA	NBA	C	61	61	2075	9.0	18.2	.492	0.1	.250	2.4	3.1	.774	2.3	7.8	10.1	2.3	0.8	1.8	1.1	2.7	20.3
2012-13	28	UTA	NBA	C	78	78	2578	8.5	17.3	.494	0.2	.118	2.3	3.0	.770	2.2	7.9	10.1	2.3	1.1	1.2	1.5	2.4	19.4
Career			NBA		628	497	19243	8.2	16.4	.500	0.1	.071	2.9	4.0	.717	3.1	7.5	10.5	1.7	0.8	1.6	1.7	3.2	19.3

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
2004-05	20	BOS	NBA	PF	71	1051	16.6	.554	.528	13.5	21.0	17.3	3.9	1.1	3.9	13.3	21.2	108	104	1.3	1.4	2.7	.123
2005-06	21	BOS	NBA	PF	59	1062	16.2	.530	.499	11.4	22.6	17.2	5.0	1.5	3.3	12.4	21.6	104	103	0.9	1.5	2.3	.105
2006-07	22	BOS	NBA	C	69	2319	19.8	.547	.514	12.0	27.4	19.5	7.2	1.1	3.5	11.8	22.4	109	103	3.3	3.3	6.6	.137
2007-08	23	MIN	NBA	C	82	2919	22.7	.535	.500	11.9	24.7	18.1	7.5	1.3	3.2	9.4	27.5	109	108	4.8	2.9	7.7	.127
2008-09	24	MIN	NBA	C	50	1836	23.1	.532	.497	10.6	24.9	17.5	8.8	1.1	3.5	7.8	28.9	109	108	2.9	2.0	4.9	.128
2009-10	25	MIN	NBA	C	76	2463	19.0	.524	.498	8.0	24.2	16.0	10.0	1.3	3.0	9.9	24.3	106	108	2.3	2.3	4.6	.090
2010-11	26	UTA	NBA	C	82	2940	20.1	.528	.496	9.6	23.2	16.3	9.2	0.8	4.2	6.8	24.2	111	108	5.1	2.7	7.8	.128
2011-12	27	UTA	NBA	C	61	2075	22.8	.520	.493	7.3	25.3	16.2	12.1	1.2	3.9	5.2	25.7	112	103	4.9	2.5	7.5	.173
2012-13	28	UTA	NBA	C	78	2578	20.9	.522	.495	7.0	25.9	16.3	12.0	1.6	2.7	7.3	25.3	109	104	4.3	3.3	7.7	.143
Career			NBA		628	19243	20.6	.531	.500	9.8	24.7	17.1	9.0	1.2	3.5	8.7	25.0	109	106	30.0	21.9	51.8	.129

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
2004-05	20	BOS	NBA	PF	7	0	136	17	41	.415	0		9	12	.750	17	28	45	2	4	8	4	16	43
2011-12	27	UTA	NBA	C	4	4	141	36	68	.529	1	.000	1	4	.250	7	27	34	10	5	3	5	10	73
Career			NBA		11	4	277	53	109	.486	1	.000	10	16	.625	24	55	79	12	9	11	9	26	116

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
2004-05	20	BOS	NBA	PF	7	0	19.4	2.4	5.9	.415	0.0		1.3	1.7	.750	2.4	4.0	6.4	0.3	0.6	1.1	0.6	2.3	6.1
2011-12	27	UTA	NBA	C	4	4	35.3	9.0	17.0	.529	0.3	.000	0.3	1.0	.250	1.8	6.8	8.5	2.5	1.3	0.8	1.3	2.5	18.3
Career			NBA		11	4	25.2	4.8	9.9	.486	0.1	.000	0.9	1.5	.625	2.2	5.0	7.2	1.1	0.8	1.0	0.8	2.4	10.5

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
2004-05	20	BOS	NBA	PF	7	0	136	4.5	10.9	.415	0.0		2.4	3.2	.750	4.5	7.4	11.9	0.5	1.1	2.1	1.1	4.2	11.4
2011-12	27	UTA	NBA	C	4	4	141	9.2	17.4	.529	0.3	.000	0.3	1.0	.250	1.8	6.9	8.7	2.6	1.3	0.8	1.3	2.6	18.6
Career			NBA		11	4	277	6.9	14.2	.486	0.1	.000	1.3	2.1	.625	3.1	7.1	10.3	1.6	1.2	1.4	1.2	3.4	15.1

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
2004-05	20	BOS	NBA	PF	7	136	16.6	.465	.415	15.5	25.3	20.4	2.7	1.6	5.4	8.0	18.1	105	97	0.1	0.3	0.4	.147
2011-12	27	UTA	NBA	C	4	141	21.1	.523	.529	4.8	22.8	12.8	16.6	1.9	1.7	6.7	23.0	109	110	0.3	0.0	0.3	.101
Career			NBA		11	277	18.9	.500	.486	10.0	24.1	16.6	9.8	1.7	3.5	7.2	20.6	107	103	0.3	0.4	0.7	.124

Similarity Scores

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

Thru 9 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Al Jefferson		7.8	7.7	7.7	7.5	6.6	4.9	4.6	2.7	2.3
Rodney McCray	92.1	9.4	8.5	7.9	7.6	6.3	5.3	4.6	2.9	2.5
Nick Anderson	91.7	8.3	7.7	7.6	7.4	5.3	4.2	3.6	3.1	1.8
Truck Robinson	91.6	7.6	7.3	6.9	6.5	6.0	5.1	4.3	3.3	2.7
David West	91.5	8.4	7.8	7.8	7.5	7.4	5.9	5.2	2.8	0.2
P.J. Brown	91.0	8.2	8.0	7.5	7.5	6.9	5.3	5.1	4.6	4.2
Grant Long	90.9	8.4	7.7	6.6	6.5	5.1	5.0	4.6	2.7	2.6
Michael Cage	90.5	7.6	7.2	6.8	6.7	6.7	6.2	4.3	3.2	1.7
Tom Sanders	90.4	7.6	7.5	7.2	6.8	5.5	5.4	4.3	4.0	3.0
Paul Millsap	90.3	7.8	7.7	7.7	7.6	7.2	5.2	4.7
Bob Netolicky	90.1	8.3	8.2	7.5	7.4	5.6	4.9	4.1	2.1	0.0

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Al Jefferson		7.8	7.7	7.7	7.5	6.6	4.9	4.6	2.7	2.3
Wally Szczerbiak	91.9	8.7	8.0	7.4	7.3	6.2	5.2	4.5	2.9	1.6	1.6
Rodney McCray	91.0	9.4	8.5	7.9	7.6	6.3	5.3	4.6	2.9	2.5	0.9
Paul Millsap	90.3	7.8	7.7	7.7	7.6	7.2	5.2	4.7
Bob Netolicky	90.1	8.3	8.2	7.5	7.4	5.6	4.9	4.1	2.1	0.0
Mike Mitchell	87.8	8.3	7.6	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.5	4.4	3.6	2.4	0.4
Truck Robinson	87.6	7.6	7.3	6.9	6.5	6.0	5.1	4.3	3.3	3.2	2.7	-0.1
Troy Murphy	87.0	8.5	7.8	6.5	6.4	6.2	5.3	4.5	1.7	1.4	1.3	0.3	0.3
Greg Ballard	86.2	9.4	7.9	6.9	6.9	6.0	5.6	3.9	3.6	2.0	1.7	0.0
Tayshaun Prince	85.9	9.4	8.0	7.5	7.5	7.0	6.2	3.6	3.3	3.2	2.1	0.8
Nick Anderson	85.6	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

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Weekly & Monthly Awards Player of the Week: 5 times (Show/Hide) Mar 4, 2007 Jan 27, 2008 Jan 4, 2009 Apr 22, 2012 Mar 31, 2013	Honors 2004 McDonald's All American 2004-05 NBA All-Rookie (2nd)	Games 2007-08 NBA 82 (1) 2010-11 NBA 82 (2)	Minutes Played 2010-11 NBA 2940 (10)
Field Goals 2007-08 NBA 721 (4) 2011-12 NBA 516 (6) 2012-13 NBA 611 (8)	Field Goal Attempts 2007-08 NBA 1441 (8) 2011-12 NBA 1048 (9)	Offensive Rebounds 2007-08 NBA 308 (2) 2010-11 NBA 235 (9)	Defensive Rebounds 2007-08 NBA 603 (8) 2010-11 NBA 559 (6) 2011-12 NBA 452 (10) 2012-13 NBA 564 (8)
Total Rebounds 2007-08 NBA 911 (4) 2010-11 NBA 794 (6)	Blocks 2010-11 NBA 153 (5)	Rebounds Per Game 2007-08 NBA 11.1 (5) 2010-11 NBA 9.7 (8) Career NBA 9.0 (80) Career 9.0 (94)	Blocks Per Game 2010-11 NBA 1.9 (9)
Player Efficiency Rating 2008-09 NBA 23.1 (10) Career NBA 20.6 (52) Career 20.6 (54)	Offensive Rebound Pct Career NBA 9.8 (70) Career 9.8 (81)	Defensive Rebound Pct 2006-07 NBA 27.4 (6) 2011-12 NBA 25.3 (9) Active 24.7 (9) Career NBA 24.7 (14) Career 24.7 (17)	Total Rebound Pct 2006-07 NBA 19.5 (6) Career NBA 17.1 (34) Career 17.1 (40)
Block Pct Career NBA 3.5 (42) Career 3.5 (47)	Turnover Pct 2010-11 NBA 6.8 (2) 2011-12 NBA 5.2 (2) 2012-13 NBA 7.3 (3) Active 8.7 (4) Career NBA 8.7 (10) Career 8.7 (11)	Usage Pct 2008-09 NBA 28.9 (8) Career NBA 25.0 (71) Career 25.0 (81)	Hall of Fame Probability Active 0.010 (52) Career 0.010 (302)
NBA Elo Player Rating 200th (overall) as of May 22, 2013, 10:33AM 45th (active) as of May 22, 2013, 10:33AM

Transactions

June 24, 2004: Drafted by the Boston Celtics in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 2004 NBA Draft.

July 31, 2007: Traded by the Boston Celtics with Ryan Gomes, Gerald Green, Theo Ratliff, Sebastian Telfair, a 2009 1st round draft pick (Wayne Ellington) and a 2009 1st round draft pick (Jonny Flynn) to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Kevin Garnett.

July 13, 2010: Traded by the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Utah Jazz for Kosta Koufos, a 2011 1st round draft pick (Donatas Motiejunas) and a future 1st round draft pick.

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
2004-05	Boston Celtics	NBA	$1,407,240
2005-06	Boston Celtics	NBA	$1,512,840
2006-07	Boston Celtics	NBA	$1,618,320
2007-08	Minnesota Timberwolves	NBA	$2,480,885
2008-09	Minnesota Timberwolves	NBA	$11,000,000
2009-10	Minnesota Timberwolves	NBA	$12,000,000
2010-11	Utah Jazz	NBA	$13,000,000
2011-12	Utah Jazz	NBA	$14,000,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$57,019,285

Contract

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

Team	2012-13
Utah Jazz	$15,000,000

Signed extension on October 31, 2007 that begins in 2008-09 for an assumed $65,000,000 plus incentives for 5 years.
2011-12 and 2012-13 each have up to $550,000 in unlikely incentives not included here.

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