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Dan Majerle

Daniel Lewis Majerle (Dan, Thunder Dan)

Position: Guard-Forward
Height: 6-6    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: September 9, 1965 in Traverse City, Michigan
High School: Traverse City in Traverse City, Michigan
College: Central Michigan University

Drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 1st round (14th pick, 14th overall) of the 1988 NBA draft.

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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
1988-89 23 PHO NBA 54 5 1354 181 432 .419 27 82 .329 78 127 .614 62 147 209 130 63 14 48 139 467
1989-90 24 PHO NBA 73 23 2244 296 698 .424 19 80 .238 198 260 .762 144 286 430 188 100 32 82 177 809
1990-91 25 PHO NBA 77 7 2281 397 821 .484 30 86 .349 227 298 .762 168 250 418 216 106 40 114 162 1051
1991-92 26 PHO NBA 82 15 2853 551 1153 .478 87 228 .382 229 303 .756 148 335 483 274 131 43 102 158 1418
1992-93 27 PHO NBA 82 82 3199 509 1096 .464 167 438 .381 203 261 .778 120 263 383 311 138 33 133 180 1388
1993-94 28 PHO NBA 80 76 3207 476 1138 .418 192 503 .382 176 238 .739 120 229 349 275 129 43 137 153 1320
1994-95 29 PHO NBA 82 46 3091 438 1031 .425 199 548 .363 206 282 .730 104 271 375 340 96 38 105 155 1281
1995-96 30 CLE NBA 82 15 2367 303 748 .405 146 414 .353 120 169 .710 70 235 305 214 81 34 93 131 872
1996-97 31 MIA NBA 36 26 1264 141 347 .406 68 201 .338 40 59 .678 45 117 162 116 54 14 50 75 390
1997-98 32 MIA NBA 72 22 1928 184 439 .419 111 295 .376 40 51 .784 48 220 268 157 68 15 65 139 519
1998-99 33 MIA NBA 48 48 1624 118 298 .396 68 203 .335 33 46 .717 21 187 208 150 38 7 55 100 337
1999-00 34 MIA NBA 69 69 2308 170 422 .403 110 304 .362 56 69 .812 27 306 333 206 89 17 62 156 506
2000-01 35 MIA NBA 53 19 1306 87 259 .336 57 181 .315 36 44 .818 20 146 166 88 53 15 35 98 267
2001-02 36 PHO NBA 65 0 1180 99 289 .343 79 235 .336 23 39 .590 28 148 176 90 48 15 35 104 300
Career NBA 955 453 30206 3950 9171 .431 1360 3798 .358 1665 2246 .741 1125 3140 4265 2755 1194 360 1116 1927 10925

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
1988-89 23 PHO NBA 54 5 25.1 3.4 8.0 .419 0.5 1.5 .329 1.4 2.4 .614 1.1 2.7 3.9 2.4 1.2 0.3 0.9 2.6 8.6
1989-90 24 PHO NBA 73 23 30.7 4.1 9.6 .424 0.3 1.1 .238 2.7 3.6 .762 2.0 3.9 5.9 2.6 1.4 0.4 1.1 2.4 11.1
1990-91 25 PHO NBA 77 7 29.6 5.2 10.7 .484 0.4 1.1 .349 2.9 3.9 .762 2.2 3.2 5.4 2.8 1.4 0.5 1.5 2.1 13.6
1991-92 26 PHO NBA 82 15 34.8 6.7 14.1 .478 1.1 2.8 .382 2.8 3.7 .756 1.8 4.1 5.9 3.3 1.6 0.5 1.2 1.9 17.3
1992-93 27 PHO NBA 82 82 39.0 6.2 13.4 .464 2.0 5.3 .381 2.5 3.2 .778 1.5 3.2 4.7 3.8 1.7 0.4 1.6 2.2 16.9
1993-94 28 PHO NBA 80 76 40.1 6.0 14.2 .418 2.4 6.3 .382 2.2 3.0 .739 1.5 2.9 4.4 3.4 1.6 0.5 1.7 1.9 16.5
1994-95 29 PHO NBA 82 46 37.7 5.3 12.6 .425 2.4 6.7 .363 2.5 3.4 .730 1.3 3.3 4.6 4.1 1.2 0.5 1.3 1.9 15.6
1995-96 30 CLE NBA 82 15 28.9 3.7 9.1 .405 1.8 5.0 .353 1.5 2.1 .710 0.9 2.9 3.7 2.6 1.0 0.4 1.1 1.6 10.6
1996-97 31 MIA NBA 36 26 35.1 3.9 9.6 .406 1.9 5.6 .338 1.1 1.6 .678 1.3 3.3 4.5 3.2 1.5 0.4 1.4 2.1 10.8
1997-98 32 MIA NBA 72 22 26.8 2.6 6.1 .419 1.5 4.1 .376 0.6 0.7 .784 0.7 3.1 3.7 2.2 0.9 0.2 0.9 1.9 7.2
1998-99 33 MIA NBA 48 48 33.8 2.5 6.2 .396 1.4 4.2 .335 0.7 1.0 .717 0.4 3.9 4.3 3.1 0.8 0.1 1.1 2.1 7.0
1999-00 34 MIA NBA 69 69 33.4 2.5 6.1 .403 1.6 4.4 .362 0.8 1.0 .812 0.4 4.4 4.8 3.0 1.3 0.2 0.9 2.3 7.3
2000-01 35 MIA NBA 53 19 24.6 1.6 4.9 .336 1.1 3.4 .315 0.7 0.8 .818 0.4 2.8 3.1 1.7 1.0 0.3 0.7 1.8 5.0
2001-02 36 PHO NBA 65 0 18.2 1.5 4.4 .343 1.2 3.6 .336 0.4 0.6 .590 0.4 2.3 2.7 1.4 0.7 0.2 0.5 1.6 4.6
Career NBA 955 453 31.6 4.1 9.6 .431 1.4 4.0 .358 1.7 2.4 .741 1.2 3.3 4.5 2.9 1.3 0.4 1.2 2.0 11.4

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
1988-89 23 PHO NBA 54 5 1354 4.8 11.5 .419 0.7 2.2 .329 2.1 3.4 .614 1.6 3.9 5.6 3.5 1.7 0.4 1.3 3.7 12.4
1989-90 24 PHO NBA 73 23 2244 4.7 11.2 .424 0.3 1.3 .238 3.2 4.2 .762 2.3 4.6 6.9 3.0 1.6 0.5 1.3 2.8 13.0
1990-91 25 PHO NBA 77 7 2281 6.3 13.0 .484 0.5 1.4 .349 3.6 4.7 .762 2.7 3.9 6.6 3.4 1.7 0.6 1.8 2.6 16.6
1991-92 26 PHO NBA 82 15 2853 7.0 14.5 .478 1.1 2.9 .382 2.9 3.8 .756 1.9 4.2 6.1 3.5 1.7 0.5 1.3 2.0 17.9
1992-93 27 PHO NBA 82 82 3199 5.7 12.3 .464 1.9 4.9 .381 2.3 2.9 .778 1.4 3.0 4.3 3.5 1.6 0.4 1.5 2.0 15.6
1993-94 28 PHO NBA 80 76 3207 5.3 12.8 .418 2.2 5.6 .382 2.0 2.7 .739 1.3 2.6 3.9 3.1 1.4 0.5 1.5 1.7 14.8
1994-95 29 PHO NBA 82 46 3091 5.1 12.0 .425 2.3 6.4 .363 2.4 3.3 .730 1.2 3.2 4.4 4.0 1.1 0.4 1.2 1.8 14.9
1995-96 30 CLE NBA 82 15 2367 4.6 11.4 .405 2.2 6.3 .353 1.8 2.6 .710 1.1 3.6 4.6 3.3 1.2 0.5 1.4 2.0 13.3
1996-97 31 MIA NBA 36 26 1264 4.0 9.9 .406 1.9 5.7 .338 1.1 1.7 .678 1.3 3.3 4.6 3.3 1.5 0.4 1.4 2.1 11.1
1997-98 32 MIA NBA 72 22 1928 3.4 8.2 .419 2.1 5.5 .376 0.7 1.0 .784 0.9 4.1 5.0 2.9 1.3 0.3 1.2 2.6 9.7
1998-99 33 MIA NBA 48 48 1624 2.6 6.6 .396 1.5 4.5 .335 0.7 1.0 .717 0.5 4.1 4.6 3.3 0.8 0.2 1.2 2.2 7.5
1999-00 34 MIA NBA 69 69 2308 2.7 6.6 .403 1.7 4.7 .362 0.9 1.1 .812 0.4 4.8 5.2 3.2 1.4 0.3 1.0 2.4 7.9
2000-01 35 MIA NBA 53 19 1306 2.4 7.1 .336 1.6 5.0 .315 1.0 1.2 .818 0.6 4.0 4.6 2.4 1.5 0.4 1.0 2.7 7.4
2001-02 36 PHO NBA 65 0 1180 3.0 8.8 .343 2.4 7.2 .336 0.7 1.2 .590 0.9 4.5 5.4 2.7 1.5 0.5 1.1 3.2 9.2
Career NBA 955 453 30206 4.7 10.9 .431 1.6 4.5 .358 2.0 2.7 .741 1.3 3.7 5.1 3.3 1.4 0.4 1.3 2.3 13.0

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
1988-89 23 PHO NBA 54 1354 11.3 .479 .450 5.1 11.1 8.2 11.8 2.1 0.6 9.0 15.7 106 106 0.9 1.7 2.5
1989-90 24 PHO NBA 73 2244 13.5 .498 .438 7.5 13.1 10.5 11.0 2.1 0.8 9.2 16.5 111 106 2.6 2.9 5.5
1990-91 25 PHO NBA 77 2281 16.9 .552 .502 8.5 11.4 10.0 12.9 2.2 1.0 10.7 19.1 116 106 4.4 2.8 7.2
1991-92 26 PHO NBA 82 2853 17.8 .551 .516 6.0 12.3 9.3 13.6 2.2 0.9 7.3 20.3 118 106 6.2 3.6 9.8
1992-93 27 PHO NBA 82 3199 15.4 .573 .541 4.3 8.9 6.7 13.4 2.1 0.6 9.9 17.3 120 108 6.6 3.2 9.8
1993-94 28 PHO NBA 80 3207 13.7 .531 .503 4.3 8.0 6.1 11.9 2.0 0.8 9.9 18.0 113 109 5.0 2.3 7.3
1994-95 29 PHO NBA 82 3091 15.1 .555 .521 3.9 10.1 7.0 15.6 1.6 0.9 8.3 17.6 119 112 6.0 1.7 7.7
1995-96 30 CLE NBA 82 2367 15.1 .530 .503 3.9 13.4 8.6 15.9 2.0 1.3 10.2 19.5 110 107 3.0 2.6 5.5
1996-97 31 MIA NBA 36 1264 13.2 .523 .504 4.3 10.8 7.6 15.3 2.3 0.9 11.8 15.7 110 101 1.4 2.1 3.5
1997-98 32 MIA NBA 72 1928 12.2 .562 .546 3.0 13.0 8.2 13.0 1.9 0.6 12.3 12.7 115 103 2.8 2.5 5.3
1998-99 33 MIA NBA 48 1624 10.2 .529 .510 1.7 13.0 7.7 15.4 1.3 0.3 14.7 11.4 107 101 1.6 1.9 3.5
1999-00 34 MIA NBA 69 2308 11.4 .559 .533 1.4 14.6 8.3 13.2 2.1 0.5 12.1 10.4 115 101 2.8 3.3 6.1
2000-01 35 MIA NBA 53 1306 9.4 .480 .446 1.8 13.3 7.6 11.0 2.2 0.9 11.2 11.6 100 98 0.5 2.1 2.6
2001-02 36 PHO NBA 65 1180 10.3 .490 .479 2.6 14.4 8.4 10.9 2.1 0.9 10.3 12.9 105 104 0.8 1.3 2.1
Career NBA 955 30206 13.8 .538 .505 4.3 11.6 8.1 13.3 2.0 0.8 9.9 16.2 114 106 44.5 34.0 78.5

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
1988-89 23 PHO NBA 12 352 63 144 8 28 38 48 22 57 14 13 4 15 28 172 .438 .286 .792 29.3 14.3 4.8 1.2
1989-90 24 PHO NBA 16 479 73 150 4 12 51 65 30 81 34 20 2 18 34 201 .487 .333 .785 29.9 12.6 5.1 2.1
1990-91 25 PHO NBA 4 110 12 32 4 11 14 19 6 15 7 5 1 2 12 42 .375 .364 .737 27.5 10.5 3.8 1.8
1991-92 26 PHO NBA 7 266 48 111 9 33 25 26 13 44 20 10 0 9 11 130 .432 .273 .962 38.0 18.6 6.3 2.9
1992-93 27 PHO NBA 24 1071 134 311 54 137 48 69 29 140 88 33 28 32 57 370 .431 .394 .696 44.6 15.4 5.8 3.7
1993-94 28 PHO NBA 10 410 46 127 20 59 11 16 15 43 24 11 4 10 23 123 .362 .339 .688 41.0 12.3 4.3 2.4
1994-95 29 PHO NBA 10 307 27 73 16 44 12 17 8 31 17 14 3 9 24 82 .370 .364 .706 30.7 8.2 3.1 1.7
1995-96 30 CLE NBA 3 91 16 36 10 23 8 9 2 12 9 4 2 3 6 50 .444 .435 .889 30.3 16.7 4.0 3.0
1996-97 31 MIA NBA 17 496 46 117 25 74 19 28 16 72 43 21 4 13 31 136 .393 .338 .679 29.2 8.0 4.2 2.5
1997-98 32 MIA NBA 2 62 3 8 2 6 1 2 1 5 5 4 1 1 3 9 .375 .333 .500 31.0 4.5 2.5 2.5
1998-99 33 MIA NBA 5 152 5 26 5 22 5 7 3 29 6 5 2 3 15 20 .192 .227 .714 30.4 4.0 5.8 1.2
1999-00 34 MIA NBA 10 372 30 71 20 50 10 14 5 70 32 21 1 11 34 90 .423 .400 .714 37.2 9.0 7.0 3.2
2000-01 35 MIA NBA 3 71 5 16 4 14 2 4 3 10 5 3 0 2 7 16 .313 .286 .500 23.7 5.3 3.3 1.7
Career NBA 123 4239 508 1222 181 513 244 324 153 609 304 164 52 128 285 1441 .416 .353 .753 34.5 11.7 5.0 2.5

Playoffs 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
1988-89 23 PHO NBA 12 352 13.5 .521 .465 6.2 10.4 8.2 5.2 1.7 0.7 8.3 19.8 112 108 0.4 0.4 0.8
1989-90 24 PHO NBA 16 479 15.7 .563 .500 7.5 10.9 9.3 10.5 2.0 0.2 9.2 17.4 119 108 0.9 0.6 1.5
1990-91 25 PHO NBA 4 110 13.0 .520 .438 5.9 10.2 7.9 10.6 2.3 0.6 4.7 16.7 114 112 0.1 0.1 0.2
1991-92 26 PHO NBA 7 266 15.5 .531 .473 5.8 13.5 9.7 10.8 1.8 0.0 6.8 20.6 116 115 0.4 0.2 0.6
1992-93 27 PHO NBA 24 1071 13.5 .542 .518 3.2 11.6 7.6 12.3 1.6 1.7 8.6 15.6 115 111 1.5 0.7 2.1
1993-94 28 PHO NBA 10 410 9.7 .459 .441 3.8 8.2 5.8 8.2 1.4 0.7 6.9 15.1 103 115 0.2 -0.1 0.2
1994-95 29 PHO NBA 10 307 9.7 .509 .479 3.1 8.5 5.9 7.7 2.4 0.8 10.1 13.0 109 114 0.2 0.2 0.4
1995-96 30 CLE NBA 3 91 25.4 .626 .583 2.7 15.8 8.7 20.7 2.6 2.1 7.0 24.1 128 109 0.4 0.1 0.4
1996-97 31 MIA NBA 17 496 13.5 .526 .500 3.8 12.8 8.4 16.6 2.4 0.6 9.1 13.8 114 99 0.6 1.0 1.6
1997-98 32 MIA NBA 2 62 10.9 .507 .500 2.0 7.8 4.9 14.0 3.6 1.3 10.1 7.9 112 102 0.0 0.1 0.1
1998-99 33 MIA NBA 5 152 5.9 .344 .288 2.5 21.3 12.0 7.4 2.0 1.1 9.4 11.0 79 101 -0.2 0.2 0.0
1999-00 34 MIA NBA 10 372 14.2 .583 .563 1.6 20.8 11.2 15.5 3.2 0.2 12.5 11.7 114 91 0.5 1.0 1.5
2000-01 35 MIA NBA 3 71 8.9 .450 .438 5.2 11.9 8.6 12.9 2.3 0.0 10.1 13.4 96 112 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 123 4239 13.1 .528 .490 4.1 12.3 8.2 11.5 2.0 0.8 8.6 15.6 113 108 5.0 4.4 9.5

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1991-92 26 PHO NBA 1 0 12 2 5 .400 0 2 .000 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 4
1992-93 27 PHO NBA 1 0 26 6 11 .545 3 6 .500 3 4 .750 2 7 3 1 2 0 2 18
1994-95 29 PHO NBA 1 1 20 4 12 .333 2 7 .286 0 0 1 5 3 0 0 0 1 10
Career NBA 3 1 58 12 28 .429 5 15 .333 3 4 .750 3 15 8 1 2 1 3 32

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
1984-85 19 CMICHIGAN 12 360 92 162 39 67 80 24 13 9 27 223 .568 .582 30.0 18.6 6.7 2.0
1985-86 20 CMICHIGAN 27 1002 228 433 122 170 212 51 50 22 62 63 578 .527 .718 37.1 21.4 7.9 1.9
1986-87 21 CMICHIGAN 23 824 191 344 2 8 101 183 196 53 48 35 44 59 485 .555 .250 .552 35.8 21.1 8.5 2.3
1987-88 22 CMICHIGAN 32 1197 279 535 45 101 156 242 346 81 49 29 77 759 .521 .446 .645 37.4 23.7 10.8 2.5
Career 94 3383 790 1474 47 109 418 662 834 209 160 95 106 226 2045 .536 .431 .631 36.0 21.8 8.9 2.2

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1992 NBA
1993 NBA
1995 NBA

Honors

1990-91 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
1992-93 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)

Games

1991-92 NBA 82 (2)
1992-93 NBA 82 (2)
1994-95 NBA 82 (1)
 1995-96 NBA 82 (2)

Minutes Played

1992-93 NBA 3199 (4)
1993-94 NBA 3207 (6)
1994-95 NBA 3091 (7)

3-Pt Field Goals

1992-93 NBA 167 (1)
 1993-94 NBA 192 (1)
 1994-95 NBA 199 (2)
Career NBA 1360 (18)
Career 1360 (18)

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

1992-93 NBA 438 (1)
 1993-94 NBA 503 (1)
 1994-95 NBA 548 (3)
Career NBA 3798 (18)
Career 3798 (18)

Steals

Career NBA 1194 (71)
Career 1194 (77)

Minutes Per Game

1992-93 NBA 39.0 (9)
1993-94 NBA 40.1 (5)

Turnover Pct

1991-92 NBA 7.3 (2)
1994-95 NBA 8.3 (3)
Career NBA 9.9 (31)
Career 9.9 (34)

Offensive Rating

1992-93 NBA 120.0 (8)
Career NBA 113.9 (64)
Career 113.9 (63)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.001 (375)
  

Transactions

February 25, 1988: Traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers (as a 1988 1st round draft pick) with Tyrone Corbin, Kevin Johnson, Mark West, a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Dean Garrett) and a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Greg Grant) to the Phoenix Suns for Larry Nance, Mike Sanders and a 1988 1st round draft pick (Randolph Keys).

June 28, 1988: Drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1988 NBA Draft.

October 7, 1995: Traded by the Phoenix Suns with Antonio Lang and a 1997 1st round draft pick (Brevin Knight) to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Hot Rod Williams.

August 8, 1996: Released by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

August 22, 1996: Signed as a free agent with the Miami Heat.

July 19, 2001: Signed as a free agent with the Phoenix Suns.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1988-89 Phoenix Suns NBA $450,000
1989-90 Phoenix Suns NBA *$440,000
1990-91 Phoenix Suns NBA $430,000
1991-92 Phoenix Suns NBA $535,000
1992-93 Phoenix Suns NBA $735,000
1993-94 Phoenix Suns NBA $2,975,000
1994-95 Phoenix Suns NBA $3,000,000
1995-96 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $3,100,000
1996-97 Miami Heat NBA $2,350,000
1997-98 Miami Heat NBA $2,820,000
1998-99 Miami Heat NBA $3,290,000
1999-00 Miami Heat NBA $3,600,000
2000-01 Miami Heat NBA $4,050,000
2001-02 Phoenix Suns NBA $1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete) $28,775,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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