Joakim Noah

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Joakim Simon Noah ▪ Twitter: @JoakimNoah

Position: Center ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-11 ▪ Weight: 232 lbs.
Born: February 25, 1985 in New York, New York
High School: The Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey
College: University of Florida
Draft: Chicago Bulls, 1st round (9th pick, 9th overall), 2007 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 6, 2007
Age: 28 years, 82 days ▪ Experience: 6 years

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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
2007-08	22	CHI	NBA	C	74	31	1534	177	367	.482	1	.000	134	194	.691	174	242	416	84	68	64	89	173	488
2008-09	23	CHI	NBA	C	80	55	1938	207	372	.556	1	.000	123	182	.676	244	362	606	106	49	110	82	238	537
2009-10	24	CHI	NBA	C	64	54	1925	262	520	.504	0		163	219	.744	220	484	704	132	32	100	117	198	687
2010-11	25	CHI	NBA	C	48	48	1576	211	402	.525	1	.000	139	188	.739	182	316	498	107	48	72	90	156	561
2011-12	26	CHI	NBA	C	64	64	1945	249	490	.508	1	.000	154	206	.748	242	387	629	160	41	92	92	162	652
2012-13	27	CHI	NBA	C	66	64	2426	303	630	.481	5	.000	178	237	.751	260	473	733	262	78	141	176	185	784
Career			NBA		396	316	11344	1409	2781	.507	9	.000	891	1226	.727	1322	2264	3586	851	316	579	646	1112	3709

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
2007-08	22	CHI	NBA	C	74	31	20.7	2.4	5.0	.482	0.0	.000	1.8	2.6	.691	2.4	3.3	5.6	1.1	0.9	0.9	1.2	2.3	6.6
2008-09	23	CHI	NBA	C	80	55	24.2	2.6	4.7	.556	0.0	.000	1.5	2.3	.676	3.1	4.5	7.6	1.3	0.6	1.4	1.0	3.0	6.7
2009-10	24	CHI	NBA	C	64	54	30.1	4.1	8.1	.504	0.0		2.5	3.4	.744	3.4	7.6	11.0	2.1	0.5	1.6	1.8	3.1	10.7
2010-11	25	CHI	NBA	C	48	48	32.8	4.4	8.4	.525	0.0	.000	2.9	3.9	.739	3.8	6.6	10.4	2.2	1.0	1.5	1.9	3.3	11.7
2011-12	26	CHI	NBA	C	64	64	30.4	3.9	7.7	.508	0.0	.000	2.4	3.2	.748	3.8	6.0	9.8	2.5	0.6	1.4	1.4	2.5	10.2
2012-13	27	CHI	NBA	C	66	64	36.8	4.6	9.5	.481	0.1	.000	2.7	3.6	.751	3.9	7.2	11.1	4.0	1.2	2.1	2.7	2.8	11.9
Career			NBA		396	316	28.6	3.6	7.0	.507	0.0	.000	2.3	3.1	.727	3.3	5.7	9.1	2.1	0.8	1.5	1.6	2.8	9.4

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
2007-08	22	CHI	NBA	C	74	31	1534	4.2	8.6	.482	0.0	.000	3.1	4.6	.691	4.1	5.7	9.8	2.0	1.6	1.5	2.1	4.1	11.5
2008-09	23	CHI	NBA	C	80	55	1938	3.8	6.9	.556	0.0	.000	2.3	3.4	.676	4.5	6.7	11.3	2.0	0.9	2.0	1.5	4.4	10.0
2009-10	24	CHI	NBA	C	64	54	1925	4.9	9.7	.504	0.0		3.0	4.1	.744	4.1	9.1	13.2	2.5	0.6	1.9	2.2	3.7	12.8
2010-11	25	CHI	NBA	C	48	48	1576	4.8	9.2	.525	0.0	.000	3.2	4.3	.739	4.2	7.2	11.4	2.4	1.1	1.6	2.1	3.6	12.8
2011-12	26	CHI	NBA	C	64	64	1945	4.6	9.1	.508	0.0	.000	2.9	3.8	.748	4.5	7.2	11.6	3.0	0.8	1.7	1.7	3.0	12.1
2012-13	27	CHI	NBA	C	66	64	2426	4.5	9.3	.481	0.1	.000	2.6	3.5	.751	3.9	7.0	10.9	3.9	1.2	2.1	2.6	2.7	11.6
Career			NBA		396	316	11344	4.5	8.8	.507	0.0	.000	2.8	3.9	.727	4.2	7.2	11.4	2.7	1.0	1.8	2.1	3.5	11.8

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
2007-08	22	CHI	NBA	C	74	1534	15.5	.539	.482	12.4	18.4	15.3	8.6	2.3	3.3	16.4	15.6	109	104	1.5	2.3	3.8	.120
2008-09	23	CHI	NBA	C	80	1938	16.5	.594	.556	14.5	21.3	17.9	8.1	1.3	4.1	15.4	12.3	123	105	3.8	2.7	6.4	.159
2009-10	24	CHI	NBA	C	64	1925	17.9	.557	.504	12.9	27.6	20.3	10.8	0.9	4.0	16.0	17.1	112	101	2.7	3.5	6.2	.154
2010-11	25	CHI	NBA	C	48	1576	18.8	.579	.525	13.9	22.8	18.5	10.7	1.6	3.5	15.7	16.8	117	97	3.1	3.6	6.7	.205
2011-12	26	CHI	NBA	C	64	1945	19.6	.561	.508	14.1	21.8	18.0	12.7	1.1	3.4	13.7	15.8	120	96	4.9	4.2	9.0	.223
2012-13	27	CHI	NBA	C	66	2426	18.1	.534	.481	12.2	22.6	17.3	17.6	1.7	4.4	19.3	17.2	107	99	2.7	4.7	7.3	.145
Career			NBA		396	11344	17.8	.559	.507	13.3	22.6	18.0	11.8	1.5	3.8	16.3	15.8	114	100	18.6	20.9	39.5	.167

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2008-09	23	CHI	NBA	C	7	7	271	26	51	.510	19	25	.760	28	64	92	16	6	15	8	31	71
2009-10	24	CHI	NBA	C	5	5	188	28	53	.528	18	19	.947	20	45	65	13	9	7	15	20	74
2010-11	25	CHI	NBA	C	16	16	529	51	124	.411	37	51	.725	68	95	163	40	16	33	19	63	139
2011-12	26	CHI	NBA	C	3	3	99	19	26	.731	7	11	.636	9	19	28	9	2	4	1	5	45
2012-13	27	CHI	NBA	C	12	12	409	52	119	.437	25	39	.641	52	63	115	28	10	26	24	43	129
Career			NBA		43	43	1496	176	373	.472	106	145	.731	177	286	463	106	43	85	67	162	458

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2008-09	23	CHI	NBA	C	7	7	38.7	3.7	7.3	.510	2.7	3.6	.760	4.0	9.1	13.1	2.3	0.9	2.1	1.1	4.4	10.1
2009-10	24	CHI	NBA	C	5	5	37.6	5.6	10.6	.528	3.6	3.8	.947	4.0	9.0	13.0	2.6	1.8	1.4	3.0	4.0	14.8
2010-11	25	CHI	NBA	C	16	16	33.1	3.2	7.8	.411	2.3	3.2	.725	4.3	5.9	10.2	2.5	1.0	2.1	1.2	3.9	8.7
2011-12	26	CHI	NBA	C	3	3	33.0	6.3	8.7	.731	2.3	3.7	.636	3.0	6.3	9.3	3.0	0.7	1.3	0.3	1.7	15.0
2012-13	27	CHI	NBA	C	12	12	34.1	4.3	9.9	.437	2.1	3.3	.641	4.3	5.3	9.6	2.3	0.8	2.2	2.0	3.6	10.8
Career			NBA		43	43	34.8	4.1	8.7	.472	2.5	3.4	.731	4.1	6.7	10.8	2.5	1.0	2.0	1.6	3.8	10.7

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2008-09	23	CHI	NBA	C	7	7	271	3.5	6.8	.510	2.5	3.3	.760	3.7	8.5	12.2	2.1	0.8	2.0	1.1	4.1	9.4
2009-10	24	CHI	NBA	C	5	5	188	5.4	10.1	.528	3.4	3.6	.947	3.8	8.6	12.4	2.5	1.7	1.3	2.9	3.8	14.2
2010-11	25	CHI	NBA	C	16	16	529	3.5	8.4	.411	2.5	3.5	.725	4.6	6.5	11.1	2.7	1.1	2.2	1.3	4.3	9.5
2011-12	26	CHI	NBA	C	3	3	99	6.9	9.5	.731	2.5	4.0	.636	3.3	6.9	10.2	3.3	0.7	1.5	0.4	1.8	16.4
2012-13	27	CHI	NBA	C	12	12	409	4.6	10.5	.437	2.2	3.4	.641	4.6	5.5	10.1	2.5	0.9	2.3	2.1	3.8	11.4
Career			NBA		43	43	1496	4.2	9.0	.472	2.6	3.5	.731	4.3	6.9	11.1	2.6	1.0	2.0	1.6	3.9	11.0

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
2008-09	23	CHI	NBA	C	7	271	17.1	.573	.510	12.8	26.1	19.8	9.4	1.1	4.1	11.4	11.8	125	106	0.6	0.3	0.9	.160
2009-10	24	CHI	NBA	C	5	188	20.2	.603	.528	11.8	29.3	20.1	10.8	2.5	3.4	19.6	18.4	112	107	0.3	0.2	0.5	.126
2010-11	25	CHI	NBA	C	16	529	16.9	.475	.411	15.0	21.9	18.4	12.5	1.7	4.8	11.5	14.5	113	97	0.8	1.1	1.9	.174
2011-12	26	CHI	NBA	C	3	99	28.7	.730	.731	10.2	20.4	15.4	17.6	1.1	3.0	3.1	15.0	151	96	0.5	0.2	0.7	.345
2012-13	27	CHI	NBA	C	12	409	17.0	.474	.437	15.1	19.5	17.2	11.7	1.3	5.3	15.0	18.5	102	106	0.3	0.3	0.6	.073
Career			NBA		43	1496	18.1	.524	.472	13.9	22.8	18.3	11.8	1.6	4.5	13.3	15.6	113	102	2.5	2.2	4.6	.149

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
2012-13	27	CHI	NBA	C	1	0	16:12	4	7	.571	0	0		0	0		3	10	3	0	1	1	1	8
Career			NBA		1	0	16	4	7	.571	0	0		0	0		3	10	3	0	1	1	1	8

Similarity Scores

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

Thru 6 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6
Joakim Noah		9.0	7.3	6.7	6.4	6.2	3.8
Tree Rollins	93.3	9.2	7.3	6.4	6.4	5.0	2.6
Red Rocha	91.1	7.8	7.2	7.0	6.5	5.1	4.6
Arvydas Sabonis	90.7	9.7	8.4	7.5	7.1	5.8	3.7
Swen Nater	90.5	9.7	8.7	6.9	6.8	5.5	3.1
Alvan Adams	90.4	7.7	7.6	7.2	7.0	6.3	4.9
Jim Eakins	90.4	9.0	8.5	7.4	7.4	6.6	2.9
Byron Beck	89.3	8.1	7.7	6.4	5.7	5.7	5.3
Mychal Thompson	88.6	8.2	6.9	6.1	5.4	5.3	4.4
Ray Felix	87.9	8.6	7.2	5.8	5.5	5.5	2.0
Clifford Ray	87.1	8.7	8.2	8.1	7.0	6.7	5.7

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Joakim Noah		9.0	7.3	6.7	6.4	6.2	3.8
Andrew Bynum	89.1	8.0	7.8	6.6	5.5	4.8	4.2	0.1
Arvydas Sabonis	82.3	9.7	8.4	7.5	7.1	5.8	4.9	3.7
Ray Felix	80.3	8.6	7.2	5.8	5.5	5.5	2.3	2.0	1.8	0.8
Emeka Okafor	80.2	8.2	7.1	6.5	5.8	5.5	4.5	4.0	1.7	1.0
Elmore Smith	79.6	8.7	6.8	5.9	4.7	3.9	2.9	1.5	0.3
Chuck Share	78.8	8.6	8.1	6.7	4.7	4.2	4.0	3.3	1.3
Steve Stipanovich	76.7	9.0	6.9	5.9	5.0	3.6
Tom Boerwinkle	76.1	9.0	7.4	6.3	4.4	3.8	2.6	2.3	1.7	0.5	0.2
Al Horford	75.8	10.9	10.1	8.8	6.8	5.5	1.3
Marc Gasol	75.5	11.5	8.4	8.2	7.9	6.4

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
2004-05	19	FLORIDA	29	273	36	60	0	0	30	52		72	15					102	.600		.577	9.4	3.5	2.5	0.5
2005-06	20	FLORIDA	39	972	202	322	0	1	148	202		278	80					552	.627	.000	.733	24.9	14.2	7.1	2.1
2006-07	21	FLORIDA	40	1034	173	285	1	1	132	199		337	90					479	.607	1.000	.663	25.9	12.0	8.4	2.3
Career			108	2279	411	667	1	2	310	453		687	185					1133	.616	.500	.684	21.1	10.5	6.4	1.7

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games 2013 NBA	Awards 2005-06 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player	Honors 2006-07 NCAA AP All-America (2nd) 2010-11 NBA All-Defensive (2nd) 2012-13 NBA All-Defensive (1st)	MVP Award Shares 2012-13 NBA 0.001 (12) Active 0.001 (43) Career 0.001 (248)
Offensive Rebounds 2008-09 NBA 244 (7) 2011-12 NBA 242 (2) 2012-13 NBA 260 (8)	Blocks 2012-13 NBA 141 (9)	Rebounds Per Game 2011-12 NBA 9.8 (10)	Blocks Per Game 2012-13 NBA 2.1 (6)
Offensive Rebound Pct 2008-09 NBA 14.5 (2) 2009-10 NBA 12.9 (6) 2010-11 NBA 13.9 (3) 2011-12 NBA 14.1 (4)	Defensive Rebound Pct 2009-10 NBA 27.6 (8)	Total Rebound Pct 2009-10 NBA 20.3 (5)	Offensive Rating 2008-09 NBA 122.9 (4) 2011-12 NBA 120.0 (5)
Defensive Rating 2009-10 NBA 101.1 (9) 2010-11 NBA 96.8 (3) 2011-12 NBA 95.7 (4) 2012-13 NBA 98.6 (7)	Defensive Win Shares 2011-12 NBA 4.2 (6)	Win Shares 2011-12 NBA 9.0 (8)	Win Shares Per 48 Minutes 2011-12 NBA .223 (6)

Transactions

October 4, 2005: Traded by the New York Knicks (as a 2007 1st round draft pick) with Jermaine Jackson, Mike Sweetney, Tim Thomas, a 2006 1st round draft pick (LaMarcus Aldridge), a 2007 2nd round draft pick (Kyrylo Fesenko) and a 2009 2nd round draft pick (Jon Brockman) to the Chicago Bulls for Eddy Curry, Antonio Davis and a 2007 1st round draft pick (Wilson Chandler).

June 28, 2007: Drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 2007 NBA Draft.

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
2007-08	Chicago Bulls	NBA	$2,135,400
2008-09	Chicago Bulls	NBA	$2,295,480
2009-10	Chicago Bulls	NBA	$2,455,680
2010-11	Chicago Bulls	NBA	$3,128,536
2011-12	Chicago Bulls	NBA	$12,000,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$22,015,096

Contract

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

Team	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
Chicago Bulls	$11,300,000	$11,100,000	$12,200,000	$13,400,000

Extension signed on October 4, 2010 for an assumed $60,000,000 for 5 years plus incentives that starts in 2011-12.

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