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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% 3P 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 0 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 0 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 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 0 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 0 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 0 5 .000 178 237 .751 260 473 733 262 78 141 176 185 784
Career NBA 396 316 11344 1409 2781 .507 0 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% 3P 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 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 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 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 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 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 0.0 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 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% 3P 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 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 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 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 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 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 0.0 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 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% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2008-09 23 CHI NBA C 7 7 271 26 51 .510 0 0 19 25 .760 28 64 92 16 6 15 8 31 71
2009-10 24 CHI NBA C 5 5 188 28 53 .528 0 0 18 19 .947 20 45 65 13 9 7 15 20 74
2010-11 25 CHI NBA C 16 16 529 51 124 .411 0 0 37 51 .725 68 95 163 40 16 33 19 63 139
2011-12 26 CHI NBA C 3 3 99 19 26 .731 0 0 7 11 .636 9 19 28 9 2 4 1 5 45
2012-13 27 CHI NBA C 12 12 409 52 119 .437 0 0 25 39 .641 52 63 115 28 10 26 24 43 129
Career NBA 43 43 1496 176 373 .472 0 0 106 145 .731 177 286 463 106 43 85 67 162 458

Playoffs Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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% 3P 3PA 3P% 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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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