Charles Oakley (Oak Tree, Oak) ▪ Twitter: @CharlesOakley34
Position: Forward-Center ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-8 ▪ Weight: 225 lbs.
Born: December 18, 1963 in Cleveland, Ohio
High School: John Hay in Cleveland, Ohio
College: Virginia Union University
Draft: Cleveland Cavaliers, 1st round (9th pick, 9th overall), 1985 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 25, 1985
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| Totals | Shooting | Per Game | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Total | 42 | 1 | 514 | 23 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 34 | 37 | 107 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 90 | 74 | .418 | .824 | 12.2 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.0 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Place | Home | 23 | 0 | 283 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 55 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 50 | 33 | .393 | .917 | 12.3 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 1.1 | |
| Road | 19 | 1 | 231 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 52 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 40 | 41 | .444 | .773 | 12.2 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 0.7 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| All-Star | Pre | 25 | 1 | 283 | 11 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 22 | 65 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 58 | 35 | .379 | .813 | 11.3 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 1.0 | |
| Post | 17 | 0 | 231 | 12 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 42 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 39 | .462 | .833 | 13.6 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 0.9 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Result | Win | 19 | 0 | 246 | 14 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 46 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 46 | .467 | .818 | 12.9 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.2 | |
| Loss | 23 | 1 | 268 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 61 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 45 | 28 | .360 | .833 | 11.7 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 0.7 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Month | October | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | ||
| November | 6 | 0 | 75 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 6 | .333 | 1.000 | 12.5 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 0.5 | ||
| December | 9 | 0 | 86 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 11 | .300 | .833 | 9.6 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.4 | ||
| January | 9 | 1 | 113 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | .467 | .667 | 12.6 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 0.9 | ||
| February | 7 | 0 | 125 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 24 | .667 | .800 | 17.9 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 0.6 | ||
| March | 10 | 0 | 106 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | .286 | .875 | 10.6 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.2 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Day | Sunday | 5 | 0 | 72 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | .250 | .750 | 14.4 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 1.0 | |
| Monday | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Tuesday | 9 | 0 | 86 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | .308 | 1.000 | 9.6 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 0.9 | ||
| Wednesday | 7 | 1 | 85 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 13 | .417 | .750 | 12.1 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | ||
| Thursday | 3 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | .667 | 1.000 | 13.0 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 0.3 | ||
| Friday | 7 | 0 | 72 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | .571 | 1.000 | 10.3 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 0.6 | ||
| Saturday | 10 | 0 | 153 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 22 | .467 | 1.000 | 15.3 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 1.6 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Role | Starter | 1 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | .667 | 23.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | ||
| Reserve | 41 | 0 | 491 | 21 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 34 | 35 | 103 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 87 | 70 | .404 | .824 | 12.0 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 0.9 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Minutes | 20-29 | 11 | 1 | 253 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 54 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 37 | 45 | .600 | .938 | 23.0 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 2.1 | |
| 10-19 | 9 | 0 | 119 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | .313 | .875 | 13.2 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 1.1 | ||
| 0-9 | 22 | 0 | 142 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 12 | .214 | .600 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Rest | 0 Days | 6 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | .167 | 1.000 | 9.8 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 0.7 | |
| 1 Day | 17 | 0 | 207 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 33 | .524 | .688 | 12.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 0.8 | ||
| 2 Days | 8 | 0 | 75 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 8 | .300 | 1.000 | 9.4 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 3+ Days | 10 | 1 | 164 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 23 | .471 | .875 | 16.4 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 1.1 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Conference | Eastern | 32 | 1 | 395 | 17 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 84 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 64 | 54 | .405 | .833 | 12.3 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 1.2 | |
| Western | 10 | 0 | 119 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 20 | .462 | .800 | 11.9 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 0.3 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Division | Atlantic | 13 | 0 | 177 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 33 | 27 | .462 | .833 | 13.6 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 1.2 | |
| Central | 19 | 1 | 218 | 11 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 44 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 27 | .379 | .833 | 11.5 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 1.1 | ||
| Midwest | 6 | 0 | 85 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 13 | .375 | .875 | 14.2 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 0.3 | ||
| Pacific | 4 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | .600 | .500 | 8.5 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Opponent | Atlanta | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Boston | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Chicago | 3 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .333 | 7.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 | |||
| Dallas | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 18.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | |||
| Detroit | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 7.0 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 0.8 | |||
| Golden State | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 14.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Houston | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | .667 | 1.000 | 24.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Indiana | 3 | 0 | 55 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | .667 | 18.3 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 1.7 | |||
| LA Clippers | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | .333 | .500 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | ||
| Memphis | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .333 | 1.000 | 27.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Miami | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | .000 | 1.000 | 13.0 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.7 | ||
| Milwaukee | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 15.5 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 2.5 | |||
| New Jersey | 2 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 15.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | ||
| New Orleans | 2 | 1 | 48 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | .571 | 1.000 | 24.0 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 | ||
| New York | 3 | 0 | 53 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 15 | .800 | .875 | 17.7 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.0 | ||
| Orlando | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .333 | 1.000 | 11.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | ||
| Philadelphia | 3 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 12.3 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 1.0 | |||
| Portland | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| San Antonio | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Toronto | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .000 | .750 | 6.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.0 | ||
| Utah | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||