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Emeka Okafor

Chukwuemeka Noubuisi Okafor

Position: Center-Forward
Height: 6-10    Weight: 252 lbs.
Born: September 28, 1982 in Houston, Texas
High School: Bellaire in Houston, Texas
College: University of Connecticut

Drafted by the Charlotte Bobcats in the 1st round (2nd pick, 2nd overall) of the 2004 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
2004-05 22 CHA NBA 73 73 2600 448 1003 .447 0 1 .000 209 343 .609 275 520 795 64 62 125 125 214 1105
2005-06 23 CHA NBA 26 25 874 131 316 .415 0 0 82 125 .656 94 167 261 31 22 50 53 88 344
2006-07 24 CHA NBA 67 65 2329 394 740 .532 0 0 175 295 .593 258 499 757 80 57 172 111 210 963
2007-08 25 CHA NBA 82 82 2718 460 860 .535 0 0 213 374 .570 255 621 876 70 62 138 164 241 1133
2008-09 26 CHA NBA 82 81 2691 433 772 .561 0 0 219 369 .593 275 552 827 53 48 136 144 247 1085
2009-10 27 NOH NBA 52 52 1560 232 440 .527 0 0 115 194 .593 168 320 488 35 32 86 68 144 579
Career NBA 382 378 12772 2098 4131 .508 0 1 .000 1013 1700 .596 1325 2679 4004 333 283 707 665 1144 5209

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
2004-05 22 CHA NBA 73 73 35.6 6.1 13.7 .447 0.0 0.0 .000 2.9 4.7 .609 3.8 7.1 10.9 0.9 0.8 1.7 1.7 2.9 15.1
2005-06 23 CHA NBA 26 25 33.6 5.0 12.2 .415 0.0 0.0 3.2 4.8 .656 3.6 6.4 10.0 1.2 0.8 1.9 2.0 3.4 13.2
2006-07 24 CHA NBA 67 65 34.8 5.9 11.0 .532 0.0 0.0 2.6 4.4 .593 3.9 7.4 11.3 1.2 0.9 2.6 1.7 3.1 14.4
2007-08 25 CHA NBA 82 82 33.1 5.6 10.5 .535 0.0 0.0 2.6 4.6 .570 3.1 7.6 10.7 0.9 0.8 1.7 2.0 2.9 13.8
2008-09 26 CHA NBA 82 81 32.8 5.3 9.4 .561 0.0 0.0 2.7 4.5 .593 3.4 6.7 10.1 0.6 0.6 1.7 1.8 3.0 13.2
2009-10 27 NOH NBA 52 52 30.0 4.5 8.5 .527 0.0 0.0 2.2 3.7 .593 3.2 6.2 9.4 0.7 0.6 1.7 1.3 2.8 11.1
Career NBA 382 378 33.4 5.5 10.8 .508 0.0 0.0 .000 2.7 4.5 .596 3.5 7.0 10.5 0.9 0.7 1.9 1.7 3.0 13.6

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
2004-05 22 CHA NBA 73 73 2600 6.2 13.9 .447 0.0 0.0 .000 2.9 4.7 .609 3.8 7.2 11.0 0.9 0.9 1.7 1.7 3.0 15.3
2005-06 23 CHA NBA 26 25 874 5.4 13.0 .415 0.0 0.0 3.4 5.1 .656 3.9 6.9 10.8 1.3 0.9 2.1 2.2 3.6 14.2
2006-07 24 CHA NBA 67 65 2329 6.1 11.4 .532 0.0 0.0 2.7 4.6 .593 4.0 7.7 11.7 1.2 0.9 2.7 1.7 3.2 14.9
2007-08 25 CHA NBA 82 82 2718 6.1 11.4 .535 0.0 0.0 2.8 5.0 .570 3.4 8.2 11.6 0.9 0.8 1.8 2.2 3.2 15.0
2008-09 26 CHA NBA 82 81 2691 5.8 10.3 .561 0.0 0.0 2.9 4.9 .593 3.7 7.4 11.1 0.7 0.6 1.8 1.9 3.3 14.5
2009-10 27 NOH NBA 52 52 1560 5.4 10.2 .527 0.0 0.0 2.7 4.5 .593 3.9 7.4 11.3 0.8 0.7 2.0 1.6 3.3 13.4
Career NBA 382 378 12772 5.9 11.6 .508 0.0 0.0 .000 2.9 4.8 .596 3.7 7.6 11.3 0.9 0.8 2.0 1.9 3.2 14.7

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
2004-05 22 CHA NBA 73 2600 16.3 .479 .447 11.5 24.1 17.5 4.3 1.2 3.6 9.8 21.8 100 105 0.9 3.1 4.0
2005-06 23 CHA NBA 26 874 14.9 .464 .415 11.7 23.7 17.3 6.0 1.3 4.4 12.5 21.5 96 104 -0.2 1.1 1.0
2006-07 24 CHA NBA 67 2329 20.1 .554 .532 12.7 26.2 19.2 6.0 1.3 5.7 11.3 19.1 111 102 3.5 3.6 7.1
2007-08 25 CHA NBA 82 2718 17.4 .553 .535 10.7 26.4 18.5 4.5 1.2 3.9 13.8 20.0 106 105 2.2 3.6 5.8
2008-09 26 CHA NBA 82 2691 18.0 .581 .561 12.7 25.2 19.0 3.5 1.0 4.2 13.4 18.9 112 103 3.7 4.6 8.2
2009-10 27 NOH NBA 52 1560 17.3 .551 .527 12.2 24.2 18.1 3.5 1.1 4.2 11.5 17.5 112 105 2.2 2.0 4.2
Career NBA 382 12772 17.6 .534 .508 11.9 25.2 18.4 4.5 1.2 4.3 12.0 19.8 107 104 12.4 18.0 30.4

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
2001-02 19 UCONN 34 1021 105 178 0 0 57 92 306 27 26 138 267 .590 .620 30.0 7.9 9.0 0.8
2002-03 20 UCONN 33 1087 221 381 0 0 82 137 370 18 29 156 524 .580 .599 32.9 15.9 11.2 0.5
2003-04 21 UCONN 36 1166 261 436 0 0 113 218 415 36 36 147 635 .599 .518 32.4 17.6 11.5 1.0
Career 103 3274 587 995 0 0 252 447 1091 81 91 441 1426 .590 .564 31.8 13.8 10.6 0.8

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Awards

2003-04 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player
2004-05 NBA Rookie of the Year

Honors

2003-04 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
2004-05 NBA All-Rookie (1st)

Games

2007-08 NBA 82 (1)
2008-09 NBA 82 (1)
2009-10 NBA 52 (7)

Field Goal Pct

2008-09 NBA .561 (6)
Active .508 (8)
Career NBA .508 (71)
Career .508 (72)

Offensive Rebounds

2004-05 NBA 275 (5)
2006-07 NBA 258 (6)
2007-08 NBA 255 (9)
2008-09 NBA 275 (2)
2009-10 NBA 168 (6)

Defensive Rebounds

2007-08 NBA 621 (6)
2008-09 NBA 552 (8)

Total Rebounds

2004-05 NBA 795 (6)
2007-08 NBA 876 (6)
2008-09 NBA 827 (4)

Blocks

2006-07 NBA 172 (7)
2007-08 NBA 138 (8)
2008-09 NBA 136 (9)
2009-10 NBA 86 (10)

Rebounds Per Game

2004-05 NBA 10.9 (4)
2007-08 NBA 10.7 (6)
2008-09 NBA 10.1 (5)

Blocks Per Game

2006-07 NBA 2.6 (4)
2007-08 NBA 1.7 (10)

Effective Field Goal Pct

2008-09 NBA .561 (9)

Offensive Rebound Pct

2004-05 NBA 11.5 (10)
2006-07 NBA 12.7 (6)
2008-09 NBA 12.7 (5)
2009-10 NBA 12.2 (7)

Defensive Rebound Pct

2004-05 NBA 24.1 (10)
2006-07 NBA 26.2 (8)
2007-08 NBA 26.4 (7)
2008-09 NBA 25.2 (7)

Total Rebound Pct

2004-05 NBA 17.5 (8)
2006-07 NBA 19.2 (7)
2007-08 NBA 18.5 (7)
2008-09 NBA 19.0 (5)
2009-10 NBA 18.1 (8)

Block Pct

2006-07 NBA 5.7 (7)
 

Transactions

June 22, 2004: Traded by the Los Angeles Clippers (as a 2004 1st round draft pick) to the Charlotte Bobcats for a 2004 1st round draft pick (Shaun Livingston) and a 2004 2nd round draft pick (Lionel Chalmers). Charlotte also agreed to select Predrag Drobnjak in the expansion draft.

June 24, 2004: Drafted by the Charlotte Bobcats in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2004 NBA Draft.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
2004-05 Charlotte Bobcats NBA $3,739,680
2005-06 Charlotte Bobcats NBA $4,020,120
2006-07 Charlotte Bobcats NBA $4,300,560
2007-08 Charlotte Bobcats NBA $5,427,307
2008-09 Charlotte Bobcats NBA $9,537,500
Career (may be incomplete) $27,025,167
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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