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Michael Olowokandi
Position: Center ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 7-0 ▪ Weight: 269 lbs.
Born: April 3, 1975 in Lagos, Nigeria
High School: Newlands Manorium in East Sussex, United Kingdom
College: University of the Pacific
Draft: Los Angeles Clippers, 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall), 1998 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: February 5, 1999
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| Totals | Shooting | Per Game | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 500 | 393 | 13129 | 1788 | 4109 | 0 | 0 | 559 | 936 | 951 | 3414 | 327 | 226 | 697 | 898 | 1518 | 4135 | .435 | .597 | 26.3 | 8.3 | 6.8 | 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 |
| Place | Home | 247 | 204 | 6608 | 898 | 1977 | 0 | 0 | 285 | 490 | 491 | 1749 | 187 | 124 | 386 | 432 | 775 | 2081 | .454 | .582 | 26.8 | 8.4 | 7.1 | 0.8 | |
| Road | 253 | 189 | 6521 | 890 | 2132 | 0 | 0 | 274 | 446 | 460 | 1665 | 140 | 102 | 311 | 466 | 743 | 2054 | .417 | .614 | 25.8 | 8.1 | 6.6 | 0.6 | ||
| 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 |
| All-Star | Pre | 344 | 274 | 8916 | 1163 | 2677 | 0 | 0 | 366 | 612 | 631 | 2307 | 207 | 141 | 470 | 589 | 1048 | 2692 | .434 | .598 | 25.9 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 0.6 | |
| Post | 156 | 119 | 4213 | 625 | 1432 | 0 | 0 | 193 | 324 | 320 | 1107 | 120 | 85 | 227 | 309 | 470 | 1443 | .436 | .596 | 27.0 | 9.3 | 7.1 | 0.8 | ||
| 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 | 189 | 145 | 4913 | 703 | 1543 | 0 | 0 | 224 | 372 | 362 | 1326 | 126 | 89 | 278 | 291 | 583 | 1630 | .456 | .602 | 26.0 | 8.6 | 7.0 | 0.7 | |
| Loss | 311 | 248 | 8216 | 1085 | 2566 | 0 | 0 | 335 | 564 | 589 | 2088 | 201 | 137 | 419 | 607 | 935 | 2505 | .423 | .594 | 26.4 | 8.1 | 6.7 | 0.6 | ||
| 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 |
| Month | October | 5 | 5 | 127 | 19 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 39 | .422 | .250 | 25.4 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 0.4 | |
| November | 101 | 90 | 2662 | 344 | 766 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 187 | 143 | 623 | 64 | 41 | 150 | 193 | 307 | 802 | .449 | .610 | 26.4 | 7.9 | 6.2 | 0.6 | ||
| December | 78 | 66 | 1988 | 251 | 583 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 131 | 157 | 551 | 47 | 37 | 99 | 125 | 238 | 575 | .431 | .557 | 25.5 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 0.6 | ||
| January | 85 | 60 | 2139 | 276 | 654 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 135 | 152 | 560 | 54 | 24 | 128 | 131 | 254 | 643 | .422 | .674 | 25.2 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 0.6 | ||
| February | 77 | 53 | 1990 | 274 | 646 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 129 | 145 | 521 | 39 | 26 | 108 | 118 | 240 | 633 | .424 | .659 | 25.8 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 0.5 | ||
| March | 87 | 64 | 2265 | 352 | 791 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 190 | 173 | 602 | 64 | 52 | 119 | 175 | 268 | 819 | .445 | .605 | 26.0 | 9.4 | 6.9 | 0.7 | ||
| April | 63 | 51 | 1845 | 259 | 590 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 156 | 160 | 496 | 54 | 43 | 85 | 133 | 181 | 596 | .439 | .500 | 29.3 | 9.5 | 7.9 | 0.9 | ||
| May | 4 | 4 | 113 | 13 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 28 | .382 | .500 | 28.3 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 0.8 | ||
| 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 | 60 | 46 | 1559 | 206 | 481 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 135 | 126 | 429 | 38 | 30 | 77 | 112 | 160 | 491 | .428 | .585 | 26.0 | 8.2 | 7.2 | 0.6 | |
| Monday | 60 | 49 | 1527 | 223 | 476 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 120 | 93 | 365 | 37 | 30 | 69 | 95 | 177 | 518 | .468 | .600 | 25.4 | 8.6 | 6.1 | 0.6 | ||
| Tuesday | 69 | 53 | 1877 | 232 | 561 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 138 | 155 | 480 | 47 | 26 | 100 | 147 | 235 | 549 | .414 | .616 | 27.2 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 0.7 | ||
| Wednesday | 98 | 72 | 2477 | 323 | 778 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 138 | 184 | 693 | 48 | 45 | 144 | 130 | 294 | 731 | .415 | .616 | 25.3 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 0.5 | ||
| Thursday | 49 | 43 | 1364 | 196 | 459 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 92 | 95 | 345 | 31 | 19 | 76 | 90 | 145 | 447 | .427 | .598 | 27.8 | 9.1 | 7.0 | 0.6 | ||
| Friday | 88 | 66 | 2212 | 284 | 666 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 137 | 162 | 549 | 64 | 37 | 123 | 177 | 266 | 657 | .426 | .650 | 25.1 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 0.7 | ||
| Saturday | 76 | 64 | 2113 | 324 | 688 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 176 | 136 | 553 | 62 | 39 | 108 | 147 | 241 | 742 | .471 | .534 | 27.8 | 9.8 | 7.3 | 0.8 | ||
| 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 | 393 | 393 | 11431 | 1573 | 3638 | 0 | 0 | 490 | 822 | 810 | 2992 | 287 | 190 | 610 | 788 | 1241 | 3636 | .432 | .596 | 29.1 | 9.3 | 7.6 | 0.7 | |
| Reserve | 107 | 0 | 1698 | 215 | 471 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 114 | 141 | 422 | 40 | 36 | 87 | 110 | 277 | 499 | .456 | .605 | 15.9 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 0.4 | ||
| 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 | 40+ | 53 | 53 | 2265 | 355 | 781 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 205 | 152 | 599 | 77 | 46 | 123 | 141 | 167 | 842 | .455 | .644 | 42.7 | 15.9 | 11.3 | 1.5 | |
| 30-39 | 130 | 122 | 4452 | 660 | 1452 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 354 | 326 | 1226 | 94 | 68 | 251 | 314 | 404 | 1533 | .455 | .602 | 34.2 | 11.8 | 9.4 | 0.7 | ||
| 20-29 | 202 | 174 | 4972 | 619 | 1489 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 315 | 367 | 1262 | 116 | 88 | 260 | 328 | 654 | 1414 | .416 | .559 | 24.6 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 0.6 | ||
| 10-19 | 83 | 41 | 1256 | 145 | 355 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 62 | 101 | 293 | 35 | 22 | 53 | 99 | 243 | 328 | .408 | .613 | 15.1 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 0.4 | ||
| 0-9 | 32 | 3 | 184 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 50 | 18 | .281 | 5.7 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.2 | |||
| 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 |
| Rest | 0 Days | 120 | 98 | 3147 | 431 | 996 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 224 | 208 | 775 | 81 | 59 | 143 | 237 | 373 | 992 | .433 | .580 | 26.2 | 8.3 | 6.5 | 0.7 | |
| 1 Day | 237 | 198 | 6465 | 890 | 2038 | 0 | 0 | 268 | 449 | 458 | 1687 | 164 | 109 | 373 | 415 | 750 | 2048 | .437 | .597 | 27.3 | 8.6 | 7.1 | 0.7 | ||
| 2 Days | 69 | 56 | 1896 | 262 | 570 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 150 | 155 | 503 | 50 | 34 | 95 | 126 | 212 | 612 | .460 | .587 | 27.5 | 8.9 | 7.3 | 0.7 | ||
| 3+ Days | 65 | 34 | 1388 | 175 | 436 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 97 | 110 | 375 | 29 | 20 | 73 | 102 | 154 | 414 | .401 | .660 | 21.4 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 0.4 | ||
| 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 | 175 | 127 | 4473 | 615 | 1417 | 0 | 0 | 221 | 337 | 322 | 1161 | 104 | 76 | 256 | 295 | 505 | 1451 | .434 | .656 | 25.6 | 8.3 | 6.6 | 0.6 | |
| Western | 325 | 266 | 8656 | 1173 | 2692 | 0 | 0 | 338 | 599 | 629 | 2253 | 223 | 150 | 441 | 603 | 1013 | 2684 | .436 | .564 | 26.6 | 8.3 | 6.9 | 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 |
| Division | Atlantic | 74 | 61 | 2011 | 276 | 636 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 147 | 135 | 538 | 51 | 23 | 133 | 133 | 212 | 650 | .434 | .667 | 27.2 | 8.8 | 7.3 | 0.7 | |
| Central | 78 | 60 | 2118 | 290 | 679 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 172 | 160 | 532 | 43 | 45 | 109 | 143 | 238 | 692 | .427 | .651 | 27.2 | 8.9 | 6.8 | 0.6 | ||
| Midwest | 132 | 119 | 3840 | 554 | 1243 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 301 | 292 | 997 | 95 | 75 | 213 | 270 | 413 | 1281 | .446 | .575 | 29.1 | 9.7 | 7.6 | 0.7 | ||
| Northwest | 21 | 11 | 379 | 45 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 87 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 30 | 58 | 100 | .409 | .625 | 18.0 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 0.3 | ||
| Pacific | 144 | 121 | 3922 | 519 | 1220 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 251 | 270 | 1036 | 110 | 58 | 196 | 273 | 459 | 1177 | .425 | .554 | 27.2 | 8.2 | 7.2 | 0.8 | ||
| Southeast | 23 | 6 | 344 | 49 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 91 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 55 | 109 | .480 | .611 | 15.0 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 0.4 | ||
| Southwest | 28 | 15 | 515 | 55 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 31 | 42 | 133 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 83 | 126 | .462 | .516 | 18.4 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 0.4 | ||
| 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 | 8 | 7 | 260 | 38 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 21 | 22 | 80 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 89 | .487 | .619 | 32.5 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 0.6 | |
| Boston | 9 | 7 | 303 | 45 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 31 | 26 | 108 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 28 | 112 | .441 | .710 | 33.7 | 12.4 | 12.0 | 0.6 | ||
| Charlotte | 3 | 2 | 66 | 16 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 33 | .640 | .250 | 22.0 | 11.0 | 6.3 | 1.3 | ||
| Chicago | 11 | 8 | 306 | 53 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 30 | 80 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 33 | 118 | .469 | .632 | 27.8 | 10.7 | 7.3 | 0.4 | ||
| Cleveland | 15 | 9 | 348 | 48 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 29 | 26 | 88 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 46 | 114 | .375 | .621 | 23.2 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 0.9 | ||
| Dallas | 25 | 18 | 657 | 82 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 48 | 52 | 168 | 23 | 10 | 31 | 46 | 66 | 192 | .434 | .583 | 26.3 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 0.9 | ||
| Denver | 25 | 19 | 653 | 98 | 203 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 39 | 42 | 162 | 17 | 11 | 33 | 46 | 73 | 221 | .483 | .641 | 26.1 | 8.8 | 6.5 | 0.7 | ||
| Detroit | 11 | 8 | 288 | 30 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 29 | 9 | 60 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 80 | .448 | .690 | 26.2 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 0.2 | ||
| Golden State | 21 | 19 | 643 | 83 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 47 | 41 | 170 | 25 | 12 | 40 | 36 | 67 | 190 | .430 | .511 | 30.6 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 1.2 | ||
| Houston | 24 | 20 | 573 | 74 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 57 | 40 | 140 | 13 | 15 | 32 | 38 | 79 | 182 | .465 | .596 | 23.9 | 7.6 | 5.8 | 0.5 | ||
| Indiana | 10 | 7 | 243 | 44 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 26 | 20 | 69 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 105 | .484 | .654 | 24.3 | 10.5 | 6.9 | 0.6 | ||
| LA Clippers | 10 | 4 | 173 | 28 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 61 | .475 | .833 | 17.3 | 6.1 | 4.0 | 0.4 | ||
| LA Lakers | 24 | 22 | 613 | 73 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 48 | 45 | 152 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 95 | 172 | .356 | .542 | 25.5 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 0.5 | ||
| Memphis | 23 | 18 | 672 | 105 | 225 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 68 | 57 | 179 | 15 | 15 | 37 | 43 | 75 | 249 | .467 | .574 | 29.2 | 10.8 | 7.8 | 0.7 | ||
| Miami | 14 | 9 | 301 | 35 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 78 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 49 | 85 | .389 | .789 | 21.5 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 0.4 | ||
| Milwaukee | 11 | 8 | 307 | 43 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 24 | 26 | 75 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 96 | .422 | .417 | 27.9 | 8.7 | 6.8 | 0.8 | ||
| Minnesota | 17 | 16 | 463 | 58 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 140 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 31 | 42 | 127 | .453 | .407 | 27.2 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 0.5 | ||
| New Jersey | 15 | 12 | 412 | 65 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 28 | 30 | 110 | 15 | 2 | 35 | 35 | 37 | 145 | .496 | .536 | 27.5 | 9.7 | 7.3 | 1.0 | ||
| New Orleans | 12 | 11 | 286 | 28 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 22 | 14 | 62 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 41 | 70 | .384 | .636 | 23.8 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 0.4 | ||
| New York | 11 | 8 | 250 | 25 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 65 | .439 | .556 | 22.7 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 0.5 | ||
| Oklahoma City | 23 | 20 | 684 | 84 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 24 | 59 | 201 | 17 | 7 | 35 | 56 | 69 | 182 | .469 | .583 | 29.7 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 0.7 | ||
| Orlando | 14 | 9 | 295 | 43 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 24 | 83 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 23 | 98 | .422 | .800 | 21.1 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 0.6 | ||
| Philadelphia | 12 | 11 | 339 | 41 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 92 | 10 | 7 | 30 | 19 | 39 | 94 | .394 | .750 | 28.2 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 0.8 | ||
| Phoenix | 24 | 21 | 609 | 76 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 42 | 42 | 157 | 19 | 7 | 26 | 61 | 61 | 175 | .394 | .548 | 25.4 | 7.3 | 6.5 | 0.8 | ||
| Portland | 24 | 19 | 640 | 74 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 45 | 34 | 146 | 18 | 12 | 29 | 37 | 66 | 176 | .404 | .622 | 26.7 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 0.8 | ||
| Sacramento | 27 | 21 | 710 | 115 | 245 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 43 | 50 | 201 | 19 | 12 | 47 | 61 | 92 | 251 | .469 | .488 | 26.3 | 9.3 | 7.4 | 0.7 | ||
| San Antonio | 26 | 22 | 752 | 117 | 279 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 42 | 65 | 214 | 16 | 18 | 46 | 55 | 89 | 259 | .419 | .595 | 28.9 | 10.0 | 8.2 | 0.6 | ||
| Toronto | 11 | 8 | 277 | 34 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 23 | 75 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 33 | 80 | .430 | .857 | 25.2 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 0.4 | ||
| Utah | 26 | 22 | 706 | 91 | 225 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 56 | 48 | 153 | 16 | 16 | 36 | 50 | 92 | 215 | .404 | .589 | 27.2 | 8.3 | 5.9 | 0.6 | ||
| Washington | 14 | 8 | 299 | 42 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 60 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 36 | 99 | .412 | .750 | 21.4 | 7.1 | 4.3 | 0.3 | ||