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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 | 43 | 25 | 925 | 121 | 285 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 61 | 78 | 245 | 24 | 16 | 68 | 54 | 137 | 278 | .425 | .590 | 21.5 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 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 |
| Place | Home | 20 | 12 | 476 | 69 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 33 | 41 | 141 | 18 | 10 | 41 | 20 | 65 | 157 | .483 | .576 | 23.8 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 0.9 | |
| Road | 23 | 13 | 449 | 52 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 28 | 37 | 104 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 34 | 72 | 121 | .366 | .607 | 19.5 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 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 |
| All-Star | Pre | 15 | 13 | 315 | 44 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 55 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 46 | 96 | .436 | .615 | 21.0 | 6.4 | 3.7 | 0.4 | |
| Post | 28 | 12 | 610 | 77 | 184 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 48 | 60 | 190 | 18 | 11 | 44 | 30 | 91 | 182 | .418 | .583 | 21.8 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 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 |
| Result | Win | 28 | 13 | 585 | 78 | 181 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 52 | 55 | 157 | 15 | 9 | 39 | 29 | 91 | 188 | .431 | .615 | 20.9 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 0.5 | |
| Loss | 15 | 12 | 340 | 43 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 88 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 46 | 90 | .413 | .444 | 22.7 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 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 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | .471 | .250 | 24.0 | 8.5 | 5.0 | 0.5 | |
| November | 12 | 10 | 247 | 34 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 40 | 75 | .430 | .778 | 20.6 | 6.3 | 3.3 | 0.4 | ||
| December | 1 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .400 | 20.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | |||
| February | 6 | 3 | 119 | 11 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 26 | .344 | .333 | 19.8 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 0.5 | ||
| March | 16 | 9 | 317 | 46 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 92 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 52 | 101 | .455 | .818 | 19.8 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 0.7 | ||
| April | 6 | 0 | 174 | 20 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 25 | 30 | 64 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 55 | .392 | .600 | 29.0 | 9.2 | 10.7 | 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 |
| Day | Sunday | 6 | 3 | 136 | 17 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 53 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 38 | .354 | .444 | 22.7 | 6.3 | 8.8 | 0.8 | |
| Monday | 3 | 1 | 75 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 16 | .375 | .571 | 25.0 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Tuesday | 5 | 2 | 100 | 13 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 26 | .419 | .000 | 20.0 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 0.4 | ||
| Wednesday | 9 | 6 | 217 | 29 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 66 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 31 | 68 | .518 | .556 | 24.1 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 1.1 | ||
| Thursday | 3 | 2 | 65 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 23 | .391 | .625 | 21.7 | 7.7 | 5.3 | 0.3 | ||
| Friday | 13 | 8 | 253 | 32 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 55 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 43 | 76 | .390 | .750 | 19.5 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 0.4 | ||
| Saturday | 4 | 3 | 79 | 15 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 31 | .517 | 1.000 | 19.8 | 7.8 | 3.5 | 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 |
| Role | Starter | 25 | 25 | 578 | 73 | 175 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 27 | 39 | 140 | 15 | 9 | 43 | 37 | 76 | 164 | .417 | .667 | 23.1 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 0.6 | |
| Reserve | 18 | 0 | 347 | 48 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 34 | 39 | 105 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 17 | 61 | 114 | .436 | .529 | 19.3 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 0.5 | ||
| 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 | 30-39 | 8 | 6 | 254 | 28 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 19 | 74 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 7 | 27 | 68 | .384 | .545 | 31.8 | 8.5 | 9.3 | 0.6 | |
| 20-29 | 20 | 13 | 474 | 64 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 30 | 49 | 136 | 13 | 10 | 37 | 30 | 69 | 145 | .454 | .567 | 23.7 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 0.7 | ||
| 10-19 | 13 | 5 | 185 | 28 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 63 | .406 | .778 | 14.2 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 0.5 | ||
| 0-9 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .500 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |||
| 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 |
| Rest | 0 Days | 10 | 7 | 204 | 27 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 55 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 29 | 60 | .429 | .667 | 20.4 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 0.4 | |
| 1 Day | 22 | 12 | 488 | 63 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 30 | 42 | 136 | 15 | 10 | 37 | 22 | 74 | 142 | .414 | .533 | 22.2 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 0.7 | ||
| 2 Days | 4 | 2 | 102 | 14 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 36 | .538 | .800 | 25.5 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 0.5 | ||
| 3+ Days | 6 | 3 | 104 | 12 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 29 | .353 | .625 | 17.3 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 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 |
| Conference | Eastern | 13 | 9 | 260 | 37 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 66 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 30 | 83 | .402 | .500 | 20.0 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 0.6 | |
| Western | 30 | 16 | 665 | 84 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 43 | 58 | 179 | 16 | 10 | 49 | 37 | 107 | 195 | .435 | .628 | 22.2 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 0.5 | ||
| 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 | 7 | 6 | 158 | 17 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 49 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 38 | .327 | .500 | 22.6 | 5.4 | 7.0 | 0.9 | |
| Central | 6 | 3 | 102 | 20 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 45 | .500 | .500 | 17.0 | 7.5 | 2.8 | 0.3 | ||
| Midwest | 16 | 7 | 329 | 45 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 30 | 25 | 91 | 12 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 58 | 110 | .446 | .667 | 20.6 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 0.8 | ||
| Pacific | 14 | 9 | 336 | 39 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 88 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 49 | 85 | .424 | .538 | 24.0 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 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 |
| Opponent | Boston | 1 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | .357 | 34.0 | 10.0 | 14.0 | 2.0 | ||
| Chicago | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .500 | 1.000 | 19.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Cleveland | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .250 | 1.000 | 11.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Dallas | 2 | 2 | 55 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 24 | .611 | 1.000 | 27.5 | 12.0 | 6.0 | 1.5 | ||
| Denver | 3 | 0 | 44 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 24 | .667 | 14.7 | 8.0 | 4.3 | 1.3 | |||
| Detroit | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Golden State | 2 | 1 | 57 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | .462 | .500 | 28.5 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Houston | 2 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | .667 | 1.000 | 15.5 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | ||
| LA Clippers | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | .600 | 1.000 | 12.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | ||
| LA Lakers | 2 | 1 | 45 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .400 | .000 | 22.5 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | ||
| Memphis | 3 | 1 | 77 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 26 | .296 | .667 | 25.7 | 8.7 | 7.7 | 0.7 | ||
| Miami | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Milwaukee | 2 | 1 | 43 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 | .471 | .167 | 21.5 | 8.5 | 5.5 | 1.0 | ||
| New Jersey | 2 | 2 | 51 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 11 | .308 | .500 | 25.5 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Orlando | 1 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .400 | .500 | 20.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Philadelphia | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 16.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Phoenix | 2 | 2 | 42 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | .231 | 1.000 | 21.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 0.5 | ||
| Portland | 2 | 2 | 47 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | .417 | 23.5 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | |||
| Sacramento | 2 | 1 | 55 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 19 | .571 | .500 | 27.5 | 9.5 | 7.0 | 1.5 | ||
| San Antonio | 3 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | .214 | .000 | 16.3 | 2.0 | 5.7 | 0.3 | ||
| Seattle | 3 | 2 | 78 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | .400 | 26.0 | 5.3 | 9.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Toronto | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | .636 | 25.0 | 14.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Utah | 3 | 2 | 73 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 14 | .333 | .571 | 24.3 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Washington | 1 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .462 | 26.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.0 | |||