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Sam Perkins

Samuel Bruce Perkins (Sam, Big Smooth)

Position: Forward-Center
Height: 6-9    Weight: 235 lbs.
Born: June 14, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York
High School: Shaker in Latham, New York
College: University of North Carolina

Drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1st round (4th pick, 4th overall) of the 1984 NBA draft.

Game Logs and Splits

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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
1984-85 23 DAL NBA 82 42 2317 347 736 .471 9 36 .250 200 244 .820 189 416 605 135 63 63 102 236 903
1985-86 24 DAL NBA 80 79 2626 458 910 .503 11 33 .333 307 377 .814 195 490 685 153 75 94 145 212 1234
1986-87 25 DAL NBA 80 80 2687 461 957 .482 19 54 .352 245 296 .828 197 419 616 146 109 77 132 269 1186
1987-88 26 DAL NBA 75 75 2499 394 876 .450 5 30 .167 273 332 .822 201 400 601 118 74 54 119 227 1066
1988-89 27 DAL NBA 78 77 2860 445 959 .464 7 38 .184 274 329 .833 235 453 688 127 76 92 141 224 1171
1989-90 28 DAL NBA 76 70 2668 435 883 .493 6 28 .214 330 424 .778 209 363 572 175 88 64 148 225 1206
1990-91 29 LAL NBA 73 66 2504 368 744 .495 18 64 .281 229 279 .821 167 371 538 108 64 78 103 247 983
1991-92 30 LAL NBA 63 63 2332 361 803 .450 15 69 .217 304 372 .817 192 364 556 141 64 62 83 192 1041
1992-93 31 TOT NBA 79 62 2351 381 799 .477 24 71 .338 250 305 .820 163 361 524 156 60 82 108 225 1036
1992-93 31 LAL NBA 49 49 1589 242 527 .459 5 29 .172 184 222 .829 111 268 379 128 40 51 76 139 673
1992-93 31 SEA NBA 30 13 762 139 272 .511 19 42 .452 66 83 .795 52 93 145 28 20 31 32 86 363
1993-94 32 SEA NBA 81 41 2170 341 779 .438 99 270 .367 218 272 .801 120 246 366 111 67 31 103 197 999
1994-95 33 SEA NBA 82 37 2356 346 742 .466 136 343 .397 215 269 .799 96 302 398 135 72 45 77 186 1043
1995-96 34 SEA NBA 82 20 2169 325 797 .408 129 363 .355 191 241 .793 101 266 367 120 83 48 82 174 970
1996-97 35 SEA NBA 81 4 1976 290 661 .439 122 309 .395 187 229 .817 74 226 300 103 69 49 77 134 889
1997-98 36 SEA NBA 81 0 1675 196 471 .416 87 222 .392 101 128 .789 53 202 255 113 62 29 62 158 580
1998-99 37 IND NBA 48 0 789 80 200 .400 35 90 .389 43 60 .717 36 102 138 25 15 14 22 74 238
1999-00 38 IND NBA 81 0 1620 184 441 .417 89 218 .408 80 97 .825 64 225 289 68 31 33 63 136 537
2000-01 39 IND NBA 64 41 999 86 226 .381 38 110 .345 32 38 .842 32 136 168 41 33 18 19 61 242
Career NBA 1286 757 36598 5498 11984 .459 849 2348 .362 3479 4292 .811 2324 5342 7666 1975 1105 933 1586 3177 15324

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
1984-85 23 DAL NBA 82 42 28.3 4.2 9.0 .471 0.1 0.4 .250 2.4 3.0 .820 2.3 5.1 7.4 1.6 0.8 0.8 1.2 2.9 11.0
1985-86 24 DAL NBA 80 79 32.8 5.7 11.4 .503 0.1 0.4 .333 3.8 4.7 .814 2.4 6.1 8.6 1.9 0.9 1.2 1.8 2.7 15.4
1986-87 25 DAL NBA 80 80 33.6 5.8 12.0 .482 0.2 0.7 .352 3.1 3.7 .828 2.5 5.2 7.7 1.8 1.4 1.0 1.7 3.4 14.8
1987-88 26 DAL NBA 75 75 33.3 5.3 11.7 .450 0.1 0.4 .167 3.6 4.4 .822 2.7 5.3 8.0 1.6 1.0 0.7 1.6 3.0 14.2
1988-89 27 DAL NBA 78 77 36.7 5.7 12.3 .464 0.1 0.5 .184 3.5 4.2 .833 3.0 5.8 8.8 1.6 1.0 1.2 1.8 2.9 15.0
1989-90 28 DAL NBA 76 70 35.1 5.7 11.6 .493 0.1 0.4 .214 4.3 5.6 .778 2.8 4.8 7.5 2.3 1.2 0.8 1.9 3.0 15.9
1990-91 29 LAL NBA 73 66 34.3 5.0 10.2 .495 0.2 0.9 .281 3.1 3.8 .821 2.3 5.1 7.4 1.5 0.9 1.1 1.4 3.4 13.5
1991-92 30 LAL NBA 63 63 37.0 5.7 12.7 .450 0.2 1.1 .217 4.8 5.9 .817 3.0 5.8 8.8 2.2 1.0 1.0 1.3 3.0 16.5
1992-93 31 TOT NBA 79 62 29.8 4.8 10.1 .477 0.3 0.9 .338 3.2 3.9 .820 2.1 4.6 6.6 2.0 0.8 1.0 1.4 2.8 13.1
1992-93 31 LAL NBA 49 49 32.4 4.9 10.8 .459 0.1 0.6 .172 3.8 4.5 .829 2.3 5.5 7.7 2.6 0.8 1.0 1.6 2.8 13.7
1992-93 31 SEA NBA 30 13 25.4 4.6 9.1 .511 0.6 1.4 .452 2.2 2.8 .795 1.7 3.1 4.8 0.9 0.7 1.0 1.1 2.9 12.1
1993-94 32 SEA NBA 81 41 26.8 4.2 9.6 .438 1.2 3.3 .367 2.7 3.4 .801 1.5 3.0 4.5 1.4 0.8 0.4 1.3 2.4 12.3
1994-95 33 SEA NBA 82 37 28.7 4.2 9.0 .466 1.7 4.2 .397 2.6 3.3 .799 1.2 3.7 4.9 1.6 0.9 0.5 0.9 2.3 12.7
1995-96 34 SEA NBA 82 20 26.5 4.0 9.7 .408 1.6 4.4 .355 2.3 2.9 .793 1.2 3.2 4.5 1.5 1.0 0.6 1.0 2.1 11.8
1996-97 35 SEA NBA 81 4 24.4 3.6 8.2 .439 1.5 3.8 .395 2.3 2.8 .817 0.9 2.8 3.7 1.3 0.9 0.6 1.0 1.7 11.0
1997-98 36 SEA NBA 81 0 20.7 2.4 5.8 .416 1.1 2.7 .392 1.2 1.6 .789 0.7 2.5 3.1 1.4 0.8 0.4 0.8 2.0 7.2
1998-99 37 IND NBA 48 0 16.4 1.7 4.2 .400 0.7 1.9 .389 0.9 1.3 .717 0.8 2.1 2.9 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.5 1.5 5.0
1999-00 38 IND NBA 81 0 20.0 2.3 5.4 .417 1.1 2.7 .408 1.0 1.2 .825 0.8 2.8 3.6 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.8 1.7 6.6
2000-01 39 IND NBA 64 41 15.6 1.3 3.5 .381 0.6 1.7 .345 0.5 0.6 .842 0.5 2.1 2.6 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.3 1.0 3.8
Career NBA 1286 757 28.5 4.3 9.3 .459 0.7 1.8 .362 2.7 3.3 .811 1.8 4.2 6.0 1.5 0.9 0.7 1.2 2.5 11.9

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
1984-85 23 DAL NBA 82 42 2317 5.4 11.4 .471 0.1 0.6 .250 3.1 3.8 .820 2.9 6.5 9.4 2.1 1.0 1.0 1.6 3.7 14.0
1985-86 24 DAL NBA 80 79 2626 6.3 12.5 .503 0.2 0.5 .333 4.2 5.2 .814 2.7 6.7 9.4 2.1 1.0 1.3 2.0 2.9 16.9
1986-87 25 DAL NBA 80 80 2687 6.2 12.8 .482 0.3 0.7 .352 3.3 4.0 .828 2.6 5.6 8.3 2.0 1.5 1.0 1.8 3.6 15.9
1987-88 26 DAL NBA 75 75 2499 5.7 12.6 .450 0.1 0.4 .167 3.9 4.8 .822 2.9 5.8 8.7 1.7 1.1 0.8 1.7 3.3 15.4
1988-89 27 DAL NBA 78 77 2860 5.6 12.1 .464 0.1 0.5 .184 3.4 4.1 .833 3.0 5.7 8.7 1.6 1.0 1.2 1.8 2.8 14.7
1989-90 28 DAL NBA 76 70 2668 5.9 11.9 .493 0.1 0.4 .214 4.5 5.7 .778 2.8 4.9 7.7 2.4 1.2 0.9 2.0 3.0 16.3
1990-91 29 LAL NBA 73 66 2504 5.3 10.7 .495 0.3 0.9 .281 3.3 4.0 .821 2.4 5.3 7.7 1.6 0.9 1.1 1.5 3.6 14.1
1991-92 30 LAL NBA 63 63 2332 5.6 12.4 .450 0.2 1.1 .217 4.7 5.7 .817 3.0 5.6 8.6 2.2 1.0 1.0 1.3 3.0 16.1
1992-93 31 TOT NBA 79 62 2351 5.8 12.2 .477 0.4 1.1 .338 3.8 4.7 .820 2.5 5.5 8.0 2.4 0.9 1.3 1.7 3.4 15.9
1992-93 31 LAL NBA 49 49 1589 5.5 11.9 .459 0.1 0.7 .172 4.2 5.0 .829 2.5 6.1 8.6 2.9 0.9 1.2 1.7 3.1 15.2
1992-93 31 SEA NBA 30 13 762 6.6 12.9 .511 0.9 2.0 .452 3.1 3.9 .795 2.5 4.4 6.9 1.3 0.9 1.5 1.5 4.1 17.1
1993-94 32 SEA NBA 81 41 2170 5.7 12.9 .438 1.6 4.5 .367 3.6 4.5 .801 2.0 4.1 6.1 1.8 1.1 0.5 1.7 3.3 16.6
1994-95 33 SEA NBA 82 37 2356 5.3 11.3 .466 2.1 5.2 .397 3.3 4.1 .799 1.5 4.6 6.1 2.1 1.1 0.7 1.2 2.8 15.9
1995-96 34 SEA NBA 82 20 2169 5.4 13.2 .408 2.1 6.0 .355 3.2 4.0 .793 1.7 4.4 6.1 2.0 1.4 0.8 1.4 2.9 16.1
1996-97 35 SEA NBA 81 4 1976 5.3 12.0 .439 2.2 5.6 .395 3.4 4.2 .817 1.3 4.1 5.5 1.9 1.3 0.9 1.4 2.4 16.2
1997-98 36 SEA NBA 81 0 1675 4.2 10.1 .416 1.9 4.8 .392 2.2 2.8 .789 1.1 4.3 5.5 2.4 1.3 0.6 1.3 3.4 12.5
1998-99 37 IND NBA 48 0 789 3.7 9.1 .400 1.6 4.1 .389 2.0 2.7 .717 1.6 4.7 6.3 1.1 0.7 0.6 1.0 3.4 10.9
1999-00 38 IND NBA 81 0 1620 4.1 9.8 .417 2.0 4.8 .408 1.8 2.2 .825 1.4 5.0 6.4 1.5 0.7 0.7 1.4 3.0 11.9
2000-01 39 IND NBA 64 41 999 3.1 8.1 .381 1.4 4.0 .345 1.2 1.4 .842 1.2 4.9 6.1 1.5 1.2 0.6 0.7 2.2 8.7
Career NBA 1286 757 36598 5.4 11.8 .459 0.8 2.3 .362 3.4 4.2 .811 2.3 5.3 7.5 1.9 1.1 0.9 1.6 3.1 15.1

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 LS WSAA
1984-85 23 DAL NBA 82 2317 15.0 .535 .478 9.1 20.9 14.9 7.8 1.3 1.6 10.8 17.1 113 107 8.9 7.5 16 10 3.0
1985-86 24 DAL NBA 80 2626 17.6 .573 .509 8.3 20.1 14.3 7.8 1.3 1.9 11.9 19.0 115 109 14.9 6.9 22 9 6.5
1986-87 25 DAL NBA 80 2687 15.9 .545 .492 8.1 16.5 12.4 7.4 1.9 1.6 10.8 18.5 114 107 11.9 9.8 22 9 6.5
1987-88 26 DAL NBA 75 2499 15.0 .521 .453 8.9 17.1 13.1 6.7 1.5 1.2 10.4 18.9 113 107 10.3 9.2 20 10 5.0
1988-89 27 DAL NBA 78 2860 15.3 .530 .468 9.2 17.3 13.3 6.7 1.3 1.9 11.3 18.8 110 107 9.2 9.5 19 15 2.0
1989-90 28 DAL NBA 76 2668 17.3 .564 .496 9.0 15.2 12.2 10.0 1.7 1.5 12.2 20.0 115 107 13.5 11.2 25 8 8.5
1990-91 29 LAL NBA 73 2504 14.8 .567 .507 8.1 16.5 12.5 6.2 1.3 1.8 10.6 16.9 117 104 12.1 11.1 23 5 9.0
1991-92 30 LAL NBA 63 2332 17.6 .538 .459 9.2 18.0 13.6 9.3 1.4 1.6 7.9 19.7 118 108 14.7 8.4 23 6 8.5
1992-93 31 TOT NBA 79 2351 16.5 .555 .492 7.9 17.8 12.8 9.7 1.3 2.2 10.4 18.8 116 107 11.8 7.9 20 8 6.0
1992-93 31 LAL NBA 49 1589 16.2 .539 .464 7.9 19.4 13.6 11.8 1.3 2.0 10.8 18.9 114 108 6.9 5.1 12 6 3.0
1992-93 31 SEA NBA 30 762 16.9 .588 .546 7.8 14.5 11.1 5.3 1.3 2.7 9.4 18.8 121 106 4.9 2.8 8 2 3.0
1993-94 32 SEA NBA 81 2170 14.9 .556 .501 6.5 13.5 10.0 7.4 1.6 1.0 10.3 19.8 115 104 11.8 8.3 20 5 7.5
1994-95 33 SEA NBA 82 2356 16.2 .606 .558 4.9 14.9 10.0 8.3 1.5 1.5 8.2 17.2 126 108 15.4 7.3 23 8 7.5
1995-96 34 SEA NBA 82 2169 15.4 .537 .489 5.8 13.8 10.0 8.9 2.0 1.8 8.3 20.3 113 103 9.9 11.1 21 5 8.0
1996-97 35 SEA NBA 81 1976 17.0 .584 .531 4.5 13.8 9.2 8.5 1.9 2.1 9.2 19.4 119 104 11.5 7.6 19 5 7.0
1997-98 36 SEA NBA 81 1675 13.6 .550 .508 3.9 14.2 9.1 10.3 2.0 1.3 10.5 16.3 112 104 7.5 6.1 13 4 4.5
1998-99 37 IND NBA 48 789 12.1 .526 .488 5.5 15.1 10.4 5.2 1.1 1.3 8.9 15.1 110 105 3.4 1.7 5 3 1.0
1999-00 38 IND NBA 81 1620 12.1 .555 .518 4.6 15.0 10.0 6.4 1.0 1.3 11.5 15.3 108 105 5.7 5.1 11 6 2.5
2000-01 39 IND NBA 64 999 11.1 .499 .465 3.7 15.0 9.5 6.6 1.8 1.3 7.3 12.2 107 102 2.1 3.6 6 4 1.0
Career NBA 1286 36598 15.5 .552 .494 7.3 16.4 11.9 8.0 1.5 1.6 10.3 18.2 115 106 174.5 132.4 308 120 94.0

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1984-85 23 DAL NBA 4 169 24 49 1 4 26 34 16 51 11 2 1 3 13 75 .490 .250 .765 42.3 18.8 12.8 2.8
1985-86 24 DAL NBA 10 347 57 133 2 8 33 43 30 83 24 9 14 16 32 149 .429 .250 .767 34.7 14.9 8.3 2.4
1986-87 25 DAL NBA 4 133 26 52 0 4 16 23 12 34 5 4 1 9 16 68 .500 .000 .696 33.3 17.0 8.5 1.3
1987-88 26 DAL NBA 17 572 88 195 1 7 53 66 39 112 31 25 17 30 51 230 .451 .143 .803 33.6 13.5 6.6 1.8
1989-90 28 DAL NBA 3 118 16 36 0 1 13 17 10 22 8 3 2 7 17 45 .444 .000 .765 39.3 15.0 7.3 2.7
1990-91 29 LAL NBA 19 752 121 221 11 30 83 109 41 157 33 15 27 37 69 336 .548 .367 .761 39.6 17.7 8.3 1.7
1992-93 31 SEA NBA 19 626 98 225 30 79 48 55 33 133 37 19 25 21 55 274 .436 .380 .873 32.9 14.4 7.0 1.9
1993-94 32 SEA NBA 5 141 14 42 6 14 15 17 6 36 4 4 2 6 15 49 .333 .429 .882 28.2 9.8 7.2 0.8
1994-95 33 SEA NBA 4 141 21 48 10 22 2 2 6 31 13 3 5 9 12 54 .438 .455 1.000 35.3 13.5 7.8 3.3
1995-96 34 SEA NBA 21 654 90 196 32 87 46 61 21 90 35 15 6 30 44 258 .459 .368 .754 31.1 12.3 4.3 1.7
1996-97 35 SEA NBA 12 340 31 92 14 45 25 29 15 53 15 12 12 13 34 101 .337 .311 .862 28.3 8.4 4.4 1.3
1997-98 36 SEA NBA 10 210 16 42 10 24 12 20 6 32 14 3 5 11 22 54 .381 .417 .600 21.0 5.4 3.2 1.4
1998-99 37 IND NBA 13 146 18 35 11 24 6 9 2 25 6 0 3 7 13 53 .514 .458 .667 11.2 4.1 1.9 0.5
1999-00 38 IND NBA 23 417 34 105 23 66 19 21 17 73 10 4 6 8 45 110 .324 .348 .905 18.1 4.8 3.2 0.4
2000-01 39 IND NBA 3 19 2 8 1 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 5 .250 .250 6.3 1.7 1.3 0.0
Career NBA 167 4785 656 1479 152 419 397 506 255 936 246 118 126 207 441 1861 .444 .363 .785 28.7 11.1 5.6 1.5

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
1980-81 19 unc 37 1115 199 318 152 205 289 27 23 67 115 550 .626 .741 30.1 14.9 7.8 0.7
1981-82 20 unc 32 1141 174 301 109 142 250 35 33 53 53 74 457 .578 .768 35.7 14.3 7.8 1.1
1982-83 21 unc 35 1174 218 414 12 28 145 177 330 47 41 65 71 91 593 .527 .429 .819 33.5 16.9 9.4 1.3
1983-84 22 unc 31 1029 195 331 155 181 298 51 28 60 61 70 545 .589 .856 33.2 17.6 9.6 1.6
Career 135 4459 786 1364 12 28 561 705 1167 160 125 245 185 350 2145 .576 .429 .796 33.0 15.9 8.6 1.2

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1984-85 NBA All-Rookie (1st)

Games

1984-85 NBA 82 (1)
 1994-95 NBA 82 (1)
 1995-96 NBA 82 (2)
Career NBA 1286 (13)
Career 1286 (15)

Minutes Played

Career NBA 36598 (37)
Career 36598 (41)

3-Pt Field Goals

Career NBA 849 (74)
Career 849 (74)

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

Career NBA 2348 (75)
Career 2348 (75)

Free Throws

Career NBA 3479 (85)
Career 3479 (91)

Free Throw Attempts

Career NBA 4292 (99)

Offensive Rebounds

Career NBA 2324 (41)
Career 2324 (49)

Defensive Rebounds

Career NBA 5342 (40)
Career 5342 (46)

Total Rebounds

Career NBA 7666 (59)
Career 7666 (71)

Steals

Career NBA 1105 (91)
Career 1105 (97)

Blocks

Career NBA 933 (80)
Career 933 (82)

Personal Fouls

Career NBA 3177 (45)
Career 3177 (54)

Turnover Pct

1991-92 NBA 7.9 (3)
1994-95 NBA 8.2 (2)
1995-96 NBA 8.3 (2)
Career NBA 10.3 (36)
Career 10.3 (38)

Offensive Rating

1994-95 NBA 125.6 (3)
Career NBA 114.7 (42)
Career 114.7 (42)

Offensive Win Shares

Career NBA 174.5 (39)
Career 174.5 (42)

Defensive Win Shares

Career NBA 132.4 (42)
Career 132.4 (45)

Win Shares

Career NBA 308 (32)
Career 308 (35)

Win Shares Above Average

Career NBA 94.0 (34)
Career 94.0 (37)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (523)

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Dallas Mavericks NBA $500,000
1985-86 Dallas Mavericks NBA $585,000
1986-87 Dallas Mavericks NBA *$670,000
1987-88 Dallas Mavericks NBA $755,000
1988-89 Dallas Mavericks NBA $755,000
1989-90 Dallas Mavericks NBA *$1,362,500