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Paul Pierce

Paul Anthony Pierce (The Truth)

Position: Forward
Height: 6-6    Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: October 13, 1977 in Oakland, California
High School: Inglewood in Inglewood, California
College: University of Kansas

Drafted by the Boston Celtics in the 1st round (10th pick, 10th overall) of the 1998 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
1998-99 21 BOS NBA 48 47 1632 284 647 .439 84 204 .412 139 195 .713 117 192 309 115 82 50 113 139 791
1999-00 22 BOS NBA 73 72 2583 486 1099 .442 96 280 .343 359 450 .798 83 313 396 221 152 62 178 237 1427
2000-01 23 BOS NBA 82 82 3120 687 1513 .454 147 384 .383 550 738 .745 94 428 522 253 138 69 262 251 2071
2001-02 24 BOS NBA 82 82 3302 707 1598 .442 210 520 .404 520 643 .809 81 485 566 261 154 86 241 237 2144
2002-03 25 BOS NBA 79 79 3096 663 1592 .416 118 391 .302 604 753 .802 106 472 578 349 139 62 288 227 2048
2003-04 26 BOS NBA 80 80 3099 602 1497 .402 115 384 .299 517 631 .819 69 453 522 410 131 52 303 234 1836
2004-05 27 BOS NBA 82 82 2960 556 1223 .455 108 292 .370 549 668 .822 78 461 539 348 133 39 230 255 1769
2005-06 28 BOS NBA 79 79 3084 689 1462 .471 111 314 .354 627 812 .772 77 453 530 375 107 34 273 223 2116
2006-07 29 BOS NBA 47 46 1740 373 850 .439 107 275 .389 320 402 .796 39 238 277 194 48 13 152 122 1173
2007-08 30 BOS NBA 80 80 2874 509 1098 .464 143 365 .392 409 485 .843 53 358 411 363 101 36 221 200 1570
2008-09 31 BOS NBA 81 81 3035 540 1181 .457 119 304 .391 459 553 .830 56 401 457 294 80 27 228 215 1658
2009-10 32 BOS NBA 12 12 414 72 141 .511 22 46 .478 55 68 .809 8 49 57 47 14 4 24 31 221
Career NBA 825 822 30939 6168 13901 .444 1380 3759 .367 5108 6398 .798 861 4303 5164 3230 1279 534 2513 2371 18824

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
1998-99 21 BOS NBA 48 47 34.0 5.9 13.5 .439 1.8 4.3 .412 2.9 4.1 .713 2.4 4.0 6.4 2.4 1.7 1.0 2.4 2.9 16.5
1999-00 22 BOS NBA 73 72 35.4 6.7 15.1 .442 1.3 3.8 .343 4.9 6.2 .798 1.1 4.3 5.4 3.0 2.1 0.8 2.4 3.2 19.5
2000-01 23 BOS NBA 82 82 38.0 8.4 18.5 .454 1.8 4.7 .383 6.7 9.0 .745 1.1 5.2 6.4 3.1 1.7 0.8 3.2 3.1 25.3
2001-02 24 BOS NBA 82 82 40.3 8.6 19.5 .442 2.6 6.3 .404 6.3 7.8 .809 1.0 5.9 6.9 3.2 1.9 1.0 2.9 2.9 26.1
2002-03 25 BOS NBA 79 79 39.2 8.4 20.2 .416 1.5 4.9 .302 7.6 9.5 .802 1.3 6.0 7.3 4.4 1.8 0.8 3.6 2.9 25.9
2003-04 26 BOS NBA 80 80 38.7 7.5 18.7 .402 1.4 4.8 .299 6.5 7.9 .819 0.9 5.7 6.5 5.1 1.6 0.7 3.8 2.9 23.0
2004-05 27 BOS NBA 82 82 36.1 6.8 14.9 .455 1.3 3.6 .370 6.7 8.1 .822 1.0 5.6 6.6 4.2 1.6 0.5 2.8 3.1 21.6
2005-06 28 BOS NBA 79 79 39.0 8.7 18.5 .471 1.4 4.0 .354 7.9 10.3 .772 1.0 5.7 6.7 4.7 1.4 0.4 3.5 2.8 26.8
2006-07 29 BOS NBA 47 46 37.0 7.9 18.1 .439 2.3 5.9 .389 6.8 8.6 .796 0.8 5.1 5.9 4.1 1.0 0.3 3.2 2.6 25.0
2007-08 30 BOS NBA 80 80 35.9 6.4 13.7 .464 1.8 4.6 .392 5.1 6.1 .843 0.7 4.5 5.1 4.5 1.3 0.5 2.8 2.5 19.6
2008-09 31 BOS NBA 81 81 37.5 6.7 14.6 .457 1.5 3.8 .391 5.7 6.8 .830 0.7 5.0 5.6 3.6 1.0 0.3 2.8 2.7 20.5
2009-10 32 BOS NBA 12 12 34.5 6.0 11.8 .511 1.8 3.8 .478 4.6 5.7 .809 0.7 4.1 4.8 3.9 1.2 0.3 2.0 2.6 18.4
Career NBA 825 822 37.5 7.5 16.8 .444 1.7 4.6 .367 6.2 7.8 .798 1.0 5.2 6.3 3.9 1.6 0.6 3.0 2.9 22.8

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
1998-99 21 BOS NBA 48 47 1632 6.3 14.3 .439 1.9 4.5 .412 3.1 4.3 .713 2.6 4.2 6.8 2.5 1.8 1.1 2.5 3.1 17.4
1999-00 22 BOS NBA 73 72 2583 6.8 15.3 .442 1.3 3.9 .343 5.0 6.3 .798 1.2 4.4 5.5 3.1 2.1 0.9 2.5 3.3 19.9
2000-01 23 BOS NBA 82 82 3120 7.9 17.5 .454 1.7 4.4 .383 6.3 8.5 .745 1.1 4.9 6.0 2.9 1.6 0.8 3.0 2.9 23.9
2001-02 24 BOS NBA 82 82 3302 7.7 17.4 .442 2.3 5.7 .404 5.7 7.0 .809 0.9 5.3 6.2 2.8 1.7 0.9 2.6 2.6 23.4
2002-03 25 BOS NBA 79 79 3096 7.7 18.5 .416 1.4 4.5 .302 7.0 8.8 .802 1.2 5.5 6.7 4.1 1.6 0.7 3.3 2.6 23.8
2003-04 26 BOS NBA 80 80 3099 7.0 17.4 .402 1.3 4.5 .299 6.0 7.3 .819 0.8 5.3 6.1 4.8 1.5 0.6 3.5 2.7 21.3
2004-05 27 BOS NBA 82 82 2960 6.8 14.9 .455 1.3 3.6 .370 6.7 8.1 .822 0.9 5.6 6.6 4.2 1.6 0.5 2.8 3.1 21.5
2005-06 28 BOS NBA 79 79 3084 8.0 17.1 .471 1.3 3.7 .354 7.3 9.5 .772 0.9 5.3 6.2 4.4 1.2 0.4 3.2 2.6 24.7
2006-07 29 BOS NBA 47 46 1740 7.7 17.6 .439 2.2 5.7 .389 6.6 8.3 .796 0.8 4.9 5.7 4.0 1.0 0.3 3.1 2.5 24.3
2007-08 30 BOS NBA 80 80 2874 6.4 13.8 .464 1.8 4.6 .392 5.1 6.1 .843 0.7 4.5 5.1 4.5 1.3 0.5 2.8 2.5 19.7
2008-09 31 BOS NBA 81 81 3035 6.4 14.0 .457 1.4 3.6 .391 5.4 6.6 .830 0.7 4.8 5.4 3.5 0.9 0.3 2.7 2.6 19.7
2009-10 32 BOS NBA 12 12 414 6.3 12.3 .511 1.9 4.0 .478 4.8 5.9 .809 0.7 4.3 5.0 4.1 1.2 0.3 2.1 2.7 19.2
Career NBA 825 822 30939 7.2 16.2 .444 1.6 4.4 .367 5.9 7.4 .798 1.0 5.0 6.0 3.8 1.5 0.6 2.9 2.8 21.9

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
1998-99 21 BOS NBA 48 1632 19.2 .540 .504 7.8 13.6 10.6 12.3 2.6 2.2 13.4 23.1 106 101 2.9 2.0 4.9
1999-00 22 BOS NBA 73 2583 19.8 .550 .486 3.5 14.6 8.7 14.6 3.0 1.8 12.1 24.8 109 103 5.2 3.0 8.2
2000-01 23 BOS NBA 82 3120 22.3 .563 .503 3.4 16.7 9.8 16.9 2.3 1.7 12.5 30.6 107 102 6.9 3.5 10.4
2001-02 24 BOS NBA 82 3302 22.3 .570 .508 2.6 16.5 9.4 15.7 2.4 2.0 11.4 29.3 109 99 7.3 5.6 12.9
2002-03 25 BOS NBA 79 3096 22.7 .532 .454 3.8 17.7 10.6 24.2 2.4 1.6 13.0 33.2 104 100 5.3 4.8 10.1
2003-04 26 BOS NBA 80 3099 19.4 .517 .441 2.6 16.4 9.6 25.1 2.2 1.3 14.6 30.5 101 103 3.7 3.4 7.1
2004-05 27 BOS NBA 82 2960 21.8 .583 .499 3.1 17.8 10.6 20.3 2.3 1.0 13.2 26.6 114 105 7.7 3.6 11.2
2005-06 28 BOS NBA 79 3084 23.6 .582 .509 3.1 17.5 10.5 23.4 1.8 0.8 13.0 31.2 112 106 8.3 3.2 11.5
2006-07 29 BOS NBA 47 1740 21.7 .571 .502 2.6 16.8 9.5 22.1 1.4 0.6 12.9 30.7 110 107 3.8 1.6 5.4
2007-08 30 BOS NBA 80 2874 19.6 .599 .529 2.3 14.0 8.5 21.8 1.9 1.0 14.4 24.8 115 100 6.7 5.7 12.4
2008-09 31 BOS NBA 81 3035 17.7 .582 .508 2.4 15.4 9.2 16.3 1.4 0.7 13.8 25.4 112 104 5.5 4.8 10.3
2009-10 32 BOS NBA 12 414 21.2 .647 .589 2.6 14.4 8.7 18.1 1.8 0.8 12.3 22.4 123 99 1.4 0.8 2.2
Career NBA 825 30939 21.0 .563 .493 3.2 16.2 9.7 19.6 2.1 1.3 13.1 28.3 109 102 64.7 41.8 106.5

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
2001-02 24 BOS NBA 16 672 122 303 30 104 120 157 27 137 66 27 20 61 52 394 .403 .288 .764 42.0 24.6 8.6 4.1
2002-03 25 BOS NBA 10 445 77 193 16 45 101 117 11 90 67 21 8 44 38 271 .399 .356 .863 44.5 27.1 9.0 6.7
2003-04 26 BOS NBA 4 162 26 76 5 17 26 31 6 35 10 5 4 25 12 83 .342 .294 .839 40.5 20.8 8.8 2.5
2004-05 27 BOS NBA 7 277 47 93 7 27 59 68 7 54 32 13 10 19 18 160 .505 .259 .868 39.6 22.9 7.7 4.6
2007-08 30 BOS NBA 26 990 163 370 43 119 142 177 21 129 119 28 8 82 90 511 .441 .361 .802 38.1 19.7 5.0 4.6
2008-09 31 BOS NBA 14 556 95 221 19 57 85 101 4 81 43 15 5 33 44 294 .430 .333 .842 39.7 21.0 5.8 3.1
Career NBA 77 3102 530 1256 120 369 533 651 76 526 337 109 55 264 254 1713 .422 .325 .819 40.3 22.2 6.8 4.4

Playoffs 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
2001-02 24 BOS NBA 16 672 21.1 .529 .452 4.6 18.1 11.4 19.6 2.1 2.5 14.1 30.1 103 97 1.0 1.3 2.3
2002-03 25 BOS NBA 10 445 23.0 .554 .440 2.9 20.1 11.6 30.0 2.5 1.4 15.3 30.7 107 99 0.9 0.8 1.7
2003-04 26 BOS NBA 4 162 11.7 .463 .375 4.4 19.5 12.3 14.1 1.6 1.8 21.8 33.3 80 108 -0.4 0.0 -0.4
2004-05 27 BOS NBA 7 277 27.5 .651 .543 3.1 20.9 12.0 22.9 2.6 3.3 13.4 25.1 126 97 1.1 0.6 1.7
2007-08 30 BOS NBA 26 990 17.4 .570 .499 2.7 13.5 8.2 22.5 1.6 0.7 15.5 25.8 110 105 1.6 1.3 3.0
2008-09 31 BOS NBA 14 556 16.1 .554 .473 0.8 16.8 8.7 13.6 1.4 0.8 11.1 24.8 108 107 0.7 0.6 1.3
Career NBA 77 3102 19.4 .555 .470 2.9 17.0 10.0 20.9 1.9 1.5 14.6 27.6 107 102 4.9 4.6 9.5

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2001-02 24 BOS NBA 1 0 23 9 18 .500 1 6 .167 0 0 3 7 3 1 0 0 1 19
2002-03 25 BOS NBA 1 0 18 4 11 .364 0 5 .000 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 2 1 8
2003-04 26 BOS NBA 1 0 13 4 8 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 8
2004-05 27 BOS NBA 1 0 15 4 7 .571 0 2 .000 1 1 1.000 0 3 3 2 0 0 2 9
2005-06 28 BOS NBA 1 0 15:00 3 6 .500 0 0 1 2 .500 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 7
2007-08 30 BOS NBA 1 0 12:37 5 9 .556 0 3 .000 0 0 4 4 2 0 0 2 0 10
2008-09 31 BOS NBA 1 0 19:39 6 11 .545 1 5 .200 5 6 .833 1 4 2 2 0 1 3 18
Career NBA 7 0 116 35 70 .500 2 22 .091 7 9 .778 8 23 16 11 0 6 9 79

College

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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
1995-96 18 KANSAS 34 862 143 341 35 115 83 137 180 61 44 27 80 82 404 .419 .304 .606 25.4 11.9 5.3 1.8
1996-97 19 KANSAS 36 1013 215 441 33 71 124 173 243 77 61 28 108 98 587 .488 .465 .717 28.1 16.3 6.8 2.1
1997-98 20 KANSAS 38 1155 287 559 40 118 163 221 253 98 42 43 110 89 777 .513 .339 .738 30.4 20.4 6.7 2.6
Career 108 3030 645 1341 108 304 370 531 676 236 147 98 298 269 1768 .481 .355 .697 28.1 16.4 6.3 2.2

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

2002 NBA
2003 NBA
2004 NBA
2005 NBA
2006 NBA
2008 NBA
2009 NBA

Awards

2007-08 NBA Finals MVP

Honors

1995 McDonald's All American
1997-98 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1998-99 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
2001-02 NBA All-NBA (3rd)
2002-03 NBA All-NBA (3rd)
2007-08 NBA All-NBA (3rd)
2008-09 NBA All-NBA (2nd)

MVP Award Shares

2000-01 NBA 0.004 (13)
2001-02 NBA 0.017 (11)
2002-03 NBA 0.001 (11)
2007-08 NBA 0.001 (14)
2008-09 NBA 0.017 (7)
Active 0.040 (21)
Career 0.040 (103)

Games

2000-01 NBA 82 (2)
2001-02 NBA 82 (3)
2004-05 NBA 82 (2)

Minutes Played

2001-02 NBA 3302 (5)
2008-09 NBA 3035 (10)
Career NBA 30939 (94)

Field Goals

2001-02 NBA 707 (6)
2005-06 NBA 689 (10)
Career NBA 6168 (86)
Career 6168 (91)

Field Goal Attempts

2000-01 NBA 1513 (10)
2001-02 NBA 1598 (3)
2002-03 NBA 1592 (4)
2003-04 NBA 1497 (3)
Active 13901 (10)
Career NBA 13901 (72)
Career 13901 (77)

3-Pt Field Goals

1998-99 NBA 84 (10)
2000-01 NBA 147 (10)
2001-02 NBA 210 (3)
Active 1380 (9)
Career NBA 1380 (17)
Career 1380 (17)

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

2000-01 NBA 384 (10)
2001-02 NBA 520 (3)
2002-03 NBA 391 (10)
Active 3759 (5)
Career NBA 3759 (15)
Career 3759 (15)

3-Pt Field Goal Pct

2009-10 NBA .478 (10)

Free Throws

2000-01 NBA 550 (3)
2001-02 NBA 520 (2)
2002-03 NBA 604 (1)
 2003-04 NBA 517 (2)
2004-05 NBA 549 (6)
2005-06 NBA 627 (5)
2008-09 NBA 459 (8)
Active 5108 (4)
Career NBA 5108 (25)
Career 5108 (30)

Free Throw Attempts

2000-01 NBA 738 (3)
2001-02 NBA 643 (3)
2002-03 NBA 753 (1)
 2003-04 NBA 631 (2)
2004-05 NBA 668 (6)
2005-06 NBA 812 (4)
2008-09 NBA 553 (7)
Active 6398 (5)
Career NBA 6398 (26)
Career 6398 (30)

Defensive Rebounds

Career NBA 4303 (84)
Career 4303 (94)

Steals

1999-00 NBA 152 (4)
2000-01 NBA 138 (9)
2001-02 NBA 154 (6)
2002-03 NBA 139 (8)
2004-05 NBA 133 (8)
Active 1279 (7)
Career NBA 1279 (56)
Career 1279 (61)

Turnovers

2000-01 NBA 262 (7)
2002-03 NBA 288 (4)
2003-04 NBA 303 (1)
 2004-05 NBA 230 (10)
2005-06 NBA 273 (3)
2008-09 NBA 228 (9)
Active 2513 (7)
Career NBA 2513 (40)
Career 2513 (45)

Points

2000-01 NBA 2071 (4)
2001-02 NBA 2144 (1)
 2002-03 NBA 2048 (4)
2003-04 NBA 1836 (4)
2005-06 NBA 2116 (7)
Active 18824 (8)
Career NBA 18824 (48)
Career 18824 (52)

Minutes Per Game

2001-02 NBA 40.3 (8)
Active 37.5 (8)
Career NBA 37.5 (26)
Career 37.5 (26)

Points Per Game

2000-01 NBA 25.3 (8)
2001-02 NBA 26.1 (3)
2002-03 NBA 25.9 (5)
2003-04 NBA 22.9 (5)
2005-06 NBA 26.8 (6)
Active 22.8 (8)
Career NBA 22.8 (23)
Career 22.8 (24)

Steals Per Game

1999-00 NBA 2.1 (2)
2001-02 NBA 1.9 (8)
2002-03 NBA 1.8 (7)
2004-05 NBA 1.6 (10)
Active 1.6 (6)
Career NBA 1.6 (34)
Career 1.6 (37)

Player Efficiency Rating

2001-02 NBA 22.3 (10)
2002-03 NBA 22.7 (7)
2005-06 NBA 23.6 (9)
Career NBA 21.0 (41)
Career 21.0 (44)

True Shooting Pct

2009-10 NBA .646 (7)
Career NBA .563 (96)
Career .563 (97)

Steal Pct

1999-00 NBA 3.0 (6)
Active 2.1 (7)
Career NBA 2.1 (46)
Career 2.1 (50)

Usage Pct

2000-01 NBA 30.6 (8)
2001-02 NBA 29.3 (8)
2002-03 NBA 33.2 (2)
2003-04 NBA 30.5 (4)
2005-06 NBA 31.2 (7)
Active 28.3 (8)
Career NBA 28.3 (15)
Career 28.3 (15)

Offensive Win Shares

2004-05 NBA 7.7 (10)
2009-10 NBA 1.4 (7)
Active 64.7 (9)
Career NBA 64.7 (54)
Career 64.7 (58)

Defensive Win Shares

2001-02 NBA 5.6 (4)
2002-03 NBA 4.8 (10)
2007-08 NBA 5.7 (5)
2008-09 NBA 4.8 (8)
Active 41.8 (9)
Career NBA 41.8 (68)
Career 41.8 (73)

Win Shares

2001-02 NBA 12.9 (5)
2004-05 NBA 11.2 (10)
2007-08 NBA 12.4 (9)
2009-10 NBA 2.2 (5)
Active 106.5 (8)
Career NBA 106.5 (50)
Career 106.5 (54)

Hall of Fame Probability

Active 0.940 (11)
Career 0.940 (57)

Transactions

June 24, 1998: Drafted by the Boston Celtics in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1998 NBA Draft.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1998-99 Boston Celtics NBA $1,165,000
1999-00 Boston Celtics NBA $1,503,960
2000-01 Boston Celtics NBA $1,608,840
2001-02 Boston Celtics NBA $2,051,271
2002-03 Boston Celtics NBA $10,067,750
2003-04 Boston Celtics NBA $11,326,219
2004-05 Boston Celtics NBA $12,584,688
2005-06 Boston Celtics NBA $13,843,156
2006-07 Boston Celtics NBA $15,101,625
2007-08 Boston Celtics NBA $16,360,094
2008-09 Boston Celtics NBA $18,077,903
Career (may be incomplete) $103,690,506
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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