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Ben Wallace

Ben Wallace

Position: Center-Forward
Height: 6-9    Weight: 240 lbs.
Born: September 10, 1974 in White Hall, Alabama
High School: Central in Central, Alabama
College: Virginia Union University

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
1996-97 22 WSB NBA 34 0 197 16 46 .348 0 0 6 20 .300 25 33 58 2 8 11 18 27 38
1997-98 23 WAS NBA 67 16 1124 85 164 .518 0 0 35 98 .357 112 212 324 18 61 72 28 116 205
1998-99 24 WAS NBA 46 16 1231 115 199 .578 0 0 47 132 .356 137 247 384 18 50 90 36 111 277
1999-00 25 ORL NBA 81 81 1959 168 334 .503 0 0 54 114 .474 211 454 665 67 72 130 67 162 390
2000-01 26 DET NBA 80 80 2760 215 439 .490 1 4 .250 80 238 .336 303 749 1052 123 107 186 117 192 511
2001-02 27 DET NBA 80 80 2921 255 480 .531 0 3 .000 99 234 .423 318 721 1039 115 138 278 70 178 609
2002-03 28 DET NBA 73 73 2872 210 437 .481 1 6 .167 85 189 .450 293 833 1126 120 104 230 88 179 506
2003-04 29 DET NBA 81 81 3050 315 748 .421 1 8 .125 142 290 .490 324 682 1006 138 143 246 123 162 773
2004-05 30 DET NBA 74 74 2671 295 651 .453 1 9 .111 130 304 .428 292 610 902 123 106 176 82 159 721
2005-06 31 DET NBA 82 82 2890 237 465 .510 0 4 .000 123 296 .416 301 622 923 158 146 181 88 164 597
2006-07 32 CHI NBA 77 77 2697 192 424 .453 1 5 .200 109 267 .408 303 518 821 186 111 156 101 153 494
2007-08 33 TOT NBA 72 72 2205 138 352 .392 0 4 .000 72 169 .426 234 370 604 105 88 117 67 121 348
2007-08 33 CHI NBA 50 50 1627 101 271 .373 0 4 .000 53 125 .424 175 266 441 92 69 80 49 86 255
2007-08 33 CLE NBA 22 22 578 37 81 .457 0 0 19 44 .432 59 104 163 13 19 37 18 35 93
Career NBA 847 732 26577 2241 4739 .473 5 43 .116 982 2351 .418 2853 6051 8904 1173 1134 1873 885 1724 5469

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
1996-97 22 WSB NBA 34 0 5.8 0.5 1.4 .348 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 .300 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.1
1997-98 23 WAS NBA 67 16 16.8 1.3 2.4 .518 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5 .357 1.7 3.2 4.8 0.3 0.9 1.1 0.4 1.7 3.1
1998-99 24 WAS NBA 46 16 26.8 2.5 4.3 .578 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.9 .356 3.0 5.4 8.3 0.4 1.1 2.0 0.8 2.4 6.0
1999-00 25 ORL NBA 81 81 24.2 2.1 4.1 .503 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.4 .474 2.6 5.6 8.2 0.8 0.9 1.6 0.8 2.0 4.8
2000-01 26 DET NBA 80 80 34.5 2.7 5.5 .490 0.0 0.1 .250 1.0 3.0 .336 3.8 9.4 13.2 1.5 1.3 2.3 1.5 2.4 6.4
2001-02 27 DET NBA 80 80 36.5 3.2 6.0 .531 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 2.9 .423 4.0 9.0 13.0 1.4 1.7 3.5 0.9 2.2 7.6
2002-03 28 DET NBA 73 73 39.3 2.9 6.0 .481 0.0 0.1 .167 1.2 2.6 .450 4.0 11.4 15.4 1.6 1.4 3.2 1.2 2.5 6.9
2003-04 29 DET NBA 81 81 37.7 3.9 9.2 .421 0.0 0.1 .125 1.8 3.6 .490 4.0 8.4 12.4 1.7 1.8 3.0 1.5 2.0 9.5
2004-05 30 DET NBA 74 74 36.1 4.0 8.8 .453 0.0 0.1 .111 1.8 4.1 .428 3.9 8.2 12.2 1.7 1.4 2.4 1.1 2.1 9.7
2005-06 31 DET NBA 82 82 35.2 2.9 5.7 .510 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 3.6 .416 3.7 7.6 11.3 1.9 1.8 2.2 1.1 2.0 7.3
2006-07 32 CHI NBA 77 77 35.0 2.5 5.5 .453 0.0 0.1 .200 1.4 3.5 .408 3.9 6.7 10.7 2.4 1.4 2.0 1.3 2.0 6.4
2007-08 33 TOT NBA 72 72 30.6 1.9 4.9 .392 0.0 0.1 .000 1.0 2.3 .426 3.3 5.1 8.4 1.5 1.2 1.6 0.9 1.7 4.8
2007-08 33 CHI NBA 50 50 32.5 2.0 5.4 .373 0.0 0.1 .000 1.1 2.5 .424 3.5 5.3 8.8 1.8 1.4 1.6 1.0 1.7 5.1
2007-08 33 CLE NBA 22 22 26.3 1.7 3.7 .457 0.0 0.0 0.9 2.0 .432 2.7 4.7 7.4 0.6 0.9 1.7 0.8 1.6 4.2
Career NBA 847 732 31.4 2.6 5.6 .473 0.0 0.1 .116 1.2 2.8 .418 3.4 7.1 10.5 1.4 1.3 2.2 1.0 2.0 6.5

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
1996-97 22 WSB NBA 34 0 197 2.9 8.4 .348 0.0 0.0 1.1 3.7 .300 4.6 6.0 10.6 0.4 1.5 2.0 3.3 4.9 6.9
1997-98 23 WAS NBA 67 16 1124 2.7 5.3 .518 0.0 0.0 1.1 3.1 .357 3.6 6.8 10.4 0.6 2.0 2.3 0.9 3.7 6.6
1998-99 24 WAS NBA 46 16 1231 3.4 5.8 .578 0.0 0.0 1.4 3.9 .356 4.0 7.2 11.2 0.5 1.5 2.6 1.1 3.2 8.1
1999-00 25 ORL NBA 81 81 1959 3.1 6.1 .503 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.1 .474 3.9 8.3 12.2 1.2 1.3 2.4 1.2 3.0 7.2
2000-01 26 DET NBA 80 80 2760 2.8 5.7 .490 0.0 0.1 .250 1.0 3.1 .336 4.0 9.8 13.7 1.6 1.4 2.4 1.5 2.5 6.7
2001-02 27 DET NBA 80 80 2921 3.1 5.9 .531 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 2.9 .423 3.9 8.9 12.8 1.4 1.7 3.4 0.9 2.2 7.5
2002-03 28 DET NBA 73 73 2872 2.6 5.5 .481 0.0 0.1 .167 1.1 2.4 .450 3.7 10.4 14.1 1.5 1.3 2.9 1.1 2.2 6.3
2003-04 29 DET NBA 81 81 3050 3.7 8.8 .421 0.0 0.1 .125 1.7 3.4 .490 3.8 8.0 11.9 1.6 1.7 2.9 1.5 1.9 9.1
2004-05 30 DET NBA 74 74 2671 4.0 8.8 .453 0.0 0.1 .111 1.8 4.1 .428 3.9 8.2 12.2 1.7 1.4 2.4 1.1 2.1 9.7
2005-06 31 DET NBA 82 82 2890 3.0 5.8 .510 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 3.7 .416 3.7 7.7 11.5 2.0 1.8 2.3 1.1 2.0 7.4
2006-07 32 CHI NBA 77 77 2697 2.6 5.7 .453 0.0 0.1 .200 1.5 3.6 .408 4.0 6.9 11.0 2.5 1.5 2.1 1.3 2.0 6.6
2007-08 33 TOT NBA 72 72 2205 2.3 5.7 .392 0.0 0.1 .000 1.2 2.8 .426 3.8 6.0 9.9 1.7 1.4 1.9 1.1 2.0 5.7
2007-08 33 CHI NBA 50 50 1627 2.2 6.0 .373 0.0 0.1 .000 1.2 2.8 .424 3.9 5.9 9.8 2.0 1.5 1.8 1.1 1.9 5.6
2007-08 33 CLE NBA 22 22 578 2.3 5.0 .457 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.7 .432 3.7 6.5 10.2 0.8 1.2 2.3 1.1 2.2 5.8
Career NBA 847 732 26577 3.0 6.4 .473 0.0 0.1 .116 1.3 3.2 .418 3.9 8.2 12.1 1.6 1.5 2.5 1.2 2.3 7.4

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
1996-97 22 WSB NBA 34 197 6.0 .347 .348 15.1 19.3 17.2 1.4 2.1 4.2 24.7 16.6 72 101 0.0 1.0 1 3 -1.0
1997-98 23 WAS NBA 67 1124 13.4 .495 .518 11.0 22.2 16.4 2.3 2.8 4.6 11.9 9.3 107 98 2.0 6.6 9 2 3.5
1998-99 24 WAS NBA 46 1231 16.2 .539 .578 12.7 23.9 18.2 2.3 2.2 5.5 12.3 11.0 111 97 3.5 5.5 9 1 4.0
1999-00 25 ORL NBA 81 1959 14.4 .508 .503 11.8 25.2 18.5 4.8 1.8 4.6 14.9 9.7 109 96 4.7 11.5 16 2 7.0
2000-01 26 DET NBA 80 2760 14.8 .470 .491 11.5 29.6 20.4 6.8 2.0 4.8 17.7 10.4 100 94 2.0 15.9 18 8 5.0
2001-02 27 DET NBA 80 2921 18.6 .522 .531 12.9 28.9 21.0 6.2 2.5 6.7 10.7 10.5 117 93 12.6 23.8 36 0 18.0
2002-03 28 DET NBA 73 2872 17.2 .486 .482 11.9 34.9 23.2 6.9 2.0 5.9 14.5 10.2 108 90 7.2 23.2 30 2 14.0
2003-04 29 DET NBA 81 3050 17.3 .441 .422 12.5 25.5 19.1 7.7 2.6 6.1 12.3 15.3 98 87 2.7 26.0 29 12 8.5
2004-05 30 DET NBA 74 2671 17.4 .459 .454 12.9 26.5 19.8 7.6 2.2 5.0 9.5 15.2 105 94 4.5 21.1 26 8 9.0
2005-06 31 DET NBA 82 2890 17.5 .501 .510 12.2 25.9 19.0 8.2 2.8 4.6 12.9 11.2 112 95 9.8 22.5 32 1 15.5
2006-07 32 CHI NBA 77 2697 14.6 .456 .454 12.9 21.7 17.4 9.9 2.1 4.6 15.7 10.6 106 95 3.6 18.0 22 6 8.0
2007-08 33 TOT NBA 72 2205 12.0 .408 .392 11.6 19.6 15.5 6.9 2.1 4.2 13.6 10.0 100 103 0.4 10.8 11 11 0.0
2007-08 33 CHI NBA 50 1627 11.8 .391 .373 11.7 19.1 15.3 8.2 2.2 3.8 13.1 10.2 99 104 0.0 7.4 7 9 -1.0
2007-08 33 CLE NBA 22 578 12.4 .463 .457 11.3 21.2 16.1 3.3 1.8 5.0 15.2 9.3 104 102 0.4 3.3 4 2 1.0
Career NBA 847 26577 16.0 .474 .473 12.3 26.3 19.3 6.8 2.3 5.2 13.3 11.5 106 94 53.0 185.7 239 56 91.5

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 27 DET NBA 10 408 28 59 0 0 17 39 48 161 12 19 26 19 24 73 .475 .436 40.8 7.3 16.1 1.2
2002-03 28 DET NBA 17 722 53 109 0 1 45 101 86 277 28 42 52 15 50 151 .486 .000 .446 42.5 8.9 16.3 1.6
2003-04 29 DET NBA 23 924 93 205 0 3 50 117 95 328 44 44 56 37 58 236 .454 .000 .427 40.2 10.3 14.3 1.9
2004-05 30 DET NBA 25 979 101 211 0 4 47 102 94 281 25 43 59 30 65 249 .479 .000 .461 39.2 10.0 11.2 1.0
2005-06 31 DET NBA 18 642 33 71 0 1 18 66 60 189 31 24 22 15 41 84 .465 .000 .273 35.7 4.7 10.5 1.7
2006-07 32 CHI NBA 10 369 30 53 0 1 27 54 29 95 14 15 17 10 19 87 .566 .000 .500 36.9 8.7 9.5 1.4
2007-08 33 CLE NBA 10 225 14 27 0 0 6 18 28 70 14 7 10 6 18 34 .519 .333 22.5 3.4 7.0 1.4
Career NBA 113 4269 352 735 0 10 210 497 440 1401 168 194 242 132 275 914 .479 .000 .423 37.8 8.1 12.4 1.5

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
2002-03 28 DET NBA 1 24 1 2 .500 0 0 0 2 .000 4 6 0 2 2 2 1 2
2003-04 29 DET NBA 1 23 2 5 .400 0 1 .000 0 0 2 7 0 3 1 0 0 4
2004-05 30 DET NBA 1 14 3 7 .429 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 0 0 2 2 6
2005-06 31 DET NBA 1 0 24:18 0 1 .000 0 0 0 2 .000 0 8 2 3 2 0 3 0
Career NBA 4 0 85 6 15 .400 0 1 .000 0 4 .000 10 28 2 8 5 4 6 12

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
1994-95 20 vaunion 31 858 180 330 0 1 85 209 295 27 36 111 47 69 445 .545 .000 .407 27.7 14.4 9.5 0.9
1995-96 21 vaunion 31 902 159 318 0 1 70 187 324 18 31 114 58 56 388 .500 .000 .374 29.1 12.5 10.5 0.6
Career 62 1760 339 648 0 2 155 396 619 45 67 225 105 125 833 .523 .000 .391 28.4 13.4 10.0 0.7

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

2003 NBA
2004 NBA
2005 NBA
2006 NBA

Awards

2001-02 NBA Defensive Player of the Year
2002-03 NBA Defensive Player of the Year
2004-05 NBA Defensive Player of the Year
2005-06 NBA Defensive Player of the Year

Honors

2001-02 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
2001-02 NBA All-NBA (3rd)
2002-03 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
2002-03 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
2003-04 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
2003-04 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
2004-05 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
2004-05 NBA All-NBA (3rd)
2005-06 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
2005-06 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
2006-07 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)

MVP Voting
Season Lg Share (Rank)

2001-02 NBA 0.019 (10)
2002-03 NBA 0.028 (8)
2003-04 NBA 0.020 (7)

Games

2005-06 NBA 82 (1)

Offensive Rebounds

2000-01 NBA 303 (2)
2001-02 NBA 318 (2)
2002-03 NBA 293 (1)
 2003-04 NBA 324 (2)
2004-05 NBA 292 (3)
2005-06 NBA 301 (1)
 2006-07 NBA 303 (2)
Active 2853 (4)
Career NBA 2853 (25)
Career 2853 (31)

Defensive Rebounds

2000-01 NBA 749 (1)
 2001-02 NBA 721 (3)
2002-03 NBA 833 (2)
2003-04 NBA 682 (2)
2004-05 NBA 610 (5)
2005-06 NBA 622 (5)
Active 6051 (5)
Career NBA 6051 (25)
Career 6051 (32)

Total Rebounds

2000-01 NBA 1052 (1)
 2001-02 NBA 1039 (2)
2002-03 NBA 1126 (1)
 2003-04 NBA 1006 (2)
2004-05 NBA 902 (3)
2005-06 NBA 923 (4)
2006-07 NBA 821 (6)
Active 8904 (5)
Career NBA 8904 (44)
Career 8904 (52)

Steals

2003-04 NBA 143 (6)
2005-06 NBA 146 (7)
Career NBA 1134 (85)
Career 1134 (90)

Blocks

2000-01 NBA 186 (9)
2001-02 NBA 278 (1)
 2002-03 NBA 230 (3)
2003-04 NBA 246 (2)
2004-05 NBA 176 (2)
2005-06 NBA 181 (5)
2006-07 NBA 156 (9)
Active 1873 (5)
Career NBA 1873 (16)
Career 1873 (20)

Rebounds Per Game

2000-01 NBA 13.2 (2)
2001-02 NBA 13.0 (1)
 2002-03 NBA 15.4 (1)
 2003-04 NBA 12.4 (3)
2004-05 NBA 12.2 (2)
2005-06 NBA 11.3 (4)
2006-07 NBA 10.7 (6)
Active 10.5 (4)
Career NBA 10.5 (31)
Career 10.5 (35)

Steals Per Game

2003-04 NBA 1.8 (8)
2005-06 NBA 1.8 (10)

Blocks Per Game

2000-01 NBA 2.3 (10)
2001-02 NBA 3.5 (1)
 2002-03 NBA 3.2 (2)
2003-04 NBA 3.0 (2)
2004-05 NBA 2.4 (5)
2005-06 NBA 2.2 (9)
2006-07 NBA 2.0 (10)
Active 2.2 (8)
Career NBA 2.2 (17)
Career 2.2 (18)

Offensive Rebound Pct

1998-99 NBA 12.7 (9)
2000-01 NBA 11.5 (4)
2001-02 NBA 12.9 (3)
2002-03 NBA 11.9 (6)
2003-04 NBA 12.5 (4)
2004-05 NBA 12.9 (6)
2005-06 NBA 12.2 (6)
2006-07 NBA 12.9 (4)
2007-08 NBA 11.6 (9)
Active 12.3 (5)
Career NBA 12.3 (17)
Career 12.3 (18)

Defensive Rebound Pct

1998-99 NBA 23.9 (7)
2000-01 NBA 29.6 (2)
2001-02 NBA 28.9 (2)
2002-03 NBA 34.9 (1)
 2003-04 NBA 25.5 (6)
2004-05 NBA 26.5 (5)
2005-06 NBA 25.9 (5)
Active 26.3 (1)
 Career NBA 26.3 (4)
Career 26.3 (4)

Total Rebound Pct

1998-99 NBA 18.2 (4)
2000-01 NBA 20.4 (3)
2001-02 NBA 21.0 (2)
2002-03 NBA 23.2 (1)
 2003-04 NBA 19.1 (3)
2004-05 NBA 19.8 (2)
2005-06 NBA 19.0 (4)
Active 19.3 (1)
 Career NBA 19.3 (5)
Career 19.3 (6)

Steal Pct

2005-06 NBA 2.8 (7)

Block Pct

1998-99 NBA 5.5 (8)
2001-02 NBA 6.7 (4)
2002-03 NBA 5.9 (6)
2003-04 NBA 6.1 (7)
Active 5.2 (7)
Career NBA 5.2 (15)
Career 5.2 (15)

Defensive Rating

1999-00 NBA 96.3 (8)
2000-01 NBA 94.0 (5)
2001-02 NBA 92.9 (1)
 2002-03 NBA 90.0 (1)
 2003-04 NBA 87.5 (1)
 2004-05 NBA 94.0 (3)
2005-06 NBA 95.2 (3)
2006-07 NBA 94.8 (2)
Active 94.2 (2)
Career NBA 94.2 (3)
Career 94.2 (3)

Defensive Win Shares

2000-01 NBA 15.9 (7)
2001-02 NBA 23.8 (1)
 2002-03 NBA 23.2 (1)
 2003-04 NBA 26.0 (1)
 2004-05 NBA 21.1 (1)
 2005-06 NBA 22.5 (1)
 2006-07 NBA 18.0 (2)
Active 185.7 (5)
Career NBA 185.7 (16)
Career 185.7 (17)

Win Shares

2001-02 NBA 36 (7)
2002-03 NBA 30 (10)
Career NBA 239 (76)
Career 239 (79)

Win Shares Above Average

2001-02 NBA 18.0 (2)
2002-03 NBA 14.0 (8)
2005-06 NBA 15.5 (8)
Active 91.5 (9)
Career NBA 91.5 (38)
Career 91.5 (41)

Hall of Fame Probability

Active 0.001 (65)
Career 0.001 (346)
  

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1996-97 Washington Bullets NBA $247,500
1997-98 Washington Wizards NBA $326,700
1998-99 Washington Wizards NBA $800,000
1999-00 Orlando Magic NBA $893,750
2000-01 Detroit Pistons NBA $4,000,000
2001-02 Detroit Pistons NBA $4,700,000
2002-03 Detroit Pistons NBA $5,200,000
2003-04 Detroit Pistons NBA $5,500,000
2004-05 Detroit Pistons NBA $7,000,000
2005-06 Detroit Pistons NBA $7,500,000
2006-07 Chicago Bulls NBA $16,000,000
Career (may be incomplete) $52,167,950
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).