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Jerry West

Jerry Alan West (Mr. Clutch, Zeke from Cabin Creek)

Position: Guard-Forward
Height: 6-2    Weight: 175 lbs.
Born: May 28, 1938 in Cheylan, West Virginia
High School: East Bank in East Bank, West Virginia
College: West Virginia University

Inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 1980

Drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1st round (2nd pick, 2nd overall) of the 1960 NBA draft.

Coaching Record

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Other SR Links: Olympics at Sports-Reference.com

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
1960-61 22 LAL NBA 79 2797 529 1264 .419 331 497 .666 611 333 213 1389
1961-62 23 LAL NBA 75 3087 799 1795 .445 712 926 .769 591 402 173 2310
1962-63 24 LAL NBA 55 2163 559 1213 .461 371 477 .778 384 307 150 1489
1963-64 25 LAL NBA 72 2906 740 1529 .484 584 702 .832 433 403 200 2064
1964-65 26 LAL NBA 74 3066 822 1655 .497 648 789 .821 447 364 221 2292
1965-66 27 LAL NBA 79 3218 818 1731 .473 840 977 .860 562 480 243 2476
1966-67 28 LAL NBA 66 2670 645 1389 .464 602 686 .878 392 447 160 1892
1967-68 29 LAL NBA 51 1919 476 926 .514 391 482 .811 294 310 152 1343
1968-69 30 LAL NBA 61 2394 545 1156 .471 490 597 .821 262 423 156 1580
1969-70 31 LAL NBA 74 3106 831 1673 .497 647 785 .824 338 554 160 2309
1970-71 32 LAL NBA 69 2845 667 1351 .494 525 631 .832 320 655 180 1859
1971-72 33 LAL NBA 77 2973 735 1540 .477 515 633 .814 327 747 209 1985
1972-73 34 LAL NBA 69 2460 618 1291 .479 339 421 .805 289 607 138 1575
1973-74 35 LAL NBA 31 967 232 519 .447 165 198 .833 30 86 116 206 81 23 80 629
Career NBA 932 36571 9016 19032 .474 7160 8801 .814 30 86 5366 6238 81 23 2435 25192

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
1960-61 22 LAL NBA 79 35.4 6.7 16.0 .419 4.2 6.3 .666 7.7 4.2 2.7 17.6
1961-62 23 LAL NBA 75 41.2 10.7 23.9 .445 9.5 12.3 .769 7.9 5.4 2.3 30.8
1962-63 24 LAL NBA 55 39.3 10.2 22.1 .461 6.7 8.7 .778 7.0 5.6 2.7 27.1
1963-64 25 LAL NBA 72 40.4 10.3 21.2 .484 8.1 9.8 .832 6.0 5.6 2.8 28.7
1964-65 26 LAL NBA 74 41.4 11.1 22.4 .497 8.8 10.7 .821 6.0 4.9 3.0 31.0
1965-66 27 LAL NBA 79 40.7 10.4 21.9 .473 10.6 12.4 .860 7.1 6.1 3.1 31.3
1966-67 28 LAL NBA 66 40.5 9.8 21.0 .464 9.1 10.4 .878 5.9 6.8 2.4 28.7
1967-68 29 LAL NBA 51 37.6 9.3 18.2 .514 7.7 9.5 .811 5.8 6.1 3.0 26.3
1968-69 30 LAL NBA 61 39.2 8.9 19.0 .471 8.0 9.8 .821 4.3 6.9 2.6 25.9
1969-70 31 LAL NBA 74 42.0 11.2 22.6 .497 8.7 10.6 .824 4.6 7.5 2.2 31.2
1970-71 32 LAL NBA 69 41.2 9.7 19.6 .494 7.6 9.1 .832 4.6 9.5 2.6 26.9
1971-72 33 LAL NBA 77 38.6 9.5 20.0 .477 6.7 8.2 .814 4.2 9.7 2.7 25.8
1972-73 34 LAL NBA 69 35.7 9.0 18.7 .479 4.9 6.1 .805 4.2 8.8 2.0 22.8
1973-74 35 LAL NBA 31 31.2 7.5 16.7 .447 5.3 6.4 .833 1.0 2.8 3.7 6.6 2.6 0.7 2.6 20.3
Career NBA 932 39.2 9.7 20.4 .474 7.7 9.4 .814 1.0 2.8 5.8 6.7 2.6 0.7 2.6 27.0

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
1960-61 22 LAL NBA 79 2797 6.8 16.3 .419 4.3 6.4 .666 7.9 4.3 2.7 17.9
1961-62 23 LAL NBA 75 3087 9.3 20.9 .445 8.3 10.8 .769 6.9 4.7 2.0 26.9
1962-63 24 LAL NBA 55 2163 9.3 20.2 .461 6.2 7.9 .778 6.4 5.1 2.5 24.8
1963-64 25 LAL NBA 72 2906 9.2 18.9 .484 7.2 8.7 .832 5.4 5.0 2.5 25.6
1964-65 26 LAL NBA 74 3066 9.7 19.4 .497 7.6 9.3 .821 5.2 4.3 2.6 26.9
1965-66 27 LAL NBA 79 3218 9.2 19.4 .473 9.4 10.9 .860 6.3 5.4 2.7 27.7
1966-67 28 LAL NBA 66 2670 8.7 18.7 .464 8.1 9.2 .878 5.3 6.0 2.2 25.5
1967-68 29 LAL NBA 51 1919 8.9 17.4 .514 7.3 9.0 .811 5.5 5.8 2.9 25.2
1968-69 30 LAL NBA 61 2394 8.2 17.4 .471 7.4 9.0 .821 3.9 6.4 2.3 23.8
1969-70 31 LAL NBA 74 3106 9.6 19.4 .497 7.5 9.1 .824 3.9 6.4 1.9 26.8
1970-71 32 LAL NBA 69 2845 8.4 17.1 .494 6.6 8.0 .832 4.0 8.3 2.3 23.5
1971-72 33 LAL NBA 77 2973 8.9 18.6 .477 6.2 7.7 .814 4.0 9.0 2.5 24.0
1972-73 34 LAL NBA 69 2460 9.0 18.9 .479 5.0 6.2 .805 4.2 8.9 2.0 23.0
1973-74 35 LAL NBA 31 967 8.6 19.3 .447 6.1 7.4 .833 1.1 3.2 4.3 7.7 3.0 0.9 3.0 23.4
Career NBA 932 36571 8.9 18.7 .474 7.0 8.7 .814 1.1 3.2 5.3 6.1 3.0 0.9 2.4 24.8

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
1960-61 22 LAL NBA 79 2797 16.0 .468 .419 3.1 3.5 6.6
1961-62 23 LAL NBA 75 3087 22.6 .524 .445 9.8 3.1 12.9
1962-63 24 LAL NBA 55 2163 21.9 .523 .461 5.5 2.6 8.1
1963-64 25 LAL NBA 72 2906 24.2 .562 .484 12.2 1.8 14.0
1964-65 26 LAL NBA 74 3066 25.0 .572 .497 20.0 14.8 1.9 16.7
1965-66 27 LAL NBA 79 3218 24.6 .573 .473 21.9 14.4 2.7 17.1
1966-67 28 LAL NBA 66 2670 22.7 .559 .464 23.1 9.4 2.3 11.7
1967-68 29 LAL NBA 51 1919 23.2 .590 .514 22.6 8.0 1.6 9.6
1968-69 30 LAL NBA 61 2394 22.3 .557 .471 26.4 8.6 2.1 10.8
1969-70 31 LAL NBA 74 3106 24.6 .572 .497 27.1 11.5 3.7 15.2
1970-71 32 LAL NBA 69 2845 23.5 .571 .494 5.0 32.3 10.2 2.5 12.8
1971-72 33 LAL NBA 77 2973 23.1 .546 .477 4.9 33.7 8.4 4.9 13.3
1972-73 34 LAL NBA 69 2460 23.2 .533 .479 5.4 35.5 6.7 3.8 10.6
1973-74 35 LAL NBA 31 967 22.4 .519 .447 3.0 7.8 5.5 32.5 3.6 1.1 95 1.9 1.3 3.2
Career NBA 932 36571 22.9 .550 .474 3.0 7.8 5.1 27.1 3.6 1.1 95 124.6 37.9 162.6

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
1960-61 22 LAL NBA 12 461 99 202 77 106 104 63 39 275 .490 .726 38.4 22.9 8.7 5.3
1961-62 23 LAL NBA 13 557 144 310 121 150 88 57 38 409 .465 .807 42.8 31.5 6.8 4.4
1962-63 24 LAL NBA 13 538 144 286 74 100 106 61 34 362 .503 .740 41.4 27.8 8.2 4.7
1963-64 25 LAL NBA 5 206 57 115 42 53 36 17 20 156 .496 .792 41.2 31.2 7.2 3.4
1964-65 26 LAL NBA 11 470 155 351 137 154 63 58 37 447 .442 .890 42.7 40.6 5.7 5.3
1965-66 27 LAL NBA 14 619 185 357 109 125 88 79 40 479 .518 .872 44.2 34.2 6.3 5.6
1966-67 28 LAL NBA 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
1967-68 29 LAL NBA 15 622 165 313 132 169 81 82 47 462 .527 .781 41.5 30.8 5.4 5.5
1968-69 30 LAL NBA 18 757 196 423 164 204 71 135 52 556 .463 .804 42.1 30.9 3.9 7.5
1969-70 31 LAL NBA 18 830 196 418 170 212 66 151 55 562 .469 .802 46.1 31.2 3.7 8.4
1971-72 33 LAL NBA 15 608 128 340 88 106 73 134 39 344 .376 .830 40.5 22.9 4.9 8.9
1972-73 34 LAL NBA 17 638 151 336 99 127 76 132 49 401 .449 .780 37.5 23.6 4.5 7.8
1973-74 35 LAL NBA 1 14 2 9 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 .222 14.0 4.0 2.0 1.0
Career NBA 153 6321 1622 3460 1213 1506 0 855 970 0 0 451 4457 .469 .805 41.3 29.1 5.6 6.3

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
1960-61 22 LAL NBA 12 461 21.3 .553 .490 19.9 1.7 0.2 1.9
1961-62 23 LAL NBA 13 557 22.2 .544 .465 16.6 2.2 0.2 2.4
1962-63 24 LAL NBA 13 538 23.1 .548 .503 19.2 1.7 0.4 2.1
1963-64 25 LAL NBA 5 206 25.1 .564 .496 17.3 1.0 -0.1 0.9
1964-65 26 LAL NBA 11 470 26.7 .534 .442 22.6 1.9 0.0 1.9
1965-66 27 LAL NBA 14 619 24.7 .581 .518 20.1 2.7 0.4 3.1
1966-67 28 LAL NBA 1 1 18.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1967-68 29 LAL NBA 15 622 25.1 .596 .527 20.2 3.1 0.5 3.6
1968-69 30 LAL NBA 18 757 25.2 .542 .463 31.6 3.2 1.1 4.3
1969-70 31 LAL NBA 18 830 21.1 .550 .469 26.7 2.6 0.6 3.2
1971-72 33 LAL NBA 15 608 18.8 .445 .376 5.4 35.1 -0.2 1.2 1.0
1972-73 34 LAL NBA 17 638 22.7 .512 .449 5.4 33.6 1.5 0.9 2.4
1973-74 35 LAL NBA 1 14 -1.6 .222 .222 0.0 15.0 6.8 11.5 0.0 0.0 106 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
Career NBA 153 6321 23.0 .541 .469 0.0 15.0 5.4 24.8 0.0 0.0 106 21.3 5.4 26.7

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
1960-61 22 LAL NBA 1 0 25 2 8 .250 5 6 .833 2 4 3 9
1961-62 23 LAL NBA 1 1 31 7 14 .500 4 6 .667 3 1 2 18
1962-63 24 LAL NBA 1 1 32 5 15 .333 3 4 .750 7 5 1 13
1963-64 25 LAL NBA 1 1 42 8 20 .400 1 1 1.000 4 5 3 17
1964-65 26 LAL NBA 1 1 40 8 16 .500 4 6 .667 5 6 2 20
1965-66 27 LAL NBA 1 1 11 1 5 .200 2 2 1.000 1 0 2 4
1966-67 28 LAL NBA 1 1 30 6 11 .545 4 4 1.000 3 6 3 16
1967-68 29 LAL NBA 1 1 32 7 17 .412 3 4 .750 6 6 4 17
1968-69 30 LAL NBA
1969-70 31 LAL NBA 1 1 31 7 12 .583 8 12 .667 5 5 3 22
1970-71 32 LAL NBA 1 1 20 2 4 .500 1 3 .333 1 9 1 5
1971-72 33 LAL NBA 1 1 27 6 9 .667 1 2 .500 6 5 2 13
1972-73 34 LAL NBA 1 1 20 3 6 .500 0 0 4 3 2 6
1973-74 35 LAL NBA
Career NBA 12 11 341 62 137 .453 36 50 .720 47 55 28 160

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
1957-58 19 WVIRGINIA 28 799 178 359 142 194 311 41 498 .496 .732 28.5 17.8 11.1 1.5
1958-59 20 WVIRGINIA 34 1210 340 656 223 320 419 86 903 .518 .697 35.6 26.6 12.3 2.5
1959-60 21 WVIRGINIA 31 1129 325 645 258 337 510 134 908 .504 .766 36.4 29.3 16.5 4.3
Career 93 3138 843 1660 623 851 1240 261 2309 .508 .732 33.7 24.8 13.3 2.8

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1961 NBA
1962 NBA
1963 NBA
1964 NBA
1965 NBA
1966 NBA
1967 NBA
1968 NBA
1969 NBA
1970 NBA
1971 NBA
1972 NBA
1973 NBA
1974 NBA

Awards

1958-59 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player
1968-69 NBA Finals MVP
1971-72 NBA All-Star Game MVP

Honors

1957-58 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)
1958-59 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1959-60 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1961-62 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1962-63 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1963-64 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1964-65 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1965-66 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1966-67 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1967-68 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1968-69 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
1968-69 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1969-70 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1969-70 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1970-71 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1970-71 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1971-72 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1971-72 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1972-73 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1972-73 NBA All-NBA (1st)

MVP Award Shares

1960-61 NBA 0.013 (11)
1961-62 NBA 0.141 (5)
1962-63 NBA 0.040 (5)
1963-64 NBA 0.081 (5)
1964-65 NBA 0.202 (3)
1965-66 NBA 0.227 (2)
1969-70 NBA 0.609 (2)
1970-71 NBA 0.217 (2)
1971-72 NBA 0.479 (2)
1972-73 NBA 0.080 (6)
Career 2.090 (20)

Games

1960-61 NBA 79 (1)

Minutes Played

1961-62 NBA 3087 (8)
1964-65 NBA 3066 (6)
1965-66 NBA 3218 (7)
Career NBA 36571 (40)
Career 36571 (44)

Field Goals

1961-62 NBA 799 (6)
1963-64 NBA 740 (6)
1964-65 NBA 822 (2)
1965-66 NBA 818 (2)
1966-67 NBA 645 (8)
1969-70 NBA 831 (3)
1971-72 NBA 735 (10)
Career NBA 9016 (15)
Career 9016 (20)

Field Goal Attempts

1961-62 NBA 1795 (7)
1963-64 NBA 1529 (8)
1964-65 NBA 1655 (5)
1965-66 NBA 1731 (2)
1966-67 NBA 1389 (8)
1969-70 NBA 1673 (5)
1971-72 NBA 1540 (10)
Career NBA 19032 (15)
Career 19032 (19)

Field Goal Pct

1963-64 NBA .484 (6)
1964-65 NBA .497 (4)
1965-66 NBA .473 (10)
1967-68 NBA .514 (4)

Free Throws

1961-62 NBA 712 (2)
1962-63 NBA 371 (9)
1963-64 NBA 584 (3)
1964-65 NBA 648 (2)
1965-66 NBA 840 (1)
 1966-67 NBA 602 (3)
1968-69 NBA 490 (5)
1969-70 NBA 647 (1)
 1970-71 NBA 525 (4)
1971-72 NBA 515 (3)
Career NBA 7160 (5)
Career 7160 (5)

Free Throw Attempts

1961-62 NBA 926 (2)
1963-64 NBA 702 (5)
1964-65 NBA 789 (3)
1965-66 NBA 977 (1)
 1966-67 NBA 686 (4)
1969-70 NBA 785 (1)
 1970-71 NBA 631 (8)
1971-72 NBA 633 (4)
Career NBA 8801 (7)
Career 8801 (7)

Free Throw Pct

1963-64 NBA .832 (2)
1964-65 NBA .821 (5)
1965-66 NBA .860 (4)
1966-67 NBA .878 (3)
1967-68 NBA .811 (9)
1968-69 NBA .821 (8)
1969-70 NBA .824 (8)
1970-71 NBA .832 (7)

Assists

1961-62 NBA 402 (6)
1963-64 NBA 403 (4)
1964-65 NBA 364 (6)
1965-66 NBA 480 (4)
1966-67 NBA 447 (5)
1968-69 NBA 423 (10)
1969-70 NBA 554 (7)
1970-71 NBA 655 (3)
1971-72 NBA 747 (2)
1972-73 NBA 607 (4)
Career NBA 6238 (24)
Career 6238 (24)

Points

1961-62 NBA 2310 (5)
1963-64 NBA 2064 (5)
1964-65 NBA 2292 (2)
1965-66 NBA 2476 (2)
1966-67 NBA 1892 (4)
1969-70 NBA 2309 (2)
1970-71 NBA 1859 (10)
1971-72 NBA 1985 (9)
Career NBA 25192 (14)
Career 25192 (18)

Minutes Per Game

1961-62 NBA 41.2 (7)
1963-64 NBA 40.4 (8)
1964-65 NBA 41.4 (5)
1965-66 NBA 40.7 (7)
1966-67 NBA 40.5 (7)
1969-70 NBA 42.0 (3)
Career NBA 39.2 (7)
Career 39.2 (7)

Points Per Game

1961-62 NBA 30.8 (4)
1963-64 NBA 28.7 (3)
1964-65 NBA 31.0 (2)
1965-66 NBA 31.3 (2)
1966-67 NBA 28.7 (3)
1969-70 NBA 31.2 (1)
 1971-72 NBA 25.8 (7)
Career NBA 27.0 (5)
Career 27.0 (5)

Assists Per Game

1961-62 NBA 5.4 (7)
1963-64 NBA 5.6 (3)
1964-65 NBA 4.9 (6)
1965-66 NBA 6.1 (5)
1966-67 NBA 6.8 (4)
1969-70 NBA 7.5 (4)
1971-72 NBA 9.7 (1)
 Career NBA 6.7 (33)
Career 6.7 (33)

Player Efficiency Rating

1961-62 NBA 22.6 (6)
1962-63 NBA 21.9 (6)
1963-64 NBA 24.2 (3)
1964-65 NBA 25.0 (3)
1965-66 NBA 24.6 (3)
1966-67 NBA 22.7 (4)
1968-69 NBA 22.3 (1)
 1969-70 NBA 24.6 (1)
 1970-71 NBA 23.5 (2)
1971-72 NBA 23.1 (3)
1972-73 NBA 23.2 (3)
Career NBA 22.9 (22)
Career 22.9 (23)

True Shooting Pct

1961-62 NBA .524 (7)
1963-64 NBA .561 (4)
1964-65 NBA .572 (2)
1965-66 NBA .573 (1)
 1966-67 NBA .559 (4)
1967-68 NBA .590 (1)
 1968-69 NBA .557 (6)
1969-70 NBA .572 (6)
1970-71 NBA .571 (5)

Effective Field Goal Pct

1963-64 NBA .484 (6)
1964-65 NBA .497 (4)
1965-66 NBA .473 (10)
1967-68 NBA .514 (4)

Assist Pct

1964-65 NBA 20.0 (5)
1965-66 NBA 21.9 (6)
1966-67 NBA 23.1 (4)
1968-69 NBA 26.4 (6)
1969-70 NBA 27.1 (5)
1970-71 NBA 32.3 (2)
1971-72 NBA 33.7 (2)
1972-73 NBA 35.5 (2)
Career NBA 27.1 (78)
Career 27.1 (79)

Offensive Win Shares

1961-62 NBA 9.8 (4)
1963-64 NBA 12.2 (3)
1964-65 NBA 14.8 (1)
 1965-66 NBA 14.4 (1)
 1966-67 NBA 9.4 (4)
1967-68 NBA 8.0 (5)
1968-69 NBA 8.6 (4)
1969-70 NBA 11.5 (1)
 1970-71 NBA 10.2 (2)
1971-72 NBA 8.4 (6)
Career NBA 124.6 (8)
Career 124.6 (8)

Defensive Win Shares

Career NBA 37.9 (84)
Career 37.9 (91)

Win Shares

1961-62 NBA 12.9 (5)
1963-64 NBA 14.0 (6)
1964-65 NBA 16.7 (3)
1965-66 NBA 17.1 (2)
1966-67 NBA 11.7 (6)
1968-69 NBA 10.8 (9)
1969-70 NBA 15.2 (1)
 1970-71 NBA 12.8 (3)
1971-72 NBA 13.3 (5)
Career NBA 162.6 (14)
Career 162.6 (16)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 1.000 (13)
      

Transactions

April 11, 1960: Drafted by the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1960 NBA Draft.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1970-71 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $90,000
Career (may be incomplete) $90,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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