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James Worthy

James Ager Worthy

Position: Forward ▪ Height: 6-9 ▪ Weight: 225 lbs.
Born: February 27, 1961 in Gastonia, North Carolina
High School: Ashbrook in Gastonia, North Carolina
College: University of North Carolina
Draft: Los Angeles Lakers, 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall), 1982 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 29, 1982
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2003 (Full List)

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Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 7:13AM
All-Time Rank: #52. Alonzo Mourning… #53. Bob McAdoo… #54. JAMES WORTHY… #55. Grant Hill… #56. Bob Lanier… 

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
1982-83 21 LAL NBA 77 1 1970 447 772 .579 1 4 .250 138 221 .624 157 242 399 132 91 64 178 221 1033
1983-84 22 LAL NBA 82 53 2415 495 890 .556 0 6 .000 195 257 .759 157 358 515 207 77 70 181 244 1185
1984-85 23 LAL NBA 80 76 2696 610 1066 .572 0 7 .000 190 245 .776 169 342 511 201 87 67 198 196 1410
1985-86 24 LAL NBA 75 73 2454 629 1086 .579 0 13 .000 242 314 .771 136 251 387 201 82 77 149 195 1500
1986-87 25 LAL NBA 82 82 2819 651 1207 .539 0 13 .000 292 389 .751 158 308 466 226 108 83 168 206 1594
1987-88 26 LAL NBA 75 72 2655 617 1161 .531 2 16 .125 242 304 .796 129 245 374 289 72 55 155 175 1478
1988-89 27 LAL NBA 81 81 2960 702 1282 .548 2 23 .087 251 321 .782 169 320 489 288 108 56 182 175 1657
1989-90 28 LAL NBA 80 80 2960 711 1298 .548 15 49 .306 248 317 .782 160 318 478 288 99 49 160 190 1685
1990-91 29 LAL NBA 78 74 3008 716 1455 .492 26 90 .289 212 266 .797 107 249 356 275 104 35 127 117 1670
1991-92 30 LAL NBA 54 54 2108 450 1007 .447 9 43 .209 166 204 .814 98 207 305 252 76 23 127 89 1075
1992-93 31 LAL NBA 82 69 2359 510 1142 .447 30 111 .270 171 211 .810 73 174 247 278 92 27 137 87 1221
1993-94 32 LAL NBA 80 2 1597 340 838 .406 32 111 .288 100 135 .741 48 133 181 154 45 18 97 80 812
Career NBA 926 717 30001 6878 13204 .521 117 486 .241 2447 3184 .769 1561 3147 4708 2791 1041 624 1859 1975 16320

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
1982-83 21 LAL NBA 77 1 25.6 5.8 10.0 .579 0.0 0.1 .250 1.8 2.9 .624 2.0 3.1 5.2 1.7 1.2 0.8 2.3 2.9 13.4
1983-84 22 LAL NBA 82 53 29.5 6.0 10.9 .556 0.0 0.1 .000 2.4 3.1 .759 1.9 4.4 6.3 2.5 0.9 0.9 2.2 3.0 14.5
1984-85 23 LAL NBA 80 76 33.7 7.6 13.3 .572 0.0 0.1 .000 2.4 3.1 .776 2.1 4.3 6.4 2.5 1.1 0.8 2.5 2.5 17.6
1985-86 24 LAL NBA 75 73 32.7 8.4 14.5 .579 0.0 0.2 .000 3.2 4.2 .771 1.8 3.3 5.2 2.7 1.1 1.0 2.0 2.6 20.0
1986-87 25 LAL NBA 82 82 34.4 7.9 14.7 .539 0.0 0.2 .000 3.6 4.7 .751 1.9 3.8 5.7 2.8 1.3 1.0 2.0 2.5 19.4
1987-88 26 LAL NBA 75 72 35.4 8.2 15.5 .531 0.0 0.2 .125 3.2 4.1 .796 1.7 3.3 5.0 3.9 1.0 0.7 2.1 2.3 19.7
1988-89 27 LAL NBA 81 81 36.5 8.7 15.8 .548 0.0 0.3 .087 3.1 4.0 .782 2.1 4.0 6.0 3.6 1.3 0.7 2.2 2.2 20.5
1989-90 28 LAL NBA 80 80 37.0 8.9 16.2 .548 0.2 0.6 .306 3.1 4.0 .782 2.0 4.0 6.0 3.6 1.2 0.6 2.0 2.4 21.1
1990-91 29 LAL NBA 78 74 38.6 9.2 18.7 .492 0.3 1.2 .289 2.7 3.4 .797 1.4 3.2 4.6 3.5 1.3 0.4 1.6 1.5 21.4
1991-92 30 LAL NBA 54 54 39.0 8.3 18.6 .447 0.2 0.8 .209 3.1 3.8 .814 1.8 3.8 5.6 4.7 1.4 0.4 2.4 1.6 19.9
1992-93 31 LAL NBA 82 69 28.8 6.2 13.9 .447 0.4 1.4 .270 2.1 2.6 .810 0.9 2.1 3.0 3.4 1.1 0.3 1.7 1.1 14.9
1993-94 32 LAL NBA 80 2 20.0 4.3 10.5 .406 0.4 1.4 .288 1.3 1.7 .741 0.6 1.7 2.3 1.9 0.6 0.2 1.2 1.0 10.2
Career NBA 926 717 32.4 7.4 14.3 .521 0.1 0.5 .241 2.6 3.4 .769 1.7 3.4 5.1 3.0 1.1 0.7 2.0 2.1 17.6

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
1982-83 21 LAL NBA 77 1 1970 8.2 14.1 .579 0.0 0.1 .250 2.5 4.0 .624 2.9 4.4 7.3 2.4 1.7 1.2 3.3 4.0 18.9
1983-84 22 LAL NBA 82 53 2415 7.4 13.3 .556 0.0 0.1 .000 2.9 3.8 .759 2.3 5.3 7.7 3.1 1.1 1.0 2.7 3.6 17.7
1984-85 23 LAL NBA 80 76 2696 8.1 14.2 .572 0.0 0.1 .000 2.5 3.3 .776 2.3 4.6 6.8 2.7 1.2 0.9 2.6 2.6 18.8
1985-86 24 LAL NBA 75 73 2454 9.2 15.9 .579 0.0 0.2 .000 3.6 4.6 .771 2.0 3.7 5.7 2.9 1.2 1.1 2.2 2.9 22.0
1986-87 25 LAL NBA 82 82 2819 8.3 15.4 .539 0.0 0.2 .000 3.7 5.0 .751 2.0 3.9 6.0 2.9 1.4 1.1 2.1 2.6 20.4
1987-88 26 LAL NBA 75 72 2655 8.4 15.7 .531 0.0 0.2 .125 3.3 4.1 .796 1.7 3.3 5.1 3.9 1.0 0.7 2.1 2.4 20.0
1988-89 27 LAL NBA 81 81 2960 8.5 15.6 .548 0.0 0.3 .087 3.1 3.9 .782 2.1 3.9 5.9 3.5 1.3 0.7 2.2 2.1 20.2
1989-90 28 LAL NBA 80 80 2960 8.6 15.8 .548 0.2 0.6 .306 3.0 3.9 .782 1.9 3.9 5.8 3.5 1.2 0.6 1.9 2.3 20.5
1990-91 29 LAL NBA 78 74 3008 8.6 17.4 .492 0.3 1.1 .289 2.5 3.2 .797 1.3 3.0 4.3 3.3 1.2 0.4 1.5 1.4 20.0
1991-92 30 LAL NBA 54 54 2108 7.7 17.2 .447 0.2 0.7 .209 2.8 3.5 .814 1.7 3.5 5.2 4.3 1.3 0.4 2.2 1.5 18.4
1992-93 31 LAL NBA 82 69 2359 7.8 17.4 .447 0.5 1.7 .270 2.6 3.2 .810 1.1 2.7 3.8 4.2 1.4 0.4 2.1 1.3 18.6
1993-94 32 LAL NBA 80 2 1597 7.7 18.9 .406 0.7 2.5 .288 2.3 3.0 .741 1.1 3.0 4.1 3.5 1.0 0.4 2.2 1.8 18.3
Career NBA 926 717 30001 8.3 15.8 .521 0.1 0.6 .241 2.9 3.8 .769 1.9 3.8 5.6 3.3 1.2 0.7 2.2 2.4 19.6

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 WS/48
1982-83 21 LAL NBA 77 1970 17.4 .594 .580 9.2 13.0 11.2 8.6 2.1 1.7 17.0 21.0 109 105 3.0 2.1 5.1 .125
1983-84 22 LAL NBA 82 2415 16.5 .591 .556 7.9 15.6 12.0 11.1 1.5 1.6 15.3 19.7 113 107 3.8 2.7 6.5 .129
1984-85 23 LAL NBA 80 2696 17.0 .601 .572 7.9 13.2 10.8 9.6 1.5 1.3 14.4 20.6 114 107 4.6 2.9 7.5 .134
1985-86 24 LAL NBA 75 2454 20.4 .613 .579 6.6 11.1 9.0 11.5 1.6 1.7 10.9 22.6 120 107 6.7 2.7 9.5 .185
1986-87 25 LAL NBA 82 2819 18.4 .578 .539 6.7 11.4 9.2 11.2 1.8 1.6 10.9 22.3 116 107 5.9 3.4 9.3 .158
1987-88 26 LAL NBA 75 2655 18.2 .571 .532 5.8 10.0 8.0 16.2 1.3 1.2 10.7 22.8 115 109 5.5 2.4 7.9 .143
1988-89 27 LAL NBA 81 2960 19.0 .582 .548 6.8 11.3 9.2 14.6 1.7 1.1 11.3 22.4 117 108 6.6 3.1 9.7 .158
1989-90 28 LAL NBA 80 2960 19.8 .586 .554 6.4 11.9 9.3 15.6 1.7 1.0 10.0 23.0 119 108 7.5 3.1 10.6 .172
1990-91 29 LAL NBA 78 3008 18.1 .531 .501 4.3 9.2 6.9 15.1 1.8 0.7 7.5 24.6 113 107 5.5 3.5 9.0 .143
1991-92 30 LAL NBA 54 2108 16.7 .490 .451 5.2 11.4 8.2 20.3 1.9 0.7 10.4 25.4 104 110 1.4 1.6 3.1 .070
1992-93 31 LAL NBA 82 2359 15.6 .494 .460 3.5 8.5 6.0 19.1 1.9 0.7 10.0 24.9 104 111 1.4 1.6 3.0 .060
1993-94 32 LAL NBA 80 1597 12.8 .452 .425 3.1 9.4 6.2 15.6 1.4 0.7 9.8 26.2 96 112 -0.5 0.5 0.1 .002
Career NBA 926 30001 17.7 .559 .525 6.2 11.3 8.9 14.0 1.7 1.2 11.3 22.9 112 108 51.5 29.7 81.2 .130

Playoffs

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
1983-84 22 LAL NBA 21 708 164 274 1 2 42 69 36 105 56 27 11 39 57 371 .599 .500 .609 33.7 17.7 5.0 2.7
1984-85 23 LAL NBA 19 626 166 267 1 2 75 111 35 96 41 17 13 26 53 408 .622 .500 .676 32.9 21.5 5.1 2.2
1985-86 24 LAL NBA 14 539 121 217 0 4 32 47 22 65 45 16 10 36 43 274 .558 .000 .681 38.5 19.6 4.6 3.2
1986-87 25 LAL NBA 18 681 176 298 0 2 73 97 31 101 63 28 22 40 42 425 .591 .000 .753 37.8 23.6 5.6 3.5
1987-88 26 LAL NBA 24 896 204 390 1 9 97 128 53 139 106 33 19 55 58 506 .523 .111 .758 37.3 21.1 5.8 4.4
1988-89 27 LAL NBA 15 600 153 270 3 8 63 80 37 101 42 18 16 33 36 372 .567 .375 .788 40.0 24.8 6.7 2.8
1989-90 28 LAL NBA 9 366 90 181 2 8 36 43 11 50 27 14 3 22 18 218 .497 .250 .837 40.7 24.2 5.6 3.0
1990-91 29 LAL NBA 18 733 161 346 4 24 53 72 25 73 70 19 2 40 34 379 .465 .167 .736 40.7 21.1 4.1 3.9
1992-93 31 LAL NBA 5 148 32 86 2 8 3 5 7 17 13 5 0 7 11 69 .372 .250 .600 29.6 13.8 3.4 2.6
Career NBA 143 5297 1267 2329 14 67 474 652 257 747 463 177 96 298 352 3022 .544 .209 .727 37.0 21.1 5.2 3.2

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1983-84 22 LAL NBA 21 708 17.9 .609 .600 6.1 10.3 8.3 10.6 1.8 0.9 11.4 20.1 118 109 1.4 0.7 2.1 .142
1984-85 23 LAL NBA 19 626 19.7 .646 .624 6.7 9.8 8.4 8.4 1.2 1.1 7.6 21.2 129 110 2.0 0.6 2.6 .199
1985-86 24 LAL NBA 14 539 14.4 .576 .558 5.2 9.0 7.2 10.9 1.4 1.1 13.2 21.1 111 110 0.6 0.6 1.1 .102
1986-87 25 LAL NBA 18 681 21.0 .624 .591 5.7 10.5 8.3 13.7 2.0 1.8 10.5 23.0 123 109 1.7 1.0 2.7 .190
1987-88 26 LAL NBA 24 896 20.3 .567 .524 7.3 10.9 9.2 19.0 1.9 1.3 11.0 24.9 117 111 1.9 0.8 2.8 .148
1988-89 27 LAL NBA 15 600 21.6 .609 .572 7.7 11.4 9.7 12.1 1.5 1.6 9.8 24.5 122 111 1.6 0.5 2.2 .175
1989-90 28 LAL NBA 9 366 18.3 .545 .503 3.7 12.2 8.1 12.4 2.0 0.5 9.9 26.7 110 111 0.5 0.3 0.8 .106
1990-91 29 LAL NBA 18 733 14.6 .502 .471 4.2 7.9 6.1 16.8 1.4 0.2 9.6 25.8 104 114 0.2 0.5 0.7 .048
1992-93 31 LAL NBA 5 148 9.7 .391 .384 4.7 7.9 6.2 15.0 1.8 0.0 7.4 27.9 88 111 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.054
Career NBA 143 5297 18.3 .578 .547 5.9 10.1 8.1 13.5 1.6 1.0 10.2 23.5 116 111 9.6 5.2 14.8 .135

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1985-86 24 LAL NBA 1 1 28:00 10 19 .526 0 2 .000 0 0 2 3 2 0 2 1 3 20
1986-87 25 LAL NBA 1 1 29:00 10 14 .714 0 0 2 2 1.000 6 8 3 1 0 2 3 22
1987-88 26 LAL NBA 1 0 13:00 2 8 .250 0 0 0 1 .000 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 4
1988-89 27 LAL NBA 1 0 18:00 4 7 .571 0 1 .000 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 8
1989-90 28 LAL NBA 1 1 19:00 1 11 .091 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 1 0 1 1 2
1990-91 29 LAL NBA 1 0 21:00 3 11 .273 0 0 3 4 .750 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 9
1991-92 30 LAL NBA 1 0 14:00 4 7 .571 0 0 1 2 .500 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 9
Career NBA 7 3 142 34 77 .442 0 3 .000 6 9 .667 12 26 9 7 4 4 10 74

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 12 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
James Worthy 10.6 9.7 9.5 9.3 9.0 7.9 7.5 6.5 5.1 3.1 3.0 0.1
Glen Rice 94.2 10.8 10.2 10.0 9.3 9.0 8.3 7.9 6.3 5.7 4.4 2.2 1.4
Lou Hudson 92.5 11.1 10.1 9.7 9.3 8.8 7.9 5.9 4.9 4.2 2.7 2.2 0.8
Alex English 91.3 10.3 9.8 9.5 8.9 8.3 8.2 8.1 7.6 7.0 5.3 4.0 1.2
Terry Cummings 91.1 10.7 8.8 8.7 8.7 7.7 7.5 7.4 6.5 5.6 5.2 1.8 0.0
Ben Wallace 90.9 11.6 10.6 10.2 10.1 8.5 8.2 7.0 5.6 3.6 3.6 2.9 -0.2
Jack Twyman 90.8 9.6 9.3 8.8 8.6 8.3 7.3 7.3 5.9 4.3 3.9 1.8
Rasheed Wallace 90.4 11.0 9.7 9.3 8.9 8.5 7.6 7.1 6.4 6.2 6.2 5.0 2.3
Billy Cunningham 90.4 11.9 10.3 10.0 9.0 8.3 6.8 6.4 6.1 5.0 3.5 1.2
Lamar Odom 90.2 10.1 9.7 9.2 8.4 7.7 6.9 6.5 4.7 4.7 3.2 2.2 0.7
Bob Dandridge 90.1 9.5 9.1 9.0 8.7 8.4 8.1 7.0 6.8 6.0 5.4 1.7 0.5
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
James Worthy 10.6 9.7 9.5 9.3 9.0 7.9 7.5 6.5 5.1 3.1 3.0 0.1
Glen Rice 93.1 10.8 10.2 10.0 9.3 9.0 8.3 7.9 6.3 5.7 4.4 3.3 2.2 1.4 0.0 -0.1
Lou Hudson 91.6 11.1 10.1 9.7 9.3 8.8 7.9 5.9 4.9 4.2 3.3 2.7 2.2 0.8
Jack Twyman 90.8 9.6 9.3 8.8 8.6 8.3 7.3 7.3 5.9 4.3 3.9 1.8
Anthony Mason 90.6 11.6 11.4 11.3 9.3 8.9 8.6 7.4 6.4 5.6 4.9 3.1 0.1 -0.1
Billy Cunningham 90.4 11.9 10.3 10.0 9.0 8.3 6.8 6.4 6.1 5.0 3.5 1.2
Lamar Odom 90.2 10.1 9.7 9.2 8.4 7.7 6.9 6.5 4.7 4.7 3.2 2.2 0.7
Bob Dandridge 90.1 9.5 9.1 9.0 8.7 8.4 8.1 7.0 6.8 6.0 5.4 1.7 0.5 0.0
Bobby Jones 89.2 11.0 10.2 9.9 9.2 8.9 8.2 8.1 7.7 6.4 6.0 4.8 3.2
Harry Gallatin 89.0 11.8 11.3 8.9 8.3 8.1 7.8 7.6 6.1 5.6 2.8
Cliff Hagan 87.7 11.8 11.7 10.8 10.0 8.5 7.1 6.5 6.0 4.7 3.7 3.0 1.3 0.1

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
1979-80 18 UNC 14 74 126 27 45 104 26 17 22 47 37 175 .587 .600 12.5 7.4 1.9
1980-81 19 UNC 36 208 416 96 150 301 100 48 35 111 99 512 .500 .640 14.2 8.4 2.8
1981-82 20 UNC 34 203 354 126 187 215 82 52 37 94 75 532 .573 .674 15.6 6.3 2.4
Career 84 485 896 249 382 620 208 117 94 252 211 1219 .541 .652 14.5 7.4 2.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1986 NBA
1987 NBA
1988 NBA
1989 NBA
1990 NBA
1991 NBA
1992 NBA
Awards
1981-82 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player
1987-88 NBA Finals MVP
Honors
1979 McDonald's All American
1981-82 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
1982-83 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
1989-90 NBA All-NBA (3rd)
1990-91 NBA All-NBA (3rd)
MVP Award Shares
1985-86 NBA 0.009 (12)
Career 0.009 (160)
Championships
(Minimum 1 playoff game)
1985 Los Angeles Lakers (NBA)
1987 Los Angeles Lakers (NBA)
1988 Los Angeles Lakers (NBA)
Games
1983-84 NBA 82 (1)
1986-87 NBA 82 (1)
1992-93 NBA 82 (2)
Field Goals
1990-91 NBA 716 (8)
Career NBA 6878 (63)
Career 6878 (65)
Field Goal Attempts
1990-91 NBA 1455 (8)
Career NBA 13204 (91)
Career 13204 (99)
Field Goal Pct
1982-83 NBA .579 (7)
1984-85 NBA .572 (6)
1985-86 NBA .579 (4)
1988-89 NBA .548 (5)
1989-90 NBA .548 (9)
Career NBA .521 (44)
Career .521 (47)
Points
Career NBA 16320 (84)
Career 16320 (89)
Minutes Per Game
1990-91 NBA 38.6 (8)
1991-92 NBA 39.0 (4)
Effective Field Goal Pct
1982-83 NBA .580 (8)
1984-85 NBA .572 (7)
1985-86 NBA .579 (5)
1988-89 NBA .548 (7)
1989-90 NBA .554 (10)
Career NBA .525 (61)
Career .525 (64)
Turnover Pct
1990-91 NBA 7.5 (2)
Career NBA 11.3 (76)
Career 11.3 (89)
Usage Pct
1991-92 NBA 25.4 (9)
Offensive Rating
1985-86 NBA 120.0 (9)
Career NBA 112.2 (98)
Win Shares Per 48 Minutes
1985-86 NBA .185 (9)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.821 (70)
NBA Elo Player Rating
54th (overall) as of Feb 10, 2012, 7:13AM
   

Transactions

February 15, 1980: Traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers (as a 1982 1st round draft pick) with Butch Lee to the Los Angeles Lakers for Don Ford and a 1980 1st round draft pick (Chad Kinch).

June 29, 1982: Drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1982 NBA Draft.

November 10, 1994: Retired from the Los Angeles Lakers.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $550,000
1987-88 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $1,100,000
1988-89 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $1,300,000
1990-91 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $1,600,000
1991-92 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $1,750,000
1992-93 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $1,850,000
1993-94 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $1,800,000
Career (may be incomplete) $9,950,000

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