Danny Ainge

Seasons 1981-82–1994-95 · 14 on record · Ht 6-5 · b. 1959

All-Star

Player info

11.5 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 4.0 APG · 1042 games · .469 FG% · .378 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1981-82	BOS	22	53	10.6	.357	.294	.862	1.1	1.6	0.7	0.1	4.1	10.1	.439
1982-83	BOS	23	80	25.6	.496	.172	.742	2.7	3.1	1.4	0.1	9.9	13.2	.519
1983-84	BOS	24	71	16.3	.460	.273	.821	1.6	2.3	0.6	0.1	5.4	10.4	.498
1984-85	BOS	25	75	34.2	.529	.268	.868	3.6	5.3	1.6	0.1	12.9	14.2	.570
1985-86	BOS	26	80	30.1	.504	.356	.904	2.9	5.1	1.2	0.1	10.7	13.6	.562
1986-87	BOS	27	71	35.2	.486	.443	.897	3.4	5.6	1.4	0.2	14.8	15.2	.574
1987-88	BOS	28	81	37.3	.491	.415	.878	3.1	6.2	1.4	0.2	15.7	15.9	.598
1988-89	2TM	29	73	32.6	.457	.380	.854	3.5	5.5	1.3	0.1	17.5	18.0	.554
	BOS	29	45	30.0	.460	.374	.891	3.4	4.8	1.2	0.0	15.9	17.5	.553
	SAC	29	28	36.7	.452	.387	.813	3.6	6.7	1.5	0.3	20.3	18.6	.554
1989-90	SAC	30	75	36.4	.438	.374	.831	4.3	6.0	1.5	0.2	17.9	16.1	.528
1990-91	POR	31	80	21.4	.472	.406	.826	2.6	3.6	0.8	0.2	11.1	17.0	.574
1991-92	POR	32	81	19.7	.442	.339	.824	1.8	2.5	0.9	0.2	9.7	15.4	.534
1992-93	PHX	33	80	27.0	.462	.403	.848	2.7	3.3	0.9	0.1	11.8	14.3	.596
1993-94	PHX	34	68	22.9	.417	.328	.830	1.9	2.6	0.8	0.1	8.9	11.8	.524
1994-95	PHX	35	74	18.6	.460	.364	.808	1.5	2.8	0.6	0.1	7.7	14.3	.596

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1981-82	BOS	53	1	564	79	221	.357	5	17	56	65	56	87	37	3	53	219
1982-83	BOS	80	76	2,048	357	720	.496	5	29	72	97	214	251	109	6	98	791
1983-84	BOS	71	3	1,154	166	361	.460	6	22	46	56	116	162	41	4	70	384
1984-85	BOS	75	73	2,564	419	792	.529	15	56	118	136	268	399	122	6	149	971
1985-86	BOS	80	78	2,407	353	701	.504	26	73	123	136	235	405	94	7	129	855
1986-87	BOS	71	66	2,499	410	844	.486	85	192	148	165	242	400	101	14	141	1,053
1987-88	BOS	81	81	3,018	482	982	.491	148	357	158	180	249	503	115	17	153	1,270
1988-89	2TM	73	54	2,377	480	1,051	.457	116	305	205	240	255	402	93	8	145	1,281
	BOS	45	28	1,349	271	589	.460	58	155	114	128	154	215	52	1	82	714
	SAC	28	26	1,028	209	462	.452	58	150	91	112	101	187	41	7	63	567
1989-90	SAC	75	68	2,727	506	1,154	.438	108	289	222	267	326	453	113	18	185	1,342
1990-91	POR	80	0	1,710	337	714	.472	102	251	114	138	205	285	63	13	100	890
1991-92	POR	81	6	1,595	299	676	.442	78	230	108	131	148	202	73	13	70	784
1992-93	PHX	80	0	2,163	337	730	.462	150	372	123	145	214	260	69	8	113	947
1993-94	PHX	68	1	1,555	224	537	.417	80	244	78	94	131	180	57	8	81	606
1994-95	PHX	74	1	1,374	194	422	.460	78	214	105	130	109	210	46	7	79	571
Career		1042	—	—	4,643	9,905	.469	1002	2651	1676	1980	2768	4199	1133	132	1566	11,964

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1981-82	BOS	53	10.6	5.0	14.1	.357	0.3	1.1	3.6	4.1	3.6	5.6	2.4	0.2	3.4	14.0
1982-83	BOS	80	25.6	6.3	12.7	.496	0.1	0.5	1.3	1.7	3.8	4.4	1.9	0.1	1.7	13.9
1983-84	BOS	71	16.3	5.2	11.3	.460	0.2	0.7	1.4	1.7	3.6	5.1	1.3	0.1	2.2	12.0
1984-85	BOS	75	34.2	5.9	11.1	.529	0.2	0.8	1.7	1.9	3.8	5.6	1.7	0.1	2.1	13.6
1985-86	BOS	80	30.1	5.3	10.5	.504	0.4	1.1	1.8	2.0	3.5	6.1	1.4	0.1	1.9	12.8
1986-87	BOS	71	35.2	5.9	12.2	.486	1.2	2.8	2.1	2.4	3.5	5.8	1.5	0.2	2.0	15.2
1987-88	BOS	81	37.3	5.7	11.7	.491	1.8	4.3	1.9	2.1	3.0	6.0	1.4	0.2	1.8	15.1
1988-89	2TM	73	32.6	7.3	15.9	.457	1.8	4.6	3.1	3.6	3.9	6.1	1.4	0.1	2.2	19.4
	BOS	45	30.0	7.2	15.7	.460	1.5	4.1	3.0	3.4	4.1	5.7	1.4	0.0	2.2	19.1
	SAC	28	36.7	7.3	16.2	.452	2.0	5.3	3.2	3.9	3.5	6.5	1.4	0.2	2.2	19.9
1989-90	SAC	75	36.4	6.7	15.2	.438	1.4	3.8	2.9	3.5	4.3	6.0	1.5	0.2	2.4	17.7
1990-91	POR	80	21.4	7.1	15.0	.472	2.1	5.3	2.4	2.9	4.3	6.0	1.3	0.3	2.1	18.7
1991-92	POR	81	19.7	6.7	15.3	.442	1.8	5.2	2.4	3.0	3.3	4.6	1.6	0.3	1.6	17.7
1992-93	PHX	80	27.0	5.6	12.1	.462	2.5	6.2	2.0	2.4	3.6	4.3	1.1	0.1	1.9	15.8
1993-94	PHX	68	22.9	5.2	12.4	.417	1.9	5.6	1.8	2.2	3.0	4.2	1.3	0.2	1.9	14.0
1994-95	PHX	74	18.6	5.1	11.1	.460	2.0	5.6	2.8	3.4	2.9	5.5	1.2	0.2	2.1	15.0

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1981-82	BOS	53	564	10.1	.439	21.5	-0.3	0.8	0.5	.042	-3.7	+1.0	-2.7	-0.1
1982-83	BOS	80	2,048	13.2	.519	16.5	2.8	2.4	5.2	.121	-1.0	+1.2	+0.2	+1.2
1983-84	BOS	71	1,154	10.4	.498	16.2	0.5	1.3	1.8	.076	-2.2	+0.4	-1.8	+0.0
1984-85	BOS	75	2,564	14.2	.570	15.9	3.9	2.8	6.6	.124	-0.1	+0.8	+0.7	+1.8
1985-86	BOS	80	2,407	13.6	.562	15.2	3.6	3.2	6.8	.136	-0.1	+1.0	+0.9	+1.8
1986-87	BOS	71	2,499	15.2	.574	18.0	4.1	2.5	6.7	.128	+1.0	+0.3	+1.2	+2.0
1987-88	BOS	81	3,018	15.9	.598	17.3	6.7	1.9	8.6	.136	+2.7	-0.3	+2.4	+3.3
1988-89	2TM	73	2,377	18.0	.554	22.6	5.2	1.4	6.7	.135	+2.9	-0.4	+2.5	+2.7
	BOS	45	1,349	17.5	.553	22.4	2.9	0.8	3.8	.133	+2.7	-0.4	+2.3	+1.5
	SAC	28	1,028	18.6	.554	22.9	2.3	0.6	2.9	.136	+3.1	-0.5	+2.7	+1.2
1989-90	SAC	75	2,727	16.1	.528	23.0	2.7	2.1	4.8	.085	+1.2	-0.1	+1.1	+2.1
1990-91	POR	80	1,710	17.0	.574	20.8	4.1	2.1	6.2	.175	+2.8	+0.9	+3.7	+2.5
1991-92	POR	81	1,595	15.4	.534	20.5	3.1	2.0	5.2	.155	+1.1	+0.8	+1.9	+1.6
1992-93	PHX	80	2,163	14.3	.596	17.3	4.5	1.8	6.2	.139	+1.8	-0.3	+1.4	+1.9
1993-94	PHX	68	1,555	11.8	.524	17.8	1.9	1.0	2.8	.087	-0.8	-0.5	-1.3	+0.3
1994-95	PHX	74	1,374	14.3	.596	17.6	2.8	0.6	3.4	.118	+0.9	-0.4	+0.4	+0.8
Career		1042	—	—	—	—	—	—	71.5	—	—	—	—	+21.9

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1981-82	10	12.9	5.0	1.3	1.1	0.0	0.1	.422	.500	.493
1982-83	7	28.7	9.4	2.0	3.6	0.7	0.1	.389	.400	.429
1983-84	19	13.3	4.8	0.8	2.0	0.5	0.1	.456	.222	.482
1984-85	21	32.7	11.0	2.8	5.8	1.5	0.0	.466	.438	.513
1985-86	18	36.2	15.6	4.2	5.2	2.3	0.1	.554	.412	.638
1986-87	20	38.0	14.8	2.6	4.6	1.2	0.2	.487	.427	.581
1987-88	17	39.4	11.6	3.1	6.4	0.5	0.1	.386	.328	.489
1990-91	16	17.3	8.0	1.8	1.9	0.8	0.2	.448	.306	.546
1991-92	21	21.4	10.6	1.9	2.3	0.7	0.0	.479	.404	.585
1992-93	24	24.6	8.1	2.5	2.3	0.5	0.1	.376	.412	.521
1993-94	10	23.0	8.6	2.3	2.1	0.6	0.1	.458	.425	.630
1994-95	10	13.7	6.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	.500	.462	.700
Career	193	26.1	9.9	2.3	3.4	0.9	0.1	.456	.395	.550

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	531	11.9	2.7	4.1	429–102
Away	511	11.1	2.6	3.9	290–221
In wins	719	11.2	2.6	4.0	719–0
In losses	323	12.0	2.8	4.1	0–323

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	51	12.3	2.6	4.3	37–14
BOS Boston Celtics	11	10.9	2.6	3.5	6–5
BKN Brooklyn Nets	50	10.7	1.9	3.5	39–11
CHA Charlotte Hornets	18	12.8	2.3	5.6	14–4
CHI Chicago Bulls	46	10.5	2.4	4.4	29–17
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	51	11.6	2.4	3.5	35–16
DAL Dallas Mavericks	40	11.8	2.6	4.1	33–7
DEN Denver Nuggets	41	13.1	2.8	3.9	26–15
DET Detroit Pistons	45	10.5	2.4	3.9	30–15
GSW Golden State Warriors	45	14.2	2.6	4.8	31–14
HOU Houston Rockets	39	12.3	3.1	3.4	22–17
IND Indiana Pacers	49	10.3	2.9	3.8	38–11
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	43	12.9	2.8	4.4	31–12
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	46	9.8	2.7	4.4	24–22
MIA Miami Heat	13	10.3	2.6	3.5	12–1
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	44	11.1	2.9	4.1	31–13
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	22	12.0	2.7	3.2	21–1
NYK New York Knicks	53	11.8	2.7	4.1	37–16
ORL Orlando Magic	14	13.0	2.7	4.1	11–3
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	52	10.9	3.0	3.9	30–22
PHX Phoenix Suns	34	10.7	2.9	3.9	17–17
POR Portland Trail Blazers	31	10.5	3.1	4.2	21–10
SAC Sacramento Kings	37	10.6	2.6	3.6	32–5
SAS San Antonio Spurs	38	11.7	2.9	4.4	26–12
UTA Utah Jazz	39	12.5	2.3	3.9	26–13

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Nominal salaries; tracked coverage is limited to seasons in the current dataset.

Danny Ainge plays SG for the Phoenix Suns.

Danny Ainge has averaged 11.5 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 4.0 APG over 14 seasons (1981-82–1994-95).

Danny Ainge's salary is $2,080,000 for the 1994-95 season, with career earnings of about $5.1M.

Danny Ainge is 6-5 (185 lb).

Danny Ainge was drafted in 1981, round 2, pick 31, by the Boston Celtics.