Metta World Peace

Seasons 1999-00–2016-17 · 17 on record · Ht 6-7 · b. 1979

★ Defensive POYAll-StarAll-NBA4× All-Defense

Player info

Nickname	Ron-Ron
Position	SF
Number	#15 (also #23, #91, #93, #96, #37, #51)
Team	Los Angeles Lakers
Height	6-7
Weight	260 lb
Born	1979-11-13
College	St. John's
Drafted	1999 · Round 1, Pick 16 · Chicago Bulls
Seasons	1999-00–2016-17 (17)

Career averages

13.2 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 2.7 APG · 991 games · .414 FG% · .339 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1999-00	CHI	20	72	31.1	.407	.314	.674	4.3	2.8	1.7	0.5	12.0	13.4	.491
2000-01	CHI	21	76	31.1	.401	.291	.750	3.9	3.0	2.0	0.6	11.9	13.6	.483
2001-02	2TM	22	55	29.9	.423	.312	.667	4.9	2.3	2.6	0.7	13.2	15.8	.501
	CHI	22	27	30.5	.433	.396	.628	4.9	2.9	2.8	0.9	15.6	18.4	.516
	IND	22	28	29.3	.411	.215	.733	5.0	1.8	2.4	0.6	10.9	13.2	.481
2002-03	IND	23	69	33.6	.428	.336	.736	5.2	2.9	2.3	0.7	15.5	17.6	.529
2003-04	IND	24	73	37.2	.421	.310	.733	5.3	3.7	2.1	0.7	18.3	18.2	.511
2004-05	IND	25	7	41.6	.496	.412	.922	6.4	3.1	1.7	0.9	24.6	23.5	.608
2005-06	2TM	26	56	39.4	.404	.308	.675	5.1	3.6	2.2	0.7	17.6	15.2	.491
	IND	26	16	37.7	.460	.333	.612	4.9	2.2	2.6	0.7	19.4	18.1	.534
	SAC	26	40	40.1	.383	.302	.717	5.2	4.2	2.0	0.8	16.9	14.1	.474
2006-07	SAC	27	70	37.7	.440	.358	.740	6.5	3.4	2.1	0.6	18.8	18.5	.538
2007-08	SAC	28	57	38.1	.453	.380	.719	5.8	3.5	2.3	0.7	20.5	18.8	.535
2008-09	HOU	29	69	35.5	.401	.399	.748	5.2	3.3	1.5	0.3	17.1	15.6	.512
2009-10	LAL	30	77	33.8	.414	.355	.688	4.3	3.0	1.4	0.3	11.0	12.1	.514
2010-11	LAL	31	82	29.4	.397	.356	.676	3.3	2.1	1.5	0.4	8.5	11.2	.485
2011-12	LAL	32	64	26.9	.394	.296	.617	3.4	2.2	1.1	0.4	7.7	11.0	.478
2012-13	LAL	33	75	33.7	.403	.342	.734	5.0	1.5	1.6	0.6	12.4	12.5	.517
2013-14	NYK	34	29	13.4	.397	.315	.625	2.0	0.6	0.8	0.3	4.8	11.7	.469
2015-16	LAL	36	35	16.9	.311	.310	.702	2.5	0.8	0.6	0.3	5.0	8.3	.435
2016-17	LAL	37	25	6.4	.279	.237	.625	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.1	2.3	6.5	.380

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1999-00	CHI	72	63	2,238	309	759	.407	60	191	188	279	308	202	119	39	166	866
2000-01	CHI	76	74	2,363	327	815	.401	43	148	210	280	294	228	152	45	159	907
2001-02	2TM	55	50	1,642	269	636	.423	53	170	136	204	271	127	141	39	118	727
	CHI	27	26	823	152	351	.433	36	91	81	129	131	77	75	23	69	421
	IND	28	24	819	117	285	.411	17	79	55	75	140	50	66	16	49	306
2002-03	IND	69	67	2,317	362	846	.428	71	211	273	371	362	198	159	50	145	1,068
2003-04	IND	73	71	2,714	468	1,112	.421	75	242	322	439	385	272	152	50	202	1,333
2004-05	IND	7	7	291	59	119	.496	7	17	47	51	45	22	12	6	17	172
2005-06	2TM	56	56	2,207	350	867	.404	78	253	206	305	286	203	122	41	131	984
	IND	16	16	603	109	237	.460	18	54	74	121	78	35	42	11	43	310
	SAC	40	40	1,604	241	630	.383	60	199	132	184	208	168	80	30	88	674
2006-07	SAC	70	65	2,641	458	1,040	.440	93	260	307	415	454	235	149	43	146	1,316
2007-08	SAC	57	54	2,172	436	962	.453	84	221	212	295	328	199	133	38	148	1,168
2008-09	HOU	69	55	2,452	416	1,037	.401	153	383	196	262	359	229	105	24	140	1,181
2009-10	LAL	77	77	2,605	306	740	.414	105	296	128	186	331	234	106	21	121	845
2010-11	LAL	82	82	2,410	261	658	.397	83	233	92	136	267	175	124	36	90	697
2011-12	LAL	64	45	1,720	183	465	.394	56	189	71	115	218	140	69	27	69	493
2012-13	LAL	75	66	2,530	332	824	.403	141	412	124	169	372	112	122	42	98	929
2013-14	NYK	29	1	388	56	141	.397	17	54	10	16	59	17	24	8	19	139
2015-16	LAL	35	5	590	55	177	.311	26	84	40	57	89	27	22	11	15	176
2016-17	LAL	25	2	160	19	68	.279	9	38	10	16	20	11	10	2	7	57
Career		991	—	—	4,666	11,266	.414	1154	3402	2572	3596	4448	2631	1721	522	1791	13,058

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1999-00	CHI	72	31.1	5.0	12.2	.407	1.0	3.1	3.0	4.5	5.0	3.2	1.9	0.6	2.7	13.9
2000-01	CHI	76	31.1	5.0	12.4	.401	0.7	2.3	3.2	4.3	4.5	3.5	2.3	0.7	2.4	13.8
2001-02	2TM	55	29.9	5.9	13.9	.423	1.2	3.7	3.0	4.5	5.9	2.8	3.1	0.9	2.6	15.9
	CHI	27	30.5	6.6	15.4	.433	1.6	4.0	3.5	5.6	5.7	3.4	3.3	1.0	3.0	18.4
	IND	28	29.2	5.1	12.5	.411	0.7	3.5	2.4	3.3	6.2	2.2	2.9	0.7	2.2	13.5
2002-03	IND	69	33.6	5.6	13.1	.428	1.1	3.3	4.2	5.8	5.6	3.1	2.5	0.8	2.3	16.6
2003-04	IND	73	37.2	6.2	14.8	.421	1.0	3.2	4.3	5.8	5.1	3.6	2.0	0.7	2.7	17.7
2004-05	IND	7	41.6	7.3	14.7	.496	0.9	2.1	5.8	6.3	5.6	2.7	1.5	0.7	2.1	21.3
2005-06	2TM	56	39.4	5.7	14.1	.404	1.3	4.1	3.4	5.0	4.7	3.3	2.0	0.7	2.1	16.1
	IND	16	37.7	6.5	14.1	.460	1.1	3.2	4.4	7.2	4.7	2.1	2.5	0.7	2.6	18.5
	SAC	40	40.1	5.4	14.1	.383	1.3	4.5	3.0	4.1	4.7	3.8	1.8	0.7	2.0	15.1
2006-07	SAC	70	37.7	6.2	14.2	.440	1.3	3.5	4.2	5.7	6.2	3.2	2.0	0.6	2.0	17.9
2007-08	SAC	57	38.1	7.2	15.9	.453	1.4	3.7	3.5	4.9	5.4	3.3	2.2	0.6	2.5	19.4
2008-09	HOU	69	35.5	6.1	15.2	.401	2.2	5.6	2.9	3.8	5.3	3.4	1.5	0.4	2.1	17.3
2009-10	LAL	77	33.8	4.2	10.2	.414	1.5	4.1	1.8	2.6	4.6	3.2	1.5	0.3	1.7	11.7
2010-11	LAL	82	29.4	3.9	9.8	.397	1.2	3.5	1.4	2.0	4.0	2.6	1.9	0.5	1.3	10.4
2011-12	LAL	64	26.9	3.8	9.7	.394	1.2	4.0	1.5	2.4	4.6	2.9	1.4	0.6	1.4	10.3
2012-13	LAL	75	33.7	4.7	11.7	.403	2.0	5.9	1.8	2.4	5.3	1.6	1.7	0.6	1.4	13.2
2013-14	NYK	29	13.4	5.2	13.1	.397	1.6	5.0	0.9	1.5	5.5	1.6	2.2	0.7	1.8	12.9
2015-16	LAL	35	16.9	3.4	10.8	.311	1.6	5.1	2.4	3.5	5.4	1.6	1.3	0.7	0.9	10.7
2016-17	LAL	25	6.4	4.3	15.3	.279	2.0	8.5	2.2	3.6	4.5	2.5	2.2	0.5	1.6	12.8

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

Advanced stats

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1999-00	CHI	72	2,238	13.4	.491	21.4	-0.3	2.6	2.3	.050	-1.1	+0.9	-0.2	+1.0
2000-01	CHI	76	2,363	13.6	.483	21.6	-0.1	2.0	1.9	.039	-1.9	+0.5	-1.3	+0.4
2001-02	2TM	55	1,642	15.8	.501	23.5	0.0	2.7	2.7	.079	-0.4	+3.0	+2.6	+1.9
	CHI	27	823	18.4	.516	26.7	0.2	1.2	1.4	.083	+1.2	+3.0	+4.2	+1.3
	IND	28	819	13.2	.481	20.3	-0.2	1.4	1.3	.075	-2.0	+3.1	+1.0	+0.6
2002-03	IND	69	2,317	17.6	.529	22.5	3.2	4.1	7.2	.150	+0.9	+2.3	+3.2	+3.1
2003-04	IND	73	2,714	18.2	.511	26.2	2.8	5.2	8.0	.141	+1.6	+1.9	+3.5	+3.8
2004-05	IND	7	291	23.5	.608	26.1	0.9	0.4	1.3	.219	+3.8	+1.0	+4.8	+0.5
2005-06	2TM	56	2,207	15.2	.491	23.6	0.5	3.2	3.7	.081	-0.2	+1.3	+1.1	+1.7
	IND	16	603	18.1	.534	25.7	0.4	1.1	1.5	.117	+0.8	+2.2	+3.0	+0.8
	SAC	40	1,604	14.1	.474	22.8	0.1	2.1	2.2	.067	-0.6	+1.0	+0.4	+1.0
2006-07	SAC	70	2,641	18.5	.538	23.3	3.6	3.1	6.7	.122	+1.9	+0.9	+2.8	+3.2
2007-08	SAC	57	2,172	18.8	.535	25.5	2.4	2.2	4.7	.103	+2.1	+0.7	+2.8	+2.6
2008-09	HOU	69	2,452	15.6	.512	24.5	1.6	4.0	5.5	.108	+0.7	+1.2	+1.9	+2.4
2009-10	LAL	77	2,605	12.1	.514	16.2	1.8	3.5	5.3	.098	-0.6	+1.1	+0.5	+1.6
2010-11	LAL	82	2,410	11.2	.485	15.3	1.2	3.2	4.4	.088	-1.4	+1.5	+0.2	+1.3
2011-12	LAL	64	1,720	11.0	.478	15.6	0.9	1.7	2.6	.073	-1.6	+1.0	-0.7	+0.6
2012-13	LAL	75	2,530	12.5	.517	17.5	1.9	2.6	4.6	.086	-0.5	+0.9	+0.4	+1.5
2013-14	NYK	29	388	11.7	.469	20.0	-0.2	0.4	0.3	.032	-1.9	+0.5	-1.4	+0.1
2015-16	LAL	35	590	8.3	.435	16.2	-0.2	0.3	0.1	.008	-3.2	-0.3	-3.5	-0.2
2016-17	LAL	25	160	6.5	.380	21.9	-0.3	0.1	-0.2	-.061	-5.5	-0.7	-6.1	-0.2
Career		991	—	—	—	—	—	—	61.1	—	—	—	—	+25.3

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

Playoff stats

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
2001-02	5	32.6	11.8	6.0	3.2	2.6	0.6	.407	.462	.494
2002-03	6	41.7	19.0	5.8	2.2	2.5	1.0	.389	.387	.530
2003-04	16	38.5	17.2	6.1	3.0	1.3	1.0	.378	.288	.466
2005-06	6	39.2	14.5	4.2	2.5	1.3	0.7	.383	.333	.477
2008-09	13	37.0	15.6	4.3	4.2	1.1	0.2	.394	.277	.471
2009-10	23	36.0	11.2	4.0	2.1	1.5	0.5	.398	.291	.477
2010-11	10	31.4	9.5	4.1	2.0	1.0	0.7	.443	.321	.538
2011-12	10	39.0	7.0	2.1	1.4	1.3	0.4	.367	.389	.522
2012-13	4	27.7	4.5	2.8	1.2	0.5	0.2	.250	.143	.312
Career	93	36.4	12.7	4.4	2.5	1.4	0.6	.389	.308	.482

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	561	11.8	4.0	2.5	338–223
Away	569	11.3	3.8	2.2	218–351
In wins	556	13.0	4.4	2.8	556–0
In losses	574	10.2	3.5	1.9	0–574

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	40	12.6	4.7	2.6	24–16
BOS Boston Celtics	36	10.8	4.2	2.2	19–17
BKN Brooklyn Nets	33	13.5	3.7	2.5	24–9
CHA Charlotte Hornets	45	11.6	4.3	2.5	26–19
CHI Chicago Bulls	28	11.2	4.4	2.3	18–10
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	42	11.3	3.9	2.0	19–23
DAL Dallas Mavericks	44	11.4	4.9	2.0	19–25
DEN Denver Nuggets	42	11.2	3.8	2.3	18–24
DET Detroit Pistons	34	13.0	3.9	2.7	20–14
GSW Golden State Warriors	45	11.8	4.2	3.3	25–20
HOU Houston Rockets	38	14.1	4.0	2.2	15–23
IND Indiana Pacers	26	10.2	3.2	2.8	7–19
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	48	9.8	3.4	2.2	23–25
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	26	14.8	4.4	2.5	7–19
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	43	10.0	3.5	2.3	21–22
MIA Miami Heat	38	13.3	4.3	2.7	19–19
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	38	12.5	3.6	2.5	19–19
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	40	10.7	4.1	2.6	27–13
NOP New Orleans Pelicans	5	4.0	1.4	0.2	2–3
NYK New York Knicks	33	13.7	4.2	2.1	18–15
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder	25	7.6	3.5	1.8	11–14
ORL Orlando Magic	36	11.1	3.7	2.2	18–18
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	35	10.8	4.1	2.2	16–19
PHX Phoenix Suns	45	12.5	3.9	1.9	18–27
POR Portland Trail Blazers	44	10.5	3.5	2.5	20–24
SAC Sacramento Kings	30	8.8	2.8	1.7	15–15
SAS San Antonio Spurs	38	10.6	3.5	1.7	14–24
TOR Toronto Raptors	39	11.3	4.1	2.1	16–23
UTA Utah Jazz	42	11.0	4.2	2.2	19–23
WAS Washington Wizards	36	11.3	3.1	2.1	15–21

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2016-17

Darker = a larger share of this player’s shots came from that range; the number is field-goal % from there.

Range	% of shots	FG%
At the rim (0-3 ft)	13%	.444
In the paint (3-10 ft)	6%	.500
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	6%	.500
Long two (16 ft-3P)	19%	.154
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	56%	.237

Average shot distance 19.6 ft · 0% of attempts were dunks · 26% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
1999-00	$1,079,000
2000-01	$1,160,000
2001-02	$1,241,000
2002-03	$1,904,000
2003-04	$2,676,000
2005-06	$6,842,105
2006-07	$7,526,316
2007-08	$7,400,000
2008-09	$7,400,000
2009-10	$5,854,000
2010-11	$6,322,320
2011-12	$6,790,640
2012-13	$7,727,500
2015-16	$947,276
2016-17	$980,431
Career earnings	$65,850,588

Frequently asked questions

What team does Metta World Peace play for?

Metta World Peace plays SF for the Los Angeles Lakers.

What are Metta World Peace's career stats?

Metta World Peace has averaged 13.2 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 2.7 APG over 17 seasons (1999-00–2016-17).

How much does Metta World Peace make?

Metta World Peace's salary is $980,431 for the 2016-17 season, with career earnings of about $65.9M.

How tall is Metta World Peace?

Metta World Peace is 6-7 (260 lb).

When was Metta World Peace drafted?

Metta World Peace was drafted in 1999, round 1, pick 16, by the Chicago Bulls.