Charles Barkley

Seasons 1984-85–1999-00 · 16 on record · Ht 6-6 · b. 1963

★ Hall of Fame★ MVP11× All-Star11× All-NBA

Player info

Nickname	Sir Charles
Position	PF
Number	#34 (also #32, #4)
Team	Houston Rockets
Height	6-6
Weight	252 lb
Born	1963-02-20
College	Auburn
Drafted	1984 · Round 1, Pick 5 · Philadelphia 76ers
Seasons	1984-85–1999-00 (16)

Career averages

22.1 PPG, 11.7 RPG, 3.9 APG · 1073 games · .541 FG% · .266 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1984-85	PHI	21	82	28.6	.545	.167	.733	8.6	1.9	1.2	1.0	14.0	18.3	.599
1985-86	PHI	22	80	36.9	.572	.227	.685	12.8	3.9	2.2	1.6	20.0	22.4	.619
1986-87	PHI	23	68	40.3	.594	.202	.761	14.6	4.9	1.8	1.5	23.0	25.1	.660
1987-88	PHI	24	80	39.6	.587	.280	.751	11.9	3.2	1.3	1.3	28.3	27.6	.665
1988-89	PHI	25	79	39.1	.579	.216	.753	12.5	4.1	1.6	0.8	25.8	27.0	.653
1989-90	PHI	26	79	39.1	.600	.217	.749	11.5	3.9	1.9	0.6	25.2	27.1	.661
1990-91	PHI	27	67	37.3	.570	.284	.722	10.1	4.2	1.6	0.5	27.6	28.9	.635
1991-92	PHI	28	75	38.4	.552	.234	.695	11.1	4.1	1.8	0.6	23.1	24.5	.612
1992-93	PHX	29	76	37.6	.520	.305	.765	12.2	5.1	1.6	1.0	25.6	25.9	.596
1993-94	PHX	30	65	35.4	.495	.270	.704	11.2	4.6	1.6	0.6	21.6	22.8	.563
1994-95	PHX	31	68	35.0	.486	.338	.748	11.1	4.1	1.6	0.7	23.0	25.2	.572
1995-96	PHX	32	71	37.1	.500	.280	.777	11.6	3.7	1.6	0.8	23.2	24.8	.585
1996-97	HOU	33	53	37.9	.484	.283	.694	13.5	4.7	1.3	0.5	19.2	23.0	.581
1997-98	HOU	34	68	33.0	.485	.214	.746	11.7	3.2	1.0	0.4	15.2	21.6	.564
1998-99	HOU	35	42	36.3	.478	.160	.719	12.3	4.6	1.0	0.3	16.1	23.1	.546
1999-00	HOU	36	20	31.0	.477	.231	.645	10.5	3.2	0.7	0.2	14.5	19.8	.534

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1984-85	PHI	82	60	2,347	427	783	.545	1	6	293	400	703	155	95	80	209	1,148
1985-86	PHI	80	80	2,952	595	1,041	.572	17	75	396	578	1026	312	173	125	350	1,603
1986-87	PHI	68	62	2,740	557	937	.594	21	104	429	564	994	331	119	104	322	1,564
1987-88	PHI	80	80	3,170	753	1,283	.587	44	157	714	951	951	254	100	103	304	2,264
1988-89	PHI	79	79	3,088	700	1,208	.579	35	162	602	799	986	325	126	67	254	2,037
1989-90	PHI	79	79	3,085	706	1,177	.600	20	92	557	744	909	307	148	50	243	1,989
1990-91	PHI	67	67	2,498	665	1,167	.570	44	155	475	658	680	284	110	33	210	1,849
1991-92	PHI	75	75	2,881	622	1,126	.552	32	137	454	653	830	308	136	44	235	1,730
1992-93	PHX	76	76	2,859	716	1,376	.520	67	220	445	582	928	385	119	74	233	1,944
1993-94	PHX	65	65	2,298	518	1,046	.495	48	178	318	452	727	296	101	37	206	1,402
1994-95	PHX	68	66	2,382	554	1,141	.486	74	219	379	507	756	276	110	45	150	1,561
1995-96	PHX	71	71	2,632	580	1,160	.500	49	175	440	566	821	262	114	56	218	1,649
1996-97	HOU	53	53	2,009	335	692	.484	58	205	288	415	716	248	69	25	151	1,016
1997-98	HOU	68	41	2,243	361	744	.485	18	84	296	397	794	217	71	28	147	1,036
1998-99	HOU	42	40	1,526	240	502	.478	4	25	192	267	516	192	43	13	100	676
1999-00	HOU	20	18	620	106	222	.477	6	26	71	110	209	63	14	4	44	289
Career		1073	—	—	8,435	15,605	.541	538	2020	6349	8643	12546	4215	1648	888	3376	23,757

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1984-85	PHI	82	28.6	6.5	12.0	.545	0.0	0.1	4.5	6.1	10.8	2.4	1.5	1.2	3.2	17.6
1985-86	PHI	80	36.9	7.3	12.7	.572	0.2	0.9	4.8	7.0	12.5	3.8	2.1	1.5	4.3	19.5
1986-87	PHI	68	40.3	7.3	12.3	.594	0.3	1.4	5.6	7.4	13.1	4.3	1.6	1.4	4.2	20.5
1987-88	PHI	80	39.6	8.6	14.6	.587	0.5	1.8	8.1	10.8	10.8	2.9	1.1	1.2	3.5	25.7
1988-89	PHI	79	39.1	8.2	14.1	.579	0.4	1.9	7.0	9.3	11.5	3.8	1.5	0.8	3.0	23.7
1989-90	PHI	79	39.1	8.2	13.7	.600	0.2	1.1	6.5	8.7	10.6	3.6	1.7	0.6	2.8	23.2
1990-91	PHI	67	37.3	9.6	16.8	.570	0.6	2.2	6.8	9.5	9.8	4.1	1.6	0.5	3.0	26.6
1991-92	PHI	75	38.4	7.8	14.1	.552	0.4	1.7	5.7	8.2	10.4	3.8	1.7	0.5	2.9	21.6
1992-93	PHX	76	37.6	9.0	17.3	.520	0.8	2.8	5.6	7.3	11.7	4.8	1.5	0.9	2.9	24.5
1993-94	PHX	65	35.4	8.1	16.4	.495	0.8	2.8	5.0	7.1	11.4	4.6	1.6	0.6	3.2	22.0
1994-95	PHX	68	35.0	8.4	17.2	.486	1.1	3.3	5.7	7.7	11.4	4.2	1.7	0.7	2.3	23.6
1995-96	PHX	71	37.1	7.9	15.9	.500	0.7	2.4	6.0	7.7	11.2	3.6	1.6	0.8	3.0	22.6
1996-97	HOU	53	37.9	6.0	12.4	.484	1.0	3.7	5.2	7.4	12.8	4.4	1.2	0.4	2.7	18.2
1997-98	HOU	68	33.0	5.8	11.9	.485	0.3	1.3	4.8	6.4	12.7	3.5	1.1	0.4	2.4	16.6
1998-99	HOU	42	36.3	5.7	11.8	.478	0.1	0.6	4.5	6.3	12.2	4.5	1.0	0.3	2.4	15.9
1999-00	HOU	20	31.0	6.2	12.9	.477	0.3	1.5	4.1	6.4	12.1	3.7	0.8	0.2	2.6	16.8

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
1984-85	PHI	82	2,347	18.3	.599	20.0	4.2	3.3	7.5	.154	+1.3	+0.4	+1.7	+2.2
1985-86	PHI	80	2,952	22.4	.619	22.4	5.4	5.5	10.8	.176	+3.1	+2.1	+5.1	+5.3
1986-87	PHI	68	2,740	25.1	.660	23.1	7.7	4.3	12.0	.210	+5.4	+1.3	+6.7	+6.0
1987-88	PHI	80	3,170	27.6	.665	26.7	13.4	3.3	16.7	.253	+7.3	+0.1	+7.4	+7.5
1988-89	PHI	79	3,088	27.0	.653	24.4	13.2	2.9	16.1	.250	+7.3	+0.2	+7.5	+7.4
1989-90	PHI	79	3,085	27.1	.661	24.0	13.1	4.2	17.3	.269	+7.2	+1.0	+8.2	+8.0
1990-91	PHI	67	2,498	28.9	.635	29.1	10.3	3.1	13.4	.258	+8.3	+1.0	+9.3	+7.0
1991-92	PHI	75	2,881	24.5	.612	25.1	8.6	3.7	12.3	.205	+5.6	+0.8	+6.3	+6.1
1992-93	PHX	76	2,859	25.9	.596	26.9	9.6	4.8	14.4	.242	+6.3	+1.4	+7.8	+7.1
1993-94	PHX	65	2,298	22.8	.563	26.5	5.6	3.3	8.8	.185	+4.5	+0.7	+5.2	+4.2
1994-95	PHX	68	2,382	25.2	.572	27.5	7.4	3.3	10.6	.214	+5.6	+0.7	+6.3	+5.0
1995-96	PHX	71	2,632	24.8	.585	27.5	7.0	3.5	10.5	.191	+5.0	+0.6	+5.7	+5.1
1996-97	HOU	53	2,009	23.0	.581	23.2	5.7	3.7	9.4	.224	+4.5	+1.2	+5.7	+3.9
1997-98	HOU	68	2,243	21.6	.564	21.6	6.1	2.5	8.6	.183	+3.2	-0.4	+2.8	+2.7
1998-99	HOU	42	1,526	23.1	.546	22.2	4.8	2.0	6.8	.215	+4.3	+0.3	+4.5	+2.5
1999-00	HOU	20	620	19.8	.534	22.3	1.3	0.6	1.9	.148	+2.6	-0.6	+2.0	+0.6
Career		1073	—	—	—	—	—	—	177.1	—	—	—	—	+80.6

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%
1984-85	13	31.4	14.9	11.1	2.0	1.8	1.2	.540	.667	.582
1985-86	12	41.4	25.0	15.8	5.6	2.2	1.2	.578	.067	.631
1986-87	5	42.0	24.6	12.6	2.4	0.8	1.6	.573	.125	.649
1988-89	3	45.0	27.0	11.7	5.3	1.7	0.7	.644	.200	.691
1989-90	10	41.9	24.7	15.5	4.3	0.8	0.7	.543	.333	.589
1990-91	8	40.8	24.9	10.5	6.0	1.9	0.4	.592	.100	.630
1992-93	24	42.8	26.6	13.6	4.2	1.6	1.1	.477	.222	.552
1993-94	10	42.5	27.6	13.0	4.8	2.5	0.9	.509	.350	.575
1994-95	10	39.0	25.7	13.4	3.2	1.3	1.1	.500	.257	.580
1995-96	4	41.0	25.5	13.5	3.8	1.0	1.0	.443	.250	.562
1996-97	16	37.4	17.9	12.0	3.4	1.2	0.4	.434	.289	.557
1997-98	5	21.5	7.2	4.2	0.8	1.0	0.0	.522	0.000	.558
1998-99	4	38.8	23.5	13.8	3.8	1.5	0.5	.529	.286	.579
Career	124	39.3	22.8	12.8	3.9	1.6	0.9	.513	.255	.584

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	557	21.7	11.8	4.0	409–148
Away	557	21.0	10.7	3.6	270–287
In wins	679	21.8	11.8	4.1	679–0
In losses	435	20.5	10.4	3.3	0–435

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	48	23.2	11.8	3.9	26–22
BOS Boston Celtics	52	22.5	10.8	3.5	26–26
BKN Brooklyn Nets	52	20.6	11.3	4.6	36–16
CHA Charlotte Hornets	25	21.8	11.6	4.8	12–13
CHI Chicago Bulls	47	22.7	11.3	3.5	25–22
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	49	19.9	10.9	4.0	27–22
DAL Dallas Mavericks	43	19.1	12.6	3.7	33–10
DEN Denver Nuggets	42	18.7	9.9	3.9	28–14
DET Detroit Pistons	49	22.1	11.4	3.4	22–27
GSW Golden State Warriors	42	23.6	12.3	3.7	29–13
HOU Houston Rockets	29	22.0	12.1	4.7	14–15
IND Indiana Pacers	49	22.4	11.2	3.7	36–13
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	41	21.0	11.1	4.2	33–8
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	43	21.7	12.0	3.2	19–24
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	18	16.6	10.6	4.1	15–3
MIA Miami Heat	26	22.3	8.6	2.9	20–6
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	46	21.3	11.2	3.4	27–19
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	27	17.4	10.4	3.8	22–5
NYK New York Knicks	50	22.6	11.1	3.4	30–20
ORL Orlando Magic	23	19.7	10.3	3.7	10–13
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	12	23.0	12.4	5.8	10–2
PHX Phoenix Suns	28	19.9	10.6	3.3	14–14
POR Portland Trail Blazers	40	22.6	11.4	3.9	24–16
SAC Sacramento Kings	45	21.6	11.7	4.1	36–9
SAS San Antonio Spurs	42	21.8	11.5	3.5	20–22
TOR Toronto Raptors	7	16.6	8.6	3.4	6–1
UTA Utah Jazz	42	17.6	9.8	3.6	18–24
WAS Washington Wizards	2	17.0	11.5	4.0	1–1

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 1999-00

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)	38%	.738
In the paint (3-10 ft)	19%	.357
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	18%	.308
Long two (16 ft-3P)	14%	.355
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	12%	.231

Average shot distance 10.4 ft · 5% of attempts were dunks · 23% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
1990-91	$2,900,000
1991-92	$3,200,000
1992-93	$2,420,000
1993-94	$3,250,000
1994-95	$4,030,000
1995-96	$4,760,000
1996-97	$4,695,000
1997-98	$2,250,000
1998-99	$1,000,000
Career earnings	$28,505,000

Frequently asked questions

What team does Charles Barkley play for?

Charles Barkley plays PF for the Houston Rockets.

What are Charles Barkley's career stats?

Charles Barkley has averaged 22.1 PPG, 11.7 RPG, 3.9 APG over 16 seasons (1984-85–1999-00).

How much does Charles Barkley make?

Charles Barkley's salary is $1,000,000 for the 1998-99 season, with career earnings of about $28.5M.

How tall is Charles Barkley?

Charles Barkley is 6-6 (252 lb).

When was Charles Barkley drafted?

Charles Barkley was drafted in 1984, round 1, pick 5, by the Philadelphia 76ers.