Benoit Benjamin

Seasons 1985-86–1999-00 · 15 on record · Ht 7-0 · b. 1964

Player info

Nickname	Big Ben
Position	C
Number	#00 (also #7)
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers
Height	7-0
Weight	250 lb
Born	1964-11-22
College	Creighton
Drafted	1985 · Round 1, Pick 3 · Los Angeles Clippers
Seasons	1985-86–1999-00 (15)

Career averages

11.4 PPG, 7.5 RPG, 1.3 APG · 807 games · .497 FG% · .048 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1985-86	LAC	21	79	26.4	.490	.333	.746	7.6	1.0	0.8	2.6	11.1	16.1	.551
1986-87	LAC	22	72	31.0	.449	0.000	.715	8.1	1.9	0.8	2.6	11.5	12.6	.500
1987-88	LAC	23	66	32.9	.491	0.000	.706	8.0	2.6	0.8	3.4	13.0	14.1	.534
1988-89	LAC	24	79	32.7	.541	0.000	.744	8.8	2.0	0.7	2.8	16.4	17.4	.593
1989-90	LAC	25	71	32.6	.526	0.000	.732	9.3	2.2	0.8	2.6	13.5	16.7	.578
1990-91	2TM	26	70	31.9	.496	—	.712	10.3	1.7	0.8	2.1	14.0	15.1	.541
	LAC	26	39	34.3	.492	—	.728	12.0	1.9	0.7	2.3	14.9	15.2	.539
	SEA	26	31	29.0	.502	—	.690	8.2	1.5	0.9	1.7	12.9	15.1	.544
1991-92	SEA	27	63	30.8	.478	0.000	.687	8.1	1.2	0.6	1.9	14.0	14.1	.517
1992-93	2TM	28	59	12.8	.491	—	.663	3.5	0.4	0.5	0.8	5.7	13.2	.529
	SEA	28	31	14.5	.497	—	.701	3.6	0.4	0.5	1.1	6.7	14.7	.543
	LAL	28	28	10.9	.481	—	.595	3.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	4.5	11.0	.507
1993-94	NJN	29	77	23.6	.480	—	.710	6.5	0.6	0.5	1.2	9.3	14.2	.525
1994-95	NJN	30	61	26.2	.510	—	.760	7.2	0.6	0.4	1.0	11.1	13.9	.555
1995-96	2TM	31	83	22.8	.498	0.000	.722	6.5	0.8	0.5	1.0	8.8	14.4	.539
	VAN	31	13	31.1	.441	—	.696	7.9	1.2	0.8	1.2	13.9	13.6	.488
	MIL	31	70	21.3	.520	0.000	.732	6.2	0.7	0.5	1.0	7.8	14.6	.558
1996-97	TOR	32	4	11.0	.417	—	.750	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	3.3	8.9	.472
1997-98	PHI	33	14	14.1	.537	—	.633	3.8	0.2	0.3	0.3	4.5	12.5	.581
1998-99	PHI	34	6	5.5	.286	—	—	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.7	-1.5	.286
1999-00	CLE	35	3	2.7	.333	—	—	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	5.5	.333

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1985-86	LAC	79	37	2,088	324	661	.490	1	3	229	307	600	79	64	206	145	878
1986-87	LAC	72	61	2,230	320	713	.449	0	2	188	263	586	135	60	187	184	828
1987-88	LAC	66	59	2,171	340	693	.491	0	8	180	255	530	172	50	225	223	860
1988-89	LAC	79	62	2,585	491	907	.541	0	2	317	426	696	157	57	221	237	1,299
1989-90	LAC	71	58	2,313	362	688	.526	0	1	235	321	657	159	59	187	187	959
1990-91	2TM	70	65	2,236	386	778	.496	0	0	210	295	723	119	54	145	235	982
	LAC	39	38	1,337	229	465	.492	0	0	123	169	469	74	26	91	138	581
	SEA	31	27	899	157	313	.502	0	0	87	126	254	45	28	54	97	401
1991-92	SEA	63	61	1,941	354	740	.478	0	2	171	249	513	76	39	118	175	879
1992-93	2TM	59	6	754	133	271	.491	0	0	69	104	209	22	31	48	78	335
	SEA	31	6	448	81	163	.497	0	0	47	67	113	12	17	35	42	209
	LAL	28	0	306	52	108	.481	0	0	22	37	96	10	14	13	36	126
1993-94	NJN	77	74	1,817	283	589	.480	0	0	152	214	499	44	35	90	97	718
1994-95	NJN	61	57	1,598	271	531	.510	0	0	133	175	440	38	23	64	125	675
1995-96	2TM	83	71	1,896	294	590	.498	0	3	140	194	539	64	45	85	144	728
	VAN	13	13	404	71	161	.441	0	0	39	56	103	16	10	15	34	181
	MIL	70	58	1,492	223	429	.520	0	3	101	138	436	48	35	70	110	547
1996-97	TOR	4	3	44	5	12	.417	0	0	3	4	9	1	1	0	2	13
1997-98	PHI	14	0	197	22	41	.537	0	0	19	30	53	3	4	4	12	63
1998-99	PHI	6	0	33	2	7	.286	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	3	4
1999-00	CLE	3	0	8	1	3	.333	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2
Career		807	—	—	3,588	7,224	.497	1	21	2046	2837	6063	1070	522	1581	1847	9,223

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1985-86	LAC	79	26.4	5.6	11.4	.490	0.1	3.9	5.3	10.3	1.4	1.1	3.6	2.5	15.1
1986-87	LAC	72	31.0	5.2	11.5	.449	0.0	3.0	4.2	9.5	2.2	1.0	3.0	3.0	13.4
1987-88	LAC	66	32.9	5.6	11.5	.491	0.1	3.0	4.2	8.8	2.9	0.8	3.7	3.7	14.3
1988-89	LAC	79	32.7	6.8	12.6	.541	0.0	4.4	5.9	9.7	2.2	0.8	3.1	3.3	18.1
1989-90	LAC	71	32.6	5.6	10.7	.526	0.0	3.7	5.0	10.2	2.5	0.9	2.9	2.9	14.9
1990-91	2TM	70	31.9	6.2	12.5	.496	0.0	3.4	4.7	11.6	1.9	0.9	2.3	3.8	15.8
	LAC	39	34.3	6.2	12.5	.492	0.0	3.3	4.6	12.6	2.0	0.7	2.5	3.7	15.6
	SEA	31	29.0	6.3	12.5	.502	0.0	3.5	5.0	10.2	1.8	1.1	2.2	3.9	16.1
1991-92	SEA	63	30.8	6.6	13.7	.478	0.0	3.2	4.6	9.5	1.4	0.7	2.2	3.2	16.3
1992-93	2TM	59	12.8	6.4	12.9	.491	0.0	3.3	5.0	10.0	1.1	1.5	2.3	3.7	16.0
	SEA	31	14.5	6.5	13.1	.497	0.0	3.8	5.4	9.1	1.0	1.4	2.8	3.4	16.8
	LAL	28	10.9	6.1	12.7	.481	0.0	2.6	4.4	11.3	1.2	1.6	1.5	4.2	14.8
1993-94	NJN	77	23.6	5.6	11.7	.480	0.0	3.0	4.2	9.9	0.9	0.7	1.8	1.9	14.2
1994-95	NJN	61	26.2	6.1	12.0	.510	0.0	3.0	3.9	9.9	0.9	0.5	1.4	2.8	15.2
1995-96	2TM	83	22.8	5.6	11.2	.498	0.1	2.7	3.7	10.2	1.2	0.9	1.6	2.7	13.8
	VAN	13	31.1	6.3	14.3	.441	0.0	3.5	5.0	9.2	1.4	0.9	1.3	3.0	16.1
	MIL	70	21.3	5.4	10.4	.520	0.1	2.4	3.3	10.5	1.2	0.8	1.7	2.7	13.2
1996-97	TOR	4	11.0	4.1	9.8	.417	0.0	2.5	3.3	7.4	0.8	0.8	0.0	1.6	10.6
1997-98	PHI	14	14.1	4.0	7.5	.537	0.0	3.5	5.5	9.7	0.5	0.7	0.7	2.2	11.5
1998-99	PHI	6	5.5	2.2	7.6	.286	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.7	1.1	0.0	0.0	3.3	4.4
1999-00	CLE	3	2.7	4.5	13.5	.333	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	9.0

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
1985-86	LAC	79	2,088	16.1	.551	18.1	1.7	2.3	4.0	.093	-1.6	+1.1	-0.5	+0.8
1986-87	LAC	72	2,230	12.6	.500	18.1	-1.3	2.4	1.1	.024	-3.3	+1.2	-2.1	-0.1
1987-88	LAC	66	2,171	14.1	.534	19.3	-1.4	3.5	2.0	.045	-2.8	+2.8	-0.1	+1.0
1988-89	LAC	79	2,585	17.4	.593	20.3	2.3	2.9	5.1	.095	-0.4	+0.8	+0.3	+1.5
1989-90	LAC	71	2,313	16.7	.578	18.4	1.7	3.7	5.4	.113	-0.5	+2.1	+1.6	+2.1
1990-91	2TM	70	2,236	15.1	.541	21.0	-0.7	3.7	3.0	.064	-1.9	+0.8	-1.1	+0.5
	LAC	39	1,337	15.2	.539	20.6	-0.5	2.4	1.9	.068	-2.1	+1.1	-1.0	+0.3
	SEA	31	899	15.1	.544	21.8	-0.2	1.3	1.1	.059	-1.6	+0.3	-1.2	+0.2
1991-92	SEA	63	1,941	14.1	.517	22.2	-0.3	2.5	2.2	.054	-1.9	+0.0	-1.9	+0.0
1992-93	2TM	59	754	13.2	.529	22.2	-0.5	1.4	0.9	.057	-4.6	+0.8	-3.8	-0.3
	SEA	31	448	14.7	.543	22.0	0.0	0.9	0.9	.093	-3.5	+1.3	-2.2	+0.0
	LAL	28	306	11.0	.507	22.4	-0.5	0.5	0.0	.003	-6.2	+0.1	-6.1	-0.3
1993-94	NJN	77	1,817	14.2	.525	18.1	1.4	2.6	4.1	.107	-2.0	+0.0	-2.1	+0.0
1994-95	NJN	61	1,598	13.9	.555	20.1	0.1	2.1	2.2	.066	-2.6	-0.2	-2.8	-0.3
1995-96	2TM	83	1,896	14.4	.539	19.8	0.1	2.2	2.3	.057	-2.3	-0.3	-2.6	-0.3
	VAN	13	404	13.6	.488	24.8	-0.4	0.5	0.1	.010	-2.6	-1.2	-3.8	-0.2
	MIL	70	1,492	14.6	.558	18.4	0.5	1.7	2.2	.070	-2.2	-0.1	-2.3	-0.1
1996-97	TOR	4	44	8.9	.472	16.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.033	-3.8	-1.6	-5.4	+0.0
1997-98	PHI	14	197	12.5	.581	15.1	0.2	0.2	0.4	.098	-2.1	-1.1	-3.2	-0.1
1998-99	PHI	6	33	-1.5	.286	13.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-.100	-9.1	-2.6	-11.7	-0.1
1999-00	CLE	3	8	5.5	.333	16.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	-.036	-6.0	-0.3	-6.3	+0.0
Career		807	—	—	—	—	—	—	32.6	—	—	—	—	+4.7

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%
1990-91	5	32.6	13.8	6.6	0.2	0.6	2.6	.488	—	.626
1991-92	9	17.9	6.1	5.1	0.6	0.6	1.4	.561	0.000	.562
1993-94	4	27.0	5.2	5.2	0.2	0.5	2.0	.412	—	.512
Career	18	24.0	8.1	5.6	0.4	0.6	1.9	.505	0.000	.582

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	416	11.7	7.8	1.4	203–213
Away	407	10.7	6.9	1.2	102–305
In wins	305	12.2	7.9	1.3	305–0
In losses	518	10.6	7.1	1.3	0–518

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	31	9.5	5.6	1.1	9–22
BOS Boston Celtics	27	10.6	7.2	1.4	8–19
BKN Brooklyn Nets	20	9.5	6.0	1.4	11–9
CHA Charlotte Hornets	27	11.6	7.9	1.3	10–17
CHI Chicago Bulls	26	9.8	6.7	1.2	6–20
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	26	8.4	6.5	1.2	8–18
DAL Dallas Mavericks	36	11.9	8.2	1.7	15–21
DEN Denver Nuggets	36	11.5	6.9	1.0	18–18
DET Detroit Pistons	28	11.2	7.0	1.0	13–15
GSW Golden State Warriors	39	12.0	7.4	1.2	14–25
HOU Houston Rockets	32	13.1	8.6	1.5	11–21
IND Indiana Pacers	26	12.3	8.1	1.3	11–15
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	20	10.4	7.3	0.8	12–8
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	46	12.4	7.5	1.7	13–33
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	2	8.5	5.5	0.5	1–1
MIA Miami Heat	21	14.0	8.3	1.2	7–14
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	24	9.9	6.8	1.1	11–13
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	20	12.8	7.2	1.1	15–5
NYK New York Knicks	31	7.9	6.5	0.7	10–21
ORL Orlando Magic	24	10.1	6.3	1.2	10–14
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	23	10.7	6.2	1.4	8–15
PHX Phoenix Suns	41	11.4	7.9	2.1	11–30
POR Portland Trail Blazers	39	13.2	8.3	1.5	8–31
SAC Sacramento Kings	36	11.9	8.5	1.0	20–16
SAS San Antonio Spurs	37	11.8	7.6	1.6	8–29
TOR Toronto Raptors	5	2.4	2.4	0.4	3–2
UTA Utah Jazz	37	10.6	7.8	1.4	11–26

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)	33%	1.000
In the paint (3-10 ft)	67%	0.000
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	0%	—
Long two (16 ft-3P)	0%	—
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	0%	—

Average shot distance 4.3 ft · 0% of attempts were dunks

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
1990-91	$1,750,000
1991-92	$2,875,000
1992-93	$3,175,000
1993-94	$3,575,000
1994-95	$3,774,600
1995-96	$3,975,000
Career earnings	$19,124,600

Frequently asked questions

What team does Benoit Benjamin play for?

Benoit Benjamin plays C for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

What are Benoit Benjamin's career stats?

Benoit Benjamin has averaged 11.4 PPG, 7.5 RPG, 1.3 APG over 15 seasons (1985-86–1999-00).

How much does Benoit Benjamin make?

Benoit Benjamin's salary is $3,975,000 for the 1995-96 season, with career earnings of about $19.1M.

How tall is Benoit Benjamin?

Benoit Benjamin is 7-0 (250 lb).

When was Benoit Benjamin drafted?

Benoit Benjamin was drafted in 1985, round 1, pick 3, by the Los Angeles Clippers.