Sam Bowie

Seasons 1984-85–1994-95 · 10 on record · Ht 7-1 · b. 1961

Player info

Position	C
Number	#31 (also #30)
Team	Los Angeles Lakers
Height	7-1
Weight	235 lb
Born	1961-03-17
College	Kentucky
Drafted	1984 · Round 1, Pick 2 · Portland Trail Blazers
Seasons	1984-85–1994-95 (10)

10.9 PPG, 7.5 RPG, 2.1 APG · 511 games · .452 FG% · .302 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1984-85	POR	23	76	29.2	.537	—	.711	8.6	2.8	0.7	2.7	10.0	15.7	.578
1985-86	POR	24	38	29.8	.484	—	.708	8.6	2.6	0.6	2.5	11.8	15.2	.539
1986-87	POR	25	5	32.6	.455	—	.667	6.6	1.8	0.2	2.0	16.0	11.8	.505
1988-89	POR	27	20	20.6	.451	.714	.571	5.3	1.8	0.4	1.7	8.6	13.7	.490
1989-90	NJN	28	68	32.5	.416	.323	.776	10.1	1.3	0.6	1.8	14.7	16.2	.499
1990-91	NJN	29	62	30.9	.434	.182	.732	7.7	2.4	0.7	1.5	12.9	14.1	.486
1991-92	NJN	30	71	30.7	.445	.320	.757	8.1	2.6	0.6	1.7	15.0	16.4	.496
1992-93	NJN	31	79	26.5	.450	.333	.779	7.0	1.6	0.4	1.6	9.1	13.2	.500
1993-94	LAL	32	25	22.2	.436	.250	.867	5.2	1.9	0.2	1.1	8.9	13.6	.535
1994-95	LAL	33	67	18.3	.442	.182	.764	4.3	1.8	0.3	1.2	4.6	10.4	.500

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1984-85	POR	76	62	2,216	299	557	.537	0	0	160	225	656	215	55	203	172	758
1985-86	POR	38	34	1,132	167	345	.484	0	0	114	161	327	99	21	96	88	448
1986-87	POR	5	5	163	30	66	.455	0	0	20	30	33	9	1	10	15	80
1988-89	POR	20	0	412	69	153	.451	5	7	28	49	106	36	7	33	33	171
1989-90	NJN	68	54	2,207	347	834	.416	10	31	294	379	690	91	38	121	125	998
1990-91	NJN	62	51	1,916	314	723	.434	4	22	169	231	480	147	43	90	141	801
1991-92	NJN	71	61	2,179	421	947	.445	8	25	212	280	578	186	41	120	150	1,062
1992-93	NJN	79	65	2,092	287	638	.450	2	6	141	181	556	127	32	128	120	717
1993-94	LAL	25	7	556	75	172	.436	1	4	72	83	131	47	4	28	43	223
1994-95	LAL	67	10	1,225	118	267	.442	2	11	68	89	288	118	21	80	91	306
Career		511	—	—	2,127	4,702	.452	32	106	1278	1708	3845	1075	263	909	978	5,564

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1984-85	POR	76	29.2	4.9	9.0	.537	0.0	0.0	2.6	3.7	10.7	3.5	0.9	3.3	2.8	12.3
1985-86	POR	38	29.8	5.3	11.0	.484	0.0	0.0	3.6	5.1	10.4	3.1	0.7	3.1	2.8	14.2
1986-87	POR	5	32.6	6.6	14.6	.455	0.0	0.0	4.4	6.6	7.3	2.0	0.2	2.2	3.3	17.7
1988-89	POR	20	20.6	6.0	13.4	.451	0.4	0.6	2.4	4.3	9.3	3.1	0.6	2.9	2.9	14.9
1989-90	NJN	68	32.5	5.7	13.6	.416	0.2	0.5	4.8	6.2	11.3	1.5	0.6	2.0	2.0	16.3
1990-91	NJN	62	30.9	5.9	13.6	.434	0.1	0.4	3.2	4.3	9.0	2.8	0.8	1.7	2.6	15.1
1991-92	NJN	71	30.7	7.0	15.6	.445	0.1	0.4	3.5	4.6	9.5	3.1	0.7	2.0	2.5	17.5
1992-93	NJN	79	26.5	4.9	11.0	.450	0.0	0.1	2.4	3.1	9.6	2.2	0.6	2.2	2.1	12.3
1993-94	LAL	25	22.2	4.9	11.1	.436	0.1	0.3	4.7	5.4	8.5	3.0	0.3	1.8	2.8	14.4
1994-95	LAL	67	18.3	3.5	7.8	.442	0.1	0.3	2.0	2.6	8.5	3.5	0.6	2.4	2.7	9.0

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
1984-85	POR	76	2,216	15.7	.578	14.8	2.2	3.5	5.7	.123	-0.3	+2.3	+2.0	+2.2
1985-86	POR	38	1,132	15.2	.539	17.6	0.9	1.5	2.4	.100	-0.5	+1.6	+1.2	+0.9
1986-87	POR	5	163	11.8	.505	22.7	0.0	0.1	0.1	.034	-2.2	-0.9	-3.0	+0.0
1988-89	POR	20	412	13.7	.490	19.4	0.0	0.5	0.5	.063	-0.8	+1.0	+0.2	+0.2
1989-90	NJN	68	2,207	16.2	.499	20.5	1.9	2.8	4.7	.103	-0.7	-0.4	-1.1	+0.5
1990-91	NJN	62	1,916	14.1	.486	20.3	0.4	2.2	2.6	.066	-1.0	+0.1	-0.8	+0.5
1991-92	NJN	71	2,179	16.4	.496	22.5	2.2	2.4	4.6	.101	+0.1	-0.2	-0.1	+1.0
1992-93	NJN	79	2,092	13.2	.500	16.8	0.9	3.3	4.3	.098	-1.8	+1.4	-0.4	+0.8
1993-94	LAL	25	556	13.6	.535	19.1	0.4	0.4	0.8	.073	-1.8	+0.0	-1.8	+0.0
1994-95	LAL	67	1,225	10.4	.500	14.0	-0.3	1.4	1.1	.044	-3.8	+1.4	-2.4	-0.1
Career		511	—	—	—	—	—	—	26.8	—	—	—	—	+6.0

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%
1984-85	9	28.8	7.3	8.4	2.3	0.4	2.3	.441	—	.471
1988-89	3	22.3	10.3	6.7	1.0	0.0	2.3	.429	.500	.492
1991-92	4	28.0	9.2	4.8	2.2	0.8	0.8	.424	.500	.483
1992-93	3	23.7	3.3	4.0	0.7	2.0	0.3	.444	—	.506
1994-95	10	13.5	2.1	3.3	0.3	0.1	0.9	.267	—	.326
Career	29	22.2	5.7	5.5	1.3	0.5	1.4	.403	.500	.454

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	252	10.8	8.0	2.1	148–104
Away	259	11.0	7.1	2.1	77–182
In wins	225	10.4	7.6	2.4	225–0
In losses	286	11.3	7.5	1.9	0–286

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	17	11.6	7.4	2.2	8–9
BOS Boston Celtics	25	11.0	7.6	2.1	8–17
BKN Brooklyn Nets	6	9.3	5.5	1.3	3–3
CHA Charlotte Hornets	15	11.5	7.0	1.2	8–7
CHI Chicago Bulls	20	13.0	8.4	2.0	4–16
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	23	9.4	6.9	1.8	10–13
DAL Dallas Mavericks	21	8.8	7.6	2.1	12–9
DEN Denver Nuggets	15	11.0	9.1	1.8	5–10
DET Detroit Pistons	17	11.9	7.2	1.8	7–10
GSW Golden State Warriors	25	10.9	9.2	2.4	12–13
HOU Houston Rockets	20	11.2	6.9	1.8	8–12
IND Indiana Pacers	20	13.9	7.4	2.2	8–12
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	21	9.2	7.0	3.0	14–7
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	15	11.7	7.9	2.9	3–12
MIA Miami Heat	20	11.6	7.0	2.0	13–7
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	20	13.0	10.1	2.6	11–9
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	13	13.6	7.7	2.8	8–5
NYK New York Knicks	24	8.8	5.9	1.7	7–17
ORL Orlando Magic	14	13.0	5.6	1.8	9–5
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	24	11.2	8.2	2.0	9–15
PHX Phoenix Suns	24	9.0	6.5	2.2	12–12
POR Portland Trail Blazers	13	8.0	6.0	2.6	2–11
SAC Sacramento Kings	18	10.4	7.3	1.9	10–8
SAS San Antonio Spurs	19	10.9	7.9	1.6	7–12
UTA Utah Jazz	19	11.1	8.5	2.4	6–13

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

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

Sam Bowie plays C for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Sam Bowie has averaged 10.9 PPG, 7.5 RPG, 2.1 APG over 10 seasons (1984-85–1994-95).

Sam Bowie's salary is $3,200,000 for the 1994-95 season, with career earnings of about $13.0M.

Sam Bowie is 7-1 (235 lb).

Sam Bowie was drafted in 1984, round 1, pick 2, by the Portland Trail Blazers.