Caron Butler

Seasons 2002-03–2015-16 · 14 on record · Ht 6-7 · b. 1980

2× All-Star

Player info

Nickname	Tuff Juice
Position	SF
Number	#3 (also #4, #1, #5, #2, #31)
Team	Sacramento Kings
Height	6-7
Weight	228 lb
Born	1980-03-13
College	UConn
Drafted	2002 · Round 1, Pick 10 · Miami Heat
Seasons	2002-03–2015-16 (14)

Career averages

14.1 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 2.3 APG · 881 games · .434 FG% · .348 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
2002-03	MIA	22	78	36.6	.416	.318	.824	5.1	2.7	1.8	0.4	15.4	15.1	.502
2003-04	MIA	23	68	29.9	.380	.238	.756	4.8	1.9	1.1	0.2	9.2	10.7	.440
2004-05	LAL	24	77	35.7	.445	.304	.862	5.8	1.9	1.4	0.3	15.5	15.8	.528
2005-06	WAS	25	75	36.1	.455	.342	.870	6.2	2.5	1.7	0.2	17.6	17.0	.535
2006-07	WAS	26	63	39.3	.463	.250	.863	7.4	3.7	2.1	0.3	19.1	18.3	.537
2007-08	WAS	27	58	39.9	.466	.357	.901	6.7	4.9	2.2	0.3	20.3	20.7	.558
2008-09	WAS	28	67	38.6	.453	.310	.858	6.2	4.3	1.6	0.3	20.8	18.8	.552
2009-10	2TM	29	74	37.6	.428	.290	.838	6.2	2.1	1.6	0.3	16.3	13.7	.507
	WAS	29	47	39.4	.422	.263	.877	6.7	2.3	1.4	0.3	16.9	13.5	.506
	DAL	29	27	34.4	.440	.340	.760	5.4	1.8	1.8	0.3	15.2	14.2	.509
2010-11	DAL	30	29	29.9	.450	.431	.773	4.1	1.6	1.0	0.3	15.0	14.2	.523
2011-12	LAC	31	63	29.7	.407	.358	.813	3.7	1.2	0.8	0.1	12.0	11.7	.501
2012-13	LAC	32	78	24.1	.424	.388	.833	2.9	1.0	0.7	0.1	10.4	12.4	.535
2013-14	2TM	33	56	25.3	.394	.394	.840	4.1	1.5	0.8	0.3	10.5	12.2	.512
	MIL	33	34	24.1	.387	.361	.839	4.6	1.6	0.7	0.3	11.0	12.4	.494
	OKC	33	22	27.2	.409	.441	.842	3.2	1.2	1.1	0.3	9.7	11.9	.548
2014-15	DET	34	78	20.8	.407	.379	.902	2.5	1.0	0.6	0.1	5.9	9.3	.544
2015-16	SAC	35	17	10.4	.424	.167	.833	1.3	0.6	0.5	0.1	3.7	11.3	.490

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2002-03	MIA	78	78	2,858	429	1,032	.416	34	107	309	375	397	213	137	31	192	1,201
2003-04	MIA	68	56	2,030	240	631	.380	10	42	133	176	326	126	75	13	91	623
2004-05	LAL	77	77	2,746	441	991	.445	38	125	275	319	450	146	110	23	125	1,195
2005-06	WAS	75	54	2,708	494	1,086	.455	41	120	289	332	466	186	127	18	175	1,318
2006-07	WAS	63	63	2,474	451	975	.463	18	72	283	328	467	233	134	17	181	1,203
2007-08	WAS	58	58	2,314	439	943	.466	66	185	236	262	388	284	128	20	150	1,180
2008-09	WAS	67	67	2,585	491	1,085	.453	65	210	345	402	414	290	106	20	210	1,392
2009-10	2TM	74	74	2,783	450	1,051	.428	42	145	264	315	461	156	116	24	160	1,206
	WAS	47	47	1,853	293	694	.422	25	95	185	211	316	107	68	15	113	796
	DAL	27	27	930	157	357	.440	17	50	79	104	145	49	48	9	47	410
2010-11	DAL	29	29	867	170	378	.450	28	65	68	88	118	46	28	8	49	436
2011-12	LAC	63	63	1,871	287	705	.407	92	257	87	107	230	78	52	9	77	753
2012-13	LAC	78	78	1,879	305	720	.424	128	330	75	90	223	78	51	11	72	813
2013-14	2TM	56	13	1,419	213	540	.394	98	249	63	75	229	82	47	17	60	587
	MIL	34	13	821	137	354	.387	53	147	47	56	158	56	23	11	52	374
	OKC	22	0	598	76	186	.409	45	102	16	19	71	26	24	6	8	213
2014-15	DET	78	21	1,623	161	396	.407	83	219	55	61	196	79	43	4	49	460
2015-16	SAC	17	1	176	25	59	.424	3	18	10	12	22	10	9	1	3	63
Career		881	—	—	4,596	10,592	.434	746	2144	2492	2942	4387	2007	1163	216	1594	12,430

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2002-03	MIA	78	36.6	5.4	13.0	.416	0.4	1.3	3.9	4.7	5.0	2.7	1.7	0.4	2.4	15.1
2003-04	MIA	68	29.9	4.3	11.2	.380	0.2	0.7	2.4	3.1	5.8	2.2	1.3	0.2	1.6	11.0
2004-05	LAL	77	35.7	5.8	13.0	.445	0.5	1.6	3.6	4.2	5.9	1.9	1.4	0.3	1.6	15.7
2005-06	WAS	75	36.1	6.6	14.4	.455	0.5	1.6	3.8	4.4	6.2	2.5	1.7	0.2	2.3	17.5
2006-07	WAS	63	39.3	6.6	14.2	.463	0.3	1.0	4.1	4.8	6.8	3.4	1.9	0.2	2.6	17.5
2007-08	WAS	58	39.9	6.8	14.7	.466	1.0	2.9	3.7	4.1	6.0	4.4	2.0	0.3	2.3	18.4
2008-09	WAS	67	38.6	6.8	15.1	.453	0.9	2.9	4.8	5.6	5.8	4.0	1.5	0.3	2.9	19.4
2009-10	2TM	74	37.6	5.8	13.6	.428	0.5	1.9	3.4	4.1	6.0	2.0	1.5	0.3	2.1	15.6
	WAS	47	39.4	5.7	13.5	.422	0.5	1.8	3.6	4.1	6.1	2.1	1.3	0.3	2.2	15.5
	DAL	27	34.4	6.1	13.8	.440	0.7	1.9	3.1	4.0	5.6	1.9	1.9	0.3	1.8	15.9
2010-11	DAL	29	29.9	7.1	15.7	.450	1.2	2.7	2.8	3.7	4.9	1.9	1.2	0.3	2.0	18.1
2011-12	LAC	63	29.7	5.5	13.6	.407	1.8	4.9	1.7	2.1	4.4	1.5	1.0	0.2	1.5	14.5
2012-13	LAC	78	24.1	5.8	13.8	.424	2.5	6.3	1.4	1.7	4.3	1.5	1.0	0.2	1.4	15.6
2013-14	2TM	56	25.3	5.4	13.7	.394	2.5	6.3	1.6	1.9	5.8	2.1	1.2	0.4	1.5	14.9
	MIL	34	24.1	6.0	15.5	.387	2.3	6.4	2.1	2.5	6.9	2.5	1.0	0.5	2.3	16.4
	OKC	22	27.2	4.6	11.2	.409	2.7	6.1	1.0	1.1	4.3	1.6	1.4	0.4	0.5	12.8
2014-15	DET	78	20.8	3.6	8.8	.407	1.8	4.9	1.2	1.4	4.3	1.8	1.0	0.1	1.1	10.2
2015-16	SAC	17	10.4	5.1	12.1	.424	0.6	3.7	2.0	2.5	4.5	2.0	1.8	0.2	0.6	12.9

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
2002-03	MIA	78	2,858	15.1	.502	22.9	1.6	3.6	5.1	.086	-0.4	+1.0	+0.5	+1.8
2003-04	MIA	68	2,030	10.7	.440	18.5	-0.2	2.4	2.1	.050	-2.9	+0.1	-2.9	-0.4
2004-05	LAL	77	2,746	15.8	.528	20.7	4.1	1.2	5.3	.093	+0.0	-0.7	-0.7	+0.9
2005-06	WAS	75	2,708	17.0	.535	23.2	3.5	2.8	6.3	.112	+0.4	+0.1	+0.6	+1.7
2006-07	WAS	63	2,474	18.3	.537	23.1	3.4	1.9	5.3	.103	+1.1	-0.2	+0.9	+1.8
2007-08	WAS	58	2,314	20.7	.558	24.0	4.8	2.4	7.2	.150	+3.0	+1.1	+4.1	+3.5
2008-09	WAS	67	2,585	18.8	.552	25.9	3.4	1.1	4.5	.083	+2.0	-1.1	+0.9	+1.9
2009-10	2TM	74	2,783	13.7	.507	22.1	0.6	2.9	3.5	.061	-1.3	+0.0	-1.3	+0.5
	WAS	47	1,853	13.5	.506	22.0	0.4	1.7	2.1	.054	-1.1	-0.2	-1.3	+0.3
	DAL	27	930	14.2	.509	22.3	0.2	1.2	1.4	.075	-1.6	+0.3	-1.3	+0.2
2010-11	DAL	29	867	14.2	.523	25.1	0.2	1.0	1.2	.067	-0.8	+0.0	-0.9	+0.2
2011-12	LAC	63	1,871	11.7	.501	20.4	1.2	1.1	2.3	.059	-0.8	-1.2	-2.0	+0.0
2012-13	LAC	78	1,879	12.4	.535	20.2	1.9	1.6	3.6	.091	-0.1	-1.2	-1.3	+0.3
2013-14	2TM	56	1,419	12.2	.512	20.1	0.6	1.2	1.8	.062	-0.6	-0.8	-1.4	+0.2
	MIL	34	821	12.4	.494	23.7	-0.2	0.5	0.2	.014	-1.2	-1.7	-2.9	-0.2
	OKC	22	598	11.9	.548	15.0	0.9	0.7	1.6	.127	+0.2	+0.5	+0.7	+0.4
2014-15	DET	78	1,623	9.3	.544	12.9	1.3	1.0	2.4	.070	-1.9	+0.1	-1.7	+0.1
2015-16	SAC	17	176	11.3	.490	16.2	0.1	0.1	0.3	.071	-2.5	+0.6	-1.8	+0.0
Career		881	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.9	—	—	—	—	+12.5

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%
2003-04	13	38.8	12.8	8.5	2.4	2.2	0.5	.386	.182	.469
2005-06	6	43.3	18.5	10.5	2.7	2.0	0.7	.416	.214	.488
2007-08	6	40.7	18.7	5.7	3.8	1.8	0.2	.460	.238	.556
2009-10	6	33.0	19.7	5.8	1.3	1.5	0.8	.434	.304	.532
2011-12	10	26.4	8.6	3.0	1.0	0.6	0.2	.359	.258	.434
2012-13	6	22.0	8.5	2.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	.478	.250	.539
2013-14	19	22.7	5.9	3.1	0.8	0.3	0.1	.324	.356	.470
Career	66	30.9	11.5	5.2	1.6	1.1	0.3	.399	.286	.492

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	524	12.6	4.4	2.1	294–230
Away	507	11.5	4.1	1.8	189–318
In wins	483	12.9	4.5	2.1	483–0
In losses	548	11.3	4.1	1.8	0–548

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	39	12.0	4.8	2.3	20–19
BOS Boston Celtics	38	12.7	4.9	2.0	19–19
BKN Brooklyn Nets	36	13.4	4.9	2.4	15–21
CHA Charlotte Hornets	34	9.6	3.5	1.7	16–18
CHI Chicago Bulls	39	13.8	5.2	2.4	20–19
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	39	12.4	4.3	2.0	18–21
DAL Dallas Mavericks	33	12.6	5.4	1.8	15–18
DEN Denver Nuggets	33	10.6	3.9	1.4	16–17
DET Detroit Pistons	36	14.3	5.6	2.4	15–21
GSW Golden State Warriors	32	11.5	4.1	2.0	15–17
HOU Houston Rockets	32	10.1	3.6	1.5	14–18
IND Indiana Pacers	37	11.4	4.2	1.7	14–23
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	28	9.4	4.2	1.7	13–15
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	30	11.3	3.8	2.4	15–15
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	33	12.1	4.4	2.1	11–22
MIA Miami Heat	33	13.7	4.5	2.0	13–20
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	34	14.9	4.8	2.0	17–17
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	31	13.3	4.6	2.3	17–14
NOP New Orleans Pelicans	8	4.1	1.4	0.9	1–7
NYK New York Knicks	38	12.0	4.1	2.3	19–19
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder	23	6.3	2.2	0.8	9–14
ORL Orlando Magic	41	12.7	3.8	1.8	20–21
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	39	11.3	4.5	2.5	19–20
PHX Phoenix Suns	38	12.7	4.3	1.4	15–23
POR Portland Trail Blazers	33	11.3	4.1	1.5	13–20
SAC Sacramento Kings	32	14.4	4.2	2.2	25–7
SAS San Antonio Spurs	34	9.9	3.1	1.3	8–26
TOR Toronto Raptors	37	11.5	4.1	2.2	21–16
UTA Utah Jazz	31	11.3	3.0	1.3	16–15
WAS Washington Wizards	21	9.5	4.8	2.0	11–10

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2015-16

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)	3%	.500
In the paint (3-10 ft)	5%	.667
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	15%	.667
Long two (16 ft-3P)	46%	.481
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	30%	.167

Average shot distance 18.8 ft · 0% of attempts were dunks · 28% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
2005-06	$2,461,617
2006-07	$7,438,000
2007-08	$8,468,990
2008-09	$9,249,980
2009-10	$9,780,970
2010-11	$10,561,960
2011-12	$8,000,000
2012-13	$8,000,000
2013-14	$244,489
2014-15	$4,500,000
2015-16	$1,449,187
2016-17	$1,551,659
2017-18	$1,551,659
Career earnings	$73,258,511

Frequently asked questions

What team does Caron Butler play for?

Caron Butler plays SF for the Sacramento Kings.

What are Caron Butler's career stats?

Caron Butler has averaged 14.1 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 2.3 APG over 14 seasons (2002-03–2015-16).

How much does Caron Butler make?

Caron Butler's salary is $1,551,659 for the 2017-18 season, with career earnings of about $73.3M.

How tall is Caron Butler?

Caron Butler is 6-7 (228 lb).

When was Caron Butler drafted?

Caron Butler was drafted in 2002, round 1, pick 10, by the Miami Heat.