Sam Cassell

PG · 2TM

Seasons 1993-94–2007-08 · 15 on record · Ht 6-3 · b. 1969

All-StarAll-NBA

Player info

Nickname	Sam I Am
Position	PG
Number	#10 (also #20, #19, #28)
Height	6-3
Weight	185 lb
Born	1969-11-18
College	Florida State
Drafted	1993 · Round 1, Pick 24 · Houston Rockets
Seasons	1993-94–2007-08 (15)

Career averages

15.7 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 6.0 APG · 993 games · .454 FG% · .331 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1993-94	HOU	24	66	17.0	.418	.295	.841	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.1	6.7	13.1	.506
1994-95	HOU	25	82	23.0	.427	.330	.843	2.6	4.9	1.1	0.2	9.5	15.9	.556
1995-96	HOU	26	61	27.6	.439	.348	.825	3.1	4.6	0.9	0.1	14.5	16.8	.565
1996-97	3TM	27	61	28.1	.430	.351	.845	3.0	5.0	1.3	0.3	15.9	18.4	.541
	PHX	27	22	24.5	.415	.306	.855	2.3	4.5	1.0	0.3	14.8	18.3	.550
	DAL	27	16	24.9	.424	.306	.840	3.1	3.6	1.1	0.4	12.3	15.8	.527
	NJN	27	23	33.8	.443	.392	.831	3.6	6.5	1.6	0.3	19.3	19.7	.542
1997-98	NJN	28	75	34.7	.441	.188	.860	3.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	19.6	21.0	.533
1998-99	2TM	29	8	24.9	.419	.200	.940	1.9	4.5	1.1	0.0	15.9	23.1	.552
	NJN	29	4	25.0	.429	.143	.935	1.5	4.8	0.8	0.0	18.0	23.7	.575
	MIL	29	4	24.8	.409	.333	.947	2.3	4.3	1.5	0.0	13.8	22.5	.525
1999-00	MIL	30	81	35.8	.466	.289	.876	3.7	9.0	1.3	0.1	18.6	21.1	.551
2000-01	MIL	31	76	35.6	.474	.306	.858	3.8	7.6	1.2	0.1	18.2	20.1	.542
2001-02	MIL	32	74	35.2	.463	.348	.860	4.2	6.7	1.2	0.2	19.7	21.3	.545
2002-03	MIL	33	78	34.6	.470	.362	.861	4.4	5.8	1.1	0.2	19.7	22.3	.565
2003-04	MIN	34	81	35.0	.488	.398	.873	3.3	7.3	1.3	0.2	19.8	22.8	.566
2004-05	MIN	35	59	25.8	.464	.262	.865	2.7	5.1	0.6	0.2	13.5	18.6	.529
2005-06	LAC	36	78	34.0	.443	.368	.863	3.7	6.3	0.9	0.1	17.2	18.5	.534
2006-07	LAC	37	58	24.3	.418	.294	.879	2.9	4.7	0.5	0.1	12.3	17.1	.506
2007-08	2TM	38	55	23.2	.438	.303	.882	2.5	3.9	0.7	0.1	11.2	15.4	.517
	LAC	38	38	25.7	.455	.259	.891	2.8	4.7	0.7	0.1	12.8	16.8	.535
	BOS	38	17	17.6	.385	.409	.840	1.8	2.1	0.5	0.2	7.6	11.0	.461

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1993-94	HOU	66	6	1,122	162	388	.418	26	88	90	107	134	192	59	7	94	440
1994-95	HOU	82	1	1,882	253	593	.427	63	191	214	254	211	405	94	14	167	783
1995-96	HOU	61	0	1,682	289	658	.439	73	210	235	285	188	278	53	4	157	886
1996-97	3TM	61	44	1,714	337	783	.430	81	231	212	251	182	305	77	19	168	967
	PHX	22	9	539	100	241	.415	19	62	106	124	50	99	23	6	60	325
	DAL	16	13	398	70	165	.424	15	49	42	50	50	57	17	6	41	197
	NJN	23	22	777	167	377	.443	47	120	64	77	82	149	37	7	67	445
1997-98	NJN	75	72	2,606	510	1,156	.441	15	80	436	507	228	603	121	20	269	1,471
1998-99	2TM	8	3	199	39	93	.419	2	10	47	50	15	36	9	0	20	127
	NJN	4	3	100	21	49	.429	1	7	29	31	6	19	3	0	12	72
	MIL	4	0	99	18	44	.409	1	3	18	19	9	17	6	0	8	55
1999-00	MIL	81	81	2,899	545	1,170	.466	26	90	390	445	301	729	102	8	267	1,506
2000-01	MIL	76	75	2,709	537	1,132	.474	30	98	277	323	290	580	88	8	220	1,381
2001-02	MIL	74	73	2,605	554	1,197	.463	71	204	282	328	312	493	90	12	177	1,461
2002-03	MIL	78	77	2,700	546	1,162	.470	59	163	385	447	342	450	88	14	177	1,536
2003-04	MIN	81	81	2,838	620	1,270	.488	74	186	289	331	271	592	102	18	220	1,603
2004-05	MIN	59	38	1,522	319	687	.464	27	103	134	155	157	301	36	14	109	799
2005-06	LAC	78	75	2,653	493	1,112	.443	70	190	289	335	287	491	74	11	175	1,345
2006-07	LAC	58	30	1,407	261	625	.418	32	109	160	182	167	270	28	8	101	714
2007-08	2TM	55	34	1,274	233	532	.438	23	76	127	144	136	214	37	6	97	616
	LAC	38	33	975	183	402	.455	14	54	106	119	105	179	28	3	78	486
	BOS	17	1	299	50	130	.385	9	22	21	25	31	35	9	3	19	130
Career		993	—	—	5,698	12,558	.454	672	2029	3567	4144	3221	5939	1058	163	2418	15,635

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1993-94	HOU	66	17.0	5.2	12.4	.418	0.8	2.8	2.9	3.4	4.3	6.2	1.9	0.2	3.0	14.1
1994-95	HOU	82	23.0	4.8	11.3	.427	1.2	3.7	4.1	4.9	4.0	7.7	1.8	0.3	3.2	15.0
1995-96	HOU	61	27.6	6.2	14.1	.439	1.6	4.5	5.0	6.1	4.0	6.0	1.1	0.1	3.4	19.0
1996-97	3TM	61	28.1	7.1	16.4	.430	1.7	4.9	4.5	5.3	3.8	6.4	1.6	0.4	3.5	20.3
	PHX	22	24.5	6.7	16.1	.415	1.3	4.1	7.1	8.3	3.3	6.6	1.5	0.4	4.0	21.7
	DAL	16	24.9	6.3	14.9	.424	1.4	4.4	3.8	4.5	4.5	5.2	1.5	0.5	3.7	17.8
	NJN	23	33.8	7.7	17.5	.443	2.2	5.6	3.0	3.6	3.8	6.9	1.7	0.3	3.1	20.6
1997-98	NJN	75	34.7	7.0	16.0	.441	0.2	1.1	6.0	7.0	3.1	8.3	1.7	0.3	3.7	20.3
1998-99	2TM	8	24.9	7.1	16.8	.419	0.4	1.8	8.5	9.0	2.7	6.5	1.6	0.0	3.6	23.0
	NJN	4	25.0	7.6	17.6	.429	0.4	2.5	10.4	11.2	2.2	6.8	1.1	0.0	4.3	25.9
	MIL	4	24.8	6.5	16.0	.409	0.4	1.1	6.5	6.9	3.3	6.2	2.2	0.0	2.9	20.0
1999-00	MIL	81	35.8	6.8	14.5	.466	0.3	1.1	4.8	5.5	3.7	9.1	1.3	0.1	3.3	18.7
2000-01	MIL	76	35.6	7.1	15.0	.474	0.4	1.3	3.7	4.3	3.9	7.7	1.2	0.1	2.9	18.4
2001-02	MIL	74	35.2	7.7	16.5	.463	1.0	2.8	3.9	4.5	4.3	6.8	1.2	0.2	2.4	20.2
2002-03	MIL	78	34.6	7.3	15.5	.470	0.8	2.2	5.1	6.0	4.6	6.0	1.2	0.2	2.4	20.5
2003-04	MIN	81	35.0	7.9	16.1	.488	0.9	2.4	3.7	4.2	3.4	7.5	1.3	0.2	2.8	20.3
2004-05	MIN	59	25.8	7.5	16.2	.464	0.6	2.4	3.2	3.7	3.7	7.1	0.9	0.3	2.6	18.9
2005-06	LAC	78	34.0	6.7	15.1	.443	0.9	2.6	3.9	4.5	3.9	6.7	1.0	0.1	2.4	18.3
2006-07	LAC	58	24.3	6.7	16.0	.418	0.8	2.8	4.1	4.7	4.3	6.9	0.7	0.2	2.6	18.3
2007-08	2TM	55	23.2	6.6	15.0	.438	0.6	2.1	3.6	4.1	3.8	6.0	1.0	0.2	2.7	17.4
	LAC	38	25.7	6.8	14.8	.455	0.5	2.0	3.9	4.4	3.9	6.6	1.0	0.1	2.9	17.9
	BOS	17	17.6	6.0	15.7	.385	1.1	2.6	2.5	3.0	3.7	4.2	1.1	0.4	2.3	15.7

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
1993-94	HOU	66	1,122	13.1	.506	20.9	0.4	1.8	2.2	.093	-2.1	+1.3	-0.7	+0.4
1994-95	HOU	82	1,882	15.9	.556	20.8	2.7	2.0	4.7	.120	+0.0	+0.2	+0.3	+1.1
1995-96	HOU	61	1,682	16.8	.565	25.1	2.6	1.2	3.9	.110	+1.2	-0.9	+0.3	+1.0
1996-97	3TM	61	1,714	18.4	.541	27.3	2.7	1.1	3.9	.108	+2.2	+0.0	+2.2	+1.8
	PHX	22	539	18.3	.550	29.7	0.8	0.4	1.2	.103	+2.2	+0.1	+2.3	+0.6
	DAL	16	398	15.8	.527	26.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	.062	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	+0.2
	NJN	23	777	19.7	.542	26.2	1.8	0.4	2.2	.136	+3.5	+0.1	+3.6	+1.1
1997-98	NJN	75	2,606	21.0	.533	27.5	6.6	1.7	8.3	.152	+3.7	-0.1	+3.6	+3.7
1998-99	2TM	8	199	23.1	.552	31.0	0.7	0.1	0.8	.187	+4.5	+0.1	+4.6	+0.3
	NJN	4	100	23.7	.575	32.9	0.4	0.0	0.4	.194	+5.8	-0.4	+5.4	+0.2
	MIL	4	99	22.5	.525	29.1	0.3	0.1	0.4	.179	+3.2	+0.5	+3.7	+0.1
1999-00	MIL	81	2,899	21.1	.551	25.0	8.4	0.8	9.2	.152	+3.6	-1.4	+2.2	+3.1
2000-01	MIL	76	2,709	20.1	.542	24.9	7.0	1.4	8.5	.150	+2.5	-1.5	+1.1	+2.1
2001-02	MIL	74	2,605	21.3	.545	27.3	7.2	1.4	8.6	.158	+3.5	-1.1	+2.4	+2.9
2002-03	MIL	78	2,700	22.3	.565	26.5	8.8	0.8	9.6	.171	+3.9	-1.2	+2.7	+3.2
2003-04	MIN	81	2,838	22.8	.566	27.2	8.8	3.3	12.1	.205	+4.1	+0.3	+4.4	+4.6
2004-05	MIN	59	1,522	18.6	.529	26.4	2.8	1.0	3.8	.119	+1.9	-0.7	+1.2	+1.2
2005-06	LAC	78	2,653	18.5	.534	25.0	4.8	2.8	7.6	.137	+2.1	-0.5	+1.6	+2.4
2006-07	LAC	58	1,407	17.1	.506	26.5	1.7	1.0	2.8	.095	+1.4	-1.3	+0.1	+0.8
2007-08	2TM	55	1,274	15.4	.517	25.1	0.7	1.1	1.8	.067	-0.3	-0.7	-0.9	+0.3
	LAC	38	975	16.8	.535	25.2	0.8	0.6	1.4	.069	+0.5	-0.9	-0.4	+0.4
	BOS	17	299	11.0	.461	24.9	-0.1	0.5	0.4	.061	-2.9	+0.2	-2.6	+0.0
Career		993	—	—	—	—	—	—	87.8	—	—	—	—	+28.9

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%
1993-94	22	21.7	9.4	2.7	4.2	1.0	0.2	.394	.378	.537
1994-95	22	22.0	11.0	1.9	4.0	1.0	0.1	.438	.400	.589
1995-96	8	25.8	10.4	2.1	4.2	0.8	0.1	.321	.276	.443
1997-98	3	8.3	2.0	1.0	1.7	0.0	0.3	.333	—	.333
1998-99	3	33.7	15.3	2.0	8.7	1.0	0.0	.500	0.000	.589
1999-00	5	35.2	15.8	3.4	9.0	0.8	0.0	.417	.200	.486
2000-01	18	37.3	17.4	4.6	6.7	1.1	0.2	.396	.333	.490
2002-03	6	35.7	17.2	3.2	2.7	0.5	0.2	.470	.524	.575
2003-04	18	30.4	14.7	2.2	3.9	0.7	0.2	.465	.417	.579
2005-06	12	33.2	18.0	4.0	5.8	0.7	0.2	.437	.349	.548
2007-08	26	12.0	3.6	0.6	1.0	0.3	0.0	.333	.214	.397
Career	143	25.7	11.6	2.4	4.1	0.7	0.1	.414	.363	.525

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	568	13.0	2.7	5.6	357–211
Away	545	15.1	3.1	5.1	253–292
In wins	610	15.0	3.0	5.7	610–0
In losses	503	12.9	2.8	4.9	0–503

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	40	13.6	2.6	5.8	26–14
BOS Boston Celtics	38	15.7	3.2	5.8	24–14
BKN Brooklyn Nets	35	12.2	2.8	5.1	24–11
CHA Charlotte Hornets	48	14.2	2.9	5.5	24–24
CHI Chicago Bulls	41	15.7	3.2	5.6	20–21
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	34	15.1	3.2	6.1	19–15
DAL Dallas Mavericks	37	14.4	2.9	5.4	22–15
DEN Denver Nuggets	39	13.9	2.9	4.7	25–14
DET Detroit Pistons	36	12.2	2.4	5.2	19–17
GSW Golden State Warriors	40	14.8	3.5	6.3	28–12
HOU Houston Rockets	32	17.0	2.6	5.4	13–19
IND Indiana Pacers	38	14.6	2.8	5.7	18–20
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	32	14.3	2.7	6.1	24–8
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	44	13.4	3.1	5.3	16–28
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	32	16.6	3.3	5.9	19–13
MIA Miami Heat	37	12.7	2.8	4.9	21–16
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	26	13.3	2.1	5.0	19–7
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	35	13.2	2.7	5.3	13–22
NYK New York Knicks	40	15.9	3.3	5.4	18–22
ORL Orlando Magic	36	12.9	3.3	5.0	23–13
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	41	13.0	2.7	6.1	23–18
PHX Phoenix Suns	44	14.2	2.8	4.5	20–24
POR Portland Trail Blazers	39	12.6	2.6	5.4	20–19
SAC Sacramento Kings	41	14.9	2.9	5.1	25–16
SAS San Antonio Spurs	44	12.9	3.2	4.5	17–27
TOR Toronto Raptors	34	15.8	2.9	6.0	24–10
UTA Utah Jazz	44	12.6	2.2	4.2	22–22
WAS Washington Wizards	28	16.0	3.1	6.1	18–10

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2007-08

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)	5%	0.000
In the paint (3-10 ft)	5%	.167
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	21%	.296
Long two (16 ft-3P)	53%	.464
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	17%	.409

Average shot distance 18.1 ft · 0% of attempts were dunks · 14% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
1993-94	$650,000
1994-95	$845,000
1995-96	$1,040,000
1996-97	$1,235,000
1997-98	$2,500,000
1998-99	$3,000,000
1999-00	$3,500,000
2000-01	$3,500,000
2001-02	$4,000,000
2002-03	$4,500,000
2005-06	$6,187,500
2006-07	$6,850,000
2007-08	$199,452
2008-09	$797,581
Career earnings	$38,804,533

Frequently asked questions

What are Sam Cassell's career stats?

Sam Cassell has averaged 15.7 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 6.0 APG over 15 seasons (1993-94–2007-08).

How much does Sam Cassell make?

Sam Cassell's salary is $797,581 for the 2008-09 season, with career earnings of about $38.8M.

How tall is Sam Cassell?

Sam Cassell is 6-3 (185 lb).

When was Sam Cassell drafted?

Sam Cassell was drafted in 1993, round 1, pick 24, by the Houston Rockets.