James Donaldson

Seasons 1980-81–1994-95 · 14 on record · Ht 7-2 · b. 1957

All-Star

Player info

8.6 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 0.8 APG · 957 games · .571 FG% · — 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1980-81	SEA	23	68	14.4	.542	—	.594	4.5	0.6	0.1	1.1	5.3	15.9	.574
1981-82	SEA	24	82	20.9	.609	—	.629	6.0	0.6	0.3	1.7	8.1	16.0	.630
1982-83	SEA	25	82	21.8	.583	—	.688	6.1	1.2	0.2	1.2	8.9	15.6	.615
1983-84	SDC	26	82	30.8	.596	—	.761	7.9	1.1	0.5	1.7	11.8	15.3	.648
1984-85	LAC	27	82	29.2	.637	—	.749	8.1	0.6	0.3	1.6	11.3	14.6	.679
1985-86	2TM	28	83	32.3	.558	—	.803	9.6	1.2	0.3	1.7	8.6	13.0	.627
	LAC	28	14	31.5	.512	—	.814	9.4	0.9	0.4	2.1	10.2	12.7	.623
	DAL	28	69	32.5	.568	—	.799	9.6	1.2	0.3	1.6	8.3	13.0	.628
1986-87	DAL	29	82	36.9	.586	—	.812	11.9	0.8	0.6	1.7	10.8	15.3	.658
1987-88	DAL	30	81	31.1	.558	—	.778	9.3	0.8	0.5	1.3	7.0	12.4	.616
1988-89	DAL	31	53	32.9	.573	—	.766	10.8	0.7	0.5	1.5	9.1	14.2	.614
1989-90	DAL	32	73	31.0	.539	—	.700	8.6	0.8	0.3	0.6	9.1	12.2	.581
1990-91	DAL	33	82	34.1	.532	—	.721	8.9	0.8	0.4	1.1	10.0	12.3	.572
1991-92	2TM	34	58	18.5	.457	—	.709	5.0	0.6	0.1	0.8	4.9	11.1	.504
	DAL	34	44	22.6	.471	—	.702	6.1	0.7	0.2	1.0	6.2	12.0	.517
	NYK	34	14	5.8	.278	—	1.000	1.4	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.9	-0.3	.318
1992-93	UTA	35	6	15.7	.571	—	.556	4.8	0.2	0.2	1.2	3.5	10.7	.585
1994-95	UTA	37	43	14.3	.595	—	.710	2.5	0.3	0.1	0.7	2.6	7.9	.628

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1980-81	SEA	68	—	980	129	238	.542	101	170	309	42	8	74	68	359
1981-82	SEA	82	1	1,710	255	419	.609	151	240	490	51	27	139	115	661
1982-83	SEA	82	11	1,789	289	496	.583	150	218	501	97	19	101	132	728
1983-84	SDC	82	67	2,525	360	604	.596	249	327	649	90	40	139	171	969
1984-85	LAC	82	58	2,392	351	551	.637	227	303	668	48	28	130	206	929
1985-86	2TM	83	78	2,682	256	459	.558	204	254	795	96	28	139	123	716
	LAC	14	14	441	43	84	.512	57	70	131	12	5	29	38	143
	DAL	69	64	2,241	213	375	.568	147	184	664	84	23	110	85	573
1986-87	DAL	82	82	3,028	311	531	.586	267	329	973	63	51	136	104	889
1987-88	DAL	81	81	2,523	212	380	.558	147	189	755	66	40	104	113	571
1988-89	DAL	53	53	1,746	193	337	.573	95	124	570	38	24	81	83	481
1989-90	DAL	73	73	2,265	258	479	.539	149	213	630	57	22	47	119	665
1990-91	DAL	82	82	2,800	327	615	.532	165	229	727	69	34	93	146	819
1991-92	2TM	58	32	1,075	112	245	.457	61	86	289	33	8	49	48	285
	DAL	44	32	994	107	227	.471	59	84	270	31	8	44	41	273
	NYK	14	0	81	5	18	.278	2	2	19	2	0	5	7	12
1992-93	UTA	6	1	94	8	14	.571	5	9	29	1	1	7	4	21
1994-95	UTA	43	40	613	44	74	.595	22	31	107	14	6	28	22	110
Career		957	—	—	3,105	5,442	.571	1993	2722	7492	765	336	1267	1454	8,203

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1980-81	SEA	68	14.4	4.7	8.7	.542	3.7	6.2	11.4	1.5	0.3	2.7	2.5	13.2
1981-82	SEA	82	20.9	5.4	8.8	.609	3.2	5.1	10.3	1.1	0.6	2.9	2.4	13.9
1982-83	SEA	82	21.8	5.8	10.0	.583	3.0	4.4	10.1	2.0	0.4	2.0	2.7	14.6
1983-84	SDC	82	30.8	5.1	8.6	.596	3.6	4.7	9.3	1.3	0.6	2.0	2.4	13.8
1984-85	LAC	82	29.2	5.3	8.3	.637	3.4	4.6	10.1	0.7	0.4	2.0	3.1	14.0
1985-86	2TM	83	32.3	3.4	6.2	.558	2.7	3.4	10.7	1.3	0.4	1.9	1.7	9.6
	LAC	14	31.5	3.5	6.9	.512	4.7	5.7	10.7	1.0	0.4	2.4	3.1	11.7
	DAL	69	32.5	3.4	6.0	.568	2.4	3.0	10.7	1.3	0.4	1.8	1.4	9.2
1986-87	DAL	82	36.9	3.7	6.3	.586	3.2	3.9	11.6	0.7	0.6	1.6	1.2	10.6
1987-88	DAL	81	31.1	3.0	5.4	.558	2.1	2.7	10.8	0.9	0.6	1.5	1.6	8.1
1988-89	DAL	53	32.9	4.0	6.9	.573	2.0	2.6	11.8	0.8	0.5	1.7	1.7	9.9
1989-90	DAL	73	31.0	4.1	7.6	.539	2.4	3.4	10.0	0.9	0.3	0.7	1.9	10.6
1990-91	DAL	82	34.1	4.2	7.9	.532	2.1	2.9	9.3	0.9	0.4	1.2	1.9	10.5
1991-92	2TM	58	18.5	3.8	8.2	.457	2.0	2.9	9.7	1.1	0.3	1.6	1.6	9.5
	DAL	44	22.6	3.9	8.2	.471	2.1	3.0	9.8	1.1	0.3	1.6	1.5	9.9
	NYK	14	5.8	2.2	8.0	.278	0.9	0.9	8.4	0.9	0.0	2.2	3.1	5.3
1992-93	UTA	6	15.7	3.1	5.4	.571	1.9	3.4	11.1	0.4	0.4	2.7	1.5	8.0
1994-95	UTA	43	14.3	2.6	4.3	.595	1.3	1.8	6.3	0.8	0.4	1.6	1.3	6.5

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
1980-81	SEA	68	980	15.9	.574	15.8	1.1	1.4	2.5	.124	+0.2	+0.5	+0.8	+0.7
1981-82	SEA	82	1,710	16.0	.630	15.5	2.2	3.4	5.6	.156	-0.5	+1.7	+1.2	+1.4
1982-83	SEA	82	1,789	15.6	.615	16.2	2.5	2.6	5.1	.138	+0.0	+0.8	+0.9	+1.3
1983-84	SDC	82	2,525	15.3	.648	14.5	3.9	1.9	5.8	.110	+0.5	+0.3	+0.8	+1.8
1984-85	LAC	82	2,392	14.6	.679	15.2	2.5	2.5	5.0	.101	-1.0	+0.3	-0.7	+0.8
1985-86	2TM	83	2,682	13.0	.627	10.5	3.4	2.4	5.7	.103	-0.2	+0.2	+0.1	+1.4
	LAC	14	441	12.7	.623	13.9	0.2	0.4	0.6	.064	-1.7	+0.6	-1.1	+0.1
	DAL	69	2,241	13.0	.628	9.9	3.2	2.0	5.2	.110	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+1.3
1986-87	DAL	82	3,028	15.3	.658	10.5	6.5	3.9	10.4	.166	+1.4	+0.3	+1.7	+2.8
1987-88	DAL	81	2,523	12.4	.616	9.4	3.0	3.3	6.2	.119	-0.4	+0.4	+0.0	+1.3
1988-89	DAL	53	1,746	14.2	.614	11.8	2.1	2.3	4.4	.122	-0.2	+0.2	+0.0	+0.9
1989-90	DAL	73	2,265	12.2	.581	13.4	1.7	2.8	4.5	.094	-1.0	-0.4	-1.5	+0.3
1990-91	DAL	82	2,800	12.3	.572	13.6	1.8	2.5	4.3	.074	-1.3	-0.7	-1.9	+0.0
1991-92	2TM	58	1,075	11.1	.504	13.3	0.4	0.9	1.4	.061	-2.8	-0.5	-3.4	-0.4
	DAL	44	994	12.0	.517	13.2	0.7	0.8	1.5	.072	-2.1	-0.6	-2.8	-0.2
	NYK	14	81	-0.3	.318	14.0	-0.3	0.1	-0.1	-.076	-11.5	+1.1	-10.4	-0.2
1992-93	UTA	6	94	10.7	.585	10.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	.099	-3.2	+0.8	-2.3	+0.0
1994-95	UTA	43	613	7.9	.628	8.1	0.3	0.7	1.0	.080	-2.4	+0.9	-1.5	+0.1
Career		957	—	—	—	—	—	—	62.1	—	—	—	—	+12.4

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%
1981-82	8	23.6	6.8	9.2	0.9	0.0	0.6	.419	—	.504
1982-83	2	23.5	12.0	8.5	1.0	0.0	1.5	.500	—	.515
1985-86	10	41.3	10.9	11.7	1.0	0.6	1.2	.750	—	.831
1986-87	3	22.7	5.3	5.7	0.7	0.3	1.0	.800	—	.893
1987-88	17	29.4	9.3	8.6	0.7	0.4	0.9	.654	—	.657
1989-90	3	24.7	7.3	5.3	0.7	0.7	0.0	.692	—	.724
1991-92	2	5.5	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.000	—	1.000
1992-93	1	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.000	—	0.000
1994-95	5	15.2	2.8	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.6	.833	—	.902
Career	51	27.1	7.9	7.8	0.7	0.3	0.8	.627	—	.674

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	488	8.8	8.2	0.8	325–163
Away	469	8.3	7.5	0.8	175–294
In wins	500	8.4	8.0	0.8	500–0
In losses	457	8.8	7.6	0.8	0–457

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	25	7.6	7.6	0.9	9–16
BOS Boston Celtics	21	9.5	7.3	1.0	9–12
BKN Brooklyn Nets	24	9.0	8.6	0.5	13–11
CHA Charlotte Hornets	10	6.1	7.4	0.8	8–2
CHI Chicago Bulls	24	8.6	7.3	1.0	10–14
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	25	6.8	7.5	0.6	14–11
DAL Dallas Mavericks	29	6.7	5.6	0.4	17–12
DEN Denver Nuggets	61	9.3	8.6	0.9	35–26
DET Detroit Pistons	23	7.7	7.2	0.5	10–13
GSW Golden State Warriors	60	9.0	6.9	0.8	39–21
HOU Houston Rockets	62	8.8	8.4	0.8	32–30
IND Indiana Pacers	20	11.2	8.8	0.8	14–6
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	48	9.2	8.1	0.7	35–13
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	64	8.7	7.1	1.0	15–49
MIA Miami Heat	11	6.5	7.8	0.7	8–3
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	24	8.2	7.0	0.7	14–10
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	17	6.5	6.2	0.7	11–6
NYK New York Knicks	22	9.1	8.2	0.6	12–10
ORL Orlando Magic	11	6.4	5.9	0.6	5–6
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	23	6.6	6.1	0.8	7–16
PHX Phoenix Suns	60	8.4	7.4	0.8	27–33
POR Portland Trail Blazers	61	9.5	8.3	0.8	24–37
SAC Sacramento Kings	58	9.0	8.5	0.9	36–22
SAS San Antonio Spurs	58	8.8	8.0	1.0	31–27
UTA Utah Jazz	55	8.7	8.7	0.8	31–24

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

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

James Donaldson plays C for the Utah Jazz.

James Donaldson has averaged 8.6 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 0.8 APG over 14 seasons (1980-81–1994-95).

James Donaldson's salary is $880,000 for the 1991-92 season, with career earnings of about $1.8M.

James Donaldson is 7-2 (275 lb).

James Donaldson was drafted in 1979, round 4, pick 73.