Wayne Ellington

Seasons 2009-10–2021-22 · 13 on record · Ht 6-4 · b. 1987

Player info

Nickname	The Man with the Golden Arm
Position	SG
Number	#2 (also #19, #22, #3, #21, #20, #8)
Team	Los Angeles Lakers
Height	6-4
Weight	207 lb
Born	1987-11-29
College	UNC
Drafted	2009 · Round 1, Pick 28 · Minnesota Timberwolves
Seasons	2009-10–2021-22 (13)

8.0 PPG, 2.1 RPG, 1.1 APG · 770 games · .410 FG% · .382 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
2009-10	MIN	22	76	18.2	.424	.395	.871	2.1	1.0	0.3	0.1	6.6	9.6	.527
2010-11	MIN	23	62	19.0	.403	.397	.792	1.7	1.2	0.5	0.0	6.6	8.6	.488
2011-12	MIN	24	51	19.1	.404	.324	.800	1.9	0.6	0.5	0.2	6.1	9.4	.487
2012-13	2TM	25	78	21.3	.427	.392	.907	2.1	1.3	0.6	0.0	7.9	12.2	.546
	MEM	25	40	16.9	.407	.423	.938	1.3	1.1	0.4	0.0	5.5	9.8	.529
	CLE	25	38	25.9	.439	.371	.898	3.0	1.6	0.8	0.1	10.4	13.9	.556
2013-14	DAL	26	45	8.7	.437	.424	.909	1.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	3.2	12.2	.554
2014-15	LAL	27	65	25.8	.412	.370	.813	3.2	1.6	0.5	0.0	10.0	11.6	.504
2015-16	BKN	28	76	21.3	.389	.358	.857	2.3	1.1	0.6	0.1	7.7	10.1	.498
2016-17	MIA	29	62	24.2	.416	.378	.860	2.1	1.1	0.6	0.1	10.5	12.6	.565
2017-18	MIA	30	77	26.5	.407	.392	.859	2.8	1.0	0.7	0.1	11.2	12.5	.588
2018-19	2TM	31	53	24.5	.403	.371	.796	2.0	1.4	1.0	0.1	10.3	11.8	.569
	MIA	31	25	21.3	.375	.368	.875	1.9	1.2	1.0	0.1	8.4	10.8	.547
	DET	31	28	27.3	.421	.373	.758	2.1	1.5	1.1	0.1	12.0	12.5	.584
2019-20	NYK	32	36	15.5	.351	.350	.846	1.8	1.2	0.4	0.1	5.1	8.5	.509
2020-21	DET	33	46	22.0	.441	.422	.800	1.8	1.5	0.4	0.2	9.6	12.2	.625
2021-22	LAL	34	43	18.8	.414	.389	.818	1.8	0.7	0.5	0.1	6.7	9.9	.593

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2009-10	MIN	76	1	1,384	190	448	.424	64	162	61	70	159	74	20	5	74	505
2010-11	MIN	62	8	1,181	160	397	.403	48	121	42	53	108	72	28	3	53	410
2011-12	MIN	51	4	973	122	302	.404	35	108	32	40	99	33	26	10	26	311
2012-13	2TM	78	21	1,661	226	529	.427	94	240	68	75	166	104	45	3	57	614
	MEM	40	4	676	81	199	.407	41	97	15	16	52	42	16	1	24	218
	CLE	38	17	985	145	330	.439	53	143	53	59	114	62	29	2	33	396
2013-14	DAL	45	1	393	55	126	.437	25	59	10	11	43	19	16	2	11	145
2014-15	LAL	65	36	1,675	254	617	.412	90	243	52	64	210	105	33	2	50	650
2015-16	BKN	76	41	1,615	218	561	.389	96	268	54	63	174	83	48	5	45	586
2016-17	MIA	62	13	1,500	231	555	.416	149	394	37	43	132	70	35	4	30	648
2017-18	MIA	77	2	2,041	285	700	.407	227	579	67	78	218	79	53	8	52	864
2018-19	2TM	53	38	1,297	184	457	.403	138	372	39	49	107	72	54	6	40	545
	MIA	25	12	533	69	184	.375	57	155	14	16	47	29	24	3	14	209
	DET	28	26	764	115	273	.421	81	217	25	33	60	43	30	3	26	336
2019-20	NYK	36	1	558	61	174	.351	50	143	11	13	65	44	13	4	18	183
2020-21	DET	46	31	1,012	149	338	.441	116	275	28	35	85	67	18	9	33	442
2021-22	LAL	43	9	810	98	237	.414	82	211	9	11	77	30	23	5	19	287
Career		770	—	—	2,233	5,441	.410	1214	3175	510	605	1643	852	412	66	508	6,190

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2009-10	MIN	76	18.2	4.9	11.7	.424	1.7	4.2	1.6	1.8	4.1	1.9	0.5	0.1	1.9	13.1
2010-11	MIN	62	19.0	4.9	12.1	.403	1.5	3.7	1.3	1.6	3.3	2.2	0.9	0.1	1.6	12.5
2011-12	MIN	51	19.1	4.5	11.2	.404	1.3	4.0	1.2	1.5	3.7	1.2	1.0	0.4	1.0	11.5
2012-13	2TM	78	21.3	4.9	11.5	.427	2.0	5.2	1.5	1.6	3.6	2.3	1.0	0.1	1.2	13.3
	MEM	40	16.9	4.3	10.6	.407	2.2	5.2	0.8	0.9	2.8	2.2	0.9	0.1	1.3	11.6
	CLE	38	25.9	5.3	12.1	.439	1.9	5.2	1.9	2.2	4.2	2.3	1.1	0.1	1.2	14.5
2013-14	DAL	45	8.7	5.0	11.5	.437	2.3	5.4	0.9	1.0	3.9	1.7	1.5	0.2	1.0	13.3
2014-15	LAL	65	25.8	5.5	13.3	.412	1.9	5.2	1.1	1.4	4.5	2.3	0.7	0.0	1.1	14.0
2015-16	BKN	76	21.2	4.9	12.5	.389	2.1	6.0	1.2	1.4	3.9	1.9	1.1	0.1	1.0	13.1
2016-17	MIA	62	24.2	5.5	13.3	.416	3.6	9.5	0.9	1.0	3.2	1.7	0.8	0.1	0.7	15.6
2017-18	MIA	77	26.5	5.0	12.3	.407	4.0	10.2	1.2	1.4	3.8	1.4	0.9	0.1	0.9	15.2
2018-19	2TM	53	24.5	5.1	12.7	.403	3.8	10.3	1.1	1.4	3.0	2.0	1.5	0.2	1.1	15.1
	MIA	25	21.3	4.7	12.4	.375	3.8	10.5	0.9	1.1	3.2	2.0	1.6	0.2	0.9	14.1
	DET	28	27.3	5.4	12.9	.421	3.8	10.2	1.2	1.6	2.8	2.0	1.4	0.1	1.2	15.8
2019-20	NYK	36	15.5	3.9	11.2	.351	3.2	9.2	0.7	0.8	4.2	2.8	0.8	0.3	1.2	11.8
2020-21	DET	46	22.0	5.3	12.0	.441	4.1	9.8	1.0	1.2	3.0	2.4	0.6	0.3	1.2	15.7
2021-22	LAL	43	18.8	4.4	10.5	.414	3.6	9.4	0.4	0.5	3.4	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.8	12.8

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
2009-10	MIN	76	1,384	9.6	.527	17.4	0.3	0.1	0.4	.014	-1.6	-1.9	-3.5	-0.5
2010-11	MIN	62	1,181	8.6	.488	17.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	.010	-2.3	-1.3	-3.5	-0.5
2011-12	MIN	51	973	9.4	.487	15.8	0.3	0.5	0.8	.041	-2.7	-0.2	-2.8	-0.2
2012-13	2TM	78	1,661	12.2	.546	16.8	2.1	1.1	3.2	.093	+0.0	-0.5	-0.5	+0.6
	MEM	40	676	9.8	.529	15.7	0.6	0.8	1.3	.094	-1.1	+0.5	-0.6	+0.2
	CLE	38	985	13.9	.556	17.6	1.6	0.3	1.9	.093	+0.7	-1.2	-0.5	+0.4
2013-14	DAL	45	393	12.2	.554	16.4	0.4	0.2	0.7	.084	-0.5	-0.2	-0.8	+0.1
2014-15	LAL	65	1,675	11.6	.504	18.5	1.1	0.1	1.2	.034	-0.5	-1.8	-2.3	-0.1
2015-16	BKN	76	1,615	10.1	.498	17.5	0.5	0.3	0.8	.025	-1.5	-1.3	-2.8	-0.3
2016-17	MIA	62	1,500	12.6	.565	17.9	2.1	1.2	3.3	.105	+0.8	-0.9	-0.1	+0.7
2017-18	MIA	77	2,041	12.5	.588	17.3	2.6	1.9	4.5	.105	+1.0	-0.6	+0.4	+1.2
2018-19	2TM	53	1,297	11.8	.569	17.2	1.3	1.4	2.6	.097	-0.3	+0.3	+0.0	+0.7
	MIA	25	533	10.8	.547	16.5	0.4	0.6	1.0	.091	-0.7	+0.9	+0.2	+0.3
	DET	28	764	12.5	.584	17.7	0.9	0.7	1.6	.102	+0.0	-0.1	-0.1	+0.4
2019-20	NYK	36	558	8.5	.509	15.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	.035	-1.9	-1.0	-2.9	-0.1
2020-21	DET	46	1,012	12.2	.625	16.7	1.3	0.5	1.9	.088	+1.1	-1.3	-0.2	+0.5
2021-22	LAL	43	810	9.9	.593	13.8	0.6	0.4	1.0	.062	-0.7	-0.6	-1.4	+0.1
Career		770	—	—	—	—	—	—	21.1	—	—	—	—	+2.2

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%
2013-14	7	6.5	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	.333	.333	.581
2017-18	5	19.6	7.8	1.6	0.6	0.4	0.4	.343	.400	.537
2018-19	4	32.5	7.8	3.8	1.2	0.8	0.0	.314	.318	.432
Career	16	21.9	4.9	1.6	0.6	0.3	0.1	.329	.362	.493

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	487	6.1	1.7	0.9	219–268
Away	477	6.7	1.7	0.9	149–328
In wins	368	6.9	1.8	0.9	368–0
In losses	596	6.1	1.6	0.9	0–596

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	32	7.0	1.9	1.2	12–20
BOS Boston Celtics	34	4.5	1.8	0.6	13–21
BKN Brooklyn Nets	28	6.5	2.2	0.8	12–16
CHA Charlotte Hornets	36	7.4	1.6	0.7	13–23
CHI Chicago Bulls	33	7.3	1.8	1.4	16–17
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	35	4.7	1.5	0.7	20–15
DAL Dallas Mavericks	27	6.8	1.7	1.0	10–17
DEN Denver Nuggets	37	5.9	1.4	0.7	10–27
DET Detroit Pistons	30	7.1	2.4	1.1	18–12
GSW Golden State Warriors	33	4.4	1.3	0.7	8–25
HOU Houston Rockets	33	5.2	1.4	0.6	16–17
IND Indiana Pacers	38	8.4	2.3	1.1	13–25
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	37	5.2	1.1	0.6	8–29
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	26	4.2	1.2	0.7	8–18
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	34	7.3	1.6	1.0	10–24
MIA Miami Heat	25	8.8	1.8	1.0	7–18
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	30	6.2	1.9	1.1	13–17
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	23	5.0	1.4	0.8	9–14
NOP New Orleans Pelicans	22	6.3	1.5	1.0	8–14
NYK New York Knicks	31	8.2	1.7	0.9	13–18
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder	32	4.7	1.3	1.1	8–24
ORL Orlando Magic	33	7.6	2.1	0.6	13–20
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	33	8.0	2.1	1.3	13–20
PHX Phoenix Suns	32	5.4	1.3	0.7	11–21
POR Portland Trail Blazers	34	6.3	2.1	0.8	10–24
SAC Sacramento Kings	34	6.0	1.0	0.9	16–18
SAS San Antonio Spurs	35	5.9	1.4	0.6	7–28
TOR Toronto Raptors	31	8.3	1.9	1.1	12–19
UTA Utah Jazz	35	7.0	2.3	0.7	19–16
WAS Washington Wizards	30	7.6	2.4	1.3	17–13

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Darker = a larger share of this player’s shots came from that range; the number is field-goal % from there.

Average shot distance 23.4 ft · 0% of attempts were dunks · 28% of threes from the corner

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

Wayne Ellington plays SG for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Wayne Ellington has averaged 8.0 PPG, 2.1 RPG, 1.1 APG over 13 seasons (2009-10–2021-22).

Wayne Ellington's salary is $2,641,691 for the 2021-22 season, with career earnings of about $41.2M.

Wayne Ellington is 6-4 (207 lb).

Wayne Ellington was drafted in 2009, round 1, pick 28, by the Minnesota Timberwolves.