Dale Ellis

SG · 2TM

Seasons 1983-84–1999-00 · 17 on record · Ht 6-7 · b. 1960

★ Most ImprovedAll-StarAll-NBA

Player info

Nickname	Lamar Mundane, SIlent Assassin
Position	SG
Number	#3 (also #14, #9, #2)
Height	6-7
Weight	205 lb
Born	1960-08-06
College	Tennessee
Drafted	1983 · Round 1, Pick 9 · Dallas Mavericks
Seasons	1983-84–1999-00 (17)

Career averages

15.7 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 1.4 APG · 1209 games · .479 FG% · .403 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1983-84	DAL	23	67	15.8	.456	.414	.719	3.7	0.8	0.6	0.1	8.2	15.1	.503
1984-85	DAL	24	72	18.3	.454	.385	.740	3.3	0.8	0.6	0.1	9.3	14.7	.514
1985-86	DAL	25	72	15.1	.411	.364	.720	2.3	0.5	0.6	0.1	7.1	13.5	.502
1986-87	SEA	26	82	37.5	.516	.358	.787	5.5	2.9	1.3	0.4	24.9	19.0	.588
1987-88	SEA	27	75	37.2	.503	.413	.767	4.5	2.6	1.0	0.1	25.8	19.3	.572
1988-89	SEA	28	82	38.9	.501	.478	.816	4.2	2.0	1.3	0.3	27.5	19.7	.589
1989-90	SEA	29	55	37.0	.497	.375	.818	4.3	2.0	1.1	0.1	23.5	19.0	.580
1990-91	2TM	30	51	27.9	.474	.363	.723	3.4	1.9	1.0	0.2	16.8	17.0	.542
	SEA	30	30	26.7	.463	.303	.738	3.1	2.1	1.1	0.1	15.0	16.0	.527
	MIL	30	21	29.7	.486	.441	.707	3.9	1.5	0.8	0.2	19.3	18.2	.559
1991-92	MIL	31	81	27.0	.469	.419	.774	3.1	1.3	0.7	0.2	15.7	15.9	.564
1992-93	SAS	32	82	33.3	.499	.401	.797	3.8	1.3	1.0	0.2	16.7	15.0	.579
1993-94	SAS	33	77	33.6	.494	.395	.776	3.3	1.0	0.9	0.1	15.2	14.7	.577
1994-95	DEN	34	81	24.6	.453	.403	.866	2.7	0.7	0.5	0.1	11.3	12.9	.553
1995-96	DEN	35	81	32.4	.479	.412	.760	3.9	1.7	0.7	0.1	14.9	14.7	.580
1996-97	DEN	36	82	35.9	.414	.364	.817	3.6	2.0	0.7	0.1	16.6	12.9	.537
1997-98	SEA	37	79	24.5	.497	.464	.782	2.3	1.1	0.8	0.1	11.8	16.6	.612
1998-99	SEA	38	48	25.7	.441	.433	.757	2.4	0.8	0.5	0.1	10.3	13.1	.581
1999-00	2TM	39	42	13.4	.415	.370	.692	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	4.2	8.7	.540
	MIL	39	18	18.0	.465	.354	.667	1.9	0.3	0.3	0.0	6.8	12.1	.586
	CHH	39	24	10.0	.328	.400	.750	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.0	2.3	4.2	.460

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1983-84	DAL	67	2	1,059	225	493	.456	12	29	87	121	250	56	41	9	78	549
1984-85	DAL	72	4	1,314	274	603	.454	42	109	77	104	238	56	46	7	58	667
1985-86	DAL	72	1	1,086	193	470	.411	63	173	59	82	168	37	40	9	38	508
1986-87	SEA	82	76	3,073	785	1,520	.516	86	240	385	489	447	238	104	32	238	2,041
1987-88	SEA	75	73	2,790	764	1,519	.503	107	259	303	395	340	197	74	11	172	1,938
1988-89	SEA	82	82	3,190	857	1,710	.501	162	339	377	462	342	164	108	22	218	2,253
1989-90	SEA	55	49	2,033	502	1,011	.497	96	256	193	236	238	110	59	7	119	1,293
1990-91	2TM	51	24	1,424	340	718	.474	57	157	120	166	173	95	49	8	81	857
	SEA	30	24	800	181	391	.463	27	89	62	84	92	64	33	3	49	451
	MIL	21	0	624	159	327	.486	30	68	58	82	81	31	16	5	32	406
1991-92	MIL	81	11	2,191	485	1,034	.469	138	329	164	212	253	104	57	18	119	1,272
1992-93	SAS	82	76	2,731	545	1,092	.499	119	297	157	197	312	107	78	18	111	1,366
1993-94	SAS	77	75	2,590	478	967	.494	131	332	83	107	255	80	66	11	75	1,170
1994-95	DEN	81	3	1,996	351	774	.453	106	263	110	127	222	57	37	9	81	918
1995-96	DEN	81	52	2,626	459	959	.479	150	364	136	179	315	139	57	7	98	1,204
1996-97	DEN	82	51	2,940	477	1,151	.414	192	528	215	263	293	165	60	7	146	1,361
1997-98	SEA	79	0	1,939	348	700	.497	127	274	111	142	184	89	60	5	74	934
1998-99	SEA	48	5	1,232	174	395	.441	94	217	53	70	115	38	25	3	45	495
1999-00	2TM	42	5	564	66	159	.415	37	100	9	13	56	14	13	0	20	178
	MIL	18	0	324	47	101	.465	23	65	6	9	34	6	6	0	7	123
	CHH	24	5	240	19	58	.328	14	35	3	4	22	8	7	0	13	55
Career		1209	—	—	7,323	15,275	.479	1719	4266	2639	3365	4201	1746	974	183	1771	19,004

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1983-84	DAL	67	15.8	7.6	16.8	.456	0.4	1.0	3.0	4.1	8.5	1.9	1.4	0.3	2.7	18.7
1984-85	DAL	72	18.2	7.5	16.5	.454	1.2	3.0	2.1	2.8	6.5	1.5	1.3	0.2	1.6	18.3
1985-86	DAL	72	15.1	6.4	15.6	.411	2.1	5.7	2.0	2.7	5.6	1.2	1.3	0.3	1.3	16.8
1986-87	SEA	82	37.5	9.2	17.8	.516	1.0	2.8	4.5	5.7	5.2	2.8	1.2	0.4	2.8	23.9
1987-88	SEA	75	37.2	9.9	19.6	.503	1.4	3.3	3.9	5.1	4.4	2.5	1.0	0.1	2.2	25.0
1988-89	SEA	82	38.9	9.7	19.3	.501	1.8	3.8	4.3	5.2	3.9	1.9	1.2	0.2	2.5	25.4
1989-90	SEA	55	37.0	8.9	17.9	.497	1.7	4.5	3.4	4.2	4.2	1.9	1.0	0.1	2.1	22.9
1990-91	2TM	51	27.9	8.6	18.2	.474	1.4	4.0	3.0	4.2	4.4	2.4	1.2	0.2	2.0	21.7
	SEA	30	26.7	8.1	17.6	.463	1.2	4.0	2.8	3.8	4.1	2.9	1.5	0.1	2.2	20.3
	MIL	21	29.7	9.2	18.9	.486	1.7	3.9	3.3	4.7	4.7	1.8	0.9	0.3	1.8	23.4
1991-92	MIL	81	27.0	8.0	17.0	.469	2.3	5.4	2.7	3.5	4.2	1.7	0.9	0.3	2.0	20.9
1992-93	SAS	82	33.3	7.2	14.4	.499	1.6	3.9	2.1	2.6	4.1	1.4	1.0	0.2	1.5	18.0
1993-94	SAS	77	33.6	6.6	13.4	.494	1.8	4.6	1.2	1.5	3.5	1.1	0.9	0.2	1.0	16.3
1994-95	DEN	81	24.6	6.3	14.0	.453	1.9	4.7	2.0	2.3	4.0	1.0	0.7	0.2	1.5	16.6
1995-96	DEN	81	32.4	6.3	13.1	.479	2.1	5.0	1.9	2.5	4.3	1.9	0.8	0.1	1.3	16.5
1996-97	DEN	82	35.9	5.8	14.1	.414	2.4	6.5	2.6	3.2	3.6	2.0	0.7	0.1	1.8	16.7
1997-98	SEA	79	24.5	6.5	13.0	.497	2.4	5.1	2.1	2.6	3.4	1.7	1.1	0.1	1.4	17.3
1998-99	SEA	48	25.7	5.1	11.5	.441	2.7	6.3	1.5	2.0	3.4	1.1	0.7	0.1	1.3	14.5
1999-00	2TM	42	13.4	4.2	10.1	.415	2.4	6.4	0.6	0.8	3.6	0.9	0.8	0.0	1.3	11.4
	MIL	18	18.0	5.2	11.2	.465	2.6	7.2	0.7	1.0	3.8	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.8	13.7
	CHH	24	10.0	2.8	8.7	.328	2.1	5.2	0.5	0.6	3.3	1.2	1.1	0.0	2.0	8.2

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
1983-84	DAL	67	1,059	15.1	.503	24.6	0.5	1.0	1.5	.066	-0.8	-1.6	-2.4	-0.1
1984-85	DAL	72	1,314	14.7	.514	22.5	1.3	1.1	2.4	.088	+0.3	-1.3	-1.0	+0.3
1985-86	DAL	72	1,086	13.5	.502	20.4	1.2	0.4	1.6	.071	+1.1	-2.0	-0.9	+0.3
1986-87	SEA	82	3,073	19.0	.588	25.3	7.6	1.7	9.3	.145	+3.5	-1.1	+2.4	+3.4
1987-88	SEA	75	2,790	19.3	.572	26.8	7.4	1.6	9.0	.155	+4.3	-1.8	+2.5	+3.2
1988-89	SEA	82	3,190	19.7	.589	26.6	9.2	1.6	10.8	.163	+4.3	-1.6	+2.7	+3.8
1989-90	SEA	55	2,033	19.0	.580	25.3	5.4	1.0	6.4	.150	+4.0	-1.5	+2.5	+2.3
1990-91	2TM	51	1,424	17.0	.542	26.0	2.2	1.0	3.2	.109	+1.9	-1.6	+0.3	+0.8
	SEA	30	800	16.0	.527	25.0	1.0	0.6	1.6	.097	+0.8	-1.3	-0.5	+0.3
	MIL	21	624	18.2	.559	27.2	1.2	0.4	1.6	.124	+3.3	-2.1	+1.2	+0.5
1991-92	MIL	81	2,191	15.9	.564	23.8	4.1	0.7	4.8	.105	+2.6	-2.1	+0.5	+1.4
1992-93	SAS	82	2,731	15.0	.579	20.8	4.1	2.3	6.4	.113	+1.1	-0.7	+0.5	+1.7
1993-94	SAS	77	2,590	14.7	.577	18.8	5.5	2.1	7.6	.140	+1.4	-0.7	+0.7	+1.8
1994-95	DEN	81	1,996	12.9	.553	20.6	2.4	1.0	3.4	.083	+0.5	-2.0	-1.5	+0.2
1995-96	DEN	81	2,626	14.7	.580	19.3	4.7	1.5	6.2	.114	+1.5	-0.9	+0.6	+1.7
1996-97	DEN	82	2,940	12.9	.537	21.5	3.2	0.0	3.1	.051	+0.4	-2.3	-1.9	+0.0
1997-98	SEA	79	1,939	16.6	.612	20.0	4.6	1.4	6.0	.149	+2.7	-1.1	+1.6	+1.8
1998-99	SEA	48	1,232	13.1	.581	17.3	2.3	0.0	2.4	.092	+1.4	-1.8	-0.4	+0.5
1999-00	2TM	42	564	8.7	.540	14.6	0.3	0.2	0.5	.046	-1.1	-2.0	-3.1	-0.2
	MIL	18	324	12.1	.586	15.4	0.6	0.0	0.6	.087	+1.3	-2.6	-1.3	+0.1
	CHH	24	240	4.2	.460	13.6	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-.010	-4.4	-1.3	-5.7	-0.2
Career		1209	—	—	—	—	—	—	84.6	—	—	—	—	+22.9

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%
1983-84	8	22.2	7.4	5.2	0.5	1.2	0.2	.325	.083	.353
1984-85	4	17.0	5.8	1.8	0.8	1.0	0.0	.435	.400	.482
1985-86	7	9.6	4.3	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	.409	.583	.620
1986-87	14	37.9	25.2	6.4	2.6	0.7	0.4	.487	.361	.539
1987-88	5	34.4	20.8	4.6	3.0	0.6	0.4	.482	.250	.543
1988-89	8	38.0	22.9	4.0	1.2	1.4	0.1	.450	.405	.524
1992-93	10	30.5	12.5	3.5	1.1	0.4	0.0	.451	.312	.521
1993-94	4	28.5	10.5	2.5	0.2	0.8	0.0	.395	.294	.465
1994-95	3	24.3	12.0	4.7	1.0	0.7	0.3	.357	.308	.534
1997-98	10	16.9	5.6	1.3	0.6	0.2	0.0	.377	.423	.503
Career	73	27.1	13.8	3.7	1.3	0.7	0.2	.443	.351	.514

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	620	15.5	3.4	1.4	417–203
Away	616	15.3	3.4	1.4	226–390
In wins	643	16.0	3.4	1.5	643–0
In losses	593	14.7	3.4	1.4	0–593

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	34	15.0	3.1	1.1	14–20
BOS Boston Celtics	32	17.0	4.0	1.1	15–17
BKN Brooklyn Nets	31	15.3	3.1	1.1	13–18
CHA Charlotte Hornets	27	14.7	3.5	0.7	13–14
CHI Chicago Bulls	40	14.8	2.4	1.1	19–21
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	34	14.8	3.1	1.5	19–15
DAL Dallas Mavericks	53	16.5	3.3	1.7	31–22
DEN Denver Nuggets	57	15.3	4.0	1.4	33–24
DET Detroit Pistons	38	14.9	3.7	1.2	14–24
GSW Golden State Warriors	65	17.5	3.7	1.8	35–30
HOU Houston Rockets	66	15.1	3.3	1.2	29–37
IND Indiana Pacers	31	12.9	3.1	1.3	16–15
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	61	18.0	2.9	1.3	42–19
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	67	15.6	4.0	1.4	29–38
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	15	13.0	2.7	1.9	12–3
MIA Miami Heat	27	14.6	3.1	1.3	17–10
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	26	17.0	3.9	1.6	13–13
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	36	13.5	2.8	1.4	26–10
NYK New York Knicks	34	14.7	3.7	2.0	15–19
ORL Orlando Magic	22	12.8	3.0	1.0	14–8
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	35	14.3	3.5	1.5	22–13
PHX Phoenix Suns	66	16.0	3.6	1.5	32–34
POR Portland Trail Blazers	63	17.2	3.7	1.7	31–32
SAC Sacramento Kings	72	15.5	3.7	1.7	39–33
SAS San Antonio Spurs	58	15.7	2.9	1.6	30–28
TOR Toronto Raptors	9	10.9	1.3	1.1	7–2
UTA Utah Jazz	69	15.4	3.4	1.6	27–42
WAS Washington Wizards	5	7.6	2.8	0.8	3–2

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 1999-00

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)	2%	1.000
In the paint (3-10 ft)	3%	0.000
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	12%	.143
Long two (16 ft-3P)	22%	.231
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	60%	.400

Average shot distance 21.1 ft · 0% of attempts were dunks · 20% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
1990-91	$1,250,000
1991-92	$1,300,000
1992-93	$1,000,000
1993-94	$1,300,000
1994-95	$1,007,500
1995-96	$1,310,000
1996-97	$1,600,000
1997-98	$1,920,000
1998-99	$1,750,000
Career earnings	$12,437,500

Frequently asked questions

What are Dale Ellis's career stats?

Dale Ellis has averaged 15.7 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 1.4 APG over 17 seasons (1983-84–1999-00).

How much does Dale Ellis make?

Dale Ellis's salary is $1,750,000 for the 1998-99 season, with career earnings of about $12.4M.

How tall is Dale Ellis?

Dale Ellis is 6-7 (205 lb).

When was Dale Ellis drafted?

Dale Ellis was drafted in 1983, round 1, pick 9, by the Dallas Mavericks.