Michael Finley

SF · 2TM

Seasons 1995-96–2009-10 · 15 on record · Ht 6-7 · b. 1973

2× All-Star

Player info

Nickname	Fin Dawg
Position	SF
Number	#4 (also #40)
Height	6-7
Weight	215 lb
Born	1973-03-06
College	Wisconsin
Drafted	1995 · Round 1, Pick 21 · Phoenix Suns
Seasons	1995-96–2009-10 (15)

Career averages

15.7 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 2.9 APG · 1103 games · .444 FG% · .375 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1995-96	PHX	22	82	39.2	.476	.328	.749	4.6	3.5	1.0	0.4	15.0	14.0	.551
1996-97	2TM	23	83	33.6	.444	.361	.808	4.5	2.7	0.8	0.3	15.0	14.5	.530
	PHX	23	27	29.5	.475	.255	.812	4.4	2.5	0.7	0.1	13.0	14.6	.538
	DAL	23	56	35.6	.432	.387	.807	4.5	2.8	0.9	0.4	16.0	14.5	.527
1997-98	DAL	24	82	41.4	.449	.357	.784	5.3	4.9	1.6	0.4	21.5	19.3	.522
1998-99	DAL	25	50	41.0	.444	.331	.823	5.3	4.4	1.3	0.3	20.2	19.2	.517
1999-00	DAL	26	82	42.2	.457	.401	.820	6.3	5.3	1.3	0.4	22.6	19.2	.522
2000-01	DAL	27	82	42.0	.458	.346	.775	5.2	4.4	1.4	0.4	21.5	18.2	.521
2001-02	DAL	28	69	39.9	.463	.339	.837	5.2	3.3	0.9	0.4	20.6	17.6	.532
2002-03	DAL	29	69	38.3	.425	.370	.861	5.8	3.0	1.1	0.3	19.3	17.6	.514
2003-04	DAL	30	72	38.6	.443	.405	.850	4.5	2.9	1.2	0.5	18.6	17.8	.539
2004-05	DAL	31	64	36.8	.427	.407	.831	4.1	2.6	0.8	0.3	15.7	14.3	.519
2005-06	SAS	32	77	26.5	.412	.394	.852	3.2	1.5	0.5	0.1	10.1	12.7	.523
2006-07	SAS	33	82	22.2	.412	.364	.918	2.7	1.3	0.4	0.2	9.0	13.7	.524
2007-08	SAS	34	82	26.9	.414	.370	.800	3.1	1.4	0.4	0.1	10.1	11.4	.519
2008-09	SAS	35	81	28.8	.437	.411	.823	3.3	1.4	0.5	0.2	9.7	11.4	.547
2009-10	2TM	36	46	15.4	.440	.390	.533	1.5	0.9	0.2	0.1	4.4	9.0	.530
	SAS	36	25	15.8	.381	.317	.667	1.5	0.8	0.2	0.2	3.7	6.5	.461
	BOS	36	21	15.0	.506	.463	.333	1.6	1.1	0.2	0.1	5.2	12.1	.608

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1995-96	PHX	82	72	3,212	465	976	.476	61	186	242	323	374	289	85	31	133	1,233
1996-97	2TM	83	54	2,790	475	1,071	.444	101	280	198	245	372	224	68	24	164	1,249
	PHX	27	18	796	141	297	.475	14	55	56	69	120	68	18	4	44	352
	DAL	56	36	1,994	334	774	.432	87	225	142	176	252	156	50	20	120	897
1997-98	DAL	82	82	3,394	675	1,505	.449	87	244	326	416	438	405	132	30	219	1,763
1998-99	DAL	50	50	2,051	389	876	.444	45	136	186	226	263	218	66	15	107	1,009
1999-00	DAL	82	82	3,464	748	1,636	.457	99	247	260	317	518	438	109	32	196	1,855
2000-01	DAL	82	82	3,443	711	1,552	.458	91	263	252	325	425	360	118	32	190	1,765
2001-02	DAL	69	69	2,754	569	1,228	.463	76	224	210	251	360	230	65	25	117	1,424
2002-03	DAL	69	69	2,642	507	1,193	.425	119	322	198	230	402	205	76	21	114	1,331
2003-04	DAL	72	72	2,778	514	1,159	.443	150	370	164	193	325	212	84	39	83	1,342
2004-05	DAL	64	64	2,358	387	907	.427	116	285	113	136	262	169	48	18	60	1,003
2005-06	SAS	77	18	2,038	286	695	.412	110	279	98	115	247	116	37	7	62	780
2006-07	SAS	82	16	1,823	273	663	.412	104	286	90	98	223	108	32	16	46	740
2007-08	SAS	82	61	2,204	315	761	.414	132	357	64	80	254	114	29	10	56	826
2008-09	SAS	81	77	2,336	301	689	.437	131	319	51	62	270	114	37	17	61	784
2009-10	2TM	46	7	709	81	184	.440	32	82	8	15	71	43	10	6	21	202
	SAS	25	6	395	37	97	.381	13	41	6	9	38	19	6	4	13	93
	BOS	21	1	314	44	87	.506	19	41	2	6	33	24	4	2	8	109
Career		1103	—	—	6,696	15,095	.444	1454	3880	2460	3032	4804	3245	996	323	1629	17,306

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1995-96	PHX	82	39.2	5.2	10.9	.476	0.7	2.1	2.7	3.6	4.2	3.2	1.0	0.3	1.5	13.8
1996-97	2TM	83	33.6	6.1	13.8	.444	1.3	3.6	2.6	3.2	4.8	2.9	0.9	0.3	2.1	16.1
	PHX	27	29.5	6.4	13.4	.475	0.6	2.5	2.5	3.1	5.4	3.1	0.8	0.2	2.0	15.9
	DAL	56	35.6	6.0	14.0	.432	1.6	4.1	2.6	3.2	4.5	2.8	0.9	0.4	2.2	16.2
1997-98	DAL	82	41.4	7.2	16.0	.449	0.9	2.6	3.5	4.4	4.6	4.3	1.4	0.3	2.3	18.7
1998-99	DAL	50	41.0	6.8	15.4	.444	0.8	2.4	3.3	4.0	4.6	3.8	1.2	0.3	1.9	17.7
1999-00	DAL	82	42.2	7.8	17.0	.457	1.0	2.6	2.7	3.3	5.4	4.6	1.1	0.3	2.0	19.3
2000-01	DAL	82	42.0	7.4	16.2	.458	1.0	2.7	2.6	3.4	4.4	3.8	1.2	0.3	2.0	18.5
2001-02	DAL	69	39.9	7.4	16.1	.463	1.0	2.9	2.7	3.3	4.7	3.0	0.8	0.3	1.5	18.6
2002-03	DAL	69	38.3	6.9	16.3	.425	1.6	4.4	2.7	3.1	5.5	2.8	1.0	0.3	1.6	18.1
2003-04	DAL	72	38.6	6.7	15.0	.443	1.9	4.8	2.1	2.5	4.2	2.7	1.1	0.5	1.1	17.4
2004-05	DAL	64	36.8	5.9	13.8	.427	1.8	4.4	1.7	2.1	4.0	2.6	0.7	0.3	0.9	15.3
2005-06	SAS	77	26.5	5.1	12.3	.412	1.9	4.9	1.7	2.0	4.4	2.0	0.7	0.1	1.1	13.8
2006-07	SAS	82	22.2	5.4	13.1	.412	2.1	5.6	1.8	1.9	4.4	2.1	0.6	0.3	0.9	14.6
2007-08	SAS	82	26.9	5.1	12.4	.414	2.2	5.8	1.0	1.3	4.1	1.9	0.5	0.2	0.9	13.5
2008-09	SAS	81	28.8	4.6	10.6	.437	2.0	4.9	0.8	1.0	4.2	1.8	0.6	0.3	0.9	12.1
2009-10	2TM	46	15.4	4.1	9.3	.440	1.6	4.2	0.4	0.8	3.6	2.2	0.5	0.3	1.1	10.3
	SAS	25	15.8	3.4	8.8	.381	1.2	3.7	0.5	0.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	0.4	1.2	8.5
	BOS	21	15.0	5.0	10.0	.506	2.2	4.7	0.2	0.7	3.8	2.8	0.5	0.2	0.9	12.5

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
1995-96	PHX	82	3,212	14.0	.551	17.3	5.0	1.3	6.3	.095	+0.6	-0.8	-0.2	+1.5
1996-97	2TM	83	2,790	14.5	.530	22.0	2.3	1.6	3.9	.067	+1.0	-0.7	+0.3	+1.6
	PHX	27	796	14.6	.538	21.0	0.8	0.4	1.2	.074	+0.7	-0.6	+0.1	+0.4
	DAL	56	1,994	14.5	.527	22.4	1.5	1.1	2.7	.064	+1.1	-0.8	+0.3	+1.2
1997-98	DAL	82	3,394	19.3	.522	25.7	5.5	2.0	7.5	.106	+3.0	-0.6	+2.5	+3.8
1998-99	DAL	50	2,051	19.2	.517	24.2	4.4	0.9	5.4	.126	+2.8	-0.9	+2.0	+2.1
1999-00	DAL	82	3,464	19.2	.522	25.1	6.4	1.9	8.3	.114	+3.0	-0.9	+2.1	+3.6
2000-01	DAL	82	3,443	18.2	.521	24.9	5.6	2.9	8.5	.119	+2.4	-0.5	+1.9	+3.4
2001-02	DAL	69	2,754	17.6	.532	23.9	5.3	1.0	6.3	.110	+2.3	-1.2	+1.1	+2.1
2002-03	DAL	69	2,642	17.6	.514	24.2	4.3	2.5	6.7	.123	+2.4	-0.8	+1.7	+2.4
2003-04	DAL	72	2,778	17.8	.539	20.9	7.0	0.5	7.6	.131	+3.0	-1.2	+1.8	+2.7
2004-05	DAL	64	2,358	14.3	.519	19.5	3.6	1.9	5.5	.112	+1.1	-0.9	+0.2	+1.3
2005-06	SAS	77	2,038	12.7	.523	18.9	2.0	2.9	5.0	.117	+0.1	+0.2	+0.2	+1.1
2006-07	SAS	82	1,823	13.7	.524	19.6	2.1	2.6	4.7	.125	+0.8	-0.1	+0.7	+1.2
2007-08	SAS	82	2,204	11.4	.519	18.5	1.3	2.9	4.2	.091	-0.5	-0.1	-0.6	+0.8
2008-09	SAS	81	2,336	11.4	.547	16.1	1.6	2.8	4.4	.091	-0.4	+0.0	-0.4	+1.0
2009-10	2TM	46	709	9.0	.530	13.8	0.3	0.7	1.0	.066	-0.9	-0.4	-1.3	+0.1
	SAS	25	395	6.5	.461	13.2	-0.2	0.4	0.2	.026	-2.3	-0.2	-2.6	-0.1
	BOS	21	314	12.1	.608	14.6	0.4	0.3	0.8	.115	+0.8	-0.5	+0.3	+0.2
Career		1103	—	—	—	—	—	—	85.3	—	—	—	—	+28.7

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%
2000-01	10	43.0	19.7	5.3	4.4	1.2	0.2	.360	.362	.449
2001-02	8	46.0	24.6	6.2	2.2	1.5	0.5	.466	.378	.579
2002-03	20	40.5	18.3	5.8	3.0	1.3	0.6	.435	.412	.554
2003-04	5	38.8	13.0	3.2	2.6	0.8	0.6	.382	.269	.449
2004-05	13	37.5	13.1	4.3	2.2	1.3	0.0	.425	.393	.528
2005-06	13	31.1	10.5	3.8	1.4	0.6	0.2	.476	.383	.598
2006-07	20	26.4	11.2	2.9	1.1	0.6	0.2	.410	.419	.576
2007-08	17	22.5	6.7	1.9	1.0	0.3	0.2	.402	.365	.514
2008-09	5	28.2	8.0	3.0	1.0	0.2	0.2	.441	.467	.559
2009-10	24	5.4	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.0	.250	.273	.359
Career	135	29.8	11.3	3.4	1.7	0.7	0.2	.418	.388	.533

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	571	16.0	4.4	3.0	377–194
Away	560	14.6	4.1	2.8	278–282
In wins	655	15.8	4.4	2.8	655–0
In losses	476	14.7	4.1	2.9	0–476

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	24	14.8	4.0	3.0	17–7
BOS Boston Celtics	25	14.6	4.4	3.3	16–9
BKN Brooklyn Nets	25	14.3	4.4	3.0	20–5
CHA Charlotte Hornets	37	13.9	2.9	2.6	26–11
CHI Chicago Bulls	30	16.0	3.9	2.6	20–10
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	28	15.2	4.6	3.0	12–16
DAL Dallas Mavericks	23	9.8	4.1	2.0	13–10
DEN Denver Nuggets	54	16.0	3.8	3.0	33–21
DET Detroit Pistons	27	14.2	4.1	2.9	12–15
GSW Golden State Warriors	55	15.4	4.7	3.6	41–14
HOU Houston Rockets	59	15.8	4.6	3.0	26–33
IND Indiana Pacers	27	14.5	4.2	2.7	17–10
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	51	15.6	4.5	3.1	35–16
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	55	15.2	4.1	2.7	15–40
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	55	16.5	4.7	2.8	45–10
MIA Miami Heat	25	12.6	4.8	2.1	14–11
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	30	16.9	4.5	3.1	13–17
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	53	15.4	4.8	3.4	33–20
NYK New York Knicks	26	15.5	4.2	3.2	18–8
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder	7	6.7	2.3	2.0	3–4
ORL Orlando Magic	24	15.3	4.0	2.9	11–13
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	28	14.6	4.1	2.9	15–13
PHX Phoenix Suns	49	16.6	4.5	3.1	25–24
POR Portland Trail Blazers	54	15.4	3.8	2.4	29–25
SAC Sacramento Kings	56	16.0	4.2	3.0	35–21
SAS San Antonio Spurs	39	17.7	5.0	3.1	13–26
TOR Toronto Raptors	27	14.9	4.1	2.2	20–7
UTA Utah Jazz	52	14.4	3.7	2.4	24–28
WAS Washington Wizards	22	16.0	4.2	3.1	17–5

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2009-10

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%	.500
In the paint (3-10 ft)	2%	.500
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	9%	.125
Long two (16 ft-3P)	37%	.656
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	47%	.463

Average shot distance 20.1 ft · 0% of attempts were dunks · 24% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
1995-96	$628,000
1996-97	$723,000
1997-98	$816,840
1998-99	$6,000,000
2000-01	$8,400,000
2001-02	$10,625,000
2002-03	$11,953,000
2003-04	$13,281,000
2004-05	$14,609,000
2005-06	$18,612,500
2006-07	$19,030,999
2007-08	$21,696,750
2008-09	$2,500,000
2009-10	$2,500,000
Career earnings	$131,376,089

Frequently asked questions

What are Michael Finley's career stats?

Michael Finley has averaged 15.7 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 2.9 APG over 15 seasons (1995-96–2009-10).

How much does Michael Finley make?

Michael Finley's salary is $2,500,000 for the 2009-10 season, with career earnings of about $131.4M.

How tall is Michael Finley?

Michael Finley is 6-7 (215 lb).

When was Michael Finley drafted?

Michael Finley was drafted in 1995, round 1, pick 21, by the Phoenix Suns.