Taj Gibson

Seasons 2009-10–2025-26 · 17 on record · Ht 6-9 · b. 1985

Player info

Nickname	Hard Hat, Lunch Pail
Position	C
Number	#67 (also #22)
Team	Memphis Grizzlies
Height	6-9
Weight	232 lb
Born	1985-06-24 (age 41)
College	USC
Drafted	2009 · Round 1, Pick 26 · Chicago Bulls
Seasons	2009-10–2025-26 (17)

Career averages

8.3 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 0.9 APG · 1012 games · .517 FG% · .272 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
2009-10	CHI	24	82	26.9	.494	—	.646	7.5	0.9	0.6	1.3	9.0	13.8	.521
2010-11	CHI	25	80	21.8	.466	.125	.676	5.7	0.7	0.5	1.3	7.1	14.3	.502
2011-12	CHI	26	63	20.4	.495	—	.622	5.3	0.7	0.4	1.3	7.7	16.9	.522
2012-13	CHI	27	65	22.4	.485	0.000	.679	5.3	0.9	0.4	1.4	8.0	14.4	.518
2013-14	CHI	28	82	28.7	.479	0.000	.751	6.8	1.1	0.5	1.4	13.0	16.0	.524
2014-15	CHI	29	62	27.3	.502	—	.717	6.4	1.1	0.6	1.2	10.3	16.1	.545
2015-16	CHI	30	73	26.5	.526	0.000	.692	6.9	1.5	0.6	1.1	8.6	15.7	.556
2016-17	2TM	31	78	25.5	.515	.231	.715	6.2	0.9	0.5	0.8	10.8	15.0	.543
	CHI	31	55	27.3	.521	.167	.714	6.9	1.1	0.5	0.9	11.6	15.4	.549
	OKC	31	23	21.2	.497	1.000	.718	4.5	0.6	0.6	0.7	9.0	13.8	.528
2017-18	MIN	32	82	33.2	.577	.200	.768	7.1	1.2	0.8	0.7	12.2	15.4	.610
2018-19	MIN	33	70	24.1	.566	.324	.757	6.5	1.2	0.8	0.6	10.8	17.8	.612
2019-20	NYK	34	62	16.5	.584	.286	.732	4.3	0.8	0.4	0.5	6.1	16.1	.610
2020-21	NYK	35	45	20.8	.627	.200	.727	5.6	0.8	0.7	1.1	5.4	16.0	.661
2021-22	NYK	36	52	18.2	.518	.395	.808	4.4	0.6	0.4	0.8	4.4	12.0	.606
2022-23	WAS	37	49	9.8	.520	.333	.714	1.9	0.7	0.3	0.2	3.4	11.4	.585
2023-24	2TM	38	20	10.2	.405	.200	1.000	1.9	0.6	0.2	0.4	1.7	5.9	.449
	NYK	38	16	10.3	.304	0.000	1.000	1.8	0.6	0.1	0.4	1.0	3.2	.335
	DET	38	4	9.8	.571	.500	—	2.3	0.5	0.3	0.3	4.5	17.6	.643
2024-25	CHA	39	37	11.1	.495	.500	.600	3.2	0.6	0.2	0.5	2.9	10.8	.515
2025-26	MEM	40	10	9.7	.462	.500	.875	2.7	0.6	0.2	0.1	3.4	13.6	.576

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2009-10	CHI	82	70	2,204	311	629	.494	0	0	113	175	611	70	50	104	114	735
2010-11	CHI	80	19	1,742	234	502	.466	1	8	100	148	458	58	39	106	71	569
2011-12	CHI	63	0	1,284	200	404	.495	0	0	84	135	332	47	27	81	60	484
2012-13	CHI	65	5	1,459	214	441	.485	0	4	89	131	345	61	27	90	76	517
2013-14	CHI	82	8	2,351	429	896	.479	0	7	211	281	558	91	41	112	150	1,069
2014-15	CHI	62	17	1,692	254	506	.502	0	0	132	184	396	71	36	75	77	640
2015-16	CHI	73	55	1,936	263	500	.526	0	3	101	146	504	106	47	77	78	627
2016-17	2TM	78	71	1,989	365	709	.515	3	13	113	158	485	73	41	65	105	846
	CHI	55	55	1,502	276	530	.521	2	12	85	119	382	60	27	50	77	639
	OKC	23	16	487	89	179	.497	1	1	28	39	103	13	14	15	28	207
2017-18	MIN	82	82	2,726	425	737	.577	7	35	142	185	584	99	62	59	89	999
2018-19	MIN	70	57	1,686	304	537	.566	11	34	134	177	458	84	53	39	73	753
2019-20	NYK	62	56	1,025	167	286	.584	4	14	41	56	267	52	27	30	47	379
2020-21	NYK	45	3	936	99	158	.627	3	15	40	55	250	36	31	49	22	241
2021-22	NYK	52	4	946	86	166	.518	15	38	42	52	229	32	22	40	27	229
2022-23	WAS	49	2	480	65	125	.520	8	24	30	42	93	34	15	12	26	168
2023-24	2TM	20	1	204	15	37	.405	2	10	2	2	37	11	3	7	5	34
	NYK	16	1	165	7	23	.304	0	6	2	2	28	9	2	6	5	16
	DET	4	0	39	8	14	.571	2	4	0	0	9	2	1	1	0	18
2024-25	CHA	37	11	409	47	95	.495	1	2	12	20	120	21	9	18	25	107
2025-26	MEM	10	1	97	12	26	.462	3	6	7	8	27	6	2	1	1	34
Career		1012	—	—	3,490	6,754	.517	58	213	1393	1955	5754	952	532	965	1046	8,431

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2009-10	CHI	82	26.9	5.1	10.3	.494	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.9	10.0	1.1	0.8	1.7	1.9	12.0
2010-11	CHI	80	21.8	4.8	10.4	.466	0.0	0.2	2.1	3.1	9.5	1.2	0.8	2.2	1.5	11.8
2011-12	CHI	63	20.4	5.6	11.3	.495	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.8	9.3	1.3	0.8	2.3	1.7	13.6
2012-13	CHI	65	22.4	5.3	10.9	.485	0.0	0.1	2.2	3.2	8.5	1.5	0.7	2.2	1.9	12.8
2013-14	CHI	82	28.7	6.6	13.7	.479	0.0	0.1	3.2	4.3	8.5	1.4	0.6	1.7	2.3	16.4
2014-15	CHI	62	27.3	5.4	10.8	.502	0.0	0.0	2.8	3.9	8.4	1.5	0.8	1.6	1.6	13.6
2015-16	CHI	73	26.5	4.9	9.3	.526	0.0	0.1	1.9	2.7	9.4	2.0	0.9	1.4	1.5	11.7
2016-17	2TM	78	25.5	6.6	12.8	.515	0.1	0.2	2.0	2.9	8.8	1.3	0.7	1.2	1.9	15.3
	CHI	55	27.3	6.6	12.7	.521	0.0	0.3	2.0	2.9	9.2	1.4	0.6	1.2	1.8	15.3
	OKC	23	21.2	6.6	13.2	.497	0.1	0.1	2.1	2.9	7.6	1.0	1.0	1.1	2.1	15.3
2017-18	MIN	82	33.2	5.6	9.7	.577	0.1	0.5	1.9	2.4	7.7	1.3	0.8	0.8	1.2	13.2
2018-19	MIN	70	24.1	6.5	11.5	.566	0.2	0.7	2.9	3.8	9.8	1.8	1.1	0.8	1.6	16.1
2019-20	NYK	62	16.5	5.9	10.0	.584	0.1	0.5	1.4	2.0	9.4	1.8	0.9	1.1	1.7	13.3
2020-21	NYK	45	20.8	3.8	6.1	.627	0.1	0.6	1.5	2.1	9.6	1.4	1.2	1.9	0.8	9.3
2021-22	NYK	52	18.2	3.3	6.3	.518	0.6	1.4	1.6	2.0	8.7	1.2	0.8	1.5	1.0	8.7
2022-23	WAS	49	9.8	4.9	9.4	.520	0.6	1.8	2.2	3.1	7.0	2.5	1.1	0.9	2.0	12.6
2023-24	2TM	20	10.2	2.6	6.5	.405	0.4	1.8	0.4	0.4	6.5	1.9	0.5	1.2	0.9	6.0
	NYK	16	10.3	1.5	5.0	.304	0.0	1.3	0.4	0.4	6.1	2.0	0.4	1.3	1.1	3.5
	DET	4	9.8	7.4	12.9	.571	1.8	3.7	0.0	0.0	8.3	1.8	0.9	0.9	0.0	16.6
2024-25	CHA	37	11.1	4.1	8.4	.495	0.1	0.2	1.1	1.8	10.6	1.8	0.8	1.6	2.2	9.4
2025-26	MEM	10	9.7	4.5	9.6	.462	1.1	2.2	2.6	3.0	10.0	2.2	0.7	0.4	0.4	12.6

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
2009-10	CHI	82	2,204	13.8	.521	16.7	1.2	3.5	4.7	.103	-2.4	+0.5	-2.0	+0.0
2010-11	CHI	80	1,742	14.3	.502	16.8	1.4	3.8	5.2	.143	-2.2	+1.4	-0.9	+0.5
2011-12	CHI	63	1,284	16.9	.522	18.6	1.8	2.6	4.5	.167	-0.7	+1.5	+0.8	+0.9
2012-13	CHI	65	1,459	14.4	.518	18.1	1.0	2.3	3.3	.109	-2.1	+1.0	-1.1	+0.3
2013-14	CHI	82	2,351	16.0	.524	23.0	1.4	4.4	5.7	.117	-1.3	+0.4	-1.0	+0.6
2014-15	CHI	62	1,692	16.1	.545	17.6	2.7	2.1	4.8	.137	-0.5	+0.1	-0.4	+0.7
2015-16	CHI	73	1,936	15.7	.556	14.6	3.2	2.2	5.4	.133	-0.4	+0.4	+0.0	+1.0
2016-17	2TM	78	1,989	15.0	.543	19.3	1.6	2.5	4.0	.097	-1.1	-0.4	-1.5	+0.2
	CHI	55	1,502	15.4	.549	19.2	1.4	1.9	3.3	.104	-1.0	-0.2	-1.2	+0.3
	OKC	23	487	13.8	.528	19.5	0.2	0.6	0.8	.076	-1.7	-0.9	-2.5	-0.1
2017-18	MIN	82	2,726	15.4	.610	14.7	5.4	1.7	7.2	.126	+0.1	-0.7	-0.5	+1.0
2018-19	MIN	70	1,686	17.8	.612	17.2	3.7	1.4	5.1	.144	+0.3	-0.4	-0.1	+0.8
2019-20	NYK	62	1,025	16.1	.610	14.8	1.8	0.8	2.6	.120	-0.8	-0.3	-1.1	+0.2
2020-21	NYK	45	936	16.0	.661	9.7	2.1	1.7	3.8	.195	-0.7	+2.1	+1.3	+0.8
2021-22	NYK	52	946	12.0	.606	10.0	1.4	1.2	2.7	.135	-3.0	+1.0	-2.0	+0.0
2022-23	WAS	49	480	11.4	.585	15.3	0.4	0.5	0.8	.082	-3.6	+0.5	-3.2	-0.1
2023-24	2TM	20	204	5.9	.449	9.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	.044	-5.3	+0.1	-5.3	-0.2
	NYK	16	165	3.2	.335	7.6	-0.1	0.2	0.1	.019	-6.9	+0.0	-6.9	-0.2
	DET	4	39	17.6	.643	15.3	0.1	0.0	0.1	.149	+1.2	+0.4	+1.7	+0.0
2024-25	CHA	37	409	10.8	.515	13.4	0.0	0.4	0.4	.043	-5.2	-0.1	-5.3	-0.3
2025-26	MEM	10	97	13.6	.576	13.1	0.2	0.1	0.3	.134	-1.4	-2.1	-3.5	+0.0
Career		1012	—	—	—	—	—	—	60.7	—	—	—	—	+6.4

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%
2009-10	5	28.6	7.6	7.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	.421	—	.444
2010-11	16	17.3	5.9	4.1	0.6	0.3	1.4	.566	0.000	.575
2011-12	6	22.5	9.5	6.5	0.7	0.7	1.7	.457	—	.512
2012-13	12	16.8	6.5	3.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	.470	0.000	.515
2013-14	5	30.4	18.2	6.2	0.4	0.4	2.4	.561	—	.625
2014-15	12	22.5	7.4	5.5	1.0	0.3	1.0	.472	—	.522
2016-17	5	23.0	9.8	3.6	0.6	0.2	0.0	.600	—	.636
2017-18	5	24.0	6.2	4.0	0.4	0.2	0.4	.636	—	.665
2020-21	5	27.2	5.0	7.0	0.8	1.6	1.0	.600	—	.612
Career	71	21.8	7.8	4.9	0.6	0.4	1.0	.519	0.000	.556

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

Game log — 2025-26

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	+/−
2026-03-13	@ DET	L 110–126	11	3	3	0	0	0	1-5	1-2	+3
2026-03-16	@ CHI	L 107–132	8	2	2	0	1	1	1-2	0-0	-1
2026-03-18	vs DEN	W 125–118	9	1	4	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	-1
2026-03-20	vs BOS	L 112–117	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-03-21	@ CHA	L 101–124	12	7	3	0	0	0	3-4	1-2	-3
2026-03-23	@ ATL	L 107–146	5	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	-12
2026-03-25	vs SAS	L 98–123	10	7	1	0	0	0	3-4	1-1	+8
2026-03-27	vs HOU	L 109–119	8	8	1	3	1	0	2-2	0-0	+1
2026-03-30	vs PHX	L 105–131	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-04-05	@ MIL	L 115–131	7	0	6	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	+4
2026-04-06	vs CLE	L 126–142	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-04-08	@ DEN	L 119–136	5	2	2	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	+1
2026-04-10	@ UTA	L 101–147	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-04-12	@ HOU	L 101–132	19	4	4	1	0	0	1-4	0-0	-7

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	581	7.1	5.0	0.9	343–238
Away	579	7.4	4.9	0.8	250–329
In wins	593	8.3	5.6	0.9	593–0
In losses	567	6.2	4.3	0.7	0–567

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	49	7.3	5.3	0.9	21–28
BOS Boston Celtics	50	6.7	4.2	1.1	21–29
BKN Brooklyn Nets	49	7.7	5.1	0.7	23–26
CHA Charlotte Hornets	36	5.7	4.4	0.7	19–17
CHI Chicago Bulls	24	4.9	2.8	0.8	13–11
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	50	7.7	4.8	1.0	28–22
DAL Dallas Mavericks	34	7.8	6.1	0.9	20–14
DEN Denver Nuggets	33	7.7	4.8	0.8	9–24
DET Detroit Pistons	48	8.4	4.8	0.7	33–15
GSW Golden State Warriors	29	7.5	5.5	0.7	10–19
HOU Houston Rockets	34	7.4	5.1	1.2	16–18
IND Indiana Pacers	48	6.6	5.5	0.8	28–20
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	29	8.0	5.2	1.0	12–17
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	33	9.1	6.2	1.0	19–14
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	30	6.9	4.5	0.6	13–17
MIA Miami Heat	50	6.6	4.5	0.7	21–29
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	52	6.4	4.7	0.8	25–27
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	24	6.1	5.0	0.8	15–9
NOP New Orleans Pelicans	25	10.0	7.0	1.0	17–8
NYK New York Knicks	37	9.4	5.4	0.8	21–16
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder	29	7.4	5.9	0.9	12–17
ORL Orlando Magic	47	7.4	5.1	0.6	24–23
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	48	6.0	4.1	0.8	24–24
PHX Phoenix Suns	33	7.7	4.8	0.6	17–16
POR Portland Trail Blazers	35	7.1	4.4	0.9	12–23
SAC Sacramento Kings	33	8.1	4.6	0.8	23–10
SAS San Antonio Spurs	32	6.4	5.0	0.9	18–14
TOR Toronto Raptors	44	6.9	4.9	0.8	28–16
UTA Utah Jazz	33	6.1	3.9	0.9	16–17
WAS Washington Wizards	45	7.0	5.0	0.7	23–22

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2025-26

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)	27%	.571
In the paint (3-10 ft)	31%	.500
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	15%	.250
Long two (16 ft-3P)	4%	0.000
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	23%	.500

Average shot distance 10.7 ft · 4% of attempts were dunks · 83% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
2009-10	$1,039,800
2010-11	$1,117,680
2011-12	$1,195,680
2012-13	$7,415,730
2013-14	$7,550,000
2014-15	$8,000,000
2015-16	$8,500,000
2016-17	$8,950,000
2017-18	$14,000,000
2018-19	$14,000,000
2019-20	$9,000,000
2020-21	$2,442,968
2021-22	$4,910,000
2022-23	$2,905,850
2023-24	$3,329,044
2024-25	$2,087,519
2025-26	$960,753
2026-27	$3,185,861
Career earnings	$100,590,885

Frequently asked questions

What team does Taj Gibson play for?

Taj Gibson plays C for the Memphis Grizzlies.

What are Taj Gibson's career stats?

Taj Gibson has averaged 8.3 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 0.9 APG over 17 seasons (2009-10–2025-26).

How much does Taj Gibson make?

Taj Gibson's salary is $3,185,861 for the 2026-27 season, with career earnings of about $100.6M.

How tall is Taj Gibson?

Taj Gibson is 6-9 (232 lb).

How old is Taj Gibson?

Taj Gibson was born 1985-06-24 and is 41 years old.

When was Taj Gibson drafted?

Taj Gibson was drafted in 2009, round 1, pick 26, by the Chicago Bulls.