Armen Gilliam

Seasons 1987-88–1999-00 · 13 on record · Ht 6-9 · b. 1964

Player info

Nickname	The Hammer, Black Hole, Mr. Macho
Position	PF
Number	#35 (also #45, #43, #10, #5)
Team	Utah Jazz
Height	6-9
Weight	230 lb
Born	1964-05-28
College	UNLV
Drafted	1987 · Round 1, Pick 2 · Phoenix Suns
Seasons	1987-88–1999-00 (13)

13.7 PPG, 6.9 RPG, 1.2 APG · 929 games · .489 FG% · 0.000 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1987-88	PHX	23	55	32.9	.475	—	.679	7.9	1.3	1.1	0.5	14.8	12.9	.506
1988-89	PHX	24	74	28.6	.503	—	.743	7.3	0.7	0.7	0.4	15.9	15.7	.548
1989-90	2TM	25	76	31.9	.515	0.000	.723	7.9	1.3	0.9	0.7	16.7	16.6	.565
	PHX	25	16	16.7	.430	—	.696	4.4	0.5	0.4	0.3	8.9	14.4	.491
	CHH	25	60	36.0	.527	0.000	.727	8.8	1.5	1.1	0.8	18.8	16.9	.576
1990-91	2TM	26	75	35.3	.487	0.000	.815	8.0	1.4	0.9	0.7	16.6	15.5	.542
	CHH	26	25	38.0	.513	—	.813	9.4	1.1	1.4	0.8	19.8	17.6	.566
	PHI	26	50	33.9	.470	0.000	.816	7.3	1.6	0.7	0.6	15.0	14.3	.527
1991-92	PHI	27	81	34.2	.511	0.000	.807	8.1	1.5	0.6	1.0	16.9	18.0	.575
1992-93	PHI	28	80	21.8	.464	0.000	.843	5.9	1.5	0.5	0.7	12.4	17.5	.541
1993-94	NJN	29	82	24.0	.510	0.000	.759	6.1	0.8	0.5	0.7	11.8	18.5	.577
1994-95	NJN	30	82	30.1	.503	0.000	.770	7.5	1.2	0.8	1.1	14.8	18.1	.562
1995-96	NJN	31	78	36.6	.474	0.000	.791	9.1	1.8	0.9	0.7	18.3	17.6	.522
1996-97	MIL	32	80	25.6	.471	—	.768	6.2	0.7	0.8	0.5	8.6	13.6	.543
1997-98	MIL	33	82	25.8	.484	0.000	.802	5.4	1.3	0.8	0.5	11.2	16.4	.560
1998-99	MIL	34	34	19.6	.453	0.000	.782	3.7	0.6	0.6	0.4	8.3	15.9	.525
1999-00	UTA	35	50	15.6	.436	0.000	.779	4.2	0.8	0.2	0.3	6.7	14.0	.486

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1987-88	PHX	55	53	1,807	342	720	.475	0	131	193	434	72	58	29	123	815
1988-89	PHX	74	60	2,120	468	930	.503	0	240	323	541	52	54	27	140	1,176
1989-90	2TM	76	66	2,426	484	940	.515	2	303	419	599	99	69	51	183	1,271
	PHX	16	7	267	52	121	.430	0	39	56	70	8	6	5	17	143
	CHH	60	59	2,159	432	819	.527	2	264	363	529	91	63	46	166	1,128
1990-91	2TM	75	75	2,644	487	1,001	.487	2	268	329	598	105	69	53	174	1,242
	CHH	25	25	949	195	380	.513	0	104	128	234	27	34	21	64	494
	PHI	50	50	1,695	292	621	.470	2	164	201	364	78	35	32	110	748
1991-92	PHI	81	81	2,771	512	1,001	.511	2	343	425	660	118	51	85	166	1,367
1992-93	PHI	80	26	1,742	359	774	.464	1	274	325	472	116	37	54	157	992
1993-94	NJN	82	5	1,969	348	682	.510	1	274	361	500	69	38	61	106	970
1994-95	NJN	82	30	2,472	455	905	.503	2	302	392	613	99	67	89	152	1,212
1995-96	NJN	78	76	2,856	576	1,216	.474	1	277	350	713	140	73	53	177	1,429
1996-97	MIL	80	25	2,050	246	522	.471	0	199	259	497	53	61	40	105	691
1997-98	MIL	82	25	2,114	327	676	.484	4	267	333	439	104	65	37	148	921
1998-99	MIL	34	5	668	101	223	.453	1	79	101	126	19	22	12	36	281
1999-00	UTA	50	0	782	133	305	.436	1	67	86	209	42	12	16	55	333
Career		929	—	—	4,838	9,895	.489	17	3024	3896	6401	1088	676	607	1722	12,700

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1987-88	PHX	55	32.9	6.8	14.3	.475	0.0	2.6	3.8	8.6	1.4	1.2	0.6	2.5	16.2
1988-89	PHX	74	28.6	7.9	15.8	.503	0.0	4.1	5.5	9.2	0.9	0.9	0.5	2.4	20.0
1989-90	2TM	76	31.9	7.2	13.9	.515	0.0	4.5	6.2	8.9	1.5	1.0	0.8	2.7	18.9
	PHX	16	16.7	7.0	16.3	.430	0.0	5.3	7.6	9.4	1.1	0.8	0.7	2.3	19.3
	CHH	60	36.0	7.2	13.7	.527	0.0	4.4	6.1	8.8	1.5	1.1	0.8	2.8	18.8
1990-91	2TM	75	35.3	6.6	13.6	.487	0.0	3.6	4.5	8.1	1.4	0.9	0.7	2.4	16.9
	CHH	25	38.0	7.4	14.4	.513	0.0	3.9	4.9	8.9	1.0	1.3	0.8	2.4	18.7
	PHI	50	33.9	6.2	13.2	.470	0.0	3.5	4.3	7.7	1.7	0.7	0.7	2.3	15.9
1991-92	PHI	81	34.2	6.7	13.0	.511	0.0	4.5	5.5	8.6	1.5	0.7	1.1	2.2	17.8
1992-93	PHI	80	21.8	7.4	16.0	.464	0.0	5.7	6.7	9.8	2.4	0.8	1.1	3.2	20.5
1993-94	NJN	82	24.0	6.4	12.5	.510	0.0	5.0	6.6	9.1	1.3	0.7	1.1	1.9	17.7
1994-95	NJN	82	30.1	6.6	13.2	.503	0.0	4.4	5.7	8.9	1.4	1.0	1.3	2.2	17.7
1995-96	NJN	78	36.6	7.3	15.3	.474	0.0	3.5	4.4	9.0	1.8	0.9	0.7	2.2	18.0
1996-97	MIL	80	25.6	4.3	9.2	.471	0.0	3.5	4.5	8.7	0.9	1.1	0.7	1.8	12.1
1997-98	MIL	82	25.8	5.6	11.5	.484	0.1	4.5	5.7	7.5	1.8	1.1	0.6	2.5	15.7
1998-99	MIL	34	19.6	5.4	12.0	.453	0.1	4.3	5.4	6.8	1.0	1.2	0.6	1.9	15.1
1999-00	UTA	50	15.6	6.1	14.0	.436	0.0	3.1	4.0	9.6	1.9	0.6	0.7	2.5	15.3

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
1987-88	PHX	55	1,807	12.9	.506	20.9	-0.1	1.4	1.3	.035	-1.7	-1.7	-3.4	-0.6
1988-89	PHX	74	2,120	15.7	.548	22.7	2.3	2.7	5.1	.115	-0.1	-1.0	-1.1	+0.5
1989-90	2TM	76	2,426	16.6	.565	22.9	2.3	2.3	4.5	.090	+0.0	-1.0	-0.9	+0.6
	PHX	16	267	14.4	.491	25.2	0.1	0.3	0.5	.082	-1.5	-1.2	-2.7	+0.0
	CHH	60	2,159	16.9	.576	22.6	2.1	1.9	4.1	.090	+0.2	-1.0	-0.7	+0.7
1990-91	2TM	75	2,644	15.5	.542	21.6	2.3	2.3	4.6	.083	-0.3	-1.5	-1.8	+0.1
	CHH	25	949	17.6	.566	22.5	1.1	0.9	2.0	.102	+0.8	-1.1	-0.3	+0.4
	PHI	50	1,695	14.3	.527	21.1	1.1	1.4	2.6	.072	-1.0	-1.7	-2.7	-0.3
1991-92	PHI	81	2,771	18.0	.575	21.5	5.3	2.3	7.6	.131	+1.3	-1.2	+0.1	+1.5
1992-93	PHI	80	1,742	17.5	.541	26.1	1.2	1.6	2.8	.077	-0.2	-1.2	-1.4	+0.3
1993-94	NJN	82	1,969	18.5	.577	20.3	4.6	2.2	6.8	.166	+1.7	-0.6	+1.0	+1.5
1994-95	NJN	82	2,472	18.1	.562	21.8	3.6	3.0	6.6	.128	+0.7	+0.0	+0.7	+1.7
1995-96	NJN	78	2,856	17.6	.522	23.7	3.3	3.4	6.7	.113	+1.2	-0.4	+0.8	+1.9
1996-97	MIL	80	2,050	13.6	.543	16.8	1.9	2.2	4.1	.097	-1.5	-0.2	-1.7	+0.2
1997-98	MIL	82	2,114	16.4	.560	20.9	3.1	2.1	5.3	.119	+0.4	-0.3	+0.1	+1.1
1998-99	MIL	34	668	15.9	.525	21.7	0.9	0.7	1.5	.110	+0.1	-0.7	-0.6	+0.2
1999-00	UTA	50	782	14.0	.486	23.5	0.3	1.0	1.2	.075	-1.7	-1.4	-3.1	-0.2
Career		929	—	—	—	—	—	—	58.1	—	—	—	—	+8.8

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%
1988-89	9	14.0	8.1	5.0	0.2	0.1	0.2	.529	—	.602
1990-91	8	35.9	16.9	6.5	1.2	0.6	0.8	.462	—	.543
1993-94	4	28.0	10.5	6.2	0.2	0.5	1.8	.441	0.000	.512
1998-99	3	11.0	5.7	1.7	0.3	0.7	0.3	.400	—	.494
1999-00	10	12.6	3.5	2.9	0.4	0.4	0.4	.326	—	.338
Career	34	20.1	8.9	4.6	0.5	0.4	0.6	.444	0.000	.512

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	476	14.3	7.3	1.2	266–210
Away	472	12.5	6.2	1.1	148–324
In wins	414	14.4	7.2	1.1	414–0
In losses	534	12.7	6.4	1.2	0–534

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	38	13.0	6.4	0.8	13–25
BOS Boston Celtics	45	15.8	7.2	1.6	23–22
BKN Brooklyn Nets	32	14.9	6.3	0.9	15–17
CHA Charlotte Hornets	37	12.4	5.5	1.2	16–21
CHI Chicago Bulls	44	13.5	6.5	1.4	14–30
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	40	12.4	6.8	1.4	15–25
DAL Dallas Mavericks	28	14.3	6.7	1.2	17–11
DEN Denver Nuggets	32	15.5	8.2	1.4	17–15
DET Detroit Pistons	42	12.4	5.5	0.8	14–28
GSW Golden State Warriors	31	16.5	7.4	1.7	19–12
HOU Houston Rockets	31	14.1	6.1	0.9	10–21
IND Indiana Pacers	40	13.4	6.4	1.3	13–27
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	31	13.3	7.4	1.2	22–9
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	31	13.2	7.0	1.0	8–23
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	9	11.8	5.3	0.8	7–2
MIA Miami Heat	43	11.8	6.3	1.0	23–20
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	30	13.1	6.5	1.2	15–15
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	22	11.3	6.8	1.3	10–12
NYK New York Knicks	45	12.3	6.4	1.2	18–27
ORL Orlando Magic	38	11.6	6.8	1.1	15–23
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	29	12.4	6.8	1.0	16–13
PHX Phoenix Suns	23	14.3	8.0	1.5	6–17
POR Portland Trail Blazers	32	12.9	6.8	0.7	8–24
SAC Sacramento Kings	31	15.5	7.1	0.7	19–12
SAS San Antonio Spurs	30	12.5	6.6	1.2	7–23
TOR Toronto Raptors	16	12.6	7.8	1.6	11–5
UTA Utah Jazz	27	13.1	7.6	1.0	5–22
WAS Washington Wizards	6	5.3	2.3	0.2	3–3

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 10.7 ft · 3% of attempts were dunks · 0% of threes from the corner

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

Armen Gilliam plays PF for the Utah Jazz.

Armen Gilliam has averaged 13.7 PPG, 6.9 RPG, 1.2 APG over 13 seasons (1987-88–1999-00).

Armen Gilliam's salary is $3,244,000 for the 1998-99 season, with career earnings of about $17.9M.

Armen Gilliam is 6-9 (230 lb).

Armen Gilliam was drafted in 1987, round 1, pick 2, by the Phoenix Suns.