Dwight Howard

Seasons 2004-05–2021-22 · 18 on record · Ht 6-10 · b. 1985

★ Hall of Fame★ 3× Defensive POY8× All-Star8× All-NBA5× All-Defense

Player info

Nickname	Superman, D12, The Daily Double
Position	C
Number	#12 (also #8, #21, #39)
Team	Los Angeles Lakers
Height	6-10
Weight	265 lb
Born	1985-12-08
High school	Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy
Drafted	2004 · Round 1, Pick 1 · Orlando Magic
Seasons	2004-05–2021-22 (18)

Career averages

15.7 PPG, 11.8 RPG, 1.3 APG · 1242 games · .587 FG% · .214 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
2004-05	ORL	19	82	32.6	.520	0.000	.671	10.0	0.9	0.9	1.7	12.0	17.2	.571
2005-06	ORL	20	82	36.8	.531	0.000	.595	12.5	1.5	0.8	1.4	15.8	19.3	.565
2006-07	ORL	21	82	36.9	.603	.500	.586	12.3	1.9	0.9	1.9	17.6	21.1	.619
2007-08	ORL	22	82	37.7	.599	0.000	.590	14.2	1.3	0.9	2.1	20.7	22.9	.619
2008-09	ORL	23	79	35.7	.572	0.000	.594	13.8	1.4	1.0	2.9	20.6	25.4	.600
2009-10	ORL	24	82	34.7	.612	0.000	.592	13.2	1.8	0.9	2.8	18.3	24.0	.630
2010-11	ORL	25	78	37.6	.593	0.000	.596	14.1	1.4	1.4	2.4	22.9	26.1	.616
2011-12	ORL	26	54	38.3	.573	0.000	.491	14.5	1.9	1.5	2.1	20.6	24.2	.569
2012-13	LAL	27	76	35.8	.578	.167	.492	12.4	1.4	1.1	2.4	17.1	19.4	.573
2013-14	HOU	28	71	33.7	.591	.286	.547	12.2	1.8	0.8	1.8	18.3	21.3	.600
2014-15	HOU	29	41	29.8	.593	.500	.528	10.5	1.2	0.7	1.3	15.8	19.2	.596
2015-16	HOU	30	71	32.1	.620	0.000	.489	11.8	1.4	1.0	1.6	13.7	18.9	.604
2016-17	ATL	31	74	29.7	.633	0.000	.533	12.7	1.4	0.9	1.2	13.5	20.8	.627
2017-18	CHA	32	81	30.4	.555	.143	.574	12.5	1.3	0.6	1.6	16.6	20.5	.577
2018-19	WAS	33	9	25.6	.623	—	.604	9.2	0.4	0.8	0.4	12.8	17.4	.638
2019-20	LAL	34	69	18.9	.729	.600	.514	7.3	0.7	0.4	1.1	7.5	18.7	.696
2020-21	PHI	35	69	17.3	.587	.250	.576	8.4	0.9	0.4	0.9	7.0	17.8	.610
2021-22	LAL	36	60	16.2	.612	.533	.658	5.9	0.6	0.6	0.6	6.2	18.2	.657

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2004-05	ORL	82	82	2,670	352	677	.520	0	2	277	413	823	75	77	136	165	981
2005-06	ORL	82	81	3,021	468	881	.531	0	2	356	598	1022	125	65	115	217	1,292
2006-07	ORL	82	82	3,023	526	873	.603	1	2	390	666	1008	158	70	156	317	1,443
2007-08	ORL	82	82	3,088	583	974	.599	0	4	529	897	1161	110	74	176	263	1,695
2008-09	ORL	79	79	2,821	560	979	.572	0	2	504	849	1093	112	77	231	240	1,624
2009-10	ORL	82	82	2,843	510	834	.612	0	7	483	816	1082	144	75	228	274	1,503
2010-11	ORL	78	78	2,935	619	1,044	.593	0	7	546	916	1098	107	107	186	279	1,784
2011-12	ORL	54	54	2,070	416	726	.573	0	7	281	572	785	104	81	116	175	1,113
2012-13	LAL	76	76	2,722	470	813	.578	1	6	355	721	945	108	84	186	225	1,296
2013-14	HOU	71	71	2,396	473	800	.591	2	7	349	638	866	131	60	128	229	1,297
2014-15	HOU	41	41	1,223	251	423	.593	1	2	143	271	431	50	28	53	115	646
2015-16	HOU	71	71	2,280	372	600	.620	0	6	232	474	835	98	69	113	166	976
2016-17	ATL	74	74	2,199	388	613	.633	0	2	226	424	940	104	64	92	170	1,002
2017-18	CHA	81	81	2,463	506	911	.555	1	7	334	582	1012	105	48	131	208	1,347
2018-19	WAS	9	9	230	43	69	.623	0	0	29	48	83	4	7	4	16	115
2019-20	LAL	69	2	1,306	202	277	.729	3	5	110	214	507	45	31	79	84	517
2020-21	PHI	69	6	1,196	178	303	.587	5	20	121	210	580	61	30	62	112	482
2021-22	LAL	60	27	971	134	219	.612	8	15	96	146	356	35	34	36	47	372
Career		1242	—	—	7,051	12,016	.587	22	103	5361	9455	14627	1676	1081	2228	3302	19,485

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2004-05	ORL	82	32.6	4.7	9.1	.520	0.0	0.0	3.7	5.6	11.1	1.0	1.0	1.8	2.2	13.2
2005-06	ORL	82	36.8	5.6	10.5	.531	0.0	0.0	4.2	7.1	12.2	1.5	0.8	1.4	2.6	15.4
2006-07	ORL	82	36.9	6.3	10.4	.603	0.0	0.0	4.6	7.9	12.0	1.9	0.8	1.9	3.8	17.2
2007-08	ORL	82	37.7	6.8	11.4	.599	0.0	0.0	6.2	10.5	13.5	1.3	0.9	2.1	3.1	19.8
2008-09	ORL	79	35.7	7.1	12.5	.572	0.0	0.0	6.4	10.8	13.9	1.4	1.0	2.9	3.1	20.7
2009-10	ORL	82	34.7	6.5	10.6	.612	0.0	0.1	6.1	10.3	13.7	1.8	0.9	2.9	3.5	19.0
2010-11	ORL	78	37.6	7.6	12.8	.593	0.0	0.1	6.7	11.2	13.5	1.3	1.3	2.3	3.4	21.9
2011-12	ORL	54	38.3	7.2	12.6	.573	0.0	0.1	4.9	9.9	13.7	1.8	1.4	2.0	3.0	19.4
2012-13	LAL	76	35.8	6.2	10.8	.578	0.0	0.1	4.7	9.5	12.5	1.4	1.1	2.5	3.0	17.1
2013-14	HOU	71	33.7	7.1	12.0	.591	0.0	0.1	5.2	9.6	13.0	2.0	0.9	1.9	3.4	19.5
2014-15	HOU	41	29.8	7.4	12.5	.593	0.0	0.1	4.2	8.0	12.7	1.5	0.8	1.6	3.4	19.0
2015-16	HOU	71	32.1	5.9	9.5	.620	0.0	0.1	3.7	7.5	13.2	1.5	1.1	1.8	2.6	15.4
2016-17	ATL	74	29.7	6.4	10.0	.633	0.0	0.0	3.7	6.9	15.4	1.7	1.0	1.5	2.8	16.4
2017-18	CHA	81	30.4	7.4	13.3	.555	0.0	0.1	4.9	8.5	14.8	1.5	0.7	1.9	3.0	19.7
2018-19	WAS	9	25.6	6.7	10.8	.623	0.0	0.0	4.5	7.5	13.0	0.6	1.1	0.6	2.5	18.0
2019-20	LAL	69	18.9	5.6	7.6	.729	0.1	0.1	3.0	5.9	14.0	1.2	0.9	2.2	2.3	14.3
2020-21	PHI	69	17.3	5.4	9.1	.587	0.2	0.6	3.6	6.3	17.5	1.8	0.9	1.9	3.4	14.5
2021-22	LAL	60	16.2	5.0	8.1	.612	0.3	0.6	3.6	5.4	13.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.7	13.8

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
2004-05	ORL	82	2,670	17.2	.571	16.7	3.8	3.5	7.3	.131	+0.1	-0.1	+0.0	+1.4
2005-06	ORL	82	3,021	19.3	.565	21.3	4.2	4.4	8.6	.137	+1.1	-0.1	+1.0	+2.3
2006-07	ORL	82	3,023	21.1	.619	22.7	3.9	5.8	9.7	.154	+1.7	+1.1	+2.8	+3.7
2007-08	ORL	82	3,088	22.9	.619	24.2	6.4	6.4	12.9	.200	+1.6	+1.2	+2.8	+3.7
2008-09	ORL	79	2,821	25.4	.600	26.1	6.2	7.6	13.8	.234	+2.1	+2.4	+4.5	+4.7
2009-10	ORL	82	2,843	24.0	.630	23.9	6.1	7.1	13.2	.223	+1.6	+2.8	+4.4	+4.6
2010-11	ORL	78	2,935	26.1	.616	27.2	6.7	7.7	14.4	.235	+2.9	+2.4	+5.3	+5.4
2011-12	ORL	54	2,070	24.2	.569	26.1	3.3	4.4	7.7	.179	+2.2	+2.0	+4.3	+3.3
2012-13	LAL	76	2,722	19.4	.573	22.2	2.8	4.8	7.6	.134	-0.6	+1.1	+0.6	+1.8
2013-14	HOU	71	2,396	21.3	.600	24.0	4.0	4.1	8.0	.161	+0.9	+0.8	+1.8	+2.3
2014-15	HOU	41	1,223	19.2	.596	23.3	1.4	2.2	3.6	.140	-0.3	-0.1	-0.4	+0.5
2015-16	HOU	71	2,280	18.9	.604	18.4	3.5	3.1	6.6	.138	+0.3	-0.2	+0.1	+1.2
2016-17	ATL	74	2,199	20.8	.627	19.2	3.8	4.5	8.3	.181	+0.6	+0.8	+1.4	+1.9
2017-18	CHA	81	2,463	20.5	.577	24.2	2.9	3.9	6.8	.132	-0.3	+0.1	-0.1	+1.2
2018-19	WAS	9	230	17.4	.638	19.6	0.4	0.2	0.6	.124	-1.3	-1.7	-3.0	-0.1
2019-20	LAL	69	1,306	18.7	.696	14.7	2.8	2.6	5.4	.197	-1.0	+1.2	+0.2	+0.7
2020-21	PHI	69	1,196	17.8	.610	18.2	1.3	2.6	4.0	.159	-2.1	+0.6	-1.5	+0.1
2021-22	LAL	60	971	18.2	.657	14.6	2.2	1.3	3.5	.174	-0.2	+0.0	-0.2	+0.4
Career		1242	—	—	—	—	—	—	142.0	—	—	—	—	+39.1

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%
2006-07	4	41.5	15.2	14.8	1.8	0.5	1.0	.548	—	.540
2007-08	10	41.6	18.9	15.8	0.9	0.8	3.4	.581	—	.589
2008-09	24	38.8	19.5	14.7	1.8	0.8	2.5	.601	0.000	.634
2009-10	14	34.9	18.1	11.1	1.4	0.8	3.5	.614	—	.606
2010-11	6	42.5	27.0	15.5	0.5	0.7	1.8	.630	0.000	.677
2012-13	4	31.0	17.0	10.8	1.0	0.5	2.0	.619	—	.588
2013-14	6	38.0	26.0	13.7	1.8	0.7	2.8	.547	—	.581
2014-15	17	33.4	16.4	14.0	1.2	1.4	2.3	.577	—	.546
2015-16	5	35.8	13.2	14.0	1.6	0.8	1.4	.542	0.000	.510
2016-17	6	25.7	8.0	10.7	1.3	1.0	0.8	.500	—	.541
2019-20	5	18.2	8.4	6.8	0.8	0.2	0.2	.621	0.000	.621
2020-21	28	13.0	4.2	4.4	0.5	0.3	0.5	.638	.500	.652
Career	129	31.1	14.8	11.4	1.2	0.7	1.9	.589	.143	.599

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	660	14.9	11.2	1.2	439–221
Away	657	14.7	11.0	1.3	320–337
In wins	759	15.4	11.4	1.3	759–0
In losses	558	14.0	10.7	1.2	0–558

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	48	16.0	12.9	1.7	26–22
BOS Boston Celtics	48	14.0	11.2	1.5	27–21
BKN Brooklyn Nets	49	14.8	11.8	0.9	32–17
CHA Charlotte Hornets	33	14.6	11.4	1.5	20–13
CHI Chicago Bulls	48	16.0	11.9	1.1	24–24
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	49	15.3	11.0	1.5	30–19
DAL Dallas Mavericks	42	14.6	10.0	1.3	22–20
DEN Denver Nuggets	37	14.6	11.1	1.1	18–19
DET Detroit Pistons	46	14.3	10.1	1.0	21–25
GSW Golden State Warriors	41	14.0	11.3	1.6	20–21
HOU Houston Rockets	32	12.8	10.2	1.2	17–15
IND Indiana Pacers	50	16.4	11.6	1.3	29–21
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	41	14.6	10.7	1.5	15–26
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	32	15.0	10.4	1.1	19–13
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	41	10.9	9.1	1.0	19–22
MIA Miami Heat	56	14.5	11.8	1.0	31–25
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	50	15.5	11.1	1.4	32–18
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	36	13.6	10.8	1.2	28–8
NOP New Orleans Pelicans	26	9.8	8.2	1.0	15–11
NYK New York Knicks	52	15.2	11.1	1.1	37–15
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder	36	13.4	9.9	0.9	19–17
ORL Orlando Magic	24	14.4	10.7	1.4	17–7
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	49	16.7	12.2	1.7	33–16
PHX Phoenix Suns	40	14.7	10.4	1.0	20–20
POR Portland Trail Blazers	42	14.6	11.3	1.2	23–19
SAC Sacramento Kings	43	13.8	10.8	1.2	30–13
SAS San Antonio Spurs	44	15.2	11.8	1.0	22–22
TOR Toronto Raptors	48	17.1	10.3	1.2	23–25
UTA Utah Jazz	38	13.4	10.1	1.0	22–16
WAS Washington Wizards	53	15.8	11.4	1.7	36–17

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2021-22

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)	63%	.732
In the paint (3-10 ft)	25%	.418
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	4%	.250
Long two (16 ft-3P)	1%	0.000
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	7%	.533

Average shot distance 4.5 ft · 23% of attempts were dunks · 13% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
2005-06	$4,493,160
2006-07	$4,806,720
2007-08	$6,061,274
2008-09	$13,758,000
2009-10	$15,202,590
2010-11	$16,647,180
2011-12	$18,091,770
2013-14	$20,513,178
2014-15	$21,436,271
2015-16	$22,359,364
2016-17	$23,180,275
2017-18	$23,500,000
2018-19	$24,256,725
2019-20	$5,603,850
2020-21	$2,564,753
2021-22	$2,641,691
Career earnings	$225,116,801

Frequently asked questions

What team does Dwight Howard play for?

Dwight Howard plays C for the Los Angeles Lakers.

What are Dwight Howard's career stats?

Dwight Howard has averaged 15.7 PPG, 11.8 RPG, 1.3 APG over 18 seasons (2004-05–2021-22).

How much does Dwight Howard make?

Dwight Howard's salary is $2,641,691 for the 2021-22 season, with career earnings of about $225.1M.

How tall is Dwight Howard?

Dwight Howard is 6-10 (265 lb).

When was Dwight Howard drafted?

Dwight Howard was drafted in 2004, round 1, pick 1, by the Orlando Magic.