Richard Jefferson

Seasons 2001-02–2017-18 · 17 on record · Ht 6-7 · b. 1980

Player info

Nickname	R.J.
Position	SF
Number	#24 (also #44, #22)
Team	Denver Nuggets
Height	6-7
Weight	233 lb
Born	1980-06-21
College	Arizona
Drafted	2001 · Round 1, Pick 13 · Houston Rockets
Seasons	2001-02–2017-18 (17)

Career averages

12.6 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 2.0 APG · 1181 games · .464 FG% · .376 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
2001-02	NJN	21	79	24.3	.457	.232	.713	3.7	1.8	0.8	0.6	9.4	13.4	.524
2002-03	NJN	22	80	36.0	.501	.250	.743	6.4	2.5	1.0	0.6	15.5	16.6	.563
2003-04	NJN	23	82	38.2	.498	.364	.763	5.7	3.8	1.1	0.3	18.5	18.1	.573
2004-05	NJN	24	33	41.1	.422	.337	.844	7.3	4.0	1.0	0.5	22.2	16.6	.537
2005-06	NJN	25	78	39.2	.493	.319	.812	6.8	3.8	0.8	0.2	19.5	18.9	.603
2006-07	NJN	26	55	35.6	.456	.359	.733	4.4	2.7	0.6	0.1	16.3	13.8	.555
2007-08	NJN	27	82	39.0	.466	.362	.798	4.2	3.1	0.9	0.3	22.6	17.4	.571
2008-09	MIL	28	82	35.8	.439	.397	.805	4.6	2.4	0.8	0.2	19.6	15.4	.554
2009-10	SAS	29	81	31.1	.467	.316	.735	4.4	2.0	0.6	0.5	12.3	13.1	.551
2010-11	SAS	30	81	30.4	.474	.440	.759	3.8	1.3	0.5	0.4	11.0	12.4	.612
2011-12	2TM	31	63	27.7	.416	.420	.694	3.5	1.4	0.6	0.3	9.2	11.1	.550
	SAS	31	41	28.5	.414	.421	.700	3.5	1.3	0.6	0.3	9.2	10.9	.556
	GSW	31	22	26.4	.420	.418	.686	3.5	1.5	0.5	0.3	9.0	11.6	.540
2012-13	GSW	32	56	10.1	.456	.311	.717	1.5	0.6	0.3	0.1	3.1	10.3	.552
2013-14	UTA	33	82	27.0	.450	.409	.741	2.7	1.6	0.7	0.2	10.1	11.8	.573
2014-15	DAL	34	74	16.8	.444	.426	.684	2.5	0.8	0.4	0.1	5.8	11.3	.577
2015-16	CLE	35	74	17.9	.458	.382	.667	1.7	0.8	0.4	0.2	5.5	9.7	.585
2016-17	CLE	36	79	20.4	.446	.333	.741	2.6	1.0	0.3	0.1	5.7	8.3	.574
2017-18	DEN	37	20	8.2	.444	.286	.571	0.9	0.8	0.1	0.1	1.5	6.4	.499

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2001-02	NJN	79	9	1,917	270	591	.457	13	56	189	265	293	140	64	48	107	742
2002-03	NJN	80	80	2,879	456	911	.501	6	24	324	436	514	201	80	44	156	1,242
2003-04	NJN	82	82	3,133	555	1,115	.498	48	132	357	468	464	315	92	28	198	1,515
2004-05	NJN	33	33	1,355	238	564	.422	30	89	227	269	240	133	33	17	132	733
2005-06	NJN	78	78	3,059	495	1,005	.493	60	188	471	580	534	297	59	17	174	1,521
2006-07	NJN	55	53	1,956	303	665	.456	52	145	239	326	240	148	34	8	120	897
2007-08	NJN	82	82	3,200	619	1,328	.466	77	213	542	679	342	252	76	21	199	1,857
2008-09	MIL	82	82	2,939	537	1,222	.439	116	292	417	518	374	199	66	14	165	1,607
2009-10	SAS	81	70	2,520	362	775	.467	59	187	211	287	356	158	45	40	105	994
2010-11	SAS	81	81	2,459	304	642	.474	135	307	148	195	310	107	38	34	93	891
2011-12	2TM	63	44	1,748	203	488	.416	113	269	59	85	219	88	37	19	50	578
	SAS	41	41	1,168	132	319	.414	80	190	35	50	143	55	25	12	32	379
	GSW	22	3	580	71	169	.420	33	79	24	35	76	33	12	7	18	199
2012-13	GSW	56	1	568	62	136	.456	14	45	38	53	84	31	14	7	23	176
2013-14	UTA	82	78	2,213	294	654	.450	123	301	120	162	219	130	56	14	94	831
2014-15	DAL	74	18	1,244	144	324	.444	66	155	78	114	183	61	32	11	52	432
2015-16	CLE	74	5	1,326	143	312	.458	66	173	58	87	128	59	33	14	43	410
2016-17	CLE	79	13	1,614	153	343	.446	62	186	80	108	203	78	26	10	52	448
2017-18	DEN	20	0	163	12	27	.444	2	7	4	7	17	15	2	1	5	30
Career		1181	—	—	5,150	11,102	.464	1042	2769	3562	4639	4720	2412	787	347	1768	14,904

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2001-02	NJN	79	24.3	5.1	11.1	.457	0.2	1.1	3.5	5.0	5.5	2.6	1.2	0.9	2.0	13.9
2002-03	NJN	80	36.0	5.7	11.4	.501	0.1	0.3	4.1	5.5	6.4	2.5	1.0	0.6	2.0	15.5
2003-04	NJN	82	38.2	6.4	12.8	.498	0.6	1.5	4.1	5.4	5.3	3.6	1.1	0.3	2.3	17.4
2004-05	NJN	33	41.1	6.3	15.0	.422	0.8	2.4	6.0	7.1	6.4	3.5	0.9	0.5	3.5	19.5
2005-06	NJN	78	39.2	5.8	11.8	.493	0.7	2.2	5.5	6.8	6.3	3.5	0.7	0.2	2.0	17.9
2006-07	NJN	55	35.6	5.6	12.2	.456	1.0	2.7	4.4	6.0	4.4	2.7	0.6	0.1	2.2	16.5
2007-08	NJN	82	39.0	7.0	14.9	.466	0.9	2.4	6.1	7.6	3.8	2.8	0.9	0.2	2.2	20.9
2008-09	MIL	82	35.8	6.6	15.0	.439	1.4	3.6	5.1	6.3	4.6	2.4	0.8	0.2	2.0	19.7
2009-10	SAS	81	31.1	5.2	11.1	.467	0.8	2.7	3.0	4.1	5.1	2.3	0.6	0.6	1.5	14.2
2010-11	SAS	81	30.4	4.5	9.4	.474	2.0	4.5	2.2	2.9	4.5	1.6	0.6	0.5	1.4	13.0
2011-12	2TM	63	27.7	4.2	10.1	.416	2.3	5.5	1.2	1.8	4.5	1.8	0.8	0.4	1.0	11.9
	SAS	41	28.5	4.1	9.8	.414	2.5	5.9	1.1	1.5	4.4	1.7	0.8	0.4	1.0	11.7
	GSW	22	26.4	4.4	10.5	.420	2.0	4.9	1.5	2.2	4.7	2.0	0.7	0.4	1.1	12.4
2012-13	GSW	56	10.1	3.9	8.6	.456	0.9	2.9	2.4	3.4	5.3	2.0	0.9	0.4	1.5	11.2
2013-14	UTA	82	27.0	4.8	10.6	.450	2.0	4.9	2.0	2.6	3.6	2.1	0.9	0.2	1.5	13.5
2014-15	DAL	74	16.8	4.2	9.4	.444	1.9	4.5	2.3	3.3	5.3	1.8	0.9	0.3	1.5	12.5
2015-16	CLE	74	17.9	3.9	8.5	.458	1.8	4.7	1.6	2.4	3.5	1.6	0.9	0.4	1.2	11.1
2016-17	CLE	79	20.4	3.4	7.7	.446	1.4	4.1	1.8	2.4	4.5	1.7	0.6	0.2	1.2	10.0
2017-18	DEN	20	8.2	2.7	6.0	.444	0.4	1.5	0.9	1.5	3.8	3.3	0.4	0.2	1.1	6.6

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
2001-02	NJN	79	1,917	13.4	.524	19.1	1.8	2.9	4.7	.117	-1.3	+0.9	-0.4	+0.8
2002-03	NJN	80	2,879	16.6	.563	19.7	5.4	4.4	9.9	.164	+0.9	+0.6	+1.5	+2.5
2003-04	NJN	82	3,133	18.1	.573	22.8	6.5	4.4	11.0	.168	+1.9	+0.4	+2.3	+3.4
2004-05	NJN	33	1,355	16.6	.537	28.2	0.6	1.8	2.4	.086	+1.6	-0.1	+1.5	+1.2
2005-06	NJN	78	3,059	18.9	.603	22.1	7.6	4.1	11.7	.184	+2.6	+0.5	+3.1	+3.9
2006-07	NJN	55	1,956	13.8	.555	22.1	2.0	1.4	3.4	.082	-0.3	-1.1	-1.4	+0.3
2007-08	NJN	82	3,200	17.4	.571	26.1	6.1	1.5	7.6	.114	+1.6	-1.3	+0.3	+1.8
2008-09	MIL	82	2,939	15.4	.554	24.6	4.2	2.4	6.6	.109	+1.0	-0.8	+0.2	+1.6
2009-10	SAS	81	2,520	13.1	.551	18.3	3.0	3.0	6.0	.113	-0.5	+0.3	-0.2	+1.2
2010-11	SAS	81	2,459	12.4	.612	15.4	3.7	2.1	5.9	.115	+0.5	-0.2	+0.3	+1.4
2011-12	2TM	63	1,748	11.1	.550	15.1	1.9	1.2	3.1	.085	-0.2	-0.3	-0.5	+0.6
	SAS	41	1,168	10.9	.556	14.6	1.4	1.0	2.4	.100	+0.0	+0.2	+0.2	+0.6
	GSW	22	580	11.6	.540	16.1	0.6	0.1	0.7	.056	-0.6	-1.5	-2.0	+0.0
2012-13	GSW	56	568	10.3	.552	14.4	0.4	0.6	1.0	.081	-1.8	+0.6	-1.3	+0.1
2013-14	UTA	82	2,213	11.8	.573	16.9	2.3	0.4	2.7	.058	-0.6	-0.9	-1.4	+0.3
2014-15	DAL	74	1,244	11.3	.577	15.3	1.4	0.9	2.3	.088	-0.8	+0.0	-0.8	+0.4
2015-16	CLE	74	1,326	9.7	.585	13.4	1.4	1.3	2.7	.099	-1.6	+0.5	-1.2	+0.3
2016-17	CLE	79	1,614	8.3	.574	12.2	1.3	0.8	2.1	.063	-2.5	-0.6	-3.1	-0.4
2017-18	DEN	20	163	6.4	.499	9.4	0.1	0.0	0.1	.029	-3.5	-0.8	-4.3	-0.1
Career		1181	—	—	—	—	—	—	83.2	—	—	—	—	+19.3

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%
2001-02	20	21.5	7.0	4.6	1.2	0.6	0.4	.465	0.000	.495
2002-03	20	35.3	14.0	6.4	2.4	0.8	0.2	.476	0.000	.523
2003-04	11	41.1	19.8	6.3	3.8	1.3	0.7	.418	.273	.530
2004-05	4	35.0	15.8	5.5	2.2	0.8	0.0	.400	.200	.495
2005-06	11	39.1	22.2	4.1	4.1	0.9	0.4	.545	.414	.633
2006-07	12	40.2	19.7	5.6	2.2	0.8	0.4	.482	.325	.599
2009-10	10	33.0	9.4	5.3	1.8	0.6	0.6	.486	.200	.556
2010-11	6	28.7	6.5	4.2	0.8	0.5	0.5	.387	.353	.544
2012-13	12	4.9	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.1	.444	.667	.502
2014-15	5	12.2	3.0	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.0	.357	.375	.504
2015-16	21	17.7	5.4	3.5	0.7	0.5	0.0	.524	.393	.614
2016-17	18	12.3	3.1	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.2	.421	.263	.547
Career	150	26.9	10.1	4.1	1.6	0.6	0.3	.473	.325	.556

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	654	11.8	3.7	1.9	442–212
Away	657	11.0	3.5	1.7	288–369
In wins	730	11.5	3.6	2.0	730–0
In losses	581	11.1	3.6	1.7	0–581

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	47	13.2	3.8	2.1	29–18
BOS Boston Celtics	46	11.9	3.5	2.0	22–24
BKN Brooklyn Nets	25	7.4	2.6	1.3	17–8
CHA Charlotte Hornets	46	11.8	3.6	1.9	32–14
CHI Chicago Bulls	48	13.1	4.1	2.1	24–24
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	40	15.7	4.5	2.9	21–19
DAL Dallas Mavericks	42	9.9	3.7	1.6	15–27
DEN Denver Nuggets	42	12.4	3.4	2.0	24–18
DET Detroit Pistons	48	11.6	3.6	1.9	20–28
GSW Golden State Warriors	39	11.9	3.1	1.8	21–18
HOU Houston Rockets	48	10.0	3.2	1.4	18–30
IND Indiana Pacers	47	11.0	3.3	1.9	27–20
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	42	11.5	3.7	1.6	23–19
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	46	9.1	3.0	1.5	24–22
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	44	10.2	3.7	1.3	20–24
MIA Miami Heat	48	13.1	3.8	1.7	25–23
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	44	10.3	3.6	2.2	29–15
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	45	11.2	4.1	1.8	29–16
NOP New Orleans Pelicans	14	7.0	3.4	1.1	8–6
NYK New York Knicks	50	12.7	3.9	2.0	37–13
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder	31	8.1	2.7	0.7	20–11
ORL Orlando Magic	47	11.3	3.6	2.4	32–15
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	47	11.6	3.9	2.2	26–21
PHX Phoenix Suns	43	11.0	3.5	1.7	22–21
POR Portland Trail Blazers	46	9.7	3.7	1.8	18–28
SAC Sacramento Kings	38	10.2	2.9	1.5	22–16
SAS San Antonio Spurs	34	6.4	3.2	1.1	12–22
TOR Toronto Raptors	48	12.2	3.7	2.2	30–18
UTA Utah Jazz	39	9.2	2.7	1.4	20–19
WAS Washington Wizards	47	12.9	3.8	2.1	35–12

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2017-18

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)	22%	.667
In the paint (3-10 ft)	33%	.444
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	15%	.500
Long two (16 ft-3P)	4%	0.000
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	26%	.286

Average shot distance 11.0 ft · 4% of attempts were dunks · 0% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
2001-02	$1,379,000
2002-03	$1,482,000
2003-04	$1,586,000
2004-05	$2,266,000
2005-06	$10,200,000
2006-07	$11,200,000
2007-08	$12,200,000
2008-09	$13,200,000
2009-10	$14,200,000
2010-11	$8,400,000
2011-12	$9,282,000
2012-13	$10,164,000
2013-14	$11,046,000
2014-15	$915,243
2015-16	$947,276
2016-17	$2,500,000
2017-18	$3,954,756
Career earnings	$114,922,275

Frequently asked questions

What team does Richard Jefferson play for?

Richard Jefferson plays SF for the Denver Nuggets.

What are Richard Jefferson's career stats?

Richard Jefferson has averaged 12.6 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 2.0 APG over 17 seasons (2001-02–2017-18).

How much does Richard Jefferson make?

Richard Jefferson's salary is $3,954,756 for the 2017-18 season, with career earnings of about $114.9M.

How tall is Richard Jefferson?

Richard Jefferson is 6-7 (233 lb).

When was Richard Jefferson drafted?

Richard Jefferson was drafted in 2001, round 1, pick 13, by the Houston Rockets.