Joe Kleine

Seasons 1985-86–1999-00 · 15 on record · Ht 6-11 · b. 1962

Player info

Nickname	Taco Joe, Smokin' Joe from Slater Mo.
Position	C
Number	#35 (also #53)
Team	Portland Trail Blazers
Height	6-11
Weight	255 lb
Born	1962-01-04
College	Notre Dame → Arkansas
Drafted	1985 · Round 1, Pick 6 · Sacramento Kings
Seasons	1985-86–1999-00 (15)

Career averages

4.8 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 0.6 APG · 965 games · .453 FG% · .271 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1985-86	SAC	24	80	14.8	.465	—	.723	4.7	0.6	0.3	0.4	5.2	9.7	.516
1986-87	SAC	25	79	21.0	.471	0.000	.786	6.1	0.9	0.4	0.4	7.9	12.4	.514
1987-88	SAC	26	82	24.4	.472	—	.814	7.1	1.1	0.3	0.7	9.8	13.4	.521
1988-89	2TM	27	75	18.8	.405	0.000	.882	5.0	0.9	0.4	0.3	6.5	10.0	.485
	SAC	27	47	19.4	.383	0.000	.920	5.1	0.7	0.4	0.4	6.7	8.8	.458
	BOS	27	28	17.8	.457	0.000	.828	4.9	1.1	0.5	0.2	6.1	12.2	.544
1989-90	BOS	28	81	16.9	.480	0.000	.830	4.4	0.6	0.2	0.3	5.4	10.5	.529
1990-91	BOS	29	72	11.8	.468	0.000	.783	3.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	3.6	9.9	.519
1991-92	BOS	30	70	14.2	.491	.500	.708	4.2	0.5	0.3	0.2	4.7	13.5	.519
1992-93	BOS	31	78	14.5	.404	0.000	.707	4.4	0.5	0.2	0.2	3.3	9.6	.439
1993-94	PHX	32	74	11.5	.488	.455	.769	2.6	0.6	0.2	0.3	3.9	11.2	.522
1994-95	PHX	33	75	12.9	.449	0.000	.857	3.5	0.5	0.2	0.2	3.7	9.8	.489
1995-96	PHX	34	56	11.8	.420	.286	.800	2.4	0.8	0.2	0.1	2.9	6.8	.456
1996-97	3TM	35	59	14.4	.406	.667	.737	3.4	0.6	0.3	0.3	2.8	7.6	.450
	PHX	35	23	15.9	.400	1.000	.722	3.5	0.5	0.4	0.3	3.4	6.5	.444
	LAL	35	8	3.8	.250	—	1.000	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	4.2	.338
	NJN	35	28	16.2	.427	.500	.722	4.1	0.8	0.3	0.4	3.0	8.7	.467
1997-98	CHI	36	46	8.6	.368	—	.833	1.7	0.7	0.1	0.1	2.0	5.5	.408
1998-99	PHX	37	31	12.1	.405	0.000	.667	2.2	0.4	0.3	0.0	2.2	6.6	.429
1999-00	POR	38	7	4.4	.364	—	1.000	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.0	1.6	6.8	.446

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1985-86	SAC	80	18	1,180	160	344	.465	0	0	94	130	373	46	24	34	107	414
1986-87	SAC	79	31	1,658	256	543	.471	0	1	110	140	483	71	35	30	90	622
1987-88	SAC	82	60	1,999	324	686	.472	0	0	153	188	579	93	28	59	107	801
1988-89	2TM	75	13	1,411	175	432	.405	0	2	134	152	378	67	33	23	104	484
	SAC	47	11	913	116	303	.383	0	1	81	88	241	35	18	18	67	313
	BOS	28	2	498	59	129	.457	0	1	53	64	137	32	15	5	37	171
1989-90	BOS	81	4	1,365	176	367	.480	0	4	83	100	355	46	15	27	64	435
1990-91	BOS	72	1	850	102	218	.468	0	2	54	69	244	21	15	14	53	258
1991-92	BOS	70	3	991	144	293	.491	4	8	34	48	296	32	23	14	27	326
1992-93	BOS	78	3	1,129	108	267	.404	0	6	41	58	346	39	17	17	37	257
1993-94	PHX	74	4	848	125	256	.488	5	11	30	39	193	45	14	19	35	285
1994-95	PHX	75	42	968	119	265	.449	0	2	42	49	259	39	14	18	35	280
1995-96	PHX	56	9	663	71	169	.420	2	7	20	25	132	44	13	6	37	164
1996-97	3TM	59	10	848	69	170	.406	2	3	28	38	203	35	17	18	41	168
	PHX	23	10	365	32	80	.400	1	1	13	18	80	12	9	6	20	78
	LAL	8	0	30	2	8	.250	0	0	2	2	9	0	0	0	0	6
	NJN	28	0	453	35	82	.427	1	2	13	18	114	23	8	12	21	84
1997-98	CHI	46	1	397	39	106	.368	0	0	15	18	77	30	4	5	28	93
1998-99	PHX	31	5	374	30	74	.405	0	2	8	12	67	12	8	1	10	68
1999-00	POR	7	0	31	4	11	.364	0	0	3	3	6	2	1	0	2	11
Career		965	—	—	1,902	4,201	.453	13	48	849	1069	3991	622	261	285	777	4,666

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1985-86	SAC	80	14.8	4.9	10.5	.465	0.0	0.0	2.9	4.0	11.4	1.4	0.7	1.0	3.3	12.6
1986-87	SAC	79	21.0	5.6	11.8	.471	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.0	10.5	1.5	0.8	0.7	2.0	13.5
1987-88	SAC	82	24.4	5.8	12.4	.472	0.0	0.0	2.8	3.4	10.4	1.7	0.5	1.1	1.9	14.4
1988-89	2TM	75	18.8	4.5	11.0	.405	0.0	0.1	3.4	3.9	9.6	1.7	0.8	0.6	2.7	12.3
	SAC	47	19.4	4.6	11.9	.383	0.0	0.0	3.2	3.5	9.5	1.4	0.7	0.7	2.6	12.3
	BOS	28	17.8	4.3	9.3	.457	0.0	0.1	3.8	4.6	9.9	2.3	1.1	0.4	2.7	12.4
1989-90	BOS	81	16.9	4.6	9.7	.480	0.0	0.1	2.2	2.6	9.4	1.2	0.4	0.7	1.7	11.5
1990-91	BOS	72	11.8	4.3	9.2	.468	0.0	0.1	2.3	2.9	10.3	0.9	0.6	0.6	2.2	10.9
1991-92	BOS	70	14.2	5.2	10.6	.491	0.1	0.3	1.2	1.7	10.8	1.2	0.8	0.5	1.0	11.8
1992-93	BOS	78	14.5	3.4	8.5	.404	0.0	0.2	1.3	1.8	11.0	1.2	0.5	0.5	1.2	8.2
1993-94	PHX	74	11.5	5.3	10.9	.488	0.2	0.5	1.3	1.7	8.2	1.9	0.6	0.8	1.5	12.1
1994-95	PHX	75	12.9	4.4	9.9	.449	0.0	0.1	1.6	1.8	9.6	1.5	0.5	0.7	1.3	10.4
1995-96	PHX	56	11.8	3.9	9.2	.420	0.1	0.4	1.1	1.4	7.2	2.4	0.7	0.3	2.0	8.9
1996-97	3TM	59	14.4	2.9	7.2	.406	0.1	0.1	1.2	1.6	8.6	1.5	0.7	0.8	1.7	7.1
	PHX	23	15.9	3.2	7.9	.400	0.1	0.1	1.3	1.8	7.9	1.2	0.9	0.6	2.0	7.7
	LAL	8	3.8	2.4	9.6	.250	0.0	0.0	2.4	2.4	10.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.2
	NJN	28	16.2	2.8	6.5	.427	0.1	0.2	1.0	1.4	9.1	1.8	0.6	1.0	1.7	6.7
1997-98	CHI	46	8.6	3.5	9.6	.368	0.0	0.0	1.4	1.6	7.0	2.7	0.4	0.5	2.5	8.4
1998-99	PHX	31	12.1	2.9	7.1	.405	0.0	0.2	0.8	1.2	6.4	1.2	0.8	0.1	1.0	6.5
1999-00	POR	7	4.4	4.6	12.8	.364	0.0	0.0	3.5	3.5	7.0	2.3	1.2	0.0	2.3	12.8

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
1985-86	SAC	80	1,180	9.7	.516	17.4	-0.4	1.3	0.9	.037	-4.4	-0.5	-5.0	-0.9
1986-87	SAC	79	1,658	12.4	.514	16.7	1.3	1.3	2.6	.074	-1.8	-1.0	-2.8	-0.3
1987-88	SAC	82	1,999	13.4	.521	17.7	1.7	1.3	3.1	.074	-1.7	-1.3	-3.0	-0.5
1988-89	2TM	75	1,411	10.0	.485	17.6	-0.2	1.3	1.0	.035	-3.7	-0.9	-4.6	-0.9
	SAC	47	913	8.8	.458	18.4	-0.7	0.8	0.1	.007	-4.8	-1.1	-5.8	-0.9
	BOS	28	498	12.2	.544	16.2	0.4	0.5	0.9	.085	-1.8	-0.5	-2.3	+0.0
1989-90	BOS	81	1,365	10.5	.529	14.7	1.0	1.3	2.3	.082	-2.5	-1.2	-3.7	-0.6
1990-91	BOS	72	850	9.9	.519	14.9	0.2	1.0	1.2	.069	-3.2	-1.1	-4.3	-0.5
1991-92	BOS	70	991	13.5	.519	14.8	1.2	1.3	2.6	.124	-0.8	-0.6	-1.3	+0.2
1992-93	BOS	78	1,129	9.6	.439	12.7	0.2	1.3	1.5	.064	-2.5	-1.0	-3.5	-0.4
1993-94	PHX	74	848	11.2	.522	15.2	0.8	0.8	1.6	.089	-2.3	-0.5	-2.8	-0.2
1994-95	PHX	75	968	9.8	.489	14.4	0.6	0.8	1.4	.068	-3.9	-1.2	-5.1	-0.7
1995-96	PHX	56	663	6.8	.456	14.6	-0.3	0.4	0.1	.007	-5.4	-0.8	-6.1	-0.7
1996-97	3TM	59	848	7.6	.450	11.8	-0.3	0.7	0.4	.022	-4.6	-0.3	-4.8	-0.6
	PHX	23	365	6.5	.444	13.3	-0.3	0.3	0.0	.001	-5.0	-0.2	-5.2	-0.3
	LAL	8	30	4.2	.338	13.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	.042	-8.1	-3.3	-11.4	-0.1
	NJN	28	453	8.7	.467	10.4	0.1	0.3	0.4	.038	-3.9	-0.1	-4.0	-0.2
1997-98	CHI	46	397	5.5	.408	16.0	-0.4	0.5	0.1	.016	-6.3	-0.2	-6.4	-0.4
1998-99	PHX	31	374	6.6	.429	11.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	.037	-4.2	-1.4	-5.6	-0.3
1999-00	POR	7	31	6.8	.446	21.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	.040	-6.5	+1.0	-5.4	+0.0
Career		965	—	—	—	—	—	—	19.1	—	—	—	—	-6.8

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%
1985-86	3	15.0	5.0	4.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	.385	—	.480
1988-89	3	21.7	6.3	5.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	.545	0.000	.635
1989-90	5	15.8	6.2	2.8	0.4	0.4	0.6	.765	0.000	.789
1990-91	5	6.2	1.6	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	.444	—	.444
1991-92	9	9.1	2.2	2.4	0.1	0.0	0.1	.409	0.000	.437
1992-93	4	7.2	1.5	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	.600	—	.600
1993-94	8	10.1	3.5	2.1	0.4	0.1	0.5	.429	—	.457
1994-95	10	16.7	6.3	3.1	0.8	0.5	0.3	.574	.500	.583
1995-96	2	4.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.000	—	0.000
1998-99	3	5.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	.500	—	.500
Career	52	11.8	3.7	2.6	0.3	0.2	0.3	.515	.200	.546

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	530	4.5	3.9	0.6	365–165
Away	527	4.4	3.7	0.6	213–314
In wins	578	4.0	3.6	0.6	578–0
In losses	479	4.9	4.0	0.6	0–479

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	41	3.3	3.5	0.6	19–22
BOS Boston Celtics	23	4.2	4.3	0.5	11–12
BKN Brooklyn Nets	40	4.8	3.8	0.8	31–9
CHA Charlotte Hornets	27	3.7	3.2	0.4	18–9
CHI Chicago Bulls	32	4.7	3.9	0.4	14–18
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	36	3.2	3.2	0.4	18–18
DAL Dallas Mavericks	46	4.8	3.7	0.7	27–19
DEN Denver Nuggets	47	5.1	4.1	0.6	30–17
DET Detroit Pistons	35	4.3	3.4	0.5	16–19
GSW Golden State Warriors	43	4.5	3.8	0.6	24–19
HOU Houston Rockets	45	6.2	4.1	0.7	18–27
IND Indiana Pacers	37	4.1	3.7	0.5	18–19
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	49	5.0	4.0	0.8	32–17
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	50	4.7	4.1	0.5	16–34
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	14	1.3	2.4	0.6	13–1
MIA Miami Heat	34	3.2	4.0	0.3	23–11
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	37	4.4	3.4	0.6	18–19
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	26	3.4	3.2	0.7	17–9
NYK New York Knicks	43	3.7	3.5	0.5	25–18
ORL Orlando Magic	26	5.3	3.8	0.8	19–7
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	37	4.4	4.1	0.6	21–16
PHX Phoenix Suns	28	5.0	4.3	0.6	13–15
POR Portland Trail Blazers	44	5.3	4.4	0.9	17–27
SAC Sacramento Kings	30	3.2	3.0	0.3	22–8
SAS San Antonio Spurs	50	5.3	3.8	0.6	29–21
TOR Toronto Raptors	5	1.2	1.0	0.8	5–0
UTA Utah Jazz	44	5.0	5.0	0.6	13–31
WAS Washington Wizards	4	0.5	0.0	0.0	3–1

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 1999-00

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)	9%	1.000
In the paint (3-10 ft)	0%	—
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	18%	1.000
Long two (16 ft-3P)	73%	.125
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	0%	—

Average shot distance 15.9 ft · 0% of attempts were dunks

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
1990-91	$850,000
1991-92	$950,000
1992-93	$1,150,000
1993-94	$650,000
1994-95	$845,000
1995-96	$1,040,000
1996-97	$1,235,000
1997-98	$272,250
1998-99	$1,000,000
Career earnings	$7,992,250

Frequently asked questions

What team does Joe Kleine play for?

Joe Kleine plays C for the Portland Trail Blazers.

What are Joe Kleine's career stats?

Joe Kleine has averaged 4.8 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 0.6 APG over 15 seasons (1985-86–1999-00).

How much does Joe Kleine make?

Joe Kleine's salary is $1,000,000 for the 1998-99 season, with career earnings of about $8.0M.

How tall is Joe Kleine?

Joe Kleine is 6-11 (255 lb).

When was Joe Kleine drafted?

Joe Kleine was drafted in 1985, round 1, pick 6, by the Sacramento Kings.