JaVale McGee

Seasons 2008-09–2023-24 · 16 on record · Ht 7-0 · b. 1988

Player info

Position	C
Number	#34 (also #1, #11, #7, #6, #00)
Team	Sacramento Kings
Height	7-0
Weight	270 lb
Born	1988-01-19
College	Nevada
Drafted	2008 · Round 1, Pick 18 · Washington Wizards
Seasons	2008-09–2023-24 (16)

Career averages

7.6 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 0.4 APG · 909 games · .578 FG% · .192 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
2008-09	WAS	21	75	15.2	.494	—	.660	3.9	0.3	0.4	1.0	6.5	17.0	.534
2009-10	WAS	22	60	16.1	.508	0.000	.638	4.1	0.2	0.3	1.7	6.4	17.0	.539
2010-11	WAS	23	79	27.8	.550	0.000	.583	8.0	0.5	0.5	2.4	10.1	17.4	.566
2011-12	2TM	24	61	25.2	.556	—	.461	7.8	0.5	0.6	2.2	11.3	19.9	.552
	WAS	24	41	27.4	.535	—	.500	8.8	0.6	0.6	2.5	11.9	19.6	.539
	DEN	24	20	20.6	.612	—	.373	5.8	0.3	0.5	1.6	10.3	20.5	.588
2012-13	DEN	25	79	18.1	.575	1.000	.591	4.8	0.3	0.4	2.0	9.1	20.7	.589
2013-14	DEN	26	5	15.8	.447	—	1.000	3.4	0.4	0.2	1.4	7.0	10.2	.455
2014-15	2TM	27	23	11.1	.532	—	.667	2.7	0.1	0.1	0.9	4.6	14.4	.567
	DEN	27	17	11.5	.557	—	.690	2.8	0.1	0.1	1.1	5.2	16.7	.597
	PHI	27	6	10.2	.444	—	.500	2.2	0.3	0.0	0.2	3.0	6.8	.455
2015-16	DAL	28	34	10.9	.575	0.000	.500	3.9	0.1	0.1	0.8	5.1	19.9	.574
2016-17	GSW	29	77	9.6	.652	0.000	.505	3.2	0.2	0.2	0.9	6.1	25.2	.642
2017-18	GSW	30	65	9.5	.621	0.000	.731	2.6	0.5	0.3	0.9	4.8	22.3	.641
2018-19	LAL	31	75	22.3	.624	.083	.632	7.5	0.7	0.6	2.0	12.0	21.8	.634
2019-20	LAL	32	68	16.6	.637	.500	.646	5.7	0.5	0.5	1.4	6.6	19.4	.652
2020-21	2TM	33	46	14.7	.511	.208	.657	5.2	0.8	0.4	1.2	7.3	17.0	.541
	CLE	33	33	15.2	.521	.250	.655	5.2	1.0	0.5	1.2	8.0	18.4	.554
	DEN	33	13	13.5	.478	0.000	.667	5.3	0.5	0.2	1.1	5.5	12.9	.498
2021-22	PHX	34	74	15.8	.629	.222	.699	6.7	0.6	0.3	1.1	9.2	22.6	.651
2022-23	DAL	35	42	8.5	.640	.400	.585	2.5	0.3	0.1	0.6	4.4	17.2	.650
2023-24	SAC	36	46	7.4	.598	.143	.578	2.7	0.4	0.3	0.4	4.0	19.0	.609

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2008-09	WAS	75	14	1,143	191	387	.494	0	0	107	162	294	23	33	75	61	489
2009-10	WAS	60	19	968	156	307	.508	0	1	74	116	243	14	16	101	51	386
2010-11	WAS	79	75	2,193	332	604	.550	0	3	134	230	634	38	41	193	102	798
2011-12	2TM	61	45	1,535	307	552	.556	0	0	77	167	477	31	35	132	87	691
	WAS	41	40	1,124	214	400	.535	0	0	58	116	362	25	25	101	68	486
	DEN	20	5	411	93	152	.612	0	0	19	51	115	6	10	31	19	205
2012-13	DEN	79	0	1,433	303	527	.575	1	1	110	186	381	24	30	157	90	717
2013-14	DEN	5	5	79	17	38	.447	0	0	1	1	17	2	1	7	8	35
2014-15	2TM	23	0	256	42	79	.532	0	0	22	33	61	3	2	20	18	106
	DEN	17	0	195	34	61	.557	0	0	20	29	48	1	2	19	13	88
	PHI	6	0	61	8	18	.444	0	0	2	4	13	2	0	1	5	18
2015-16	DAL	34	2	370	77	134	.575	0	1	18	36	133	3	5	26	21	172
2016-17	GSW	77	10	739	208	319	.652	0	3	56	111	244	17	19	67	40	472
2017-18	GSW	65	17	615	136	219	.621	0	6	38	52	169	33	21	57	27	310
2018-19	LAL	75	62	1,671	400	641	.624	1	12	96	152	566	52	47	148	108	897
2019-20	LAL	68	68	1,130	195	306	.637	3	6	53	82	390	37	36	94	55	446
2020-21	2TM	46	2	678	144	282	.511	5	24	44	67	239	39	19	54	60	337
	CLE	33	1	503	112	215	.521	5	20	36	55	170	33	16	40	45	265
	DEN	13	1	175	32	67	.478	0	4	8	12	69	6	3	14	15	72
2021-22	PHX	74	17	1,172	288	458	.629	2	9	102	146	496	42	22	81	98	680
2022-23	DAL	42	7	355	80	125	.640	2	5	24	41	107	11	4	26	36	186
2023-24	SAC	46	0	339	79	132	.598	1	7	26	45	126	17	14	20	34	185
Career		909	—	—	2,955	5,110	.578	15	78	982	1627	4577	386	345	1258	896	6,907

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2008-09	WAS	75	15.2	6.0	12.2	.494	0.0	0.0	3.4	5.1	9.3	0.7	1.0	2.4	1.9	15.4
2009-10	WAS	60	16.1	5.8	11.4	.508	0.0	0.0	2.8	4.3	9.0	0.5	0.6	3.8	1.9	14.4
2010-11	WAS	79	27.8	5.5	9.9	.550	0.0	0.0	2.2	3.8	10.4	0.6	0.7	3.2	1.7	13.1
2011-12	2TM	61	25.2	7.2	12.9	.556	0.0	0.0	1.8	3.9	11.2	0.7	0.8	3.1	2.0	16.2
	WAS	41	27.4	6.9	12.8	.535	0.0	0.0	1.9	3.7	11.6	0.8	0.8	3.2	2.2	15.6
	DEN	20	20.6	8.1	13.3	.612	0.0	0.0	1.7	4.5	10.1	0.5	0.9	2.7	1.7	18.0
2012-13	DEN	79	18.1	7.6	13.2	.575	0.0	0.0	2.8	4.7	9.6	0.6	0.8	3.9	2.3	18.0
2013-14	DEN	5	15.8	7.7	17.3	.447	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	7.7	0.9	0.5	3.2	3.6	15.9
2014-15	2TM	23	11.1	5.9	11.1	.532	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.6	8.6	0.4	0.3	2.8	2.5	14.9
	DEN	17	11.5	6.3	11.3	.557	0.0	0.0	3.7	5.4	8.9	0.2	0.4	3.5	2.4	16.2
	PHI	6	10.2	4.7	10.6	.444	0.0	0.0	1.2	2.4	7.7	1.2	0.0	0.6	3.0	10.6
2015-16	DAL	34	10.9	7.5	13.0	.575	0.0	0.1	1.8	3.5	12.9	0.3	0.5	2.5	2.0	16.7
2016-17	GSW	77	9.6	10.1	15.5	.652	0.0	0.1	2.7	5.4	11.9	0.8	0.9	3.3	1.9	23.0
2017-18	GSW	65	9.5	8.0	12.8	.621	0.0	0.4	2.2	3.0	9.9	1.9	1.2	3.3	1.6	18.1
2018-19	LAL	75	22.3	8.6	13.8	.624	0.0	0.3	2.1	3.3	12.2	1.1	1.0	3.2	2.3	19.3
2019-20	LAL	68	16.6	6.2	9.7	.637	0.1	0.2	1.7	2.6	12.4	1.2	1.1	3.0	1.8	14.2
2020-21	2TM	46	14.7	7.6	15.0	.511	0.3	1.3	2.3	3.6	12.7	2.1	1.0	2.9	3.2	17.9
	CLE	33	15.2	8.0	15.4	.521	0.4	1.4	2.6	3.9	12.2	2.4	1.1	2.9	3.2	19.0
	DEN	13	13.5	6.6	13.8	.478	0.0	0.8	1.6	2.5	14.2	1.2	0.6	2.9	3.1	14.8
2021-22	PHX	74	15.8	8.8	14.1	.629	0.1	0.3	3.1	4.5	15.2	1.3	0.7	2.5	3.0	20.9
2022-23	DAL	42	8.5	8.1	12.7	.640	0.2	0.5	2.4	4.2	10.9	1.1	0.4	2.6	3.7	18.9
2023-24	SAC	46	7.4	8.4	14.0	.598	0.1	0.7	2.8	4.8	13.4	1.8	1.5	2.1	3.6	19.6

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
2008-09	WAS	75	1,143	17.0	.534	20.7	1.1	0.9	2.0	.084	-1.8	-1.1	-2.9	-0.3
2009-10	WAS	60	968	17.0	.539	19.1	0.8	1.3	2.1	.105	-2.0	+1.2	-0.8	+0.3
2010-11	WAS	79	2,193	17.4	.566	16.3	2.7	2.5	5.3	.115	-0.7	+0.4	-0.4	+0.9
2011-12	2TM	61	1,535	19.9	.552	20.7	1.9	2.2	4.1	.127	+0.1	+0.0	+0.2	+0.8
	WAS	41	1,124	19.6	.539	20.7	1.2	1.6	2.8	.120	+0.0	+0.1	+0.1	+0.6
	DEN	20	411	20.5	.588	21.0	0.7	0.6	1.3	.148	+0.5	-0.1	+0.4	+0.2
2012-13	DEN	79	1,433	20.7	.589	21.1	2.7	2.2	4.9	.163	+0.4	+1.2	+1.6	+1.3
2013-14	DEN	5	79	10.2	.455	25.0	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	-.039	-6.3	-0.1	-6.5	-0.1
2014-15	2TM	23	256	14.4	.567	18.9	0.1	0.3	0.4	.071	-2.6	-0.2	-2.8	-0.1
	DEN	17	195	16.7	.597	19.2	0.2	0.2	0.4	.109	-1.8	+0.6	-1.2	+0.0
	PHI	6	61	6.8	.455	17.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-.052	-5.0	-2.7	-7.7	-0.1
2015-16	DAL	34	370	19.9	.574	21.1	0.6	0.5	1.1	.146	-0.2	-0.2	-0.3	+0.1
2016-17	GSW	77	739	25.2	.642	23.8	2.0	1.5	3.5	.225	+1.0	+0.2	+1.2	+0.6
2017-18	GSW	65	615	22.3	.641	19.2	1.7	1.1	2.7	.212	+0.3	+1.2	+1.5	+0.5
2018-19	LAL	75	1,671	21.8	.634	20.2	3.0	2.9	5.9	.171	+0.3	+1.2	+1.4	+1.4
2019-20	LAL	68	1,130	19.4	.652	14.8	2.2	2.4	4.7	.198	-0.6	+2.1	+1.5	+1.0
2020-21	2TM	46	678	17.0	.541	23.9	-0.1	1.1	1.0	.068	-3.3	+0.8	-2.5	-0.1
	CLE	33	503	18.4	.554	24.6	0.0	0.8	0.8	.074	-2.3	+1.2	-1.1	+0.1
	DEN	13	175	12.9	.498	21.8	-0.1	0.3	0.2	.050	-6.4	-0.3	-6.6	-0.2
2021-22	PHX	74	1,172	22.6	.651	22.8	2.4	2.6	4.9	.201	-0.1	+0.9	+0.8	+0.8
2022-23	DAL	42	355	17.2	.650	22.8	0.1	0.5	0.6	.076	-3.6	-0.1	-3.7	-0.1
2023-24	SAC	46	339	19.0	.609	23.4	0.1	0.6	0.7	.101	-1.9	+0.6	-1.3	+0.1
Career		909	—	—	—	—	—	—	43.8	—	—	—	—	+7.1

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%
2011-12	7	25.6	8.6	9.6	0.7	0.7	3.1	.434	—	.466
2012-13	6	18.2	7.2	5.2	0.0	0.7	1.0	.581	—	.552
2015-16	5	6.5	0.8	0.6	0.0	0.2	0.0	.500	—	.431
2016-17	17	8.7	5.6	2.8	0.2	0.1	0.9	.732	—	.743
2017-18	21	11.8	4.0	2.0	0.2	0.1	0.5	.672	0.000	.678
2019-20	5	13.0	6.0	5.6	0.8	0.2	1.2	.714	—	.714
2020-21	26	7.4	0.7	1.1	0.2	0.1	0.3	.381	0.000	.387
2021-22	13	10.7	6.2	3.7	0.5	0.2	0.4	.700	0.000	.727
Career	100	11.9	4.2	3.0	0.3	0.2	0.7	.616	0.000	.621

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	539	6.3	4.3	0.4	325–214
Away	547	6.4	4.1	0.3	245–302
In wins	570	6.4	4.1	0.4	570–0
In losses	516	6.3	4.3	0.3	0–516

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	37	7.2	4.4	0.5	16–21
BOS Boston Celtics	34	7.9	4.8	0.2	11–23
BKN Brooklyn Nets	32	6.2	3.8	0.3	23–9
CHA Charlotte Hornets	24	6.4	3.7	0.2	13–11
CHI Chicago Bulls	32	7.2	4.8	0.3	17–15
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	30	5.2	3.9	0.5	17–13
DAL Dallas Mavericks	32	5.5	4.1	0.4	21–11
DEN Denver Nuggets	36	6.7	4.0	0.4	18–18
DET Detroit Pistons	34	7.3	3.4	0.2	21–13
GSW Golden State Warriors	35	7.1	5.2	0.3	15–20
HOU Houston Rockets	44	6.3	4.0	0.2	26–18
IND Indiana Pacers	32	6.6	4.9	0.4	12–20
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	42	6.5	4.0	0.3	20–22
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	37	5.9	3.7	0.3	25–12
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	41	5.0	3.9	0.4	23–18
MIA Miami Heat	35	6.3	4.8	0.3	12–23
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	34	5.8	4.6	0.1	12–22
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	39	5.9	3.8	0.2	24–15
NOP New Orleans Pelicans	31	6.3	4.0	0.3	22–9
NYK New York Knicks	36	6.4	4.7	0.4	17–19
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder	42	6.2	3.8	0.3	22–20
ORL Orlando Magic	38	5.6	3.6	0.3	16–22
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	31	5.9	4.8	0.4	17–14
PHX Phoenix Suns	40	5.6	2.8	0.4	24–16
POR Portland Trail Blazers	47	5.9	3.4	0.4	25–22
SAC Sacramento Kings	41	7.5	5.5	0.6	23–18
SAS San Antonio Spurs	41	6.9	4.7	0.3	21–20
TOR Toronto Raptors	33	5.9	4.3	0.4	16–17
UTA Utah Jazz	40	6.5	4.9	0.5	23–17
WAS Washington Wizards	19	4.9	3.9	0.5	10–9

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2023-24

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)	49%	.769
In the paint (3-10 ft)	42%	.509
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	3%	0.000
Long two (16 ft-3P)	1%	0.000
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	5%	.143

Average shot distance 4.9 ft · 30% 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
2008-09	$1,392,240
2009-10	$1,496,640
2010-11	$1,601,040
2011-12	$2,462,400
2012-13	$10,000,000
2013-14	$10,750,000
2014-15	$11,250,000
2015-16	$13,270,964
2016-17	$1,403,611
2017-18	$1,471,382
2018-19	$1,512,601
2019-20	$4,000,000
2020-21	$4,200,000
2021-22	$5,000,000
2022-23	$5,461,219
2023-24	$4,368,030
2024-25	$2,208,856
2025-26	$2,208,856
2026-27	$2,208,856
2027-28	$2,208,856
Career earnings	$88,475,551

Frequently asked questions

What team does JaVale McGee play for?

JaVale McGee plays C for the Sacramento Kings.

What are JaVale McGee's career stats?

JaVale McGee has averaged 7.6 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 0.4 APG over 16 seasons (2008-09–2023-24).

How much does JaVale McGee make?

JaVale McGee's salary is $2,208,856 for the 2027-28 season, with career earnings of about $88.5M.

How tall is JaVale McGee?

JaVale McGee is 7-0 (270 lb).

When was JaVale McGee drafted?

JaVale McGee was drafted in 2008, round 1, pick 18, by the Washington Wizards.