Dikembe Mutombo

Seasons 1991-92–2008-09 · 18 on record · Ht 7-2 · b. 1966

★ Hall of Fame★ 4× Defensive POY8× All-Star3× All-NBA6× All-Defense

Player info

Nickname	Deke, Mt. Mutombo
Position	C
Number	#55
Team	Houston Rockets
Height	7-2
Weight	245 lb
Born	1966-06-25
College	Georgetown
Drafted	1991 · Round 1, Pick 4 · Denver Nuggets
Seasons	1991-92–2008-09 (18)

Career averages

9.8 PPG, 10.3 RPG, 1.0 APG · 1196 games · .518 FG% · 0.000 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1991-92	DEN	25	71	38.3	.493	—	.642	12.3	2.2	0.6	3.0	16.6	16.5	.540
1992-93	DEN	26	82	36.9	.510	—	.681	13.0	1.8	0.5	3.5	13.8	17.2	.567
1993-94	DEN	27	82	34.8	.569	0.000	.583	11.8	1.5	0.7	4.1	12.0	17.9	.590
1994-95	DEN	28	82	37.8	.556	—	.654	12.5	1.4	0.5	3.9	11.5	17.0	.595
1995-96	DEN	29	74	36.7	.499	0.000	.695	11.8	1.5	0.5	4.5	11.0	17.1	.562
1996-97	ATL	30	80	37.2	.527	—	.705	11.6	1.4	0.6	3.3	13.3	19.0	.584
1997-98	ATL	31	82	35.6	.537	—	.670	11.4	1.0	0.4	3.4	13.4	19.8	.584
1998-99	ATL	32	50	36.6	.512	—	.684	12.2	1.1	0.3	2.9	10.8	18.8	.584
1999-00	ATL	33	82	36.4	.562	—	.708	14.1	1.3	0.3	3.3	11.5	19.4	.621
2000-01	2TM	34	75	34.5	.484	—	.725	13.5	1.0	0.4	2.7	10.0	17.5	.547
	ATL	34	49	35.0	.477	—	.695	14.1	1.1	0.4	2.8	9.1	16.5	.528
	PHI	34	26	33.7	.495	—	.759	12.4	0.8	0.3	2.5	11.7	19.6	.580
2001-02	PHI	35	80	36.3	.501	—	.764	10.8	1.0	0.4	2.4	11.5	16.0	.574
2002-03	NJN	36	24	21.4	.374	—	.727	6.4	0.8	0.2	1.5	5.8	11.2	.445
2003-04	NYK	37	65	23.0	.478	—	.681	6.7	0.4	0.3	1.9	5.6	14.3	.523
2004-05	HOU	38	80	15.2	.498	—	.741	5.3	0.1	0.2	1.3	4.0	16.4	.575
2005-06	HOU	39	64	14.9	.526	—	.758	4.8	0.1	0.3	0.9	2.6	12.7	.626
2006-07	HOU	40	75	17.2	.556	—	.690	6.5	0.2	0.3	1.0	3.1	14.4	.601
2007-08	HOU	41	39	15.9	.538	—	.711	5.1	0.1	0.3	1.2	3.0	14.5	.591
2008-09	HOU	42	9	10.7	.385	—	.667	3.7	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.8	10.8	.472

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1991-92	DEN	71	71	2,716	428	869	.493	0	321	500	870	156	43	210	252	1,177
1992-93	DEN	82	82	3,029	398	781	.510	0	335	492	1070	147	43	287	216	1,131
1993-94	DEN	82	82	2,853	365	642	.569	1	256	439	971	127	59	336	206	986
1994-95	DEN	82	82	3,100	349	628	.556	0	248	379	1029	113	40	321	192	946
1995-96	DEN	74	74	2,713	284	569	.499	1	246	354	871	108	38	332	150	814
1996-97	ATL	80	80	2,973	380	721	.527	0	306	434	929	110	49	264	186	1,066
1997-98	ATL	82	82	2,917	399	743	.537	0	303	452	932	82	34	277	168	1,101
1998-99	ATL	50	50	1,829	173	338	.512	0	195	285	610	57	16	147	94	541
1999-00	ATL	82	82	2,984	322	573	.562	0	298	421	1157	105	27	269	174	942
2000-01	2TM	75	75	2,591	269	556	.484	0	211	291	1015	76	29	203	144	749
	ATL	49	49	1,716	169	354	.477	0	107	154	693	54	20	137	92	445
	PHI	26	26	875	100	202	.495	0	104	137	322	22	9	66	52	304
2001-02	PHI	80	80	2,907	321	641	.501	0	278	364	863	83	29	190	156	920
2002-03	NJN	24	16	514	49	131	.374	0	40	55	153	19	4	37	34	138
2003-04	NYK	65	56	1,494	141	295	.478	0	81	119	437	25	17	123	54	363
2004-05	HOU	80	2	1,212	108	217	.498	0	106	143	426	10	16	101	51	322
2005-06	HOU	64	23	955	50	95	.526	0	69	91	306	4	17	57	35	169
2006-07	HOU	75	33	1,289	85	153	.556	0	60	87	488	13	22	76	38	230
2007-08	HOU	39	25	619	43	80	.538	0	32	45	199	5	11	48	17	118
2008-09	HOU	9	2	96	5	13	.385	0	6	9	33	0	0	11	6	16
Career		1196	—	—	4,169	8,045	.518	2	3391	4960	12359	1240	494	3289	2173	11,729

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1991-92	DEN	71	38.3	5.7	11.5	.493	4.3	6.6	11.5	2.1	0.6	2.8	3.3	15.6
1992-93	DEN	82	36.9	4.7	9.3	.510	4.0	5.8	12.7	1.7	0.5	3.4	2.6	13.4
1993-94	DEN	82	34.8	4.6	8.1	.569	3.2	5.5	12.3	1.6	0.7	4.2	2.6	12.4
1994-95	DEN	82	37.8	4.1	7.3	.556	2.9	4.4	11.9	1.3	0.5	3.7	2.2	11.0
1995-96	DEN	74	36.7	3.8	7.6	.499	3.3	4.7	11.6	1.4	0.5	4.4	2.0	10.8
1996-97	ATL	80	37.2	4.6	8.7	.527	3.7	5.3	11.2	1.3	0.6	3.2	2.3	12.9
1997-98	ATL	82	35.6	4.9	9.2	.537	3.7	5.6	11.5	1.0	0.4	3.4	2.1	13.6
1998-99	ATL	50	36.6	3.4	6.7	.512	3.8	5.6	12.0	1.1	0.3	2.9	1.9	10.6
1999-00	ATL	82	36.4	3.9	6.9	.562	3.6	5.1	14.0	1.3	0.3	3.2	2.1	11.4
2000-01	2TM	75	34.5	3.7	7.7	.484	2.9	4.0	14.1	1.1	0.4	2.8	2.0	10.4
	ATL	49	35.0	3.5	7.4	.477	2.2	3.2	14.5	1.1	0.4	2.9	1.9	9.3
	PHI	26	33.7	4.1	8.3	.495	4.3	5.6	13.2	0.9	0.4	2.7	2.1	12.5
2001-02	PHI	80	36.3	4.0	7.9	.501	3.4	4.5	10.7	1.0	0.4	2.4	1.9	11.4
2002-03	NJN	24	21.4	3.4	9.2	.374	2.8	3.9	10.7	1.3	0.3	2.6	2.4	9.7
2003-04	NYK	65	23.0	3.4	7.1	.478	2.0	2.9	10.5	0.6	0.4	3.0	1.3	8.7
2004-05	HOU	80	15.2	3.2	6.4	.498	3.1	4.2	12.7	0.3	0.5	3.0	1.5	9.6
2005-06	HOU	64	14.9	1.9	3.6	.526	2.6	3.4	11.5	0.2	0.6	2.1	1.3	6.4
2006-07	HOU	75	17.2	2.4	4.3	.556	1.7	2.4	13.6	0.4	0.6	2.1	1.1	6.4
2007-08	HOU	39	15.9	2.5	4.7	.538	1.9	2.6	11.6	0.3	0.6	2.8	1.0	6.9
2008-09	HOU	9	10.7	1.9	4.9	.385	2.2	3.4	12.4	0.0	0.0	4.1	2.2	6.0

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
1991-92	DEN	71	2,716	16.5	.540	20.1	1.3	3.6	4.8	.086	-0.6	+0.6	+0.0	+1.4
1992-93	DEN	82	3,029	17.2	.567	16.3	3.3	5.5	8.8	.139	+0.0	+1.6	+1.6	+2.7
1993-94	DEN	82	2,853	17.9	.590	15.6	2.9	6.4	9.4	.158	+0.1	+3.0	+3.2	+3.7
1994-95	DEN	82	3,100	17.0	.595	14.4	3.5	5.2	8.7	.135	+0.0	+1.8	+1.8	+2.9
1995-96	DEN	74	2,713	17.1	.562	14.4	2.6	5.0	7.6	.134	-0.7	+2.8	+2.1	+2.8
1996-97	ATL	80	2,973	19.0	.584	17.4	4.7	6.6	11.3	.183	+0.3	+2.4	+2.6	+3.5
1997-98	ATL	82	2,917	19.8	.584	17.6	5.6	5.2	10.8	.177	+1.2	+1.4	+2.6	+3.4
1998-99	ATL	50	1,829	18.8	.584	14.3	3.7	4.2	7.9	.206	+1.3	+2.5	+3.7	+2.6
1999-00	ATL	82	2,984	19.4	.621	13.8	5.6	4.3	9.9	.160	+0.9	+1.5	+2.4	+3.3
2000-01	2TM	75	2,591	17.5	.547	14.3	3.4	4.7	8.1	.151	+0.4	+1.3	+1.7	+2.4
	ATL	49	1,716	16.5	.528	13.4	1.5	3.0	4.5	.125	-0.1	+1.4	+1.4	+1.5
	PHI	26	875	19.6	.580	16.2	1.9	1.8	3.7	.201	+1.3	+1.0	+2.3	+1.0
2001-02	PHI	80	2,907	16.0	.574	15.1	4.1	5.5	9.6	.158	-0.5	+1.2	+0.7	+2.0
2002-03	NJN	24	514	11.2	.445	16.6	-0.2	1.0	0.8	.076	-3.7	+0.3	-3.4	-0.2
2003-04	NYK	65	1,494	14.3	.523	12.5	1.6	2.1	3.8	.122	-0.9	+1.0	+0.1	+0.8
2004-05	HOU	80	1,212	16.4	.575	12.9	2.0	2.7	4.7	.186	-0.8	+1.7	+0.9	+0.9
2005-06	HOU	64	955	12.7	.626	8.5	1.3	1.8	3.1	.156	-2.3	+1.5	-0.8	+0.3
2006-07	HOU	75	1,289	14.4	.601	8.3	2.1	3.0	5.2	.192	-1.5	+2.2	+0.6	+0.8
2007-08	HOU	39	619	14.5	.591	8.6	0.9	1.4	2.3	.178	-1.2	+2.5	+1.3	+0.5
2008-09	HOU	9	96	10.8	.472	11.1	0.0	0.2	0.2	.088	-4.1	+1.1	-3.0	+0.0
Career		1196	—	—	—	—	—	—	117.0	—	—	—	—	+33.8

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%
1993-94	12	42.6	13.2	12.0	1.8	0.7	5.8	.463	—	.526
1994-95	3	28.0	6.0	6.3	0.3	0.0	2.3	.600	—	.645
1996-97	10	40.9	15.4	12.3	1.3	0.1	2.6	.628	—	.674
1997-98	4	33.2	8.0	12.8	0.2	0.2	2.2	.458	—	.515
1998-99	9	41.7	12.6	13.9	1.2	0.6	2.6	.563	—	.616
2000-01	23	42.1	13.9	13.7	0.7	0.7	3.1	.490	0.000	.584
2001-02	5	34.4	8.8	10.6	0.6	0.4	1.8	.452	—	.518
2002-03	20	11.0	0.9	1.4	0.3	0.2	0.4	.467	—	.537
2003-04	4	11.7	1.8	2.5	0.0	0.2	1.0	.333	—	.478
2004-05	7	13.9	3.1	5.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	.545	—	.658
2006-07	7	5.3	1.3	1.6	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.000	—	1.042
2007-08	6	20.0	3.8	6.5	0.3	0.2	1.8	.615	—	.645
2008-09	2	9.5	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	—	—	0.000
Career	112	30.4	8.2	8.6	0.7	0.4	2.2	.517	0.000	.587

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	670	9.1	9.5	0.9	423–247
Away	657	8.5	9.1	1.0	273–384
In wins	696	9.0	9.4	0.9	696–0
In losses	631	8.7	9.2	1.0	0–631

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	29	8.6	8.9	0.9	15–14
BOS Boston Celtics	46	10.3	10.5	1.0	26–20
BKN Brooklyn Nets	44	9.3	10.9	1.0	24–20
CHA Charlotte Hornets	52	7.7	9.8	0.9	27–25
CHI Chicago Bulls	50	9.0	10.1	0.9	27–23
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	47	8.2	9.9	1.1	31–16
DAL Dallas Mavericks	54	8.4	10.3	1.1	27–27
DEN Denver Nuggets	27	6.4	7.4	0.5	17–10
DET Detroit Pistons	46	9.7	9.5	1.1	19–27
GSW Golden State Warriors	50	9.3	8.1	1.0	26–24
HOU Houston Rockets	33	11.0	11.5	1.4	14–19
IND Indiana Pacers	48	10.9	9.6	1.0	22–26
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	50	9.7	8.8	1.0	33–17
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	46	8.2	9.9	0.8	18–28
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	31	5.4	7.7	0.6	21–10
MIA Miami Heat	48	8.1	10.3	0.9	21–27
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	49	10.6	10.2	0.8	29–20
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	54	9.4	9.7	1.2	36–18
NYK New York Knicks	42	9.2	9.3	0.8	24–18
ORL Orlando Magic	49	8.5	8.9	0.8	25–24
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	39	8.5	9.2	1.1	22–17
PHX Phoenix Suns	53	9.8	8.3	0.8	19–34
POR Portland Trail Blazers	49	8.0	7.4	0.7	26–23
SAC Sacramento Kings	49	9.4	10.0	0.8	28–21
SAS San Antonio Spurs	52	7.6	8.5	1.1	17–35
TOR Toronto Raptors	37	8.8	8.9	0.7	24–13
UTA Utah Jazz	50	7.9	8.4	1.0	15–35
WAS Washington Wizards	32	7.8	9.0	0.8	22–10

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2008-09

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)	85%	.364
In the paint (3-10 ft)	15%	.500
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	0%	—
Long two (16 ft-3P)	0%	—
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	0%	—

Average shot distance 1.2 ft · 8% of attempts were dunks

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
1991-92	$2,005,000
1992-93	$2,400,000
1993-94	$3,000,000
1994-95	$3,100,000
1995-96	$3,250,000
1996-97	$8,013,000
1997-98	$9,615,187
1998-99	$11,218,000
2000-01	$14,422,000
2001-02	$14,315,000
2002-03	$16,105,000
2003-04	$17,714,291
2004-05	$19,485,719
2005-06	$2,000,000
2006-07	$2,210,000
2007-08	$770,610
2008-09	$502,007
2010-11	$1,823,280
2011-12	$1,823,280
2012-13	$1,823,280
Career earnings	$135,595,654

Frequently asked questions

What team does Dikembe Mutombo play for?

Dikembe Mutombo plays C for the Houston Rockets.

What are Dikembe Mutombo's career stats?

Dikembe Mutombo has averaged 9.8 PPG, 10.3 RPG, 1.0 APG over 18 seasons (1991-92–2008-09).

How much does Dikembe Mutombo make?

Dikembe Mutombo's salary is $1,823,280 for the 2012-13 season, with career earnings of about $135.6M.

How tall is Dikembe Mutombo?

Dikembe Mutombo is 7-2 (245 lb).

When was Dikembe Mutombo drafted?

Dikembe Mutombo was drafted in 1991, round 1, pick 4, by the Denver Nuggets.