Emeka Okafor

Seasons 2004-05–2017-18 · 10 on record · Ht 6-10 · b. 1982

★ Rookie of the Year

Player info

Position	C
Number	#50
Team	New Orleans Pelicans
Height	6-10
Weight	252 lb
Born	1982-09-28
College	UConn
Drafted	2004 · Round 1, Pick 2 · Charlotte Hornets
Seasons	2004-05–2017-18 (10)

12.0 PPG, 9.7 RPG, 0.8 APG · 616 games · .512 FG% · 0.000 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
2004-05	CHA	22	73	35.6	.447	0.000	.609	10.9	0.9	0.8	1.7	15.1	16.3	.479
2005-06	CHA	23	26	33.6	.415	—	.656	10.0	1.2	0.8	1.9	13.2	14.9	.464
2006-07	CHA	24	67	34.8	.532	—	.593	11.3	1.2	0.9	2.6	14.4	20.1	.554
2007-08	CHA	25	82	33.1	.535	—	.570	10.7	0.9	0.8	1.7	13.8	17.4	.553
2008-09	CHA	26	82	32.8	.561	—	.593	10.1	0.6	0.6	1.7	13.2	18.0	.581
2009-10	NOH	27	82	28.9	.530	—	.562	9.0	0.7	0.7	1.5	10.4	16.5	.547
2010-11	NOH	28	72	31.8	.573	0.000	.562	9.5	0.6	0.6	1.8	10.3	16.0	.584
2011-12	NOH	29	27	28.9	.533	—	.514	7.9	0.9	0.6	1.0	9.9	15.1	.539
2012-13	WAS	30	79	26.0	.477	—	.571	8.8	1.2	0.6	1.0	9.7	15.8	.496
2017-18	NOP	35	26	13.6	.505	—	.818	4.6	0.3	0.3	1.0	4.4	16.4	.545

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2004-05	CHA	73	73	2,600	448	1,003	.447	1	209	343	795	64	62	125	125	1,105
2005-06	CHA	26	25	874	131	316	.415	0	82	125	261	31	22	50	53	344
2006-07	CHA	67	65	2,329	394	740	.532	0	175	295	757	80	57	172	111	963
2007-08	CHA	82	82	2,718	460	860	.535	0	213	374	876	70	62	138	164	1,133
2008-09	CHA	82	81	2,691	433	772	.561	0	219	369	827	53	48	136	144	1,085
2009-10	NOH	82	82	2,370	348	656	.530	0	154	274	742	55	54	127	111	850
2010-11	NOH	72	72	2,287	300	524	.573	1	145	258	684	42	40	127	119	745
2011-12	NOH	27	27	781	114	214	.533	0	38	74	213	24	16	26	37	266
2012-13	WAS	79	77	2,052	328	687	.477	0	109	191	692	93	45	77	107	765
2017-18	NOP	26	19	353	48	95	.505	0	18	22	120	8	8	25	13	114
Career		616	—	—	3,004	5,867	.512	2	1362	2325	5967	520	414	1003	984	7,370

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2004-05	CHA	73	35.6	6.2	13.9	.447	2.9	4.7	11.0	0.9	0.9	1.7	1.7	15.3
2005-06	CHA	26	33.6	5.4	13.0	.415	3.4	5.1	10.8	1.3	0.9	2.1	2.2	14.2
2006-07	CHA	67	34.8	6.1	11.4	.532	2.7	4.6	11.7	1.2	0.9	2.7	1.7	14.9
2007-08	CHA	82	33.1	6.1	11.4	.535	2.8	5.0	11.6	0.9	0.8	1.8	2.2	15.0
2008-09	CHA	82	32.8	5.8	10.3	.561	2.9	4.9	11.1	0.7	0.6	1.8	1.9	14.5
2009-10	NOH	82	28.9	5.3	10.0	.530	2.3	4.2	11.3	0.8	0.8	1.9	1.7	12.9
2010-11	NOH	72	31.8	4.7	8.2	.573	2.3	4.1	10.8	0.7	0.6	2.0	1.9	11.7
2011-12	NOH	27	28.9	5.3	9.9	.533	1.8	3.4	9.8	1.1	0.7	1.2	1.7	12.3
2012-13	WAS	79	26.0	5.8	12.1	.477	1.9	3.4	12.1	1.6	0.8	1.4	1.9	13.4
2017-18	NOP	26	13.6	4.9	9.7	.505	1.8	2.2	12.2	0.8	0.8	2.5	1.3	11.6

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
2004-05	CHA	73	2,600	16.3	.479	21.8	0.9	3.1	4.0	.074	-0.7	-1.3	-2.0	+0.0
2005-06	CHA	26	874	14.9	.464	21.5	-0.2	1.1	1.0	.054	-1.7	-0.4	-2.1	+0.0
2006-07	CHA	67	2,329	20.1	.554	19.1	3.5	3.6	7.1	.147	+1.2	+0.9	+2.1	+2.4
2007-08	CHA	82	2,718	17.4	.553	20.0	2.2	3.6	5.8	.103	-0.7	-0.4	-1.1	+0.6
2008-09	CHA	82	2,691	18.0	.581	18.9	3.7	4.6	8.2	.147	-0.1	+0.3	+0.2	+1.5
2009-10	NOH	82	2,370	16.5	.547	17.1	2.6	2.8	5.5	.111	-0.9	-0.3	-1.2	+0.4
2010-11	NOH	72	2,287	16.0	.584	15.8	2.7	3.8	6.5	.136	-0.9	+0.5	-0.4	+0.9
2011-12	NOH	27	781	15.1	.539	17.2	0.8	0.9	1.7	.103	-0.3	-0.1	-0.5	+0.3
2012-13	WAS	79	2,052	15.8	.496	19.5	0.7	3.7	4.5	.104	-1.0	+0.3	-0.7	+0.7
2017-18	NOP	26	353	16.4	.545	14.4	0.5	0.5	1.0	.140	-1.1	-0.2	-1.2	+0.1
Career		616	—	—	—	—	—	—	45.3	—	—	—	—	+6.9

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
2010-11	6	30.7	7.3	5.5	1.0	1.0	.645	—	.614
2017-18	9	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.000	—	0.000
Career	15	26.7	2.9	2.2	0.4	0.4	.625	—	.597

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	331	11.9	9.6	0.8	169–162
Away	325	10.6	8.5	0.8	96–229
In wins	265	12.0	9.6	0.9	265–0
In losses	391	10.7	8.8	0.7	0–391

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	25	11.3	10.2	0.8	13–12
BOS Boston Celtics	25	11.4	10.1	1.2	8–17
BKN Brooklyn Nets	24	10.7	9.2	0.8	9–15
CHA Charlotte Hornets	11	12.8	9.4	0.9	6–5
CHI Chicago Bulls	25	11.8	10.3	0.7	7–18
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	23	10.0	7.5	0.6	5–18
DAL Dallas Mavericks	24	9.9	8.7	0.8	7–17
DEN Denver Nuggets	21	11.2	9.0	0.8	9–12
DET Detroit Pistons	25	13.9	10.2	0.8	8–17
GSW Golden State Warriors	20	10.4	8.4	0.7	9–11
HOU Houston Rockets	22	12.5	9.5	0.7	10–12
IND Indiana Pacers	26	11.9	10.5	0.8	12–14
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	19	10.5	9.0	1.1	14–5
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	21	10.4	10.0	1.1	9–12
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	20	11.5	8.4	0.6	9–11
MIA Miami Heat	27	11.3	8.8	0.5	11–16
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	23	10.7	9.3	0.7	11–12
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	20	12.1	9.2	1.1	12–8
NYK New York Knicks	25	12.4	9.5	0.6	9–16
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder	14	9.0	7.9	0.6	4–10
ORL Orlando Magic	25	10.8	9.0	0.8	10–15
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	24	13.2	10.2	1.3	9–15
PHX Phoenix Suns	22	10.1	7.7	0.8	10–12
POR Portland Trail Blazers	19	11.4	7.4	0.6	9–10
SAC Sacramento Kings	21	11.7	9.8	0.8	10–11
SAS San Antonio Spurs	24	8.6	6.3	0.5	5–19
TOR Toronto Raptors	24	12.0	9.1	0.7	8–16
UTA Utah Jazz	21	8.2	8.0	0.8	7–14
WAS Washington Wizards	22	12.6	9.6	0.9	9–13

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Darker = a larger share of this player’s shots came from that range; the number is field-goal % from there.

Average shot distance 5.4 ft · 19% of attempts were dunks

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

Emeka Okafor plays C for the New Orleans Pelicans.

Emeka Okafor has averaged 12.0 PPG, 9.7 RPG, 0.8 APG over 10 seasons (2004-05–2017-18).

Emeka Okafor's salary is $2,445,085 for the 2019-20 season, with career earnings of about $92.7M.

Emeka Okafor is 6-10 (252 lb).

Emeka Okafor was drafted in 2004, round 1, pick 2, by the Charlotte Hornets.