Robert Parish

Seasons 1976-77–1996-97 · 21 on record · Ht 7-1 · b. 1953

★ Hall of Fame9× All-Star2× All-NBA

Player info

Nickname	The Chief
Position	C
Number	#00
Team	Chicago Bulls
Height	7-1
Weight	230 lb
Born	1953-08-30
College	Centenary (LA)
Drafted	1976 · Round 1, Pick 8 · Golden State Warriors
Seasons	1976-77–1996-97 (21)

Career averages

14.5 PPG, 9.1 RPG, 1.4 APG · 1611 games · .537 FG% · 0.000 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1976-77	GSW	23	77	18.0	.503	—	.708	7.1	1.0	0.7	1.2	9.1	19.3	.538
1977-78	GSW	24	82	24.0	.472	—	.625	8.3	1.2	1.0	1.5	12.5	17.2	.499
1978-79	GSW	25	76	31.7	.499	—	.698	12.1	1.5	1.3	2.9	17.2	20.8	.529
1979-80	GSW	26	72	29.4	.507	0.000	.715	10.9	1.7	0.8	1.6	17.0	20.0	.541
1980-81	BOS	27	82	28.0	.545	0.000	.710	9.5	1.8	1.0	2.6	18.9	25.2	.579
1981-82	BOS	28	80	31.7	.542	—	.710	10.8	1.8	0.9	2.4	19.9	22.6	.571
1982-83	BOS	29	78	31.5	.550	0.000	.698	10.6	1.8	1.0	1.9	19.3	23.0	.582
1983-84	BOS	30	80	35.8	.546	—	.745	10.7	1.7	0.7	1.5	19.0	19.2	.584
1984-85	BOS	31	79	36.1	.542	—	.743	10.6	1.6	0.7	1.3	17.6	17.6	.586
1985-86	BOS	32	81	31.7	.549	—	.731	9.5	1.8	0.8	1.4	16.1	18.8	.586
1986-87	BOS	33	80	37.4	.556	0.000	.735	10.6	2.2	0.8	1.8	17.5	17.7	.588
1987-88	BOS	34	74	31.2	.589	0.000	.734	8.5	1.6	0.7	1.1	14.3	17.2	.620
1988-89	BOS	35	80	35.5	.570	—	.719	12.5	2.2	1.0	1.5	18.6	21.6	.607
1989-90	BOS	36	79	30.3	.580	—	.747	10.1	1.3	0.5	0.9	15.7	19.2	.616
1990-91	BOS	37	81	30.1	.598	0.000	.767	10.6	0.8	0.8	1.3	14.9	20.6	.637
1991-92	BOS	38	79	28.9	.535	—	.772	8.9	0.9	0.9	1.2	14.1	18.9	.571
1992-93	BOS	39	79	27.2	.535	—	.689	9.4	0.8	0.7	1.4	12.6	19.2	.565
1993-94	BOS	40	74	26.9	.491	—	.740	7.3	1.1	0.6	1.3	11.7	16.1	.530
1994-95	CHH	41	81	16.7	.427	—	.703	4.3	0.5	0.3	0.4	4.8	10.1	.467
1995-96	CHH	42	74	14.7	.498	—	.704	4.1	0.4	0.3	0.7	3.9	13.0	.533
1996-97	CHI	43	43	9.4	.490	—	.677	2.1	0.5	0.1	0.4	3.7	14.3	.514

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1976-77	GSW	77	—	1,384	288	573	.503	—	—	121	171	543	74	55	94	—	697
1977-78	GSW	82	—	1,969	430	911	.472	—	—	165	264	680	95	79	123	201	1,025
1978-79	GSW	76	—	2,411	554	1,110	.499	—	—	196	281	916	115	100	217	233	1,304
1979-80	GSW	72	—	2,119	510	1,006	.507	0	1	203	284	783	122	58	115	225	1,223
1980-81	BOS	82	82	2,298	635	1,166	.545	0	1	282	397	777	144	81	214	191	1,552
1981-82	BOS	80	78	2,534	669	1,235	.542	0	0	252	355	866	140	68	192	221	1,590
1982-83	BOS	78	76	2,459	619	1,125	.550	0	1	271	388	827	141	79	148	185	1,509
1983-84	BOS	80	79	2,867	623	1,140	.546	0	0	274	368	857	139	55	116	184	1,520
1984-85	BOS	79	78	2,850	551	1,016	.542	0	0	292	393	840	125	56	101	186	1,394
1985-86	BOS	81	80	2,567	530	966	.549	0	0	245	335	770	145	65	116	187	1,305
1986-87	BOS	80	80	2,995	588	1,057	.556	0	1	227	309	851	173	64	144	191	1,403
1987-88	BOS	74	73	2,312	442	750	.589	0	1	177	241	628	115	55	84	154	1,061
1988-89	BOS	80	80	2,840	596	1,045	.570	0	0	294	409	996	175	79	116	200	1,486
1989-90	BOS	79	78	2,396	505	871	.580	0	0	233	312	796	103	38	69	169	1,243
1990-91	BOS	81	81	2,441	485	811	.598	0	1	237	309	856	66	66	103	153	1,207
1991-92	BOS	79	79	2,285	468	874	.535	0	0	179	232	705	70	68	97	131	1,115
1992-93	BOS	79	79	2,146	416	777	.535	0	0	162	235	740	61	57	107	120	994
1993-94	BOS	74	74	1,987	356	725	.491	0	0	154	208	542	82	42	96	108	866
1994-95	CHH	81	4	1,352	159	372	.427	0	0	71	101	350	44	27	36	66	389
1995-96	CHH	74	34	1,086	120	241	.498	0	0	50	71	303	29	21	54	50	290
1996-97	CHI	43	3	406	70	143	.490	0	0	21	31	89	22	6	19	28	161
Career		1611	—	—	9,614	17,914	.537	0	6	4106	5694	14715	2180	1219	2361	3183	23,334

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1976-77	GSW	77	18.0	7.5	14.9	.503	—	—	3.1	4.4	14.1	1.9	1.4	2.4	—	18.1
1977-78	GSW	82	24.0	7.9	16.7	.472	—	—	3.0	4.8	12.4	1.7	1.4	2.2	3.7	18.7
1978-79	GSW	76	31.7	8.3	16.6	.499	—	—	2.9	4.2	13.7	1.7	1.5	3.2	3.5	19.5
1979-80	GSW	72	29.4	8.7	17.1	.507	0.0	0.0	3.4	4.8	13.3	2.1	1.0	2.0	3.8	20.8
1980-81	BOS	82	28.0	9.9	18.3	.545	0.0	0.0	4.4	6.2	12.2	2.3	1.3	3.4	3.0	24.3
1981-82	BOS	80	31.7	9.5	17.5	.542	0.0	0.0	3.6	5.0	12.3	2.0	1.0	2.7	3.1	22.6
1982-83	BOS	78	31.5	9.1	16.5	.550	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.7	12.1	2.1	1.2	2.2	2.7	22.1
1983-84	BOS	80	35.8	7.8	14.3	.546	0.0	0.0	3.4	4.6	10.8	1.7	0.7	1.5	2.3	19.1
1984-85	BOS	79	36.1	7.0	12.8	.542	0.0	0.0	3.7	5.0	10.6	1.6	0.7	1.3	2.3	17.6
1985-86	BOS	81	31.7	7.4	13.5	.549	0.0	0.0	3.4	4.7	10.8	2.0	0.9	1.6	2.6	18.3
1986-87	BOS	80	37.4	7.1	12.7	.556	0.0	0.0	2.7	3.7	10.2	2.1	0.8	1.7	2.3	16.9
1987-88	BOS	74	31.2	6.9	11.7	.589	0.0	0.0	2.8	3.8	9.8	1.8	0.9	1.3	2.4	16.5
1988-89	BOS	80	35.5	7.6	13.2	.570	0.0	0.0	3.7	5.2	12.6	2.2	1.0	1.5	2.5	18.8
1989-90	BOS	79	30.3	7.6	13.1	.580	0.0	0.0	3.5	4.7	12.0	1.5	0.6	1.0	2.5	18.7
1990-91	BOS	81	30.1	7.2	12.0	.598	0.0	0.0	3.5	4.6	12.6	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.3	17.8
1991-92	BOS	79	28.9	7.4	13.8	.535	0.0	0.0	2.8	3.7	11.1	1.1	1.1	1.5	2.1	17.6
1992-93	BOS	79	27.2	7.0	13.0	.535	0.0	0.0	2.7	3.9	12.4	1.0	1.0	1.8	2.0	16.7
1993-94	BOS	74	26.9	6.4	13.1	.491	0.0	0.0	2.8	3.8	9.8	1.5	0.8	1.7	2.0	15.7
1994-95	CHH	81	16.7	4.2	9.9	.427	0.0	0.0	1.9	2.7	9.3	1.2	0.7	1.0	1.8	10.4
1995-96	CHH	74	14.7	4.0	8.0	.498	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.4	10.0	1.0	0.7	1.8	1.7	9.6
1996-97	CHI	43	9.4	6.2	12.7	.490	0.0	0.0	1.9	2.7	7.9	2.0	0.5	1.7	2.5	14.3

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
1976-77	GSW	77	1,384	19.3	.538	—	2.5	2.3	4.8	.167	+0.7	+0.3	+1.0	+1.1
1977-78	GSW	82	1,969	17.2	.499	24.5	0.4	3.6	4.0	.098	-1.4	+0.4	-1.0	+0.5
1978-79	GSW	76	2,411	20.8	.529	24.6	1.8	5.4	7.1	.142	+0.3	+1.8	+2.2	+2.5
1979-80	GSW	72	2,119	20.0	.541	26.4	1.5	3.1	4.6	.104	+0.7	-0.3	+0.4	+1.3
1980-81	BOS	82	2,298	25.2	.579	27.1	6.0	4.9	10.9	.228	+3.3	+2.1	+5.4	+4.3
1981-82	BOS	80	2,534	22.6	.571	25.5	5.0	5.1	10.0	.190	+2.6	+1.2	+3.8	+3.7
1982-83	BOS	78	2,459	23.0	.582	23.6	6.2	4.6	10.8	.211	+3.5	+0.8	+4.3	+3.9
1983-84	BOS	80	2,867	19.2	.584	21.3	5.7	4.8	10.5	.175	+1.8	+0.1	+1.9	+2.8
1984-85	BOS	79	2,850	17.6	.586	19.7	5.0	4.0	9.0	.151	+1.1	-0.3	+0.8	+2.0
1985-86	BOS	81	2,567	18.8	.586	20.8	4.4	4.8	9.2	.171	+1.5	+0.6	+2.1	+2.6
1986-87	BOS	80	2,995	17.7	.588	19.7	4.6	4.5	9.2	.147	+0.9	+0.3	+1.2	+2.4
1987-88	BOS	74	2,312	17.2	.620	18.7	3.8	2.6	6.4	.134	+1.1	-0.3	+0.8	+1.6
1988-89	BOS	80	2,840	21.6	.607	20.9	6.9	3.6	10.5	.177	+3.5	-0.2	+3.3	+3.8
1989-90	BOS	79	2,396	19.2	.616	20.7	4.8	3.0	7.8	.157	+1.9	-0.8	+1.1	+1.9
1990-91	BOS	81	2,441	20.6	.637	19.0	6.1	3.9	10.0	.198	+2.4	-0.3	+2.2	+2.6
1991-92	BOS	79	2,285	18.9	.571	20.8	3.8	3.6	7.4	.155	+1.2	+0.2	+1.4	+2.0
1992-93	BOS	79	2,146	19.2	.565	20.2	3.4	3.4	6.8	.152	+1.2	-0.2	+1.0	+1.6
1993-94	BOS	74	1,987	16.1	.530	20.2	1.8	2.1	4.0	.095	-0.7	-0.3	-1.0	+0.5
1994-95	CHH	81	1,352	10.1	.467	16.5	-0.6	2.0	1.4	.051	-3.5	-0.2	-3.7	-0.6
1995-96	CHH	74	1,086	13.0	.533	13.4	0.7	1.0	1.7	.074	-1.0	-0.1	-1.1	+0.2
1996-97	CHI	43	406	14.3	.514	20.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	.101	-2.0	-0.7	-2.7	-0.1
Career		1611	—	—	—	—	—	—	147.0	—	—	—	—	+40.6

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%
1976-77	10	23.9	12.1	10.3	1.1	0.7	1.1	.481	—	.507
1980-81	17	28.9	15.0	8.6	1.1	0.4	2.1	.493	—	.521
1981-82	12	35.5	21.2	11.2	1.5	0.0	2.2	.488	—	.527
1982-83	7	35.6	14.7	10.6	1.3	0.7	1.3	.483	—	.527
1983-84	23	37.8	14.9	10.8	1.2	1.0	1.8	.478	—	.511
1984-85	21	38.2	17.1	10.4	1.5	1.0	1.6	.493	—	.553
1985-86	18	32.8	15.0	8.8	1.4	0.5	1.7	.471	—	.512
1986-87	21	35.0	18.0	9.4	1.3	0.9	1.7	.567	0.000	.611
1987-88	17	36.8	14.7	9.9	1.2	0.6	1.1	.532	—	.582
1988-89	3	37.3	15.7	8.7	2.0	1.3	0.7	.455	—	.490
1989-90	5	34.0	15.8	10.0	2.6	1.0	1.4	.574	—	.638
1990-91	10	29.6	15.8	9.2	0.6	0.8	0.7	.598	—	.638
1991-92	10	33.5	12.0	9.7	1.4	0.7	1.5	.495	—	.529
1992-93	4	36.5	17.0	9.5	1.2	0.2	1.5	.544	—	.566
1994-95	4	17.8	3.5	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.8	.545	—	.530
1996-97	19	8.5	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	.143	—	.143
Career	201	33.6	14.0	8.8	1.2	0.6	1.4	.506	0.000	.547

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	824	14.6	9.1	1.4	631–193
Away	806	14.0	8.9	1.3	398–408
In wins	1029	15.0	9.3	1.4	1029–0
In losses	601	13.1	8.6	1.2	0–601

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	92	14.2	9.3	1.4	57–35
BOS Boston Celtics	25	7.7	5.2	0.8	15–10
BKN Brooklyn Nets	98	14.4	9.7	1.3	73–25
CHA Charlotte Hornets	28	12.8	9.3	1.2	21–7
CHI Chicago Bulls	92	14.0	9.5	1.3	54–38
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	93	13.6	8.5	1.3	63–30
DAL Dallas Mavericks	32	14.1	9.2	1.5	27–5
DEN Denver Nuggets	48	14.6	8.5	1.3	29–19
DET Detroit Pistons	93	14.3	8.9	1.5	58–35
GSW Golden State Warriors	34	16.7	9.3	1.3	24–10
HOU Houston Rockets	43	14.0	8.7	1.0	27–16
IND Indiana Pacers	94	15.4	9.9	1.6	59–35
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	40	15.4	8.8	1.5	31–9
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	50	15.9	9.9	1.5	20–30
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	2	5.0	2.0	0.5	2–0
MIA Miami Heat	34	11.5	8.0	0.6	23–11
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	93	14.1	8.3	1.6	51–42
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	15	12.3	8.1	1.1	9–6
NYK New York Knicks	97	15.5	9.8	1.3	63–34
ORL Orlando Magic	29	11.4	7.3	0.9	18–11
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	96	13.6	9.2	1.6	56–40
PHX Phoenix Suns	47	15.1	8.8	1.6	28–19
POR Portland Trail Blazers	49	14.6	8.6	1.1	27–22
SAC Sacramento Kings	49	15.7	9.2	1.3	33–16
SAS San Antonio Spurs	46	16.8	10.1	1.2	29–17
TOR Toronto Raptors	8	2.5	1.9	0.4	6–2
UTA Utah Jazz	49	14.5	9.4	1.1	27–22

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 1996-97

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)	37%	.585
In the paint (3-10 ft)	33%	.511
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	28%	.375
Long two (16 ft-3P)	2%	0.000
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	0%	—

Average shot distance 8.2 ft · 5% of attempts were dunks

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
1990-91	$2,500,000
1991-92	$3,000,000
1992-93	$3,513,000
1993-94	$4,000,000
1994-95	$1,925,000
1995-96	$2,500,000
1996-97	$1,000,000
1997-98	$1,150,000
Career earnings	$19,588,000

Frequently asked questions

What team does Robert Parish play for?

Robert Parish plays C for the Chicago Bulls.

What are Robert Parish's career stats?

Robert Parish has averaged 14.5 PPG, 9.1 RPG, 1.4 APG over 21 seasons (1976-77–1996-97).

How much does Robert Parish make?

Robert Parish's salary is $1,150,000 for the 1997-98 season, with career earnings of about $19.6M.

How tall is Robert Parish?

Robert Parish is 7-1 (230 lb).

When was Robert Parish drafted?

Robert Parish was drafted in 1976, round 1, pick 8, by the Golden State Warriors.