Chris Paul

Seasons 2005-06–2025-26 · 21 on record · Ht 6-0 · b. 1985

★ Rookie of the Year12× All-Star11× All-NBA9× All-Defense

Player info

Nickname	The Point God
Position	PG
Number	#3
Team	Los Angeles Clippers
Height	6-0
Weight	175 lb
Born	1985-05-06 (age 41)
College	Wake Forest
Drafted	2005 · Round 1, Pick 4 · NOH
Seasons	2005-06–2025-26 (21)

Career averages

16.8 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 9.2 APG · 1370 games · .469 FG% · .370 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
2005-06	NOK	20	78	36.0	.430	.282	.847	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	16.1	22.1	.546
2006-07	NOK	21	64	36.8	.437	.350	.818	4.4	8.9	1.8	0.0	17.3	22.0	.537
2007-08	NOH	22	80	37.6	.488	.369	.851	4.0	11.6	2.7	0.1	21.1	28.3	.576
2008-09	NOH	23	78	38.5	.503	.364	.868	5.5	11.0	2.8	0.1	22.8	30.0	.599
2009-10	NOH	24	45	38.0	.493	.409	.847	4.2	10.7	2.1	0.2	18.7	23.7	.584
2010-11	NOH	25	80	36.0	.463	.388	.878	4.1	9.8	2.4	0.1	15.9	23.7	.578
2011-12	LAC	26	60	36.4	.478	.371	.861	3.6	9.1	2.5	0.1	19.8	27.0	.581
2012-13	LAC	27	70	33.4	.481	.328	.885	3.7	9.7	2.4	0.1	16.9	26.4	.594
2013-14	LAC	28	62	35.0	.467	.368	.855	4.3	10.7	2.5	0.1	19.1	25.9	.580
2014-15	LAC	29	82	34.8	.485	.398	.900	4.6	10.2	1.9	0.2	19.1	26.0	.596
2015-16	LAC	30	74	32.7	.462	.371	.896	4.2	10.0	2.1	0.2	19.5	26.2	.575
2016-17	LAC	31	61	31.5	.476	.411	.892	5.0	9.2	2.0	0.1	18.1	26.2	.614
2017-18	HOU	32	58	31.8	.460	.380	.919	5.4	7.9	1.7	0.2	18.6	24.4	.604
2018-19	HOU	33	58	32.0	.419	.358	.862	4.6	8.2	2.0	0.3	15.6	19.7	.560
2019-20	OKC	34	70	31.5	.489	.365	.907	5.0	6.7	1.6	0.2	17.6	21.7	.610
2020-21	PHX	35	70	31.4	.499	.395	.934	4.5	8.9	1.4	0.3	16.4	21.4	.599
2021-22	PHX	36	65	32.9	.493	.317	.837	4.4	10.8	1.9	0.3	14.7	20.8	.581
2022-23	PHX	37	59	32.0	.440	.375	.831	4.3	8.9	1.5	0.4	13.9	17.7	.555
2023-24	GSW	38	58	26.4	.441	.371	.827	3.9	6.8	1.2	0.1	9.2	14.7	.544
2024-25	SAS	39	82	28.0	.427	.377	.924	3.6	7.4	1.3	0.3	8.8	14.7	.580
2025-26	LAC	40	16	14.3	.321	.333	.500	1.8	3.3	0.7	0.0	2.9	8.1	.413

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2005-06	NOK	78	78	2,808	407	947	.430	50	177	394	465	400	611	175	6	183	1,258
2006-07	NOK	64	64	2,353	381	871	.437	50	143	292	357	280	569	118	3	161	1,104
2007-08	NOH	80	80	3,006	630	1,291	.488	92	249	332	390	321	925	217	4	201	1,684
2008-09	NOH	78	78	3,002	631	1,255	.503	64	176	455	524	432	861	216	10	231	1,781
2009-10	NOH	45	45	1,712	314	637	.493	52	127	161	190	191	480	96	8	112	841
2010-11	NOH	80	80	2,880	430	928	.463	71	183	337	384	327	782	188	5	177	1,268
2011-12	LAC	60	60	2,181	425	890	.478	79	213	260	302	213	543	152	4	124	1,189
2012-13	LAC	70	70	2,335	412	856	.481	76	232	286	323	262	678	169	10	159	1,186
2013-14	LAC	62	62	2,171	406	870	.467	78	212	295	345	268	663	154	4	145	1,185
2014-15	LAC	82	82	2,857	568	1,170	.485	139	349	289	321	376	838	156	15	190	1,564
2015-16	LAC	74	74	2,420	515	1,114	.462	122	329	294	328	310	738	152	13	194	1,446
2016-17	LAC	61	61	1,921	374	785	.476	124	302	232	260	304	563	119	8	147	1,104
2017-18	HOU	58	58	1,847	367	798	.460	144	379	203	221	313	457	96	14	128	1,081
2018-19	HOU	58	58	1,857	302	720	.419	127	355	175	203	265	473	114	18	152	906
2019-20	OKC	70	70	2,208	434	887	.489	111	304	253	279	349	472	111	11	161	1,232
2020-21	PHX	70	70	2,199	439	879	.499	102	258	169	181	312	622	99	19	156	1,149
2021-22	PHX	65	65	2,139	363	736	.493	63	199	169	202	283	702	121	20	153	958
2022-23	PHX	59	59	1,889	294	668	.440	98	261	133	160	251	524	91	22	114	819
2023-24	GSW	58	18	1,531	206	467	.441	78	210	43	52	225	393	70	6	76	533
2024-25	SAS	82	82	2,292	249	583	.427	140	371	85	92	296	605	103	22	129	723
2025-26	LAC	16	0	228	18	56	.321	10	30	1	2	28	53	11	0	16	47
Career		1370	—	—	8,165	17,408	.469	1870	5059	4858	5581	6006	12552	2728	222	3109	23,058

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2005-06	NOK	78	36.0	5.2	12.1	.430	0.6	2.3	5.1	6.0	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	2.3	16.1
2006-07	NOK	64	36.8	5.8	13.3	.437	0.8	2.2	4.5	5.5	4.3	8.7	1.8	0.0	2.5	16.9
2007-08	NOH	80	37.6	7.5	15.5	.488	1.1	3.0	4.0	4.7	3.8	11.1	2.6	0.0	2.4	20.2
2008-09	NOH	78	38.5	7.6	15.0	.503	0.8	2.1	5.5	6.3	5.2	10.3	2.6	0.1	2.8	21.4
2009-10	NOH	45	38.0	6.6	13.4	.493	1.1	2.7	3.4	4.0	4.0	10.1	2.0	0.2	2.4	17.7
2010-11	NOH	80	36.0	5.4	11.6	.463	0.9	2.3	4.2	4.8	4.1	9.8	2.4	0.1	2.2	15.8
2011-12	LAC	60	36.4	7.0	14.7	.478	1.3	3.5	4.3	5.0	3.5	9.0	2.5	0.1	2.0	19.6
2012-13	LAC	70	33.4	6.4	13.2	.481	1.2	3.6	4.4	5.0	4.0	10.5	2.6	0.2	2.5	18.3
2013-14	LAC	62	35.0	6.7	14.4	.467	1.3	3.5	4.9	5.7	4.4	11.0	2.6	0.1	2.4	19.6
2014-15	LAC	82	34.8	7.2	14.7	.485	1.8	4.4	3.6	4.0	4.7	10.6	2.0	0.2	2.4	19.7
2015-16	LAC	74	32.7	7.7	16.6	.462	1.8	4.9	4.4	4.9	4.6	11.0	2.3	0.2	2.9	21.5
2016-17	LAC	61	31.5	7.0	14.7	.476	2.3	5.7	4.3	4.9	5.7	10.6	2.2	0.1	2.8	20.7
2017-18	HOU	58	31.8	7.2	15.6	.460	2.8	7.4	4.0	4.3	6.1	8.9	1.9	0.3	2.5	21.1
2018-19	HOU	58	32.0	5.9	14.0	.419	2.5	6.9	3.4	3.9	5.1	9.2	2.2	0.3	2.9	17.6
2019-20	OKC	70	31.5	7.1	14.5	.489	1.8	5.0	4.1	4.5	5.7	7.7	1.8	0.2	2.6	20.1
2020-21	PHX	70	31.4	7.2	14.4	.499	1.7	4.2	2.8	3.0	5.1	10.2	1.6	0.3	2.6	18.8
2021-22	PHX	65	32.9	6.1	12.4	.493	1.1	3.3	2.8	3.4	4.8	11.8	2.0	0.3	2.6	16.1
2022-23	PHX	59	32.0	5.6	12.7	.440	1.9	5.0	2.5	3.0	4.8	10.0	1.7	0.4	2.2	15.6
2023-24	GSW	58	26.4	4.8	11.0	.441	1.8	4.9	1.0	1.2	5.3	9.2	1.6	0.1	1.8	12.5
2024-25	SAS	82	28.0	3.9	9.2	.427	2.2	5.8	1.3	1.4	4.6	9.5	1.6	0.3	2.0	11.4
2025-26	LAC	16	14.2	2.8	8.8	.321	1.6	4.7	0.2	0.3	4.4	8.4	1.7	0.0	2.5	7.4

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
2005-06	NOK	78	2,808	22.1	.546	22.2	6.8	3.6	10.4	.178	+3.0	+2.2	+5.2	+5.1
2006-07	NOK	64	2,353	22.0	.537	23.1	6.2	2.6	8.8	.179	+3.6	+1.4	+5.0	+4.2
2007-08	NOH	80	3,006	28.3	.576	25.7	13.2	4.6	17.8	.284	+7.2	+3.2	+10.4	+9.3
2008-09	NOH	78	3,002	30.0	.599	27.5	13.3	5.0	18.3	.292	+7.2	+3.8	+11.0	+9.9
2009-10	NOH	45	1,712	23.7	.584	22.2	5.7	1.5	7.3	.204	+4.6	+1.6	+6.2	+3.5
2010-11	NOH	80	2,880	23.7	.578	21.1	9.5	4.4	13.9	.232	+4.4	+2.8	+7.1	+6.7
2011-12	LAC	60	2,181	27.0	.581	24.3	10.4	2.3	12.7	.278	+6.7	+2.4	+9.2	+6.1
2012-13	LAC	70	2,335	26.4	.594	22.6	10.6	3.4	13.9	.287	+6.4	+2.4	+8.8	+6.4
2013-14	LAC	62	2,171	25.9	.580	23.7	9.0	3.2	12.2	.270	+6.0	+2.6	+8.6	+5.8
2014-15	LAC	82	2,857	26.0	.596	23.7	12.9	3.2	16.1	.270	+6.4	+1.6	+8.0	+7.2
2015-16	LAC	74	2,420	26.2	.575	27.1	9.2	3.5	12.7	.253	+5.9	+2.0	+7.9	+6.0
2016-17	LAC	61	1,921	26.2	.614	24.4	7.9	2.6	10.6	.264	+6.3	+2.5	+8.7	+5.2
2017-18	HOU	58	1,847	24.4	.604	24.5	7.5	2.7	10.2	.265	+5.2	+1.8	+7.1	+4.2
2018-19	HOU	58	1,857	19.7	.560	22.5	4.4	2.2	6.6	.172	+2.7	+1.1	+3.9	+2.8
2019-20	OKC	70	2,208	21.7	.610	23.3	5.9	3.0	8.9	.193	+3.0	+1.4	+4.4	+3.5
2020-21	PHX	70	2,199	21.4	.599	22.6	6.5	2.7	9.2	.201	+3.5	+1.1	+4.6	+3.6
2021-22	PHX	65	2,139	20.8	.581	19.7	5.8	3.6	9.4	.210	+3.1	+2.3	+5.4	+4.0
2022-23	PHX	59	1,889	17.7	.555	19.2	3.7	2.5	6.2	.156	+2.0	+1.2	+3.2	+2.5
2023-24	GSW	58	1,531	14.7	.544	15.6	2.6	1.7	4.3	.136	-0.2	+1.2	+1.0	+1.2
2024-25	SAS	82	2,292	14.7	.580	14.0	4.2	1.6	5.7	.120	+0.3	+0.5	+0.8	+1.6
2025-26	LAC	16	228	8.1	.413	14.2	-0.1	0.2	0.1	.017	-4.0	-0.2	-4.2	-0.1
Career		1370	—	—	—	—	—	—	215.3	—	—	—	—	+98.7

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%
2007-08	12	40.1	24.1	4.9	11.2	2.3	0.2	.502	.238	.565
2008-09	5	39.8	16.6	4.4	10.4	1.6	0.0	.411	.312	.505
2010-11	6	41.2	22.0	6.7	11.5	1.8	0.0	.545	.474	.670
2011-12	11	37.9	17.6	5.1	7.9	2.7	0.1	.427	.333	.525
2012-13	6	36.8	22.8	4.0	6.3	1.8	0.0	.533	.316	.633
2013-14	13	35.8	19.8	4.2	10.3	2.8	0.0	.467	.457	.583
2014-15	12	36.6	22.1	4.4	8.8	1.8	0.2	.503	.415	.627
2015-16	4	30.8	23.8	4.0	7.2	2.2	0.0	.487	.300	.575
2016-17	7	36.7	25.3	5.0	9.9	1.7	0.1	.496	.368	.592
2017-18	17	33.9	18.6	5.2	5.1	1.8	0.2	.459	.374	.565
2018-19	11	35.6	17.0	6.4	5.5	2.2	0.6	.446	.270	.557
2019-20	6	36.3	21.7	6.8	4.2	1.5	0.5	.495	.351	.592
2020-21	21	33.9	19.2	3.9	8.7	1.2	0.1	.495	.451	.589
2021-22	13	33.8	17.5	4.2	8.3	1.5	0.2	.561	.388	.666
2022-23	11	35.3	7.9	3.2	4.7	1.1	0.5	.418	.321	.469
Career	155	36.0	19.2	4.7	8.0	1.9	0.2	.484	.373	.583

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

Game log — 2025-26

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	FG	3P	+/−
2025-10-22	@ UTA	L 108–129	15	4	1	4	1	1-5	1-4	-6
2025-10-24	vs PHX	W 129–102	19	0	3	8	3	0-1	0-1	+5
2025-10-26	vs POR	W 114–107	11	6	1	2	0	2-4	2-4	-7
2025-10-28	@ GSW	L 79–98	14	0	1	2	3	0-2	0-1	-11
2025-10-31	vs NOP	W 126–124	9	3	1	4	0	1-4	1-2	-1
2025-11-03	vs MIA	L 119–120	13	3	4	4	1	1-5	1-4	+6
2025-11-04	vs OKC	L 107–126	11	0	1	3	0	0-1	0-1	-24
2025-11-06	@ PHX	L 102–115	9	2	2	2	1	1-3	0-2	+4
2025-11-08	vs PHX	L 103–114	—	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2025-11-10	vs ATL	L 102–105	—	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2025-11-12	vs DEN	L 116–130	—	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2025-11-14	@ DAL	W 133–127	—	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2025-11-16	@ BOS	L 118–121	—	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2025-11-17	@ PHI	L 108–110	11	3	2	0	0	1-2	1-1	-6
2025-11-20	@ ORL	L 101–129	23	4	2	4	1	2-6	0-2	-12
2025-11-22	@ CHA	W 131–116	23	3	4	8	0	1-5	1-3	+1
2025-11-23	@ CLE	L 105–120	17	2	1	5	0	1-1	0-0	-10
2025-11-25	@ LAL	L 118–135	9	4	1	1	0	2-3	0-1	-13
2025-11-28	vs MEM	L 107–112	15	5	2	0	0	2-4	1-1	-2
2025-11-29	vs DAL	L 110–114	11	0	2	3	1	0-3	0-0	-2
2025-12-01	@ MIA	L 123–140	14	8	0	3	0	3-7	2-3	-6

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	733	15.6	4.1	8.8	503–230
Away	739	15.6	4.0	8.2	390–349
In wins	893	16.9	4.4	9.3	893–0
In losses	579	13.7	3.6	7.2	0–579

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	32	15.6	3.7	8.3	19–13
BOS Boston Celtics	36	14.2	4.3	7.6	17–19
BKN Brooklyn Nets	36	16.9	4.9	9.8	24–12
CHA Charlotte Hornets	26	15.7	4.8	9.6	21–5
CHI Chicago Bulls	35	17.0	3.8	9.1	20–15
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	37	13.5	3.7	8.9	17–20
DAL Dallas Mavericks	70	16.6	4.1	7.9	38–32
DEN Denver Nuggets	67	16.1	4.0	8.5	35–32
DET Detroit Pistons	37	14.5	3.7	9.0	25–12
GSW Golden State Warriors	64	18.7	4.2	8.1	32–32
HOU Houston Rockets	63	15.5	3.6	8.4	42–21
IND Indiana Pacers	33	15.5	4.0	8.6	19–14
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	44	13.2	4.5	8.0	26–18
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	68	17.8	4.1	9.7	40–28
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	67	15.1	3.5	8.2	40–27
MIA Miami Heat	38	13.7	3.9	8.1	22–16
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	34	16.1	4.4	9.2	23–11
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	65	15.6	4.1	8.6	45–20
NOP New Orleans Pelicans	41	14.3	4.7	9.5	28–13
NYK New York Knicks	32	16.0	4.3	9.1	22–10
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder	56	15.5	3.8	8.1	25–31
ORL Orlando Magic	32	13.6	3.6	7.2	23–9
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	33	16.5	4.2	7.9	24–9
PHX Phoenix Suns	63	14.7	3.5	7.4	37–26
POR Portland Trail Blazers	71	15.1	3.9	8.2	48–23
SAC Sacramento Kings	68	15.9	4.6	9.8	48–20
SAS San Antonio Spurs	67	16.9	4.2	7.6	34–33
TOR Toronto Raptors	31	14.2	4.5	8.7	17–14
UTA Utah Jazz	63	15.1	3.9	7.7	39–24
WAS Washington Wizards	37	15.7	4.1	9.0	23–14

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2025-26

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)	2%	1.000
In the paint (3-10 ft)	12%	.429
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	23%	.154
Long two (16 ft-3P)	9%	.400
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	54%	.333

Average shot distance 19.3 ft · 0% of attempts were dunks · 13% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
2005-06	$3,144,240
2006-07	$3,380,160
2007-08	$3,615,960
2008-09	$4,574,189
2009-10	$13,520,500
2010-11	$14,940,153
2011-12	$16,359,805
2012-13	$18,668,431
2013-14	$18,668,431
2014-15	$20,068,563
2015-16	$21,468,695
2016-17	$22,868,827
2017-18	$24,599,495
2018-19	$35,654,150
2019-20	$38,506,482
2020-21	$41,358,814
2021-22	$30,800,000
2022-23	$28,400,000
2023-24	$30,800,000
2024-25	$10,460,000
2025-26	$2,296,274
Career earnings	$404,153,169

Frequently asked questions

What team does Chris Paul play for?

Chris Paul plays PG for the Los Angeles Clippers.

What are Chris Paul's career stats?

Chris Paul has averaged 16.8 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 9.2 APG over 21 seasons (2005-06–2025-26).

How much does Chris Paul make?

Chris Paul's salary is $2,296,274 for the 2025-26 season, with career earnings of about $404.2M.

How tall is Chris Paul?

Chris Paul is 6-0 (175 lb).

How old is Chris Paul?

Chris Paul was born 1985-05-06 and is 41 years old.

When was Chris Paul drafted?

Chris Paul was drafted in 2005, round 1, pick 4.