Sam Perkins

Seasons 1984-85–2000-01 · 17 on record · Ht 6-9 · b. 1961

Player info

Nickname	Big Smooth
Position	PF
Number	#14 (also #41, #44, #40)
Team	Indiana Pacers
Height	6-9
Weight	235 lb
Born	1961-06-14
College	UNC
Drafted	1984 · Round 1, Pick 4 · Dallas Mavericks
Seasons	1984-85–2000-01 (17)

Career averages

11.9 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 1.5 APG · 1286 games · .459 FG% · .362 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1984-85	DAL	23	82	28.3	.471	.250	.820	7.4	1.6	0.8	0.8	11.0	15.0	.535
1985-86	DAL	24	80	32.8	.503	.333	.814	8.6	1.9	0.9	1.2	15.4	17.6	.573
1986-87	DAL	25	80	33.6	.482	.352	.828	7.7	1.8	1.4	1.0	14.8	15.9	.545
1987-88	DAL	26	75	33.3	.450	.167	.822	8.0	1.6	1.0	0.7	14.2	15.0	.521
1988-89	DAL	27	78	36.7	.464	.184	.833	8.8	1.6	1.0	1.2	15.0	15.3	.530
1989-90	DAL	28	76	35.1	.493	.214	.778	7.5	2.3	1.2	0.8	15.9	17.3	.564
1990-91	LAL	29	73	34.3	.495	.281	.821	7.4	1.5	0.9	1.1	13.5	14.8	.567
1991-92	LAL	30	63	37.0	.450	.217	.817	8.8	2.2	1.0	1.0	16.5	17.6	.538
1992-93	2TM	31	79	29.8	.477	.338	.820	6.6	2.0	0.8	1.0	13.1	16.5	.555
	LAL	31	49	32.4	.459	.172	.829	7.7	2.6	0.8	1.0	13.7	16.2	.539
	SEA	31	30	25.4	.511	.452	.795	4.8	0.9	0.7	1.0	12.1	16.9	.588
1993-94	SEA	32	81	26.8	.438	.367	.801	4.5	1.4	0.8	0.4	12.3	14.9	.556
1994-95	SEA	33	82	28.7	.466	.397	.799	4.9	1.6	0.9	0.5	12.7	16.2	.606
1995-96	SEA	34	82	26.5	.408	.355	.793	4.5	1.5	1.0	0.6	11.8	15.4	.537
1996-97	SEA	35	81	24.4	.439	.395	.817	3.7	1.3	0.9	0.6	11.0	17.0	.584
1997-98	SEA	36	81	20.7	.416	.392	.789	3.1	1.4	0.8	0.4	7.2	13.6	.550
1998-99	IND	37	48	16.4	.400	.389	.717	2.9	0.5	0.3	0.3	5.0	12.1	.526
1999-00	IND	38	81	20.0	.417	.408	.825	3.6	0.8	0.4	0.4	6.6	12.1	.555
2000-01	IND	39	64	15.6	.381	.345	.842	2.6	0.6	0.5	0.3	3.8	11.1	.499

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1984-85	DAL	82	42	2,317	347	736	.471	9	36	200	244	605	135	63	63	102	903
1985-86	DAL	80	79	2,626	458	910	.503	11	33	307	377	685	153	75	94	145	1,234
1986-87	DAL	80	80	2,687	461	957	.482	19	54	245	296	616	146	109	77	132	1,186
1987-88	DAL	75	75	2,499	394	876	.450	5	30	273	332	601	118	74	54	119	1,066
1988-89	DAL	78	77	2,860	445	959	.464	7	38	274	329	688	127	76	92	141	1,171
1989-90	DAL	76	70	2,668	435	883	.493	6	28	330	424	572	175	88	64	148	1,206
1990-91	LAL	73	66	2,504	368	744	.495	18	64	229	279	538	108	64	78	103	983
1991-92	LAL	63	63	2,332	361	803	.450	15	69	304	372	556	141	64	62	83	1,041
1992-93	2TM	79	62	2,351	381	799	.477	24	71	250	305	524	156	60	82	108	1,036
	LAL	49	49	1,589	242	527	.459	5	29	184	222	379	128	40	51	76	673
	SEA	30	13	762	139	272	.511	19	42	66	83	145	28	20	31	32	363
1993-94	SEA	81	41	2,170	341	779	.438	99	270	218	272	366	111	67	31	103	999
1994-95	SEA	82	37	2,356	346	742	.466	136	343	215	269	398	135	72	45	77	1,043
1995-96	SEA	82	20	2,169	325	797	.408	129	363	191	241	367	120	83	48	82	970
1996-97	SEA	81	4	1,976	290	661	.439	122	309	187	229	300	103	69	49	77	889
1997-98	SEA	81	0	1,675	196	471	.416	87	222	101	128	255	113	62	29	62	580
1998-99	IND	48	0	789	80	200	.400	35	90	43	60	138	25	15	14	22	238
1999-00	IND	81	0	1,620	184	441	.417	89	218	80	97	289	68	31	33	63	537
2000-01	IND	64	41	999	86	226	.381	38	110	32	38	168	41	33	18	19	242
Career		1286	—	—	5,498	11,984	.459	849	2348	3479	4292	7666	1975	1105	933	1586	15,324

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1984-85	DAL	82	28.3	5.4	11.4	.471	0.1	0.6	3.1	3.8	9.4	2.1	1.0	1.0	1.6	14.0
1985-86	DAL	80	32.8	6.3	12.5	.503	0.2	0.5	4.2	5.2	9.4	2.1	1.0	1.3	2.0	16.9
1986-87	DAL	80	33.6	6.2	12.8	.482	0.3	0.7	3.3	4.0	8.3	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.8	15.9
1987-88	DAL	75	33.3	5.7	12.6	.450	0.1	0.4	3.9	4.8	8.7	1.7	1.1	0.8	1.7	15.4
1988-89	DAL	78	36.7	5.6	12.1	.464	0.1	0.5	3.4	4.1	8.7	1.6	1.0	1.2	1.8	14.7
1989-90	DAL	76	35.1	5.9	11.9	.493	0.1	0.4	4.5	5.7	7.7	2.4	1.2	0.9	2.0	16.3
1990-91	LAL	73	34.3	5.3	10.7	.495	0.3	0.9	3.3	4.0	7.7	1.6	0.9	1.1	1.5	14.1
1991-92	LAL	63	37.0	5.6	12.4	.450	0.2	1.1	4.7	5.7	8.6	2.2	1.0	1.0	1.3	16.1
1992-93	2TM	79	29.8	5.8	12.2	.477	0.4	1.1	3.8	4.7	8.0	2.4	0.9	1.3	1.7	15.9
	LAL	49	32.4	5.5	11.9	.459	0.1	0.7	4.2	5.0	8.6	2.9	0.9	1.2	1.7	15.2
	SEA	30	25.4	6.6	12.9	.511	0.9	2.0	3.1	3.9	6.9	1.3	0.9	1.5	1.5	17.1
1993-94	SEA	81	26.8	5.7	12.9	.438	1.6	4.5	3.6	4.5	6.1	1.8	1.1	0.5	1.7	16.6
1994-95	SEA	82	28.7	5.3	11.3	.466	2.1	5.2	3.3	4.1	6.1	2.1	1.1	0.7	1.2	15.9
1995-96	SEA	82	26.5	5.4	13.2	.408	2.1	6.0	3.2	4.0	6.1	2.0	1.4	0.8	1.4	16.1
1996-97	SEA	81	24.4	5.3	12.0	.439	2.2	5.6	3.4	4.2	5.5	1.9	1.3	0.9	1.4	16.2
1997-98	SEA	81	20.7	4.2	10.1	.416	1.9	4.8	2.2	2.8	5.5	2.4	1.3	0.6	1.3	12.5
1998-99	IND	48	16.4	3.7	9.1	.400	1.6	4.1	2.0	2.7	6.3	1.1	0.7	0.6	1.0	10.9
1999-00	IND	81	20.0	4.1	9.8	.417	2.0	4.8	1.8	2.2	6.4	1.5	0.7	0.7	1.4	11.9
2000-01	IND	64	15.6	3.1	8.1	.381	1.4	4.0	1.2	1.4	6.1	1.5	1.2	0.6	0.7	8.7

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
1984-85	DAL	82	2,317	15.0	.535	17.1	3.2	2.6	5.8	.120	+0.1	-0.1	+0.0	+1.2
1985-86	DAL	80	2,626	17.6	.573	19.0	5.0	2.3	7.3	.133	+1.3	-0.3	+1.0	+1.9
1986-87	DAL	80	2,687	15.9	.545	18.5	4.2	3.3	7.5	.134	+0.6	+0.6	+1.2	+2.2
1987-88	DAL	75	2,499	15.0	.521	18.9	3.7	3.0	6.7	.128	-0.3	+0.0	-0.3	+1.1
1988-89	DAL	78	2,860	15.3	.530	18.8	3.3	3.1	6.4	.108	-0.1	-0.4	-0.5	+1.1
1989-90	DAL	76	2,668	17.3	.564	20.0	4.8	3.3	8.1	.146	+1.3	+0.5	+1.7	+2.5
1990-91	LAL	73	2,504	14.8	.567	16.9	4.4	3.6	8.0	.153	+0.0	+0.9	+0.9	+1.9
1991-92	LAL	63	2,332	17.6	.538	19.7	5.0	2.4	7.4	.153	+1.5	-0.1	+1.4	+2.0
1992-93	2TM	79	2,351	16.5	.555	18.8	4.3	2.6	6.9	.141	+1.2	+0.2	+1.4	+2.0
	LAL	49	1,589	16.2	.539	18.9	2.5	1.6	4.2	.126	+0.9	+0.4	+1.3	+1.3
	SEA	30	762	16.9	.588	18.8	1.8	1.0	2.8	.173	+1.7	-0.1	+1.6	+0.7
1993-94	SEA	81	2,170	14.9	.556	19.8	4.2	2.8	7.0	.155	+1.6	-0.6	+1.0	+1.7
1994-95	SEA	82	2,356	16.2	.606	17.2	5.9	2.6	8.5	.173	+3.0	-0.1	+2.9	+2.9
1995-96	SEA	82	2,169	15.4	.537	20.3	3.4	3.5	6.9	.153	+1.7	+0.4	+2.0	+2.2
1996-97	SEA	81	1,976	17.0	.584	19.4	4.4	2.7	7.1	.173	+3.0	+0.3	+3.3	+2.6
1997-98	SEA	81	1,675	13.6	.550	16.3	2.6	2.0	4.5	.130	+0.9	+0.5	+1.4	+1.4
1998-99	IND	48	789	12.1	.526	15.1	1.2	0.5	1.7	.103	+0.9	-0.3	+0.7	+0.5
1999-00	IND	81	1,620	12.1	.555	15.3	1.9	1.6	3.5	.103	+0.6	+0.1	+0.6	+1.1
2000-01	IND	64	999	11.1	.499	12.2	0.9	1.2	2.0	.098	+0.0	+1.0	+1.0	+0.8
Career		1286	—	—	—	—	—	—	105.3	—	—	—	—	+29.1

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%
1984-85	4	42.2	18.8	12.8	2.8	0.5	0.2	.490	.250	.586
1985-86	10	34.7	14.9	8.3	2.4	0.9	1.4	.429	.250	.490
1986-87	4	33.2	17.0	8.5	1.2	1.0	0.2	.500	0.000	.547
1987-88	17	33.6	13.5	6.6	1.8	1.5	1.0	.451	.143	.513
1989-90	3	39.3	15.0	7.3	2.7	1.0	0.7	.444	0.000	.517
1990-91	19	39.6	17.7	8.3	1.7	0.8	1.4	.548	.367	.625
1992-93	19	32.9	14.4	7.0	1.9	1.0	1.3	.436	.380	.550
1993-94	5	28.2	9.8	7.2	0.8	0.8	0.4	.333	.429	.495
1994-95	4	35.2	13.5	7.8	3.2	0.8	1.2	.438	.455	.552
1995-96	21	31.1	12.3	4.3	1.7	0.7	0.3	.459	.368	.579
1996-97	12	27.8	8.4	4.4	1.2	1.1	1.0	.337	.311	.482
1997-98	10	20.4	5.4	3.2	1.4	0.3	0.5	.381	.417	.531
1998-99	13	10.6	4.1	1.9	0.5	0.0	0.2	.514	.458	.680
1999-00	23	17.7	4.8	3.2	0.4	0.2	0.3	.324	.348	.481
2000-01	4	6.0	1.2	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.250	.250	.312
Career	168	28.5	11.1	5.6	1.5	0.7	0.8	.444	.363	.547

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	651	11.7	5.9	1.6	490–161
Away	645	12.0	5.9	1.5	341–304
In wins	831	12.1	5.9	1.6	831–0
In losses	465	11.2	5.9	1.4	0–465

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	37	10.5	5.4	1.3	23–14
BOS Boston Celtics	36	11.3	5.4	1.5	22–14
BKN Brooklyn Nets	39	9.1	6.3	1.6	27–12
CHA Charlotte Hornets	32	10.7	5.2	1.2	20–12
CHI Chicago Bulls	40	11.6	5.7	1.1	24–16
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	38	10.2	5.2	1.3	27–11
DAL Dallas Mavericks	35	11.2	5.6	1.4	24–11
DEN Denver Nuggets	66	13.9	7.4	2.0	44–22
DET Detroit Pistons	36	10.1	4.5	1.0	18–18
GSW Golden State Warriors	66	13.8	6.5	1.7	49–17
HOU Houston Rockets	68	13.5	6.9	1.8	36–32
IND Indiana Pacers	28	13.7	6.3	1.5	16–12
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	64	12.1	6.1	1.4	52–12
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	56	11.8	5.8	1.7	22–34
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	16	8.4	2.7	1.6	15–1
MIA Miami Heat	35	10.8	5.2	1.8	26–9
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	38	10.7	5.3	1.6	23–15
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	37	11.3	5.2	1.6	32–5
NYK New York Knicks	36	11.3	5.6	1.6	23–13
ORL Orlando Magic	29	8.9	5.0	1.4	20–9
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	34	11.2	5.2	1.5	22–12
PHX Phoenix Suns	66	13.0	6.1	1.3	36–30
POR Portland Trail Blazers	66	13.0	6.1	1.5	36–30
SAC Sacramento Kings	72	12.7	6.2	1.6	55–17
SAS San Antonio Spurs	67	12.6	6.1	1.7	44–23
TOR Toronto Raptors	16	7.8	2.7	0.8	10–6
UTA Utah Jazz	66	12.0	6.5	1.5	33–33
WAS Washington Wizards	11	7.2	4.0	0.6	9–2

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2000-01

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)	8%	.556
In the paint (3-10 ft)	17%	.289
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	5%	.364
Long two (16 ft-3P)	22%	.469
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	49%	.345

Average shot distance 18.2 ft · 0% of attempts were dunks · 34% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
1990-91	$1,970,000
1991-92	$2,507,000
1992-93	$3,047,000
1993-94	$3,587,000
1994-95	$4,126,600
1995-96	$3,967,000
1996-97	$2,730,000
1997-98	$3,370,000
1998-99	$1,785,000
2000-01	$2,250,000
Career earnings	$29,339,600

Frequently asked questions

What team does Sam Perkins play for?

Sam Perkins plays PF for the Indiana Pacers.

What are Sam Perkins's career stats?

Sam Perkins has averaged 11.9 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 1.5 APG over 17 seasons (1984-85–2000-01).

How much does Sam Perkins make?

Sam Perkins's salary is $2,250,000 for the 2000-01 season, with career earnings of about $29.3M.

How tall is Sam Perkins?

Sam Perkins is 6-9 (235 lb).

When was Sam Perkins drafted?

Sam Perkins was drafted in 1984, round 1, pick 4, by the Dallas Mavericks.