Paul Pierce

Seasons 1998-99–2016-17 · 19 on record · Ht 6-7 · b. 1977

★ Hall of Fame★ Finals MVP10× All-Star4× All-NBA

Player info

Nickname	The Truth
Position	SF
Number	#34
Team	Los Angeles Clippers
Height	6-7
Weight	235 lb
Born	1977-10-13
College	Kansas
Drafted	1998 · Round 1, Pick 10 · Boston Celtics
Seasons	1998-99–2016-17 (19)

Career averages

19.7 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 3.5 APG · 1343 games · .445 FG% · .368 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1998-99	BOS	21	48	34.0	.439	.412	.713	6.4	2.4	1.7	1.0	16.5	19.2	.540
1999-00	BOS	22	73	35.4	.442	.343	.798	5.4	3.0	2.1	0.8	19.5	19.8	.550
2000-01	BOS	23	82	38.0	.454	.383	.745	6.4	3.1	1.7	0.8	25.3	22.3	.563
2001-02	BOS	24	82	40.3	.442	.404	.809	6.9	3.2	1.9	1.0	26.1	22.3	.570
2002-03	BOS	25	79	39.2	.416	.302	.802	7.3	4.4	1.8	0.8	25.9	22.7	.532
2003-04	BOS	26	80	38.7	.402	.299	.819	6.5	5.1	1.6	0.7	23.0	19.4	.517
2004-05	BOS	27	82	36.1	.455	.370	.822	6.6	4.2	1.6	0.5	21.6	21.8	.583
2005-06	BOS	28	79	39.0	.471	.354	.772	6.7	4.7	1.4	0.4	26.8	23.6	.582
2006-07	BOS	29	47	37.0	.439	.389	.796	5.9	4.1	1.0	0.3	25.0	21.7	.571
2007-08	BOS	30	80	35.9	.464	.392	.843	5.1	4.5	1.3	0.5	19.6	19.6	.599
2008-09	BOS	31	81	37.5	.457	.391	.830	5.6	3.6	1.0	0.3	20.5	17.7	.582
2009-10	BOS	32	71	34.0	.472	.414	.852	4.4	3.1	1.2	0.4	18.3	18.2	.613
2010-11	BOS	33	80	34.7	.497	.374	.860	5.4	3.3	1.0	0.6	18.9	19.7	.620
2011-12	BOS	34	61	34.0	.443	.366	.852	5.2	4.5	1.1	0.4	19.4	19.6	.567
2012-13	BOS	35	77	33.4	.436	.380	.787	6.3	4.8	1.1	0.4	18.6	19.1	.559
2013-14	BKN	36	75	28.0	.451	.373	.826	4.6	2.4	1.1	0.4	13.5	16.8	.595
2014-15	WAS	37	73	26.2	.447	.389	.781	4.0	2.0	0.6	0.3	11.9	15.2	.580
2015-16	LAC	38	68	18.1	.363	.310	.818	2.7	1.0	0.5	0.3	6.1	8.2	.489
2016-17	LAC	39	25	11.1	.400	.349	.769	1.9	0.4	0.2	0.2	3.2	5.7	.535

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1998-99	BOS	48	47	1,632	284	647	.439	84	204	139	195	309	115	82	50	113	791
1999-00	BOS	73	72	2,583	486	1,099	.442	96	280	359	450	396	221	152	62	178	1,427
2000-01	BOS	82	82	3,120	687	1,513	.454	147	384	550	738	522	253	138	69	262	2,071
2001-02	BOS	82	82	3,302	707	1,598	.442	210	520	520	643	566	261	154	86	241	2,144
2002-03	BOS	79	79	3,096	663	1,592	.416	118	391	604	753	578	349	139	62	288	2,048
2003-04	BOS	80	80	3,099	602	1,497	.402	115	384	517	631	522	410	131	52	303	1,836
2004-05	BOS	82	82	2,960	556	1,223	.455	108	292	549	668	539	348	133	39	230	1,769
2005-06	BOS	79	79	3,084	689	1,462	.471	111	314	627	812	530	375	107	34	273	2,116
2006-07	BOS	47	46	1,740	373	850	.439	107	275	320	402	277	194	48	13	152	1,173
2007-08	BOS	80	80	2,874	509	1,098	.464	143	365	409	485	411	363	101	36	221	1,570
2008-09	BOS	81	81	3,035	540	1,181	.457	119	304	459	553	457	294	80	27	228	1,658
2009-10	BOS	71	71	2,411	409	867	.472	109	263	369	433	310	218	84	31	166	1,296
2010-11	BOS	80	80	2,774	507	1,021	.497	111	297	386	449	430	260	80	51	171	1,511
2011-12	BOS	61	61	2,075	394	890	.443	100	273	293	344	317	274	70	26	173	1,181
2012-13	BOS	77	77	2,575	476	1,092	.436	145	382	333	423	487	370	84	30	214	1,430
2013-14	BKN	75	68	2,098	321	712	.451	112	300	256	310	348	178	86	31	153	1,010
2014-15	WAS	73	73	1,914	293	656	.447	118	303	164	210	294	144	46	24	92	868
2015-16	LAC	68	38	1,231	144	397	.363	75	242	54	66	186	71	33	17	58	417
2016-17	LAC	25	7	277	28	70	.400	15	43	10	13	48	10	4	5	16	81
Career		1343	—	—	8,668	19,465	.445	2143	5816	6918	8578	7527	4708	1752	745	3532	26,397

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1998-99	BOS	48	34.0	6.3	14.3	.439	1.9	4.5	3.1	4.3	6.8	2.5	1.8	1.1	2.5	17.4
1999-00	BOS	73	35.4	6.8	15.3	.442	1.3	3.9	5.0	6.3	5.5	3.1	2.1	0.9	2.5	19.9
2000-01	BOS	82	38.0	7.9	17.5	.454	1.7	4.4	6.3	8.5	6.0	2.9	1.6	0.8	3.0	23.9
2001-02	BOS	82	40.3	7.7	17.4	.442	2.3	5.7	5.7	7.0	6.2	2.8	1.7	0.9	2.6	23.4
2002-03	BOS	79	39.2	7.7	18.5	.416	1.4	4.5	7.0	8.8	6.7	4.1	1.6	0.7	3.3	23.8
2003-04	BOS	80	38.7	7.0	17.4	.402	1.3	4.5	6.0	7.3	6.1	4.8	1.5	0.6	3.5	21.3
2004-05	BOS	82	36.1	6.8	14.9	.455	1.3	3.6	6.7	8.1	6.6	4.2	1.6	0.5	2.8	21.5
2005-06	BOS	79	39.0	8.0	17.1	.471	1.3	3.7	7.3	9.5	6.2	4.4	1.2	0.4	3.2	24.7
2006-07	BOS	47	37.0	7.7	17.6	.439	2.2	5.7	6.6	8.3	5.7	4.0	1.0	0.3	3.1	24.3
2007-08	BOS	80	35.9	6.4	13.8	.464	1.8	4.6	5.1	6.1	5.1	4.5	1.3	0.5	2.8	19.7
2008-09	BOS	81	37.5	6.4	14.0	.457	1.4	3.6	5.4	6.6	5.4	3.5	0.9	0.3	2.7	19.7
2009-10	BOS	71	34.0	6.1	12.9	.472	1.6	3.9	5.5	6.5	4.6	3.3	1.3	0.5	2.5	19.4
2010-11	BOS	80	34.7	6.6	13.3	.497	1.4	3.9	5.0	5.8	5.6	3.4	1.0	0.7	2.2	19.6
2011-12	BOS	61	34.0	6.8	15.4	.443	1.7	4.7	5.1	6.0	5.5	4.8	1.2	0.5	3.0	20.5
2012-13	BOS	77	33.4	6.7	15.3	.436	2.0	5.3	4.7	5.9	6.8	5.2	1.2	0.4	3.0	20.0
2013-14	BKN	75	28.0	5.5	12.2	.451	1.9	5.1	4.4	5.3	6.0	3.1	1.5	0.5	2.6	17.3
2014-15	WAS	73	26.2	5.5	12.3	.447	2.2	5.7	3.1	3.9	5.5	2.7	0.9	0.5	1.7	16.3
2015-16	LAC	68	18.1	4.2	11.6	.363	2.2	7.1	1.6	1.9	5.4	2.1	1.0	0.5	1.7	12.2
2016-17	LAC	25	11.1	3.6	9.1	.400	1.9	5.6	1.3	1.7	6.2	1.3	0.5	0.6	2.1	10.5

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
1998-99	BOS	48	1,632	19.2	.540	23.1	2.9	2.0	4.9	.144	+3.4	+0.3	+3.7	+2.3
1999-00	BOS	73	2,583	19.8	.550	24.8	5.2	3.0	8.2	.152	+3.0	+0.9	+3.9	+3.9
2000-01	BOS	82	3,120	22.3	.563	30.6	6.9	3.5	10.4	.160	+4.5	-0.1	+4.4	+5.0
2001-02	BOS	82	3,302	22.3	.570	29.3	7.3	5.6	12.9	.187	+4.7	+1.3	+5.9	+6.6
2002-03	BOS	79	3,096	22.7	.532	33.2	5.3	4.8	10.1	.157	+4.2	+0.7	+4.9	+5.4
2003-04	BOS	80	3,099	19.4	.517	30.5	3.7	3.4	7.1	.109	+2.3	-0.3	+2.0	+3.2
2004-05	BOS	82	2,960	21.8	.583	26.6	7.7	3.6	11.2	.182	+4.0	+0.7	+4.6	+4.9
2005-06	BOS	79	3,084	23.6	.582	31.2	8.3	3.2	11.5	.178	+5.0	-0.2	+4.8	+5.3
2006-07	BOS	47	1,740	21.7	.571	30.7	3.8	1.6	5.4	.148	+4.9	-0.7	+4.2	+2.7
2007-08	BOS	80	2,874	19.6	.599	24.8	6.7	5.7	12.4	.207	+3.3	+1.4	+4.8	+5.0
2008-09	BOS	81	3,035	17.7	.582	25.4	5.5	4.8	10.3	.164	+2.4	+0.7	+3.1	+3.9
2009-10	BOS	71	2,411	18.2	.613	23.8	5.0	3.3	8.3	.165	+2.3	+0.7	+3.0	+3.0
2010-11	BOS	80	2,774	19.7	.620	24.0	6.5	5.1	11.6	.201	+3.0	+1.6	+4.6	+4.6
2011-12	BOS	61	2,075	19.6	.567	28.1	3.3	3.7	7.0	.161	+3.0	+1.1	+4.2	+3.2
2012-13	BOS	77	2,575	19.1	.559	27.4	3.5	3.7	7.2	.135	+3.0	+0.7	+3.6	+3.6
2013-14	BKN	75	2,098	16.8	.595	22.4	2.9	2.3	5.2	.119	+1.3	+0.3	+1.6	+1.9
2014-15	WAS	73	1,914	15.2	.580	19.9	3.2	2.3	5.5	.138	+1.2	+0.3	+1.5	+1.7
2015-16	LAC	68	1,231	8.2	.489	17.8	-0.6	1.4	0.9	.033	-3.0	-0.3	-3.3	-0.4
2016-17	LAC	25	277	5.7	.535	14.8	-0.2	0.3	0.1	.015	-4.7	+0.1	-4.7	-0.2
Career		1343	—	—	—	—	—	—	150.2	—	—	—	—	+65.6

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%
2001-02	16	41.6	24.6	8.6	4.1	1.7	1.2	.403	.288	.529
2002-03	10	44.1	27.1	9.0	6.7	2.1	0.8	.399	.356	.554
2003-04	4	40.2	20.8	8.8	2.5	1.2	1.0	.342	.294	.463
2004-05	7	39.1	22.9	7.7	4.6	1.9	1.4	.505	.259	.651
2007-08	26	37.5	19.7	5.0	4.6	1.1	0.3	.441	.361	.570
2008-09	14	39.2	21.0	5.8	3.1	1.1	0.4	.430	.333	.554
2009-10	24	38.2	18.8	6.0	3.4	1.0	0.6	.438	.392	.566
2010-11	9	37.7	20.8	5.0	2.8	1.3	0.4	.459	.447	.574
2011-12	20	38.4	18.8	6.0	3.1	1.5	0.9	.386	.310	.516
2012-13	6	42.0	19.2	5.7	5.3	0.8	0.5	.368	.268	.484
2013-14	12	30.2	13.7	4.5	2.0	1.2	0.3	.465	.358	.573
2014-15	10	29.3	14.6	4.2	0.9	0.6	0.7	.485	.524	.677
2015-16	6	10.2	1.0	1.0	0.2	0.3	0.0	.167	.200	.218
2016-17	7	14.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	.444	.400	.569
Career	171	36.2	18.6	5.8	3.4	1.2	0.6	.423	.355	.554

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	724	18.4	5.4	3.4	467–257
Away	725	18.1	5.0	3.1	341–384
In wins	808	18.9	5.3	3.4	808–0
In losses	641	17.4	5.0	3.0	0–641

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	61	18.9	5.5	3.4	35–26
BOS Boston Celtics	11	10.2	3.3	1.4	7–4
BKN Brooklyn Nets	65	18.6	5.4	3.3	41–24
CHA Charlotte Hornets	46	18.7	5.2	3.3	22–24
CHI Chicago Bulls	66	17.4	5.5	3.3	32–34
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	64	17.7	4.8	3.5	36–28
DAL Dallas Mavericks	39	17.4	5.0	2.5	14–25
DEN Denver Nuggets	38	19.2	5.1	3.4	23–15
DET Detroit Pistons	61	18.6	5.1	3.3	26–35
GSW Golden State Warriors	37	17.9	5.1	3.2	15–22
HOU Houston Rockets	37	16.9	4.5	2.8	17–20
IND Indiana Pacers	63	18.2	5.7	3.6	31–32
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	28	19.5	5.2	3.7	20–8
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	36	19.7	4.8	3.2	18–18
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	37	17.1	4.3	2.8	24–13
MIA Miami Heat	65	18.5	5.1	2.8	44–21
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	63	18.4	5.2	3.4	32–31
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	39	16.8	5.2	3.2	24–15
NOP New Orleans Pelicans	11	7.2	2.4	0.5	8–3
NYK New York Knicks	65	20.4	5.5	3.6	44–21
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder	21	13.0	4.0	2.2	9–12
ORL Orlando Magic	65	18.6	5.8	4.0	39–26
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	68	19.0	5.7	3.7	37–31
PHX Phoenix Suns	37	18.3	5.3	2.6	19–18
POR Portland Trail Blazers	37	17.9	4.3	2.8	22–15
SAC Sacramento Kings	39	15.3	4.9	2.4	20–19
SAS San Antonio Spurs	36	16.1	4.6	2.2	13–23
TOR Toronto Raptors	66	18.6	5.6	3.8	38–28
UTA Utah Jazz	36	18.3	4.3	3.2	25–11
WAS Washington Wizards	60	20.1	6.2	3.6	37–23

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2016-17

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)	9%	.500
In the paint (3-10 ft)	3%	1.000
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	13%	.556
Long two (16 ft-3P)	14%	.300
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	61%	.349

Average shot distance 20.0 ft · 1% of attempts were dunks · 12% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
1998-99	$1,165,000
1999-00	$1,503,000
2000-01	$1,608,000
2001-02	$2,051,000
2002-03	$2,793,000
2005-06	$13,843,156
2006-07	$15,101,626
2007-08	$16,360,094
2008-09	$18,077,903
2009-10	$19,795,712
2010-11	$13,876,321
2011-12	$15,333,334
2012-13	$16,790,345
2013-14	$15,333,334
2014-15	$5,305,000
2015-16	$3,376,000
2016-17	$3,527,920
2017-18	$3,527,920
Career earnings	$169,368,665

Frequently asked questions

What team does Paul Pierce play for?

Paul Pierce plays SF for the Los Angeles Clippers.

What are Paul Pierce's career stats?

Paul Pierce has averaged 19.7 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 3.5 APG over 19 seasons (1998-99–2016-17).

How much does Paul Pierce make?

Paul Pierce's salary is $3,527,920 for the 2017-18 season, with career earnings of about $169.4M.

How tall is Paul Pierce?

Paul Pierce is 6-7 (235 lb).

When was Paul Pierce drafted?

Paul Pierce was drafted in 1998, round 1, pick 10, by the Boston Celtics.