Ricky Pierce

Seasons 1982-83–1997-98 · 16 on record · Ht 6-4 · b. 1959

★ 2× Sixth ManAll-Star

Player info

Nickname	Big Paper Daddy, Deuces
Position	SG
Number	#22 (also #25, #21)
Team	Milwaukee Bucks
Height	6-4
Weight	205 lb
Born	1959-08-19
College	Walla Walla Community College → Rice
Drafted	1982 · Round 1, Pick 18 · Detroit Pistons
Seasons	1982-83–1997-98 (16)

Career averages

14.9 PPG, 2.4 RPG, 1.9 APG · 969 games · .493 FG% · .322 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1982-83	DET	23	39	6.8	.375	.143	.563	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.1	2.2	5.8	.416
1983-84	SDC	24	69	18.6	.470	0.000	.861	2.0	0.9	0.4	0.2	9.9	13.2	.530
1984-85	MIL	25	44	20.0	.537	.250	.823	2.7	2.1	0.8	0.1	9.8	15.8	.599
1985-86	MIL	26	81	26.5	.538	.130	.858	2.9	2.2	1.0	0.1	13.9	16.6	.603
1986-87	MIL	27	79	31.7	.534	.107	.880	3.4	1.8	0.8	0.3	19.5	18.5	.606
1987-88	MIL	28	37	26.1	.510	.214	.877	2.2	2.0	0.6	0.2	16.4	16.6	.561
1988-89	MIL	29	75	27.7	.518	.222	.859	2.6	2.1	1.0	0.3	17.6	18.6	.573
1989-90	MIL	30	59	29.0	.510	.346	.839	2.8	2.3	0.8	0.1	23.0	21.9	.592
1990-91	2TM	31	78	27.8	.485	.397	.913	2.4	2.2	0.8	0.2	20.5	21.0	.586
	MIL	31	46	28.8	.499	.398	.907	2.5	2.1	0.8	0.2	22.5	22.7	.605
	SEA	31	32	26.3	.463	.391	.925	2.3	2.3	0.7	0.1	17.5	18.3	.554
1991-92	SEA	32	78	34.1	.475	.268	.916	3.0	3.1	1.1	0.3	21.7	18.2	.561
1992-93	SEA	33	77	28.8	.489	.372	.889	2.5	2.9	1.3	0.1	18.2	19.2	.572
1993-94	SEA	34	51	20.0	.471	.188	.896	1.6	1.8	0.8	0.1	14.5	20.8	.552
1994-95	GSW	35	27	24.9	.437	.329	.877	2.4	1.5	0.8	0.1	12.5	15.1	.562
1995-96	IND	36	76	18.5	.447	.337	.849	1.8	1.3	0.8	0.1	9.7	14.8	.542
1996-97	2TM	37	60	20.8	.481	.442	.897	2.0	1.3	0.5	0.2	11.0	16.4	.583
	DEN	37	33	18.2	.462	.308	.902	1.6	0.9	0.4	0.2	10.2	15.3	.557
	CHH	37	27	24.1	.502	.536	.889	2.5	1.8	0.5	0.1	12.0	17.3	.612
1997-98	MIL	38	39	11.3	.364	.308	.827	1.2	0.9	0.2	0.0	3.9	9.8	.455

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1982-83	DET	39	1	265	33	88	.375	1	7	18	32	35	14	8	4	18	85
1983-84	SDC	69	35	1,280	268	570	.470	0	9	149	173	135	60	27	13	81	685
1984-85	MIL	44	3	882	165	307	.537	1	4	102	124	117	94	34	5	63	433
1985-86	MIL	81	8	2,147	429	798	.538	3	23	266	310	231	177	83	6	107	1,127
1986-87	MIL	79	31	2,505	575	1,077	.534	3	28	387	440	266	144	64	24	120	1,540
1987-88	MIL	37	0	965	248	486	.510	3	14	107	122	83	73	21	7	57	606
1988-89	MIL	75	4	2,078	527	1,018	.518	8	36	255	297	197	156	77	19	112	1,317
1989-90	MIL	59	0	1,709	503	987	.510	46	133	307	366	167	133	50	7	129	1,359
1990-91	2TM	78	2	2,167	561	1,156	.485	46	116	430	471	191	168	60	13	147	1,598
	MIL	46	0	1,327	359	720	.499	37	93	282	311	117	96	38	11	93	1,037
	SEA	32	2	840	202	436	.463	9	23	148	160	74	72	22	2	54	561
1991-92	SEA	78	78	2,658	620	1,306	.475	33	123	417	455	233	241	86	20	189	1,690
1992-93	SEA	77	72	2,218	524	1,071	.489	42	113	313	352	192	220	100	7	160	1,403
1993-94	SEA	51	0	1,022	272	577	.471	6	32	189	211	83	91	42	5	64	739
1994-95	GSW	27	6	673	111	254	.437	23	70	93	106	64	40	22	2	24	338
1995-96	IND	76	2	1,404	264	590	.447	35	104	174	205	136	101	57	6	93	737
1996-97	2TM	60	27	1,250	239	497	.481	42	95	139	155	121	80	28	9	68	659
	DEN	33	10	600	120	260	.462	12	39	83	92	53	31	14	5	38	335
	CHH	27	17	650	119	237	.502	30	56	56	63	68	49	14	4	30	324
1997-98	MIL	39	0	442	52	143	.364	4	13	43	52	45	34	9	0	21	151
Career		969	—	—	5,391	10,925	.493	296	920	3389	3871	2296	1826	768	147	1453	14,467

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1982-83	DET	39	6.8	4.5	12.0	.375	0.1	1.0	2.4	4.3	4.8	1.9	1.1	0.5	2.4	11.5
1983-84	SDC	69	18.6	7.5	16.0	.470	0.0	0.3	4.2	4.9	3.8	1.7	0.8	0.4	2.3	19.3
1984-85	MIL	44	20.0	6.7	12.5	.537	0.0	0.2	4.2	5.1	4.8	3.8	1.4	0.2	2.6	17.7
1985-86	MIL	81	26.5	7.2	13.4	.538	0.1	0.4	4.5	5.2	3.9	3.0	1.4	0.1	1.8	18.9
1986-87	MIL	79	31.7	8.3	15.5	.534	0.0	0.4	5.6	6.3	3.8	2.1	0.9	0.3	1.7	22.1
1987-88	MIL	37	26.1	9.3	18.1	.510	0.1	0.5	4.0	4.6	3.1	2.7	0.8	0.3	2.1	22.6
1988-89	MIL	75	27.7	9.1	17.6	.518	0.1	0.6	4.4	5.1	3.4	2.7	1.3	0.3	1.9	22.8
1989-90	MIL	59	29.0	10.6	20.8	.510	1.0	2.8	6.5	7.7	3.5	2.8	1.1	0.1	2.7	28.6
1990-91	2TM	78	27.8	9.3	19.2	.485	0.8	1.9	7.1	7.8	3.2	2.8	1.0	0.2	2.4	26.5
	MIL	46	28.8	9.7	19.5	.499	1.0	2.5	7.7	8.4	3.2	2.6	1.0	0.3	2.5	28.1
	SEA	32	26.2	8.7	18.7	.463	0.4	1.0	6.3	6.9	3.2	3.1	0.9	0.1	2.3	24.0
1991-92	SEA	78	34.1	8.4	17.7	.475	0.4	1.7	5.6	6.2	3.2	3.3	1.2	0.3	2.6	22.9
1992-93	SEA	77	28.8	8.5	17.4	.489	0.7	1.8	5.1	5.7	3.1	3.6	1.6	0.1	2.6	22.8
1993-94	SEA	51	20.0	9.6	20.3	.471	0.2	1.1	6.7	7.4	2.9	3.2	1.5	0.2	2.3	26.0
1994-95	GSW	27	24.9	5.9	13.6	.437	1.2	3.7	5.0	5.7	3.4	2.1	1.2	0.1	1.3	18.1
1995-96	IND	76	18.5	6.8	15.1	.447	0.9	2.7	4.5	5.3	3.5	2.6	1.5	0.2	2.4	18.9
1996-97	2TM	60	20.8	6.9	14.3	.481	1.2	2.7	4.0	4.5	3.5	2.3	0.8	0.3	2.0	19.0
	DEN	33	18.2	7.2	15.6	.462	0.7	2.3	5.0	5.5	3.2	1.9	0.8	0.3	2.3	20.1
	CHH	27	24.1	6.6	13.1	.502	1.7	3.1	3.1	3.5	3.8	2.7	0.8	0.2	1.7	17.9
1997-98	MIL	39	11.3	4.2	11.6	.364	0.3	1.1	3.5	4.2	3.7	2.8	0.7	0.0	1.7	12.3

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
1982-83	DET	39	265	5.8	.416	17.5	-0.3	0.2	-0.1	-.020	-5.0	-1.0	-5.9	-0.3
1983-84	SDC	69	1,280	13.2	.530	22.6	1.7	0.1	1.8	.067	-1.1	-1.9	-3.0	-0.3
1984-85	MIL	44	882	15.8	.599	19.6	1.8	1.2	3.0	.162	+0.6	+0.5	+1.1	+0.7
1985-86	MIL	81	2,147	16.6	.603	19.5	5.7	2.6	8.3	.186	+1.4	+0.5	+1.9	+2.1
1986-87	MIL	79	2,505	18.5	.606	22.7	7.3	2.1	9.4	.180	+2.7	-0.7	+2.0	+2.5
1987-88	MIL	37	965	16.6	.561	26.0	1.6	0.6	2.2	.107	+1.0	-1.4	-0.4	+0.4
1988-89	MIL	75	2,078	18.6	.573	25.2	5.0	1.7	6.7	.155	+2.3	-0.4	+1.9	+2.0
1989-90	MIL	59	1,709	21.9	.592	31.3	4.8	1.0	5.8	.163	+4.5	-1.7	+2.9	+2.1
1990-91	2TM	78	2,167	21.0	.586	29.7	6.7	1.2	7.9	.174	+4.1	-1.8	+2.3	+2.4
	MIL	46	1,327	22.7	.605	30.7	4.5	0.9	5.3	.192	+5.3	-1.6	+3.7	+1.9
	SEA	32	840	18.3	.554	28.0	2.2	0.3	2.5	.145	+2.2	-2.1	+0.1	+0.4
1991-92	SEA	78	2,658	18.2	.561	26.8	6.5	1.4	7.8	.142	+2.6	-1.2	+1.5	+2.3
1992-93	SEA	77	2,218	19.2	.572	26.3	5.4	2.3	7.7	.167	+2.6	-0.2	+2.5	+2.5
1993-94	SEA	51	1,022	20.8	.552	30.8	2.9	1.1	4.0	.188	+3.0	-0.8	+2.2	+1.1
1994-95	GSW	27	673	15.1	.562	20.4	1.3	0.2	1.5	.107	+0.2	-0.7	-0.5	+0.2
1995-96	IND	76	1,404	14.8	.542	25.3	1.8	1.3	3.1	.107	-0.7	+0.1	-0.6	+0.5
1996-97	2TM	60	1,250	16.4	.583	23.2	2.5	0.3	2.7	.105	+1.2	-1.9	-0.7	+0.4
	DEN	33	600	15.3	.557	25.2	0.8	0.0	0.9	.069	-0.2	-2.0	-2.2	+0.0
	CHH	27	650	17.3	.612	21.3	1.7	0.2	1.9	.139	+2.5	-1.7	+0.8	+0.5
1997-98	MIL	39	442	9.8	.455	19.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	.033	-1.5	-1.3	-2.8	-0.1
Career		969	—	—	—	—	—	—	72.1	—	—	—	—	+18.5

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	8	24.8	9.9	2.2	1.9	0.4	0.1	.493	0.000	.513
1985-86	13	24.8	11.1	2.8	1.5	0.6	0.2	.460	0.000	.542
1986-87	12	26.4	15.9	2.3	1.3	0.8	0.4	.479	—	.557
1987-88	5	21.0	11.8	2.8	1.8	0.2	0.4	.472	.200	.518
1988-89	9	32.4	22.3	2.8	2.8	1.2	0.2	.546	.750	.622
1989-90	4	30.5	22.2	2.2	1.5	1.2	0.0	.467	.500	.604
1990-91	5	22.4	11.4	2.8	0.8	0.8	0.2	.333	.300	.442
1991-92	9	35.1	19.6	2.4	3.1	0.6	0.1	.481	.273	.569
1992-93	19	30.4	17.7	2.4	2.2	0.6	0.2	.456	.400	.546
1993-94	5	14.8	8.0	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.0	.452	—	.520
1995-96	5	26.6	10.2	0.8	3.0	1.6	0.2	.340	.250	.457
1996-97	3	28.3	7.7	2.7	1.3	0.7	0.0	.458	.143	.479
Career	97	27.4	14.9	2.4	1.9	0.7	0.2	.466	.359	.548

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	496	14.6	2.2	1.9	350–146
Away	504	14.4	2.4	1.7	215–289
In wins	565	15.7	2.4	2.1	565–0
In losses	435	12.9	2.2	1.5	0–435

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	51	14.9	2.2	1.8	25–26
BOS Boston Celtics	44	14.1	2.4	2.0	23–21
BKN Brooklyn Nets	48	14.0	2.1	1.4	26–22
CHA Charlotte Hornets	26	15.3	2.3	2.5	16–10
CHI Chicago Bulls	46	14.4	2.5	1.8	16–30
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	55	14.9	2.7	1.7	33–22
DAL Dallas Mavericks	33	15.3	2.2	1.6	20–13
DEN Denver Nuggets	32	14.5	2.1	2.0	21–11
DET Detroit Pistons	48	14.3	2.2	1.8	23–25
GSW Golden State Warriors	35	15.0	2.3	2.2	26–9
HOU Houston Rockets	34	13.8	1.9	1.7	19–15
IND Indiana Pacers	48	14.4	2.1	1.6	24–24
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	31	15.4	2.5	1.9	20–11
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	36	13.8	2.1	1.8	18–18
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	4	9.0	2.5	0.8	4–0
MIA Miami Heat	18	16.8	2.7	1.4	11–7
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	19	9.9	1.9	1.3	11–8
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	19	16.1	2.8	2.5	15–4
NYK New York Knicks	45	13.6	2.4	2.1	25–20
ORL Orlando Magic	18	17.8	2.2	2.2	13–5
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	44	14.0	2.2	1.4	20–24
PHX Phoenix Suns	37	14.0	2.1	1.9	18–19
POR Portland Trail Blazers	36	14.1	2.4	2.1	18–18
SAC Sacramento Kings	41	14.5	2.2	2.4	27–14
SAS San Antonio Spurs	37	15.7	2.5	1.8	19–18
TOR Toronto Raptors	11	8.6	1.4	1.0	9–2
UTA Utah Jazz	39	15.1	2.4	2.0	17–22
WAS Washington Wizards	3	4.7	1.3	0.3	1–2

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 1997-98

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)	18%	.385
In the paint (3-10 ft)	15%	.409
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	34%	.347
Long two (16 ft-3P)	23%	.364
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	9%	.308

Average shot distance 12.9 ft · 0% of attempts were dunks · 31% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
1990-91	$1,100,000
1991-92	$1,750,000
1992-93	$2,000,000
1993-94	$2,100,000
1994-95	$2,500,000
1995-96	$1,000,000
1996-97	$1,200,000
Career earnings	$11,650,000

Frequently asked questions

What team does Ricky Pierce play for?

Ricky Pierce plays SG for the Milwaukee Bucks.

What are Ricky Pierce's career stats?

Ricky Pierce has averaged 14.9 PPG, 2.4 RPG, 1.9 APG over 16 seasons (1982-83–1997-98).

How much does Ricky Pierce make?

Ricky Pierce's salary is $1,200,000 for the 1996-97 season, with career earnings of about $11.7M.

How tall is Ricky Pierce?

Ricky Pierce is 6-4 (205 lb).

When was Ricky Pierce drafted?

Ricky Pierce was drafted in 1982, round 1, pick 18, by the Detroit Pistons.