Terry Porter

Seasons 1985-86–2001-02 · 17 on record · Ht 6-3 · b. 1963

2× All-Star

Player info

Nickname	Gandhi, Sweetness
Position	PG
Number	#30
Team	San Antonio Spurs
Height	6-3
Weight	195 lb
Born	1963-04-08
College	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Drafted	1985 · Round 1, Pick 24 · Portland Trail Blazers
Seasons	1985-86–2001-02 (17)

Career averages

12.2 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 5.6 APG · 1274 games · .463 FG% · .386 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1985-86	POR	22	79	15.4	.474	.310	.806	1.5	2.5	1.0	0.0	7.1	14.8	.545
1986-87	POR	23	80	33.9	.488	.217	.838	4.2	8.9	2.0	0.1	13.1	16.2	.570
1987-88	POR	24	82	36.5	.519	.348	.846	4.6	10.1	1.8	0.2	14.9	18.1	.592
1988-89	POR	25	81	38.3	.471	.361	.840	4.5	9.5	1.8	0.1	17.7	17.7	.555
1989-90	POR	26	80	34.8	.462	.374	.892	3.4	9.1	1.9	0.1	17.6	20.0	.597
1990-91	POR	27	81	32.9	.515	.415	.823	3.5	8.0	2.0	0.1	17.0	21.7	.632
1991-92	POR	28	82	34.0	.461	.395	.856	3.1	5.8	1.5	0.1	18.1	18.1	.575
1992-93	POR	29	81	35.6	.454	.414	.843	3.9	5.2	1.2	0.1	18.2	17.0	.577
1993-94	POR	30	77	26.9	.416	.390	.872	2.8	5.2	1.0	0.2	13.1	16.4	.538
1994-95	POR	31	35	22.0	.393	.386	.707	2.3	3.8	0.9	0.1	8.9	13.7	.515
1995-96	MIN	32	82	25.3	.442	.314	.785	2.6	5.5	1.1	0.2	9.4	15.4	.552
1996-97	MIN	33	82	19.1	.416	.335	.765	2.1	3.6	0.7	0.1	6.9	14.5	.544
1997-98	MIN	34	82	21.8	.449	.395	.856	2.0	3.3	0.8	0.2	9.5	17.3	.586
1998-99	MIA	35	50	27.3	.465	.411	.831	2.8	2.9	1.0	0.2	10.5	16.9	.603
1999-00	SAS	36	68	23.7	.447	.435	.806	2.8	3.3	0.7	0.1	9.4	16.6	.596
2000-01	SAS	37	80	21.0	.448	.424	.793	2.5	3.1	0.7	0.1	7.2	15.5	.583
2001-02	SAS	38	72	18.0	.424	.415	.819	2.3	2.8	0.6	0.2	5.5	13.9	.558

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1985-86	POR	79	3	1,214	212	447	.474	13	42	125	155	117	198	81	1	106	562
1986-87	POR	80	80	2,714	376	770	.488	13	60	280	334	337	715	159	9	255	1,045
1987-88	POR	82	82	2,991	462	890	.519	24	69	274	324	378	831	150	16	244	1,222
1988-89	POR	81	81	3,102	540	1,146	.471	79	219	272	324	367	770	146	8	248	1,431
1989-90	POR	80	80	2,781	448	969	.462	89	238	421	472	272	726	151	4	245	1,406
1990-91	POR	81	81	2,665	486	944	.515	130	313	279	339	282	649	158	12	189	1,381
1991-92	POR	82	82	2,784	521	1,129	.461	128	324	315	368	255	477	127	12	188	1,485
1992-93	POR	81	81	2,883	503	1,108	.454	143	345	327	388	316	419	101	10	199	1,476
1993-94	POR	77	34	2,074	348	836	.416	110	282	204	234	215	401	79	18	166	1,010
1994-95	POR	35	9	770	105	267	.393	44	114	58	82	81	133	30	2	58	312
1995-96	MIN	82	40	2,072	269	608	.442	71	226	164	209	212	452	89	15	173	773
1996-97	MIN	82	20	1,568	187	449	.416	67	200	127	166	176	295	54	11	128	568
1997-98	MIN	82	8	1,786	259	577	.449	92	233	167	195	168	271	63	16	104	777
1998-99	MIA	50	1	1,365	172	370	.465	58	141	123	148	140	146	48	11	74	525
1999-00	SAS	68	8	1,613	207	463	.447	90	207	137	170	191	221	50	9	100	641
2000-01	SAS	80	42	1,678	197	440	.448	87	205	92	116	201	251	52	11	104	573
2001-02	SAS	72	0	1,294	136	321	.424	59	142	68	83	164	205	45	16	85	399
Career		1274	—	—	5,428	11,734	.463	1297	3360	3433	4107	3872	7160	1583	181	2666	15,586

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1985-86	POR	79	15.4	6.3	13.3	.474	0.4	1.2	3.7	4.6	3.5	5.9	2.4	0.0	3.1	16.7
1986-87	POR	80	33.9	5.0	10.2	.488	0.2	0.8	3.7	4.4	4.5	9.5	2.1	0.1	3.4	13.9
1987-88	POR	82	36.5	5.6	10.7	.519	0.3	0.8	3.3	3.9	4.5	10.0	1.8	0.2	2.9	14.7
1988-89	POR	81	38.3	6.3	13.3	.471	0.9	2.5	3.2	3.8	4.3	8.9	1.7	0.1	2.9	16.6
1989-90	POR	80	34.8	5.8	12.5	.462	1.2	3.1	5.4	6.1	3.5	9.4	2.0	0.1	3.2	18.2
1990-91	POR	81	32.9	6.6	12.8	.515	1.8	4.2	3.8	4.6	3.8	8.8	2.1	0.2	2.6	18.7
1991-92	POR	82	34.0	6.7	14.6	.461	1.7	4.2	4.1	4.8	3.3	6.2	1.6	0.2	2.4	19.2
1992-93	POR	81	35.6	6.3	13.8	.454	1.8	4.3	4.1	4.8	3.9	5.2	1.3	0.1	2.5	18.4
1993-94	POR	77	26.9	6.0	14.5	.416	1.9	4.9	3.5	4.1	3.7	7.0	1.4	0.3	2.9	17.5
1994-95	POR	35	22.0	4.9	12.5	.393	2.1	5.3	2.7	3.8	3.8	6.2	1.4	0.1	2.7	14.6
1995-96	MIN	82	25.3	4.7	10.6	.442	1.2	3.9	2.8	3.6	3.7	7.9	1.5	0.3	3.0	13.4
1996-97	MIN	82	19.1	4.3	10.3	.416	1.5	4.6	2.9	3.8	4.0	6.8	1.2	0.3	2.9	13.0
1997-98	MIN	82	21.8	5.2	11.6	.449	1.9	4.7	3.4	3.9	3.4	5.5	1.3	0.3	2.1	15.7
1998-99	MIA	50	27.3	4.5	9.8	.465	1.5	3.7	3.2	3.9	3.7	3.9	1.3	0.3	2.0	13.8
1999-00	SAS	68	23.7	4.6	10.3	.447	2.0	4.6	3.1	3.8	4.3	4.9	1.1	0.2	2.2	14.3
2000-01	SAS	80	21.0	4.2	9.4	.448	1.9	4.4	2.0	2.5	4.3	5.4	1.1	0.2	2.2	12.3
2001-02	SAS	72	18.0	3.8	8.9	.424	1.6	4.0	1.9	2.3	4.6	5.7	1.3	0.4	2.4	11.1

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
1985-86	POR	79	1,214	14.8	.545	20.2	1.2	1.1	2.3	.093	-0.4	+0.7	+0.3	+0.7
1986-87	POR	80	2,714	16.2	.570	17.0	4.0	2.8	6.8	.120	+1.4	+0.5	+1.9	+2.7
1987-88	POR	82	2,991	18.1	.592	16.8	6.5	3.3	9.8	.157	+2.6	+0.6	+3.2	+4.0
1988-89	POR	81	3,102	17.7	.555	19.1	6.5	2.6	9.2	.142	+2.6	-0.4	+2.3	+3.3
1989-90	POR	80	2,781	20.0	.597	20.1	7.9	3.8	11.7	.202	+4.5	+1.3	+5.8	+5.4
1990-91	POR	81	2,665	21.7	.632	19.6	9.2	3.9	13.0	.235	+5.6	+1.8	+7.4	+6.2
1991-92	POR	82	2,784	18.1	.575	21.6	7.0	3.5	10.6	.182	+3.2	+0.6	+3.7	+4.0
1992-93	POR	81	2,883	17.0	.577	21.1	5.7	3.1	8.8	.147	+2.5	+0.1	+2.6	+3.3
1993-94	POR	77	2,074	16.4	.538	21.7	3.5	1.8	5.4	.124	+2.3	-0.1	+2.2	+2.2
1994-95	POR	35	770	13.7	.515	19.8	0.9	0.8	1.7	.106	+0.3	+0.1	+0.3	+0.5
1995-96	MIN	82	2,072	15.4	.552	18.7	2.3	1.3	3.7	.085	+1.1	-0.7	+0.4	+1.2
1996-97	MIN	82	1,568	14.5	.544	19.0	1.5	1.2	2.7	.082	+0.4	-0.5	-0.1	+0.7
1997-98	MIN	82	1,786	17.3	.586	19.1	4.3	0.9	5.2	.139	+2.9	-0.4	+2.4	+2.0
1998-99	MIA	50	1,365	16.9	.603	18.4	3.3	1.7	5.0	.178	+1.9	+1.0	+2.9	+1.7
1999-00	SAS	68	1,613	16.6	.596	18.3	3.4	2.3	5.6	.168	+2.5	+0.8	+3.4	+2.2
2000-01	SAS	80	1,678	15.5	.583	16.7	3.0	2.3	5.4	.154	+1.6	+1.0	+2.6	+2.0
2001-02	SAS	72	1,294	13.9	.558	15.9	1.6	1.9	3.5	.131	+0.4	+1.3	+1.7	+1.2
Career		1274	—	—	—	—	—	—	110.4	—	—	—	—	+43.3

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%
1985-86	4	17.0	6.8	1.2	3.0	0.8	0.5	.444	.167	.469
1986-87	4	37.5	17.0	4.8	10.0	2.5	0.5	.480	.400	.578
1987-88	4	37.2	17.0	3.5	7.0	2.5	0.0	.558	.333	.589
1988-89	3	41.3	22.0	5.3	8.3	0.3	0.3	.500	.364	.576
1989-90	21	38.8	20.6	2.9	7.4	1.3	0.1	.464	.392	.625
1990-91	16	37.2	18.1	2.8	6.6	1.5	0.1	.500	.362	.605
1991-92	21	41.4	21.4	4.6	6.7	1.0	0.1	.516	.474	.647
1992-93	4	38.0	16.5	5.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	.397	.158	.453
1993-94	4	19.0	10.2	3.0	2.2	1.0	0.0	.343	.429	.498
1994-95	3	7.0	6.3	0.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	.538	.400	.625
1996-97	3	15.0	5.3	1.0	3.0	0.7	0.7	.385	.333	.542
1997-98	5	37.2	15.8	5.0	3.2	1.0	0.0	.429	.400	.557
1998-99	5	27.6	9.0	3.8	3.0	0.6	0.0	.469	.250	.583
1999-00	4	21.5	5.0	0.2	1.2	1.5	0.0	.258	.286	.323
2000-01	13	24.5	8.3	1.8	3.4	0.8	0.0	.453	.333	.564
2001-02	10	12.5	3.3	0.9	0.8	0.4	0.0	.371	.294	.449
Career	124	31.6	14.7	3.0	5.0	1.1	0.1	.470	.372	.589

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	642	11.9	3.0	5.8	465–177
Away	640	12.4	3.1	5.4	301–339
In wins	766	12.9	3.1	5.9	766–0
In losses	516	11.0	2.9	5.2	0–516

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	32	11.9	2.8	5.3	21–11
BOS Boston Celtics	34	13.0	3.3	5.8	17–17
BKN Brooklyn Nets	35	11.1	2.3	4.7	27–8
CHA Charlotte Hornets	29	11.7	3.6	6.1	20–9
CHI Chicago Bulls	34	11.1	2.8	5.9	16–18
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	32	10.5	2.8	5.6	17–15
DAL Dallas Mavericks	60	12.8	3.4	6.0	44–16
DEN Denver Nuggets	64	12.9	3.1	5.5	39–25
DET Detroit Pistons	33	11.8	3.5	5.1	19–14
GSW Golden State Warriors	72	13.7	3.3	6.4	50–22
HOU Houston Rockets	65	12.2	3.1	5.4	35–30
IND Indiana Pacers	35	11.5	3.1	5.4	20–15
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	70	13.1	3.2	6.3	55–15
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	75	12.3	2.8	6.0	31–44
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	24	8.0	2.5	3.7	22–2
MIA Miami Heat	28	13.1	3.1	4.3	21–7
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	34	13.5	3.1	5.9	17–17
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	36	12.8	2.9	5.6	27–9
NYK New York Knicks	32	10.2	3.2	4.9	17–15
ORL Orlando Magic	28	12.4	2.6	7.1	15–13
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	34	10.8	3.1	5.3	19–15
PHX Phoenix Suns	73	12.5	2.9	6.2	42–31
POR Portland Trail Blazers	21	7.7	2.7	4.5	8–13
SAC Sacramento Kings	67	12.4	2.9	5.8	42–25
SAS San Antonio Spurs	51	13.1	3.1	6.8	30–21
TOR Toronto Raptors	15	7.5	3.2	2.9	9–6
UTA Utah Jazz	65	12.8	2.8	5.1	30–35
WAS Washington Wizards	11	5.4	1.5	2.0	8–3

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2001-02

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)	16%	.549
In the paint (3-10 ft)	6%	.389
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	10%	.364
Long two (16 ft-3P)	24%	.390
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	44%	.415

Average shot distance 17.4 ft · 0% of attempts were dunks · 28% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
1995-96	$1,525,000
1996-97	$1,775,000
1997-98	$2,000,000
1998-99	$1,000,000
1999-00	$2,000,000
2000-01	$2,200,000
2001-02	$2,400,000
Career earnings	$12,900,000

Frequently asked questions

What team does Terry Porter play for?

Terry Porter plays PG for the San Antonio Spurs.

What are Terry Porter's career stats?

Terry Porter has averaged 12.2 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 5.6 APG over 17 seasons (1985-86–2001-02).

How much does Terry Porter make?

Terry Porter's salary is $2,400,000 for the 2001-02 season, with career earnings of about $12.9M.

How tall is Terry Porter?

Terry Porter is 6-3 (195 lb).

When was Terry Porter drafted?

Terry Porter was drafted in 1985, round 1, pick 24, by the Portland Trail Blazers.