Tayshaun Prince

Seasons 2002-03–2015-16 · 14 on record · Ht 6-9 · b. 1980

4× All-Defense

Player info

Nickname	Tay, Compton Kid
Position	SF
Number	#22 (also #21, #12)
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves
Height	6-9
Weight	212 lb
Born	1980-02-28
College	Kentucky
Drafted	2002 · Round 1, Pick 23 · Detroit Pistons
Seasons	2002-03–2015-16 (14)

Career averages

11.1 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 2.4 APG · 1017 games · .455 FG% · .367 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
2002-03	DET	22	42	10.4	.449	.426	.647	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.3	3.3	11.7	.546
2003-04	DET	23	82	32.9	.467	.363	.766	4.8	2.3	0.8	0.8	10.3	13.3	.536
2004-05	DET	24	82	37.1	.487	.341	.807	5.3	3.0	0.7	0.9	14.7	16.2	.556
2005-06	DET	25	82	35.3	.455	.350	.765	4.2	2.3	0.8	0.5	14.1	14.8	.524
2006-07	DET	26	82	36.6	.460	.386	.768	5.2	2.8	0.6	0.7	14.3	16.0	.534
2007-08	DET	27	82	32.9	.448	.363	.768	4.9	3.3	0.5	0.4	13.2	15.6	.516
2008-09	DET	28	82	37.3	.450	.397	.778	5.8	3.1	0.5	0.6	14.2	15.0	.516
2009-10	DET	29	49	34.0	.486	.370	.714	5.1	3.3	0.7	0.4	13.5	16.0	.530
2010-11	DET	30	78	32.8	.473	.347	.702	4.2	2.8	0.4	0.5	14.1	15.1	.511
2011-12	DET	31	63	33.1	.421	.356	.774	4.5	2.4	0.4	0.5	12.7	12.8	.470
2012-13	2TM	32	82	32.1	.438	.404	.738	4.4	2.4	0.6	0.3	10.4	11.5	.486
	DET	32	45	32.4	.444	.434	.796	4.6	2.5	0.5	0.3	11.7	12.5	.502
	MEM	32	37	31.7	.429	.366	.595	4.2	2.3	0.7	0.3	8.8	10.2	.461
2013-14	MEM	33	76	25.6	.407	.290	.567	3.1	1.6	0.5	0.3	6.0	8.2	.438
2014-15	3TM	34	58	24.1	.440	.463	.754	3.6	1.6	0.5	0.3	7.5	12.0	.504
	MEM	34	26	24.2	.410	.455	.833	3.2	1.4	0.3	0.2	7.3	10.6	.484
	BOS	34	9	22.0	.559	.625	.833	3.3	2.0	0.6	0.2	8.4	16.9	.616
	DET	34	23	24.8	.431	.423	.655	4.2	1.7	0.7	0.3	7.3	11.8	.486
2015-16	MIN	35	77	19.0	.445	.174	.684	1.9	0.9	0.5	0.2	2.9	6.3	.466

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2002-03	DET	42	5	435	53	118	.449	20	47	11	17	45	24	10	14	21	137
2003-04	DET	82	80	2,701	338	723	.467	57	157	108	141	390	191	63	69	119	841
2004-05	DET	82	82	3,039	469	963	.487	47	138	221	274	435	247	56	71	135	1,206
2005-06	DET	82	82	2,898	455	999	.455	64	183	182	238	346	186	62	39	91	1,156
2006-07	DET	82	82	3,001	459	997	.460	81	210	172	224	429	227	51	55	98	1,171
2007-08	DET	82	82	2,694	421	940	.448	53	146	185	241	398	268	42	33	91	1,080
2008-09	DET	82	82	3,057	459	1,020	.450	56	141	189	243	476	253	44	51	101	1,163
2009-10	DET	49	49	1,664	282	580	.486	27	73	70	98	248	161	34	22	60	661
2010-11	DET	78	78	2,562	473	1,001	.473	34	98	118	168	329	215	30	41	82	1,098
2011-12	DET	63	63	2,087	336	798	.421	37	104	89	115	281	153	27	32	74	798
2012-13	2TM	82	81	2,631	359	820	.438	38	94	96	130	364	196	48	25	89	852
	DET	45	45	1,457	215	484	.444	23	53	74	93	209	111	21	13	54	527
	MEM	37	36	1,174	144	336	.429	15	41	22	37	155	85	27	12	35	325
2013-14	MEM	76	76	1,948	200	492	.407	20	69	34	60	234	119	39	19	41	454
2014-15	3TM	58	16	1,397	177	402	.440	31	67	49	65	210	93	29	16	35	434
	MEM	26	9	628	75	183	.410	15	33	25	30	83	37	9	6	15	190
	BOS	9	0	198	33	59	.559	5	8	5	6	30	18	5	2	4	76
	DET	23	7	571	69	160	.431	11	26	19	29	97	38	15	8	16	168
2015-16	MIN	77	44	1,462	102	229	.445	4	23	13	19	147	73	36	13	27	221
Career		1017	—	—	4,583	10,082	.455	569	1550	1537	2033	4332	2406	571	500	1064	11,272

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2002-03	DET	42	10.4	4.4	9.8	.449	1.7	3.9	0.9	1.4	3.7	2.0	0.8	1.2	1.7	11.3
2003-04	DET	82	32.9	4.5	9.6	.467	0.8	2.1	1.4	1.9	5.2	2.5	0.8	0.9	1.6	11.2
2004-05	DET	82	37.1	5.6	11.4	.487	0.6	1.6	2.6	3.2	5.2	2.9	0.7	0.8	1.6	14.3
2005-06	DET	82	35.3	5.7	12.4	.455	0.8	2.3	2.3	3.0	4.3	2.3	0.8	0.5	1.1	14.4
2006-07	DET	82	36.6	5.5	12.0	.460	1.0	2.5	2.1	2.7	5.1	2.7	0.6	0.7	1.2	14.0
2007-08	DET	82	32.9	5.6	12.6	.448	0.7	2.0	2.5	3.2	5.3	3.6	0.6	0.4	1.2	14.4
2008-09	DET	82	37.3	5.4	12.0	.450	0.7	1.7	2.2	2.9	5.6	3.0	0.5	0.6	1.2	13.7
2009-10	DET	49	34.0	6.1	12.5	.486	0.6	1.6	1.5	2.1	5.4	3.5	0.7	0.5	1.3	14.3
2010-11	DET	78	32.8	6.6	14.1	.473	0.5	1.4	1.7	2.4	4.6	3.0	0.4	0.6	1.2	15.4
2011-12	DET	63	33.1	5.8	13.8	.421	0.6	1.8	1.5	2.0	4.8	2.6	0.5	0.6	1.3	13.8
2012-13	2TM	82	32.1	4.9	11.2	.438	0.5	1.3	1.3	1.8	5.0	2.7	0.7	0.3	1.2	11.7
	DET	45	32.4	5.3	12.0	.444	0.6	1.3	1.8	2.3	5.2	2.7	0.5	0.3	1.3	13.0
	MEM	37	31.7	4.4	10.3	.429	0.5	1.3	0.7	1.1	4.8	2.6	0.8	0.4	1.1	10.0
2013-14	MEM	76	25.6	3.7	9.1	.407	0.4	1.3	0.6	1.1	4.3	2.2	0.7	0.4	0.8	8.4
2014-15	3TM	58	24.1	4.6	10.4	.440	0.8	1.7	1.3	1.7	5.4	2.4	0.7	0.4	0.9	11.2
	MEM	26	24.2	4.3	10.5	.410	0.9	1.9	1.4	1.7	4.8	2.1	0.5	0.3	0.9	10.9
	BOS	9	22.0	6.0	10.7	.559	0.9	1.5	0.9	1.1	5.5	3.3	0.9	0.4	0.7	13.8
	DET	23	24.8	4.4	10.1	.431	0.7	1.6	1.2	1.8	6.1	2.4	0.9	0.5	1.0	10.6
2015-16	MIN	77	19.0	2.5	5.6	.445	0.1	0.6	0.3	0.5	3.6	1.8	0.9	0.3	0.7	5.4

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
2002-03	DET	42	435	11.7	.546	16.2	0.2	0.6	0.8	.084	-0.6	+0.5	+0.0	+0.2
2003-04	DET	82	2,701	13.3	.536	15.6	3.0	4.6	7.5	.134	+0.4	+1.4	+1.8	+2.6
2004-05	DET	82	3,039	16.2	.556	18.8	5.4	4.0	9.4	.149	+1.4	+0.7	+2.1	+3.1
2005-06	DET	82	2,898	14.8	.524	19.6	4.0	3.0	7.0	.115	+0.5	-0.2	+0.3	+1.7
2006-07	DET	82	3,001	16.0	.534	18.9	5.1	2.9	8.0	.128	+2.1	-0.4	+1.8	+2.9
2007-08	DET	82	2,694	15.6	.516	19.9	4.3	3.2	7.5	.133	+1.7	-0.1	+1.6	+2.5
2008-09	DET	82	3,057	15.0	.516	19.2	3.7	2.5	6.2	.098	+1.4	-0.2	+1.2	+2.5
2009-10	DET	49	1,664	16.0	.530	18.9	2.6	0.6	3.2	.091	+1.8	-1.0	+0.8	+1.2
2010-11	DET	78	2,562	15.1	.511	21.0	2.9	0.4	3.3	.062	+1.0	-1.8	-0.8	+0.7
2011-12	DET	63	2,087	12.8	.470	20.4	1.2	0.9	2.1	.048	+0.0	-1.5	-1.5	+0.3
2012-13	2TM	82	2,631	11.5	.486	16.8	1.5	2.1	3.6	.065	-0.9	-0.2	-1.2	+0.5
	DET	45	1,457	12.5	.502	18.1	1.2	0.6	1.7	.057	-0.4	-1.0	-1.4	+0.2
	MEM	37	1,174	10.2	.461	15.2	0.3	1.6	1.8	.075	-1.6	+0.7	-0.9	+0.3
2013-14	MEM	76	1,948	8.2	.438	13.3	-0.2	1.8	1.5	.038	-2.7	+0.2	-2.5	-0.2
2014-15	3TM	58	1,397	12.0	.504	15.0	1.3	1.2	2.5	.086	-0.4	-0.2	-0.6	+0.5
	MEM	26	628	10.6	.484	15.4	0.4	0.6	1.0	.073	-0.9	-0.8	-1.6	+0.1
	BOS	9	198	16.9	.616	14.5	0.5	0.2	0.7	.165	+2.6	+1.4	+4.0	+0.3
	DET	23	571	11.8	.486	14.7	0.4	0.4	0.9	.072	-1.0	-0.1	-1.2	+0.1
2015-16	MIN	77	1,462	6.3	.466	8.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	.014	-2.9	-0.1	-3.0	-0.4
Career		1017	—	—	—	—	—	—	63.0	—	—	—	—	+18.1

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%
2002-03	17	24.9	8.3	3.4	1.4	0.5	0.8	.426	.292	.535
2003-04	23	34.2	9.9	6.0	2.3	1.1	1.3	.410	.265	.483
2004-05	25	40.4	13.4	6.3	3.3	1.0	0.4	.433	.367	.504
2005-06	18	41.1	16.4	5.7	3.0	0.7	0.8	.459	.457	.560
2006-07	16	40.9	14.1	6.4	3.8	0.9	0.3	.415	.409	.503
2007-08	17	39.1	13.8	5.5	3.2	0.8	0.5	.481	.320	.527
2008-09	4	31.5	3.8	3.5	1.2	0.2	0.0	.259	.200	.278
2012-13	15	29.8	7.0	3.8	1.9	0.5	0.3	.355	.263	.400
2013-14	7	15.6	3.0	1.4	0.9	0.1	0.0	.385	.250	.404
Career	142	35.1	11.3	5.2	2.6	0.8	0.6	.427	.343	.502

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	543	10.3	4.0	2.3	347–196
Away	550	10.3	4.0	2.1	258–292
In wins	605	11.2	4.2	2.3	605–0
In losses	488	9.2	3.7	2.1	0–488

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	47	10.5	4.1	1.9	28–19
BOS Boston Celtics	44	10.6	4.0	2.4	28–16
BKN Brooklyn Nets	41	10.5	4.1	3.1	26–15
CHA Charlotte Hornets	30	8.6	4.5	2.3	16–14
CHI Chicago Bulls	48	9.9	4.0	2.6	22–26
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	49	9.9	3.8	2.2	26–23
DAL Dallas Mavericks	30	9.2	3.8	1.7	10–20
DEN Denver Nuggets	32	8.7	3.4	2.2	18–14
DET Detroit Pistons	6	5.0	2.2	1.2	4–2
GSW Golden State Warriors	30	11.6	4.0	2.4	16–14
HOU Houston Rockets	34	8.9	3.5	1.9	15–19
IND Indiana Pacers	46	9.6	3.5	1.8	21–25
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	30	10.8	3.9	2.0	19–11
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	30	10.6	3.4	1.8	18–12
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	26	10.8	3.8	2.0	15–11
MIA Miami Heat	47	10.0	4.4	2.3	25–22
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	48	11.2	4.6	2.7	27–21
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	29	10.4	3.9	2.1	16–13
NOP New Orleans Pelicans	11	4.7	2.6	1.0	4–7
NYK New York Knicks	46	10.5	4.1	1.9	23–23
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder	18	8.2	3.4	2.1	5–13
ORL Orlando Magic	44	12.4	3.9	2.8	29–15
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	43	11.5	3.6	2.1	25–18
PHX Phoenix Suns	30	9.7	3.9	2.4	18–12
POR Portland Trail Blazers	32	9.8	3.7	1.7	17–15
SAC Sacramento Kings	33	11.6	4.1	2.1	24–9
SAS San Antonio Spurs	29	10.4	4.9	2.1	11–18
TOR Toronto Raptors	44	11.0	4.3	1.9	29–15
UTA Utah Jazz	31	8.1	3.3	2.6	11–20
WAS Washington Wizards	42	10.9	4.3	2.2	29–13

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2015-16

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)	13%	.759
In the paint (3-10 ft)	14%	.375
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	13%	.483
Long two (16 ft-3P)	51%	.431
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	10%	.174

Average shot distance 14.5 ft · 2% of attempts were dunks · 96% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
2005-06	$1,763,115
2006-07	$7,851,240
2007-08	$8,675,620
2008-09	$9,500,000
2009-10	$10,324,380
2010-11	$11,148,760
2011-12	$6,292,135
2012-13	$6,764,045
2013-14	$7,235,955
2014-15	$7,707,865
2015-16	$947,276
Career earnings	$78,210,391

Frequently asked questions

What team does Tayshaun Prince play for?

Tayshaun Prince plays SF for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

What are Tayshaun Prince's career stats?

Tayshaun Prince has averaged 11.1 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 2.4 APG over 14 seasons (2002-03–2015-16).

How much does Tayshaun Prince make?

Tayshaun Prince's salary is $947,276 for the 2015-16 season, with career earnings of about $78.2M.

How tall is Tayshaun Prince?

Tayshaun Prince is 6-9 (212 lb).

When was Tayshaun Prince drafted?

Tayshaun Prince was drafted in 2002, round 1, pick 23, by the Detroit Pistons.