Theo Ratliff

Seasons 1995-96–2010-11 · 16 on record · Ht 6-10 · b. 1973

All-Star2× All-Defense

Player info

Position	C
Number	#42 (also #50)
Team	Los Angeles Lakers
Height	6-10
Weight	225 lb
Born	1973-04-17
College	Wyoming
Drafted	1995 · Round 1, Pick 18 · Detroit Pistons
Seasons	1995-96–2010-11 (16)

Career averages

7.2 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 0.6 APG · 810 games · .496 FG% · 0.000 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1995-96	DET	22	75	17.4	.557	0.000	.708	4.0	0.2	0.2	1.5	4.5	14.0	.603
1996-97	DET	23	76	17.0	.531	—	.698	3.4	0.2	0.4	1.5	5.8	15.9	.566
1997-98	2TM	24	82	29.8	.513	—	.701	6.7	0.7	0.6	3.1	9.9	16.2	.561
	DET	24	24	24.4	.514	—	.683	5.0	0.6	0.5	2.3	6.5	13.0	.566
	PHI	24	58	32.1	.512	—	.706	7.3	0.7	0.7	3.5	11.2	17.2	.560
1998-99	PHI	25	50	32.5	.470	—	.725	8.1	0.6	0.9	3.0	11.2	16.9	.539
1999-00	PHI	26	57	31.5	.503	—	.771	7.6	0.6	0.6	3.0	11.9	16.7	.568
2000-01	PHI	27	50	36.0	.499	—	.760	8.3	1.2	0.6	3.7	12.4	16.3	.562
2001-02	ATL	28	3	27.3	.500	—	.545	5.3	0.3	0.3	2.7	8.7	11.1	.523
2002-03	ATL	29	81	31.1	.464	—	.720	7.5	0.9	0.7	3.2	8.7	13.8	.512
2003-04	2TM	30	85	31.3	.485	—	.645	7.2	0.8	0.6	3.6	7.9	14.4	.521
	ATL	30	53	31.1	.458	—	.653	7.2	1.0	0.6	3.1	8.3	12.9	.500
	POR	30	32	31.8	.540	—	.629	7.3	0.6	0.8	4.4	7.3	16.8	.566
2004-05	POR	31	63	27.5	.447	—	.692	5.3	0.5	0.4	2.5	4.8	10.1	.500
2005-06	POR	32	55	23.7	.571	—	.651	5.1	0.5	0.3	1.6	4.9	12.2	.599
2006-07	BOS	33	2	22.0	.333	—	.750	3.5	0.0	0.5	1.5	2.5	6.7	.525
2007-08	2TM	34	26	16.8	.482	0.000	.674	3.4	0.5	0.3	1.4	4.3	11.9	.534
	MIN	34	10	21.4	.511	0.000	.680	3.9	0.7	0.3	1.9	6.3	12.3	.563
	DET	34	16	13.9	.450	—	.667	3.1	0.4	0.3	1.1	3.0	11.6	.501
2008-09	PHI	35	46	12.6	.531	—	.600	2.8	0.2	0.4	1.0	1.9	11.2	.560
2009-10	2TM	36	49	16.5	.461	—	.760	3.2	0.5	0.2	1.2	3.6	10.3	.511
	SAS	36	21	8.7	.444	—	.500	1.9	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.6	7.8	.450
	CHA	36	28	22.3	.466	—	.783	4.2	0.6	0.3	1.5	5.1	11.0	.528
2010-11	LAL	37	10	7.1	.167	—	0.000	1.3	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.2	4.4	.145

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1995-96	DET	75	2	1,305	128	230	.557	1	85	120	297	13	16	116	56	341
1996-97	DET	76	38	1,292	179	337	.531	0	81	116	256	13	29	111	56	439
1997-98	2TM	82	67	2,447	306	597	.513	0	197	281	547	57	50	258	116	809
	DET	24	12	586	57	111	.514	0	43	63	121	15	12	55	34	157
	PHI	58	55	1,861	249	486	.512	0	154	218	426	42	38	203	82	652
1998-99	PHI	50	50	1,627	197	419	.470	0	166	229	407	30	45	149	92	560
1999-00	PHI	57	56	1,795	247	491	.503	0	182	236	435	36	32	171	108	676
2000-01	PHI	50	50	1,800	228	457	.499	0	165	217	413	58	30	187	126	621
2001-02	ATL	3	2	82	10	20	.500	0	6	11	16	1	1	8	7	26
2002-03	ATL	81	81	2,518	276	595	.464	0	154	214	607	73	56	262	137	706
2003-04	2TM	85	83	2,664	266	549	.485	0	140	217	614	71	54	307	120	672
	ATL	53	52	1,648	171	373	.458	0	96	147	381	51	30	166	86	438
	POR	32	31	1,016	95	176	.540	0	44	70	233	20	24	141	34	234
2004-05	POR	63	45	1,731	115	257	.447	0	74	107	331	34	23	158	56	304
2005-06	POR	55	19	1,301	108	189	.571	0	54	83	279	28	18	88	47	270
2006-07	BOS	2	2	44	1	3	.333	0	3	4	7	0	1	3	1	5
2007-08	2TM	26	9	437	41	85	.482	1	29	43	89	14	7	37	21	111
	MIN	10	6	214	23	45	.511	1	17	25	39	7	3	19	12	63
	DET	16	3	223	18	40	.450	0	12	18	50	7	4	18	9	48
2008-09	PHI	46	0	579	34	64	.531	0	21	35	128	9	17	47	14	89
2009-10	2TM	49	29	807	70	152	.461	0	38	50	157	25	12	61	41	178
	SAS	21	3	183	16	36	.444	0	2	4	40	9	3	18	16	34
	CHA	28	26	624	54	116	.466	0	36	46	117	16	9	43	25	144
2010-11	LAL	10	0	71	1	6	.167	0	0	2	13	3	2	5	3	2
Career		810	—	—	2,207	4,451	.496	2	1395	1965	4596	465	393	1968	1001	5,809

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1995-96	DET	75	17.4	3.5	6.3	.557	0.0	2.3	3.3	8.2	0.4	0.4	3.2	1.5	9.4
1996-97	DET	76	17.0	5.0	9.4	.531	0.0	2.3	3.2	7.1	0.4	0.8	3.1	1.6	12.2
1997-98	2TM	82	29.8	4.5	8.8	.513	0.0	2.9	4.1	8.0	0.8	0.7	3.8	1.7	11.9
	DET	24	24.4	3.5	6.8	.514	0.0	2.6	3.9	7.4	0.9	0.7	3.4	2.1	9.6
	PHI	58	32.1	4.8	9.4	.512	0.0	3.0	4.2	8.2	0.8	0.7	3.9	1.6	12.6
1998-99	PHI	50	32.5	4.4	9.3	.470	0.0	3.7	5.1	9.0	0.7	1.0	3.3	2.0	12.4
1999-00	PHI	57	31.5	5.0	9.8	.503	0.0	3.7	4.7	8.7	0.7	0.6	3.4	2.2	13.6
2000-01	PHI	50	36.0	4.6	9.1	.499	0.0	3.3	4.3	8.3	1.2	0.6	3.7	2.5	12.4
2001-02	ATL	3	27.3	4.4	8.8	.500	0.0	2.6	4.8	7.0	0.4	0.4	3.5	3.1	11.4
2002-03	ATL	81	31.1	3.9	8.5	.464	0.0	2.2	3.1	8.7	1.0	0.8	3.7	2.0	10.1
2003-04	2TM	85	31.3	3.6	7.4	.485	0.0	1.9	2.9	8.3	1.0	0.7	4.1	1.6	9.1
	ATL	53	31.1	3.7	8.1	.458	0.0	2.1	3.2	8.3	1.1	0.7	3.6	1.9	9.6
	POR	32	31.8	3.4	6.2	.540	0.0	1.6	2.5	8.3	0.7	0.9	5.0	1.2	8.3
2004-05	POR	63	27.5	2.4	5.3	.447	0.0	1.5	2.2	6.9	0.7	0.5	3.3	1.2	6.3
2005-06	POR	55	23.7	3.0	5.2	.571	0.0	1.5	2.3	7.7	0.8	0.5	2.4	1.3	7.5
2006-07	BOS	2	22.0	0.8	2.5	.333	0.0	2.5	3.3	5.7	0.0	0.8	2.5	0.8	4.1
2007-08	2TM	26	16.8	3.4	7.0	.482	0.1	2.4	3.5	7.3	1.2	0.6	3.0	1.7	9.1
	MIN	10	21.4	3.9	7.6	.511	0.2	2.9	4.2	6.6	1.2	0.5	3.2	2.0	10.6
	DET	16	13.9	2.9	6.5	.450	0.0	1.9	2.9	8.1	1.1	0.6	2.9	1.5	7.7
2008-09	PHI	46	12.6	2.1	4.0	.531	0.0	1.3	2.2	8.0	0.6	1.1	2.9	0.9	5.5
2009-10	2TM	49	16.5	3.1	6.8	.461	0.0	1.7	2.2	7.0	1.1	0.5	2.7	1.8	7.9
	SAS	21	8.7	3.1	7.1	.444	0.0	0.4	0.8	7.9	1.8	0.6	3.5	3.1	6.7
	CHA	28	22.3	3.1	6.7	.466	0.0	2.1	2.7	6.8	0.9	0.5	2.5	1.4	8.3
2010-11	LAL	10	7.1	0.5	3.0	.167	0.0	0.0	1.0	6.6	1.5	1.0	2.5	1.5	1.0

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
1995-96	DET	75	1,305	14.0	.603	12.4	1.6	2.2	3.8	.141	-1.4	+2.0	+0.6	+0.9
1996-97	DET	76	1,292	15.9	.566	17.0	1.8	2.1	3.9	.144	-2.0	+1.2	-0.8	+0.4
1997-98	2TM	82	2,447	16.2	.561	15.5	3.4	3.4	6.8	.132	-0.9	+1.8	+0.9	+1.8
	DET	24	586	13.0	.566	13.7	0.4	0.9	1.4	.111	-2.5	+2.8	+0.3	+0.3
	PHI	58	1,861	17.2	.560	16.0	2.9	2.5	5.4	.139	-0.4	+1.5	+1.1	+1.4
1998-99	PHI	50	1,627	16.9	.539	17.1	2.1	3.3	5.4	.159	-0.7	+2.0	+1.3	+1.4
1999-00	PHI	57	1,795	16.7	.568	17.2	2.2	3.3	5.6	.149	-0.8	+2.0	+1.2	+1.4
2000-01	PHI	50	1,800	16.3	.562	17.0	1.7	3.5	5.2	.138	-1.1	+2.7	+1.6	+1.6
2001-02	ATL	3	82	11.1	.523	17.6	-0.1	0.1	0.0	.012	-3.4	+2.2	-1.3	+0.0
2002-03	ATL	81	2,518	13.8	.512	15.0	0.7	3.4	4.0	.077	-2.5	+1.8	-0.7	+0.8
2003-04	2TM	85	2,664	14.4	.521	13.2	1.8	3.4	5.2	.094	-2.0	+2.3	+0.3	+1.5
	ATL	53	1,648	12.9	.500	14.5	0.4	1.9	2.3	.066	-2.5	+1.7	-0.8	+0.5
	POR	32	1,016	16.8	.566	11.2	1.4	1.6	3.0	.140	-1.2	+3.3	+2.1	+1.0
2004-05	POR	63	1,731	10.1	.500	9.6	0.5	1.7	2.3	.063	-3.5	+1.7	-1.8	+0.1
2005-06	POR	55	1,301	12.2	.599	9.9	1.3	0.7	2.0	.074	-2.2	+0.6	-1.6	+0.1
2006-07	BOS	2	44	6.7	.525	5.9	0.0	0.1	0.1	.073	-3.7	+0.9	-2.8	+0.0
2007-08	2TM	26	437	11.9	.534	13.2	0.2	0.6	0.8	.091	-2.9	+1.8	-1.1	+0.1
	MIN	10	214	12.3	.563	14.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	.067	-2.8	+1.4	-1.5	+0.0
	DET	16	223	11.6	.501	12.0	0.1	0.4	0.5	.115	-3.0	+2.3	-0.7	+0.1
2008-09	PHI	46	579	11.2	.560	7.4	0.5	0.9	1.4	.115	-2.5	+2.1	-0.4	+0.2
2009-10	2TM	49	807	10.3	.511	12.3	0.1	1.4	1.4	.084	-3.9	+1.8	-2.1	+0.0
	SAS	21	183	7.8	.450	13.4	-0.3	0.3	0.1	.019	-6.6	+2.4	-4.1	-0.1
	CHA	28	624	11.0	.528	12.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	.104	-3.1	+1.6	-1.5	+0.1
2010-11	LAL	10	71	4.4	.145	6.3	-0.1	0.1	0.0	.000	-4.9	+1.4	-3.5	+0.0
Career		810	—	—	—	—	—	—	47.9	—	—	—	—	+10.3

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%
1995-96	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	—	—
1996-97	5	5.3	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.8	.750	—	.694
1998-99	8	28.4	6.4	6.4	0.8	0.6	2.2	.465	—	.496
1999-00	10	37.0	13.0	7.9	0.9	1.0	3.0	.475	—	.534
2007-08	17	10.4	0.9	1.6	0.1	0.1	0.6	.500	—	.515
2008-09	6	15.2	3.3	3.8	0.0	0.2	0.7	.818	—	.784
2009-10	4	11.2	1.8	0.8	0.2	0.5	0.0	.375	—	.394
2010-11	4	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	—	—
Career	55	19.3	4.2	3.4	0.3	0.4	1.2	.497	—	.537

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	486	6.0	4.9	0.6	292–194
Away	456	6.3	4.9	0.4	181–275
In wins	473	6.5	5.0	0.5	473–0
In losses	469	5.9	4.7	0.5	0–469

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	32	6.5	5.2	0.3	22–10
BOS Boston Celtics	37	7.4	5.6	0.3	19–18
BKN Brooklyn Nets	40	6.8	5.4	0.6	25–15
CHA Charlotte Hornets	39	5.2	4.5	0.6	18–21
CHI Chicago Bulls	36	6.7	5.2	0.5	16–20
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	35	7.1	4.4	0.5	22–13
DAL Dallas Mavericks	30	6.0	4.3	0.5	11–19
DEN Denver Nuggets	32	5.0	4.8	0.6	13–19
DET Detroit Pistons	32	7.2	7.0	0.8	14–18
GSW Golden State Warriors	26	4.7	4.8	0.6	14–12
HOU Houston Rockets	27	5.0	3.5	0.3	12–15
IND Indiana Pacers	37	6.4	5.4	0.5	15–22
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	29	7.1	5.1	0.6	20–9
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	29	5.2	3.9	0.4	12–17
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	28	6.4	5.5	0.2	17–11
MIA Miami Heat	41	5.9	3.9	0.3	17–24
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	34	7.6	5.2	0.6	24–10
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	31	4.7	5.2	0.5	16–15
NYK New York Knicks	42	5.4	4.9	0.4	16–26
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder	5	2.0	1.0	0.2	2–3
ORL Orlando Magic	33	8.6	6.6	0.5	15–18
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	22	6.1	4.8	0.5	15–7
PHX Phoenix Suns	24	5.2	4.3	0.5	9–15
POR Portland Trail Blazers	23	5.4	4.5	0.6	8–15
SAC Sacramento Kings	29	6.5	5.4	0.4	17–12
SAS San Antonio Spurs	26	5.6	4.2	0.5	11–15
TOR Toronto Raptors	44	6.2	4.5	0.5	24–20
UTA Utah Jazz	30	4.1	2.7	0.4	9–21
WAS Washington Wizards	35	8.5	6.0	0.8	22–13

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2010-11

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)	50%	.333
In the paint (3-10 ft)	33%	0.000
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	17%	0.000
Long two (16 ft-3P)	0%	—
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	0%	—

Average shot distance 5.7 ft · 17% of attempts were dunks

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
1995-96	$714,000
1996-97	$821,000
1997-98	$928,080
1998-99	$6,000,000
1999-00	$7,031,000
2000-01	$7,800,000
2001-02	$8,593,000
2002-03	$9,375,000
2003-04	$10,156,000
2004-05	$10,937,000
2005-06	$11,666,666
2006-07	$11,666,666
2007-08	$199,452
2008-09	$797,581
2009-10	$825,497
2010-11	$854,389
2011-12	$854,389
2012-13	$854,389
Career earnings	$90,074,109

Frequently asked questions

What team does Theo Ratliff play for?

Theo Ratliff plays C for the Los Angeles Lakers.

What are Theo Ratliff's career stats?

Theo Ratliff has averaged 7.2 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 0.6 APG over 16 seasons (1995-96–2010-11).

How much does Theo Ratliff make?

Theo Ratliff's salary is $854,389 for the 2012-13 season, with career earnings of about $90.1M.

How tall is Theo Ratliff?

Theo Ratliff is 6-10 (225 lb).

When was Theo Ratliff drafted?

Theo Ratliff was drafted in 1995, round 1, pick 18, by the Detroit Pistons.