Mitch Richmond

Seasons 1988-89–2001-02 · 14 on record · Ht 6-5 · b. 1965

★ Hall of Fame★ Rookie of the Year6× All-Star5× All-NBA

Player info

Nickname	Rock, Hammer
Position	SG
Number	#2 (also #23)
Team	Los Angeles Lakers
Height	6-5
Weight	215 lb
Born	1965-06-30
College	Moberly Area Community College → Kansas State
Drafted	1988 · Round 1, Pick 5 · Golden State Warriors
Seasons	1988-89–2001-02 (14)

21.0 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 3.5 APG · 976 games · .455 FG% · .388 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1988-89	GSW	23	79	34.4	.468	.367	.810	5.9	4.2	1.0	0.2	22.0	17.2	.541
1989-90	GSW	24	78	35.9	.497	.358	.866	4.6	2.9	1.3	0.3	22.1	17.0	.576
1990-91	GSW	25	77	39.3	.494	.348	.847	5.9	3.1	1.6	0.4	23.9	17.8	.565
1991-92	SAC	26	80	38.7	.468	.384	.813	4.0	5.1	1.2	0.4	22.5	16.3	.548
1992-93	SAC	27	45	38.4	.474	.369	.845	3.4	4.9	1.2	0.2	21.9	15.6	.558
1993-94	SAC	28	78	37.1	.445	.407	.834	3.7	4.0	1.3	0.2	23.4	17.7	.551
1994-95	SAC	29	82	38.7	.446	.368	.843	4.4	3.8	1.1	0.4	22.8	17.2	.551
1995-96	SAC	30	81	36.4	.447	.437	.866	3.3	3.1	1.5	0.2	23.1	19.2	.591
1996-97	SAC	31	81	38.6	.454	.428	.861	3.9	4.2	1.5	0.3	25.9	21.6	.578
1997-98	SAC	32	70	36.7	.445	.389	.864	3.3	4.0	1.3	0.2	23.2	20.4	.569
1998-99	WAS	33	50	38.2	.412	.317	.857	3.4	2.4	1.3	0.2	19.7	15.5	.527
1999-00	WAS	34	74	32.4	.426	.386	.876	2.9	2.5	1.5	0.2	17.4	16.5	.536
2000-01	WAS	35	37	32.9	.407	.338	.894	2.9	3.0	1.2	0.2	16.2	14.9	.521
2001-02	LAL	36	64	11.1	.405	.290	.955	1.5	0.9	0.3	0.1	4.1	10.7	.488

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1988-89	GSW	79	79	2,717	649	1,386	.468	33	90	410	506	468	334	82	13	269	1,741
1989-90	GSW	78	78	2,799	640	1,287	.497	34	95	406	469	360	223	98	24	201	1,720
1990-91	GSW	77	77	3,027	703	1,424	.494	40	115	394	465	452	238	126	34	230	1,840
1991-92	SAC	80	80	3,095	685	1,465	.468	103	268	330	406	319	411	92	34	247	1,803
1992-93	SAC	45	45	1,728	371	782	.474	48	130	197	233	154	221	53	9	130	987
1993-94	SAC	78	78	2,897	635	1,428	.445	127	312	426	511	286	313	103	17	216	1,823
1994-95	SAC	82	82	3,172	668	1,497	.446	156	424	375	445	357	311	91	29	234	1,867
1995-96	SAC	81	81	2,946	611	1,368	.447	225	515	425	491	269	255	125	19	220	1,872
1996-97	SAC	81	81	3,125	717	1,578	.454	204	477	457	531	319	338	118	24	237	2,095
1997-98	SAC	70	70	2,569	543	1,220	.445	130	334	407	471	229	279	88	15	181	1,623
1998-99	WAS	50	50	1,912	331	803	.412	70	221	251	293	172	122	64	10	136	983
1999-00	WAS	74	69	2,397	447	1,049	.426	93	241	298	340	213	185	110	13	154	1,285
2000-01	WAS	37	30	1,216	205	504	.407	45	133	143	160	109	111	43	7	84	598
2001-02	LAL	64	2	709	100	247	.405	18	62	42	44	94	57	18	6	40	260
Career		976	—	—	7,305	16,038	.455	1326	3417	4561	5365	3801	3398	1211	254	2579	20,497

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1988-89	GSW	79	34.4	8.6	18.4	.468	0.4	1.2	5.4	6.7	6.2	4.4	1.1	0.2	3.6	23.1
1989-90	GSW	78	35.9	8.2	16.6	.497	0.4	1.2	5.2	6.0	4.6	2.9	1.3	0.3	2.6	22.1
1990-91	GSW	77	39.3	8.4	16.9	.494	0.5	1.4	4.7	5.5	5.4	2.8	1.5	0.4	2.7	21.9
1991-92	SAC	80	38.7	8.0	17.0	.468	1.2	3.1	3.8	4.7	3.7	4.8	1.1	0.4	2.9	21.0
1992-93	SAC	45	38.4	7.7	16.3	.474	1.0	2.7	4.1	4.9	3.2	4.6	1.1	0.2	2.7	20.6
1993-94	SAC	78	37.1	7.9	17.7	.445	1.6	3.9	5.3	6.4	3.6	3.9	1.3	0.2	2.7	22.7
1994-95	SAC	82	38.7	7.6	17.0	.446	1.8	4.8	4.3	5.1	4.1	3.5	1.0	0.3	2.7	21.2
1995-96	SAC	81	36.4	7.5	16.7	.447	2.7	6.3	5.2	6.0	3.3	3.1	1.5	0.2	2.7	22.9
1996-97	SAC	81	38.6	8.3	18.2	.454	2.4	5.5	5.3	6.1	3.7	3.9	1.4	0.3	2.7	24.1
1997-98	SAC	70	36.7	7.6	17.1	.445	1.8	4.7	5.7	6.6	3.2	3.9	1.2	0.2	2.5	22.7
1998-99	WAS	50	38.2	6.2	15.1	.412	1.3	4.2	4.7	5.5	3.2	2.3	1.2	0.2	2.6	18.5
1999-00	WAS	74	32.4	6.7	15.8	.426	1.4	3.6	4.5	5.1	3.2	2.8	1.7	0.2	2.3	19.3
2000-01	WAS	37	32.9	6.1	14.9	.407	1.3	3.9	4.2	4.7	3.2	3.3	1.3	0.2	2.5	17.7
2001-02	LAL	64	11.1	5.1	12.5	.405	0.9	3.1	2.1	2.2	4.8	2.9	0.9	0.3	2.0	13.2

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1988-89	GSW	79	2,717	17.2	.541	26.2	3.6	1.9	5.6	.098	+1.3	-1.4	-0.1	+1.3
1989-90	GSW	78	2,799	17.0	.576	24.1	4.6	0.7	5.2	.090	+1.4	-1.7	-0.4	+1.2
1990-91	GSW	77	3,027	17.8	.565	24.5	5.2	1.9	7.1	.113	+2.1	-1.1	+1.0	+2.3
1991-92	SAC	80	3,095	16.3	.548	25.5	3.4	1.5	4.9	.076	+1.3	-1.3	+0.0	+1.5
1992-93	SAC	45	1,728	15.6	.558	23.9	2.2	0.9	3.1	.087	+1.3	-0.9	+0.4	+1.1
1993-94	SAC	78	2,897	17.7	.551	27.2	5.2	1.2	6.4	.106	+2.7	-1.1	+1.6	+2.7
1994-95	SAC	82	3,172	17.2	.551	27.0	4.9	3.1	8.0	.120	+2.4	-0.3	+2.1	+3.2
1995-96	SAC	81	2,946	19.2	.591	26.9	7.2	2.1	9.3	.151	+3.9	-0.4	+3.5	+4.1
1996-97	SAC	81	3,125	21.6	.578	29.4	8.7	2.1	10.8	.166	+5.2	-0.6	+4.6	+5.2
1997-98	SAC	70	2,569	20.4	.569	27.8	6.6	1.3	7.9	.148	+4.4	-0.8	+3.6	+3.6
1998-99	WAS	50	1,912	15.5	.527	25.7	2.2	1.0	3.3	.082	+0.9	-1.2	-0.2	+0.9
1999-00	WAS	74	2,397	16.5	.536	25.0	3.8	1.4	5.2	.104	+1.3	-0.2	+1.1	+1.9
2000-01	WAS	37	1,216	14.9	.521	24.1	1.4	0.2	1.6	.065	+1.0	-1.2	-0.3	+0.5
2001-02	LAL	64	709	10.7	.488	19.4	0.1	0.8	0.9	.062	-2.5	-0.4	-2.9	-0.2
Career		976	—	—	—	—	—	—	79.3	—	—	—	—	+29.3

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1988-89	8	39.2	20.1	7.2	4.4	1.8	0.1	.459	.188	.531
1990-91	9	41.3	22.3	5.2	2.4	0.6	0.7	.503	.333	.560
1995-96	4	36.5	21.0	4.2	3.0	0.8	0.0	.444	.348	.605
2001-02	19	2.0	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.000	—	.798
Career	40	36.3	11.2	3.1	1.7	0.6	0.2	.479	.302	.558

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	510	20.4	3.8	3.6	298–212
Away	510	19.8	3.6	3.1	149–361
In wins	447	20.7	4.0	3.5	447–0
In losses	573	19.6	3.5	3.2	0–573

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	30	19.7	3.7	3.2	11–19
BOS Boston Celtics	30	20.8	3.4	3.4	12–18
BKN Brooklyn Nets	31	20.4	4.1	3.4	16–15
CHA Charlotte Hornets	32	19.4	4.4	3.8	14–18
CHI Chicago Bulls	29	18.2	3.9	3.0	10–19
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	30	19.4	3.7	3.7	13–17
DAL Dallas Mavericks	43	21.0	4.1	3.3	26–17
DEN Denver Nuggets	46	22.1	4.0	3.3	28–18
DET Detroit Pistons	29	17.4	3.3	3.2	14–15
GSW Golden State Warriors	37	20.5	3.4	3.9	21–16
HOU Houston Rockets	46	19.7	4.0	3.7	14–32
IND Indiana Pacers	28	19.4	3.1	3.1	9–19
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	49	22.5	4.0	3.9	29–20
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	48	19.9	3.9	3.5	16–32
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	19	17.1	3.3	3.4	12–7
MIA Miami Heat	34	18.9	3.5	2.5	14–20
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	29	21.2	4.0	3.3	16–13
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	39	20.7	4.1	3.0	26–13
NYK New York Knicks	28	22.9	3.3	3.7	13–15
ORL Orlando Magic	30	19.0	3.5	3.2	12–18
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	30	21.6	4.2	3.9	18–12
PHX Phoenix Suns	51	19.2	3.4	2.9	12–39
POR Portland Trail Blazers	51	19.8	3.9	3.1	17–34
SAC Sacramento Kings	21	19.8	3.5	2.6	9–12
SAS San Antonio Spurs	46	21.1	3.6	2.9	17–29
TOR Toronto Raptors	17	18.8	2.9	3.0	9–8
UTA Utah Jazz	46	18.4	3.2	2.7	12–34
WAS Washington Wizards	4	15.2	2.0	3.0	3–1

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Darker = a larger share of this player’s shots came from that range; the number is field-goal % from there.

Average shot distance 16.2 ft · 1% of attempts were dunks · 11% of threes from the corner

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

Mitch Richmond plays SG for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Mitch Richmond has averaged 21.0 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 3.5 APG over 14 seasons (1988-89–2001-02).

Mitch Richmond's salary is $590,000 for the 2001-02 season, with career earnings of about $21.5M.

Mitch Richmond is 6-5 (215 lb).

Mitch Richmond was drafted in 1988, round 1, pick 5, by the Golden State Warriors.