John Salley

Seasons 1986-87–1999-00 · 11 on record · Ht 6-11 · b. 1964

Player info

7.0 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 1.2 APG · 748 games · .506 FG% · .214 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1986-87	DET	22	82	17.8	.562	0.000	.614	3.6	0.7	0.5	1.5	5.3	11.9	.590
1987-88	DET	23	82	24.4	.566	—	.709	4.9	1.4	0.6	1.7	8.5	14.2	.614
1988-89	DET	24	67	21.8	.498	0.000	.692	5.0	1.1	0.6	1.1	7.0	12.4	.558
1989-90	DET	25	82	23.3	.512	.250	.713	5.4	0.8	0.6	1.9	7.2	13.5	.575
1990-91	DET	26	74	22.3	.475	0.000	.727	4.4	0.9	0.7	1.5	7.4	13.6	.556
1991-92	DET	27	72	24.6	.512	0.000	.715	4.1	1.6	0.7	1.5	9.5	14.7	.570
1992-93	MIA	28	51	27.9	.502	—	.799	6.1	1.6	0.6	1.4	8.3	11.9	.571
1993-94	MIA	29	76	25.1	.477	.667	.729	5.4	1.8	0.7	1.0	7.7	13.0	.544
1994-95	MIA	30	75	26.1	.499	—	.739	4.5	1.6	0.6	1.1	7.3	11.4	.563
1995-96	2TM	31	42	16.0	.450	—	.694	3.3	1.3	0.5	0.6	4.4	10.0	.521
	TOR	31	25	19.3	.486	—	.723	3.9	1.6	0.4	0.5	6.0	10.6	.558
	CHI	31	17	11.2	.343	—	.600	2.5	0.9	0.5	0.9	2.1	8.7	.411
1999-00	LAL	35	45	6.7	.362	—	.750	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.3	1.6	8.3	.437

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1986-87	DET	82	2	1,463	163	290	.562	0	1	105	171	296	54	44	125	74	431
1987-88	DET	82	16	2,003	258	456	.566	0	0	185	261	402	113	53	137	120	701
1988-89	DET	67	21	1,458	166	333	.498	0	2	135	195	335	75	40	72	100	467
1989-90	DET	82	12	1,914	209	408	.512	1	4	174	244	439	67	51	153	97	593
1990-91	DET	74	1	1,649	179	377	.475	0	1	186	256	327	70	52	112	91	544
1991-92	DET	72	38	1,774	249	486	.512	0	3	186	260	296	116	49	110	102	684
1992-93	MIA	51	34	1,422	154	307	.502	0	0	115	144	313	83	32	70	101	423
1993-94	MIA	76	45	1,910	208	436	.477	2	3	164	225	407	135	56	78	94	582
1994-95	MIA	75	50	1,955	197	395	.499	0	0	153	207	336	123	47	85	97	547
1995-96	2TM	42	6	673	63	140	.450	0	0	59	85	140	54	19	27	55	185
	TOR	25	6	482	51	105	.486	0	0	47	65	97	39	11	12	39	149
	CHI	17	0	191	12	35	.343	0	0	12	20	43	15	8	15	16	36
1999-00	LAL	45	3	303	25	69	.362	0	0	21	28	65	26	8	14	18	71
Career		748	—	—	1,871	3,697	.506	3	14	1483	2076	3356	916	451	983	949	5,228

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1986-87	DET	82	17.8	4.0	7.1	.562	0.0	2.6	4.2	7.3	1.3	1.1	3.1	1.8	10.6
1987-88	DET	82	24.4	4.6	8.2	.566	0.0	3.3	4.7	7.2	2.0	1.0	2.5	2.2	12.6
1988-89	DET	67	21.8	4.1	8.2	.498	0.0	3.3	4.8	8.3	1.9	1.0	1.8	2.5	11.5
1989-90	DET	82	23.3	3.9	7.7	.512	0.1	3.3	4.6	8.3	1.3	1.0	2.9	1.8	11.2
1990-91	DET	74	22.3	3.9	8.2	.475	0.0	4.1	5.6	7.1	1.5	1.1	2.4	2.0	11.9
1991-92	DET	72	24.6	5.1	9.9	.512	0.1	3.8	5.3	6.0	2.4	1.0	2.2	2.1	13.9
1992-93	MIA	51	27.9	3.9	7.8	.502	0.0	2.9	3.6	7.9	2.1	0.8	1.8	2.6	10.7
1993-94	MIA	76	25.1	3.9	8.2	.477	0.1	3.1	4.2	7.7	2.5	1.1	1.5	1.8	11.0
1994-95	MIA	75	26.1	3.6	7.3	.499	0.0	2.8	3.8	6.2	2.3	0.9	1.6	1.8	10.1
1995-96	2TM	42	16.0	3.4	7.5	.450	0.0	3.2	4.5	7.5	2.9	1.0	1.4	2.9	9.9
	TOR	25	19.3	3.8	7.8	.486	0.0	3.5	4.9	7.2	2.9	0.8	0.9	2.9	11.1
	CHI	17	11.2	2.3	6.6	.343	0.0	2.3	3.8	8.1	2.8	1.5	2.8	3.0	6.8
1999-00	LAL	45	6.7	3.0	8.2	.362	0.0	2.5	3.3	7.7	3.1	1.0	1.7	2.1	8.4

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
1986-87	DET	82	1,463	11.9	.590	12.2	1.4	2.4	3.8	.124	-2.1	+3.0	+0.9	+1.1
1987-88	DET	82	2,003	14.2	.614	14.3	3.0	3.1	6.2	.148	-0.3	+2.5	+2.2	+2.1
1988-89	DET	67	1,458	12.4	.558	15.2	1.1	2.3	3.5	.115	-1.3	+2.1	+0.7	+1.0
1989-90	DET	82	1,914	13.5	.575	13.8	2.2	3.9	6.1	.152	-1.9	+3.3	+1.5	+1.7
1990-91	DET	74	1,649	13.6	.556	15.4	1.9	2.9	4.8	.139	-1.7	+2.8	+1.1	+1.3
1991-92	DET	72	1,774	14.7	.570	17.4	2.4	2.7	5.1	.138	-1.0	+2.7	+1.7	+1.6
1992-93	MIA	51	1,422	11.9	.571	14.4	0.9	1.6	2.5	.085	-2.0	+1.1	-0.9	+0.4
1993-94	MIA	76	1,910	13.0	.544	14.2	2.5	2.3	4.8	.122	-0.8	+1.4	+0.6	+1.2
1994-95	MIA	75	1,955	11.4	.563	13.2	1.9	1.7	3.6	.089	-2.3	+1.1	-1.2	+0.4
1995-96	2TM	42	673	10.0	.521	15.2	0.0	0.7	0.6	.045	-4.1	+0.8	-3.3	-0.2
	TOR	25	482	10.6	.558	15.8	0.1	0.2	0.4	.038	-3.5	-0.1	-3.6	-0.2
	CHI	17	191	8.7	.411	13.8	-0.2	0.4	0.2	.062	-5.8	+3.1	-2.8	+0.0
1999-00	LAL	45	303	8.3	.437	14.4	-0.1	0.6	0.5	.083	-5.6	+2.7	-2.9	-0.1
Career		748	—	—	—	—	—	—	41.5	—	—	—	—	+10.5

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%
1986-87	15	20.7	6.2	4.8	0.7	0.2	1.1	.500	—	.550
1987-88	23	27.1	7.0	6.7	0.9	0.7	1.6	.538	0.000	.599
1988-89	17	23.1	8.9	4.6	0.5	0.5	1.5	.586	—	.619
1989-90	20	27.4	9.5	5.8	1.0	0.4	1.6	.475	—	.575
1990-91	15	20.5	7.5	4.1	0.7	0.4	1.3	.543	—	.581
1991-92	5	29.8	12.6	6.0	2.8	0.6	2.8	.455	0.000	.559
1993-94	5	40.2	11.0	8.0	1.6	0.4	1.0	.386	—	.429
1995-96	16	5.3	0.9	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.1	.545	—	.497
1999-00	23	3.8	0.7	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.3	.385	—	.489
Career	139	20.0	6.2	4.2	0.7	0.4	1.1	.505	0.000	.568

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	392	7.1	4.4	1.2	287–105
Away	393	6.2	4.2	1.1	194–199
In wins	481	6.6	4.2	1.1	481–0
In losses	304	6.8	4.4	1.3	0–304

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	42	6.8	4.0	1.0	28–14
BOS Boston Celtics	39	7.4	5.2	1.7	18–21
BKN Brooklyn Nets	43	7.8	5.0	1.0	30–13
CHA Charlotte Hornets	30	7.7	4.8	1.7	21–9
CHI Chicago Bulls	46	6.3	4.3	1.1	25–21
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	40	6.3	3.6	0.9	28–12
DAL Dallas Mavericks	19	5.4	3.8	1.0	15–4
DEN Denver Nuggets	20	6.6	3.9	1.1	14–6
DET Detroit Pistons	17	7.5	4.9	1.2	11–6
GSW Golden State Warriors	23	7.3	3.9	1.3	13–10
HOU Houston Rockets	20	6.0	4.0	1.0	9–11
IND Indiana Pacers	44	7.5	4.4	1.4	23–21
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	18	4.8	4.4	1.2	14–4
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	18	8.3	4.4	1.8	10–8
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	4	0.5	1.5	0.2	4–0
MIA Miami Heat	17	7.6	4.5	1.3	13–4
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	45	6.8	4.5	1.2	27–18
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	16	7.7	3.8	1.2	14–2
NYK New York Knicks	44	7.2	4.4	1.0	23–21
ORL Orlando Magic	27	7.8	4.9	1.4	19–8
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	43	6.1	4.3	1.6	29–14
PHX Phoenix Suns	22	5.5	3.5	1.1	11–11
POR Portland Trail Blazers	22	4.2	3.5	0.7	8–14
SAC Sacramento Kings	24	6.8	3.2	1.0	17–7
SAS San Antonio Spurs	20	7.3	4.6	0.8	7–13
TOR Toronto Raptors	3	0.7	2.0	0.0	1–2
UTA Utah Jazz	20	4.2	4.0	0.9	10–10
WAS Washington Wizards	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1–1

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 10.3 ft · 6% of attempts were dunks

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

John Salley plays C for the Los Angeles Lakers.

John Salley has averaged 7.0 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 1.2 APG over 11 seasons (1986-87–1999-00).

John Salley's salary is $2,225,000 for the 1996-97 season, with career earnings of about $14.3M.

John Salley is 6-11 (230 lb).

John Salley was drafted in 1986, round 1, pick 11, by the Detroit Pistons.