John Starks

Seasons 1988-89–2001-02 · 13 on record · Ht 6-5 · b. 1965

★ Sixth ManAll-StarAll-Defense

Player info

Nickname	Starsky
Position	SG
Number	#3 (also #30, #9)
Team	Utah Jazz
Height	6-5
Weight	180 lb
Born	1965-08-10
College	Northern Oklahoma → Oklahoma Junior College → Oklahoma State
Seasons	1988-89–2001-02 (13)

12.5 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 3.6 APG · 866 games · .412 FG% · .340 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1988-89	GSW	23	36	8.8	.408	.385	.654	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.1	4.1	10.3	.494
1990-91	NYK	25	61	19.2	.439	.290	.752	2.1	3.3	1.0	0.3	7.6	14.3	.511
1991-92	NYK	26	82	25.8	.449	.348	.778	2.3	3.4	1.3	0.2	13.9	16.4	.550
1992-93	NYK	27	80	31.0	.428	.321	.795	2.6	5.1	1.1	0.2	17.5	16.3	.519
1993-94	NYK	28	59	34.9	.420	.335	.754	3.1	5.9	1.6	0.1	19.0	16.0	.516
1994-95	NYK	29	80	34.1	.395	.355	.737	2.7	5.1	1.2	0.1	15.3	13.8	.526
1995-96	NYK	30	81	30.8	.443	.361	.753	2.9	3.9	1.3	0.1	12.6	14.2	.555
1996-97	NYK	31	77	26.5	.431	.369	.769	2.7	2.8	1.2	0.1	13.8	15.9	.555
1997-98	NYK	32	82	26.7	.393	.327	.787	2.8	2.7	1.0	0.1	12.9	14.3	.504
1998-99	GSW	33	50	33.7	.370	.290	.740	3.3	4.7	1.4	0.1	13.8	13.9	.447
1999-00	2TM	34	37	32.2	.375	.345	.847	2.7	4.9	1.1	0.1	13.9	12.4	.453
	GSW	34	33	33.6	.378	.348	.833	2.8	5.2	1.1	0.1	14.7	12.4	.456
	CHI	34	4	20.5	.324	.300	1.000	2.5	2.8	1.3	0.3	7.5	12.5	.414
2000-01	UTA	35	75	28.3	.398	.352	.802	2.1	2.4	1.0	0.1	9.3	9.3	.476
2001-02	UTA	36	66	14.1	.368	.305	.805	1.0	1.1	0.5	0.0	4.4	6.0	.442

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1988-89	GSW	36	0	316	51	125	.408	10	26	34	52	41	27	23	3	39	146
1990-91	NYK	61	10	1,173	180	410	.439	27	93	79	105	131	204	59	17	74	466
1991-92	NYK	82	0	2,118	405	902	.449	94	270	235	302	191	276	103	18	150	1,139
1992-93	NYK	80	51	2,477	513	1,199	.428	108	336	263	331	204	404	91	12	173	1,397
1993-94	NYK	59	54	2,057	410	977	.420	113	337	187	248	185	348	95	6	184	1,120
1994-95	NYK	80	78	2,725	419	1,062	.395	217	611	168	228	219	411	92	4	160	1,223
1995-96	NYK	81	71	2,491	375	846	.443	143	396	131	174	237	315	103	11	156	1,024
1996-97	NYK	77	1	2,042	369	856	.431	150	407	173	225	205	217	90	11	158	1,061
1997-98	NYK	82	10	2,188	372	947	.393	130	398	185	235	230	219	78	5	143	1,059
1998-99	GSW	50	50	1,686	269	728	.370	78	269	74	100	163	235	69	5	83	690
1999-00	2TM	37	30	1,190	203	542	.375	59	171	50	59	101	181	42	4	67	515
	GSW	33	30	1,108	192	508	.378	56	161	45	54	91	170	37	3	64	485
	CHI	4	0	82	11	34	.324	3	10	5	5	10	11	5	1	3	30
2000-01	UTA	75	64	2,122	273	686	.398	64	182	89	111	154	178	73	10	94	699
2001-02	UTA	66	1	929	114	310	.368	29	95	33	41	68	70	33	0	52	290
Career		866	—	—	3,953	9,590	.412	1222	3591	1701	2211	2129	3085	951	106	1533	10,829

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1988-89	GSW	36	8.8	5.8	14.2	.408	1.1	3.0	3.9	5.9	4.7	3.1	2.6	0.3	4.4	16.6
1990-91	NYK	61	19.2	5.5	12.6	.439	0.8	2.9	2.4	3.2	4.0	6.3	1.8	0.5	2.3	14.3
1991-92	NYK	82	25.8	6.9	15.3	.449	1.6	4.6	4.0	5.1	3.2	4.7	1.8	0.3	2.5	19.4
1992-93	NYK	80	31.0	7.5	17.4	.428	1.6	4.9	3.8	4.8	3.0	5.9	1.3	0.2	2.5	20.3
1993-94	NYK	59	34.9	7.2	17.1	.420	2.0	5.9	3.3	4.3	3.2	6.1	1.7	0.1	3.2	19.6
1994-95	NYK	80	34.1	5.5	14.0	.395	2.9	8.1	2.2	3.0	2.9	5.4	1.2	0.1	2.1	16.2
1995-96	NYK	81	30.8	5.4	12.2	.443	2.1	5.7	1.9	2.5	3.4	4.6	1.5	0.2	2.3	14.8
1996-97	NYK	77	26.5	6.5	15.1	.431	2.6	7.2	3.0	4.0	3.6	3.8	1.6	0.2	2.8	18.7
1997-98	NYK	82	26.7	6.1	15.6	.393	2.1	6.5	3.0	3.9	3.8	3.6	1.3	0.1	2.4	17.4
1998-99	GSW	50	33.7	5.7	15.5	.370	1.7	5.7	1.6	2.1	3.5	5.0	1.5	0.1	1.8	14.7
1999-00	2TM	37	32.2	6.1	16.4	.375	1.8	5.2	1.5	1.8	3.1	5.5	1.3	0.1	2.0	15.6
	GSW	33	33.6	6.2	16.5	.378	1.8	5.2	1.5	1.8	3.0	5.5	1.2	0.1	2.1	15.8
	CHI	4	20.5	4.8	14.9	.324	1.3	4.4	2.2	2.2	4.4	4.8	2.2	0.4	1.3	13.2
2000-01	UTA	75	28.3	4.6	11.6	.398	1.1	3.1	1.5	1.9	2.6	3.0	1.2	0.2	1.6	11.9
2001-02	UTA	66	14.1	4.4	12.0	.368	1.1	3.7	1.3	1.6	2.6	2.7	1.3	0.0	2.0	11.2

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	36	316	10.3	.494	22.4	-0.4	0.3	0.0	-.002	-3.3	-0.2	-3.5	-0.1
1990-91	NYK	61	1,173	14.3	.511	19.7	1.0	1.3	2.4	.097	-0.4	+1.3	+0.9	+0.9
1991-92	NYK	82	2,118	16.4	.550	24.4	3.4	3.1	6.4	.146	+1.2	+1.4	+2.6	+2.4
1992-93	NYK	80	2,477	16.3	.519	26.5	3.3	4.2	7.5	.145	+2.0	+0.9	+2.8	+3.0
1993-94	NYK	59	2,057	16.0	.516	27.1	2.1	3.7	5.8	.135	+1.8	+0.9	+2.7	+2.4
1994-95	NYK	80	2,725	13.8	.526	22.2	2.8	3.4	6.2	.109	+1.1	+0.1	+1.2	+2.2
1995-96	NYK	81	2,491	14.2	.555	20.2	2.3	3.4	5.7	.110	+0.2	+0.8	+1.0	+1.9
1996-97	NYK	77	2,042	15.9	.555	25.1	2.5	3.3	5.8	.136	+1.6	+1.0	+2.6	+2.4
1997-98	NYK	82	2,188	14.3	.504	25.6	1.5	3.1	4.6	.101	+0.4	+0.3	+0.7	+1.5
1998-99	GSW	50	1,686	13.9	.447	22.5	1.5	1.5	3.0	.085	+0.4	+0.4	+0.8	+1.2
1999-00	2TM	37	1,190	12.4	.453	22.6	0.4	0.3	0.6	.026	-0.6	-1.3	-1.9	+0.0
	GSW	33	1,108	12.4	.456	22.6	0.4	0.1	0.5	.024	-0.5	-1.6	-2.0	+0.0
	CHI	4	82	12.5	.414	21.9	0.0	0.1	0.1	.058	-2.6	+2.4	-0.2	+0.0
2000-01	UTA	75	2,122	9.3	.476	18.0	0.6	1.5	2.1	.048	-2.2	-0.4	-2.5	-0.3
2001-02	UTA	66	929	6.0	.442	18.4	-0.6	0.5	-0.1	-.004	-5.0	-1.2	-6.2	-1.0
Career		866	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0	—	—	—	—	+16.5

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%
1990-91	3	9.3	2.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	.400	—	.510
1991-92	12	24.6	12.1	2.5	3.2	1.4	0.0	.374	.239	.497
1992-93	15	38.3	16.5	3.5	6.4	1.0	0.2	.440	.373	.545
1993-94	25	33.6	14.6	2.3	4.6	1.4	0.1	.381	.356	.528
1994-95	11	34.5	15.6	2.3	5.2	1.2	0.1	.450	.411	.583
1995-96	8	39.2	16.0	3.6	4.1	1.6	0.1	.448	.467	.614
1996-97	10	27.9	12.6	3.1	2.5	1.0	0.0	.444	.317	.559
1997-98	10	31.0	16.4	4.0	2.3	1.6	0.1	.472	.424	.605
2000-01	5	11.3	2.2	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.2	.333	.250	.427
Career	99	31.5	13.8	2.7	4.0	1.2	0.1	.421	.371	.552

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	450	12.0	2.3	3.5	302–148
Away	457	11.9	2.4	3.3	226–231
In wins	528	13.0	2.4	3.6	528–0
In losses	379	10.4	2.2	3.1	0–379

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	36	13.6	2.9	3.9	20–16
BOS Boston Celtics	38	12.4	2.5	3.3	25–13
BKN Brooklyn Nets	42	12.9	2.7	3.2	26–16
CHA Charlotte Hornets	34	16.4	2.5	4.3	17–17
CHI Chicago Bulls	33	11.7	2.5	3.8	13–20
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	34	13.2	2.4	3.7	17–17
DAL Dallas Mavericks	31	11.5	2.7	3.3	19–12
DEN Denver Nuggets	31	11.4	2.7	3.6	22–9
DET Detroit Pistons	37	11.6	2.1	3.4	25–12
GSW Golden State Warriors	24	13.2	2.6	3.5	17–7
HOU Houston Rockets	30	11.4	1.7	2.7	14–16
IND Indiana Pacers	34	14.4	2.7	4.1	23–11
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	34	9.6	2.2	3.4	28–6
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	29	9.7	2.2	2.8	14–15
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	20	9.8	2.5	2.4	15–5
MIA Miami Heat	41	11.1	2.1	3.7	31–10
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	32	11.9	2.2	3.1	15–17
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	28	11.5	1.6	3.2	18–10
NYK New York Knicks	6	9.7	2.3	2.3	3–3
ORL Orlando Magic	35	12.8	2.5	3.7	20–15
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	40	12.0	2.5	4.0	29–11
PHX Phoenix Suns	31	11.0	2.1	3.5	13–18
POR Portland Trail Blazers	32	10.9	2.7	3.7	13–19
SAC Sacramento Kings	30	11.6	2.2	3.4	15–15
SAS San Antonio Spurs	34	10.6	2.6	2.6	10–24
TOR Toronto Raptors	17	12.1	2.5	2.8	12–5
UTA Utah Jazz	24	12.2	1.8	3.0	8–16
WAS Washington Wizards	10	12.8	1.7	2.9	6–4

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 15.8 ft · 0% of attempts were dunks · 37% of threes from the corner

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

John Starks plays SG for the Utah Jazz.

John Starks has averaged 12.5 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 3.6 APG over 13 seasons (1988-89–2001-02).

John Starks's salary is $2,475,000 for the 2001-02 season, with career earnings of about $21.0M.

John Starks is 6-5 (180 lb).