Rod Strickland

Seasons 1988-89–2004-05 · 17 on record · Ht 6-3 · b. 1966

All-NBA

Player info

Nickname	Hot Rod, Lightning Rod
Position	PG
Number	#1 (also #11, #31)
Team	Houston Rockets
Height	6-3
Weight	175 lb
Born	1966-07-11
College	DePaul
Drafted	1988 · Round 1, Pick 19 · New York Knicks
Seasons	1988-89–2004-05 (17)

Career averages

13.2 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 7.3 APG · 1094 games · .454 FG% · .282 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1988-89	NYK	22	81	16.8	.467	.322	.745	2.0	3.9	1.2	0.0	8.9	18.0	.539
1989-90	2TM	23	82	26.1	.454	.267	.626	3.2	5.7	1.5	0.2	10.6	15.7	.494
	NYK	23	51	20.0	.440	.286	.638	2.5	4.3	1.4	0.2	8.4	15.9	.484
	SAS	23	31	36.2	.468	.222	.615	4.3	8.0	1.8	0.2	14.2	15.4	.504
1990-91	SAS	24	58	35.8	.482	.333	.763	3.8	8.0	2.0	0.2	13.8	16.2	.538
1991-92	SAS	25	57	36.0	.455	.333	.687	4.6	8.6	2.1	0.3	13.8	16.9	.507
1992-93	POR	26	78	31.7	.485	.133	.717	4.3	7.2	1.7	0.3	13.7	18.0	.543
1993-94	POR	27	82	35.2	.483	.200	.749	4.5	9.0	1.8	0.3	17.2	19.8	.543
1994-95	POR	28	64	35.4	.466	.374	.745	5.0	8.8	1.9	0.1	18.9	21.6	.544
1995-96	POR	29	67	37.7	.460	.342	.652	4.4	9.6	1.4	0.2	18.7	19.1	.519
1996-97	WSB	30	82	36.5	.466	.169	.738	4.1	8.9	1.7	0.2	17.2	19.7	.533
1997-98	WAS	31	76	39.7	.434	.250	.726	5.3	10.5	1.7	0.3	17.8	19.6	.501
1998-99	WAS	32	44	37.1	.416	.286	.746	4.8	9.9	1.7	0.1	15.7	20.2	.488
1999-00	WAS	33	69	31.7	.429	.048	.702	3.8	7.5	1.4	0.3	12.6	17.1	.485
2000-01	2TM	34	54	25.4	.424	.235	.751	2.6	5.6	1.0	0.1	9.2	16.1	.493
	WAS	34	33	30.9	.426	.250	.782	3.2	7.0	1.3	0.1	12.2	17.4	.507
	POR	34	21	16.7	.418	0.000	.577	1.7	3.4	0.5	0.0	4.6	12.2	.443
2001-02	MIA	35	76	30.2	.443	.308	.766	3.1	6.1	1.1	0.1	10.4	15.6	.495
2002-03	MIN	36	47	20.3	.432	.091	.738	2.0	4.6	1.0	0.1	6.8	15.4	.492
2003-04	2TM	37	61	19.6	.425	.278	.735	2.5	4.0	0.6	0.2	6.3	14.9	.482
	ORL	37	46	19.9	.454	.303	.750	2.6	4.0	0.6	0.2	6.8	15.8	.514
	TOR	37	15	18.8	.333	0.000	.682	2.5	3.9	0.5	0.3	4.7	11.8	.379
2004-05	HOU	38	16	12.3	.209	.500	.900	1.7	2.4	0.2	0.1	1.8	4.6	.295

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1988-89	NYK	81	10	1,358	265	567	.467	19	59	172	231	160	319	98	3	148	721
1989-90	2TM	82	24	2,140	343	756	.454	8	30	174	278	259	468	127	14	170	868
	NYK	51	0	1,019	170	386	.440	6	21	83	130	126	219	70	8	85	429
	SAS	31	24	1,121	173	370	.468	2	9	91	148	133	249	57	6	85	439
1990-91	SAS	58	56	2,076	314	651	.482	11	33	161	211	219	463	117	11	156	800
1991-92	SAS	57	54	2,053	300	659	.455	5	15	182	265	265	491	118	17	160	787
1992-93	POR	78	35	2,474	396	816	.485	4	30	273	381	337	559	131	24	199	1,069
1993-94	POR	82	58	2,889	528	1,093	.483	2	10	353	471	370	740	147	24	257	1,411
1994-95	POR	64	61	2,267	441	946	.466	46	123	283	380	317	562	123	9	209	1,211
1995-96	POR	67	63	2,526	471	1,023	.460	38	111	276	423	297	640	97	16	255	1,256
1996-97	WSB	82	81	2,997	515	1,105	.466	13	77	367	497	335	727	143	14	270	1,410
1997-98	WAS	76	76	3,020	490	1,130	.434	12	48	357	492	405	801	126	25	266	1,349
1998-99	WAS	44	43	1,632	251	603	.416	12	42	176	236	212	434	76	5	142	690
1999-00	WAS	69	67	2,188	327	762	.429	1	21	214	305	259	519	94	18	187	869
2000-01	2TM	54	28	1,371	182	429	.424	4	17	130	173	140	303	53	5	107	498
	WAS	33	28	1,020	141	331	.426	4	16	115	147	105	231	43	4	83	401
	POR	21	0	351	41	98	.418	0	1	15	26	35	72	10	1	24	97
2001-02	MIA	76	64	2,294	316	714	.443	8	26	154	201	232	463	82	11	159	794
2002-03	MIN	47	8	956	120	278	.432	1	11	79	107	95	215	46	6	76	320
2003-04	2TM	61	10	1,197	150	353	.425	10	36	72	98	155	244	35	11	85	382
	ORL	46	9	915	122	269	.454	10	33	57	76	118	185	27	7	67	311
	TOR	15	1	282	28	84	.333	0	3	15	22	37	59	8	4	18	71
2004-05	HOU	16	2	196	9	43	.209	1	2	9	10	27	39	3	2	16	28
Career		1094	—	—	5,418	11,928	.454	195	691	3432	4759	4084	7987	1616	215	2862	14,463

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1988-89	NYK	81	16.8	7.0	15.0	.467	0.5	1.6	4.6	6.1	4.2	8.5	2.6	0.1	3.9	19.1
1989-90	2TM	82	26.1	5.8	12.7	.454	0.1	0.5	2.9	4.7	4.4	7.9	2.1	0.2	2.9	14.6
	NYK	51	20.0	6.0	13.6	.440	0.2	0.7	2.9	4.6	4.5	7.7	2.5	0.3	3.0	15.2
	SAS	31	36.2	5.6	11.9	.468	0.1	0.3	2.9	4.8	4.3	8.0	1.8	0.2	2.7	14.1
1990-91	SAS	58	35.8	5.4	11.3	.482	0.2	0.6	2.8	3.7	3.8	8.0	2.0	0.2	2.7	13.9
1991-92	SAS	57	36.0	5.3	11.6	.455	0.1	0.3	3.2	4.6	4.6	8.6	2.1	0.3	2.8	13.8
1992-93	POR	78	31.7	5.8	11.9	.485	0.1	0.4	4.0	5.5	4.9	8.1	1.9	0.3	2.9	15.6
1993-94	POR	82	35.2	6.6	13.6	.483	0.0	0.1	4.4	5.9	4.6	9.2	1.8	0.3	3.2	17.6
1994-95	POR	64	35.4	7.0	15.0	.466	0.7	2.0	4.5	6.0	5.0	8.9	2.0	0.1	3.3	19.2
1995-96	POR	67	37.7	6.7	14.6	.460	0.5	1.6	3.9	6.0	4.2	9.1	1.4	0.2	3.6	17.9
1996-97	WSB	82	36.5	6.2	13.3	.466	0.2	0.9	4.4	6.0	4.0	8.7	1.7	0.2	3.2	16.9
1997-98	WAS	76	39.7	5.8	13.5	.434	0.1	0.6	4.3	5.9	4.8	9.5	1.5	0.3	3.2	16.1
1998-99	WAS	44	37.1	5.5	13.3	.416	0.3	0.9	3.9	5.2	4.7	9.6	1.7	0.1	3.1	15.2
1999-00	WAS	69	31.7	5.4	12.5	.429	0.0	0.3	3.5	5.0	4.3	8.5	1.5	0.3	3.1	14.3
2000-01	2TM	54	25.4	4.8	11.3	.424	0.1	0.4	3.4	4.5	3.7	8.0	1.4	0.1	2.8	13.1
	WAS	33	30.9	5.0	11.7	.426	0.1	0.6	4.1	5.2	3.7	8.2	1.5	0.1	2.9	14.2
	POR	21	16.7	4.2	10.1	.418	0.0	0.1	1.5	2.7	3.6	7.4	1.0	0.1	2.5	9.9
2001-02	MIA	76	30.2	5.0	11.2	.443	0.1	0.4	2.4	3.2	3.6	7.3	1.3	0.2	2.5	12.5
2002-03	MIN	47	20.3	4.5	10.5	.432	0.0	0.4	3.0	4.0	3.6	8.1	1.7	0.2	2.9	12.1
2003-04	2TM	61	19.6	4.5	10.6	.425	0.3	1.1	2.2	2.9	4.7	7.3	1.1	0.3	2.6	11.5
	ORL	46	19.9	4.8	10.6	.454	0.4	1.3	2.2	3.0	4.6	7.3	1.1	0.3	2.6	12.2
	TOR	15	18.8	3.6	10.7	.333	0.0	0.4	1.9	2.8	4.7	7.5	1.0	0.5	2.3	9.1
2004-05	HOU	16	12.2	1.7	7.9	.209	0.2	0.4	1.7	1.8	5.0	7.2	0.6	0.4	2.9	5.1

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
1988-89	NYK	81	1,358	18.0	.539	23.3	2.2	1.5	3.7	.131	+1.7	+0.4	+2.2	+1.4
1989-90	2TM	82	2,140	15.7	.494	20.4	1.6	2.6	4.3	.095	+0.5	+0.7	+1.2	+1.7
	NYK	51	1,019	15.9	.484	21.6	0.6	1.2	1.8	.083	+0.3	+0.8	+1.2	+0.8
	SAS	31	1,121	15.4	.504	19.2	1.0	1.5	2.5	.107	+0.7	+0.6	+1.2	+0.9
1990-91	SAS	58	2,076	16.2	.538	18.1	2.7	3.1	5.7	.132	+1.1	+1.3	+2.4	+2.3
1991-92	SAS	57	2,053	16.9	.507	19.2	2.3	2.9	5.2	.123	+1.4	+1.0	+2.4	+2.3
1992-93	POR	78	2,474	18.0	.543	19.7	4.1	3.3	7.4	.143	+2.1	+1.1	+3.3	+3.3
1993-94	POR	82	2,889	19.8	.543	22.0	6.3	3.0	9.3	.155	+3.1	+0.5	+3.6	+4.1
1994-95	POR	64	2,267	21.6	.544	24.6	5.3	3.2	8.5	.179	+4.0	+1.3	+5.3	+4.2
1995-96	POR	67	2,526	19.1	.519	25.4	3.8	3.3	7.1	.136	+2.9	+0.3	+3.1	+3.2
1996-97	WSB	82	2,997	19.7	.533	23.9	5.5	3.3	8.8	.141	+2.8	+0.0	+2.7	+3.6
1997-98	WAS	76	3,020	19.6	.501	23.7	5.1	3.0	8.1	.129	+2.8	+0.1	+2.9	+3.7
1998-99	WAS	44	1,632	20.2	.488	24.0	2.8	1.3	4.1	.120	+3.4	-0.3	+3.1	+2.1
1999-00	WAS	69	2,188	17.1	.485	22.0	2.4	1.3	3.7	.081	+1.8	-0.8	+1.0	+1.6
2000-01	2TM	54	1,371	16.1	.493	20.1	1.7	0.5	2.2	.076	+1.5	-0.9	+0.6	+0.9
	WAS	33	1,020	17.4	.507	20.9	1.5	0.3	1.8	.084	+2.3	-0.9	+1.5	+0.9
	POR	21	351	12.2	.443	17.7	0.1	0.2	0.4	.053	-0.8	-1.1	-1.8	+0.0
2001-02	MIA	76	2,294	15.6	.495	20.0	1.9	3.0	4.9	.103	+0.5	+0.2	+0.7	+1.6
2002-03	MIN	47	956	15.4	.492	19.0	0.8	0.9	1.7	.084	+0.2	+0.3	+0.5	+0.6
2003-04	2TM	61	1,197	14.9	.482	18.5	1.0	0.3	1.3	.052	-0.2	-1.7	-1.9	+0.0
	ORL	46	915	15.8	.514	18.3	1.2	0.0	1.2	.062	+0.5	-2.0	-1.5	+0.1
	TOR	15	282	11.8	.379	19.2	-0.2	0.3	0.1	.019	-2.5	-0.8	-3.2	-0.1
2004-05	HOU	16	196	4.6	.295	15.2	-0.5	0.2	-0.2	-.051	-5.3	+0.0	-5.3	-0.2
Career		1094	—	—	—	—	—	—	85.8	—	—	—	—	+36.4

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%
1988-89	9	12.3	6.0	1.4	2.8	0.4	0.1	.449	1.000	.478
1989-90	10	38.4	12.3	5.3	11.2	1.4	0.0	.425	0.000	.443
1990-91	4	42.0	18.8	5.2	8.8	2.2	0.0	.433	0.000	.492
1991-92	2	40.0	15.5	3.5	9.5	1.5	1.0	.591	—	.607
1992-93	4	39.0	13.5	6.5	9.2	1.2	0.5	.423	0.000	.471
1993-94	4	38.5	23.5	4.0	9.8	1.0	0.5	.500	0.000	.560
1994-95	3	42.0	23.3	4.0	12.3	1.0	0.7	.415	.400	.480
1995-96	5	40.4	20.6	6.2	8.4	1.0	0.0	.440	.500	.516
1996-97	3	41.0	19.7	6.0	8.3	1.0	0.0	.423	.500	.489
2000-01	3	9.5	2.7	1.3	0.7	0.7	0.0	.333	—	.463
2002-03	6	11.8	4.7	1.0	2.8	0.7	0.3	.524	—	.592
Career	53	30.7	13.2	3.9	7.4	1.1	0.2	.446	.286	.497

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	573	12.8	3.6	7.1	365–208
Away	576	12.4	3.5	6.8	240–336
In wins	605	13.2	3.8	7.4	605–0
In losses	544	11.9	3.3	6.5	0–544

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	41	11.5	3.0	7.1	21–20
BOS Boston Celtics	48	11.6	3.4	6.5	22–26
BKN Brooklyn Nets	44	12.4	3.0	6.1	24–20
CHA Charlotte Hornets	45	12.2	3.6	7.0	19–26
CHI Chicago Bulls	43	13.2	3.3	7.7	21–22
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	40	12.7	3.8	6.5	20–20
DAL Dallas Mavericks	41	13.4	3.9	7.1	27–14
DEN Denver Nuggets	42	14.0	3.2	6.6	31–11
DET Detroit Pistons	39	12.0	3.6	6.5	20–19
GSW Golden State Warriors	47	14.7	4.5	8.8	32–15
HOU Houston Rockets	43	14.2	3.5	7.1	20–23
IND Indiana Pacers	43	13.3	4.0	6.8	19–24
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	44	13.2	3.5	6.8	31–13
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	40	13.6	3.4	7.7	22–18
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	23	10.1	3.5	6.3	10–13
MIA Miami Heat	38	12.2	3.2	6.2	17–21
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	40	11.6	3.3	7.2	23–17
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	40	12.2	3.9	8.6	31–9
NYK New York Knicks	38	11.3	3.5	5.9	17–21
ORL Orlando Magic	41	11.4	3.7	6.9	18–23
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	45	10.8	3.2	6.5	21–24
PHX Phoenix Suns	39	12.3	4.5	7.8	19–20
POR Portland Trail Blazers	24	12.4	3.3	6.8	10–14
SAC Sacramento Kings	47	12.1	3.7	6.9	30–17
SAS San Antonio Spurs	37	11.7	3.1	6.6	14–23
TOR Toronto Raptors	28	13.5	3.8	7.5	14–14
UTA Utah Jazz	41	15.0	3.4	6.9	16–25
WAS Washington Wizards	10	7.2	2.9	6.2	8–2

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2004-05

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)	23%	.500
In the paint (3-10 ft)	14%	.167
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	30%	.154
Long two (16 ft-3P)	28%	0.000
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	5%	.500

Average shot distance 12.1 ft · 0% of attempts were dunks · 0% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
1990-91	$400,000
1991-92	$400,000
1996-97	$3,036,000
1997-98	$3,450,000
2000-01	$2,250,000
2001-02	$4,750,000
Career earnings	$14,286,000

Frequently asked questions

What team does Rod Strickland play for?

Rod Strickland plays PG for the Houston Rockets.

What are Rod Strickland's career stats?

Rod Strickland has averaged 13.2 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 7.3 APG over 17 seasons (1988-89–2004-05).

How much does Rod Strickland make?

Rod Strickland's salary is $4,750,000 for the 2001-02 season, with career earnings of about $14.3M.

How tall is Rod Strickland?

Rod Strickland is 6-3 (175 lb).

When was Rod Strickland drafted?

Rod Strickland was drafted in 1988, round 1, pick 19, by the New York Knicks.