Kurt Thomas

Seasons 1995-96–2012-13 · 18 on record · Ht 6-9 · b. 1972

Player info

Position	PF
Number	#40 (also #44)
Team	New York Knicks
Height	6-9
Weight	230 lb
Born	1972-10-04
College	TCU
Drafted	1995 · Round 1, Pick 10 · Miami Heat
Seasons	1995-96–2012-13 (18)

Career averages

8.1 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 1.1 APG · 1110 games · .486 FG% · .281 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1995-96	MIA	23	74	22.4	.501	0.000	.663	5.9	0.6	0.6	0.5	9.0	13.5	.533
1996-97	MIA	24	18	20.8	.371	0.000	.761	5.9	0.5	0.7	0.5	6.3	9.5	.451
1997-98	DAL	25	5	14.6	.378	—	1.000	4.8	0.6	0.2	0.0	7.4	6.4	.399
1998-99	NYK	26	50	23.6	.462	0.000	.611	5.7	1.1	0.9	0.3	8.1	13.1	.489
1999-00	NYK	27	80	24.6	.505	.333	.781	6.3	1.0	0.6	0.5	8.0	13.6	.542
2000-01	NYK	28	77	27.6	.511	.333	.814	6.7	0.8	0.8	0.9	10.4	16.9	.566
2001-02	NYK	29	82	33.8	.494	.167	.815	9.1	1.1	0.9	1.0	13.9	15.8	.542
2002-03	NYK	30	81	31.8	.483	.667	.750	7.9	2.0	1.0	1.2	14.0	16.7	.511
2003-04	NYK	31	80	31.9	.473	0.000	.835	8.3	1.9	0.7	1.0	11.1	14.1	.503
2004-05	NYK	32	80	35.7	.471	.500	.786	10.4	2.0	0.9	1.0	11.5	14.1	.488
2005-06	PHX	33	53	26.6	.486	—	.815	7.8	1.1	0.4	1.0	8.6	13.1	.527
2006-07	PHX	34	67	18.0	.486	0.000	.789	5.7	0.4	0.4	0.4	4.6	11.4	.531
2007-08	2TM	35	70	22.6	.492	0.000	.663	7.2	1.0	0.8	0.8	6.3	14.2	.514
	SEA	35	42	25.2	.513	—	.696	8.8	1.3	0.8	1.0	7.5	15.8	.536
	SAS	35	28	18.7	.448	0.000	.583	4.9	0.5	0.8	0.5	4.5	11.1	.465
2008-09	SAS	36	79	17.8	.503	0.000	.822	5.1	0.8	0.4	0.7	4.3	14.0	.530
2009-10	MIL	37	70	15.0	.476	—	.800	4.2	0.7	0.4	0.7	3.0	9.9	.489
2010-11	CHI	38	52	22.7	.511	1.000	.625	5.8	1.2	0.6	0.8	4.1	10.0	.527
2011-12	POR	39	53	15.2	.465	—	.700	3.5	0.9	0.5	0.6	3.0	9.5	.483
2012-13	NYK	40	39	10.1	.542	1.000	.462	2.3	0.5	0.3	0.4	2.5	13.3	.547

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1995-96	MIA	74	42	1,655	274	547	.501	0	2	118	178	439	46	47	36	98	666
1996-97	MIA	18	9	374	39	105	.371	0	1	35	46	107	9	12	9	25	113
1997-98	DAL	5	0	73	17	45	.378	0	0	3	3	24	3	1	0	10	37
1998-99	NYK	50	44	1,182	170	368	.462	0	1	66	108	286	55	45	17	73	406
1999-00	NYK	80	21	1,971	270	535	.505	1	3	100	128	505	82	51	42	105	641
2000-01	NYK	77	29	2,125	314	614	.511	1	3	171	210	515	63	61	69	99	800
2001-02	NYK	82	82	2,771	463	938	.494	1	6	216	265	747	87	71	79	153	1,143
2002-03	NYK	81	81	2,577	497	1,028	.483	2	3	138	184	637	162	81	97	138	1,134
2003-04	NYK	80	75	2,548	392	829	.473	0	3	106	127	662	149	56	80	132	890
2004-05	NYK	80	80	2,855	424	901	.471	2	4	66	84	831	160	70	79	99	916
2005-06	PHX	53	50	1,411	190	391	.486	0	0	75	92	415	57	23	54	57	455
2006-07	PHX	67	13	1,208	126	259	.486	0	1	56	71	379	24	24	29	35	308
2007-08	2TM	70	48	1,584	195	396	.492	0	1	53	80	507	67	56	57	46	443
	SEA	42	39	1,060	139	271	.513	0	0	39	56	369	53	35	43	28	317
	SAS	28	9	524	56	125	.448	0	1	14	24	138	14	21	14	18	126
2008-09	SAS	79	10	1,404	153	304	.503	0	2	37	45	405	66	34	58	42	343
2009-10	MIL	70	9	1,049	99	208	.476	0	0	12	15	291	47	26	46	48	210
2010-11	CHI	52	37	1,178	95	186	.511	1	1	20	32	301	60	32	42	42	211
2011-12	POR	53	3	803	73	157	.465	0	0	14	20	188	46	24	31	31	160
2012-13	NYK	39	17	392	45	83	.542	1	1	6	13	89	21	10	16	8	97
Career		1110	—	—	3,836	7,894	.486	9	32	1292	1701	7328	1204	724	841	1241	8,973

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1995-96	MIA	74	22.4	6.0	11.9	.501	0.0	0.0	2.6	3.9	9.5	1.0	1.0	0.8	2.1	14.5
1996-97	MIA	18	20.8	3.8	10.1	.371	0.0	0.1	3.4	4.4	10.3	0.9	1.2	0.9	2.4	10.9
1997-98	DAL	5	14.6	8.4	22.2	.378	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	11.8	1.5	0.5	0.0	4.9	18.2
1998-99	NYK	50	23.6	5.2	11.2	.462	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.3	8.7	1.7	1.4	0.5	2.2	12.4
1999-00	NYK	80	24.6	4.9	9.8	.505	0.0	0.1	1.8	2.3	9.2	1.5	0.9	0.8	1.9	11.7
2000-01	NYK	77	27.6	5.3	10.4	.511	0.0	0.1	2.9	3.6	8.7	1.1	1.0	1.2	1.7	13.6
2001-02	NYK	82	33.8	6.0	12.2	.494	0.0	0.1	2.8	3.4	9.7	1.1	0.9	1.0	2.0	14.8
2002-03	NYK	81	31.8	6.9	14.4	.483	0.0	0.0	1.9	2.6	8.9	2.3	1.1	1.4	1.9	15.8
2003-04	NYK	80	31.9	5.5	11.7	.473	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.8	9.4	2.1	0.8	1.1	1.9	12.6
2004-05	NYK	80	35.7	5.3	11.4	.471	0.0	0.1	0.8	1.1	10.5	2.0	0.9	1.0	1.2	11.6
2005-06	PHX	53	26.6	4.8	10.0	.486	0.0	0.0	1.9	2.3	10.6	1.5	0.6	1.4	1.5	11.6
2006-07	PHX	67	18.0	3.8	7.7	.486	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.1	11.3	0.7	0.7	0.9	1.0	9.2
2007-08	2TM	70	22.6	4.4	9.0	.492	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.8	11.5	1.5	1.3	1.3	1.0	10.1
	SEA	42	25.2	4.7	9.2	.513	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.9	12.5	1.8	1.2	1.5	1.0	10.8
	SAS	28	18.7	3.8	8.6	.448	0.0	0.1	1.0	1.6	9.5	1.0	1.4	1.0	1.2	8.7
2008-09	SAS	79	17.8	3.9	7.8	.503	0.0	0.1	0.9	1.2	10.4	1.7	0.9	1.5	1.1	8.8
2009-10	MIL	70	15.0	3.4	7.1	.476	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.5	10.0	1.6	0.9	1.6	1.6	7.2
2010-11	CHI	52	22.7	2.9	5.7	.511	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.0	9.2	1.8	1.0	1.3	1.3	6.4
2011-12	POR	53	15.2	3.3	7.0	.465	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.9	8.4	2.1	1.1	1.4	1.4	7.2
2012-13	NYK	39	10.1	4.1	7.6	.542	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.2	8.2	1.9	0.9	1.5	0.7	8.9

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	MIA	74	1,655	13.5	.533	19.9	0.8	3.0	3.8	.110	-2.6	+0.8	-1.8	+0.1
1996-97	MIA	18	374	9.5	.451	18.9	-0.3	0.8	0.5	.070	-5.0	+1.3	-3.7	-0.2
1997-98	DAL	5	73	6.4	.399	35.3	-0.3	0.1	-0.2	-.161	-11.5	-5.3	-16.8	-0.3
1998-99	NYK	50	1,182	13.1	.489	19.8	0.2	2.3	2.5	.100	-2.1	+1.2	-0.8	+0.4
1999-00	NYK	80	1,971	13.6	.542	16.7	1.9	3.4	5.2	.127	-1.4	+1.4	-0.1	+1.0
2000-01	NYK	77	2,125	16.9	.566	18.5	4.1	4.1	8.2	.185	-0.3	+1.4	+1.2	+1.7
2001-02	NYK	82	2,771	15.8	.542	20.3	3.1	3.4	6.5	.112	-1.0	+0.0	-1.0	+0.7
2002-03	NYK	81	2,577	16.7	.511	22.4	2.3	3.0	5.4	.100	-0.6	+0.7	+0.1	+1.3
2003-04	NYK	80	2,548	14.1	.503	18.5	1.7	3.3	5.0	.094	-1.3	+0.6	-0.8	+0.8
2004-05	NYK	80	2,855	14.1	.488	16.6	1.8	3.3	5.2	.087	-0.9	+0.2	-0.8	+0.9
2005-06	PHX	53	1,411	13.1	.527	15.5	1.3	2.0	3.3	.112	-2.6	+0.8	-1.8	+0.1
2006-07	PHX	67	1,208	11.4	.531	12.1	1.2	1.7	2.9	.115	-2.1	+0.4	-1.7	+0.1
2007-08	2TM	70	1,584	14.2	.514	13.5	1.3	2.7	4.1	.123	-1.7	+1.9	+0.1	+0.9
	SEA	42	1,060	15.8	.536	13.2	1.4	1.6	3.0	.134	-0.9	+1.6	+0.8	+0.7
	SAS	28	524	11.1	.465	14.0	-0.1	1.2	1.1	.100	-3.4	+2.3	-1.1	+0.1
2008-09	SAS	79	1,404	14.0	.530	12.6	1.8	2.7	4.5	.152	-1.9	+1.6	-0.3	+0.6
2009-10	MIL	70	1,049	9.9	.489	11.3	0.0	2.0	2.1	.095	-4.4	+2.1	-2.2	-0.1
2010-11	CHI	52	1,178	10.0	.527	9.4	0.7	2.6	3.2	.131	-3.4	+2.8	-0.6	+0.4
2011-12	POR	53	803	9.5	.483	11.2	0.2	0.9	1.1	.067	-4.0	+2.1	-1.9	+0.0
2012-13	NYK	39	392	13.3	.547	11.5	0.6	0.5	1.1	.135	-1.8	+1.6	-0.1	+0.2
Career		1110	—	—	—	—	—	—	64.4	—	—	—	—	+8.6

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	3	20.0	4.0	5.3	1.0	0.7	0.3	.400	—	.510
1998-99	20	20.6	5.3	5.5	0.4	0.8	0.6	.381	—	.414
1999-00	16	15.0	4.3	3.2	0.4	0.2	0.4	.508	—	.528
2000-01	5	36.6	14.4	11.2	1.8	0.4	1.0	.532	—	.594
2003-04	4	34.8	12.8	11.5	1.5	1.8	0.8	.429	—	.470
2005-06	20	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	—	.568
2006-07	11	18.7	7.5	4.9	1.1	0.5	0.8	.523	—	.573
2007-08	17	15.2	4.1	4.9	0.4	0.1	0.4	.457	—	.472
2008-09	5	15.6	2.6	4.6	0.4	0.2	0.4	.455	—	.509
2009-10	7	28.0	5.4	7.9	1.6	0.4	0.6	.486	—	.511
2010-11	16	10.1	1.2	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	.556	0.000	.556
Career	124	19.3	4.3	4.2	0.5	0.3	0.4	.463	0.000	.499

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	616	7.4	6.1	1.0	409–207
Away	609	7.2	5.9	1.0	263–346
In wins	672	6.9	5.7	0.9	672–0
In losses	553	7.9	6.3	1.1	0–553

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	48	7.6	6.1	0.9	31–17
BOS Boston Celtics	49	6.9	6.3	1.1	23–26
BKN Brooklyn Nets	55	6.5	6.1	1.0	34–21
CHA Charlotte Hornets	54	7.8	6.1	0.9	33–21
CHI Chicago Bulls	47	9.5	6.7	1.3	23–24
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	48	8.5	6.7	1.0	26–22
DAL Dallas Mavericks	38	6.5	5.1	0.7	17–21
DEN Denver Nuggets	33	6.8	5.8	1.1	19–14
DET Detroit Pistons	49	7.2	5.5	0.8	25–24
GSW Golden State Warriors	38	7.2	5.7	0.9	25–13
HOU Houston Rockets	36	5.9	4.9	0.6	18–18
IND Indiana Pacers	49	8.0	7.1	1.0	26–23
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	37	7.9	6.3	1.2	19–18
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	37	6.4	6.1	1.3	12–25
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	38	6.1	5.3	0.8	26–12
MIA Miami Heat	46	8.3	6.9	1.1	27–19
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	45	8.0	6.9	1.2	29–16
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	35	7.5	5.5	1.0	25–10
NYK New York Knicks	17	6.1	4.9	0.4	9–8
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder	12	2.2	2.7	0.6	4–8
ORL Orlando Magic	49	7.8	5.7	1.2	22–27
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	54	8.0	6.4	1.3	30–24
PHX Phoenix Suns	32	8.8	6.9	1.1	17–15
POR Portland Trail Blazers	32	6.4	5.9	0.9	14–18
SAC Sacramento Kings	40	8.2	6.1	0.8	22–18
SAS San Antonio Spurs	30	6.2	5.0	0.7	14–16
TOR Toronto Raptors	45	8.4	6.1	0.7	26–19
UTA Utah Jazz	39	6.5	4.9	0.7	16–23
WAS Washington Wizards	45	7.0	5.8	1.1	29–16

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2012-13

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)	14%	.750
In the paint (3-10 ft)	5%	.500
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	26%	.455
Long two (16 ft-3P)	53%	.523
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	1%	1.000

Average shot distance 14.3 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
1995-96	$1,071,000
1996-97	$1,238,000
1997-98	$1,398,960
1998-99	$1,750,000
2000-01	$3,680,000
2001-02	$4,413,000
2002-03	$4,904,000
2003-04	$5,394,000
2004-05	$5,885,000
2005-06	$7,085,919
2006-07	$7,821,482
2007-08	$8,091,188
2008-09	$4,200,000
2009-10	$3,800,000
2010-11	$1,800,000
2011-12	$1,352,181
2012-13	$1,352,181
Career earnings	$65,236,911

Frequently asked questions

What team does Kurt Thomas play for?

Kurt Thomas plays PF for the New York Knicks.

What are Kurt Thomas's career stats?

Kurt Thomas has averaged 8.1 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 1.1 APG over 18 seasons (1995-96–2012-13).

How much does Kurt Thomas make?

Kurt Thomas's salary is $1,352,181 for the 2012-13 season, with career earnings of about $65.2M.

How tall is Kurt Thomas?

Kurt Thomas is 6-9 (230 lb).

When was Kurt Thomas drafted?

Kurt Thomas was drafted in 1995, round 1, pick 10, by the Miami Heat.