Bob Thornton

PF · WSB

Seasons 1985-86–1995-96 · 8 on record · Ht 6-10 · b. 1962

Player info

Position	PF
Number	#23 (also #45, #25, #33, #34)
Height	6-10
Weight	225 lb
Born	1962-07-10
College	University of California, Irvine
Drafted	1984 · Round 4, Pick 87 · New York Knicks
Seasons	1985-86–1995-96 (8)

3.0 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 0.3 APG · 283 games · .444 FG% · .222 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1985-86	NYK	23	71	18.6	.456	—	.531	4.1	0.6	0.4	0.1	4.7	6.9	.487
1986-87	NYK	24	33	8.5	.433	0.000	.650	1.7	0.2	0.1	0.1	2.2	4.1	.468
1987-88	2TM	25	48	12.4	.500	0.000	.618	2.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	3.4	7.0	.532
	NYK	25	7	12.1	.316	—	.625	1.9	0.6	0.3	0.0	2.4	-0.9	.377
	PHI	25	41	12.4	.532	0.000	.617	2.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	3.6	8.3	.558
1988-89	PHI	26	54	8.3	.423	.333	.533	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.1	2.4	6.4	.462
1989-90	PHI	27	56	10.6	.429	.333	.510	2.4	0.3	0.4	0.2	2.2	6.1	.457
1990-91	MIN	28	12	9.2	.308	—	.800	1.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.3	-0.5	.460
1991-92	UTA	29	2	3.0	.143	—	1.000	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.7	.254
1995-96	WSB	33	7	4.4	.167	—	.500	1.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.4	4.1	.218

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1985-86	NYK	71	23	1,323	125	274	.456	0	0	86	162	290	43	30	7	83	336
1986-87	NYK	33	4	282	29	67	.433	0	1	13	20	56	8	4	3	24	71
1987-88	2TM	48	2	593	65	130	.500	0	2	34	55	112	15	11	3	35	164
	NYK	7	0	85	6	19	.316	0	0	5	8	13	4	2	0	8	17
	PHI	41	2	508	59	111	.532	0	2	29	47	99	11	9	3	27	147
1988-89	PHI	54	0	449	47	111	.423	1	3	32	60	92	15	8	7	23	127
1989-90	PHI	56	0	592	48	112	.429	1	3	26	51	133	17	20	12	35	123
1990-91	MIN	12	1	110	4	13	.308	0	0	8	10	15	1	0	3	9	16
1991-92	UTA	2	0	6	1	7	.143	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	4
1995-96	WSB	7	0	31	1	6	.167	0	0	1	2	12	0	1	0	1	3
Career		283	—	—	320	720	.444	2	9	202	362	712	99	74	35	210	844

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1985-86	NYK	71	18.6	3.4	7.5	.456	0.0	0.0	2.3	4.4	7.9	1.2	0.8	0.2	2.3	9.1
1986-87	NYK	33	8.5	3.7	8.6	.433	0.0	0.1	1.7	2.6	7.1	1.0	0.5	0.4	3.1	9.1
1987-88	2TM	48	12.4	3.9	7.9	.500	0.0	0.1	2.1	3.3	6.8	0.9	0.7	0.2	2.1	10.0
	NYK	7	12.1	2.5	8.0	.316	0.0	0.0	2.1	3.4	5.5	1.7	0.8	0.0	3.4	7.2
	PHI	41	12.4	4.2	7.9	.532	0.0	0.1	2.1	3.3	7.0	0.8	0.6	0.2	1.9	10.4
1988-89	PHI	54	8.3	3.8	8.9	.423	0.1	0.2	2.6	4.8	7.4	1.2	0.6	0.6	1.8	10.2
1989-90	PHI	56	10.6	2.9	6.8	.429	0.1	0.2	1.6	3.1	8.1	1.0	1.2	0.7	2.1	7.5
1990-91	MIN	12	9.2	1.3	4.3	.308	0.0	0.0	2.6	3.3	4.9	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.9	5.2
1991-92	UTA	2	3.0	6.0	42.0	.143	0.0	0.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	24.0
1995-96	WSB	7	4.4	1.2	7.0	.167	0.0	0.0	1.2	2.3	13.9	0.0	1.2	0.0	1.2	3.5

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
1985-86	NYK	71	1,323	6.9	.487	13.6	-0.6	1.6	0.9	.034	-4.8	-0.3	-5.1	-1.0
1986-87	NYK	33	282	4.1	.468	14.8	-0.4	0.2	-0.3	-.044	-6.4	-1.5	-7.9	-0.4
1987-88	2TM	48	593	7.0	.532	13.4	0.1	0.3	0.4	.034	-4.4	-1.3	-5.7	-0.6
	NYK	7	85	-0.9	.377	14.6	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-.070	-9.1	-1.1	-10.2	-0.2
	PHI	41	508	8.3	.558	13.2	0.3	0.2	0.5	.051	-3.6	-1.3	-4.9	-0.4
1988-89	PHI	54	449	6.4	.462	14.8	-0.1	0.2	0.1	.010	-5.0	-1.7	-6.7	-0.5
1989-90	PHI	56	592	6.1	.457	12.1	-0.4	0.7	0.3	.022	-5.2	+0.1	-5.1	-0.5
1990-91	MIN	12	110	-0.5	.460	10.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-.079	-9.8	-1.5	-11.3	-0.3
1991-92	UTA	2	6	1.7	.254	56.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	-.288	-17.1	-18.7	-35.8	-0.1
1995-96	WSB	7	31	4.1	.218	11.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	.001	-7.8	-4.6	-12.4	-0.1
Career		283	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.2	—	—	—	—	-3.5

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%
1989-90	9	9.9	2.1	1.7	0.4	0.2	0.1	.389	—	.424
1991-92	7	4.6	1.0	1.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	.400	—	.518
Career	16	7.6	1.6	1.5	0.3	0.1	0.1	.391	—	.446

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	134	3.0	2.6	0.4	77–57
Away	149	3.0	2.5	0.3	41–108
In wins	118	2.5	2.3	0.3	118–0
In losses	165	3.3	2.6	0.4	0–165

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	20	2.0	1.6	0.2	6–14
BOS Boston Celtics	20	3.8	3.4	0.5	7–13
BKN Brooklyn Nets	22	1.8	2.9	0.2	10–12
CHA Charlotte Hornets	4	1.0	1.5	0.0	2–2
CHI Chicago Bulls	18	4.1	2.3	0.4	6–12
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	16	4.6	2.5	0.4	7–9
DAL Dallas Mavericks	7	1.6	2.0	0.3	4–3
DEN Denver Nuggets	8	5.5	3.9	0.5	2–6
DET Detroit Pistons	13	3.0	2.2	0.8	1–12
GSW Golden State Warriors	7	3.6	2.1	0.3	4–3
HOU Houston Rockets	7	1.9	1.1	0.1	2–5
IND Indiana Pacers	14	4.3	4.2	0.3	9–5
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	8	2.1	2.6	0.1	6–2
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	9	2.4	1.4	0.3	2–7
MIA Miami Heat	5	1.8	1.2	0.6	4–1
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	17	3.3	2.1	0.2	6–11
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	3	1.0	1.3	1.0	3–0
NYK New York Knicks	10	2.2	1.1	0.7	5–5
ORL Orlando Magic	5	0.8	2.2	0.2	3–2
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	6	3.5	3.8	0.8	1–5
PHX Phoenix Suns	6	3.5	4.3	0.2	2–4
POR Portland Trail Blazers	8	2.2	2.0	0.0	2–6
SAC Sacramento Kings	9	2.8	2.0	0.3	6–3
SAS San Antonio Spurs	9	0.9	1.0	0.0	2–7
TOR Toronto Raptors	2	1.0	3.5	0.0	1–1
UTA Utah Jazz	8	3.6	3.6	0.4	2–6

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

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

Bob Thornton has averaged 3.0 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 0.3 APG over 8 seasons (1985-86–1995-96).

Bob Thornton's salary is $335,000 for the 1991-92 season, with career earnings of about $670K.

Bob Thornton is 6-10 (225 lb).

Bob Thornton was drafted in 1984, round 4, pick 87, by the New York Knicks.