Otis Thorpe

PF · CHH

Seasons 1984-85–2000-01 · 17 on record · Ht 6-10 · b. 1962

All-Star

Player info

Position	PF
Number	#33 (also #50, #10, #52)
Height	6-10
Weight	248 lb
Born	1962-08-05
College	Providence
Drafted	1984 · Round 1, Pick 9 · KCK
Seasons	1984-85–2000-01 (17)

Career averages

14.0 PPG, 8.2 RPG, 2.2 APG · 1257 games · .546 FG% · .047 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1984-85	KCK	22	82	23.4	.600	0.000	.620	6.8	1.4	0.4	0.5	12.8	16.6	.620
1985-86	SAC	23	75	22.3	.587	—	.661	5.6	1.1	0.5	0.5	9.9	14.4	.617
1986-87	SAC	24	82	36.0	.540	0.000	.761	10.0	2.5	0.6	0.7	18.9	18.0	.600
1987-88	SAC	25	82	37.5	.507	0.000	.755	10.2	3.2	0.8	0.7	20.8	18.7	.570
1988-89	HOU	26	82	38.2	.542	0.000	.729	9.6	2.5	1.0	0.5	16.7	15.4	.591
1989-90	HOU	27	82	35.9	.548	0.000	.688	9.0	3.2	0.8	0.3	17.1	16.1	.587
1990-91	HOU	28	82	37.1	.556	.429	.696	10.3	2.4	0.9	0.2	17.5	17.2	.598
1991-92	HOU	29	82	37.3	.592	0.000	.657	10.5	3.0	0.6	0.5	17.3	17.2	.619
1992-93	HOU	30	72	32.7	.558	0.000	.598	8.2	2.5	0.6	0.3	12.8	14.6	.575
1993-94	HOU	31	82	35.5	.561	0.000	.657	10.6	2.3	0.8	0.3	14.0	16.1	.593
1994-95	2TM	32	70	29.9	.565	0.000	.594	8.0	1.6	0.6	0.4	13.4	16.4	.582
	HOU	32	36	33.0	.563	0.000	.528	8.9	1.6	0.6	0.4	13.3	14.7	.568
	POR	32	34	26.7	.568	0.000	.649	6.9	1.6	0.6	0.4	13.5	18.6	.598
1995-96	DET	33	82	34.6	.530	0.000	.710	8.4	1.9	0.6	0.5	14.2	15.7	.573
1996-97	DET	34	79	33.7	.532	0.000	.653	7.9	1.7	0.7	0.2	13.1	16.1	.563
1997-98	2TM	35	74	29.7	.471	0.000	.683	7.3	3.0	0.6	0.4	10.2	13.4	.515
	VAN	35	47	33.5	.477	0.000	.694	7.9	3.4	0.6	0.5	11.2	13.0	.523
	SAC	35	27	23.1	.459	0.000	.657	6.1	2.3	0.7	0.3	8.3	14.4	.498
1998-99	WAS	36	49	31.4	.545	0.000	.698	6.8	2.1	0.9	0.4	11.3	15.0	.569
1999-00	MIA	37	51	15.2	.514	0.000	.604	3.3	0.6	0.5	0.2	5.5	11.1	.528
2000-01	CHH	38	49	13.2	.450	—	.833	3.0	0.6	0.2	0.1	2.8	7.6	.487

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1984-85	KCK	82	23	1,918	411	685	.600	0	2	230	371	556	111	34	37	187	1,052
1985-86	SAC	75	18	1,675	289	492	.587	0	0	164	248	420	84	35	34	123	742
1986-87	SAC	82	82	2,956	567	1,050	.540	0	3	413	543	819	201	46	60	189	1,547
1987-88	SAC	82	82	3,072	622	1,226	.507	0	6	460	609	837	266	62	56	228	1,704
1988-89	HOU	82	82	3,135	521	961	.542	0	2	328	450	787	202	82	37	225	1,370
1989-90	HOU	82	82	2,947	547	998	.548	0	10	307	446	734	261	66	24	229	1,401
1990-91	HOU	82	82	3,039	549	988	.556	3	7	334	480	846	197	73	20	217	1,435
1991-92	HOU	82	82	3,056	558	943	.592	0	7	304	463	862	250	52	37	237	1,420
1992-93	HOU	72	69	2,357	385	690	.558	0	2	153	256	589	181	43	19	151	923
1993-94	HOU	82	82	2,909	449	801	.561	0	2	251	382	870	189	66	28	185	1,149
1994-95	2TM	70	35	2,096	385	681	.565	0	7	167	281	558	112	41	28	132	937
	HOU	36	35	1,188	206	366	.563	0	3	67	127	322	58	22	13	76	479
	POR	34	0	908	179	315	.568	0	4	100	154	236	54	19	15	56	458
1995-96	DET	82	82	2,841	452	853	.530	0	4	257	362	688	158	53	39	195	1,161
1996-97	DET	79	79	2,661	419	787	.532	0	2	198	303	622	133	59	17	145	1,036
1997-98	2TM	74	66	2,197	294	624	.471	0	5	164	240	537	222	48	30	152	752
	VAN	47	46	1,574	205	430	.477	0	4	118	170	371	161	30	23	115	528
	SAC	27	20	623	89	194	.459	0	1	46	70	166	61	18	7	37	224
1998-99	WAS	49	38	1,539	240	440	.545	0	2	74	106	334	101	42	19	88	554
1999-00	MIA	51	1	777	125	243	.514	0	3	29	48	166	33	26	9	59	279
2000-01	CHH	49	4	647	59	131	.450	0	0	20	24	145	29	12	7	32	138
Career		1257	—	—	6,872	12,593	.546	3	64	3853	5612	10370	2730	840	501	2774	17,600

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1984-85	KCK	82	23.4	7.7	12.9	.600	0.0	4.3	7.0	10.4	2.1	0.6	0.7	3.5	19.7
1985-86	SAC	75	22.3	6.2	10.6	.587	0.0	3.5	5.3	9.0	1.8	0.8	0.7	2.6	15.9
1986-87	SAC	82	36.0	6.9	12.8	.540	0.0	5.0	6.6	10.0	2.4	0.6	0.7	2.3	18.8
1987-88	SAC	82	37.5	7.3	14.4	.507	0.1	5.4	7.1	9.8	3.1	0.7	0.7	2.7	20.0
1988-89	HOU	82	38.2	6.0	11.0	.542	0.0	3.8	5.2	9.0	2.3	0.9	0.4	2.6	15.7
1989-90	HOU	82	35.9	6.7	12.2	.548	0.1	3.8	5.4	9.0	3.2	0.8	0.3	2.8	17.1
1990-91	HOU	82	37.1	6.5	11.7	.556	0.1	4.0	5.7	10.0	2.3	0.9	0.2	2.6	17.0
1991-92	HOU	82	37.3	6.6	11.1	.592	0.1	3.6	5.5	10.2	2.9	0.6	0.4	2.8	16.7
1992-93	HOU	72	32.7	5.9	10.5	.558	0.0	2.3	3.9	9.0	2.8	0.7	0.3	2.3	14.1
1993-94	HOU	82	35.5	5.6	9.9	.561	0.0	3.1	4.7	10.8	2.3	0.8	0.3	2.3	14.2
1994-95	2TM	70	29.9	6.6	11.7	.565	0.1	2.9	4.8	9.6	1.9	0.7	0.5	2.3	16.1
	HOU	36	33.0	6.2	11.1	.563	0.1	2.0	3.8	9.8	1.8	0.7	0.4	2.3	14.5
	POR	34	26.7	7.1	12.5	.568	0.2	4.0	6.1	9.4	2.1	0.8	0.6	2.2	18.2
1995-96	DET	82	34.6	5.7	10.8	.530	0.1	3.3	4.6	8.7	2.0	0.7	0.5	2.5	14.7
1996-97	DET	79	33.7	5.7	10.6	.532	0.0	2.7	4.1	8.4	1.8	0.8	0.2	2.0	14.0
1997-98	2TM	74	29.7	4.8	10.2	.471	0.1	2.7	3.9	8.8	3.6	0.8	0.5	2.5	12.3
	VAN	47	33.5	4.7	9.8	.477	0.1	2.7	3.9	8.5	3.7	0.7	0.5	2.6	12.1
	SAC	27	23.1	5.1	11.2	.459	0.1	2.7	4.0	9.6	3.5	1.0	0.4	2.1	12.9
1998-99	WAS	49	31.4	5.6	10.3	.545	0.0	1.7	2.5	7.8	2.4	1.0	0.4	2.1	13.0
1999-00	MIA	51	15.2	5.8	11.3	.514	0.1	1.3	2.2	7.7	1.5	1.2	0.4	2.7	12.9
2000-01	CHH	49	13.2	3.3	7.3	.450	0.0	1.1	1.3	8.1	1.6	0.7	0.4	1.8	7.7

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
1984-85	KCK	82	1,918	16.6	.620	21.3	2.8	1.3	4.0	.100	+0.4	-1.3	-1.0	+0.5
1985-86	SAC	75	1,675	14.4	.617	17.5	2.3	1.5	3.8	.109	-0.6	-0.2	-0.8	+0.5
1986-87	SAC	82	2,956	18.0	.600	20.0	6.8	2.1	9.0	.146	+1.8	-0.6	+1.2	+2.4
1987-88	SAC	82	3,072	18.7	.570	22.6	6.2	1.9	8.1	.126	+1.8	-1.0	+0.9	+2.2
1988-89	HOU	82	3,135	15.4	.591	17.7	4.6	4.1	8.7	.133	+0.5	+0.1	+0.6	+2.1
1989-90	HOU	82	2,947	16.1	.587	19.6	4.4	4.1	8.5	.138	+0.6	+0.2	+0.7	+2.0
1990-91	HOU	82	3,039	17.2	.598	19.2	5.8	4.5	10.4	.164	+0.9	+0.3	+1.2	+2.5
1991-92	HOU	82	3,056	17.2	.619	19.7	5.6	3.2	8.9	.140	+0.8	-0.4	+0.4	+1.8
1992-93	HOU	72	2,357	14.6	.575	17.9	3.2	2.8	6.0	.122	-0.2	-0.6	-0.8	+0.7
1993-94	HOU	82	2,909	16.1	.593	17.6	4.9	4.9	9.8	.162	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+1.7
1994-95	2TM	70	2,096	16.4	.582	19.5	3.2	2.4	5.6	.129	+0.0	-0.5	-0.5	+0.8
	HOU	36	1,188	14.7	.568	18.8	1.1	1.2	2.3	.094	-0.8	-1.0	-1.9	+0.0
	POR	34	908	18.6	.598	20.4	2.1	1.2	3.3	.174	+1.0	+0.2	+1.2	+0.7
1995-96	DET	82	2,841	15.7	.573	20.3	3.5	4.1	7.6	.128	-0.4	+0.1	-0.4	+1.2
1996-97	DET	79	2,661	16.1	.563	19.8	4.5	3.4	7.9	.142	-0.1	-0.5	-0.6	+0.9
1997-98	2TM	74	2,197	13.4	.515	17.8	1.4	1.1	2.5	.055	-1.3	-0.7	-2.1	+0.0
	VAN	47	1,574	13.0	.523	17.5	0.9	0.4	1.4	.041	-1.4	-1.0	-2.4	-0.2
	SAC	27	623	14.4	.498	18.7	0.5	0.7	1.1	.088	-1.3	+0.1	-1.2	+0.1
1998-99	WAS	49	1,539	15.0	.569	17.2	2.3	1.4	3.7	.116	-0.5	+0.2	-0.3	+0.6
1999-00	MIA	51	777	11.1	.528	19.4	0.0	1.1	1.1	.069	-4.1	+0.1	-4.0	-0.4
2000-01	CHH	49	647	7.6	.487	12.4	0.1	0.8	1.0	.071	-5.0	+0.1	-4.9	-0.5
Career		1257	—	—	—	—	—	—	106.6	—	—	—	—	+19.0

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%
1985-86	3	11.7	4.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	.231	—	.321
1988-89	4	38.0	16.0	5.0	3.0	1.2	0.2	.649	—	.692
1989-90	4	41.0	20.0	8.2	1.8	1.2	0.0	.600	—	.648
1990-91	3	38.7	15.7	8.3	2.7	0.7	0.0	.579	—	.578
1992-93	12	34.9	14.5	8.6	2.6	0.5	0.1	.635	—	.650
1993-94	23	37.1	11.3	9.9	2.3	0.6	0.4	.572	.500	.584
1994-95	3	22.0	10.3	4.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	.571	—	.610
1995-96	3	33.7	11.7	11.7	2.3	0.0	0.0	.542	—	.598
1996-97	5	29.6	9.8	6.4	0.8	0.4	0.0	.512	—	.545
1999-00	10	13.1	3.3	2.9	0.3	0.0	0.2	.481	0.000	.498
2000-01	10	6.8	0.4	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	.222	—	.222
Career	80	28.7	9.9	6.8	1.6	0.4	0.2	.569	.333	.593

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	642	14.4	8.5	2.3	418–224
Away	651	12.8	7.5	2.0	233–418
In wins	651	14.0	8.5	2.2	651–0
In losses	642	13.2	7.5	2.0	0–642

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	37	12.4	6.7	1.6	17–20
BOS Boston Celtics	42	12.6	7.5	1.8	19–23
BKN Brooklyn Nets	44	13.5	8.2	2.0	32–12
CHA Charlotte Hornets	34	13.5	8.1	2.4	22–12
CHI Chicago Bulls	43	11.9	7.3	2.2	20–23
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	37	12.5	6.4	2.0	19–18
DAL Dallas Mavericks	67	15.1	9.3	2.6	31–36
DEN Denver Nuggets	73	14.5	8.2	2.2	38–35
DET Detroit Pistons	32	11.4	7.6	2.5	15–17
GSW Golden State Warriors	59	15.0	9.1	2.5	37–22
HOU Houston Rockets	38	13.3	7.3	1.9	10–28
IND Indiana Pacers	39	13.6	7.3	2.3	21–18
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	53	14.6	7.7	2.1	32–21
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	59	14.7	8.7	2.3	16–43
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	10	6.7	5.3	1.4	7–3
MIA Miami Heat	36	13.2	6.9	1.8	19–17
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	43	13.6	7.5	2.5	20–23
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	44	15.7	8.6	2.1	29–15
NYK New York Knicks	37	12.5	7.8	1.9	14–23
ORL Orlando Magic	33	10.2	7.1	1.8	18–15
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	36	15.1	8.8	2.0	20–16
PHX Phoenix Suns	57	15.7	8.4	2.4	26–31
POR Portland Trail Blazers	58	13.4	8.1	1.7	25–33
SAC Sacramento Kings	34	14.7	10.4	2.4	25–9
SAS San Antonio Spurs	68	14.2	9.1	2.2	37–31
TOR Toronto Raptors	16	10.8	5.5	1.3	11–5
UTA Utah Jazz	70	10.9	7.9	1.9	25–45
WAS Washington Wizards	7	6.1	3.9	1.7	4–3

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2000-01

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)	38%	.640
In the paint (3-10 ft)	18%	.391
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	16%	.286
Long two (16 ft-3P)	28%	.324
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	0%	—

Average shot distance 8.7 ft · 5% of attempts were dunks

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
1990-91	$1,760,000
1991-92	$1,786,000
1992-93	$2,102,000
1993-94	$2,418,000
1994-95	$2,578,400
1995-96	$2,607,000
1996-97	$7,000,000
1997-98	$5,700,000
1998-99	$4,400,000
2000-01	$2,200,000
Career earnings	$32,551,400

Frequently asked questions

What are Otis Thorpe's career stats?

Otis Thorpe has averaged 14.0 PPG, 8.2 RPG, 2.2 APG over 17 seasons (1984-85–2000-01).

How much does Otis Thorpe make?

Otis Thorpe's salary is $2,200,000 for the 2000-01 season, with career earnings of about $32.6M.

How tall is Otis Thorpe?

Otis Thorpe is 6-10 (248 lb).

When was Otis Thorpe drafted?

Otis Thorpe was drafted in 1984, round 1, pick 9.