Nick Van Exel

Seasons 1993-94–2005-06 · 13 on record · Ht 6-1 · b. 1971

All-Star

Player info

Nickname	Nick the Quick
Position	PG
Number	#31 (also #9, #37, #19)
Team	San Antonio Spurs
Height	6-1
Weight	170 lb
Born	1971-11-27
College	Trinity Valley CC → Cincinnati
Drafted	1993 · Round 2, Pick 37 · Los Angeles Lakers
Seasons	1993-94–2005-06 (13)

14.4 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 6.6 APG · 880 games · .405 FG% · .357 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1993-94	LAL	22	81	33.3	.394	.338	.781	2.9	5.8	1.0	0.1	13.6	13.6	.485
1994-95	LAL	23	80	36.8	.420	.358	.783	2.8	8.3	1.2	0.1	16.9	16.3	.544
1995-96	LAL	24	74	34.0	.417	.357	.799	2.4	6.9	0.9	0.1	14.9	15.9	.528
1996-97	LAL	25	79	37.2	.402	.378	.825	2.9	8.5	0.9	0.1	15.3	16.0	.518
1997-98	LAL	26	64	32.1	.419	.389	.791	3.0	6.9	1.0	0.1	13.8	17.8	.538
1998-99	DEN	27	50	36.0	.398	.308	.811	2.3	7.4	0.8	0.1	16.5	16.7	.488
1999-00	DEN	28	79	37.3	.390	.332	.817	3.9	9.0	0.9	0.1	16.1	16.0	.483
2000-01	DEN	29	71	37.9	.414	.377	.819	3.4	8.5	0.9	0.3	17.7	18.5	.515
2001-02	2TM	30	72	34.7	.409	.340	.801	3.5	6.6	0.6	0.2	18.4	17.8	.495
	DEN	30	45	38.6	.408	.337	.782	3.8	8.1	0.7	0.2	21.4	18.4	.488
	DAL	30	27	28.0	.411	.347	.844	3.1	4.2	0.5	0.1	13.2	16.3	.513
2002-03	DAL	31	73	27.8	.412	.378	.764	2.8	4.3	0.6	0.1	12.5	15.6	.510
2003-04	GSW	32	39	32.2	.390	.307	.707	2.7	5.3	0.5	0.1	12.6	13.1	.469
2004-05	POR	33	53	30.5	.381	.389	.784	3.0	4.3	0.8	0.0	11.1	12.5	.494
2005-06	SAS	34	65	15.2	.397	.357	.683	1.4	1.9	0.2	0.0	5.5	11.0	.492

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1993-94	LAL	81	80	2,700	413	1,049	.394	123	364	150	192	238	466	85	8	145	1,099
1994-95	LAL	80	80	2,944	465	1,107	.420	183	511	235	300	223	660	97	6	220	1,348
1995-96	LAL	74	74	2,513	396	950	.417	144	403	163	204	181	509	70	10	156	1,099
1996-97	LAL	79	79	2,937	432	1,075	.402	177	468	165	200	226	672	75	10	212	1,206
1997-98	LAL	64	46	2,053	311	743	.419	123	316	136	172	194	442	64	6	104	881
1998-99	DEN	50	50	1,802	306	769	.398	72	234	142	175	113	368	40	3	121	826
1999-00	DEN	79	79	2,950	473	1,213	.390	133	401	196	240	311	714	68	11	221	1,275
2000-01	DEN	71	70	2,688	460	1,112	.414	135	358	204	249	241	600	61	18	165	1,259
2001-02	2TM	72	46	2,496	501	1,226	.409	119	350	201	251	254	478	44	11	156	1,322
	DEN	45	44	1,739	372	912	.408	85	252	136	174	169	365	30	7	116	965
	DAL	27	2	757	129	314	.411	34	98	65	77	85	113	14	4	40	357
2002-03	DAL	73	1	2,026	342	831	.412	118	312	110	144	208	312	42	4	123	912
2003-04	GSW	39	29	1,255	187	479	.390	46	150	70	99	104	206	20	2	78	490
2004-05	POR	53	34	1,619	214	561	.381	100	257	58	74	161	227	44	0	92	586
2005-06	SAS	65	2	986	136	343	.397	55	154	28	41	91	123	16	3	57	355
Career		880	—	—	4,636	11,458	.405	1528	4278	1858	2341	2545	5777	726	92	1850	12,658

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1993-94	LAL	81	33.3	5.5	14.0	.394	1.6	4.9	2.0	2.6	3.2	6.2	1.1	0.1	1.9	14.7
1994-95	LAL	80	36.8	5.7	13.5	.420	2.2	6.2	2.9	3.7	2.7	8.1	1.2	0.1	2.7	16.5
1995-96	LAL	74	34.0	5.7	13.6	.417	2.1	5.8	2.3	2.9	2.6	7.3	1.0	0.1	2.2	15.7
1996-97	LAL	79	37.2	5.3	13.2	.402	2.2	5.7	2.0	2.5	2.8	8.2	0.9	0.1	2.6	14.8
1997-98	LAL	64	32.1	5.5	13.0	.419	2.2	5.5	2.4	3.0	3.4	7.8	1.1	0.1	1.8	15.4
1998-99	DEN	50	36.0	6.1	15.4	.398	1.4	4.7	2.8	3.5	2.3	7.4	0.8	0.1	2.4	16.5
1999-00	DEN	79	37.3	5.8	14.8	.390	1.6	4.9	2.4	2.9	3.8	8.7	0.8	0.1	2.7	15.6
2000-01	DEN	71	37.9	6.2	14.9	.414	1.8	4.8	2.7	3.3	3.2	8.0	0.8	0.2	2.2	16.9
2001-02	2TM	72	34.7	7.2	17.7	.409	1.7	5.0	2.9	3.6	3.7	6.9	0.6	0.2	2.2	19.1
	DEN	45	38.6	7.7	18.9	.408	1.8	5.2	2.8	3.6	3.5	7.6	0.6	0.1	2.4	20.0
	DAL	27	28.0	6.1	14.9	.411	1.6	4.7	3.1	3.7	4.0	5.4	0.7	0.2	1.9	17.0
2002-03	DAL	73	27.8	6.1	14.8	.412	2.1	5.5	2.0	2.6	3.7	5.5	0.7	0.1	2.2	16.2
2003-04	GSW	39	32.2	5.4	13.7	.390	1.3	4.3	2.0	2.8	3.0	5.9	0.6	0.1	2.2	14.1
2004-05	POR	53	30.5	4.8	12.5	.381	2.2	5.7	1.3	1.6	3.6	5.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	13.0
2005-06	SAS	65	15.2	5.0	12.5	.397	2.0	5.6	1.0	1.5	3.3	4.5	0.6	0.1	2.1	13.0

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
1993-94	LAL	81	2,700	13.6	.485	19.9	2.7	0.7	3.4	.061	+0.6	-1.7	-1.1	+0.6
1994-95	LAL	80	2,944	16.3	.544	21.3	5.0	1.3	6.4	.104	+2.5	-2.0	+0.5	+1.9
1995-96	LAL	74	2,513	15.9	.528	21.4	4.2	1.6	5.7	.109	+2.3	-1.8	+0.6	+1.6
1996-97	LAL	79	2,937	16.0	.518	21.0	5.0	2.2	7.2	.118	+2.9	-1.8	+1.1	+2.3
1997-98	LAL	64	2,053	17.8	.538	19.8	5.6	1.5	7.1	.166	+3.7	-1.0	+2.6	+2.4
1998-99	DEN	50	1,802	16.7	.488	24.3	3.2	-1.0	2.2	.058	+2.6	-3.4	-0.8	+0.6
1999-00	DEN	79	2,950	16.0	.483	22.7	3.7	1.2	4.9	.079	+2.0	-2.2	-0.2	+1.3
2000-01	DEN	71	2,688	18.5	.515	23.0	6.1	0.3	6.4	.114	+4.0	-2.0	+1.9	+2.7
2001-02	2TM	72	2,496	17.8	.495	26.8	3.9	0.4	4.4	.084	+3.6	-1.9	+1.7	+2.4
	DEN	45	1,739	18.4	.488	28.4	2.7	0.2	2.9	.080	+4.2	-2.1	+2.1	+1.8
	DAL	27	757	16.3	.513	23.2	1.3	0.2	1.5	.093	+2.2	-1.5	+0.7	+0.5
2002-03	DAL	73	2,026	15.6	.510	22.8	2.6	1.3	4.0	.094	+1.8	-1.6	+0.2	+1.1
2003-04	GSW	39	1,255	13.1	.469	22.1	0.8	0.4	1.2	.045	+0.4	-1.8	-1.4	+0.2
2004-05	POR	53	1,619	12.5	.494	19.5	0.9	0.7	1.6	.049	+0.3	-1.2	-1.0	+0.4
2005-06	SAS	65	986	11.0	.492	20.2	0.1	1.3	1.4	.070	-0.9	-0.2	-1.1	+0.2
Career		880	—	—	—	—	—	—	55.9	—	—	—	—	+17.7

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%
1994-95	10	46.4	20.0	3.8	7.3	2.1	0.3	.414	.318	.532
1995-96	4	34.2	11.8	4.0	6.8	0.5	0.0	.296	.312	.394
1996-97	9	38.7	14.4	3.4	6.4	1.1	0.0	.378	.273	.485
1997-98	13	27.8	11.6	2.5	4.2	0.6	0.1	.331	.314	.448
2001-02	8	32.1	11.1	3.0	3.9	1.0	0.0	.366	.206	.419
2002-03	20	33.0	19.4	3.4	4.1	0.6	0.0	.460	.393	.549
2005-06	13	10.7	2.0	0.9	1.3	0.2	0.2	.219	.300	.362
Career	77	31.0	13.4	2.9	4.4	0.8	0.1	.394	.324	.493

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	473	13.0	2.8	6.8	312–161
Away	461	14.1	2.7	5.5	195–266
In wins	507	14.0	2.9	6.3	507–0
In losses	427	13.1	2.6	6.0	0–427

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	22	12.4	2.6	6.9	17–5
BOS Boston Celtics	25	11.2	2.8	6.2	12–13
BKN Brooklyn Nets	23	9.4	2.7	6.9	15–8
CHA Charlotte Hornets	24	16.0	3.3	6.7	11–13
CHI Chicago Bulls	21	12.3	2.7	5.6	10–11
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	21	14.2	2.9	6.7	8–13
DAL Dallas Mavericks	42	13.5	2.5	6.2	23–19
DEN Denver Nuggets	32	14.9	2.2	5.3	21–11
DET Detroit Pistons	20	14.2	2.8	6.6	13–7
GSW Golden State Warriors	45	11.4	2.8	7.2	29–16
HOU Houston Rockets	45	14.8	2.6	6.6	21–24
IND Indiana Pacers	22	15.4	2.3	6.1	10–12
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	46	15.4	3.1	6.7	33–13
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	28	15.5	2.9	6.4	10–18
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	40	11.6	2.4	6.5	33–7
MIA Miami Heat	25	11.1	3.2	5.0	12–13
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	24	16.2	2.9	5.7	17–7
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	45	12.3	2.5	6.8	25–20
NYK New York Knicks	20	13.6	2.7	6.2	11–9
ORL Orlando Magic	21	11.2	3.1	5.5	9–12
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	23	14.0	3.1	5.7	14–9
PHX Phoenix Suns	49	13.2	2.5	6.0	21–28
POR Portland Trail Blazers	42	13.7	2.6	6.7	15–27
SAC Sacramento Kings	49	14.1	2.4	6.1	26–23
SAS San Antonio Spurs	42	13.5	2.9	5.9	14–28
TOR Toronto Raptors	20	12.4	2.4	4.8	13–7
UTA Utah Jazz	44	13.7	2.5	5.5	21–23
WAS Washington Wizards	13	14.2	3.2	6.5	7–6

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 17.4 ft · 0% of attempts were dunks · 20% of threes from the corner

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

Nick Van Exel plays PG for the San Antonio Spurs.

Nick Van Exel has averaged 14.4 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 6.6 APG over 13 seasons (1993-94–2005-06).

Nick Van Exel's salary is $719,373 for the 2005-06 season, with career earnings of about $69.7M.

Nick Van Exel is 6-1 (170 lb).

Nick Van Exel was drafted in 1993, round 2, pick 37, by the Los Angeles Lakers.