Ben Wallace

Seasons 1996-97–2011-12 · 16 on record · Ht 6-9 · b. 1974

★ Hall of Fame★ 4× Defensive POY4× All-Star5× All-NBA6× All-Defense

Player info

Nickname	Big Ben
Position	C
Number	#3 (also #30, #4, #6)
Team	Detroit Pistons
Height	6-9
Weight	240 lb
Born	1974-09-10
College	Cuyahoga Community College → Virginia Union
Seasons	1996-97–2011-12 (16)

5.7 PPG, 9.6 RPG, 1.3 APG · 1088 games · .474 FG% · .137 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1996-97	WSB	22	34	5.8	.348	—	.300	1.7	0.1	0.2	0.3	1.1	6.0	.347
1997-98	WAS	23	67	16.8	.518	—	.357	4.8	0.3	0.9	1.1	3.1	13.4	.495
1998-99	WAS	24	46	26.8	.578	—	.356	8.3	0.4	1.1	2.0	6.0	16.2	.539
1999-00	ORL	25	81	24.2	.503	—	.474	8.2	0.8	0.9	1.6	4.8	14.4	.508
2000-01	DET	26	80	34.5	.490	.250	.336	13.2	1.5	1.3	2.3	6.4	14.8	.470
2001-02	DET	27	80	36.5	.531	0.000	.423	13.0	1.4	1.7	3.5	7.6	18.6	.522
2002-03	DET	28	73	39.4	.481	.167	.450	15.4	1.6	1.4	3.2	6.9	17.2	.486
2003-04	DET	29	81	37.7	.421	.125	.490	12.4	1.7	1.8	3.0	9.5	17.3	.441
2004-05	DET	30	74	36.1	.453	.111	.428	12.2	1.7	1.4	2.4	9.7	17.4	.459
2005-06	DET	31	82	35.2	.510	0.000	.416	11.3	1.9	1.8	2.2	7.3	17.5	.501
2006-07	CHI	32	77	35.0	.453	.200	.408	10.7	2.4	1.4	2.0	6.4	14.6	.456
2007-08	2TM	33	72	30.6	.392	0.000	.426	8.4	1.5	1.2	1.6	4.8	12.0	.408
	CHI	33	50	32.5	.373	0.000	.424	8.8	1.8	1.4	1.6	5.1	11.8	.391
	CLE	33	22	26.3	.457	—	.432	7.4	0.6	0.9	1.7	4.2	12.4	.463
2008-09	CLE	34	56	23.5	.445	—	.422	6.5	0.8	0.9	1.3	2.9	12.2	.450
2009-10	DET	35	69	28.6	.541	0.000	.406	8.7	1.5	1.2	1.2	5.5	15.8	.526
2010-11	DET	36	54	22.9	.450	.500	.333	6.5	1.3	1.0	1.0	2.9	12.3	.442
2011-12	DET	37	62	15.8	.395	.250	.340	4.3	0.7	0.8	0.8	1.4	10.7	.398

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1996-97	WSB	34	0	197	16	46	.348	0	0	6	20	58	2	8	11	18	38
1997-98	WAS	67	16	1,124	85	164	.518	0	0	35	98	324	18	61	72	28	205
1998-99	WAS	46	16	1,231	115	199	.578	0	0	47	132	384	18	50	90	36	277
1999-00	ORL	81	81	1,959	168	334	.503	0	0	54	114	665	67	72	130	67	390
2000-01	DET	80	80	2,760	215	439	.490	1	4	80	238	1052	123	107	186	117	511
2001-02	DET	80	80	2,921	255	480	.531	0	3	99	234	1039	115	138	278	70	609
2002-03	DET	73	73	2,873	210	437	.481	1	6	85	189	1126	120	104	230	88	506
2003-04	DET	81	81	3,050	315	748	.421	1	8	142	290	1006	138	143	246	123	773
2004-05	DET	74	74	2,671	295	651	.453	1	9	130	304	902	123	106	176	82	721
2005-06	DET	82	82	2,890	237	465	.510	0	4	123	296	923	158	146	181	88	597
2006-07	CHI	77	77	2,697	192	424	.453	1	5	109	267	821	186	111	156	101	494
2007-08	2TM	72	72	2,205	138	352	.392	0	4	72	169	604	105	88	117	67	348
	CHI	50	50	1,627	101	271	.373	0	4	53	125	441	92	69	80	49	255
	CLE	22	22	578	37	81	.457	0	0	19	44	163	13	19	37	18	93
2008-09	CLE	56	53	1,314	69	155	.445	0	0	27	64	362	44	48	75	34	165
2009-10	DET	69	67	1,975	158	292	.541	0	2	65	160	597	105	86	84	64	381
2010-11	DET	54	49	1,238	67	149	.450	1	2	19	57	350	72	54	54	44	154
2011-12	DET	62	11	980	34	86	.395	1	4	16	47	269	43	47	51	34	85
Career		1088	—	—	2,569	5,421	.474	7	51	1109	2679	10482	1437	1369	2137	1061	6,254

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1996-97	WSB	34	5.8	2.9	8.4	.348	0.0	1.1	3.7	10.6	0.4	1.5	2.0	3.3	6.9
1997-98	WAS	67	16.8	2.7	5.3	.518	0.0	1.1	3.1	10.4	0.6	2.0	2.3	0.9	6.6
1998-99	WAS	46	26.8	3.4	5.8	.578	0.0	1.4	3.9	11.2	0.5	1.5	2.6	1.1	8.1
1999-00	ORL	81	24.2	3.1	6.1	.503	0.0	1.0	2.1	12.2	1.2	1.3	2.4	1.2	7.2
2000-01	DET	80	34.5	2.8	5.7	.490	0.1	1.0	3.1	13.7	1.6	1.4	2.4	1.5	6.7
2001-02	DET	80	36.5	3.1	5.9	.531	0.0	1.2	2.9	12.8	1.4	1.7	3.4	0.9	7.5
2002-03	DET	73	39.4	2.6	5.5	.481	0.1	1.1	2.4	14.1	1.5	1.3	2.9	1.1	6.3
2003-04	DET	81	37.7	3.7	8.8	.421	0.1	1.7	3.4	11.9	1.6	1.7	2.9	1.5	9.1
2004-05	DET	74	36.1	4.0	8.8	.453	0.1	1.8	4.1	12.2	1.7	1.4	2.4	1.1	9.7
2005-06	DET	82	35.2	3.0	5.8	.510	0.0	1.5	3.7	11.5	2.0	1.8	2.3	1.1	7.4
2006-07	CHI	77	35.0	2.6	5.7	.453	0.1	1.5	3.6	11.0	2.5	1.5	2.1	1.3	6.6
2007-08	2TM	72	30.6	2.3	5.7	.392	0.1	1.2	2.8	9.9	1.7	1.4	1.9	1.1	5.7
	CHI	50	32.5	2.2	6.0	.373	0.1	1.2	2.8	9.8	2.0	1.5	1.8	1.1	5.6
	CLE	22	26.3	2.3	5.0	.457	0.0	1.2	2.7	10.2	0.8	1.2	2.3	1.1	5.8
2008-09	CLE	56	23.5	1.9	4.2	.445	0.0	0.7	1.8	9.9	1.2	1.3	2.1	0.9	4.5
2009-10	DET	69	28.6	2.9	5.3	.541	0.0	1.2	2.9	10.9	1.9	1.6	1.5	1.2	6.9
2010-11	DET	54	22.9	1.9	4.3	.450	0.1	0.6	1.7	10.2	2.1	1.6	1.6	1.3	4.5
2011-12	DET	62	15.8	1.2	3.2	.395	0.1	0.6	1.7	9.9	1.6	1.7	1.9	1.2	3.1

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
1996-97	WSB	34	197	6.0	.347	16.6	-0.6	0.3	-0.2	-.052	-7.6	-0.7	-8.3	-0.3
1997-98	WAS	67	1,124	13.4	.495	9.3	0.8	2.2	2.9	.125	-1.6	+2.3	+0.7	+0.8
1998-99	WAS	46	1,231	16.2	.539	11.0	1.5	2.1	3.6	.142	+0.3	+1.5	+1.7	+1.2
1999-00	ORL	81	1,959	14.4	.508	9.7	1.7	3.9	5.6	.138	-0.3	+2.1	+1.8	+1.9
2000-01	DET	80	2,760	14.8	.470	10.4	1.0	6.0	7.0	.121	-0.6	+2.5	+1.9	+2.7
2001-02	DET	80	2,921	18.6	.522	10.5	4.3	7.2	11.6	.190	+1.2	+3.3	+4.4	+4.8
2002-03	DET	73	2,873	17.2	.486	10.2	2.7	7.9	10.6	.176	+0.4	+3.5	+3.9	+4.3
2003-04	DET	81	3,050	17.3	.441	15.3	1.1	9.1	10.2	.160	+0.2	+3.3	+3.5	+4.3
2004-05	DET	74	2,671	17.4	.459	15.2	1.8	6.7	8.5	.153	+0.2	+2.6	+2.8	+3.2
2005-06	DET	82	2,890	17.5	.501	11.2	3.3	6.9	10.1	.168	+0.4	+3.1	+3.5	+4.0
2006-07	CHI	77	2,697	14.6	.456	10.6	1.6	6.6	8.2	.146	+0.1	+3.3	+3.4	+3.7
2007-08	2TM	72	2,205	12.0	.408	10.0	0.1	3.5	3.6	.078	-1.7	+1.9	+0.2	+1.2
	CHI	50	1,627	11.8	.391	10.2	0.0	2.5	2.4	.072	-1.6	+2.0	+0.4	+1.0
	CLE	22	578	12.4	.463	9.3	0.2	1.0	1.2	.097	-2.0	+1.6	-0.3	+0.2
2008-09	CLE	56	1,314	12.2	.450	7.8	0.8	2.9	3.8	.138	-0.8	+2.4	+1.6	+1.2
2009-10	DET	69	1,975	15.8	.526	10.0	2.4	2.3	4.7	.115	+0.7	+1.2	+1.9	+1.9
2010-11	DET	54	1,238	12.3	.442	8.2	0.5	1.4	1.9	.072	-1.3	+1.3	+0.0	+0.6
2011-12	DET	62	980	10.7	.398	6.6	-0.1	1.6	1.4	.070	-1.8	+2.4	+0.6	+0.7
Career		1088	—	—	—	—	—	—	93.5	—	—	—	—	+36.2

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%
1996-97	3	nan	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	—	—
2001-02	10	40.3	7.3	16.1	1.2	1.9	2.6	.475	—	.479
2002-03	17	42.1	8.9	16.3	1.6	2.5	3.1	.486	0.000	.492
2003-04	23	39.9	10.3	14.3	1.9	1.9	2.4	.454	0.000	.460
2004-05	25	38.5	10.0	11.3	1.0	1.7	2.4	.481	0.000	.489
2005-06	18	35.3	4.7	10.5	1.7	1.3	1.2	.465	0.000	.420
2006-07	10	36.4	8.7	9.5	1.4	1.5	1.7	.566	0.000	.567
2007-08	13	22.9	3.2	6.5	1.2	0.6	1.1	.515	—	.490
2008-09	14	12.1	1.1	2.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	.615	—	.512
Career	133	34.3	7.1	10.9	1.3	1.5	1.9	.482	0.000	.480

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	592	5.6	9.4	1.3	384–208
Away	593	4.9	8.2	1.1	257–336
In wins	641	5.8	9.7	1.4	641–0
In losses	544	4.6	7.8	1.0	0–544

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	55	5.2	9.8	1.5	34–21
BOS Boston Celtics	54	5.8	8.9	1.1	32–22
BKN Brooklyn Nets	51	6.2	9.1	1.0	30–21
CHA Charlotte Hornets	46	4.9	8.2	1.0	24–22
CHI Chicago Bulls	55	5.0	8.7	1.0	33–22
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	47	5.2	9.3	1.3	30–17
DAL Dallas Mavericks	26	5.7	9.7	1.2	11–15
DEN Denver Nuggets	29	5.4	8.4	1.2	18–11
DET Detroit Pistons	26	4.1	7.0	0.9	14–12
GSW Golden State Warriors	29	5.7	10.0	1.2	18–11
HOU Houston Rockets	27	4.3	8.6	1.2	12–15
IND Indiana Pacers	54	4.3	8.8	1.2	24–30
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	27	5.9	8.7	1.3	17–10
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	28	5.1	8.9	1.7	8–20
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	27	5.1	7.9	1.1	16–11
MIA Miami Heat	55	4.2	9.0	1.1	26–29
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	58	5.3	8.7	1.4	30–28
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	28	5.2	8.0	1.1	14–14
NYK New York Knicks	58	5.6	8.7	1.1	31–27
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder	7	2.4	5.9	1.0	2–5
ORL Orlando Magic	51	5.2	8.8	1.2	24–27
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	56	4.9	8.1	1.4	32–24
PHX Phoenix Suns	28	6.1	9.8	0.8	13–15
POR Portland Trail Blazers	30	5.1	9.0	1.1	13–17
SAC Sacramento Kings	29	5.8	9.4	1.3	13–16
SAS San Antonio Spurs	25	4.8	7.6	1.4	10–15
TOR Toronto Raptors	58	6.2	9.2	1.4	35–23
UTA Utah Jazz	28	4.7	8.6	1.1	11–17
WAS Washington Wizards	42	6.8	10.3	1.4	31–11

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 5.9 ft · 6% of attempts were dunks · 25% of threes from the corner

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

Ben Wallace plays C for the Detroit Pistons.

Ben Wallace has averaged 5.7 PPG, 9.6 RPG, 1.3 APG over 16 seasons (1996-97–2011-12).

Ben Wallace's salary is $2,246,400 for the 2012-13 season, with career earnings of about $97.8M.

Ben Wallace is 6-9 (240 lb).