Mark West

Seasons 1983-84–1999-00 · 17 on record · Ht 6-10 · b. 1960

Player info

Nickname	The Hammer
Position	C
Number	#41 (also #45, #43)
Team	Phoenix Suns
Height	6-10
Weight	230 lb
Born	1960-11-05
College	Old Dominion
Drafted	1983 · Round 2, Pick 30 · Dallas Mavericks
Seasons	1983-84–1999-00 (17)

Career averages

5.7 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 0.4 APG · 1090 games · .580 FG% · 0.000 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1983-84	DAL	23	34	5.9	.357	—	.318	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.4	1.1	4.1	.358
1984-85	2TM	24	66	13.5	.546	0.000	.494	3.8	0.2	0.2	0.7	3.9	9.0	.549
	MIL	24	1	6.0	0.000	—	1.000	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	-7.7	.532
	CLE	24	65	13.6	.549	0.000	.482	3.8	0.2	0.2	0.7	3.9	9.1	.549
1985-86	CLE	25	67	17.5	.541	—	.524	4.8	0.3	0.4	0.9	4.2	7.7	.550
1986-87	CLE	26	78	17.1	.543	0.000	.514	4.3	0.5	0.3	1.0	6.5	11.5	.550
1987-88	2TM	27	83	25.3	.551	0.000	.596	6.3	0.9	0.6	1.8	9.7	13.1	.574
	CLE	27	54	21.9	.576	—	.621	5.2	0.9	0.5	1.5	8.5	13.9	.599
	PHX	27	29	31.6	.521	0.000	.568	8.3	0.8	0.8	2.3	11.8	12.2	.544
1988-89	PHX	28	82	24.6	.653	—	.535	6.7	0.5	0.4	2.3	7.2	12.9	.644
1989-90	PHX	29	82	29.3	.625	—	.691	8.9	0.5	0.4	2.2	10.5	15.7	.656
1990-91	PHX	30	82	23.9	.647	—	.655	6.9	0.5	0.4	2.0	7.7	14.6	.665
1991-92	PHX	31	82	17.5	.632	—	.637	4.5	0.3	0.2	1.0	6.1	12.5	.650
1992-93	PHX	32	82	19.0	.614	—	.518	5.6	0.4	0.2	1.3	5.3	11.4	.609
1993-94	PHX	33	82	15.1	.566	—	.500	3.6	0.4	0.4	1.3	4.7	12.3	.567
1994-95	DET	34	67	23.0	.556	—	.478	6.1	0.3	0.4	1.5	7.5	12.8	.555
1995-96	DET	35	47	14.5	.484	—	.622	2.8	0.1	0.1	0.8	3.2	7.2	.514
1996-97	CLE	36	70	13.7	.556	—	.482	2.7	0.3	0.2	0.8	3.2	9.9	.555
1997-98	IND	37	15	7.0	.476	—	.500	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.5	5.1	.486
1998-99	ATL	38	49	10.2	.373	—	.356	2.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.2	6.5	.381
1999-00	PHX	39	22	5.8	.417	—	.625	1.4	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.7	4.3	.483

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1983-84	DAL	34	0	202	15	42	.357	0	7	22	46	13	1	15	12	37
1984-85	2TM	66	25	888	106	194	.546	1	43	87	251	15	13	49	59	255
	MIL	1	0	6	0	1	0.000	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	2
	CLE	65	25	882	106	193	.549	1	41	85	250	15	13	48	57	253
1985-86	CLE	67	26	1,172	113	209	.541	0	54	103	322	20	27	62	91	280
1986-87	CLE	78	13	1,333	209	385	.543	2	89	173	339	41	22	81	106	507
1987-88	2TM	83	41	2,098	316	573	.551	1	170	285	523	74	47	147	173	802
	CLE	54	12	1,183	182	316	.576	0	95	153	281	50	25	79	91	459
	PHX	29	29	915	134	257	.521	1	75	132	242	24	22	68	82	343
1988-89	PHX	82	32	2,019	243	372	.653	0	108	202	551	39	35	187	103	594
1989-90	PHX	82	79	2,399	331	530	.625	0	199	288	728	45	36	184	126	861
1990-91	PHX	82	64	1,957	247	382	.647	0	135	206	564	37	32	161	86	629
1991-92	PHX	82	11	1,436	196	310	.632	0	109	171	372	22	14	81	82	501
1992-93	PHX	82	82	1,558	175	285	.614	0	86	166	458	29	16	103	93	436
1993-94	PHX	82	50	1,236	162	286	.566	0	58	116	295	33	31	109	74	382
1994-95	DET	67	58	1,543	217	390	.556	0	66	138	408	18	27	102	85	500
1995-96	DET	47	21	682	61	126	.484	0	28	45	133	6	6	37	35	150
1996-97	CLE	70	43	959	100	180	.556	0	27	56	186	19	11	55	52	227
1997-98	IND	15	1	105	10	21	.476	0	3	6	15	2	2	4	8	23
1998-99	ATL	49	0	499	22	59	.373	0	16	45	125	13	4	22	17	60
1999-00	PHX	22	2	127	5	12	.417	0	5	8	31	2	2	4	6	15
Career		1090	—	—	2,528	4,356	.580	4	1203	2117	5347	428	326	1403	1208	6,259

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1983-84	DAL	34	5.9	2.7	7.5	.357	0.0	1.2	3.9	8.2	2.3	0.2	2.7	2.1	6.6
1984-85	2TM	66	13.5	4.3	7.9	.546	0.0	1.7	3.5	10.2	0.6	0.5	2.0	2.4	10.3
	MIL	1	6.0	0.0	6.0	0.000	0.0	12.0	12.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	12.0	12.0
	CLE	65	13.6	4.3	7.9	.549	0.0	1.7	3.5	10.2	0.6	0.5	2.0	2.3	10.3
1985-86	CLE	67	17.5	3.5	6.4	.541	0.0	1.7	3.2	9.9	0.6	0.8	1.9	2.8	8.6
1986-87	CLE	78	17.1	5.6	10.4	.543	0.1	2.4	4.7	9.2	1.1	0.6	2.2	2.9	13.7
1987-88	2TM	83	25.3	5.4	9.8	.551	0.0	2.9	4.9	9.0	1.3	0.8	2.5	3.0	13.8
	CLE	54	21.9	5.5	9.6	.576	0.0	2.9	4.7	8.6	1.5	0.8	2.4	2.8	14.0
	PHX	29	31.6	5.3	10.1	.521	0.0	3.0	5.2	9.5	0.9	0.9	2.7	3.2	13.5
1988-89	PHX	82	24.6	4.3	6.6	.653	0.0	1.9	3.6	9.8	0.7	0.6	3.3	1.8	10.6
1989-90	PHX	82	29.3	5.0	8.0	.625	0.0	3.0	4.3	10.9	0.7	0.5	2.8	1.9	12.9
1990-91	PHX	82	23.9	4.5	7.0	.647	0.0	2.5	3.8	10.4	0.7	0.6	3.0	1.6	11.6
1991-92	PHX	82	17.5	4.9	7.8	.632	0.0	2.7	4.3	9.3	0.6	0.4	2.0	2.1	12.6
1992-93	PHX	82	19.0	4.0	6.6	.614	0.0	2.0	3.8	10.6	0.7	0.4	2.4	2.1	10.1
1993-94	PHX	82	15.1	4.7	8.3	.566	0.0	1.7	3.4	8.6	1.0	0.9	3.2	2.2	11.1
1994-95	DET	67	23.0	5.1	9.1	.556	0.0	1.5	3.2	9.5	0.4	0.6	2.4	2.0	11.7
1995-96	DET	47	14.5	3.2	6.7	.484	0.0	1.5	2.4	7.0	0.3	0.3	2.0	1.8	7.9
1996-97	CLE	70	13.7	3.8	6.8	.556	0.0	1.0	2.1	7.0	0.7	0.4	2.1	2.0	8.5
1997-98	IND	15	7.0	3.4	7.2	.476	0.0	1.0	2.1	5.1	0.7	0.7	1.4	2.7	7.9
1998-99	ATL	49	10.2	1.6	4.3	.373	0.0	1.2	3.2	9.0	0.9	0.3	1.6	1.2	4.3
1999-00	PHX	22	5.8	1.4	3.4	.417	0.0	1.4	2.3	8.8	0.6	0.6	1.1	1.7	4.3

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
1983-84	DAL	34	202	4.1	.358	13.1	-0.3	0.2	-0.1	-.023	-6.7	+0.4	-6.3	-0.3
1984-85	2TM	66	888	9.0	.549	13.2	0.1	1.0	1.1	.059	-4.7	+0.4	-4.3	-0.5
	MIL	1	6	-7.7	.532	26.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	-.207	-23.6	+0.9	-22.8	+0.0
	CLE	65	882	9.1	.549	13.1	0.1	1.0	1.1	.060	-4.5	+0.3	-4.2	-0.5
1985-86	CLE	67	1,172	7.7	.550	12.1	-0.6	1.5	0.9	.037	-5.0	+1.0	-4.0	-0.6
1986-87	CLE	78	1,333	11.5	.550	17.0	0.1	1.8	1.9	.068	-3.7	+0.7	-3.0	-0.4
1987-88	2TM	83	2,098	13.1	.574	17.4	0.4	2.7	3.1	.071	-2.5	+0.6	-2.0	+0.0
	CLE	54	1,183	13.9	.599	17.1	0.7	1.8	2.5	.102	-2.0	+1.2	-0.8	+0.3
	PHX	29	915	12.2	.544	17.7	-0.3	0.9	0.6	.032	-3.2	-0.2	-3.4	-0.3
1988-89	PHX	82	2,019	12.9	.644	11.1	2.2	3.3	5.5	.131	-1.1	+2.1	+1.0	+1.5
1989-90	PHX	82	2,399	15.7	.656	13.5	4.2	4.0	8.2	.163	+0.0	+1.4	+1.4	+2.0
1990-91	PHX	82	1,957	14.6	.665	11.6	3.4	3.1	6.5	.160	-0.5	+1.5	+1.0	+1.5
1991-92	PHX	82	1,436	12.5	.650	13.5	2.1	1.8	3.9	.131	-2.0	+0.1	-1.9	+0.0
1992-93	PHX	82	1,558	11.4	.609	11.9	1.2	2.2	3.4	.104	-2.7	+0.4	-2.3	-0.1
1993-94	PHX	82	1,236	12.3	.567	13.9	0.8	1.6	2.4	.094	-3.4	+1.1	-2.2	-0.1
1994-95	DET	67	1,543	12.8	.555	15.6	0.7	1.1	1.8	.057	-3.2	-0.9	-4.1	-0.8
1995-96	DET	47	682	7.2	.514	12.7	-0.1	1.0	0.8	.059	-5.7	+0.9	-4.8	-0.5
1996-97	CLE	70	959	9.9	.555	13.4	0.1	1.5	1.6	.081	-4.7	+1.3	-3.4	-0.3
1997-98	IND	15	105	5.1	.486	14.3	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-.002	-5.8	+0.3	-5.5	-0.1
1998-99	ATL	49	499	6.5	.381	9.0	-0.1	0.8	0.7	.067	-4.7	+1.0	-3.7	-0.2
1999-00	PHX	22	127	4.3	.483	7.5	-0.1	0.2	0.2	.061	-6.6	+1.5	-5.1	-0.1
Career		1090	—	—	—	—	—	—	41.9	—	—	—	—	+1.0

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%
1983-84	4	8.0	3.0	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.8	.556	—	.581
1984-85	4	17.0	2.0	4.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	.600	—	.556
1988-89	12	18.9	6.2	4.4	0.5	0.6	1.6	.640	—	.659
1989-90	16	34.0	11.1	10.2	0.3	0.2	2.6	.577	—	.582
1990-91	4	23.2	5.8	4.5	0.5	0.5	2.5	.600	—	.636
1991-92	8	12.0	4.0	2.1	0.2	0.2	0.5	.737	—	.710
1992-93	24	19.5	4.8	4.1	0.5	0.2	1.4	.544	—	.574
1993-94	7	9.9	2.4	2.9	0.0	0.0	1.0	.333	—	.438
1995-96	3	26.0	9.3	5.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	.524	—	.524
1997-98	16	2.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.500	—	.452
1998-99	9	7.1	0.9	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.1	.300	—	.340
Career	107	18.4	4.6	3.9	0.3	0.2	1.1	.566	—	.581

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	586	5.5	4.8	0.4	423–163
Away	580	5.2	4.4	0.3	243–337
In wins	666	5.4	4.9	0.4	666–0
In losses	500	5.3	4.2	0.4	0–500

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	44	5.7	4.2	0.2	20–24
BOS Boston Celtics	43	5.0	4.3	0.3	20–23
BKN Brooklyn Nets	45	4.7	4.4	0.3	29–16
CHA Charlotte Hornets	30	5.1	5.4	0.3	16–14
CHI Chicago Bulls	53	4.8	4.1	0.4	22–31
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	26	4.8	4.7	0.4	13–13
DAL Dallas Mavericks	42	6.0	5.1	0.3	27–15
DEN Denver Nuggets	47	5.4	4.5	0.4	33–14
DET Detroit Pistons	42	4.8	3.9	0.5	16–26
GSW Golden State Warriors	51	7.0	5.3	0.3	33–18
HOU Houston Rockets	44	4.8	4.2	0.4	20–24
IND Indiana Pacers	46	5.5	4.5	0.4	27–19
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	48	6.5	6.4	0.6	37–11
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	50	7.5	5.9	0.4	20–30
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	7	3.4	4.1	0.0	7–0
MIA Miami Heat	32	5.9	4.4	0.5	19–13
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	51	5.3	4.8	0.4	22–29
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	28	6.9	4.8	0.4	26–2
NYK New York Knicks	47	4.6	3.7	0.2	26–21
ORL Orlando Magic	28	3.3	2.7	0.5	16–12
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	43	4.5	4.1	0.3	31–12
PHX Phoenix Suns	13	4.5	5.5	0.2	9–4
POR Portland Trail Blazers	49	6.2	4.8	0.4	24–25
SAC Sacramento Kings	51	4.8	5.3	0.3	43–8
SAS San Antonio Spurs	44	5.9	4.4	0.4	24–20
TOR Toronto Raptors	15	1.7	1.0	0.2	12–3
UTA Utah Jazz	45	4.6	4.7	0.3	19–26
WAS Washington Wizards	7	1.6	2.9	0.4	6–1

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 1999-00

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)	58%	.714
In the paint (3-10 ft)	42%	0.000
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	0%	—
Long two (16 ft-3P)	0%	—
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	0%	—

Average shot distance 4.4 ft · 8% of attempts were dunks

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
1990-91	$875,000
1991-92	$975,000
1992-93	$1,000,000
1993-94	$1,000,000
1994-95	$1,500,000
1995-96	$1,500,000
1996-97	$2,000,000
1997-98	$650,000
1998-99	$1,000,000
Career earnings	$10,500,000

Frequently asked questions

What team does Mark West play for?

Mark West plays C for the Phoenix Suns.

What are Mark West's career stats?

Mark West has averaged 5.7 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 0.4 APG over 17 seasons (1983-84–1999-00).

How much does Mark West make?

Mark West's salary is $1,000,000 for the 1998-99 season, with career earnings of about $10.5M.

How tall is Mark West?

Mark West is 6-10 (230 lb).

When was Mark West drafted?

Mark West was drafted in 1983, round 2, pick 30, by the Dallas Mavericks.