Ennis Whatley
Seasons 1983-84–1996-97 · 10 on record · Ht 6-3 · b. 1962
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Player info
| Position | PG |
|---|---|
| Number | #1 (also #3, #2, #4, #8) |
| Team | Portland Trail Blazers |
| Height | 6-3 |
| Weight | 177 lb |
| Born | 1962-08-11 |
| College | Alabama |
| Drafted | 1983 · Round 1, Pick 13 · KCK |
| Seasons | 1983-84–1996-97 (10) |
Career averages
5.6 PPG, 1.8 RPG, 4.6 APG · 385 games · .468 FG% · .097 3P%.
Stats by season — per game
| Season | Tm | Age | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | PER | TS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-84 | CHI | 21 | 80 | 27.0 | .469 | 0.000 | .730 | 2.5 | 8.3 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 8.4 | 13.5 | .519 |
| 1984-85 | CHI | 22 | 70 | 19.8 | .447 | .111 | .791 | 1.4 | 5.4 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 5.0 | 11.3 | .497 |
| 1985-86 | 3TM | 23 | 14 | 7.6 | .429 | — | .500 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 11.5 | .444 |
| CLE | 23 | 8 | 8.3 | .474 | — | .571 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 12.4 | .498 | |
| WSB | 23 | 4 | 6.8 | .357 | — | .333 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 17.8 | .359 | |
| SAS | 23 | 2 | 7.0 | .500 | — | — | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | -5.1 | .500 | |
| 1986-87 | WSB | 24 | 73 | 24.9 | .478 | 0.000 | .764 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 8.5 | 14.0 | .526 |
| 1987-88 | ATL | 25 | 5 | 4.8 | .444 | — | .750 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 9.6 | .511 |
| 1988-89 | LAC | 26 | 8 | 11.3 | .364 | — | .909 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 4.3 | 12.1 | .449 |
| 1991-92 | POR | 29 | 23 | 9.1 | .412 | 0.000 | .871 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 14.0 | .534 |
| 1993-94 | ATL | 31 | 82 | 12.2 | .508 | 0.000 | .788 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 12.8 | .551 |
| 1994-95 | ATL | 32 | 27 | 10.8 | .453 | .250 | .625 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 12.4 | .522 |
| 1996-97 | POR | 34 | 3 | 7.3 | .500 | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 5.1 | .500 |
Stats by season — totals
| Season | Tm | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-84 | CHI | 80 | 73 | 2,159 | 261 | 556 | .469 | 0 | 2 | 146 | 200 | 197 | 662 | 119 | 17 | 268 | 668 |
| 1984-85 | CHI | 70 | 44 | 1,385 | 140 | 313 | .447 | 1 | 9 | 68 | 86 | 101 | 381 | 66 | 10 | 144 | 349 |
| 1985-86 | 3TM | 14 | 1 | 107 | 15 | 35 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 35 |
| CLE | 8 | 0 | 66 | 9 | 19 | .474 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 22 | |
| WSB | 4 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 14 | .357 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |
| SAS | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| 1986-87 | WSB | 73 | 72 | 1,816 | 246 | 515 | .478 | 0 | 2 | 126 | 165 | 194 | 392 | 92 | 10 | 138 | 618 |
| 1987-88 | ATL | 5 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 1988-89 | LAC | 8 | 0 | 90 | 12 | 33 | .364 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 34 |
| 1991-92 | POR | 23 | 0 | 209 | 21 | 51 | .412 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 21 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 69 |
| 1993-94 | ATL | 82 | 1 | 1,004 | 120 | 236 | .508 | 0 | 6 | 52 | 66 | 99 | 181 | 59 | 2 | 78 | 292 |
| 1994-95 | ATL | 27 | 2 | 292 | 24 | 53 | .453 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 30 | 54 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 70 |
| 1996-97 | POR | 3 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Career | 385 | — | — | 845 | 1,805 | .468 | 3 | 31 | 457 | 605 | 679 | 1754 | 383 | 44 | 687 | 2,150 |
Per 36 minutes
| Season | Tm | G | MPG | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-84 | CHI | 80 | 27.0 | 4.4 | 9.3 | .469 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 11.0 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 4.5 | 11.1 |
| 1984-85 | CHI | 70 | 19.8 | 3.6 | 8.1 | .447 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 9.9 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 9.1 |
| 1985-86 | 3TM | 14 | 7.6 | 5.0 | 11.8 | .429 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 7.7 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 11.8 |
| CLE | 8 | 8.2 | 4.9 | 10.4 | .474 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 7.1 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 12.0 | |
| WSB | 4 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 18.7 | .357 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 14.7 | |
| SAS | 2 | 7.0 | 2.6 | 5.1 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.3 | 5.1 | |
| 1986-87 | WSB | 73 | 24.9 | 4.9 | 10.2 | .478 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 7.8 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 12.3 |
| 1987-88 | ATL | 5 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 13.5 | .444 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 16.5 |
| 1988-89 | LAC | 8 | 11.2 | 4.8 | 13.2 | .364 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 6.4 | 8.8 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 13.6 |
| 1991-92 | POR | 23 | 9.1 | 3.6 | 8.8 | .412 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 5.9 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 11.9 |
| 1993-94 | ATL | 82 | 12.2 | 4.3 | 8.5 | .508 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 10.5 |
| 1994-95 | ATL | 27 | 10.8 | 3.0 | 6.5 | .453 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 6.7 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 8.6 |
| 1996-97 | POR | 3 | 7.3 | 3.3 | 6.5 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 6.5 |
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 | CHI | 80 | 2,159 | 13.5 | .519 | 17.5 | -0.3 | 2.2 | 1.9 | .043 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -0.6 | +0.8 |
| 1984-85 | CHI | 70 | 1,385 | 11.3 | .497 | 14.9 | -0.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | .029 | -0.7 | -1.0 | -1.7 | +0.1 |
| 1985-86 | 3TM | 14 | 107 | 11.5 | .444 | 19.0 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | .011 | -2.6 | +1.4 | -1.1 | +0.0 |
| CLE | 8 | 66 | 12.4 | .498 | 17.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | .049 | -2.7 | +3.1 | +0.4 | +0.0 | |
| WSB | 4 | 27 | 17.8 | .359 | 23.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .075 | +1.8 | +0.9 | +2.7 | +0.0 | |
| SAS | 2 | 14 | -5.1 | .500 | 17.3 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -.295 | -10.1 | -5.7 | -15.8 | +0.0 | |
| 1986-87 | WSB | 73 | 1,816 | 14.0 | .526 | 16.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 3.3 | .088 | -0.7 | +0.2 | -0.5 | +0.7 |
| 1987-88 | ATL | 5 | 24 | 9.6 | .511 | 25.9 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -.046 | -7.2 | +1.9 | -5.3 | +0.0 |
| 1988-89 | LAC | 8 | 90 | 12.1 | .449 | 21.4 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | .005 | -5.6 | +1.2 | -4.4 | -0.1 |
| 1991-92 | POR | 23 | 209 | 14.0 | .534 | 15.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | .134 | -0.5 | +2.5 | +2.0 | +0.2 |
| 1993-94 | ATL | 82 | 1,004 | 12.8 | .551 | 14.7 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.2 | .105 | -2.4 | +1.5 | -1.0 | +0.3 |
| 1994-95 | ATL | 27 | 292 | 12.4 | .522 | 13.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | .109 | -3.5 | +2.2 | -1.3 | +0.1 |
| 1996-97 | POR | 3 | 22 | 5.1 | .500 | 10.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .063 | -8.3 | -0.7 | -9.0 | +0.0 |
| Career | 385 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.5 | — | — | — | — | +2.1 |
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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986-87 | 2 | 16.0 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | .250 | — | .250 |
| 1991-92 | 15 | 6.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | .300 | 0.000 | .368 |
| 1993-94 | 11 | 10.3 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | .321 | — | .381 |
| 1994-95 | 3 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.000 | — | 0.000 |
| Career | 31 | 8.4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | .281 | 0.000 | .332 |
Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.
Career splits
| Split | G | PPG | RPG | APG | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 193 | 5.4 | 1.9 | 5.2 | 126–67 |
| Away | 196 | 5.7 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 71–125 |
| In wins | 197 | 5.3 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 197–0 |
| In losses | 192 | 5.8 | 1.8 | 4.8 | 0–192 |
Regular-season career splits by venue and result.
Career stats vs each team
| Opponent | G | PPG | RPG | APG | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL Atlanta Hawks | 15 | 5.9 | 1.8 | 4.9 | 5–10 |
| BOS Boston Celtics | 20 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 4.8 | 9–11 |
| BKN Brooklyn Nets | 22 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 4.5 | 9–13 |
| CHA Charlotte Hornets | 6 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 5–1 |
| CHI Chicago Bulls | 14 | 5.4 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 4–10 |
| CLE Cleveland Cavaliers | 22 | 5.3 | 1.2 | 4.1 | 11–11 |
| DAL Dallas Mavericks | 10 | 6.1 | 2.1 | 6.0 | 9–1 |
| DEN Denver Nuggets | 13 | 7.3 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 7–6 |
| DET Detroit Pistons | 27 | 6.8 | 1.9 | 4.7 | 12–15 |
| GSW Golden State Warriors | 9 | 5.4 | 1.7 | 7.4 | 6–3 |
| HOU Houston Rockets | 11 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 3–8 |
| IND Indiana Pacers | 26 | 4.9 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 11–15 |
| LAC Los Angeles Clippers | 11 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 7–4 |
| LAL Los Angeles Lakers | 10 | 5.1 | 1.7 | 4.8 | 4–6 |
| MIA Miami Heat | 5 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 3–2 |
| MIL Milwaukee Bucks | 24 | 5.7 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 10–14 |
| MIN Minnesota Timberwolves | 5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 4–1 |
| NYK New York Knicks | 22 | 7.2 | 2.5 | 5.7 | 13–9 |
| ORL Orlando Magic | 5 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3–2 |
| PHI Philadelphia 76ers | 21 | 8.6 | 2.0 | 6.7 | 10–11 |
| PHX Phoenix Suns | 14 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 8–6 |
| POR Portland Trail Blazers | 10 | 6.4 | 1.3 | 4.4 | 6–4 |
| SAC Sacramento Kings | 14 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 11–3 |
| SAS San Antonio Spurs | 10 | 5.9 | 1.6 | 4.8 | 6–4 |
| UTA Utah Jazz | 11 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 4–7 |
Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.
Shooting by distance — 1996-97
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) | 75% | .333 |
| In the paint (3-10 ft) | 0% | — |
| Mid-range (10-16 ft) | 0% | — |
| Long two (16 ft-3P) | 25% | 1.000 |
| Three-pointers (3-pointers) | 0% | — |
Average shot distance 11.5 ft · 0% of attempts were dunks
Contract & salary
Nominal salaries; tracked coverage is limited to seasons in the current dataset.
| Season | Salary |
|---|---|
| 1993-94 | $150,000 |
| Career earnings | $150,000 |
Frequently asked questions
What team does Ennis Whatley play for?
Ennis Whatley plays PG for the Portland Trail Blazers.
What are Ennis Whatley's career stats?
Ennis Whatley has averaged 5.6 PPG, 1.8 RPG, 4.6 APG over 10 seasons (1983-84–1996-97).
How much does Ennis Whatley make?
Ennis Whatley's salary is $150,000 for the 1993-94 season, with career earnings of about $150K.
How tall is Ennis Whatley?
Ennis Whatley is 6-3 (177 lb).
When was Ennis Whatley drafted?
Ennis Whatley was drafted in 1983, round 1, pick 13.