Ralph Sampson 
#54 C | 7-4, 247lbs | Mavericks | Experience: 1 year
Born: 7/7/1960 (24) | College: Virginia

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
 Potential: - - - - - - - - - - - -          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991 
 Value: $376,574  $420,677  $468,173  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  Rookie  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 1                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1984 NBA DAL 82 82 30.0 22.2 2.3 6.4 1.7 1.9 0.93 0.7 1.7 2.9 .514 .643 .281  
 1983 NBA DAL 81 81 28.8 17.9 2.0 5.6 2.0 2.1 0.95 0.5 1.4 3.0 .570 .648 .419  
 Career     163 163 29.4 20.1 2.1 6.0 1.9 2.0 0.94 0.6 1.5 2.9 .537 .645 .332  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1984 NBA DAL 9.1 17.7 .514 3.6 5.6 .643 5.5 8.7 .631 3.2 7.4 .426 0.4 1.6 .281  
 1983 NBA DAL 7.2 12.6 .570 3.2 4.9 .648 4.7 6.6 .709 2.1 5.0 .414 0.4 0.9 .419  
 Career     8.1 15.2 .537 3.4 5.3 .645 5.1 7.7 .665 2.6 6.2 .421 0.4 1.2 .332  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1984 82 82 2459 747 1452 294 457 36 128 1824 185 706 142 54 152 54 136 236 391 
 1983 81 81 2332 580 1018 259 400 31 74 1450 160 612 164 43 172 43 111 241 343 
 Career 163 163 4791 1327 2470 553 857 67 202 3274 345 1318 306 97 324 97 247 477 734 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1984 NBA DAL .552 1.26 7.3 7.8 28.8 7.9 20.2 14.3 24.7 517.6 17.3 4.8 105.3 97.9  
 1983 NBA DAL .607 1.42 10.7 11.2 22.9 8.3 20.4 14.7 22.5 414.5 13.8 4.2 110.6 103.4  
 Career     .575 1.33 8.8 9.3 25.9 8.1 20.2 14.5 23.6 932.0 31.1 4.5 107.9 100.6  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1984 NBA DAL 9 9 28.4 24.1 2.7 6.4 2.0 2.0 1.00 0.4 2.3 2.3 .525 .684 .200  
 1983 NBA DAL 15 15 28.7 19.9 2.2 5.3 2.3 1.9 1.21 0.7 1.5 3.0 .561 .604 .483  
 Career     24 24 28.6 21.5 2.4 5.8 2.2 1.9 1.13 0.6 1.8 2.8 .545 .640 .386  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1984 NBA DAL 10.4 19.9 .525 2.9 4.2 .684 6.8 11.2 .604 3.3 7.0 .476 0.3 1.7 .200  
 1983 NBA DAL 8.5 15.2 .561 1.9 3.2 .604 5.7 8.3 .685 1.9 5.0 .387 0.9 1.9 .483  
 Career     9.3 17.0 .545 2.3 3.6 .640 6.1 9.4 .649 2.5 5.8 .428 0.7 1.8 .386  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1984 9 9 256 94 179 26 38 3 15 217 24 82 18 4 18 4 21 21 -16 
 1983 15 15 430 128 228 29 48 14 29 299 33 113 34 11 28 11 22 45 90 
 Career 24 24 686 222 407 55 86 17 44 516 57 195 52 15 46 15 43 66 74 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1984 NBA DAL .551 1.21 7.8 7.8 28.8 8.6 22.2 15.2 22.7 46.4 1.5 -1.8 98.1 100.3  
 1983 NBA DAL .602 1.31 10.9 9.0 25.2 8.5 21.3 14.8 21.9 72.6 2.4 6.0 114.1 103.7  
 Career     .580 1.27 9.6 8.5 15.8 8.6 21.7 15.0 22.2 119.0 4.0 3.1 108.2 102.5  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1982 - 32 0 32.4 22.3 3.7 8.6 1.7 1.9 0.88 0.6 2.4 2.3 .602 .696 .000  
 Total   32 0 32.4 22.3 3.7 8.6 1.7 1.9 0.88 0.6 2.4 2.3 .602 .696 .000  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1982 32 0 1037 289 480 135 194 0 0 713 117 392 53 20 60 20 76 74 0 
 Career 32 0 1037 289 480 135 194 0 0 713 117 392 53 20 60 20 76 74 0 

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 37 6 19 5 3 7 5 17 33 13 19 2 6  
 Playoff 37 6 13 6 2 8 4 16 31 8 10 4 5  
 Career 37 6 19 8 3 8 6 17 33 13 19 4 6  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/16 SAS W 32 9 21 2 2 0 4 20 4 13 2 1 1 3 2 3
 10/21 IND L 28 9 16 1 2 1 4 20 2 5 1 1 2 2 4 10
 10/23 STL W 35 12 21 5 8 0 2 29 3 6 2 3 2 1 1 9
 10/25 SLS L 30 7 18 3 4 1 2 18 6 11 3 0 0 2 4 -16
 10/26 MIA L 28 9 20 0 2 0 2 18 1 7 2 2 2 3 5 4
 10/28 CLE W 30 5 11 6 12 1 1 17 3 11 1 2 2 1 2 10
 10/30 SEA W 25 10 17 2 2 1 3 23 0 10 1 0 0 4 2 29
 11/1 NJN L 33 9 17 4 6 1 2 23 1 9 4 2 1 1 5 3
 11/2 STL W 24 11 25 2 5 1 3 25 2 9 3 1 1 2 2 24
 11/5 SEA W 31 10 16 2 4 0 0 22 1 7 1 3 0 4 1 17
 11/6 LAL L 33 10 24 1 2 0 4 21 2 6 1 0 0 0 4 -16
 11/9 ATL W 31 8 16 6 6 1 1 23 2 8 0 4 3 1 2 7
 11/10 PHX W 31 8 14 2 6 2 4 20 0 7 3 1 3 2 3 6
 11/12 CHI L 35 9 15 6 8 0 2 24 2 5 2 2 0 1 4 -5
 11/14 DEN W 27 11 15 7 9 0 0 29 2 6 0 1 1 1 1 17
 11/15 SLS W 23 5 12 3 4 0 2 13 0 2 3 0 0 0 4 3
 11/19 NYK L 31 8 21 2 3 0 1 18 5 9 2 2 0 2 4 -8
 11/20 STL W 24 8 14 5 6 0 0 21 6 11 2 2 0 0 0 13
 11/22 SDC W 26 6 12 6 10 0 0 18 1 7 1 2 0 1 3 26
 11/24 SAS L 33 10 20 2 2 0 0 22 3 11 2 4 1 0 1 -7
 11/26 POR W 27 11 17 1 2 0 0 23 0 6 3 3 1 2 2 25
 11/30 HOU W 29 11 18 8 15 0 2 30 0 5 0 4 1 3 3 11
 12/1 GSW W 18 3 5 3 4 0 0 9 0 2 0 2 1 2 5 -9
 12/5 DEN W 23 6 14 0 2 0 1 12 4 14 1 0 0 0 4 23
 12/6 DEN W 27 8 11 5 6 0 0 21 1 7 3 1 1 1 5 20
 12/9 GSW W 34 8 14 10 14 1 3 27 1 3 0 0 0 1 4 10
 12/11 GSW L 31 5 18 2 2 0 2 12 6 11 5 2 0 0 5 -8
 12/12 GSW W 34 12 16 3 4 0 0 27 2 10 3 3 0 4 4 5
 12/15 SDC L 34 4 14 2 2 0 2 10 1 6 1 1 0 1 2 -13
 12/17 IND W 33 7 17 4 4 0 1 18 3 12 2 0 0 0 3 7
 12/19 ATL W 33 7 14 1 2 0 1 15 2 9 1 2 3 0 4 2
 12/21 STL W 29 6 14 4 6 0 2 16 4 10 0 3 1 2 2 -1
 12/23 CHI W 34 8 14 4 8 2 2 22 2 12 2 3 3 2 3 11
 12/24 BAL W 31 7 16 2 4 1 1 17 4 11 0 2 1 1 4 21
 12/27 SAS W 33 7 18 12 19 0 3 26 3 10 1 1 0 2 2 15
 12/28 SEA L 31 10 15 6 8 0 2 26 0 6 1 2 2 2 3 4
 12/31 POR W 33 12 20 4 8 0 1 28 3 9 3 2 1 0 4 13
 1/3 CLE W 28 10 15 0 0 1 1 21 5 10 3 2 0 1 1 9
 1/4 SDC L 38 11 19 3 4 0 2 25 3 6 3 2 0 3 2 5
 1/7 DET L 30 9 15 6 8 1 1 25 3 7 1 3 0 0 3 -23
 1/9 MIA W 29 11 19 2 6 2 3 26 2 6 2 1 1 1 3 24
 1/11 DEN W 35 13 16 0 2 0 0 26 3 13 1 2 0 4 3 -1
 1/13 LAL W 25 6 12 3 4 0 1 15 2 5 0 3 0 1 5 15
 1/15 HOU W 32 14 19 5 6 0 1 33 1 7 1 0 1 2 3 9
 1/16 DEN L 32 11 26 6 9 0 1 28 5 11 2 1 1 2 1 -3
 1/19 NYK W 34 7 11 6 6 1 2 21 0 8 3 5 1 1 5 8
 1/22 STL W 34 12 23 7 7 1 2 32 0 9 0 2 1 0 4 14
 1/23 SEA W 33 8 13 5 8 0 0 21 1 8 2 2 1 1 0 2
 1/27 HOU L 24 8 13 1 2 1 1 18 1 5 1 1 0 3 3 -17
 1/29 SLS L 32 9 28 3 4 0 1 21 1 12 3 1 1 4 5 -6
 1/31 PHX W 32 4 14 13 14 0 4 21 1 12 4 1 1 2 4 16
 2/2 LAL L 34 12 20 0 0 2 3 26 2 9 2 1 0 3 4 -1
 2/6 CLE L 24 6 17 1 3 0 0 13 5 11 0 3 0 2 2 -30
 2/7 MIA W 30 6 14 4 6 0 0 16 2 12 2 1 1 2 1 14
 2/8 ROO L 37 11 22 7 8 1 4 30 2 8 4 2 0 2 4 -4
 2/10 EAS L 34 11 18 2 4 0 0 24 0 3 5 1 0 2 4 -16
 2/12 SAS W 25 10 12 2 4 1 1 23 2 6 3 1 1 3 1 37
 2/13 SAS W 26 5 13 6 8 0 0 16 1 7 2 1 1 0 4 7
 2/17 SAC W 29 12 19 2 5 0 1 26 2 10 1 1 2 2 2 11
 2/18 SLS W 33 12 19 1 2 0 1 25 1 6 4 0 0 0 4 11
 2/20 NOJ W 23 6 8 6 9 0 0 18 2 10 0 2 0 1 3 6
 2/23 BOS L 34 8 21 2 2 1 2 19 2 13 2 3 1 2 5 -8
 2/24 STL L 26 10 22 6 8 0 2 26 5 8 1 0 1 3 3 -10
 2/26 LAL L 25 7 15 3 4 2 4 19 0 6 2 0 0 2 4 -23
 3/1 IND L 34 9 19 4 4 0 4 22 3 12 1 5 1 4 4 1
 3/2 PHX W 20 4 10 2 2 1 3 11 1 5 0 1 0 2 4 4
 3/6 NJN W 33 8 20 4 10 0 0 20 0 4 1 3 1 1 5 -1
 3/8 GSW L 30 10 19 3 4 0 1 23 1 5 3 3 0 1 3 -11
 3/9 SLS L 34 10 19 1 2 2 4 23 0 3 4 0 0 2 4 1
 3/12 DET W 33 10 23 5 6 0 2 25 5 12 1 1 0 1 1 -5
 3/14 PHI W 34 8 18 3 4 0 0 19 4 11 1 3 0 7 2 -2
 3/15 SDC L 31 14 27 6 10 1 5 35 2 13 2 3 1 3 2 -4
 3/19 SAC W 36 15 28 4 7 1 1 35 5 14 0 3 0 1 2 7
 3/20 SAS L 40 12 21 4 6 1 2 29 6 12 2 2 0 4 4 -8
 3/22 POR L 31 15 25 6 12 1 6 37 2 8 1 2 0 1 1 4
 3/24 MIL W 32 7 15 4 5 0 0 18 2 6 2 3 1 0 3 7
 3/26 SDC W 24 13 18 2 4 0 1 28 2 6 1 3 2 2 1 27
 3/27 HOU L 24 7 14 5 8 0 0 19 2 5 2 5 1 1 1 -21
 3/29 LAL W 37 17 33 2 4 1 3 37 1 8 4 1 0 2 3 13
 3/31 PHX L 27 13 21 4 8 1 2 31 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 -5
 4/2 POR W 28 13 20 2 2 0 1 28 3 10 1 2 3 1 3 15
 4/4 PHI W 35 10 24 3 5 0 2 23 3 10 1 1 0 1 2 -3
 4/5 SLS L 32 10 23 4 8 1 2 25 4 10 2 2 0 2 3 -7
 4/8 SAC W 25 8 21 3 8 0 1 19 4 15 4 1 1 0 1 11
 4/10 SAC W 24 7 18 3 4 0 2 17 3 10 2 1 0 0 4 1
 4/11 PHX W 30 12 22 3 6 0 0 27 4 19 2 2 0 1 3 17
 4/14 BOS W 35 14 26 3 6 1 2 32 4 9 2 4 1 1 2 0
 4/15 NOJ W 26 7 17 0 0 1 2 15 3 8 2 2 0 5 1 23
 4/17 MIL W 21 3 13 0 0 0 1 6 2 10 2 2 1 2 4 1
 4/18 BAL W 35 9 22 0 8 1 2 19 4 10 2 3 0 4 2 15
 4/20 SAS W 35 11 22 5 8 0 4 27 6 13 2 2 0 1 4 21
 4/21 SAS W 24 8 17 0 0 0 0 16 2 10 3 3 1 4 0 19
 4/23 SAS L 34 14 31 8 8 0 0 36 4 6 3 1 1 2 2 -14
 4/24 SAS L 33 13 25 5 6 0 1 31 3 13 2 1 0 0 2 -12
 4/26 SAS W 23 11 17 1 2 1 2 24 1 9 0 2 1 3 2 7
 4/28 PHX L 33 10 20 6 10 1 3 27 3 8 3 2 1 8 0 -9
 4/29 PHX L 19 6 13 1 2 0 1 13 1 3 1 1 0 0 3 -28
 5/1 PHX L 22 9 13 0 0 0 0 18 2 8 2 3 0 2 4 -4
 5/2 PHX L 33 12 21 0 2 1 4 25 2 12 2 3 0 1 4 4

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 15
 Total Player of the Week: 1
 Total All-Star Appearances: 1
 Total All-League Second Team: 1
 1983 NBA Rookie Game Participant
 1983 NBA All-Rookie First Team
 1984 NBA Rookie Game Participant
 1984 NBA All-Star
 1984 NBA All-League Second Team

 Transactions
 Date Action
 6/29/1983 Drafted by the Mavericks with pick #1 of round 1.

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