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Game state source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 5:36 pm EDTNBA legend. Named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Biography, honors and career statistics below.
Allen Iverson
Career at a glance
Allen Iverson played 14 NBA regular seasons between 1996 and 2010, appearing in 914 games and averaging 26.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game. He played for 4 teams: Philadelphia (12 seasons between 1996 and 2010, 722 games), Denver (2006–09, 135 games), Detroit (2008–09, 54 games), Memphis (2009–10, 3 games). His best scoring season was 2005–06 with Philadelphia: 33.0 points per game over 72 games.
The season table marks him as the league leader in scoring 4 times, steals 3 times. In the playoffs he appeared in 8 postseason runs (71 games, 29.7 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 24,400 regular-season points (an estimate from per-game figures, not an official total).
Among the 404 players with at least 200 NBA games profiled on whynba, Iverson ranks No. 8 in points per game.
whynba analysis of the season-by-season statistics below (Wikipedia revision, CC BY-SA 4.0). Totals are estimates from per-game averages.
About Allen Iverson
Allen Ezail Iverson (/ˈaɪvərsən/EYE-vər-sən; born June 7, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "the Answer", he played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as both a shooting guard and point guard. As an NBA rookie with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1997, Iverson was named NBA Rookie of the Year. He was an 11-time NBA All-Star, won the All-Star Game MVP Award in 2001 and 2005, and was the NBA's Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2001. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. In October 2021, he was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. Iverson is regarded as one of the game's greatest scorers, ball handlers, guards, and among the most influential athletes in all of American sports.
Iverson attended Bethel High School in Hampton, Virginia, and was a dual-sport athlete. He earned the Associated Press High School Player of the Year award in both football and basketball, and won the Division 5 AAA Virginia state championship in both sports. After high school, Iverson played college basketball with the Georgetown Hoyas for two years, where he set the school record for career scoring average (23.0 points per game) and won the Big East Defensive Player of the Year award both years.
Following two successful years at Georgetown University, Iverson declared eligibility for the 1996 NBA draft, and was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the first overall pick. He was named the NBA Rookie of the Year in the 1996–97 season. A four-time scoring champion, winning the NBA scoring title during the 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, and 2004–05 seasons, Iverson was one of the most prolific scorers in NBA history, despite his relatively small stature (listed at 6feet, 0inches, or 183centimeters). His regular season career scoring average of 26.7 points per game ranks seventh all-time, and his playoff career scoring average of 29.7 points per game trails only Michael Jordan and Luka Dončić. Iverson was also the NBA Most Valuable Player of the 2000–01 season, and led his team to the 2001 NBA Finals the same season. Iverson represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal.
- Born
- June 7, 1975 (age 51) Hampton, Virginia, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
- Listed weight
- 165 lb (75 kg)
- Position
- Shooting guard / point guard
- High school
- Bethel (Hampton, Virginia)
- College
- Georgetown (1994–1996)
- NBA draft
- 1996: 1st round, 1st overall pick
- Playing career
- 1996–2011
Career highlights and awards
- NBA Most Valuable Player (2001)
- 11× NBA All-Star (2000–2010)
- 2× NBA All-Star Game MVP (2001, 2005)
- 3× All-NBA First Team (1999, 2001, 2005)
- 3× All-NBA Second Team (2000, 2002, 2003)
- All-NBA Third Team (2006)
- NBA Rookie of the Year (1997)
- NBA All-Rookie First Team (1997)
- 4× NBA scoring champion (1999, 2001, 2002, 2005)
- 3× NBA steals leader (2001–2003)
- NBA 75th Anniversary Team
- No. 3 retired by Philadelphia 76ers
- Consensus first-team All-American (1996)
- First-team All-Big East (1996)
- Second-team All-Big East (1995)
- 2× Big East Defensive Player of the Year (1995, 1996)
- Big East Rookie of the Year (1995)
- First-team Parade All-American (1993)
- Virginia Mr. Basketball (1993)
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–97 | Philadelphia | 76 | 74 | 40.1 | .418 | .341 | .702 | 4.1 | 7.5 | 2.1 | .3 | 23.5 |
| 1997–98 | Philadelphia | 80 | 80 | 39.4 | .461 | .298 | .729 | 3.7 | 6.2 | 2.2 | .3 | 22.0 |
| 1998–99 | Philadelphia | 48 | 48 | 41.5* | .412 | .291 | .751 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 2.3 | .1 | 26.8* |
| 1999–00 | Philadelphia | 70 | 70 | 40.8 | .421 | .341 | .713 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 2.1 | .1 | 28.4 |
| 2000–01 | Philadelphia | 71 | 71 | 42.0 | .420 | .320 | .814 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 2.5* | .3 | 31.1* |
| 2001–02 | Philadelphia | 60 | 59 | 43.7* | .398 | .291 | .812 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 2.8* | .2 | 31.4* |
| 2002–03 | Philadelphia | 82 | 82* | 42.5* | .414 | .277 | .774 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 2.7* | .2 | 27.6 |
| 2003–04 | Philadelphia | 48 | 47 | 42.5* | .387 | .286 | .745 | 3.7 | 6.8 | 2.4 | .1 | 26.4 |
| 2004–05 | Philadelphia | 75 | 75 | 42.3 | .424 | .308 | .835 | 4.0 | 7.9 | 2.4 | .1 | 30.7* |
| 2005–06 | Philadelphia | 72 | 72 | 43.1* | .447 | .323 | .814 | 3.2 | 7.4 | 1.9 | .1 | 33.0 |
| 2006–07 | Philadelphia | 15 | 15 | 42.7* | .413 | .226 | .885 | 2.7 | 7.3 | 2.2 | .1 | 31.2 |
| 2006–07 | Denver | 50 | 49 | 42.4* | .454 | .347 | .759 | 3.0 | 7.2 | 1.8 | .2 | 24.8 |
| 2007–08 | Denver | 82* | 82* | 41.8* | .458 | .345 | .809 | 3.0 | 7.1 | 2.0 | .1 | 26.4 |
| 2008–09 | Denver | 3 | 3 | 41.0 | .450 | .250 | .720 | 2.7 | 6.7 | 1.0 | .3 | 18.7 |
| 2008–09 | Detroit | 54 | 50 | 36.5 | .416 | .286 | .786 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 1.6 | .1 | 17.4 |
| 2009–10 | Memphis | 3 | 0 | 22.3 | .577 | 1.000 | .500 | 1.3 | 3.7 | .3 | .0 | 13.3 |
| 2009–10 | Philadelphia | 25 | 24 | 31.9 | .417 | .333 | .824 | 3.0 | 4.1 | .7 | .1 | 15.9 |
| Career | 914 | 901 | 41.1 | .425 | .313 | .780 | 3.7 | 6.2 | 2.2 | .2 | 26.7 | |
| All-Star | 9 | 9 | 26.6 | .414 | .667 | .769 | 2.6 | 6.2 | 2.3 | .1 | 14.4 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Philadelphia | 8 | 8 | 44.8 | .411 | .283 | .712 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 2.5 | .3 | 28.5 |
| 2000 | Philadelphia | 10 | 10 | 44.4 | .384 | .308 | .739 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 1.2 | .1 | 26.2 |
| 2001 | Philadelphia | 22 | 22 | 46.2 | .389 | .338 | .774 | 4.7 | 6.1 | 2.4 | .3 | 32.9 |
| 2002 | Philadelphia | 5 | 5 | 41.8 | .381 | .333 | .810 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 2.6 | .0 | 30.0 |
| 2003 | Philadelphia | 12 | 12 | 46.4 | .416 | .345 | .737 | 4.3 | 7.4 | 2.4 | .1 | 31.7 |
| 2005 | Philadelphia | 5 | 5 | 47.6 | .468 | .414 | .897 | 2.2 | 10.0 | 2.0 | .4 | 31.2 |
| 2007 | Denver | 5 | 5 | 44.6 | .368 | .294 | .806 | .6 | 5.8 | 1.4 | .0 | 22.8 |
| 2008 | Denver | 4 | 4 | 39.5 | .434 | .214 | .697 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 1.0 | .3 | 24.5 |
| Career | 71 | 71 | 45.1 | .401 | .327 | .764 | 3.8 | 6.0 | 2.1 | .2 | 29.7 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–95 | Georgetown | 30 | 29 | 32.2 | .390 | .232 | .688 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 3.0 | .2 | 20.4 |
| 1995–96 | Georgetown | 37 | 37 | 32.8 | .480 | .366 | .678 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.4 | .4 | 25.0 |
| Career | 67 | 66 | 32.5 | .440 | .314 | .683 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.2 | .3 | 23.0 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 0″
- Weight
- 165 lb
- Position
- Shooting guard / point guard
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1996
- Draft pick
- Round 1 · Pick 1
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