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Game state source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 7:44 pm EDTNBA legend. Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Biography, honors and career statistics below.
Amar’e Stoudemire
Career at a glance
Amar’e Stoudemire played 14 NBA regular seasons between 2002 and 2016, appearing in 846 games and averaging 18.9 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. He played for 4 teams: Phoenix (2002–10, 516 games), New York (2010–15, 255 games), Dallas (2014–15, 23 games), Miami (2015–16, 52 games). His best scoring season was 2004–05 with Phoenix: 26.0 points per game over 80 games.
He rebounded best in 2006–07 at 9.6 per game. In the playoffs he appeared in 10 postseason runs (78 games, 18.7 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 16,000 regular-season points (an estimate from per-game figures, not an official total).
whynba analysis of the season-by-season statistics below (Wikipedia revision, CC BY-SA 4.0). Totals are estimates from per-game averages.
About Amar’e Stoudemire
Amar'e Carsares Stoudemire (born November 16, 1982), also known as Yehoshophat ben Avraham, is an American-Israeli professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as a player development assistant for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2025 and was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2026.
He won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 2003 with the Phoenix Suns, who selected him with the ninth overall pick of the 2002 NBA draft. He made six appearances in the NBA All-Star Game and was named to the All-NBA Team five times, including one first-team selection in 2007. Stoudemire was inducted into the Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor on March 2, 2024.
Stoudemire played high school basketball for three schools, ultimately graduating from Cypress Creek High School in Orlando, Florida, and declaring for the NBA draft as a prep-to-pro player. He won several prep honors, including being selected as Florida's Mr. Basketball. Stoudemire had chronic knee problems during his career and underwent microfracture surgery on both knees. He played for the Suns, the New York Knicks, the Dallas Mavericks, and the Miami Heat before retiring from the NBA in 2016.
- Born
- November 16, 1982 (age 43) Lake Wales, Florida, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
- Listed weight
- 245 lb (111 kg)
- Position
- Power forward / center
- High school
- Lake Wales (Lake Wales, Florida) Mount Zion Christian Academy (Durham, North Carolina) Cypress Creek (Orlando, Florida)
- NBA draft
- 2002: 1st round, 9th overall pick
- Playing career
- 2002–2020
Career highlights and awards
- 6× NBA All-Star (2005, 2007–2011)
- All-NBA First Team (2007)
- 4× All-NBA Second Team (2005, 2008, 2010, 2011)
- NBA Rookie of the Year (2003)
- NBA All-Rookie First Team (2003)
- No. 32 retired by Phoenix Suns
- 2× Israeli Basketball Premier League champion (2017, 2020)
- Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP (2020)
- 2× Israeli Basketball Premier League All-Star (2017, 2019)
- Israeli Cup winner (2019)
- Israeli League Cup winner (2016)
- All-EuroCup Second Team (2017)
- First-team Parade All-American (2002)
- McDonald's All-American (2002)
- Florida Mr. Basketball (2002)
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–03 | Phoenix | 82 | 71 | 31.3 | .472 | .200 | .661 | 8.8 | 1.0 | .8 | 1.1 | 13.5 |
| 2003–04 | Phoenix | 55 | 53 | 36.8 | .475 | .200 | .713 | 9.0 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 20.6 |
| 2004–05 | Phoenix | 80 | 80 | 36.1 | .559 | .188 | .733 | 8.9 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 26.0 |
| 2005–06 | Phoenix | 3 | 3 | 16.7 | .333 | .000 | .889 | 5.3 | .7 | .3 | 1.0 | 8.7 |
| 2006–07 | Phoenix | 82* | 78 | 32.8 | .575 | .000 | .781 | 9.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 20.4 |
| 2007–08 | Phoenix | 79 | 79 | 33.9 | .590 | .161 | .805 | 9.1 | 1.5 | .8 | 2.1 | 25.2 |
| 2008–09 | Phoenix | 53 | 53 | 36.8 | .539 | .429 | .835 | 8.1 | 2.0 | .9 | 1.1 | 21.4 |
| 2009–10 | Phoenix | 82* | 82* | 34.6 | .557 | .167 | .771 | 8.9 | 1.0 | .6 | 1.0 | 23.1 |
| 2010–11 | New York | 78 | 78 | 36.8 | .502 | .435 | .792 | 8.2 | 2.6 | .9 | 1.9 | 25.3 |
| 2011–12 | New York | 47 | 47 | 32.8 | .483 | .238 | .765 | 7.8 | 1.1 | .8 | 1.0 | 17.5 |
| 2012–13 | New York | 29 | 0 | 23.5 | .577 | .000 | .808 | 5.0 | .4 | .3 | .7 | 14.2 |
| 2013–14 | New York | 65 | 21 | 22.6 | .557 | .000 | .739 | 4.9 | .5 | .4 | .6 | 11.9 |
| 2014–15 | New York | 36 | 14 | 24.0 | .543 | .000 | .740 | 6.8 | 1.0 | .6 | .9 | 12.0 |
| 2014–15 | Dallas | 23 | 1 | 16.5 | .581 | .000 | .678 | 3.7 | .3 | .4 | .2 | 10.8 |
| 2015–16 | Miami | 52 | 36 | 14.7 | .566 | .000 | .746 | 4.3 | .5 | .3 | .8 | 5.8 |
| Career | 846 | 696 | 31.0 | .537 | .236 | .761 | 7.8 | 1.2 | .8 | 1.2 | 18.9 | |
| All-Star | 6 | 3 | 19.5 | .571 | .400 | .750 | 7.5 | 1.2 | .7 | .7 | 18.8 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Phoenix | 6 | 6 | 33.8 | .523 | 1.000 | .571 | 7.8 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 14.2 |
| 2005 | Phoenix | 15 | 15 | 40.1 | .539 | .000 | .781 | 10.7 | 1.2 | .7 | 2.0 | 29.9 |
| 2007 | Phoenix | 10 | 10 | 34.3 | .523 | .333 | .769 | 12.1 | .6 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | Phoenix | 5 | 5 | 40.8 | .485 | .250 | .633 | 9.0 | .4 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 23.2 |
| 2010 | Phoenix | 16 | 16 | 36.5 | .519 | .000 | .754 | 6.6 | 1.1 | .7 | 1.5 | 22.2 |
| 2011 | New York | 4 | 4 | 33.5 | .382 | .000 | .667 | 7.8 | 1.8 | .3 | .8 | 14.5 |
| 2012 | New York | 4 | 4 | 36.5 | .556 | .000 | .750 | 6.5 | .8 | 1.3 | .3 | 15.3 |
| 2013 | New York | 4 | 0 | 8.3 | .385 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.3 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 3.8 |
| 2015 | Dallas | 5 | 0 | 15.0 | .429 | .000 | .692 | 3.2 | .6 | .2 | .6 | 7.8 |
| 2016 | Miami | 9 | 2 | 9.1 | .579 | .000 | 1.000 | 1.4 | .0 | .6 | .3 | 3.3 |
| Career | 78 | 62 | 30.7 | .512 | .250 | .750 | 7.4 | .8 | .8 | 1.3 | 18.7 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 10″
- Weight
- 245 lb
- Position
- Power forward / center
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 2002
- Draft pick
- Round 1 · Pick 9
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