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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.
David Robinson
Career at a glance
David Robinson played 14 NBA regular seasons between 1989 and 2003, appearing in 987 games and averaging 21.1 points, 10.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. He spent his whole career with San Antonio (1989–03, 987 games). His best scoring season was 1993–94 with San Antonio: 29.8 points per game over 80 games.
He rebounded best in 1990–91 at 13.0 per game. The season table marks him as the league leader in rebounding once, blocks once, scoring once. Championship seasons: 1998–99 (San Antonio), 2002–03 (San Antonio).
In the playoffs he appeared in 12 postseason runs (123 games, 18.1 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 20,800 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 David Robinson
David Maurice Robinson (born August 6, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "the Admiral" for his service in the U.S. Navy, he spent his entire 14-year career with National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise San Antonio Spurs and is now a minority owner of the team. He is widely considered one of the greatest centers in both college basketball and NBA history.
Robinson played basketball for the United States Naval Academy and was selected by the Spurs as the first overall pick of the 1987 NBA draft, but because he had to fulfill his active-duty obligation with the Navy, he would not play his first game until 1989. Among other accolades, he was a two-time NBA champion (1999 and 2003), a 10-time NBA All-Star, a 10-time All-NBA Team member, the 1995 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), the 1992 NBA Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY), a two-time Olympic Gold Medal winner (1992 and 1996), and a two-time Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee (2009 for his individual career; 2010 as a member of the gold medal-winning "Dream Team" at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics).
Robinson is also a two-time U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame inductee (2008 individually, 2009 as a member of the 1992 Olympic team). He was honored as one of the league's all-time players by being named to the NBA 50th Anniversary (1996) and 75th Anniversary Teams (2021).
- Born
- August 6, 1965 (age 61) Key West, Florida, U.S.
- Listed height
- 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
- Listed weight
- 250 lb (113 kg)
- Position
- Center
- High school
- Osbourn Park (Manassas, Virginia)
- College
- Navy (1983–1987)
- NBA draft
- 1987: 1st round, 1st overall pick
- Playing career
- 1989–2003
Career highlights and awards
- 2× NBA champion (1999, 2003)
- NBA Most Valuable Player (1995)
- 10× NBA All-Star (1990–1996, 1998, 2000, 2001)
- 4× All-NBA First Team (1991, 1992, 1995, 1996)
- 2× All-NBA Second Team (1994, 1998)
- 4× All-NBA Third Team (1990, 1993, 2000, 2001)
- NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1992)
- 4× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1991, 1992, 1995, 1996)
- 4× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1990, 1993, 1994, 1998)
- NBA scoring champion (1994)
- NBA rebounding leader (1991)
- NBA blocks leader (1992)
- NBA Rookie of the Year (1990)
- NBA All-Rookie First Team (1990)
- NBA anniversary team (50th, 75th)
- No. 50 retired by San Antonio Spurs
- Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year (2003)
- National college player of the year (1987)
- Consensus first-team All-American (1987)
- Consensus second-team All-American (1986)
- NCAA rebounding leader (1986)
- 2× NCAA blocks leader (1986, 1987)
- 3× CAA Player of the Year (1985–1987)
- 3× First-team All-CAA (1985–1987)
- 2× CAA tournament MVP (1986, 1987)
- CAA All-Defensive Team (1987)
- CAA Rookie of the Year (1984)
- CAA All-Rookie Team (1984)
- USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (1986)
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989–90 | San Antonio | 82* | 81 | 36.6 | .531 | .000 | .732 | 12.0 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 24.3 |
| 1990–91 | San Antonio | 82* | 81 | 37.7 | .552 | .143 | .762 | 13.0* | 2.5 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 25.6 |
| 1991–92 | San Antonio | 68 | 68 | 37.7 | .551 | .125 | .701 | 12.2 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 4.5* | 23.2 |
| 1992–93 | San Antonio | 82* | 82* | 39.2 | .501 | .176 | .732 | 11.7 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 23.4 |
| 1993–94 | San Antonio | 80 | 80 | 40.5 | .507 | .345 | .749 | 10.7 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 29.8* |
| 1994–95 | San Antonio | 81 | 81 | 38.0 | .530 | .300 | .774 | 10.8 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 27.6 |
| 1995–96 | San Antonio | 82 | 82* | 36.8 | .516 | .333 | .761 | 12.2 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 25.0 |
| 1996–97 | San Antonio | 6 | 6 | 24.5 | .500 | .000 | .654 | 8.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 17.7 |
| 1997–98 | San Antonio | 73 | 73 | 33.7 | .511 | .250 | .735 | 10.6 | 2.7 | .9 | 2.6 | 21.6 |
| 1998–99† | San Antonio | 49 | 49 | 31.7 | .509 | .000 | .658 | 10.0 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 15.8 |
| 1999–00 | San Antonio | 80 | 80 | 32.0 | .512 | .000 | .726 | 9.6 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 17.8 |
| 2000–01 | San Antonio | 80 | 80 | 29.6 | .486 | .000 | .747 | 8.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 14.4 |
| 2001–02 | San Antonio | 78 | 78 | 29.5 | .507 | .000 | .681 | 8.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 12.2 |
| 2002–03† | San Antonio | 64 | 64 | 26.2 | .469 | .000 | .710 | 7.9 | 1.0 | .8 | 1.7 | 8.5 |
| Career | 987 | 985 | 34.7 | .518 | .250 | .736 | 10.6 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 21.1 | |
| All-Star | 10 | 3 | 18.4 | .588 | .000 | .695 | 6.2 | .8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 14.1 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | San Antonio | 10 | 10 | 37.5 | .533 | .000 | .677 | 12.0 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 24.3 |
| 1991 | San Antonio | 4 | 4 | 41.5 | .686 | .000 | .868 | 13.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 25.8 |
| 1993 | San Antonio | 10 | 10 | 42.1 | .465 | .000 | .664 | 12.6 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 23.1 |
| 1994 | San Antonio | 4 | 4 | 36.5 | .411 | .000 | .741 | 10.0 | 3.5 | .8 | 2.5 | 20.0 |
| 1995 | San Antonio | 15 | 15 | 41.5 | .446 | .200 | .812 | 12.1 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 25.3 |
| 1996 | San Antonio | 10 | 10 | 35.3 | .516 | .000 | .667 | 10.1 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 23.6 |
| 1998 | San Antonio | 9 | 9 | 39.2 | .425 | .000 | .635 | 14.1 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 19.4 |
| 1999† | San Antonio | 17 | 17 | 35.3 | .483 | .000 | .722 | 9.9 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 15.6 |
| 2000 | San Antonio | 4 | 4 | 38.8 | .373 | .000 | .762 | 13.8 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 23.5 |
| 2001 | San Antonio | 13 | 13 | 31.5 | .472 | .000 | .695 | 11.8 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 16.6 |
| 2002 | San Antonio | 4 | 4 | 20.3 | .474 | .000 | .000 | 5.8 | 1.3 | .8 | .8 | 4.5 |
| 2003† | San Antonio | 23 | 23 | 23.4 | .542 | .000 | .667 | 6.6 | .9 | .8 | 1.3 | 7.8 |
| Career | 123 | 123 | 34.3 | .479 | .100 | .708 | 10.6 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 18.1 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 7′ 1″
- Weight
- 250 lb
- Position
- Center
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1987
- Draft pick
- Round 1 · Pick 1
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