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Game state source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 6:37 pm EDTNBA legend. Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Biography, honors and career statistics below.
Joe Dumars
Career at a glance
Joe Dumars played 14 NBA regular seasons between 1985 and 1999, appearing in 1,018 games and averaging 16.1 points, 2.2 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game. He spent his whole career with Detroit (1985–99, 1,018 games). His best scoring season was 1992–93 with Detroit: 23.5 points per game over 77 games.
Championship seasons: 1988–89 (Detroit), 1989–90 (Detroit). In the playoffs he appeared in 10 postseason runs (112 games, 15.6 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 16,400 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 Joe Dumars
Joe Dumars III (/ˈduːmɑːrz/DOO-marz; born May 24, 1963) is an American professional basketball executive and former player who is the head of basketball operations for the New Orleans Pelicans. He could play either shooting guard or point guard on offense and was a highly effective defender. He played his entire 14-year career with the Detroit Pistons. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Dumars and Isiah Thomas combined to form one of the best backcourts in NBA history, winning two championships together. Dumars was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.
Initially a shooting guard, Dumars moved to point guard following Thomas’ retirement in 1994, sharing ball-handling duties with Grant Hill. Dumars served as the president of basketball operations for the Pistons from 2000 to 2014, winning a third championship as an executive in 2004.
- Born
- May 24, 1963 (age 63) Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
- Listed weight
- 195 lb (88 kg)
- Position
- Shooting guard / point guard
- High school
- Natchitoches Central (Natchitoches, Louisiana)
- College
- McNeese State (1981 – 1985)
- NBA draft
- 1985: 1st round, 18th overall pick
- Playing career
- 1985–1999
Career highlights and awards
- 2× NBA champion (1989, 1990)
- NBA Finals MVP (1989)
- 6× NBA All-Star (1990–1993, 1995, 1997)
- All-NBA Second Team (1993)
- 2× All-NBA Third Team (1990, 1991)
- 4× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1989, 1990, 1992, 1993)
- NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1991)
- NBA All-Rookie First Team (1986)
- No. 4 retired by Detroit Pistons
- Southland Player of the Year (1985)
- 4× First-team All-Southland (1982–1985)
- No. 4 retired by McNeese State Cowboys
- NBA champion (2004)
- NBA Executive of the Year (2003)
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985–86 | Detroit | 82 | 45 | 23.9 | .481 | .313 | .798 | 1.5 | 4.8 | .8 | .1 | 9.4 |
| 1986–87 | Detroit | 79 | 75 | 30.9 | .493 | .409 | .748 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 1.1 | .1 | 11.8 |
| 1987–88 | Detroit | 82 | 82* | 33.3 | .472 | .211 | .815 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 1.1 | .2 | 14.2 |
| 1988–89† | Detroit | 69 | 67 | 34.9 | .505 | .483 | .850 | 2.5 | 5.7 | .9 | .1 | 17.2 |
| 1989–90† | Detroit | 75 | 71 | 34.4 | .480 | .400 | .900 | 2.8 | 4.9 | .8 | .0 | 17.8 |
| 1990–91 | Detroit | 80 | 80 | 38.1 | .481 | .311 | .890 | 2.3 | 5.5 | 1.1 | .1 | 20.4 |
| 1991–92 | Detroit | 82 | 82* | 38.9 | .448 | .408 | .867 | 2.3 | 4.6 | .9 | .1 | 19.9 |
| 1992–93 | Detroit | 77 | 77 | 40.2 | .466 | .375 | .864 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 1.0 | .1 | 23.5 |
| 1993–94 | Detroit | 69 | 69 | 37.6 | .452 | .388 | .836 | 2.2 | 3.8 | .9 | .1 | 20.4 |
| 1994–95 | Detroit | 67 | 67 | 38.0 | .430 | .305 | .805 | 2.4 | 5.5 | 1.1 | .1 | 18.1 |
| 1995–96 | Detroit | 67 | 40 | 32.7 | .426 | .406 | .822 | 2.1 | 4.0 | .6 | .0 | 11.8 |
| 1996–97 | Detroit | 79 | 79 | 37.0 | .440 | .432 | .867 | 2.4 | 4.0 | .7 | .0 | 14.7 |
| 1997–98 | Detroit | 72 | 72 | 32.3 | .416 | .371 | .825 | 1.4 | 3.5 | .6 | .0 | 13.1 |
| 1998–99 | Detroit | 38 | 38 | 29.4 | .411 | .403 | .836 | 1.8 | 3.5 | .6 | .1 | 11.3 |
| Career | 1,018 | 944 | 34.5 | .460 | .382 | .843 | 2.2 | 4.5 | .9 | .1 | 16.1 | |
| All-Star | 6 | 1 | 16.3 | .400 | .333 | .500 | 1.2 | 3.4 | .2 | .0 | 5.7 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Detroit | 4 | 4 | 36.8 | .610 | — | .667 | 3.3 | 6.3 | 1.0 | .0 | 15.0 |
| 1987 | Detroit | 15 | 15 | 31.5 | .538 | .667 | .780 | 1.3 | 4.8 | .8 | .1 | 12.7 |
| 1988 | Detroit | 23 | 23 | 35.0 | .457 | .333 | .889 | 2.2 | 4.9 | .6 | .1 | 12.3 |
| 1989† | Detroit | 17 | 17 | 36.5 | .455 | .083 | .861 | 2.6 | 5.6 | .7 | .1 | 17.6 |
| 1990† | Detroit | 20 | 20 | 37.7 | .458 | .263 | .876 | 2.2 | 4.8 | 1.1 | .0 | 18.2 |
| 1991 | Detroit | 15 | 15 | 39.2 | .429 | .405 | .845 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 1.1 | .1 | 20.6 |
| 1992 | Detroit | 5 | 5 | 44.2 | .471 | .500 | .789 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 1.0 | .2 | 16.8 |
| 1996 | Detroit | 3 | 3 | 41.0 | .457 | .357 | 1.000 | 4.3 | 3.7 | .0 | .0 | 13.7 |
| 1997 | Detroit | 5 | 5 | 42.8 | .361 | .261 | .950 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | .0 | 13.8 |
| 1999 | Detroit | 5 | 5 | 30.6 | .487 | .526 | 1.000 | 1.4 | 2.6 | .4 | .0 | 10.2 |
| Career | 112 | 112 | 36.6 | .462 | .358 | .855 | 2.3 | 4.6 | .8 | .1 | 15.6 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 3″
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Position
- Shooting guard / point guard
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1985
- Draft pick
- Round 1 · Pick 18
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