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NBA legend. Named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Biography, honors and career statistics below.

Tim Duncan

Power forward / centerNBA legend

Career at a glance

Tim Duncan played 19 NBA regular seasons between 1997 and 2016, appearing in 1,392 games and averaging 19.0 points, 10.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game. He spent his whole career with San Antonio (1997–16, 1,392 games). His best scoring season was 2001–02 with San Antonio: 25.5 points per game over 82 games.

He rebounded best in 2002–03 at 12.9 per game. Championship seasons: 1998–99 (San Antonio), 2002–03 (San Antonio), 2004–05 (San Antonio), 2006–07 (San Antonio), 2013–14 (San Antonio). In the playoffs he appeared in 18 postseason runs (251 games, 20.6 points per game).

Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 26,500 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 Tim Duncan

Timothy Theodore Duncan (born April 25, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player and coach who spent his entire 19-year career with the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Big Fundamental", he is widely considered the greatest power forward of all time and one of the greatest players in NBA history, and was a central contributor to the franchise's success during the 2000s and 2010s. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020 and named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021.

Born and raised on Saint Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Duncan initially aspired to be a competitive swimmer, but took up basketball at 14 after Hurricane Hugo destroyed the island's only Olympic-sized pool. In high school, he played basketball for St. Dunstan's Episcopal. In college, Duncan played for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, and in his senior year, he received the John Wooden Award and was named the Naismith College Player of the Year and the USBWA College Player of the Year.

After graduating from college, Duncan was the NBA Rookie of the Year after being selected by San Antonio with the first overall pick in the 1997 NBA draft. In his second season, he became the third player (alongside Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) to win NBA Finals MVP in his first two seasons after being drafted, guiding the Spurs to the 1999 NBA title. A strong post defender, Duncan was named to one of the two All-Defensive teams in each of his first 13 seasons, an NBA record. As part of the Spurs' Big Three with guards Tony Parker and Manu Ginóbili, Duncan won four more NBA championships and collected three Finals MVP trophies. He primarily played the power forward position, but also played center throughout his career. He is a five-time NBA champion, a two-time NBA MVP, a three-time NBA Finals MVP, a 15-time NBA All-Star, and the only player to be chosen for the All-NBA and All-Defensive Teams for 13 consecutive seasons.

Born
April 25, 1976 (age 50) Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Listed height
6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight
250 lb (113 kg)
Position
Power forward / center
High school
St. Dunstan's Episcopal (Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands)
College
Wake Forest (1993–1997)
NBA draft
1997: 1st round, 1st overall pick
Playing career
1997–2016

Career highlights and awards

  • 5× NBA champion (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014)
  • 3× NBA Finals MVP (1999, 2003, 2005)
  • 2× NBA Most Valuable Player (2002, 2003)
  • 15× NBA All-Star (1998, 2000–2011, 2013, 2015)
  • NBA All-Star Game co-MVP (2000)
  • 10× All-NBA First Team (1998–2005, 2007, 2013)
  • 3× All-NBA Second Team (2006, 2008, 2009)
  • 2× All-NBA Third Team (2010, 2015)
  • 8× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1999–2003, 2005, 2007, 2008)
  • 7× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1998, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015)
  • NBA Rookie of the Year (1998)
  • NBA All-Rookie First Team (1998)
  • NBA 75th Anniversary Team
  • No. 21 retired by San Antonio Spurs
  • USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (2003)
  • Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year (2003)
  • National college player of the year (1997)
  • 2× Consensus first-team All-American (1996, 1997)
  • Chip Hilton Player of the Year (1997)
  • 3× NABC Defensive Player of the Year (1995–1997)
  • NCAA rebounding leader (1997)
  • ACC Athlete of the Year (1997)
  • 2× ACC Player of the Year (1996, 1997)
  • 3× First-team All-ACC (1995–1997)
  • No. 21 retired by Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Career statistics

NBA regular season
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1997–98San Antonio82*82*39.1.549.000.66211.92.7.72.521.1
1998–99†San Antonio50*50*39.3.495.143.69011.42.4.92.521.7
1999–00San Antonio747438.9.490.091.76112.43.2.92.223.2
2000–01San Antonio8282*38.7.499.259.61812.23.0.92.322.2
2001–02San Antonio828240.6.508.100.79912.73.7.72.525.5
2002–03†San Antonio818139.3.513.273.71012.93.9.72.923.3
2003–04San Antonio696836.6.501.167.59912.43.1.92.722.3
2004–05†San Antonio666633.4.496.333.67011.12.7.72.620.3
2005–06San Antonio808034.8.484.400.62911.03.2.92.018.6
2006–07†San Antonio808034.1.546.111.63710.63.4.82.420.0
2007–08San Antonio787834.0.497.000.73011.32.8.71.919.3
2008–09San Antonio757533.6.504.000.69210.73.5.51.719.3
2009–10San Antonio787731.3.519.182.72510.13.2.61.517.9
2010–11San Antonio767628.3.500.000.7168.92.7.71.913.4
2011–12San Antonio585828.2.492.000.6959.02.3.71.515.4
2012–13San Antonio696930.1.502.286.8179.92.7.72.717.8
2013–14†San Antonio747429.2.490.000.7319.73.0.61.915.1
2014–15San Antonio777728.9.512.286.7409.13.0.82.013.9
2015–16San Antonio616025.2.488.000.7027.32.7.81.38.6
Career1,3921,38934.0.506.179.69610.83.0.72.219.0
All-Star151220.7.548.250.7659.12.1.9.59.3
NBA playoffs
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1998San Antonio9941.6.521.000.6679.01.9.62.620.7
1999†San Antonio171743.1.511.000.74811.52.8.82.623.2
2001San Antonio131340.5.4881.000.63914.53.81.12.724.4
2002San Antonio9942.2.453.333.82214.45.0.74.327.6
2003†San Antonio242442.5.529.000.67715.45.3.63.324.7
2004San Antonio101040.5.522.000.63211.33.2.82.022.1
2005†San Antonio232337.8.464.200.71712.42.7.32.323.6
2006San Antonio131337.9.573.000.71810.53.3.81.925.8
2007†San Antonio202036.8.521—.64411.53.3.73.122.2
2008San Antonio171739.2.449.200.62614.53.3.92.120.2
2009San Antonio5532.8.532—.6078.03.2.61.219.8
2010San Antonio101037.3.520.500.4789.92.6.81.719.0
2011San Antonio6635.3.478—.62510.52.7.52.512.7
2012San Antonio141433.1.495.000.7079.42.8.72.117.4
2013San Antonio212135.0.470.000.80610.21.9.91.618.1
2014†San Antonio232332.7.523.000.7609.11.9.31.316.3
2015San Antonio7735.7.589.000.55911.13.31.31.417.9
2016San Antonio101021.8.423—.7144.81.4.21.35.9
Career25125137.3.501.143.68911.43.0.72.320.6
College
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1993–94Wake Forest333230.2.5451.000.7459.6.9.43.8*9.8
1994–95Wake Forest323236.5.591.429.74212.5*2.1.44.2*16.8
1995–96Wake Forest323237.2.555.304.68712.3*2.9.73.8*19.1
1996–97Wake Forest313136.7.608*.273.63614.7*3.2.73.3*20.8*
Career12812735.1.577.321.68912.32.3.53.816.5

Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).

Profile observation date unavailable.

Height
6′ 11″
Weight
250 lb
Position
Power forward / center
Jersey
Not listed
Country
U.S. Virgin Islands
School / last affiliation
Not listed
Draft year
1997
Draft pick
Round 1 · Pick 1

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