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Ralph Sampson

Ralph Lee Sampson
Position: C
Height: 7' 4'' Weight: 228
Born: 7/7/1960, in Harrisonburg, VA, USA
High School:Harrisonburg, in Harrisonburg, VA
College:University of Virginia

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Draft History
1983 NBA - Round 1 by HOU

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Regular Season Stats
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Year Age Team Lg G Min Pts PPG FGM FGA FGP FTM FTA FTP 3PM 3PA 3PP ORB DRB TRB RPG AST APG STL BLK TO PF ? ?
1983-84 23 HOU NBA 82 2693 1720 21.0 716 1369 .523 287 434 .661 1 4 .250 293 620 913 11.1 163 2.0 70 197 294 339 A ?
1984-85 24 HOU NBA 82 3086 1809 22.1 753 1499 .502 303 448 .676 0 6 .000 227 626 853 10.4 224 2.7 81 168 326 306 A ?
1985-86 25 HOU NBA 79 2864 1491 18.9 624 1280 .488 241 376 .641 2 15 .133 258 621 879 11.1 283 3.6 99 129 285 308 A ?
1986-87 26 HOU NBA 43 1326 672 15.6 277 566 .489 118 189 .624 0 3 .000 88 284 372 8.7 120 2.8 40 58 126 169 A ?
1987-88 27 HOU NBA 19 705 303 15.9 119 271 .439 63 85 .741 2 6 .333 58 114 172 9.1 37 1.9 17 33 62 63 ?? ?
1987-88 27 GSW NBA 29 958 446 15.4 180 411 .438 86 111 .775 0 5 .000 82 208 290 10.0 85 2.9 24 55 109 101 ?? ?
1988-89 28 GSW NBA 61 1086 393 6.4 164 365 .449 62 95 .653 3 8 .375 105 202 307 5.0 77 1.3 31 65 90 170 ?? ?
1989-90 29 SAC NBA 26 417 109 4.2 48 129 .372 12 23 .522 1 4 .250 11 73 84 3.2 28 1.1 14 22 34 66 ?? ?
1990-91 30 SAC NBA 25 348 74 3.0 34 93 .366 5 19 .263 1 5 .200 41 70 111 4.4 17 0.7 11 17 27 54 ?? ?
1991-92 31 WA1 NBA 10 108 22 2.2 9 29 .310 4 6 .667 0 2 .000 11 19 30 3.0 4 0.4 3 8 10 14 ?? ?
9 Season Totals ? ? 456 13591 7039 15.4 2924 6012 .486 1181 1786 .661 10 58 .172 1174 2837 4011 8.8 1038 2.3 390 752 1363 1590 ? ?

M - MVP
N - All NBA First Team
A - All Star

Extended Stats Explanations

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Year Age Team Lg G MPG PPG EFF AV VI PPFGA PPR RbRate
1983-84 23 HOU NBA 82 32.8 21.0 24.01 14.0 7.8 1.103 -6.88 18.3
1984-85 24 HOU NBA 82 37.6 22.1 23.39 13.8 8.5 1.067 -5.72 15.4
1985-86 25 HOU NBA 79 36.3 18.9 22.85 13.1 9.1 1.032 -3.36 16.6
1986-87 26 HOU NBA 43 30.8 15.6 18.05 7.0 7.2 1.035 -3.47 15.5
1987-88 27 HOU NBA 19 37.1 15.9 17.16 3.7 6.6 0.982 -5.33 0.0
1987-88 27 GSW NBA 29 33.0 15.4 18.45 5.3 7.7 0.970 -5.52 0.0
1988-89 28 GSW NBA 61 17.8 6.4 9.00 5.4 3.5 0.966 -3.56 14.1
1989-90 29 SAC NBA 26 16.0 4.2 5.04 1.8 2.5 0.783 -3.68 11.4
1990-91 30 SAC NBA 25 13.9 3.0 5.20 1.8 2.1 0.730 -4.50 18.2
1991-92 31 WA1 NBA 10 10.8 2.2 3.50 0.7 1.4 0.695 -6.79 15.2
9 Season Totals ? ? 456 29.8 15.4 17.93 40.9 6.8 1.035 -4.99 0.0

Playoff Stats

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Year Team Lg G Min Pts PPG FGM FGA FGP FTM FTA FTP 3PM 3PA 3PP ORB DRB TRB RPG AST APG STL BLK TO
1984-85 HOU NBA 5 193 106 21.2 43 100 .430 19 37 .514 1 1 1.000 25 58 83 16.6 7 1.4 2 8 17
1985-86 HOU NBA 20 741 399 20.0 156 301 .518 86 118 .729 1 1 1.000 66 149 215 10.8 80 4.0 30 35 71
1986-87 HOU NBA 10 330 186 18.6 75 146 .514 35 43 .814 1 2 .500 27 61 88 8.8 21 2.1 2 12 31
1988-89 GSW NBA 3 43 20 6.7 9 22 .409 2 4 .500 0 4 .000 6 8 14 4.7 1 0.3 1 2 4
Totals ? 38 1307 711 18.7 283 569 .497 142 202 .703 3 8 .375 124 276 400 10.5 109 2.9 35 57 123

All Star Stats

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Year Team Lg G Min Pts FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA OREB DREB TREB AST STL BLK TO PF ?
1983-84 HOU NBA 1 16 9 4 7 1 2 - - - - 5 0 - - - -
1984-85 HOU NBA 1 29 24 10 15 4 6 - - - - 10 1 - - - - MVP
1985-86 HOU NBA 1 21 16 7 11 2 2 - - - - 4 1 - - - -
1986-87 HOU NBA DNP - Injury
Totals NBA 4 ? 49 21 33 7 10 0 0 0 0 19 2 0 0 0 0 ?

College Stats
College stats provided by JazzyJ's College Stat Page.

                  G  MIN  FG  FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA  REB  PF AST  TO BLK STL  PTS
79-80 Virginia   34 1017 221  404          66  94  381 101  36 106 157  28  508
80-81 Virginia   33 1056 230  413         125 198  378  87  49  90 103  28  585
81-82 Virginia   32 1002 198  353         110 179  366  85  38  60  99  18  506
82-83 Virginia   33  995 250  414   3   5 126 179  386  96  34  86 103  21  629
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TOTALS          132 4070 899 1584   3   5 427 650 1511 369 157 342 462  95 2228

                  MIN   FG%   3P%   FT%  RPG  APG  TPG  BPG  SPG   PPG
79-80 Virginia   29.9  54.7        70.2 11.2  1.1  3.1  4.6  0.8  14.9
80-81 Virginia   32.0  55.7        63.1 11.5  1.5  2.7  3.1  0.8  17.7
81-82 Virginia   31.3  56.1        61.5 11.4  1.2  1.9  3.1  0.6  15.8
82-83 Virginia   30.2  60.4  60.0  70.4 11.7  1.0  2.6  3.1  0.6  19.1
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TOTALS           30.8  56.8  60.0  65.7 11.4  1.2  2.6  3.5  0.7  16.9

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