Al-Farouq Aminu played 11 seasons (2011–2021) for LAC, NO, DAL and 3 other clubs. Career regular-season line: 5,338 points, 4,262 rebounds and 877 assists. Shooting Star career, peaking in 2015.
Al-Farouq Aminu
6'8" · 220 lbsBorn September 21, 19902011–2021College: Wake ForestDraft: 2010 · Rd 1, Pick 8 · Los Angeles ClippersESPN ↗
NBA Stats
Career Snapshot
Sport-specific career totals from the active profile tables, with VAL shown whenever the sport has a value file.
Peak 3Y VAL
1.4
2015, 2018, 2019 avg
Career VAL
4.6
Value Above League
Games
709
Points
5,338
Rebounds
4,262
Assists
877
Win Shares
28.7
Playoff VAL
28.6
postseason
College Stats
College Per Game
| Season | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Wake Forest | 31 | 30 | 29.0 | 51.6% | 17.9% | 67.1% | 8.2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 12.9 |
| 2010 | Wake Forest | 31 | 30 | 31.3 | 44.7% | 27.3% |
All-time standings
Career boards only, within NBA · corpus from 2002
Cross-sport prominence: 57.6th percentile among NBA careers — a within-sport percentile, because career value is not comparable across sports.
Boards that rank NBA careers
NBA Age Milestones — Youngest to 20 PPG, 10 RPG and 100 Career VALNBA Breakout Seasons — Biggest Career-High LeapsNBA Career Arc TypesNBA Career Dominance — top-25 in multiple all-time categoriesNBA Clutch Delta — Who Rises in the PlayoffsNBA Compilers vs Comets — Career ShapeNBA Consistency Index — Mr. Reliable vs Boom-BustNBA Era-Adjusted Careers — Greatest Careers on One ScaleNBA Era-Adjusted Seasons — Greatest Seasons in Modern TermsNBA Franchise Mt. Rushmores — Four Faces of Every TeamNBA Greatest Single Seasons by VAL (All Positions)NBA Hall of Very Good — Great Careers on the Hall's DoorstepNBA JourneymenNBA League Leader Marks — Most League-Leading SeasonsNBA LoyaltyNBA Only Club — Statistical Exclusivity
Similar careers
Players whose careers had the same shape — total value, peak, best three-season stretch, length and when the value came — measured with VAL against their own leagues.
Where this data comes from
Box scores, rosters, and draft data (2002+) come from sportsdataverse's hoopR release. College, international, and pre-2002 per-game rows are backfilled additively from Wikipedia.
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- Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
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