CL.A. LakersNBA⭐ Shooting Star · 1985

Sam Bowie

7'1" · 235 lbsBorn March 17, 19611985–1995College: KentuckyDraft: 1984 · Rd 1, Pick 2 · Portland Trail Blazers

NBA Stats

Career Snapshot

Sport-specific career totals from the active profile tables, with VAL shown whenever the sport has a value file.

NBA profile

Peak 3Y VAL

3.6

1985, 1986, 1992 avg

Career VAL

14.3

Value Above League

Playoff VAL

17.0

postseason

Career Shape

Comet

75% in peak 3y

Career arc · VAL by season

9 seasons · peak 6.3 in 1985

College Stats

College Per Game

Season	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1980	Kentucky	34	—	26.1	53.1%	—	76.4%	8.1	0.8	0.4	2.1	12.9
1981	Kentucky	28	—	32.0	52.0%	—	72.0%

All-time standings

Career boards only, within NBA · corpus from 2002

Cross-sport prominence: 71.8th 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 VAL NBA Breakout Seasons — Biggest Career-High Leaps NBA Career Arc Types NBA Career Dominance — top-25 in multiple all-time categories NBA Clutch Delta — Who Rises in the Playoffs NBA Compilers vs Comets — Career Shape NBA Consistency Index — Mr. Reliable vs Boom-Bust NBA Era-Adjusted Careers — Greatest Careers on One Scale NBA Era-Adjusted Seasons — Greatest Seasons in Modern Terms NBA Franchise Mt. Rushmores — Four Faces of Every Team NBA Greatest Single Seasons by VAL (All Positions)NBA Hall of Very Good — Great Careers on the Hall's Doorstep NBA Journeymen NBA League Leader Marks — Most League-Leading Seasons NBA Loyalty NBA 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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Methodology · Trust Center

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	VAL
1985	23–24	POR	76	62	29.2	53.7%	0.0%	71.1%	8.6	2.8	0.7	2.7	10.0	6.3
1986	24–25	POR	38	34	29.8	48.4%	0.0%	70.8%	8.6	2.6	0.6	2.5	11.8	2.1
1987	25–26	POR	5	5	32.6	45.5%	0.0%	66.7%	6.6	1.8	0.2	2.0	16.0	—
1989	27–28	POR	20	0	20.6	45.1%	71.4%	57.1%	5.3	1.8	0.4	1.7	8.6	0
1990	28–29	NJ	68	54	32.5	41.6%	32.3%	77.6%	10.1	1.3	0.6	1.8	14.7	0
1991	29–30	NJ	62	51	30.9	43.4%	18.2%	73.2%	7.7	2.4	0.7	1.5	12.9	1
1992	30–31	NJ	71	61	30.7	44.5%	32.0%	75.7%	8.1	2.6	0.6	1.7	15.0	2.3
1993	31–32	NJ	79	65	26.5	45.0%	33.3%	77.9%	7.0	1.6	0.4	1.6	9.1	1.3
1994	32–33	LAL	25	7	22.2	43.6%	25.0%	86.7%	5.2	1.9	0.2	1.1	8.9	0.5
1995	33–34	LAL	67	10	18.3	44.2%	18.2%	76.4%	4.3	1.8	0.3	1.2	4.6	0.8