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Ervin Johnson
MIL · Big · 1997-98 · New Orleans · Year 5 · age 30 · born Dec 21, 1967
8.0 PPG8.5 RPG0.7 APG1.4 TPG27.9 MPG
- Height
- 6'11"
Weight245Ervin Johnson, 1997-98 with MIL: 8.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 0.7 assists in 27.9 minutes a game. Against the 269 players who qualified that season, his highest marks are Offensive rebound % (97th percentile), Def. rebound % (97th) and Blocks / 75 (97th); his lowest are Assist % (3rd percentile) and Assists / 75 (4th). This is his best season by Box Plus/Minus; all 13 are in the table below.
Bars rank him against all 269 qualified players in 1997-98; the second number is his rank among the 72 qualified bigs. 50 is average, and a higher percentile is always the better mark.
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Role
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs bigs | Value |
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| Minutes / game | 52 | 48 | 27.9 |
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| Minutes share | 65 | 70 | 56.7% |
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| Availability | 78 | 85 | 98.8% |
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Offense
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs bigs | Value |
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| Shooting |
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| True shooting % | 86 | 85 | .564 |
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| Effective FG% | 91 | 91 | .537 |
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| Points per shot | 94 | 88 | 1.38 |
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| 3-point attempts / g | 12 | 28 | 0.0 |
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| 3PA rate (of FGA) | 4 | 12 | 0.0% |
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| 2-point % | 93 | 88 | 53.7% |
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| Free throw % | 9 | 25 | 60.1% |
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| FT attempts / g | 59 | 49 | 2.9 |
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| FT rate (of FGA) | 90 | 81 | 50.5% |
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| % points from 3 | 14 | 33 | 0.0% |
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| Creation & playmaking |
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| Points / 75 | 19 | 23 | 11.3 |
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| Assist % | 3 | 12 | 4.0% |
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| Assists / 75 | 4 | 12 | 1.0 |
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| Assist / turnover | 5 | 17 | 0.50 |
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| Usage % | 13 | 21 | 14.0% |
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| Turnover % | 18 | 19 | 16.9% |
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| Turnovers / 75 | 68 | 68 | 2.0 |
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| Offensive rebound % | 97 | 89 | 11.6% |
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Defense
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs bigs | Value |
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| Rebounding |
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| Rebounds / 75 | 96 | 87 | 11.9 |
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| Def. rebound % | 97 | 94 | 21.3% |
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| Activity & outcomes |
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| Steals / 75 | 58 | 77 | 1.4 |
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| Blocks / 75 | 97 | 88 | 2.8 |
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| Stocks / 75 | 96 | 85 | 4.1 |
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| Steal % | 54 | 76 | 1.8% |
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| Block % | 96 | 87 | 5.2% |
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| Physical ingredients |
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| Height | 87 | 53 | 6'11" |
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| Strength (weight) | 77 | 41 | 245 |
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Value
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs bigs | Value |
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| Overall value |
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| PER | 63 | 56 | 15.6 |
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| Win Shares / 48 | 73 | 64 | .136 |
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| Box Plus/Minus | 58 | 57 | +0.3 |
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| Offensive BPM | 34 | 44 | −1.1 |
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| Defensive BPM | 89 | 81 | +1.5 |
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| VORP | 64 | 63 | 1.3 |
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| Game Score / g | 56 | 51 | 8.3 |
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Season by season
| Season | Team | Age | GP | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | TS% | BPM | BPM %ile | Honours |
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| 1993-94 | SEA | 26 | 45 | 6.2 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 0.2 | .463 | −4.8 | 2 | |
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| 1994-95 | SEA | 27 | 64 | 14.2 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 0.2 | .469 | −4.0 | 6 | |
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| 1995-96 | SEA | 28 | 81 | 18.8 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 0.6 | .547 | −1.1 | 38 | |
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| 1996-97 | DEN | 29 | 82 | 31.7 | 7.1 | 11.1 | 0.9 | .543 | −0.4 | 51 | |
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| 1997-98★ | MIL | 30 | 81 | 27.9 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 0.7 | .564 | +0.3 | 58 | |
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| 1998-99 | MIL | 31 | 50 | 20.5 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 0.4 | .544 | −0.8 | 39 | |
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| 1999-00 | MIL | 32 | 80 | 26.7 | 4.8 | 8.1 | 0.6 | .550 | −0.4 | 44 | |
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| 2000-01 | MIL | 33 | 82 | 24.2 | 3.2 | 7.5 | 0.5 | .557 | −0.8 | 48 | |
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| 2001-02 | MIL | 34 | 81 | 20.5 | 2.6 | 5.8 | 0.3 | .468 | −3.5 | 12 | |
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| 2002-03 | MIL | 35 | 69 | 17.0 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 0.3 | .492 | −3.0 | 16 | |
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| 2003-04 | MIN | 36 | 66 | 14.7 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 0.4 | .551 | −1.3 | 37 | |
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| 2004-05 | MIN | 37 | 46 | 8.9 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 0.1 | .562 | −5.4 | 1 | |
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| 2005-06 | MIL | 38 | 18 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.1 | .419 | −9.9 | 1 | |
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BPM %ile ranks his Box Plus/Minus against that season’s qualified players. ★ is his best season by Box Plus/Minus, among seasons that clear the games floor.