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Dikembe Mutombo

“"not in my home"”

Career (regular season)

GP
1,196
PTS
9.8
REB
10.3
AST
1.0

Personal details

Position
Center
Height and weight
2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) · 118 kg (260 lb)
Born
June 25, 1966
Died
† September 30, 2024 (aged 58)
Birthplace
Kinsasa, República Democrática del Congo
School / club
Georgetown
Draft
1991: round 1, pick 4
NBA career
1991-2008 · 18 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1991-92 DEN 71 1,177 870 156 2,716 43 210 252 49.3 — 64.2
1992-93 DEN 82 1,131 1,070 147 3,029 43 287 216 51.0 — 68.1
1993-94 DEN 82 986 971 127 2,853 59 336 206 56.9 0.0 58.3
1994-95 DEN 82 946 1,029 113 3,100 40 321 192 55.6 — 65.4
1995-96 DEN 74 814 871 108 2,713 38 332 150 49.9 0.0 69.5
1996-97 ATL 80 1,066 929 110 2,976 49 264 186 52.7 — 70.5
1997-98 ATL 82 1,101 932 82 2,917 34 277 168 53.7 — 67.0
1998-99 ATL 50 541 610 57 1,829 16 147 94 51.2 — 68.4
1999-00 ATL 82 942 1,157 105 2,984 27 269 174 56.2 — 70.8
2000-01 ATL 49 445 693 54 1,716 20 137 92 47.7 — 69.5
2000-01 PHI 26 304 322 22 875 9 66 52 49.5 — 75.9
2000-01 TOT 75 749 1,015 76 2,591 29 203 144 48.4 — 72.5
2001-02 PHI 80 920 863 83 2,906 29 190 156 50.1 — 76.4
2002-03 NJN 24 138 153 19 514 4 37 34 37.4 — 72.7
2003-04 NYK 65 363 437 25 1,497 17 123 54 47.8 — 68.1
2004-05 HOU 80 322 426 10 1,211 16 101 51 49.8 — 74.1
2005-06 HOU 64 169 306 4 955 17 57 35 52.6 — 75.8
2006-07 HOU 75 230 488 13 1,289 22 76 38 55.6 — 69.0
2007-08 HOU 39 118 199 5 619 11 48 17 53.8 — 71.1
2008-09 HOU 9 16 33 0 96 0 11 6 38.5 — 66.7
Career 1,196 11,729 12,359 1,240 36,795 494 3,289 2,173 51.8 0.0 68.4

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1993-94 DEN 12 159 144 21 511 8 69 30 46.3 — 60.2
1994-95 DEN 3 18 19 1 84 0 7 7 60.0 — 66.7
1996-97 ATL 10 154 123 13 415 1 26 20 62.8 — 71.9
1997-98 ATL 4 32 51 1 136 1 9 8 45.8 — 62.5
1998-99 ATL 9 113 125 11 380 5 23 18 56.3 — 70.2
2000-01 PHI 23 319 316 17 981 15 72 36 49.0 0.0 77.7
2001-02 PHI 5 44 53 3 173 2 9 11 45.2 — 61.5
2002-03 NJN 10 18 27 6 115 3 9 8 46.7 — 100.0
2003-04 NYK 3 7 10 0 38 1 4 3 33.3 — 100.0
2004-05 HOU 7 22 35 2 101 2 7 7 54.5 — 76.9
2006-07 HOU 7 9 11 1 40 0 3 0 100.0 — 100.0
2007-08 HOU 6 23 39 2 123 1 11 1 61.5 — 63.6
2008-09 HOU 2 0 9 0 20 1 2 0 — — 0.0
Career 101 918 962 78 3,117 40 251 149 51.7 0.0 70.3

TOT: season total across all the teams he played for.

Awards and titles

  • Hall of Fame: 2015 (as a player)
  • Defensive Player of the Year (4): 1994-95, 1996-97, 1997-98, 2000-01
  • All-NBA Second Team: 2000-01
  • All-NBA Third Team (2): 1997-98, 2001-02
  • All-Defensive First Team (3): 1996-97, 1997-98, 2000-01
  • All-Defensive Second Team (3): 1994-95, 1998-99, 2001-02
  • All-Rookie First Team: 1991-92
  • Rebounding leader (2): 1999-00, 2000-01
  • Blocks leader (3): 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96
  • IBM Award: 1998-99
  • J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (2): 2000-01, 2008-09
  • All-Star (8): 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997 (starter), 1998 (starter), 2000, 2001, 2002 (starter)

Retired number

  • Denver Nuggets: No. 55 (1991-1996 with the team)
  • Atlanta Hawks: No. 55 (1996-2001 with the team)

Draft

Transactions

  1. · Signing

    The Atlanta Hawks signed Dikembe Mutombo as a free agent.

  2. · Waived

    The Denver Nuggets released Dikembe Mutombo.

  3. · Trade

    The Atlanta Hawks traded Roshown McLeod and Dikembe Mutombo to the Philadelphia 76ers for Toni Kukoč, Nazr Mohammed, Theo Ratliff and Pepe Sánchez.

  4. · Trade

    The New Jersey Nets traded Todd MacCulloch and Keith Van Horn to the Philadelphia 76ers for Dikembe Mutombo.

  5. · Waived

    The New Jersey Nets waived Dikembe Mutombo.

  6. · Signing

    The New York Knicks signed Dikembe Mutombo as a free agent.

  7. · Trade

    The Chicago Bulls traded Jamal Crawford and Jerome Williams to the New York Knicks for Othella Harrington, Dikembe Mutombo, Cezary Trybański and Frank Williams.

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  1. · Trade

    The Chicago Bulls traded Dikembe Mutombo to the Houston Rockets for Adrian Griffin, Eric Piatkowski and Mike Wilks.

  2. · Extension

    Houston renueva a Dikembe Mutombo

  3. · Extension

    Houston renueva al pívot Dikembe Mutombo

  4. · Waived

    El pívot Dikembe Mutombo, de Houston, se retira tras lesionarse la rodilla durante un partido de playoff.

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Salaries

Season Team Salary
1991-92 DEN $2.0M
1992-93 DEN $2.4M
1993-94 DEN $3.0M
1994-95 DEN $3.1M
1995-96 DEN $3.3M
1996-97 ATL $8.0M
1997-98 ATL $9.6M
1998-99 ATL $11.2M
1999-00 ATL $12.8M
2000-01 ATL $14.4M
2001-02 PHI $14.3M
2002-03 NJN $16.1M
2003-04 NJN $17.7M
2004-05 NJN $19.5M
2005-06 HOU $2.0M
2006-07 HOU $2.2M
2007-08 HOU $1.2M
2008-09 HOU $0.8M
2010-11 HOU $1.8M
2011-12 HOU $1.8M
2012-13 HOU $1.8M
Career total $149.1M

Regular-season salaries; if a team waived him and kept paying, the amounts are added up. Data from Basketball-Reference, cross-checked with HoopsHype and ESPN.

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