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Dwight Howard

Career (regular season)

GP
1,242
PTS
15.7
REB
11.8
AST
1.3

Personal details

Position
Center-Forward
Height and weight
2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) · 120 kg (265 lb)
Born
December 8, 1985 (age 40)
Birthplace
Atlanta, Estados Unidos
School / club
SW Atlanta Christian Academy (GA)
Draft
2004: round 1, pick 1
NBA career
2004-2021 · 18 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
2004-05 ORL 82 981 823 75 2,671 77 136 165 52.0 0.0 67.1
2005-06 ORL 82 1,292 1,022 125 3,021 65 115 217 53.1 0.0 59.5
2006-07 ORL 82 1,443 1,008 158 3,023 70 156 317 60.3 50.0 58.6
2007-08 ORL 82 1,695 1,161 110 3,088 74 176 263 59.9 0.0 59.0
2008-09 ORL 79 1,624 1,093 112 2,821 77 231 240 57.2 0.0 59.4
2009-10 ORL 82 1,503 1,082 144 2,843 75 228 274 61.2 0.0 59.2
2010-11 ORL 78 1,784 1,098 107 2,935 107 186 279 59.3 0.0 59.6
2011-12 ORL 54 1,113 785 104 2,070 81 116 175 57.3 0.0 49.1
2012-13 LAL 76 1,296 945 108 2,722 84 186 225 57.8 16.7 49.2
2013-14 HOU 71 1,297 866 131 2,396 60 128 229 59.1 28.6 54.7
2014-15 HOU 41 646 431 50 1,223 28 53 115 59.3 50.0 52.8
2015-16 HOU 71 976 835 98 2,280 69 113 166 62.0 0.0 48.9
2016-17 ATL 74 1,002 940 104 2,199 64 92 170 63.3 0.0 53.3
2017-18 CHA 81 1,347 1,012 105 2,463 48 131 208 55.5 14.3 57.4
2018-19 WAS 9 115 83 4 230 7 4 16 62.3 — 60.4
2019-20 LAL 69 517 507 45 1,306 31 79 84 72.9 60.0 51.4
2020-21 PHI 69 482 580 61 1,196 30 62 112 58.7 25.0 57.6
2021-22 LAL 60 372 356 35 971 34 36 47 61.2 53.3 65.8
Career 1,242 19,485 14,627 1,676 39,458 1,081 2,228 3,302 58.7 21.4 56.7

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
2006-07 ORL 4 61 59 7 167 2 4 17 54.8 — 45.5
2007-08 ORL 10 189 158 9 421 8 34 32 58.1 — 54.2
2008-09 ORL 23 467 353 43 903 20 60 67 60.1 0.0 63.6
2009-10 ORL 14 254 155 19 497 11 49 51 61.4 — 51.9
2010-11 ORL 6 162 93 3 258 4 11 33 63.0 0.0 68.2
2012-13 LAL 4 68 43 4 126 2 8 16 61.9 — 44.4
2013-14 HOU 6 156 82 11 231 4 17 19 54.7 — 62.5
2014-15 HOU 17 278 238 20 574 23 39 37 57.7 — 41.2
2015-16 HOU 5 66 70 8 180 4 7 12 54.2 0.0 36.8
2016-17 ATL 6 48 64 8 157 6 5 11 50.0 — 63.2
2019-20 LAL 18 104 83 9 282 8 8 16 68.4 50.0 55.6
2020-21 PHI 12 56 75 8 149 2 6 12 53.3 0.0 60.0
Career 125 1,909 1,473 149 3,945 94 248 323 58.9 14.3 54.8

Awards and titles

  • Hall of Fame: 2025 (as a player)
  • NBA champion: 2019-20
  • Defensive Player of the Year (3): 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11
  • All-NBA First Team (5): 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12
  • All-NBA Second Team: 2013-14
  • All-NBA Third Team (2): 2006-07, 2012-13
  • All-Defensive First Team (4): 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12
  • All-Defensive Second Team: 2007-08
  • All-Rookie First Team: 2004-05
  • Rebounding leader (5): 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12, 2012-13
  • Blocks leader (2): 2008-09, 2009-10
  • Field goal percentage leader (2): 2009-10, 2011-12
  • Slam Dunk Contest winner: 2007-08
  • All-Star (8): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
  • Rising Stars (2): 2005, 2006

Championship rings (1)

  • Drawing of the Los Angeles Lakers championship ring, 2019-2020202019-20

    Maker: Jason of Beverly Hills

    804 piedras: 15,50 quilates de diamantes blancos y amarillos y 0,95 de amatista. La tapa se desmonta y muestra las camisetas retiradas del techo, con los números 8 y 24 de Kobe Bryant; tras cada dorsal hay una serpiente mamba. 17 amatistas dibujan la «L» de los 17 títulos.

    Description source

    Los Angeles Lakers

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Medals

  • Bronze · 2006 World Cup (United States)
  • Gold · 2008 Olympic Games (United States)

Draft

Transactions

  1. · Extension

    Dwight Howard firma una extensión de contrato con Orlando Magic

  2. · Extension

    El pívot Dwight Howard se compromete a no ejercer su opción para romper su contrato con Orlando para la temporada 2012-2013.

  3. · Multi-team trade

    In a 4-team trade, the Denver Nuggets traded Arron Afflalo, Al Harrington, a 2013 2nd round draft pick (Romero Osby was later selected) and a 2014 1st round draft pick (Dario Šarić was later selected) to the Orlando Magic; the Los Angeles Lakers traded Christian Eyenga, Josh McRoberts and a 2017 2nd round draft pick (Wesley Iwundu was later selected) to the Orlando Magic; the Los Angeles Lakers traded Andrew Bynum to the Philadelphia 76ers; the Orlando Magic traded Earl Clark, Chris Duhon and Dwight Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers; the Orlando Magic traded Jason Richardson to the Philadelphia 76ers; the Philadelphia 76ers traded Andre Iguodala to the Denver Nuggets; and the Philadelphia 76ers traded Maurice Harkless, Nikola Vučević and a 2018 1st round draft pick (Landry Shamet was later selected) to the Orlando Magic.

  4. · Free agency

    The Houston Rockets signed Dwight Howard as a free agent.

  5. · Waived

    El pívot Dwight Howard no ejerce su opción de extensión de contrato por un año más con Houston y será agente libre sin restricciones.

  6. · Free agency

    The Atlanta Hawks signed Dwight Howard to a multi-year contract.

    The Atlanta Hawks signed Kris Humphries.

  7. · Trade

    The Atlanta Hawks traded Dwight Howard and a 2017 2nd round draft pick (Frank Jackson was later selected) to the Charlotte Hornets for Marco Belinelli, Miles Plumlee and a 2017 2nd round draft pick (Tyler Dorsey was later selected).

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  1. · Trade

    The Brooklyn Nets traded Hamidou Diallo, Timofey Mozgov, cash and a 2021 2nd round draft pick (Balša Koprivica was later selected) to the Charlotte Hornets for Dwight Howard. $5MM

    The Charlotte Hornets traded Hamidou Diallo to the Oklahoma City Thunder for cash and a 2019 2nd round draft pick (Jalen McDaniels was later selected). $243,000

  2. · Waived

    The Brooklyn Nets waived Dwight Howard.

  3. · Free agency

    The Washington Wizards signed Dwight Howard as a free agent.

  4. · Extension

    El pívot Dwight Howard ejerce su opción de extensión de contrato por un año más con Washington.

  5. · Trade

    The Memphis Grizzlies traded C.J. Miles to the Washington Wizards for Dwight Howard.

  6. · Waived

    The Memphis Grizzlies waived Dwight Howard.

  7. · Non-guaranteed

    The Los Angeles Lakers signed Dwight Howard as a free agent.

  8. · Signing

    The Philadelphia 76ers signed Dwight Howard as a free agent.

  9. · Signing

    The Los Angeles Lakers signed Dwight Howard.

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Salaries

Season Team Salary
2004-05 ORL $4.2M
2005-06 ORL $4.5M
2006-07 ORL $4.8M
2007-08 ORL $6.1M
2008-09 ORL $13.8M
2009-10 ORL $15.2M
2010-11 ORL $16.6M
2011-12 ORL $18.1M
2012-13 LAL $19.5M
2013-14 HOU $20.5M
2014-15 HOU $21.4M
2015-16 HOU $22.4M
2016-17 ATL $23.2M
2017-18 CHA $23.5M
2018-19 BKN ≈ $24.3M
2019-20 MEM ≈ $5.6M
2020-21 PHI $1.6M
2021-22 LAL ≈ $2.6M
Career total $247.9M

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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