Skip to content

NBA for diehards and nostalgics since 2001

Photo of Robert Covington

Robert Covington

Career (regular season)

GP
614
PTS
10.8
REB
5.5
AST
1.4

Personal details

Position
Forward
Height and weight
2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) · 95 kg (209 lb)
Born
December 14, 1990 (age 35)
Birthplace
Bellwood, Estados Unidos
School / club
Tennessee State
Draft
Undrafted
NBA career
2013-2023 · 11 seasons

Stats

Swipe the table sideways to see every column.

Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
2013-14 HOU 7 16 5 0 34 2 0 1 42.9 36.4 —
2014-15 PHI 70 943 316 105 1,956 97 31 128 39.6 37.4 82.0
2015-16 PHI 67 858 419 97 1,903 105 40 143 38.5 35.3 79.1
2016-17 PHI 67 864 436 102 2,119 127 69 131 39.9 33.3 82.2
2017-18 PHI 80 1,009 433 156 2,531 137 72 126 41.3 36.9 85.3
2018-19 PHI 13 147 67 14 440 24 23 22 42.7 39.0 73.9
2018-19 MIN 22 318 126 32 763 50 24 25 43.3 37.2 77.3
2018-19 TOT 35 465 193 46 1,203 74 47 47 43.1 37.8 76.4
2019-20 MIN 48 615 287 56 1,411 80 45 73 43.5 34.6 79.8
2019-20 HOU 22 255 176 32 726 35 48 30 39.2 31.5 80.0
2019-20 TOT 70 870 463 88 2,137 115 93 103 42.2 33.5 79.8
2020-21 POR 70 593 466 117 2,243 101 84 64 40.1 37.9 80.6
2021-22 POR 48 365 274 68 1,431 74 63 58 38.1 34.3 83.3
2021-22 LAC 23 239 117 24 509 29 28 17 50.0 45.0 84.8
2021-22 TOT 71 604 391 92 1,940 103 91 75 42.0 37.8 84.1
2022-23 LAC 48 288 166 57 779 38 33 32 44.5 39.7 75.0
2023-24 LAC 3 9 8 7 69 6 2 0 33.3 25.0 50.0
2023-24 PHI 26 118 89 17 419 33 16 11 44.9 35.4 87.5
2023-24 TOT 29 127 97 24 488 39 18 11 43.9 33.9 84.6
Career 614 6,637 3,385 884 17,333 938 578 861 40.9 36.2 81.1

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
2017-18 PHI 10 81 53 25 281 11 9 11 32.5 31.3 75.0
2019-20 HOU 12 134 60 16 379 30 13 12 49.5 50.0 85.7
2020-21 POR 6 56 47 7 228 9 6 8 50.0 50.0 90.0
2022-23 LAC 2 0 2 2 12 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 —
Career 30 271 162 50 900 50 29 31 42.4 42.9 81.8

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

Awards and titles

  • All-Defensive First Team: 2017-18
  • Rising Stars: 2015

Transactions

  1. · Free agency

    The Houston Rockets signed Robert Covington to a multi-year contract.

    The Houston Rockets signed Isaiah Canaan.

  2. · Waived

    The Houston Rockets waived Jeff Adrien.

    The Houston Rockets waived Earl Clark.

    The Houston Rockets waived Robert Covington.

    The Houston Rockets waived Ish Smith.

  3. · Short-term contract

    The Philadelphia 76ers signed Robert Covington.

  4. · Extension

    Philadelphia ejerce su opción de extensión de contrato por un año más al alero Robert Covington.

  5. · Extension

    The Philadelphia 76ers signed Robert Covington to a multi-year contract.

  6. · Trade

    The Minnesota Timberwolves traded Jimmy Butler and Justin Patton to the Philadelphia 76ers for Jerryd Bayless, Robert Covington, Dario Šarić and a 2022 2nd round draft pick (Matteo Spagnolo was later selected). 2022 2nd-rd pick is more favorable of PHI and DEN

  7. · Multi-team trade

    In a 4-team trade, the Atlanta Hawks traded a 2024 2nd round draft pick (Pelle Larsson was later selected) to the Houston Rockets; the Atlanta Hawks traded Evan Turner and a 2020 1st round draft pick (Aleksej Pokusevski was later selected) to the Minnesota Timberwolves; the Denver Nuggets traded Malik Beasley, Juan Hernangomez and Jarred Vanderbilt to the Minnesota Timberwolves; the Houston Rockets traded Clint Capela and Nene to the Atlanta Hawks; the Houston Rockets traded Gerald Green and a 2020 1st round draft pick (Zeke Nnaji was later selected) to the Denver Nuggets; the Minnesota Timberwolves traded Keita Bates-Diop, Shabazz Napier and Noah Vonleh to the Denver Nuggets; and the Minnesota Timberwolves traded Jordan Bell and Robert Covington to the Houston Rockets. (Pick is GSW's 2024 second-round pick)

Show 4 more

  1. · Trade

    The Houston Rockets traded Robert Covington to the Portland Trail Blazers for Trevor Ariza, Isaiah Stewart and a 2021 1st round draft pick (Usman Garuba was later selected). 2021 1rst-rd pick is lottery protected Portland received a trade exception.

  2. · Trade

    The Los Angeles Clippers traded Eric Bledsoe, Keon Johnson, Justise Winslow and a 2025 2nd round draft pick (Bogoljub Markovic was later selected) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Robert Covington and Norman Powell. 2025 2nd-rd pick is DET own Portland received a trade exception.

  3. · Extension

    The Los Angeles Clippers signed Robert Covington to a contract extension.

  4. · Trade

    In a 3-team trade, the Los Angeles Clippers traded a 2027 1st round draft pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder; the Los Angeles Clippers traded Nicolas Batum, Robert Covington, KJ Martin, Marcus Morris, cash, a 2024 2nd round draft pick (Juan Nunez was later selected), a 2028 1st round draft pick, a 2029 1st round draft pick and a 2029 2nd round draft pick to the Philadelphia 76ers; the Oklahoma City Thunder traded a 2026 1st round draft pick (Koa Peat was later selected) to the Philadelphia 76ers; and the Philadelphia 76ers traded James Harden, Filip Petrusev and P.J. Tucker to the Los Angeles Clippers. 2027 1st-rd pick is a right to swap 2024 2nd-rd pick is more favorable 2026 1st-rd pick was least favorable of OKC, HOU (top 4 protected), and LAC, became OKC 2026 1st-rd pick 2028 1st-rd pick is LAC own 2029 1st-rd pick is a swap 2029 2nd-rd pick is LAC own Philadelphia received trade exceptions.

The old UltimateNBA news are only in Spanish.

Salaries

Season Team Salary
2013-14 HOU $0.5M
2014-15 PHI ≈ $1.2M
2015-16 PHI $1.0M
2016-17 PHI $1.0M
2017-18 PHI ≈ $16.7M
2018-19 MIN $10.5M
2019-20 HOU $11.3M
2020-21 POR $12.1M
2021-22 LAC $13.0M
2022-23 LAC $12.3M
2023-24 PHI $11.7M
Career total $91.2M

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.

← All players