List of all the NBA and ABA Players Born in 1978
51 Players
- Active players are bold; * Indicates Hall of Famer
Totals | Shooting | Per Game | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rk | Player | Birthday | Yrs | G | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
1 | Malik Allen | Jun 27 | 10 | 478 | 7262 | 1039 | 2365 | 3 | 16 | 253 | 325 | 466 | 1353 | 228 | 130 | 220 | 320 | 897 | 2334 | .439 | .188 | .778 | 15.2 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 0.5 |
2 | Chris Andersen | Jul 7 | 15 | 695 | 12273 | 1336 | 2512 | 15 | 68 | 1068 | 1632 | 1176 | 3493 | 337 | 312 | 991 | 513 | 1342 | 3755 | .532 | .221 | .654 | 17.7 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 0.5 |
3 | Erick Barkley | Feb 21 | 2 | 27 | 266 | 32 | 90 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 40 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 31 | 77 | .356 | .267 | .900 | 9.9 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
4 | Shane Battier | Sep 9 | 13 | 977 | 30004 | 2982 | 6819 | 1250 | 3254 | 1194 | 1606 | 1273 | 4082 | 1717 | 988 | 906 | 878 | 2208 | 8408 | .437 | .384 | .743 | 30.7 | 8.6 | 4.2 | 1.8 |
5 | Corey Benjamin | Feb 24 | 4 | 153 | 2191 | 317 | 812 | 57 | 197 | 144 | 221 | 84 | 259 | 143 | 71 | 48 | 164 | 316 | 835 | .390 | .289 | .652 | 14.3 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 0.9 |
6 | Mike Bibby | May 13 | 14 | 1001 | 33962 | 5410 | 12412 | 1517 | 3999 | 2361 | 2943 | 529 | 3103 | 5517 | 1172 | 149 | 2134 | 1931 | 14698 | .436 | .379 | .802 | 33.9 | 14.7 | 3.1 | 5.5 |
7 | Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje | May 20 | 3 | 44 | 276 | 14 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 27 | 22 | 57 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 40 | 43 | .368 | .556 | 6.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.1 | |
8 | Devin Brown | Dec 30 | 8 | 465 | 9022 | 1174 | 2927 | 300 | 888 | 704 | 907 | 336 | 1288 | 679 | 263 | 58 | 505 | 747 | 3352 | .401 | .338 | .776 | 19.4 | 7.2 | 2.8 | 1.5 |
9 | Kobe Bryant* | Aug 23 | 20 | 1346 | 48637 | 11719 | 26200 | 1827 | 5546 | 8378 | 10011 | 1499 | 7047 | 6306 | 1944 | 640 | 4010 | 3353 | 33643 | .447 | .329 | .837 | 36.1 | 25.0 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
10 | Speedy Claxton | May 8 | 7 | 334 | 8548 | 1126 | 2753 | 42 | 218 | 802 | 1053 | 194 | 830 | 1441 | 503 | 40 | 580 | 827 | 3096 | .409 | .193 | .762 | 25.6 | 9.3 | 2.5 | 4.3 |
11 | Jarron Collins | Dec 2 | 10 | 542 | 8542 | 682 | 1500 | 0 | 5 | 731 | 1046 | 645 | 1579 | 419 | 138 | 98 | 334 | 1316 | 2095 | .455 | .000 | .699 | 15.8 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 0.8 |
12 | Jason Collins | Dec 2 | 13 | 735 | 14974 | 918 | 2234 | 7 | 34 | 778 | 1202 | 915 | 2706 | 626 | 368 | 359 | 605 | 2056 | 2621 | .411 | .206 | .647 | 20.4 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 0.9 |
13 | Dan Dickau | Sep 16 | 6 | 300 | 4617 | 608 | 1517 | 179 | 525 | 350 | 421 | 75 | 405 | 752 | 164 | 11 | 324 | 514 | 1745 | .401 | .341 | .831 | 15.4 | 5.8 | 1.4 | 2.5 |
14 | Kaniel Dickens | Jul 21 | 3 | 19 | 85 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 22 | .400 | .333 | .750 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
15 | Juan Dixon | Oct 9 | 7 | 436 | 8509 | 1400 | 3393 | 331 | 972 | 547 | 657 | 155 | 816 | 775 | 341 | 34 | 552 | 733 | 3678 | .413 | .341 | .833 | 19.5 | 8.4 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
16 | Melvin Ely | May 2 | 9 | 375 | 6005 | 783 | 1702 | 0 | 3 | 426 | 682 | 448 | 1215 | 261 | 99 | 209 | 392 | 765 | 1992 | .460 | .000 | .625 | 16.0 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 0.7 |
17 | Maurice Evans | Nov 8 | 9 | 562 | 10918 | 1429 | 3231 | 426 | 1172 | 463 | 590 | 559 | 1384 | 420 | 294 | 88 | 278 | 956 | 3747 | .442 | .363 | .785 | 19.4 | 6.7 | 2.5 | 0.7 |
18 | Marcus Fizer | Aug 10 | 6 | 289 | 6032 | 1103 | 2536 | 21 | 110 | 555 | 803 | 375 | 1340 | 352 | 134 | 81 | 428 | 648 | 2782 | .435 | .191 | .691 | 20.9 | 9.6 | 4.6 | 1.2 |
19 | Dan Gadzuric | Feb 2 | 10 | 527 | 7793 | 1049 | 2100 | 0 | 8 | 367 | 737 | 910 | 2326 | 196 | 242 | 448 | 357 | 1250 | 2465 | .500 | .000 | .498 | 14.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 0.4 |
20 | Eddie Gill | Aug 16 | 7 | 187 | 2033 | 179 | 496 | 63 | 197 | 150 | 177 | 28 | 207 | 217 | 104 | 14 | 139 | 209 | 571 | .361 | .320 | .847 | 10.9 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
Totals | Shooting | Per Game | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rk | Player | Birthday | Yrs | G | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
21 | Dion Glover | Oct 22 | 6 | 294 | 6132 | 914 | 2222 | 148 | 467 | 431 | 570 | 213 | 897 | 455 | 233 | 65 | 370 | 487 | 2407 | .411 | .317 | .756 | 20.9 | 8.2 | 3.1 | 1.5 |
22 | A.J. Guyton | Feb 12 | 3 | 80 | 1246 | 166 | 440 | 73 | 193 | 37 | 45 | 22 | 80 | 147 | 20 | 12 | 62 | 58 | 442 | .377 | .378 | .822 | 15.6 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 1.8 |
23 | Richard Hamilton | Feb 14 | 14 | 921 | 29559 | 5969 | 13288 | 530 | 1530 | 3240 | 3805 | 794 | 2852 | 3125 | 714 | 131 | 1977 | 2329 | 15708 | .449 | .346 | .852 | 32.1 | 17.1 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
24 | Tang Hamilton | May 26 | 1 | 9 | 98 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 20 | .526 | .000 | .000 | 10.9 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 0.6 |
25 | Travis Hansen | Apr 15 | 1 | 41 | 507 | 46 | 130 | 9 | 30 | 22 | 27 | 30 | 70 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 67 | 123 | .354 | .300 | .815 | 12.4 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0.5 |
26 | Jason Hart | Apr 29 | 9 | 341 | 5289 | 614 | 1473 | 64 | 203 | 331 | 420 | 76 | 567 | 774 | 253 | 34 | 275 | 528 | 1623 | .417 | .315 | .788 | 15.5 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
27 | Eddie House | May 14 | 11 | 717 | 12405 | 2078 | 5077 | 817 | 2096 | 383 | 450 | 164 | 1223 | 1112 | 470 | 58 | 569 | 927 | 5356 | .409 | .390 | .851 | 17.3 | 7.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
28 | Stephen Jackson | Apr 5 | 14 | 858 | 27398 | 4604 | 11112 | 1252 | 3763 | 2516 | 3154 | 674 | 3328 | 2634 | 1109 | 317 | 2141 | 2043 | 12976 | .414 | .333 | .798 | 31.9 | 15.1 | 3.9 | 3.1 |
29 | Marko Jarić | Oct 12 | 7 | 447 | 11246 | 1190 | 2944 | 289 | 840 | 524 | 718 | 274 | 1200 | 1600 | 583 | 128 | 708 | 967 | 3193 | .404 | .344 | .730 | 25.2 | 7.1 | 2.7 | 3.6 |
30 | Ken Johnson | Feb 1 | 1 | 16 | 156 | 15 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 32 | .405 | .333 | 9.8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
31 | Alvin Jones | Sep 9 | 1 | 23 | 126 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 26 | .400 | .500 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.1 | |
32 | Jamaal Magloire | May 21 | 12 | 680 | 14621 | 1763 | 3675 | 0 | 7 | 1391 | 2176 | 1418 | 4408 | 386 | 224 | 603 | 998 | 1792 | 4917 | .480 | .000 | .639 | 21.5 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 0.6 |
33 | Shawn Marion | May 7 | 16 | 1163 | 40097 | 7289 | 15056 | 791 | 2390 | 2331 | 2877 | 2732 | 10101 | 2198 | 1759 | 1233 | 1750 | 2535 | 17700 | .484 | .331 | .810 | 34.5 | 15.2 | 8.7 | 1.9 |
34 | Paul McPherson | Jul 3 | 1 | 55 | 595 | 109 | 216 | 2 | 12 | 42 | 58 | 40 | 79 | 38 | 25 | 4 | 47 | 80 | 262 | .505 | .167 | .724 | 10.8 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 0.7 |
35 | Jérôme Moïso | Jun 15 | 5 | 145 | 1392 | 158 | 323 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 118 | 126 | 395 | 38 | 45 | 68 | 104 | 183 | 386 | .489 | .000 | .593 | 9.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 0.3 |
36 | Dirk Nowitzki | Jun 19 | 21 | 1522 | 51368 | 11169 | 23734 | 1982 | 5210 | 7240 | 8239 | 1468 | 11489 | 3651 | 1210 | 1281 | 2494 | 3601 | 31560 | .471 | .380 | .879 | 33.8 | 20.7 | 7.5 | 2.4 |
37 | Jermaine O'Neal | Oct 13 | 18 | 1011 | 27364 | 5144 | 11025 | 14 | 95 | 3007 | 4208 | 1991 | 7261 | 1369 | 470 | 1820 | 1872 | 2896 | 13309 | .467 | .147 | .715 | 27.1 | 13.2 | 7.2 | 1.4 |
38 | Dean Oliver | Nov 5 | 2 | 35 | 232 | 24 | 75 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 24 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 25 | 64 | .320 | .158 | .765 | 6.6 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
39 | Milt Palacio | Feb 7 | 7 | 470 | 8421 | 863 | 2060 | 40 | 170 | 477 | 663 | 159 | 831 | 1194 | 302 | 58 | 596 | 685 | 2243 | .419 | .235 | .719 | 17.9 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
40 | Chris Porter | May 9 | 1 | 51 | 1147 | 173 | 445 | 0 | 5 | 94 | 141 | 89 | 189 | 61 | 45 | 6 | 59 | 111 | 440 | .389 | .000 | .667 | 22.5 | 8.6 | 3.7 | 1.2 |
Totals | Shooting | Per Game | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rk | Player | Birthday | Yrs | G | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
41 | Lavor Postell | Feb 26 | 3 | 61 | 446 | 59 | 176 | 11 | 44 | 66 | 83 | 11 | 45 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 35 | 28 | 195 | .335 | .250 | .795 | 7.3 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
42 | Igor Rakočević | Mar 29 | 1 | 42 | 244 | 22 | 58 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 36 | 4 | 17 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 25 | 78 | .379 | .417 | .806 | 5.8 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
43 | Soumaila Samake | Mar 18 | 2 | 47 | 303 | 28 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 26 | 32 | 76 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 36 | 68 | .389 | .462 | 6.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.1 | |
44 | Brian Scalabrine | Mar 18 | 11 | 520 | 6772 | 590 | 1512 | 180 | 523 | 234 | 299 | 275 | 1034 | 436 | 157 | 121 | 341 | 819 | 1594 | .390 | .344 | .783 | 13.0 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 0.8 |
45 | Alex Scales | Jul 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
46 | Will Solomon | Jul 20 | 2 | 115 | 1584 | 218 | 576 | 74 | 248 | 74 | 107 | 24 | 132 | 225 | 62 | 11 | 116 | 147 | 584 | .378 | .298 | .692 | 13.8 | 5.1 | 1.1 | 2.0 |
47 | Darius Songaila | Feb 14 | 8 | 495 | 9229 | 1449 | 2904 | 3 | 19 | 514 | 609 | 553 | 1689 | 589 | 324 | 106 | 486 | 1197 | 3415 | .499 | .158 | .844 | 18.6 | 6.9 | 3.4 | 1.2 |
48 | Etan Thomas | Apr 1 | 9 | 409 | 7084 | 890 | 1734 | 0 | 0 | 561 | 930 | 677 | 1927 | 149 | 128 | 427 | 385 | 889 | 2341 | .513 | .603 | 17.3 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 0.4 | |
49 | Jamaal Tinsley | Feb 28 | 11 | 547 | 14443 | 1759 | 4481 | 397 | 1326 | 737 | 1029 | 345 | 1605 | 3330 | 776 | 155 | 1375 | 1306 | 4652 | .393 | .299 | .716 | 26.4 | 8.5 | 2.9 | 6.1 |
50 | Loren Woods | Jun 21 | 6 | 215 | 2428 | 208 | 496 | 1 | 7 | 138 | 215 | 263 | 682 | 74 | 55 | 128 | 138 | 278 | 555 | .419 | .143 | .642 | 11.3 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 0.3 |
51 | Korleone Young | Dec 31 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | .500 | .250 | 1.000 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
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