Ralph Sampson C #50
Height: 7-4 (224cm)
Weight: 228 lbs (103kg)
Born: Jul 7, 1960 (65 years old)
Hometown: Harrisonburg, Virginia
Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent
NBA Draft: 1983 Round 1, Pick 1, Houston Rockets
Pre-Draft Team: Virginia (Sr)
High School: Harrisonburg High School (Harrisonburg, Virginia)
Hall of Famer, ROY, All-NBA 2nd, All-Rookie 1st, All-Star MVP, 4x All-Star
Ralph Sampson Teammates
Teammates Statistics & Data Below
| Player | Team(s) | League(s) | Season(s) | GP | PTS | REB | AST | W's | L's | Win% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney McCray | Rockets, Kings | NBA | 6: 1983-84 to 1989-90 | 362 | 12.8 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 185 | 177 | 51.1% | Compare |
| Robert Reid | Rockets | NBA | 5: 1983-84 to 1987-88 | 300 | 11.7 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 163 | 137 | 54.3% | Compare |
| Lewis Lloyd | Rockets | NBA | 4: 1983-84 to 1986-87 | 290 | 15.8 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 150 | 140 | 51.7% | Compare |
| Allen Leavell | Rockets | NBA | 5: 1983-84 to 1987-88 | 264 | 8.7 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 132 | 132 | 50.0% | Compare |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | Rockets | NBA | 4: 1984-85 to 1987-88 | 238 | 22.5 | 10.3 | 1.4 | 141 | 97 | 59.2% | Compare |
| Jim Petersen | Rockets | NBA | 4: 1984-85 to 1987-88 | 221 | 5.8 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 129 | 92 | 58.4% | Compare |
| Mitchell Wiggins | Rockets | NBA | 3: 1984-85 to 1986-87 | 204 | 8.2 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 121 | 83 | 59.3% | Compare |
| Terry Teagle | Warriors, Rockets | NBA | 3: 1983-84 to 1988-89 | 148 | 10.4 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 55 | 93 | 37.2% | Compare |
| Steve Harris | Warriors, Rockets | NBA | 3: 1985-86 to 1987-88 | 146 | 6.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 75 | 71 | 51.4% | Compare |
| John Lucas | Rockets | NBA | 2: 1984-85 to 1985-86 | 117 | 13.8 | 1.4 | 7.2 | 70 | 47 | 59.8% | Compare |
| Phil Ford | Rockets | NBA | 2: 1983-84 to 1984-85 | 106 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 43 | 63 | 40.6% | Compare |
| Craig Ehlo | Rockets | NBA | 3: 1983-84 to 1985-86 | 98 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 51 | 47 | 52.0% | Compare |
| Rod Higgins | Warriors | NBA | 2: 1987-88 to 1988-89 | 92 | 11.2 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 41 | 51 | 44.6% | Compare |
| Winston Garland | Warriors | NBA | 2: 1987-88 to 1988-89 | 90 | 14.3 | 4.2 | 6.1 | 40 | 50 | 44.4% | Compare |
| Otis Smith | Warriors | NBA | 2: 1987-88 to 1988-89 | 87 | 9.8 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 39 | 48 | 44.8% | Compare |
| Lionel Hollins | Rockets | NBA | 1: 1984-85 | 85 | 7.4 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 49 | 36 | 57.6% | Compare |
| Caldwell Jones | Rockets | NBA | 1: 1983-84 | 81 | 9.9 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 29 | 52 | 35.8% | Compare |
| Elvin Hayes | Rockets | NBA | 1: 1983-84 | 81 | 5.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 29 | 52 | 35.8% | Compare |
| Chris Mullin | Warriors | NBA | 2: 1987-88 to 1988-89 | 77 | 24.3 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 37 | 40 | 48.1% | Compare |
| Larry Smith | Warriors | NBA | 2: 1987-88 to 1988-89 | 74 | 5.6 | 7.7 | 1.2 | 33 | 41 | 44.6% | Compare |
| James Bailey | Rockets | NBA | 1: 1983-84 | 73 | 8.9 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 25 | 48 | 34.2% | Compare |
| Hank McDowell | Rockets | NBA | 2: 1984-85 to 1985-86 | 67 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 39 | 28 | 58.2% | Compare |
| Manute Bol | Warriors | NBA | 1: 1988-89 | 64 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 31 | 33 | 48.4% | Compare |
| Mitch Richmond | Warriors | NBA | 1: 1988-89 | 61 | 21.1 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 31 | 30 | 50.8% | Compare |
| Dave Feitl | Warriors, Rockets | NBA | 2: 1986-87 to 1987-88 | 60 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 24 | 36 | 40.0% | Compare |
| Wally Walker | Rockets | NBA | 1: 1983-84 | 58 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 20 | 38 | 34.5% | Compare |
| Major Jones | Rockets | NBA | 1: 1983-84 | 57 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 18 | 39 | 31.6% | Compare |
| Granville Waiters | Rockets | NBA | 1: 1985-86 | 53 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 30 | 23 | 56.6% | Compare |
| Tellis Frank | Warriors | NBA | 2: 1987-88 to 1988-89 | 50 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 18 | 32 | 36.0% | Compare |
| Cedric Maxwell | Rockets | NBA | 2: 1986-87 to 1987-88 | 44 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 23 | 21 | 52.3% | Compare |
| Larry Micheaux | Rockets | NBA | 1: 1984-85 | 44 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 25 | 19 | 56.8% | Compare |
| Buck Johnson | Rockets | NBA | 2: 1986-87 to 1987-88 | 44 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 20 | 24 | 45.5% | Compare |
| Richard Anderson | Rockets | NBA | 2: 1986-87 to 1987-88 | 44 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 16 | 28 | 36.4% | Compare |
| Dirk Minniefield | Rockets | NBA | 1: 1986-87 | 43 | 7.0 | 1.9 | 4.7 | 22 | 21 | 51.2% | Compare |
| Steve Alford | Warriors | NBA | 1: 1988-89 | 41 | 6.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 21 | 20 | 51.2% | Compare |
| Ben McDonald | Warriors | NBA | 2: 1987-88 to 1988-89 | 40 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 11 | 29 | 27.5% | Compare |
| Wayman Tisdale | Kings | NBA | 2: 1989-90 to 1990-91 | 37 | 20.1 | 7.5 | 1.4 | 8 | 29 | 21.6% | Compare |
| Antoine Carr | Kings | NBA | 2: 1989-90 to 1990-91 | 27 | 19.5 | 5.9 | 2.2 | 4 | 23 | 14.8% | Compare |
| Harold Pressley | Kings | NBA | 1: 1989-90 | 26 | 9.6 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 8 | 18 | 30.8% | Compare |
| Jerome Whitehead | Warriors | NBA | 2: 1987-88 to 1988-89 | 26 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 10 | 16 | 38.5% | Compare |
| Danny Ainge | Kings | NBA | 1: 1989-90 | 24 | 15.5 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 8 | 16 | 33.3% | Compare |
| Vinny Del Negro | Kings | NBA | 1: 1989-90 | 24 | 7.2 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 6 | 18 | 25.0% | Compare |
| Randy Allen | Kings | NBA | 1: 1989-90 | 24 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 8 | 16 | 33.3% | Compare |
| Lionel Simmons | Kings | NBA | 1: 1990-91 | 23 | 17.5 | 8.8 | 3.7 | 3 | 20 | 13.0% | Compare |
| Travis Mays | Kings | NBA | 1: 1990-91 | 23 | 16.0 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 2 | 21 | 8.7% | Compare |
| Kenny Smith | Kings | NBA | 1: 1989-90 | 23 | 14.2 | 2.5 | 7.0 | 6 | 17 | 26.1% | Compare |
| Rory Sparrow | Kings | NBA | 1: 1990-91 | 23 | 9.4 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 1 | 22 | 4.3% | Compare |
| Bill Wennington | Kings | NBA | 1: 1990-91 | 23 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 3 | 20 | 13.0% | Compare |
| Duane Causwell | Kings | NBA | 1: 1990-91 | 23 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 3 | 20 | 13.0% | Compare |
| John Starks | Warriors | NBA | 1: 1988-89 | 23 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 10 | 13 | 43.5% | Compare |
| Ricky Calloway | Kings | NBA | 1: 1990-91 | 21 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 3 | 18 | 14.3% | Compare |
| Andre Turner | Rockets, Wizards | NBA | 2: 1987-88 to 1991-92 | 20 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 6 | 14 | 30.0% | Compare |
| World B. Free | Rockets | NBA | 1: 1987-88 | 19 | 11.7 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 11 | 8 | 57.9% | Compare |
| Purvis Short | Rockets | NBA | 1: 1987-88 | 19 | 9.9 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 11 | 8 | 57.9% | Compare |
| Lester Conner | Rockets | NBA | 1: 1987-88 | 18 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 11 | 7 | 61.1% | Compare |
| Greg Kite | Kings | NBA | 1: 1989-90 | 16 | 4.9 | 8.3 | 1.6 | 5 | 11 | 31.3% | Compare |
| Jim Les | Kings | NBA | 1: 1990-91 | 15 | 6.3 | 2.5 | 5.6 | 3 | 12 | 20.0% | Compare |
| Henry Turner | Kings | NBA | 1: 1989-90 | 15 | 5.3 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2 | 13 | 13.3% | Compare |
| Tony White | Warriors | NBA | 1: 1987-88 | 14 | 8.1 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 3 | 11 | 21.4% | Compare |
| Anthony Bonner | Kings | NBA | 1: 1990-91 | 11 | 7.2 | 4.5 | 1.7 | 0 | 11 | 0.0% | Compare |
| Larry Stewart | Wizards | NBA | 1: 1991-92 | 10 | 14.5 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 9 | 10.0% | Compare |
| A.J. English | Wizards | NBA | 1: 1991-92 | 10 | 13.4 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1 | 9 | 10.0% | Compare |
| David Wingate | Wizards | NBA | 1: 1991-92 | 10 | 8.2 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 1 | 9 | 10.0% | Compare |
| Bobby Hansen | Kings | NBA | 1: 1990-91 | 9 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 2 | 7 | 22.2% | Compare |
| Conner Henry | Rockets | NBA | 1: 1986-87 | 9 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2 | 7 | 22.2% | Compare |
| Michael Jackson | Kings | NBA | 1: 1989-90 | 9 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1 | 8 | 11.1% | Compare |
| Ledell Eackles | Wizards | NBA | 1: 1991-92 | 8 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 7 | 12.5% | Compare |
| Eric Leckner | Kings | NBA | 1: 1990-91 | 8 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0 | 8 | 0.0% | Compare |
| Orlando Graham | Warriors | NBA | 1: 1988-89 | 8 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | 25.0% | Compare |
| Charles A. Jones | Wizards | NBA | 1: 1991-92 | 8 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 1 | 7 | 12.5% | Compare |
| Pervis Ellison | Kings, Wizards | NBA | 2: 1989-90 to 1991-92 | 7 | 19.4 | 10.7 | 1.9 | 1 | 6 | 14.3% | Compare |
| Harvey Grant | Wizards | NBA | 1: 1991-92 | 7 | 18.6 | 5.4 | 2.4 | 0 | 7 | 0.0% | Compare |
| Greg Foster | Wizards | NBA | 1: 1991-92 | 7 | 6.3 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0 | 7 | 0.0% | Compare |
| Michael Adams | Wizards | NBA | 1: 1991-92 | 6 | 19.0 | 4.7 | 10.0 | 1 | 5 | 16.7% | Compare |
| Mike Higgins | Kings | NBA | 1: 1990-91 | 6 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1 | 5 | 16.7% | Compare |
| Dave Hoppen | Warriors | NBA | 1: 1987-88 | 6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 33.3% | Compare |
| Tom Hammonds | Wizards | NBA | 1: 1991-92 | 5 | 11.6 | 5.6 | 1.4 | 1 | 4 | 20.0% | Compare |
| Steve Colter | Kings | NBA | 1: 1990-91 | 5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 0 | 5 | 0.0% | Compare |
| Greg Stokes | Kings | NBA | 1: 1989-90 | 5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0% | Compare |
| Mike Williams | Kings | NBA | 1: 1989-90 | 5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 40.0% | Compare |
| Anthony Frederick | Kings | NBA | 1: 1990-91 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | Compare |
| Kevin Henderson | Warriors | NBA | 1: 1987-88 | 2 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | Compare |
| Sedric Toney | Kings | NBA | 1: 1989-90 | 2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | Compare |
| Leon Wood | Kings | NBA | 1: 1990-91 | 2 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | Compare |
| Shelton Jones | Warriors | NBA | 1: 1988-89 | 2 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | Compare |
| LaBradford Smith | Wizards | NBA | 1: 1991-92 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | Compare |
* 86 teammates found. All stats represent what the teammates of Ralph Sampson averaged when they played with him in the selected games.









