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Armen Gilliam

Armen Gilliam stats, teams and career impact

#1455 all-timeCareer averages · 13.7 PPG · 6.9 RPG · 1.2 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Power forward
Final NBA team: Utah Jazz
Height / weight: 6 ft 9 in (206 cm) · 230 lb (104 kg)
Born: May 28, 1964
Died: July 5, 2011 (47 yrs old)
College: UNLV
NBA seasons: 13 seasons · 1987–88 to 1999–00

Career or season view

Career summaryArmen Gilliam was a power forward who played 13 NBA seasons, from 1987–88 through 1999–00.

Career PPG: 13.7
Career RPG: 6.9
Career APG: 1.2; #53 in 1994–95; #1455 all-time

Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Career overview

Why Armen Gilliam ranks #1455 all time

Armen Gilliam ranks #1455 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #54.7. His full-career value ranks #518, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.

Peak#49 in 1993–94

Best league finish

Sustained excellence13 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth13 seasons

929 games · Career Value Rank #518

Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Hornets, Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks, and Utah Jazz
Greatest Hornets →Greatest Bucks →Greatest Nets →Greatest 76ers →Greatest Suns →Greatest Jazz →

Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 48.9%FG%
Three-point: 0.0%3P%
Free throw: 77.6%FT%

929 career games · 26,421 minutes

Sources and updateConventional stats and measurements: Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 13, 2026. hussEyquation ranking data through 2025–26. Life dates: Wikidata; conflicting dates checked against Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 17, 2026.

Traditional box score

Armen Gilliam stats by season

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1999–00	6.7	4.2	0.8	-3.13	UTA	50	0	15.6	43.6%	0.0%	77.9%	#280	-16.5
1998–99	8.3	3.7	0.6	-1.22	MIL	34	5	19.6	45.3%	0.0%	78.2%	#169	9.5
1997–98	11.2	5.4	1.3	-0.51	MIL	82	25	25.8	48.4%	0.0%	80.2%	#154	59.1
1996–97	8.6	6.2	0.7	-2.17	MIL	80	25	25.6	47.1%	—	76.8%	#225	-6.6
1995–96	18.3	9.1	1.8	+1.67	NJN	78	76	36.6	47.4%	0.0%	79.1%	#62	198.6
1994–95	14.8	7.5	1.2	+1.82	NJN	82	30	30.1	50.3%	0.0%	77.0%	#53	181.5
1993–94	11.8	6.1	0.8	+1.54	NJN	82	5	24.0	51.0%	0.0%	75.9%	#49	138.7
1992–93	12.4	5.9	1.4	+0.10	PHI	80	26	21.8	46.4%	0.0%	84.3%	#105	74.9
1991–92	16.9	8.1	1.5	+0.19	PHI	81	81	34.2	51.1%	0.0%	80.7%	#106	118.6
1990–91	16.6	8.0	1.4	-1.25	CHH/PHI	75	75	35.3	48.7%	0.0%	81.5%	#172	40.0
1989–90	16.7	7.9	1.3	+0.06	CHH/PHO	76	66	31.9	51.5%	0.0%	72.3%	#109	102.6
1988–89	15.9	7.3	0.7	-2.11	PHO	74	60	28.6	50.3%	—	74.3%	#190	-5.0
1987–88	14.8	7.9	1.3	-2.56	PHO	55	53	32.9	47.5%	—	67.9%	#201	-21.3
Career	13.7	6.9	1.2	—	CHH/MIL/NJN/PHI/PHO/UTA	929	—	28.4	48.9%	0.0%	77.6%	—	—

Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.

What these measures mean

Era-centered box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average.
Impact Rate Rank: The player's place among qualified players in one season.
Value contribution / Season Value: Completed seasons use a fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. The live season instead uses Season Value, combining that season's impact with workload.
Career Impact Rank: An all-time rank weighted toward the player's best three, five, and ten seasons.

Career Impact Rank#1455

82.2 composite · lower is better

Best 5#1323

75.0 average league finish

Career Value Rank#518

874 total value

Career standing

How Armen Gilliam ranks all time

These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.

Number-one seasons0

Best in the league

Top-five seasons0

Elite finishes

Top-ten seasons0

Upper-tier finishes

Top-10 Impact Margin0.0

Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons

Career Composite Score82.2

Equal average of Best 3, Best 5, and Best 10 league finishes. The overlapping windows make this explicitly peak-weighted. Lower is better.

Best 3 weight: 63.3%
Score: 82.2
Qualified seasons: 13
All-time rank: #1455

Strongest seasons

Every season

Armen Gilliam advanced stats by season

Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.

More advanced statsAge, minutes, impact, rank, value and data coverage


1999–00Historical Defense Estimate	UTA	35	50	782	-3.13	12.8	#280	-16.5	16th	Standard
1998–99Historical Defense Estimate	MIL	34	34	668	-1.22	39.1	#169	9.5	34th	Standard
1997–98Historical Defense Estimate	MIL	33	82	2,114	-0.51	51.7	#154	59.1	57th	Broad
1996–97Historical Defense Estimate	MIL	32	80	2,050	-2.17	29.1	#225	-6.6	27th	Broad
1995–96Historical Defense Estimate	NJN	31	78	2,856	+1.67	81.2	#62	198.6	87th	Broad
1994–95Historical Defense Estimate	NJN	30	82	2,472	+1.82	83.2	#53	181.5	85th	Broad
1993–94Historical Defense Estimate	NJN	29	82	1,969	+1.54	83.5	#49	138.7	79th	Broad
1992–93Historical Defense Estimate	PHI	28	80	1,742	+0.10	64.7	#105	74.9	63rd	Broad
1991–92Historical Defense Estimate	PHI	27	81	2,771	+0.19	63.7	#106	118.6	73rd	Broad
1990–91Historical Defense Estimate	CHH/PHI	26	75	2,644	-1.25	41.2	#172	40.0	50th	Broad
1989–90Historical Defense Estimate	CHH/PHO	25	76	2,426	+0.06	62.4	#109	102.6	69th	Broad
1988–89Historical Defense Estimate	PHO	24	74	2,120	-2.11	28.1	#190	-5.0	27th	Broad
1987–88Historical Defense Estimate	PHO	23	55	1,807	-2.56	20.0	#201	-21.3	16th	Broad

Career movement

Armen Gilliam's career impact by season

Peak +1.82 in 1994–95 · 13 seasons · 26,421 minutes

The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. The vertical scale adapts to this player's range and always includes zero.

Era-centered box impactMinutes

Player-specific impact scaleWorkload

Career comparison

Compare the shape, not the calendar

Align by NBA experience to compare season one with season one, or by age to compare players at the same stage of life.

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Armen GilliamJerami Grant

Era-centered box impactEstimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average · dashed marker means the player did not play

Armen Gilliam and Jerami Grant era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Armen Gilliam	Jerami Grant
1	-2.6	-1.6
2	-2.1	-0.7
3	0.1	-1.5
4	-1.2	0.4
5	0.2	0.3
6	0.1	0.1
7	1.5	1.1
8	1.8	1.7
9	1.7	0.1
10	-2.2	0.7
11	-0.5	-1.9
12	-1.2	-0.0
13	-3.1	Did not play

NBA season number

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career similarity score

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How to read this page

Impact Rate shows how strong a player was compared with everyone else that season. Season Value adds how much he played; completed player-profile rows instead show each season's fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. Career Impact Rank rewards a high peak, a long prime, and repeated seasons near the top. Older seasons use clearly labeled estimates where the NBA did not record today's full set of statistics. Read how every ranking works →