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Boris Diaw

Boris Diaw stats, teams and career impact

#1567 all-timeCareer averages · 8.6 PPG · 4.4 RPG · 3.5 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Power forward
Final NBA team: Utah Jazz
Height / weight: 6 ft 8 in (203 cm) · 250 lb (113 kg)
Born: April 16, 1982 (44 yrs old)
NBA seasons: 14 seasons · 2003–04 to 2016–17

Career or season view

Career summaryBoris Diaw was a power forward who played 14 NBA seasons, from 2003–04 through 2016–17.

Career PPG: 8.6
Career RPG: 4.4
Career APG: 3.5; #40 in 2005–06; #1567 all-time

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

Career overview

Why Boris Diaw ranks #1567 all time

Boris Diaw ranks #1567 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #65.3. His full-career value ranks #422, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.

Peak#40 in 2005–06

Best league finish

Sustained excellence14 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth14 seasons

1,064 games · Career Value Rank #422

NBA honorsMost ImprovedContext only; honors are not model inputs.

Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Atlanta Hawks, Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Bobcats, San Antonio Spurs, and Utah Jazz
Greatest Hawks →Greatest Hornets →Greatest Suns →Greatest Spurs →Greatest Jazz →

Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 49.3%FG%
Three-point: 33.6%3P%
Free throw: 71.7%FT%

1,064 career games · 28,768 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

Boris Diaw stats by season

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2016–17	4.6	2.2	2.3	-3.54	UTA	73	33	17.6	44.6%	24.7%	74.3%	#333	-37.7
2015–16	6.4	3.1	2.3	+0.31	SAS	76	4	18.2	52.7%	36.2%	73.7%	#122	62.6
2014–15	8.7	4.3	2.9	-0.71	SAS	81	15	24.5	46.0%	32.0%	77.4%	#190	49.9
2013–14	9.1	4.1	2.8	+0.48	SAS	79	24	25.0	52.1%	40.2%	73.9%	#107	96.9
2012–13	5.8	3.4	2.4	+0.22	SAS	75	20	22.8	53.9%	38.5%	72.3%	#127	74.4
2011–12	6.4	4.9	3.6	-0.43	CHA/SAS	57	35	25.0	44.4%	31.3%	62.9%	#171	42.6
2010–11	11.3	5.0	4.1	+1.16	CHA	82	82	33.9	49.2%	34.5%	68.3%	#79	163.8
2009–10	11.3	5.2	4.0	+0.60	CHA	82	82	35.4	48.3%	32.0%	76.9%	#94	142.0
2008–09	13.2	5.3	4.1	+1.10	CHA/PHO	81	59	34.0	50.7%	41.4%	68.7%	#77	159.8
2007–08	8.8	4.6	3.9	-1.58	PHO	82	19	28.1	47.7%	31.7%	74.4%	#222	19.4
2006–07	9.7	4.3	4.8	-0.82	PHO	73	59	31.1	53.8%	33.3%	68.3%	#181	53.2
2005–06	13.3	6.9	6.2	+2.59	PHO	81	70	35.5	52.6%	26.7%	73.1%	#40	263.0
2004–05	4.8	2.6	2.3	-2.14	ATL	66	25	18.2	42.2%	18.0%	74.0%	#246	-3.1
2003–04	4.5	4.5	2.4	-1.99	ATL	76	37	25.3	44.7%	23.1%	60.2%	#229	0.5
Career	8.6	4.4	3.5	—	ATL/CHA/PHO/SAS/UTA	1064	—	27.0	49.3%	33.6%	71.7%	—	—

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#1567

87.8 composite · lower is better

Best 5#1421

79.4 average league finish

Career Value Rank#422

1,087 total value

Career standing

How Boris Diaw 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 Score87.8

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: 87.8
Qualified seasons: 14
All-time rank: #1567

Strongest seasons

Every season

Boris Diaw 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


2016–17Historical Defense Estimate	UTA	34	73	1,283	-3.54	8.5	#333	-37.7	6th	Broad
2015–16Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	33	76	1,386	+0.31	66.7	#122	62.6	63rd	Broad
2014–15Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	32	81	1,984	-0.71	48.9	#190	49.9	58th	Broad
2013–14Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	31	79	1,974	+0.48	69.3	#107	96.9	72nd	Broad
2012–13Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	30	75	1,709	+0.22	64.0	#127	74.4	65th	Broad
2011–12Historical Defense Estimate	CHA/SAS	29	57	1,424	-0.43	50.4	#171	42.6	55th	Broad
2010–11Historical Defense Estimate	CHA	28	82	2,778	+1.16	77.8	#79	163.8	85th	Broad
2009–10Historical Defense Estimate	CHA	27	82	2,906	+0.60	72.3	#94	142.0	81st	Broad
2008–09Historical Defense Estimate	CHA/PHO	26	81	2,754	+1.10	77.2	#77	159.8	85th	Broad
2007–08Historical Defense Estimate	PHO	25	82	2,308	-1.58	33.2	#222	19.4	39th	Broad
2006–07Historical Defense Estimate	PHO	24	73	2,268	-0.82	46.1	#181	53.2	55th	Broad
2005–06Historical Defense Estimate	PHO	23	81	2,874	+2.59	88.1	#40	263.0	91st	Broad
2004–05Historical Defense Estimate	ATL	22	66	1,201	-2.14	28.6	#246	-3.1	29th	Broad
2003–04Historical Defense Estimate	ATL	21	76	1,919	-1.99	31.1	#229	0.5	31st	Broad

Career movement

Boris Diaw's career impact by season

Peak +2.59 in 2005–06 · 14 seasons · 28,768 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

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

Boris Diaw and Johnny Green era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Boris Diaw	Johnny Green
1	-2.0	-2.2
2	-2.1	-0.8
3	2.6	0.5
4	-0.8	1.1
5	-1.6	-0.1
6	1.1	0.6
7	0.6	1.1
8	1.2	-1.2
9	-0.4	-0.6
10	0.2	-0.3
11	0.5	1.4
12	-0.7	1.9
13	0.3	0.3
14	-3.5	-0.8

NBA season number

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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 →