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Juwan Howard

Juwan Howard stats, teams and career impact

#1290 all-timeCareer averages · 13.4 PPG · 6.1 RPG · 2.2 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Power forward
Final NBA team: Miami Heat
Height / weight: 6 ft 9 in (206 cm) · 240 lb (109 kg)
Born: February 7, 1973 (53 yrs old)
College: Michigan
NBA seasons: 19 seasons · 1994–95 to 2012–13

Career or season view

Career summaryJuwan Howard was a power forward who played 19 NBA seasons, from 1994–95 through 2012–13.

Career PPG: 13.4
Career RPG: 6.1
Career APG: 2.2; #43 in 2002–03; #1290 all-time

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

Career overview

Why Juwan Howard ranks #1290 all time

Juwan Howard ranks #1290 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #104.0. His full-career value ranks #1118, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.

Peak#43 in 2002–03

Best league finish

Sustained excellence16 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth19 seasons

1,208 games · Career Value Rank #1118

NBA honorsAll-Star · All-NBAContext only; honors are not model inputs.

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Washington Bullets, Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, Orlando Magic, Houston Rockets, Charlotte Bobcats, Portland Trail Blazers, and Miami Heat
Greatest Hornets →Greatest Mavericks →Greatest Nuggets →Greatest Rockets →Greatest Heat →Greatest Magic →Greatest Trail Blazers →Greatest Wizards →

Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 46.9%FG%
Three-point: 12.0%3P%
Free throw: 76.4%FT%

1,208 career games · 36,654 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

Juwan Howard stats by season

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Box impact is an estimate in points per 100 possessions, not the 0–100 Impact Rate score. Zero is league average; higher is better. Rate rank is a league place: No. 1 is best.

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				pts/100 · higher is better
2012–13	3.0	1.1	0.9	-11.26	MIA	7	2	7.3	52.6%	—	100.0%	—	-8.9
2011–12	1.5	1.7	0.4	-9.57	MIA	28	0	6.8	30.9%	—	80.0%	—	-27.3
2010–11	2.4	2.1	0.4	-4.30	MIA	57	0	10.4	44.0%	—	82.9%	#331	-25.7
2009–10	6.0	4.6	0.8	-3.90	POR	73	27	22.4	50.9%	0.0%	78.6%	#315	-56.6
2008–09	4.1	1.8	0.6	-3.85	CHA/DEN	42	2	11.2	51.0%	—	67.6%	#313	-16.1
2007–08	1.1	1.6	0.3	-7.20	DAL	50	0	7.1	35.9%	—	78.6%	—	-34.5
2006–07	9.7	5.9	1.6	-1.93	HOU	80	38	26.5	46.5%	—	82.4%	#231	2.9
2005–06	11.8	6.7	1.4	-2.44	HOU	80	80	31.7	45.9%	0.0%	80.6%	#247	-20.3
2004–05	9.6	5.7	1.5	-2.21	HOU	61	47	26.6	45.1%	0.0%	84.3%	#249	-6.2
2003–04	17.0	7.0	2.0	-2.28	ORL	81	77	35.5	45.3%	0.0%	80.9%	#251	-15.4
2002–03	18.4	7.6	3.0	+2.51	DEN	77	77	35.5	45.0%	50.0%	80.3%	#43	233.6
2001–02	14.6	7.6	2.1	-1.83	DAL/DEN	81	72	32.5	46.0%	0.0%	76.1%	#224	8.6
2000–01	18.0	7.1	2.8	-1.71	DAL/WAS	81	81	36.7	47.9%	0.0%	77.3%	#215	16.8
1999–00	14.9	5.7	3.0	-3.42	WAS	82	82	35.5	45.9%	0.0%	73.5%	#288	-79.5
1998–99	18.9	8.1	3.0	+0.04	WAS	36	36	39.7	47.4%	0.0%	75.3%	#126	54.5
1997–98	18.5	7.0	3.3	-0.56	WAS	64	64	40.0	46.7%	0.0%	72.1%	#157	70.4
1996–97	19.1	8.0	3.8	-0.55	WSB	82	82	40.5	48.6%	0.0%	75.6%	#143	92.6
1995–96	22.1	8.1	4.4	-1.24	WSB	81	81	40.7	48.9%	30.8%	74.9%	#178	48.8
1994–95	17.0	8.4	2.5	-2.04	WSB	65	52	36.1	48.9%	0.0%	66.4%	#209	-2.0
Career	13.4	6.1	2.2	—	CHA/DAL/DEN/HOU/MIA/ORL/POR/WAS/WSB	1208	—	30.3	46.9%	12.0%	76.4%	—	—

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

What these measures mean

Box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average, from the historical box-score model. Zero is league average; higher is better. Historical defense estimates are included where labeled. This is not the live model's lineup-adjusted estimate.
Impact Rate: A 0–100 score comparing performance within one season. Higher is better. This is a score, not points per possession.
Impact estimate: The season model's final estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, before conversion to the 0–100 Impact Rate score. It includes lineup evidence where available. Zero is league average; higher is better.
Impact Rate rank: The player's place among qualified players in that season's Impact Rate ranking. No. 1 is best. This is a rank, not an impact score.
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#1290

126.3 composite · lower is better

Best 5#1290

129.4 average league finish

Career Value Rank#1118

236 total value

Impact Rate: 0–100 score within one season. Higher is better.
Box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, from the historical model. Zero is average; higher is better.

Career standing

How Juwan Howard 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 Score126.3

Best 3, Best 5, and Best 10 average league finishes receive 50%, 30%, and 20% window weights. Missing seasons receive a replacement finish just below the player's typical qualified field. Lower is better.

Best 3 effective weight: 74%
Missing-season finish: 328.0
Qualified seasons: 16
All-time rank: #1290

Strongest seasons

Every season

Juwan Howard 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

					pts/100 · higher is better	0–100 · higher is better
2012–13Historical Defense Estimate	MIA	39	7	51	-11.26	—	—	-8.9	—	Limited
2011–12Historical Defense Estimate	MIA	38	28	190	-9.57	—	—	-27.3	—	Limited
2010–11Historical Defense Estimate	MIA	37	57	592	-4.30	6.0	#331	-25.7	11th	Standard
2009–10Historical Defense Estimate	POR	36	73	1,632	-3.90	6.5	#315	-56.6	1st	Broad
2008–09Historical Defense Estimate	CHA/DEN	35	42	472	-3.85	6.3	#313	-16.1	16th	Standard
2007–08Historical Defense Estimate	DAL	34	50	353	-7.20	—	—	-34.5	—	Limited
2006–07Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	33	80	2,123	-1.93	31.1	#231	2.9	32nd	Broad
2005–06Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	32	80	2,537	-2.44	25.0	#247	-20.3	18th	Broad
2004–05Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	31	61	1,624	-2.21	27.7	#249	-6.2	26th	Broad
2003–04Historical Defense Estimate	ORL	30	81	2,877	-2.28	24.5	#251	-15.4	18th	Broad
2002–03Historical Defense Estimate	DEN	29	77	2,730	+2.51	86.8	#43	233.6	90th	Broad
2001–02Historical Defense Estimate	DAL/DEN	28	81	2,635	-1.83	31.0	#224	8.6	36th	Broad
2000–01Historical Defense Estimate	DAL/WAS	27	81	2,974	-1.71	34.6	#215	16.8	43rd	Broad
1999–00Historical Defense Estimate	WAS	26	82	2,909	-3.42	10.3	#288	-79.5	1st	Broad
1998–99Historical Defense Estimate	WAS	25	36	1,430	+0.04	54.7	#126	54.5	61st	Broad
1997–98Historical Defense Estimate	WAS	24	64	2,559	-0.56	50.8	#157	70.4	62nd	Broad
1996–97Historical Defense Estimate	WSB	23	82	3,324	-0.55	55.1	#143	92.6	70th	Broad
1995–96Historical Defense Estimate	WSB	22	81	3,294	-1.24	45.5	#178	48.8	56th	Broad
1994–95Historical Defense Estimate	WSB	21	65	2,348	-2.04	32.7	#209	-2.0	32nd	Broad

Career movement

Juwan Howard's box impact by season

Peak box impact +2.51 points per 100 possessions in 2002–03 · 19 seasons · 36,654 minutes

Box impact estimates points per 100 possessions above each season's league average. Zero is average; higher is better. Rank labels show Impact Rate league places, not ranks on this chart's box-impact scale.

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Box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better · dashed marker means the player did not play

Juwan Howard and James Edwards era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Juwan Howard	James Edwards
1	-2.0	-2.2
2	-1.2	-0.4
3	-0.6	0.4
4	-0.6	1.5
5	0.0	-0.9
6	-3.4	-2.1
7	-1.7	-1.0
8	-1.8	-0.7
9	2.5	-1.6
10	-2.3	-1.5
11	-2.2	-4.4
12	-2.4	-4.4
13	-1.9	-3.3
14	-7.2	-3.8
15	-3.9	-3.8
16	-3.9	-5.9
17	-4.3	-6.4
18	-9.6	-8.0
19	-11.3	-11.5

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 →