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Otis Thorpe

Otis Thorpe stats, teams and career impact

#561 all-timeCareer averages · 14.0 PPG · 8.2 RPG · 2.2 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Power forward
Final NBA team: Charlotte Hornets
Height / weight: 6 ft 10 in (208 cm) · 248 lb (112 kg)
Born: August 5, 1962 (64 yrs old)
College: Providence
NBA seasons: 17 seasons · 1984–85 to 2000–01

Career or season view

Career summaryOtis Thorpe was a power forward who played 17 NBA seasons, from 1984–85 through 2000–01.

Career PPG: 14.0
Career RPG: 8.2
Career APG: 2.2; #36 in 1987–88; #561 all-time

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

Career overview

Why Otis Thorpe ranks #561 all time

Otis Thorpe ranks #561 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #50.0. His full-career value ranks #258, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.

Peak#36 in 1987–88

Best league finish

Sustained excellence17 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth17 seasons

1,257 games · Career Value Rank #258

NBA honorsAll-StarContext only; honors are not model inputs.

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Kansas City Kings, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers, Detroit Pistons, Vancouver Grizzlies, Washington Wizards, Miami Heat, and Charlotte Hornets
Greatest Hornets →Greatest Pistons →Greatest Rockets →Greatest Kings →Greatest Heat →Greatest Trail Blazers →Greatest Grizzlies →Greatest Wizards →

Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 54.6%FG%
Three-point: 4.7%3P%
Free throw: 68.7%FT%

1,257 career games · 39,822 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

Otis Thorpe stats by season

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2000–01	2.8	3.0	0.6	-3.97	CHH	49	4	13.2	45.0%	—	83.3%	#291	-23.7
1999–00	5.5	3.3	0.6	-3.75	MIA	51	1	15.2	51.4%	0.0%	60.4%	#296	-25.4
1998–99	11.3	6.8	2.1	-0.34	WAS	49	38	31.4	54.5%	0.0%	69.8%	#140	47.7
1997–98	10.2	7.3	3.0	-1.29	SAC/VAN	74	66	29.7	47.1%	0.0%	68.3%	#195	30.0
1996–97	13.1	7.9	1.7	-1.63	DET	79	79	33.7	53.2%	0.0%	65.3%	#196	17.5
1995–96	14.2	8.4	1.9	-1.09	DET	82	82	34.6	53.0%	0.0%	71.0%	#171	47.4
1994–95	13.4	8.0	1.6	-0.39	HOU/POR	70	35	29.9	56.5%	0.0%	59.4%	#135	66.0
1993–94	14.0	10.6	2.3	+0.42	HOU	82	82	35.5	56.1%	0.0%	65.7%	#92	139.4
1992–93	12.8	8.2	2.5	-0.72	HOU	72	69	32.7	55.8%	0.0%	59.8%	#152	59.4
1991–92	17.3	10.5	3.0	+0.84	HOU	82	82	37.3	59.2%	0.0%	65.7%	#82	171.7
1990–91	17.5	10.3	2.4	+1.05	HOU	82	82	37.1	55.6%	42.9%	69.6%	#71	189.9
1989–90	17.1	9.0	3.2	+1.03	HOU	82	82	35.9	54.8%	0.0%	68.8%	#65	188.2
1988–89	16.7	9.6	2.5	+0.42	HOU	82	82	38.2	54.2%	0.0%	72.9%	#82	161.2
1987–88	20.8	10.2	3.2	+1.62	SAC	82	82	37.5	50.7%	0.0%	75.5%	#36	233.8
1986–87	18.9	10.0	2.5	+1.18	SAC	82	82	36.0	54.0%	0.0%	76.1%	#49	198.6
1985–86	9.9	5.6	1.1	-0.82	SAC	75	18	22.3	58.7%	—	66.1%	#138	41.9
1984–85	12.8	6.8	1.4	-1.20	KCK	82	23	23.4	60.0%	0.0%	62.0%	#149	33.5
Career	14.0	8.2	2.2	—	CHH/DET/HOU/KCK/MIA/POR/SAC/VAN/WAS	1257	—	31.7	54.6%	4.7%	68.7%	—	—

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#561

61.0 composite · lower is better

Best 5#569

60.6 average league finish

Career Value Rank#258

1,577 total value

Career standing

How Otis Thorpe 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 Score61.0

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: 293.0
Qualified seasons: 17
All-time rank: #561

Strongest seasons

Every season

Otis Thorpe 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


2000–01Historical Defense Estimate	CHH	38	49	647	-3.97	11.3	#291	-23.7	18th	Standard
1999–00Historical Defense Estimate	MIA	37	51	777	-3.75	7.8	#296	-25.4	12th	Standard
1998–99Historical Defense Estimate	WAS	36	49	1,539	-0.34	49.6	#140	47.7	55th	Broad
1997–98Historical Defense Estimate	SAC/VAN	35	74	2,197	-1.29	38.8	#195	30.0	42nd	Broad
1996–97Historical Defense Estimate	DET	34	79	2,661	-1.63	38.3	#196	17.5	42nd	Broad
1995–96Historical Defense Estimate	DET	33	82	2,841	-1.09	47.7	#171	47.4	56th	Broad
1994–95Historical Defense Estimate	HOU/POR	32	70	2,096	-0.39	56.6	#135	66.0	61st	Broad
1993–94Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	31	82	2,909	+0.42	68.7	#92	139.4	79th	Broad
1992–93Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	30	72	2,357	-0.72	48.8	#152	59.4	57th	Broad
1991–92Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	29	82	3,056	+0.84	72.0	#82	171.7	82nd	Broad
1990–91Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	28	82	3,039	+1.05	75.9	#71	189.9	86th	Broad
1989–90Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	27	82	2,947	+1.03	77.7	#65	188.2	83rd	Broad
1988–89Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	26	82	3,135	+0.42	69.2	#82	161.2	81st	Broad
1987–88Historical Defense Estimate	SAC	25	82	3,072	+1.62	86.0	#36	233.8	89th	Broad
1986–87Historical Defense Estimate	SAC	24	82	2,956	+1.18	81.3	#49	198.6	88th	Broad
1985–86Historical Defense Estimate	SAC	23	75	1,675	-0.82	46.1	#138	41.9	46th	Broad
1984–85Historical Defense Estimate	KCK	22	82	1,918	-1.20	41.5	#149	33.5	45th	Broad

Career movement

Otis Thorpe's career impact by season

Peak +1.62 in 1987–88 · 17 seasons · 39,822 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.

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Otis ThorpeBuck Williams

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

Otis Thorpe and Buck Williams era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Otis Thorpe	Buck Williams
1	-1.2	1.2
2	-0.8	2.1
3	1.2	0.2
4	1.6	0.6
5	0.4	-0.3
6	1.0	0.3
7	1.0	0.9
8	0.8	-0.6
9	-0.7	-0.1
10	0.4	-0.1
11	-0.4	0.6
12	-1.1	-0.6
13	-1.6	-0.2
14	-1.3	-0.4
15	-0.3	-1.5
16	-3.8	-1.2
17	-4.0	-1.8

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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 →