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Rod Strickland

Rod Strickland stats, teams and career impact

#156 all-timeCareer averages · 13.2 PPG · 3.7 RPG · 7.3 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Point guard
Final NBA team: Houston Rockets
Height / weight: 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) · 175 lb (79 kg)
Born: July 11, 1966 (60 yrs old)
College: DePaul
NBA seasons: 17 seasons · 1988–89 to 2004–05

Career or season view

Career summaryRod Strickland was a point guard who played 17 NBA seasons, from 1988–89 through 2004–05.

Career PPG: 13.2
Career RPG: 3.7
Career APG: 7.3; #10 in 1994–95; #156 all-time

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

Career overview

Why Rod Strickland ranks #156 all time

Rod Strickland ranks #156 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #15.7. His full-career value ranks #98, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.

Peak#10 in 1994–95

Best league finish

Sustained excellence1 top-ten finish

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth17 seasons

1,094 games · Career Value Rank #98

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

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs, Portland Trail Blazers, Washington Bullets, Washington Wizards, Miami Heat, Minnesota Timberwolves, Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors, and Houston Rockets
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Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 45.4%FG%
Three-point: 28.2%3P%
Free throw: 72.1%FT%

1,094 career games · 33,634 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

Rod Strickland stats by season

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2004–05	1.8	1.7	2.4	-7.07	HOU	16	2	12.3	20.9%	50.0%	90.0%	—	-18.4
2003–04	6.3	2.5	4.0	-0.68	ORL/TOR	61	10	19.6	42.5%	27.8%	73.5%	#155	29.5
2002–03	6.8	2.0	4.6	+0.08	MIN	47	8	20.3	43.2%	9.1%	73.8%	#112	38.1
2001–02	10.4	3.1	6.1	+0.69	MIA	76	64	30.2	44.3%	30.8%	76.6%	#91	112.3
2000–01	9.2	2.6	5.6	-0.30	POR/WAS	54	28	25.4	42.4%	23.5%	75.1%	#139	44.6
1999–00	12.6	3.8	7.5	+0.55	WAS	69	67	31.7	42.9%	4.8%	70.2%	#105	107.8
1998–99	15.7	4.8	9.9	+3.22	WAS	44	43	37.1	41.6%	28.6%	74.6%	#30	159.5
1997–98	17.8	5.3	10.5	+3.22	WAS	76	76	39.7	43.4%	25.0%	72.6%	#27	301.7
1996–97	17.2	4.1	8.9	+2.60	WSB	82	81	36.5	46.6%	16.9%	73.8%	#39	265.5
1995–96	18.7	4.4	9.6	+3.06	POR	67	63	37.7	46.0%	34.2%	65.2%	#31	246.8
1994–95	18.9	5.0	8.8	+5.65	POR	64	61	35.4	46.6%	37.4%	74.5%	#10	338.9
1993–94	17.2	4.5	9.0	+3.74	POR	82	58	35.2	48.3%	20.0%	74.9%	#18	341.6
1992–93	13.7	4.3	7.2	+3.31	POR	78	35	31.7	48.5%	13.3%	71.7%	#19	271.5
1991–92	13.8	4.6	8.6	+2.51	SAS	57	54	36.0	45.5%	33.3%	68.7%	#30	185.7
1990–91	13.8	3.8	8.0	+1.80	SAS	58	56	35.8	48.2%	33.3%	76.3%	#52	161.9
1989–90	10.6	3.2	5.7	+1.19	NYK/SAS	82	24	26.1	45.4%	26.7%	62.6%	#62	139.8
1988–89	8.9	2.0	3.9	+1.46	NYK	81	10	16.8	46.7%	32.2%	74.5%	#52	102.3
Career	13.2	3.7	7.3	—	HOU/MIA/MIN/NYK/ORL/POR/SAS/TOR/WAS/WSB	1094	—	30.7	45.4%	28.2%	72.1%	—	—

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

Film evidence

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Career analysis

Rod Strickland's overlooked passing career

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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#156

20.2 composite · lower is better

Best 5#184

20.8 average league finish

Career Value Rank#98

2,829 total value

Career standing

How Rod Strickland 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 seasons1

Upper-tier finishes

Top-10 Impact Margin2.3

Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons

Career Composite Score20.2

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: —
Qualified seasons: 16
All-time rank: #156

Strongest seasons

Every season

Rod Strickland 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


2004–05Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	38	16	196	-7.07	—	—	-18.4	—	Limited
2003–04Historical Defense Estimate	ORL/TOR	37	61	1,197	-0.68	53.5	#155	29.5	50th	Broad
2002–03Historical Defense Estimate	MIN	36	47	956	+0.08	65.1	#112	38.1	51st	Standard
2001–02Historical Defense Estimate	MIA	35	76	2,294	+0.69	72.1	#91	112.3	75th	Broad
2000–01Historical Defense Estimate	POR/WAS	34	54	1,371	-0.30	57.8	#139	44.6	57th	Broad
1999–00Historical Defense Estimate	WAS	33	69	2,188	+0.55	67.5	#105	107.8	72nd	Broad
1998–99Historical Defense Estimate	WAS	32	44	1,632	+3.22	89.5	#30	159.5	91st	Broad
1997–98Historical Defense Estimate	WAS	31	76	3,020	+3.22	91.8	#27	301.7	95th	Broad
1996–97Historical Defense Estimate	WSB	30	82	2,997	+2.60	88.0	#39	265.5	91st	Broad
1995–96Historical Defense Estimate	POR	29	67	2,526	+3.06	90.8	#31	246.8	91st	Broad
1994–95Historical Defense Estimate	POR	28	64	2,267	+5.65	97.1	#10	338.9	96th	Broad
1993–94Historical Defense Estimate	POR	27	82	2,889	+3.74	94.2	#18	341.6	96th	Broad
1992–93Historical Defense Estimate	POR	26	78	2,474	+3.31	93.9	#19	271.5	92nd	Broad
1991–92Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	25	57	2,053	+2.51	90.0	#30	185.7	84th	Broad
1990–91Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	24	58	2,076	+1.80	82.5	#52	161.9	81st	Broad
1989–90Historical Defense Estimate	NYK/SAS	23	82	2,140	+1.19	78.7	#62	139.8	77th	Broad
1988–89Historical Defense Estimate	NYK	22	81	1,358	+1.46	80.6	#52	102.3	70th	Broad

Career movement

Rod Strickland's career impact by season

Peak +5.65 in 1994–95 · 17 seasons · 33,634 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

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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

Rod Strickland and Terry Porter era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Rod Strickland	Terry Porter
1	1.5	-0.2
2	1.2	1.1
3	1.8	2.7
4	2.5	2.6
5	3.3	4.7
6	3.7	6.3
7	5.7	3.0
8	3.1	2.8
9	2.6	2.2
10	3.2	0.7
11	3.2	0.7
12	0.6	0.6
13	-0.3	2.7
14	0.7	2.1
15	0.1	2.6
16	-0.7	1.7
17	-7.1	0.7

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 →