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Terry Cummings

Terry Cummings stats, teams and career impact

#218 all-timeCareer averages · 16.4 PPG · 7.3 RPG · 1.9 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Power forward
Final NBA team: Golden State Warriors
Height / weight: 6 ft 9 in (206 cm) · 220 lb (100 kg)
Born: March 15, 1961 (65 yrs old)
College: DePaul
NBA seasons: 18 seasons · 1982–83 to 1999–00

Career or season view

Career summaryTerry Cummings was a power forward who played 18 NBA seasons, from 1982–83 through 1999–00.

Career PPG: 16.4
Career RPG: 7.3
Career APG: 1.9; #12 in 1982–83; #218 all-time

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

Career overview

Why Terry Cummings ranks #218 all time

Terry Cummings ranks #218 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #15.7. His full-career value ranks #206, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.

Peak#12 in 1982–83

Best league finish

Sustained excellence16 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth18 seasons

1,183 games · Career Value Rank #206

NBA honors2× All-Star · 2× All-NBA · ROYContext only; honors are not model inputs.

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: San Diego Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks, San Antonio Spurs, Seattle SuperSonics, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, and Golden State Warriors
Greatest Warriors →Greatest Bucks →Greatest Knicks →Greatest 76ers →Greatest Spurs →Greatest Clippers →Greatest Thunder →

Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 48.4%FG%
Three-point: 29.5%3P%
Free throw: 70.6%FT%

1,183 career games · 33,898 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

Terry Cummings stats by season

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1999–00	8.4	4.9	1.0	-2.57	GSW	22	0	18.1	42.9%	—	82.1%	—	-4.5
1998–99	9.1	5.1	1.2	+0.82	GSW	50	0	20.2	43.9%	100.0%	71.1%	#95	52.9
1997–98	6.3	3.8	0.6	-2.20	NYK/PHI	74	3	16.0	46.7%	0.0%	68.4%	#238	-4.4
1996–97	8.2	4.1	0.9	-2.07	SEA	45	3	18.4	48.6%	60.0%	69.5%	#220	-1.1
1995–96	8.0	5.5	1.1	-2.29	MIL	81	13	21.9	46.2%	14.3%	65.0%	#232	-9.7
1994–95	6.8	5.0	0.8	-4.03	SAS	76	20	16.8	48.3%	—	58.5%	#285	-50.8
1993–94	7.3	5.0	0.8	-3.98	SAS	59	29	19.2	42.8%	0.0%	58.9%	#276	-42.2
1992–93	3.4	2.4	0.5	-9.57	SAS	8	0	9.5	37.9%	—	50.0%	—	-11.4
1991–92	17.3	9.0	1.5	+0.48	SAS	70	67	30.7	48.8%	38.5%	71.1%	#95	106.8
1990–91	17.6	7.8	2.3	-0.39	SAS	67	62	32.8	48.4%	21.2%	68.3%	#131	72.6
1989–90	22.4	8.4	2.7	+1.96	SAS	81	78	34.8	47.5%	32.2%	78.0%	#42	229.5
1988–89	22.9	8.1	2.5	+1.05	MIL	80	78	35.3	46.7%	46.7%	78.7%	#61	177.0
1987–88	21.3	7.3	2.4	+0.12	MIL	76	76	34.6	48.5%	33.3%	66.5%	#91	113.3
1986–87	20.8	8.5	2.8	+3.23	MIL	82	77	33.8	51.1%	0.0%	66.2%	#19	302.5
1985–86	19.8	8.5	2.4	+0.31	MIL	82	82	32.5	47.4%	0.0%	65.6%	#91	131.4
1984–85	23.6	9.1	2.9	+3.81	MIL	79	78	34.5	49.5%	0.0%	74.1%	#16	328.7
1983–84	22.9	9.6	1.7	+0.18	SDC	81	80	35.9	49.4%	0.0%	72.0%	#87	133.4
1982–83	23.7	10.6	2.5	+3.83	SDC	70	69	36.2	52.3%	0.0%	70.9%	#12	316.6
Career	16.4	7.3	1.9	—	GSW/MIL/NYK/PHI/SAS/SDC/SEA	1183	—	28.7	48.4%	29.5%	70.6%	—	—

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

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Career timeline

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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#218

29.0 composite · lower is better

Best 5#260

30.0 average league finish

Career Value Rank#206

1,841 total value

Career standing

How Terry Cummings 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 Score29.0

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: 283.5
Qualified seasons: 16
All-time rank: #218

Strongest seasons

Every season

Terry Cummings 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	GSW	38	22	398	-2.57	—	—	-4.5	—	Limited
1998–99Historical Defense Estimate	GSW	37	50	1,011	+0.82	65.9	#95	52.9	61st	Broad
1997–98Historical Defense Estimate	NYK/PHI	36	74	1,185	-2.20	25.2	#238	-4.4	25th	Broad
1996–97Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	35	45	828	-2.07	30.7	#220	-1.1	31st	Standard
1995–96Historical Defense Estimate	MIL	34	81	1,777	-2.29	28.9	#232	-9.7	27th	Broad
1994–95Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	33	76	1,273	-4.03	8.1	#285	-50.8	4th	Broad
1993–94Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	32	59	1,133	-3.98	5.5	#276	-42.2	6th	Broad
1992–93Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	31	8	76	-9.57	—	—	-11.4	—	Limited
1991–92Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	30	70	2,149	+0.48	67.5	#95	106.8	70th	Broad
1990–91Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	29	67	2,195	-0.39	55.3	#131	72.6	63rd	Broad
1989–90Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	28	81	2,821	+1.96	85.7	#42	229.5	89th	Broad
1988–89Historical Defense Estimate	MIL	27	80	2,824	+1.05	77.2	#61	177.0	84th	Broad
1987–88Historical Defense Estimate	MIL	26	76	2,629	+0.12	64.0	#91	113.3	76th	Broad
1986–87Historical Defense Estimate	MIL	25	82	2,770	+3.23	93.0	#19	302.5	93rd	Broad
1985–86Historical Defense Estimate	MIL	24	82	2,669	+0.31	64.6	#91	131.4	74th	Broad
1984–85Historical Defense Estimate	MIL	23	79	2,722	+3.81	94.1	#16	328.7	95th	Broad
1983–84Historical Defense Estimate	SDC	22	81	2,907	+0.18	65.3	#87	133.4	77th	Broad
1982–83Historical Defense Estimate	SDC	21	70	2,531	+3.83	95.7	#12	316.6	96th	Broad

Career movement

Terry Cummings's career impact by season

Peak +3.83 in 1982–83 · 18 seasons · 33,898 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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Era-centered box impactEstimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average · dashed marker means the player did not play

Terry Cummings and Richard Jefferson era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Terry Cummings	Richard Jefferson
1	3.8	-0.0
2	0.2	1.4
3	3.8	2.8
4	0.3	1.5
5	3.2	3.5
6	0.1	-1.1
7	1.1	1.0
8	2.0	0.1
9	-0.4	-0.7
10	0.5	-0.5
11	-9.6	-1.1
12	-4.0	-2.0
13	-4.0	-1.2
14	-2.3	-1.6
15	-2.1	-2.2
16	-2.2	-4.0
17	0.8	-7.6
18	-2.6	Did not play

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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 →