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Tony Allen
Tony Allen stats, teams and career impact
#437 all-timeCareer averages · 8.1 PPG · 3.5 RPG · 1.3 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
- Position
- Shooting guard
- Final NBA team
- New Orleans Pelicans
- Height / weight
- 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) · 213 lb (97 kg)
- Born
- January 11, 1982 (44 yrs old)
- College
- Butler County Community College, Oklahoma State
- NBA seasons
- 14 seasons · 2004–05 to 2017–18
Career summaryTony Allen was a shooting guard who played 14 NBA seasons, from 2004–05 through 2017–18.
- Career PPG
- 8.1
- Career RPG
- 3.5
- Career APG
- 1.3
- #13 in 2010–11
- #437 all-time
Best-Season Impact Rank
Career Impact Rank
Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
Career overview
Why Tony Allen ranks #437 all time
Tony Allen ranks #437 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #39.7. His full-career value ranks #512, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity.
450+ minutes required per season
820 games · Career Value Rank #512
NBA honors6× All-DefenseContext only; honors are not model inputs.
Head to head
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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources
Full team history
- Teams
- Boston Celtics, Memphis Grizzlies, and New Orleans Pelicans
Career shooting
NBA regular season- Field goal
- 47.5%FG%
- Three-point
- 28.2%3P%
- Free throw
- 70.9%FT%
820 career games · 18,055 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
Tony Allen stats by season
Start with scoring and impact, then switch views for shooting or the full advanced picture. Career percentages use total makes and attempts.
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.
Swipe for PPG · RPG · APG · Box impact · Team · G · GS · MPG →
| pts/100 · higher is better | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 0.4 | -6.94 | NOP | 22 | 0 | 12.4 | 48.4% | 33.3% | 52.4% | — | -28.3 |
| 2016–17 | 9.1 | 5.5 | 1.4 | -0.10 | MEM | 71 | 66 | 27.0 | 46.1% | 27.8% | 61.5% | #141 | 69.8 |
| 2015–16 | 8.4 | 4.6 | 1.1 | -0.15 | MEM | 64 | 57 | 25.3 | 45.8% | 35.7% | 65.2% | #147 | 58.3 |
| 2014–15 | 8.6 | 4.4 | 1.4 | +1.83 | MEM | 63 | 41 | 26.2 | 49.5% | 34.5% | 62.7% | #58 | 121.1 |
| 2013–14 | 9.0 | 3.8 | 1.7 | +1.84 | MEM | 55 | 28 | 23.2 | 49.4% | 23.4% | 62.8% | #52 | 91.9 |
| 2012–13 | 8.9 | 4.6 | 1.2 | +0.54 | MEM | 79 | 79 | 26.7 | 44.5% | 12.5% | 71.7% | #109 | 98.5 |
| 2011–12 | 9.8 | 4.0 | 1.4 | +2.12 | MEM | 58 | 57 | 26.3 | 46.9% | 30.8% | 80.0% | #57 | 118.8 |
| 2010–11 | 8.9 | 2.7 | 1.4 | +4.11 | MEM | 72 | 31 | 20.8 | 51.0% | 17.4% | 75.3% | #13 | 174.7 |
| 2009–10 | 6.1 | 2.7 | 1.3 | +0.57 | BOS | 54 | 8 | 16.5 | 51.0% | 0.0% | 60.5% | #96 | 43.6 |
| 2008–09 | 7.8 | 2.3 | 1.4 | -0.90 | BOS | 46 | 2 | 19.3 | 48.2% | 22.2% | 72.5% | #183 | 18.3 |
| 2007–08 | 6.6 | 2.2 | 1.5 | -2.43 | BOS | 75 | 11 | 18.3 | 43.4% | 31.6% | 76.2% | #258 | -11.2 |
| 2006–07 | 11.5 | 3.8 | 1.7 | +1.91 | BOS | 33 | 18 | 24.4 | 51.4% | 24.2% | 78.4% | #54 | 60.3 |
| 2005–06 | 7.2 | 2.2 | 1.3 | -1.05 | BOS | 51 | 9 | 19.2 | 47.1% | 32.4% | 74.6% | #172 | 17.9 |
| 2004–05 | 6.4 | 2.9 | 0.8 | +0.19 | BOS | 77 | 34 | 16.4 | 47.5% | 38.7% | 73.7% | #129 | 53.6 |
| Career | 8.1 | 3.5 | 1.3 | — | BOS/MEM/NOP | 820 | — | 22.0 | 47.5% | 28.2% | 70.9% | — | — |
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.
51.0 composite · lower is better
46.8 average league finish
887 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 Tony Allen ranks all time
These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.
Best in the league
Elite finishes
Upper-tier finishes
Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons
Career Composite Score51.0
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
- 345.0
- Qualified seasons
- 13
- All-time rank
- #437
Strongest seasons
Every season
Tony Allen 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
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| pts/100 · higher is better | 0–100 · higher is better | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18Historical Defense Estimate | NOP | 36 | 22 | 273 | -6.94 | — | — | -28.3 | — | Limited |
| 2016–17Historical Defense Estimate | MEM | 35 | 71 | 1,914 | -0.10 | 61.4 | #141 | 69.8 | 67th | Broad |
| 2015–16Historical Defense Estimate | MEM | 34 | 64 | 1,620 | -0.15 | 59.8 | #147 | 58.3 | 60th | Broad |
| 2014–15Historical Defense Estimate | MEM | 33 | 63 | 1,648 | +1.83 | 84.6 | #58 | 121.1 | 79th | Broad |
| 2013–14Historical Defense Estimate | MEM | 32 | 55 | 1,278 | +1.84 | 85.2 | #52 | 91.9 | 70th | Broad |
| 2012–13Historical Defense Estimate | MEM | 31 | 79 | 2,109 | +0.54 | 69.1 | #109 | 98.5 | 72nd | Broad |
| 2011–12Historical Defense Estimate | MEM | 30 | 58 | 1,525 | +2.12 | 83.7 | #57 | 118.8 | 82nd | Broad |
| 2010–11Historical Defense Estimate | MEM | 29 | 72 | 1,494 | +4.11 | 96.6 | #13 | 174.7 | 86th | Broad |
| 2009–10Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 28 | 54 | 889 | +0.57 | 71.7 | #96 | 43.6 | 51st | Standard |
| 2008–09Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 27 | 46 | 887 | -0.90 | 45.3 | #183 | 18.3 | 39th | Standard |
| 2007–08Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 26 | 75 | 1,373 | -2.43 | 22.4 | #258 | -11.2 | 22nd | Broad |
| 2006–07Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 25 | 33 | 805 | +1.91 | 84.1 | #54 | 60.3 | 58th | Standard |
| 2005–06Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 24 | 51 | 978 | -1.05 | 47.9 | #172 | 17.9 | 43rd | Standard |
| 2004–05Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 23 | 77 | 1,262 | +0.19 | 62.7 | #129 | 53.6 | 58th | Broad |
Career movement
Tony Allen's box impact by season
Peak box impact +4.11 points per 100 possessions in 2010–11 · 14 seasons · 18,055 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.
Box impact · points per 100 possessionsMinutes
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Career comparison
Compare the shape, not the calendar
Align by NBA experience to compare season one with season one, or by age to compare players at the same stage of life.
Tony AllenJohn Lucas
| NBA season | Tony Allen | John Lucas |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.2 | -0.5 |
| 2 | -1.0 | 1.0 |
| 3 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
| 4 | -2.4 | 0.4 |
| 5 | -0.9 | -2.6 |
| 6 | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| 7 | 4.1 | 0.7 |
| 8 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 9 | 0.5 | 2.3 |
| 10 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 11 | 1.8 | 3.6 |
| 12 | -0.1 | 1.6 |
| 13 | -0.1 | 2.3 |
| 14 | -6.9 | -1.0 |
NBA season number
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