Sam Bowie

Samuel Paul Bowie (Sam)
Position: C
Height: 7' 1'' Weight: 235
Born: 3/17/1961, in Lebanon, PA, USA
High School:Lebanon, in Lebanon, PA
College:University of Kentucky

About bio info

Draft History
1984 NBA - Round 1 by POR

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Year	Age	Team	Lg	G	Min	Pts	PPG	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PM	3PA	3PP	ORB	DRB	TRB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO	PF	?	?
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1984-85	23	POR	NBA	76	2216	758	10.0	299	557	.537	160	225	.711	0	0	.000	207	449	656	8.6	215	2.8	55	203	172	278	??	?
1985-86	24	POR	NBA	38	1132	448	11.8	167	345	.484	114	161	.708	0	0	.000	93	234	327	8.6	99	2.6	21	96	88	142	??	?
1986-87	25	POR	NBA	5	163	80	16.0	30	66	.455	20	30	.667	0	0	.000	14	19	33	6.6	9	1.8	1	10	15	19	??	?
1988-89	27	POR	NBA	20	412	171	8.6	69	153	.451	28	49	.571	5	7	.714	36	70	106	5.3	36	1.8	7	33	33	43	??	?
1989-90	28	NJN	NBA	68	2207	998	14.7	347	834	.416	294	379	.776	10	31	.323	206	484	690	10.1	91	1.3	38	121	125	211	??	?
1990-91	29	NJN	NBA	62	1916	801	12.9	314	723	.434	169	231	.732	4	22	.182	176	304	480	7.7	147	2.4	43	90	141	175	??	?
1991-92	30	NJN	NBA	71	2179	1062	15.0	421	947	.445	212	280	.757	8	25	.320	203	375	578	8.1	186	2.6	41	120	150	212	??	Log
1992-93	31	NJN	NBA	79	2092	717	9.1	287	638	.450	141	181	.779	2	6	.333	158	398	556	7.0	127	1.6	32	128	120	226	??	Log
1993-94	32	LAL	NBA	25	556	223	8.9	75	172	.436	72	83	.867	1	4	.250	27	104	131	5.2	47	1.9	4	28	43	65	??	Log
1994-95	33	LAL	NBA	67	1225	306	4.6	118	267	.442	68	89	.764	2	11	.182	72	216	288	4.3	118	1.8	21	80	91	182	??	Log
10 Season Totals		?	?	511	14098	5564	10.9	2127	4702	.452	1278	1708	.748	32	106	.302	1192	2653	3845	7.5	1075	2.1	263	909	978	1553	?	?

M - MVP
N - All NBA First Team
A - All Star

Extended Stats Explanations

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Year	Age	Team	Lg	G	MPG	PPG	EFF	AV	VI	PPFGA	PPR	RbRate
1984-85	23	POR	NBA	76	29.2	10.0	18.32	10.8	6.2	1.155	-1.29	16.5
1985-86	24	POR	NBA	38	29.8	11.8	17.84	6.3	6.4	1.077	-1.94	16.4
1986-87	25	POR	NBA	5	32.6	16.0	14.40	1.1	5.7	1.010	-5.52	11.3
1988-89	27	POR	NBA	20	20.6	8.6	10.75	2.7	4.3	0.980	-2.18	14.0
1989-90	28	NJN	NBA	68	32.5	14.7	18.25	10.0	5.8	0.997	-2.91	16.7
1990-91	29	NJN	NBA	62	30.9	12.9	15.31	8.1	6.2	0.971	-2.24	13.1
1991-92	30	NJN	NBA	71	30.7	15.0	17.51	10.0	6.8	0.992	-1.19	14.1
1992-93	31	NJN	NBA	79	26.5	9.1	13.28	8.8	4.7	0.999	-1.69	14.6
1993-94	32	LAL	NBA	25	22.2	8.9	11.28	3.2	4.4	1.069	-2.10	12.8
1994-95	33	LAL	NBA	67	18.3	4.6	8.24	5.4	3.3	0.999	-1.01	13.0
10 Season Totals		?	?	511	27.6	10.9	15.02	39.0	5.6	1.020	-1.90	0.0

Playoff Stats

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Year	Team	Lg	G	Min	Pts	PPG	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PM	3PA	3PP	ORB	DRB	TRB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO
1984-85	POR	NBA	9	259	66	7.3	26	59	.441	14	25	.560	0	0	.000	16	60	76	8.4	21	2.3	4	21	12
1988-89	POR	NBA	3	67	31	10.3	12	28	.429	6	8	.750	1	2	.500	10	8	18	6.0	3	1.0	0	7	3
1991-92	NJN	NBA	4	112	37	9.3	14	33	.424	8	12	.667	1	2	.500	8	11	19	4.8	9	2.3	3	3	5
1992-93	NJN	NBA	3	71	10	3.3	4	9	.444	2	2	1.000	0	0	.000	2	10	12	4.0	2	0.7	6	1	4
1994-95	LAL	NBA	10	135	21	2.1	8	30	.267	5	5	1.000	0	0	.000	13	20	33	3.3	3	0.3	1	9	6
Totals		?	29	644	165	5.7	64	159	.403	35	52	.673	2	4	.500	49	109	158	5.4	38	1.3	14	41	30

College Stats
College stats provided by JazzyJ's College Stat Page.

                  G  MIN  FG  FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA  REB  PF AST  TO BLK STL  PTS
79-80 Kentucky   34  886 165  311         110 144  276 110  86  80  73  12  440
80-81 Kentucky   28  895 185  356         118 164  254  80  39  51  80  16  488
81-82 Kentucky                    Did Not Play - Injured
82-83 Kentucky                    Did Not Play - Injured
83-84 Kentucky   34  980 133  258          91 126  313  92  66  99  65  22  357
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TOTALS           96 2761 483  925         319 434  843 282 191 230 218  50 1285

                  MIN   FG%   3P%   FT%  RPG  APG  TPG  BPG  SPG   PPG
79-80 Kentucky   26.1  53.1        76.4  8.1  2.5  2.4  2.1  0.4  12.9
80-81 Kentucky   32.0  52.0        72.0  9.1  1.4  1.8  2.9  0.6  17.4
81-82 Kentucky              Did Not Play - Injured
82-83 Kentucky              Did Not Play - Injured
83-84 Kentucky   28.8  51.6        72.2  9.2  1.9  2.9  1.9  0.6  10.5
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TOTALS           28.8  52.2        73.5  8.8  2.0  2.4  2.3  0.5  13.4

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Updated 17 October 2026