Rick Mahorn 
#51 C | 6-10, 280lbs | Cavaliers | Experience: 9 years
Born: 9/21/1958 (31) | College: Hampton Institute

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 75 51 59 0 42 34 77 98 81 22 49 82 23 80 44 73  
 Potential: B C B F C D B A A D C A          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996 
 Value: $3,189,388  $3,411,903  $3,634,418  $3,856,933  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  Team  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 9                

Season Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1989 NPBSL CLE 82 82 33.4 15.9 2.9 6.9 2.3 2.1 1.11 0.7 1.7 3.4 .464 .728 .000  
 1988 NPBSL CLE 72 72 32.0 15.5 2.7 6.4 1.9 2.2 0.89 0.7 2.4 3.3 .465 .720 .000  
 1987 NPBSL CLE 82 82 32.0 14.8 2.8 6.0 1.5 1.9 0.80 0.6 2.1 3.6 .465 .680 .000  
 1986 NPBSL CLE 80 80 33.5 18.9 2.6 7.6 1.8 2.3 0.81 0.6 2.5 3.7 .523 .705 .000  
 1985 NPBSL CLE 53 53 30.2 16.1 2.5 6.2 1.3 1.8 0.74 0.4 2.2 3.6 .533 .711 .000  
 1984 NPBSL CLE 82 82 31.9 18.1 2.9 6.8 1.6 2.3 0.71 0.5 1.6 3.6 .526 .715 .000  
 1983 NPBSL CLE 81 81 33.0 15.0 2.2 7.5 1.7 2.4 0.74 0.4 1.2 3.9 .513 .717 .667  
 1982 NPBSL CLE 82 82 34.2 14.9 2.1 7.5 1.9 2.5 0.75 0.5 1.6 3.6 .518 .694 .000  
 1981 NPBSL CLE 79 79 33.9 14.9 2.3 5.9 1.7 2.2 0.79 0.5 1.3 3.7 .504 .740 .000  
 1980 NPBSL CLE 74 74 33.5 13.6 2.0 6.0 1.6 2.1 0.77 0.4 0.8 3.6 .504 .703 .000  
 Career     767 767 32.9 15.8 2.5 6.7 1.8 2.2 0.81 0.5 1.7 3.6 .500 .711 .154  

Shooting Averages

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1989 NPBSL CLE 6.8 14.6 .464 2.4 3.2 .728 5.2 9.6 .548 1.5 5.1 .306 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1988 NPBSL CLE 6.5 13.9 .465 2.5 3.5 .720 4.5 8.4 .537 2.0 5.5 .356 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1987 NPBSL CLE 6.1 13.2 .465 2.6 3.8 .680 4.4 8.4 .530 1.7 4.8 .354 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1986 NPBSL CLE 7.6 14.5 .523 3.7 5.3 .705 6.2 10.0 .622 1.4 4.6 .310 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1985 NPBSL CLE 6.6 12.5 .533 2.8 4.0 .711 5.3 8.5 .623 1.3 3.9 .337 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1984 NPBSL CLE 7.2 13.6 .526 3.8 5.3 .715 5.7 9.1 .619 1.5 4.4 .339 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1983 NPBSL CLE 5.9 11.4 .513 3.2 4.4 .717 4.4 7.5 .582 1.5 3.9 .382 0.0 0.0 .667  
 1982 NPBSL CLE 5.7 11.0 .518 3.5 5.0 .694 4.4 7.1 .614 1.3 3.9 .344 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1981 NPBSL CLE 5.8 11.5 .504 3.3 4.4 .740 4.2 6.7 .626 1.6 4.9 .339 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1980 NPBSL CLE 5.4 10.7 .504 2.8 4.0 .703 3.4 5.8 .582 2.0 4.9 .412 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     6.4 12.7 .500 3.1 4.3 .711 4.8 8.1 .587 1.6 4.6 .347 0.0 0.0 .154  

Season Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1989 82 82 2742 557 1200 193 265 0 0 1307 241 803 190 56 171 56 138 280 164 
 1988 72 72 2306 467 1004 180 250 0 1 1114 192 655 138 49 155 49 175 235 -203 
 1987 82 82 2624 503 1081 210 309 0 1 1216 226 714 123 49 154 49 169 298 -260 
 1986 80 80 2681 608 1163 299 424 0 2 1515 207 818 146 45 180 45 200 299 -66 
 1985 53 53 1600 352 661 150 211 0 0 854 133 461 70 20 94 20 116 191 128 
 1984 82 82 2617 587 1116 313 438 0 4 1487 234 793 133 39 188 39 132 296 -97 
 1983 81 81 2672 476 927 258 360 2 3 1212 178 783 141 36 191 36 96 314 355 
 1982 82 82 2805 469 906 283 408 0 1 1221 172 789 153 41 203 41 132 292 278 
 1981 79 79 2675 460 912 259 350 0 1 1179 179 643 134 36 170 36 103 295 233 
 1980 74 74 2481 401 795 208 296 0 0 1010 151 598 121 30 158 30 61 265 242 
 Career 767 767 25203 4880 9765 2353 3311 2 13 12115 1913 7057 1349 401 1664 401 1322 2765 774 

Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1989 NPBSL CLE .497 1.09 11.3 10.2 22.7 9.5 22.7 16.0 16.1 225.7 7.5 2.0 106.4 102.9  
 1988 NPBSL CLE .500 1.11 9.8 11.0 22.9 8.6 22.7 15.4 17.0 218.7 7.3 -2.8 99.9 102.7  
 1987 NPBSL CLE .500 1.12 8.2 10.3 21.7 9.0 20.7 14.7 15.9 208.9 7.0 -3.2 100.1 103.8  
 1986 NPBSL CLE .561 1.30 8.7 10.7 23.0 8.3 24.8 16.5 19.8 368.6 12.3 -0.8 104.8 105.3  
 1985 NPBSL CLE .566 1.29 7.6 10.2 22.1 9.2 22.5 15.9 19.3 206.6 6.9 2.4 105.5 101.0  
 1984 NPBSL CLE .568 1.33 8.2 11.5 23.5 9.8 23.1 16.5 19.7 356.2 11.9 -1.2 105.4 106.3  
 1983 NPBSL CLE .559 1.31 10.0 13.5 20.1 7.8 25.1 16.7 15.6 199.3 6.6 4.4 108.2 101.3  
 1982 NPBSL CLE .562 1.35 10.6 14.1 18.8 7.0 23.4 15.5 15.7 214.9 7.2 3.4 104.7 100.0  
 1981 NPBSL CLE .553 1.29 9.8 12.4 19.0 7.7 20.6 14.0 15.6 200.9 6.7 2.9 106.0 101.7  
 1980 NPBSL CLE .546 1.27 10.0 13.1 17.6 6.9 20.6 13.7 14.1 129.6 4.3 3.3 105.2 100.4  
 Career     .540 1.24 9.5 11.7 21.1 8.4 22.7 15.5 16.8 2329.5 77.6 1.0 104.7 102.6  

Playoff Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1989 NPBSL CLE 4 0 8.3 2.5 0.8 1.8 0.8 0.5 1.50 0.3 1.0 0.3 .364 .500 .000  
 1986 NPBSL CLE 3 3 28.7 18.0 3.3 5.3 2.0 1.7 1.20 1.0 2.7 3.3 .657 .667 .000  
 1983 NPBSL CLE 11 11 30.9 14.9 1.7 6.5 1.5 1.8 0.80 0.5 0.7 3.9 .538 .760 .000  
 1982 NPBSL CLE 4 4 34.0 13.5 2.8 6.0 1.5 3.3 0.46 0.8 1.3 4.5 .458 .714 .000  
 1981 NPBSL CLE 3 3 29.3 10.0 1.3 3.3 1.0 3.3 0.30 0.3 1.0 4.7 .375 .750 .000  
 1980 NPBSL CLE 12 12 32.3 11.4 2.5 5.8 1.8 2.4 0.72 0.1 1.0 3.9 .473 .756 .000  
 Career     37 33 28.9 12.1 2.1 5.3 1.5 2.1 0.70 0.4 1.1 3.6 .501 .737 .000  

Playoff Shooting

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1989 NPBSL CLE 1.0 2.8 .364 0.5 1.0 .500 0.8 2.0 .375 0.3 0.8 .333 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1986 NPBSL CLE 7.7 11.7 .657 2.7 4.0 .667 6.3 9.3 .679 1.3 2.3 .571 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1983 NPBSL CLE 5.7 10.6 .538 3.5 4.5 .760 4.8 6.9 .697 0.9 3.7 .244 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1982 NPBSL CLE 5.5 12.0 .458 2.5 3.5 .714 3.3 6.5 .500 2.3 5.5 .409 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1981 NPBSL CLE 3.0 8.0 .375 4.0 5.3 .750 2.0 4.0 .500 1.0 4.0 .250 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1980 NPBSL CLE 4.4 9.3 .473 2.6 3.4 .756 3.2 5.8 .543 1.3 3.5 .357 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     4.7 9.4 .501 2.7 3.7 .737 3.6 5.9 .600 1.1 3.4 .331 0.0 0.0 .000  

Playoff Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1989 4 0 33 4 11 2 4 0 0 10 3 10 3 1 2 1 4 1 -1 
 1986 3 3 86 23 35 8 12 0 0 54 10 26 6 3 5 3 8 10 -31 
 1983 11 11 340 63 117 38 50 0 0 164 19 90 16 6 20 6 8 43 -20 
 1982 4 4 136 22 48 10 14 0 0 54 11 35 6 3 13 3 5 18 -29 
 1981 3 3 88 9 24 12 16 0 0 30 4 14 3 1 10 1 3 14 -6 
 1980 12 12 387 53 112 31 41 0 0 137 30 99 21 1 29 1 12 47 31 
 Career 37 33 1070 174 347 101 137 0 0 449 77 274 55 15 79 15 40 133 -56 

Playoff Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1989 NPBSL CLE .385 0.91 16.7 11.1 22.7 9.4 20.0 14.9 10.7 0.1 0.0 -0.3 105.3 111.1  
 1986 NPBSL CLE .675 1.54 11.8 9.8 23.0 10.6 25.8 16.7 22.2 14.9 0.5 -10.3 109.9 125.4  
 1983 NPBSL CLE .590 1.40 9.1 11.4 19.9 6.1 20.9 13.8 11.9 6.5 0.2 -1.8 100.6 102.3  
 1982 NPBSL CLE .500 1.13 8.2 17.8 20.6 8.3 20.0 13.9 8.5 -4.2 -0.1 -7.3 100.6 109.9  
 1981 NPBSL CLE .484 1.25 6.8 22.7 19.8 6.2 14.3 10.4 3.8 -8.9 -0.3 -2.0 105.5 108.0  
 1980 NPBSL CLE .523 1.22 11.7 16.1 16.9 8.6 20.2 14.4 9.8 -4.5 -0.2 2.6 104.5 100.4  
 Career     .550 1.29 10.2 14.6 18.5 7.8 20.3 14.0 10.9 4.0 0.1 -1.5 103.3 105.1  

Career Highs

 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 34 11 20 7 3 7 7 14 25 9 10 0 0  
 Playoff 27 5 14 6 2 4 6 11 18 11 14 0 0  
 Career 41 11 23 8 4 8 7 18 30 13 24 1 1  

Game Logs

 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/17 GSW W 27 5 12 1 2 0 0 11 0 7 1 2 1 3 3 14
 10/19 DAL W 39 8 17 1 2 0 0 17 4 12 2 3 0 1 5 19
 10/20 DEN L 44 6 17 7 8 0 0 19 1 17 3 3 1 2 3 -7
 10/22 CHA W 26 5 8 2 4 0 0 12 1 6 0 1 1 2 3 15
 10/24 NYK W 32 7 15 0 0 0 0 14 3 12 2 3 1 1 3 30
 10/25 CHA L 33 9 17 1 2 0 0 19 3 6 2 3 0 1 6 -5
 11/1 CHI L 37 2 6 4 4 0 0 8 4 17 4 4 2 0 2 -27
 11/2 NYK W 36 10 17 5 6 0 0 25 2 11 2 2 0 2 4 23
 11/4 MIL L 39 6 23 0 0 0 0 12 1 13 5 2 2 1 5 2
 11/6 DEN W 40 7 17 2 4 0 0 16 4 14 0 1 0 3 4 5
 11/7 DET W 41 5 10 0 0 0 0 10 2 10 5 1 1 5 4 10
 11/10 HOU W 39 7 15 4 4 0 0 18 0 10 3 3 1 7 3 19
 11/11 WAS L 38 5 15 1 2 0 0 11 1 9 2 1 0 3 3 -9
 11/14 NJN L 36 6 10 4 4 0 0 16 2 7 2 1 0 2 4 0
 11/15 ATL W 40 7 17 1 2 0 0 15 8 13 2 1 1 1 5 -6
 11/19 SEA L 29 9 18 0 0 0 0 18 1 8 0 3 0 2 4 -21
 11/20 IND L 42 10 20 4 4 0 0 24 1 5 0 1 0 0 4 -6
 11/23 MIL W 36 9 12 4 4 0 0 22 1 11 3 3 0 0 4 8
 11/24 BOS L 41 6 22 2 2 0 0 14 4 11 1 0 2 0 2 -9
 11/27 SAS L 26 12 17 0 0 0 0 24 4 5 2 3 0 1 4 0
 11/28 CHA L 32 12 18 6 6 0 0 30 9 18 2 5 0 1 5 7
 12/2 CHI L 33 10 22 1 2 0 0 21 4 8 2 1 0 1 1 -32
 12/3 KCK W 41 7 20 4 4 0 0 18 6 17 4 5 1 2 3 4
 12/6 DAL L 37 12 19 0 0 0 0 24 4 10 2 2 1 0 1 -17
 12/7 CHA W 37 3 12 2 4 0 0 8 5 11 3 1 0 2 4 10
 12/11 ATL W 23 4 7 0 0 0 0 8 4 10 2 3 1 1 4 31
 12/12 NJN L 38 7 15 1 4 0 0 15 3 11 3 1 3 1 2 -7
 12/15 DEN L 30 3 7 1 2 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 -15
 12/16 MIL L 31 7 11 0 0 0 0 14 3 8 2 3 0 1 3 -21
 12/19 KCK L 38 10 22 2 2 0 0 22 1 11 3 3 0 3 3 -5
 12/20 HOU L 30 6 13 2 4 0 0 14 3 14 3 0 0 3 3 -26
 12/24 LAL L 39 9 25 6 6 0 0 24 6 14 5 2 1 4 5 3
 12/26 UTA W 29 8 19 0 0 0 0 16 3 5 5 0 1 0 2 13
 12/28 PHX W 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 2 1 4 12
 12/29 NJN L 25 4 10 6 8 0 0 14 0 7 2 1 1 0 2 -20
 1/2 DET W 41 9 19 5 7 0 0 23 4 10 3 4 3 5 3 -5
 1/3 ATL L 22 9 14 2 2 0 0 20 3 5 1 4 0 0 4 -8
 1/7 PHI W 38 7 16 3 4 0 0 17 5 10 3 1 0 2 5 10
 1/8 IND W 40 5 10 3 4 0 0 13 1 6 7 4 1 4 3 -1
 1/10 POR W 26 6 13 6 6 0 0 18 2 11 2 2 0 1 5 19
 1/12 SAS L 31 5 13 2 2 0 0 12 1 6 3 3 0 1 0 -29
 1/14 ATL L 37 7 14 4 8 0 0 18 2 8 4 1 1 4 5 -12
 1/16 GSW W 39 3 8 2 2 0 0 8 3 12 3 3 1 1 3 14
 1/18 ATL W 40 9 17 1 2 0 0 19 5 14 4 1 2 2 3 13
 1/19 CHI L 39 3 13 0 0 0 0 6 4 14 1 7 0 1 5 0
 1/23 MIN L 26 3 7 0 1 0 0 6 1 8 2 5 0 0 5 3
 1/24 WAS W 30 5 19 2 2 0 0 12 2 8 1 0 3 2 3 22
 1/27 PHI W 29 5 10 4 6 0 0 14 2 8 1 0 0 0 4 4
 1/28 GSW W 24 5 15 3 4 0 0 13 3 7 1 1 0 0 4 23
 1/30 POR L 40 11 22 1 4 0 0 23 3 16 1 1 2 7 3 -8
 1/31 PHI W 40 5 15 0 2 0 0 10 5 15 4 1 0 0 4 16
 2/3 IND W 43 9 19 2 2 0 0 20 3 20 3 0 1 1 2 5
 2/4 WAS W 41 14 24 6 8 0 0 34 3 8 4 3 1 3 3 10
 2/7 PHI W 41 8 15 3 6 0 0 19 4 6 5 1 0 1 5 15
 2/8 DET L 28 5 13 2 4 0 0 12 3 11 1 3 0 1 4 8
 2/13 BOS L 29 5 15 0 0 0 0 10 0 5 2 1 1 0 3 -2
 2/14 DAL W 30 7 12 1 4 0 0 15 1 12 1 2 0 3 1 25
 2/18 DET L 37 8 16 1 2 0 0 17 4 9 4 1 1 4 4 -7
 2/19 LAL W 41 11 21 2 4 0 0 24 6 12 0 2 2 3 2 12
 2/22 DET L 21 4 11 8 8 0 0 16 0 4 0 5 0 3 4 -17
 2/23 PHX W 36 9 16 0 0 0 0 18 1 9 1 1 0 3 3 19
 2/27 WAS W 38 7 14 2 2 0 0 16 3 7 5 3 2 2 4 20
 2/28 IND W 40 3 11 2 2 0 0 8 4 12 4 4 1 1 3 5
 3/2 CHI W 35 9 15 1 2 0 0 19 1 8 3 0 0 0 4 19
 3/4 NYK W 37 10 18 3 6 0 0 23 0 5 0 1 1 2 2 19
 3/5 CHI L 40 9 14 4 5 0 0 22 1 7 1 4 1 0 2 -3
 3/7 MIL W 34 6 14 2 2 0 0 14 2 13 2 2 0 0 4 11
 3/8 ATL W 36 7 14 2 2 0 0 16 2 11 1 3 0 0 3 7
 3/12 NJN L 33 2 7 0 0 0 0 4 2 9 3 2 0 1 4 0
 3/13 PHI W 32 8 17 4 4 0 0 20 11 18 1 2 1 1 4 25
 3/15 DET L 48 7 14 5 6 0 0 19 5 14 3 5 0 2 4 -5
 3/17 CHA W 11 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 4 2 2 0 2 4 10
 3/19 BOS L 16 4 9 1 2 0 0 9 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 -28
 3/21 IND W 23 5 11 0 0 0 0 10 1 13 2 2 0 0 4 20
 3/23 NYK W 15 4 7 3 4 0 0 11 1 7 1 1 2 0 3 20
 3/25 MIL L 38 9 23 0 0 0 0 18 9 19 3 0 1 4 4 -2
 3/26 SEA W 30 9 16 1 2 0 0 19 4 12 1 0 2 2 3 27
 3/29 MIN W 29 8 16 1 2 0 0 17 4 6 3 3 1 1 4 -2
 3/30 UTA W 9 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 4 17
 4/2 CHA W 40 11 16 4 10 0 0 26 6 11 2 4 2 3 4 4
 4/4 CHI W 23 5 7 2 4 0 0 12 4 13 1 3 0 0 3 5
 4/6 BOS L 31 5 19 4 4 0 0 14 6 11 2 1 1 4 2 -15
 4/8 NYK W 40 7 13 9 10 0 0 23 1 8 1 4 1 2 3 -5
 4/10 MIL L 30 4 18 0 0 0 0 8 4 8 3 3 0 2 1 -34
 4/13 NJN L 31 6 13 3 4 0 0 15 3 9 3 0 0 2 5 -3
 4/15 CHA W 36 14 19 6 8 0 0 34 4 13 1 5 0 2 6 16
 4/16 BOS L 34 7 18 1 2 0 0 15 2 9 2 2 0 3 2 -19
 4/19 IND W 41 9 24 7 8 0 0 25 1 7 4 1 1 2 4 0
 4/21 NJN L 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 -5
 4/22 NJN L 16 1 2 1 2 0 0 3 1 5 2 2 1 2 0 -5
 4/24 NJN L 7 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 9
 4/25 NJN L 5 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards and Achievements

 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 47

Transactions

 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by Cleveland with pick #8 of round 3 of the creation draft.
 7/22/1983 Re-signed with the Cavaliers for $5,282,110 over 5 years.
 7/22/1988 Re-signed with the Cavaliers for $17,059,515 over 5 years.

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