Ralph Sampson 
#54 PF | 7-4, 262lbs | Bulls | Experience: 7 years
Born: 7/7/1960 (30) | College: Virginia | Milwaukee, WI

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 94 36 54 0 38 31 79 95 79 26 38 76 38 79 59 85  
 Potential: A D B F D D B A B D C B          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996  1997 
 Value: $4,240,598  $4,452,628  $4,664,658  $4,876,688  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  Player  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 0                

Season Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1990 NPBSL CHI 72 72 33.4 27.1 2.6 7.5 2.2 2.7 0.81 0.6 1.8 2.8 .556 .665 .000  
 1989 NPBSL BOS 82 25 28.4 21.1 1.8 6.4 1.4 1.9 0.72 0.5 1.8 2.4 .589 .679 .000  
 1988 NPBSL BOS 82 29 29.0 19.5 2.0 6.0 1.3 2.0 0.65 0.5 2.0 2.6 .585 .679 .000  
 1987 NPBSL BOS 82 82 33.2 19.2 2.2 6.5 1.8 2.3 0.77 0.5 1.9 2.8 .576 .646 .333  
 1986 NPBSL UTA 80 80 33.1 23.3 2.8 6.9 2.1 2.8 0.77 0.5 2.0 3.5 .555 .677 .000  
 1985 NPBSL SEA 84 84 33.8 19.7 2.5 6.8 1.9 2.7 0.72 0.4 1.4 3.3 .560 .691 .000  
 1984 NPBSL BOS 61 58 27.2 22.7 2.1 5.7 1.3 2.4 0.54 0.3 1.6 3.0 .551 .708 .000  
 1983 NPBSL BOS 77 77 34.8 29.2 2.8 5.6 1.5 2.7 0.56 0.4 1.4 3.7 .576 .707 .000  
 Career     620 507 31.7 22.6 2.4 6.4 1.7 2.4 0.70 0.5 1.7 3.0 .569 .683 .083  

Shooting Averages

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1990 NPBSL CHI 11.5 20.8 .556 4.0 6.1 .665 9.3 14.8 .630 2.2 5.9 .374 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1989 NPBSL BOS 8.8 14.9 .589 3.6 5.2 .679 7.1 10.5 .681 1.6 4.4 .372 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1988 NPBSL BOS 8.3 14.2 .585 2.9 4.3 .679 6.5 9.6 .675 1.8 4.5 .398 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1987 NPBSL BOS 8.0 14.0 .576 3.2 4.9 .646 6.2 9.3 .663 1.8 4.6 .401 0.0 0.0 .333  
 1986 NPBSL UTA 9.5 17.1 .555 4.2 6.2 .677 7.6 11.8 .643 1.9 5.3 .362 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1985 NPBSL SEA 8.1 14.4 .560 3.5 5.1 .691 6.3 9.8 .646 1.8 4.6 .382 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1984 NPBSL BOS 9.3 16.9 .551 4.0 5.7 .708 7.1 11.2 .639 2.2 5.7 .381 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1983 NPBSL BOS 11.6 20.2 .576 5.9 8.3 .707 9.1 13.4 .673 2.6 6.8 .384 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     9.3 16.4 .569 3.9 5.7 .683 7.4 11.2 .656 2.0 5.2 .381 0.0 0.0 .083  

Season Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1990 72 72 2407 831 1495 290 436 0 2 1952 187 730 158 45 194 45 131 201 704 
 1989 82 25 2329 718 1219 292 430 0 1 1728 151 675 114 45 159 45 149 200 1025 
 1988 82 29 2382 682 1165 239 352 0 2 1603 168 659 106 44 164 44 165 215 594 
 1987 82 82 2722 659 1145 259 401 1 3 1578 184 721 144 38 188 38 157 226 751 
 1986 80 80 2645 761 1371 338 499 0 2 1860 220 771 170 37 222 37 161 279 232 
 1985 84 84 2836 678 1210 298 431 0 1 1654 207 777 161 34 223 34 116 279 -248 
 1984 61 58 1658 569 1032 247 349 0 1 1385 129 478 79 21 147 21 95 182 -204 
 1983 77 77 2676 897 1556 453 641 0 0 2247 217 648 118 33 211 33 104 283 -519 
 Career 620 507 19655 5795 10193 2416 3539 1 12 14007 1463 5459 1050 297 1508 297 1078 1865 2335 

Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1990 NPBSL CHI .579 1.31 7.7 9.5 31.8 8.6 23.3 16.3 25.7 509.8 17.0 9.8 109.5 96.3  
 1989 NPBSL BOS .614 1.42 6.8 9.5 27.3 7.7 22.2 15.6 25.2 474.9 15.8 12.5 112.5 93.2  
 1988 NPBSL BOS .608 1.38 6.7 10.3 26.0 8.3 21.7 15.4 24.1 447.1 14.9 7.2 110.8 99.8  
 1987 NPBSL BOS .597 1.38 8.7 11.4 23.1 7.7 20.1 14.2 21.3 397.4 13.2 9.2 107.9 94.8  
 1986 NPBSL UTA .585 1.36 8.6 11.2 28.2 8.6 21.6 15.1 24.0 530.3 17.7 2.9 104.7 99.7  
 1985 NPBSL SEA .591 1.37 9.0 12.5 24.2 8.0 22.3 15.1 19.7 386.4 12.9 -3.0 100.3 103.5  
 1984 NPBSL BOS .583 1.34 5.6 10.4 32.0 8.3 22.7 15.4 26.1 383.0 12.8 -3.3 103.4 108.5  
 1983 NPBSL BOS .612 1.44 5.4 9.7 32.8 9.2 19.9 14.3 28.6 718.0 23.9 -6.7 101.9 110.6  
 Career     .596 1.37 7.3 10.5 27.9 8.3 21.7 15.1 24.2 3846.8 128.2 3.8 106.2 100.6  

Playoff Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1989 NPBSL BOS 11 11 31.7 22.1 2.3 5.1 0.8 2.4 0.35 0.8 2.3 2.9 .579 .816 .000  
 1988 NPBSL BOS 12 7 30.1 21.3 2.3 7.3 2.0 2.4 0.83 0.3 2.5 3.0 .509 .673 .000  
 1987 NPBSL BOS 6 6 36.2 23.8 3.2 7.7 2.8 2.0 1.42 0.7 2.3 2.0 .622 .636 .000  
 1986 NPBSL UTA 10 10 37.4 25.6 3.2 6.7 1.3 3.0 0.43 0.4 1.7 3.4 .514 .607 .000  
 Career     39 34 33.4 23.0 2.6 6.6 1.6 2.5 0.65 0.5 2.2 2.9 .544 .676 .000  

Playoff Shooting

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1989 NPBSL BOS 9.6 16.6 .579 2.8 3.5 .816 8.2 12.4 .662 1.5 4.3 .340 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1988 NPBSL BOS 9.1 17.8 .509 3.1 4.6 .673 7.7 13.6 .564 1.4 4.3 .333 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1987 NPBSL BOS 10.2 16.3 .622 3.5 5.5 .636 7.7 11.7 .657 2.5 4.7 .536 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1986 NPBSL UTA 11.1 21.6 .514 3.4 5.6 .607 8.7 14.2 .613 2.4 7.3 .329 0.0 0.1 .000  
 Career     9.9 18.2 .544 3.2 4.7 .676 8.1 13.1 .616 1.8 5.1 .362 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 11 11 349 106 183 31 38 0 0 243 25 81 9 9 26 9 25 32 60 
 1988 12 7 361 109 214 37 55 0 0 255 27 115 24 3 29 3 30 36 -50 
 1987 6 6 217 61 98 21 33 0 0 143 19 65 17 4 12 4 14 12 1 
 1986 10 10 374 111 216 34 56 0 1 256 32 99 13 4 30 4 17 34 -29 
 Career 39 34 1301 387 711 123 182 0 1 897 103 360 63 20 97 20 86 114 -18 

Playoff Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1989 NPBSL BOS .610 1.33 3.8 11.1 26.7 8.1 16.6 12.5 17.5 31.4 1.0 5.5 105.3 96.9  
 1988 NPBSL BOS .538 1.19 8.2 10.0 29.9 7.7 24.7 16.3 16.9 29.2 1.0 -4.2 103.1 110.1  
 1987 NPBSL BOS .637 1.46 12.0 8.5 24.1 11.2 21.2 16.8 21.9 33.7 1.1 0.2 109.4 108.6  
 1986 NPBSL UTA .531 1.19 4.6 10.6 28.5 8.2 19.6 13.5 17.1 36.5 1.2 -2.9 104.3 107.2  
 Career     .566 1.26 6.6 10.2 27.7 8.5 20.5 14.6 18.0 130.8 4.4 -0.5 105.1 105.6  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1982 - 37 0 27.3 27.7 4.5 9.0 1.8 2.8 0.66 1.6 1.5 2.7 .551 .669 .000  
 Total   37 0 27.3 27.7 4.5 9.0 1.8 2.8 0.66 1.6 1.5 2.7 .551 .669 .000  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1982 37 0 1011 401 728 224 335 0 0 1026 167 499 68 59 103 59 57 100 0 
 Career 37 0 1011 401 728 224 335 0 0 1026 167 499 68 59 103 59 57 100 0 

Career Highs

 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 46 8 17 5 3 7 7 20 36 10 14 0 1  
 Playoff 40 6 16 5 2 7 10 19 31 9 12 0 1  
 Career 53 9 21 7 4 8 10 21 36 18 19 1 1  

Game Logs

 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/16 CLE W 27 12 20 0 0 0 0 24 1 10 0 0 0 1 3 8
 10/17 WAS L 32 11 21 4 6 0 0 26 4 11 3 5 0 1 4 -19
 10/19 PHI L 39 15 24 7 8 0 0 37 5 13 2 3 1 1 6 -1
 10/24 SAS L 36 15 25 1 4 0 0 31 3 9 3 4 1 3 3 -22
 10/27 NYK L 42 12 24 1 2 0 0 25 4 16 1 1 0 5 3 -4
 10/28 DEN W 32 13 19 3 4 0 0 29 3 7 3 3 1 1 5 21
 10/30 ATL W 33 13 22 9 14 0 0 35 3 11 3 2 1 2 3 25
 10/31 DET W 31 9 17 1 2 0 0 19 2 6 4 1 0 0 3 23
 11/4 BOS W 37 5 17 8 10 0 0 18 3 14 1 2 1 2 2 -5
 11/5 MIL W 30 9 20 6 8 0 0 24 2 9 2 2 3 1 4 -7
 11/7 MIN W 36 14 24 1 1 0 0 29 2 3 3 1 0 1 3 9
 11/10 NJN W 32 14 24 5 8 0 0 33 2 11 1 3 0 2 3 10
 11/11 CLE W 32 13 23 4 4 0 0 30 0 9 5 5 2 2 2 26
 11/14 ATL W 38 12 26 1 1 0 0 25 8 16 1 4 0 0 4 13
 11/15 WAS W 36 15 22 4 4 0 0 34 2 10 2 4 0 2 1 21
 11/17 SAS L 41 19 32 3 4 0 0 41 3 14 2 3 1 3 4 0
 11/19 SEA L 37 18 24 1 2 0 0 37 0 7 1 5 1 1 4 -11
 11/20 WAS W 33 15 20 2 4 0 0 32 3 9 1 6 0 5 1 20
 11/22 GSW W 37 15 22 5 8 0 0 35 1 14 2 1 0 4 2 11
 11/24 MIL W 34 11 18 3 6 0 0 25 0 10 3 6 0 1 4 -6
 11/26 UTA W 22 11 14 2 2 0 0 24 2 6 1 2 0 1 4 13
 11/27 NYK W 31 10 13 10 14 0 0 30 1 10 2 0 0 3 1 37
 12/1 NJN W 31 13 26 1 2 0 1 27 5 15 1 2 2 2 2 9
 12/3 BOS L 31 8 20 2 2 0 0 18 1 7 2 2 0 3 3 -25
 12/5 NJN W 28 10 20 4 5 0 0 24 2 11 3 2 0 1 3 23
 12/7 HOU W 21 13 17 3 5 0 0 29 4 8 0 2 0 1 4 35
 12/11 MIL W 38 20 36 4 5 0 0 44 3 11 1 0 0 1 4 7
 12/12 KCK W 33 11 21 5 6 0 0 27 1 10 2 5 0 2 3 6
 12/15 ATL W 25 5 17 5 8 0 0 15 1 7 4 1 1 1 3 7
 12/17 MIL L 36 12 20 4 8 0 0 28 1 10 0 0 2 2 3 -1
 12/18 NJN L 36 6 18 9 11 0 0 21 1 14 3 2 1 0 5 -14
 12/22 POR L 36 11 22 0 2 0 0 22 2 11 2 6 1 5 4 -3
 12/23 LAL W 37 17 29 6 8 0 0 40 5 14 0 4 0 2 3 2
 12/26 IND W 30 10 19 3 4 0 0 23 2 5 3 2 0 2 5 15
 12/27 DET W 35 13 17 7 10 0 0 33 3 11 0 3 0 3 0 11
 12/29 CLE W 36 9 22 4 6 0 0 22 3 11 2 7 1 2 2 10
 12/31 IND W 36 18 30 3 6 0 1 39 4 12 5 1 0 5 2 24
 1/2 NYK W 35 10 14 4 6 0 0 24 5 13 2 2 1 0 3 10
 1/3 CHA W 39 8 20 4 6 0 0 20 2 9 1 5 0 7 3 11
 1/5 LAL W 36 11 18 7 8 0 0 29 3 12 0 5 0 2 1 2
 1/7 DET W 29 14 17 1 3 0 0 29 3 11 4 1 0 0 3 31
 1/9 IND W 37 13 25 4 7 0 0 30 1 6 0 5 0 1 2 11
 1/11 DAL W 32 7 15 7 10 0 0 21 2 16 3 3 0 3 2 30
 1/12 NYK W 29 16 22 1 3 0 0 33 2 8 2 2 1 2 2 38
 1/16 WAS W 28 8 13 10 13 0 0 26 1 6 2 0 0 0 4 19
 1/17 SEA L 38 11 27 2 6 0 0 24 3 11 2 3 1 5 2 5
 1/20 ATL W 29 11 22 8 13 0 0 30 6 16 2 2 0 2 1 35
 1/21 CLE W 42 10 23 2 4 0 0 22 2 12 4 5 0 4 4 -1
 1/23 NYK W 37 12 14 5 6 0 0 29 1 14 3 1 1 2 3 16
 1/24 MIL L 29 12 22 4 4 0 0 28 3 8 1 2 0 0 4 -10
 1/28 DET W 36 15 23 10 14 0 0 40 1 9 4 2 1 0 1 18
 1/29 DEN W 36 9 17 0 0 0 0 18 2 9 3 3 0 5 4 13
 2/1 KCK L 42 19 31 8 13 0 0 46 2 14 3 2 2 5 1 -11
 2/2 PHX W 32 8 14 0 0 0 0 16 1 8 4 6 1 1 3 20
 2/6 CLE L 39 17 28 0 0 0 0 34 1 8 3 1 0 1 2 -2
 2/7 PHI L 36 5 16 0 2 0 0 10 4 10 4 3 1 1 4 -6
 2/10 WES L 14 4 11 0 0 0 0 8 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 -17
 2/12 CHA W 36 13 25 3 8 0 0 29 3 17 2 2 2 2 3 26
 2/13 DET W 39 14 27 0 2 0 0 28 4 9 2 1 0 1 4 12
 2/17 BOS L 31 4 14 3 4 0 0 11 2 9 1 5 0 1 4 -8
 2/18 WAS W 21 9 16 3 6 0 0 21 2 8 3 2 0 0 4 3
 2/20 DEN W 38 15 25 8 11 0 0 38 4 10 3 3 0 0 4 7
 2/23 POR W 16 3 9 6 8 0 0 12 1 1 2 0 1 1 4 -3
 2/25 IND W 35 10 19 8 12 0 0 28 4 15 3 2 0 4 2 8
 2/27 HOU W 37 9 18 4 6 0 0 22 1 13 2 1 0 2 3 3
 3/1 BOS L 37 8 21 0 0 0 0 16 0 6 2 3 0 0 2 -6
 3/3 ATL W 33 10 21 2 4 0 0 22 4 14 3 2 2 1 4 2
 3/4 NJN W 37 13 18 4 5 0 0 30 5 14 0 2 1 1 3 20
 3/8 MIN L 34 9 21 2 2 0 0 20 6 12 0 3 0 3 3 -13
 3/9 PHI L 37 9 19 6 10 0 0 24 1 4 5 4 3 1 5 4
 3/12 DET W 32 10 17 3 8 0 0 23 2 8 3 4 2 1 2 20
 3/13 DAL W 28 16 27 3 4 0 0 35 4 11 4 3 1 1 1 31
 3/17 UTA W 34 9 19 9 14 0 0 27 4 10 3 3 3 4 0 14
 3/18 CHA W 26 8 15 2 2 0 0 18 4 7 0 4 1 0 3 10
 3/22 IND W 30 14 25 1 2 0 0 29 4 12 2 1 1 1 3 17
 3/23 IND W 36 13 23 2 4 0 0 28 4 8 4 3 0 1 3 12
 3/26 CLE W 35 12 22 2 4 0 0 26 2 8 3 1 2 0 2 11
 3/28 CHA W 26 11 16 9 10 0 0 31 2 5 0 3 0 1 2 18
 3/29 PHI L 39 17 25 8 12 0 0 42 7 13 2 3 0 2 0 2

Awards and Achievements

 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 119
 Total Player of the Week: 4
 Total All-Star Appearances: 4
 Total All-League First Team: 1
 1983 NPSBL Rookie Game Participant
 1983 NPSBL All-Star
 1983 NPSBL Rookie of the Year
 1983 NPSBL All-Rookie First Team
 1984 NPSBL Rookie Game Participant
 1986 NPBSL All-Star
 1986 NPBSL All-League First Team
 1989 NPBSL All-Star
 1990 NPBSL All-Star

Transactions

 Date Action
 6/29/1983 Drafted by the Celtics with pick #4 of round 1.
 1/1/1986 Traded to the Supersonics
 1/16/1987 Traded to the Jazz
 7/15/1987 Traded to the Celtics
 6/18/1990 Team option declined by Celtics
 7/20/1990 Signed with the Bulls for $18,234,572 over 4 years.

Fast Break Pro Basketball 3 | Grey Dog Software | NPBSL | Page created: August 10, 2026