Matt Harpring of the Utah Jazz is your average guy in the NBA this season. Based on the completed survey of height, weight, age and experience of the 413 players on opening night rosters, Harpring is the player most closely resembling "Mr. Average". For the record (NBA average in parentheses), Harpring is 26.43 years old (27.34), stands 6-7 (6-7.4), weighs 231 pounds (225.4) and has four years of experience (4.73).


AGE BREAKDOWN
NBA
AGE
30+
Overall
27.34
108
CONFERENCE
AGE
30+
West
27.25
50
East
27.43
58
DIVISION
AGE
30+
Pacific
27.08
25
Central
27.20
27
Midwest
27.41
25
Atlantic
27.68
31

YOUNGEST PLAYERS
NAME
TEAM
AGE
Jamal Sampson
Milwaukee
19.47
Nikoloz Tskitishvili
Denver
19.56
Dajuan Wagner
Cleveland
19.75
Eddy Curry
Chicago
19.91
Amare Stoudemire
Phoenix
19.96
Tyson Chandler
Chicago
20.09
Nene Hilario
Denver
20.14
Chris Wilcox
L.A. Clippers
20.25
Gerald Wallace
Sacramento
20.28
Eddie Griffin
Houston
20.43

OLDEST PLAYERS
NAME
TEAM
AGE
John Stockton
Utah
40.62
Kevin Willis
San Antonio
40.17
Hakeem Olajuwon
Toronto
39.80
Michael Jordan
Washington
39.72
Karl Malone
Utah
39.29
Charles Oakley
Washington
38.89
Arvydas Sabonis
Portland
37.88
Chris Dudley
Portland
37.71
Avery Johnson
Dallas
37.62
Mark Jackson
Utah
37.60
AVERAGE AGE BY TEAM
TEAM
AGE
30+
Denver
24.63
1
Cleveland
24.84
2
Chicago
25.36
3
Golden State
25.45
1
Indiana
25.53
1
Memphis
25.60
2
L.A. Clippers
25.66
3
Houston
25.76
1
Seattle
26.61
3
Phoenix
26.63
5
Boston
26.66
2
Miami
27.24
5
Washington
27.33
4
Orlando
27.36
4
Milwaukee
27.55
4
Atlanta
27.59
2
Los Angeles
27.75
5
Sacramento
28.06
4
New Jersey
28.06
5
Philadelphia
28.08
5
Utah
28.47
5
Toronto
28.72
4
New York
28.78
6
Detroit
28.79
5
Dallas
28.79
5
Minnesota
28.91
5
New Orleans
29.04
6
Portland
29.05
4
San Antonio
30.14
6
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