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).


EXPERIENCE BREAKDOWN
NBA
YEARS
10+
R
Overall
4.73
56
61
CONFERENCE
YEARS
10+
R
West
4.66
33
31
East
4.80
23
30
DIVISION
YEARS
10+
R
Midwest
4.64
16
20
Pacific
4.69
17
11
Central
4.71
11
16
Atlantic
4.90
12
14

MOST EXPERIENCED
NAME
TEAM
YEARS
Kevin Willis
San Antonio
18
Hakeem Olajuwon
Toronto
18
John Stockton
Utah
18
Karl Malone
Utah
17
Charles Oakley
Washington
17
Chris Dudley
Portland
16
Reggie Miller
Indiana
15
Horace Grant
Orlando
15
Scottie Pippen
Portland
15
Mark Jackson
Utah
15

LEAST EXPERIENCED (BY AGE)
NAME
TEAM
YEARS
Jamal Sampson
Milwaukee
0
Nikoloz Tskitishvili
Denver
0
Dajuan Wagner
Cleveland
0
Amare Stoudemire
Phoenix
0
Nene Hilario
Denver
0
Chris Wilcox
L.A. Clippers
0
Jared Jeffries
Washington
0
Carlos Boozer
Cleveland
0
Drew Gooden
Memphis
0
Jay Williams
Chicago
0
AVERAGE EXPERIENCE BY TEAM
NBA
YEARS
10+
R
Denver
2.40
0
5
Houston
2.80
1
5
Memphis
2.80
1
5
L.A. Clippers
3.20
1
3
Chicago
3.33
0
3
Golden State
3.33
0
2
Cleveland
3.77
2
3
Miami
3.80
2
4
Indiana
4.00
1
1
Seattle
4.00
2
1
Boston
4.42
0
1
Atlanta
4.64
0
1
Milwaukee
4.71
1
4
Phoenix
4.86
3
2
Philadelphia
4.87
2
3
Washington
5.00
3
2
New Jersey
5.07
1
1
Orlando
5.07
2
2
Detroit
5.36
3
2
Toronto
5.53
1
2
Sacramento
5.57
3
0
L.A. Lakers
5.71
5
2
Dallas
5.80
2
1
Portland
5.93
3
1
Utah
5.93
3
2
New York
6.00
2
1
Minnesota
6.20
4
1
New Orleans
6.29
3
0
San Antonio
6.92
5
1
AGE

HEIGHT

WEIGHT

SCHOOL/COUNTRY

EXPERIENCE