NBA.com: Chris Mullin Bio

The ultimate gym rat, Chris Mullin wears jersey No. 17 in honor of his boyhood hero, Boston Celtics legend John Havlicek, his boyhood hero whom he may ultimately join in the Hall of Fame. He quickly established himself as one of the most versatile players in the league, inspiring inevitable comparisons to Larry Bird, then in the prime of his career.

1999-2000:
Scored 21 points (5-8 3-FG) in a 92-90 win at Philadelphia on 4/17...Tallied 17 points and 6 rebounds in a 127-119 OT win over Portland on 3/9...Netted 15 points in a 114-95 win at Golden State on 3/5.

1998-99:
Led the Pacers in three-point percentage (.465, 2nd in the NBA) and ranked 2nd on the team in free-throw percentage (.870, 7th) and three-pointers made (73, 17th) and attempted (157)...Scored a game-high 20 points, hitting 4-of-4 three-pointers, in a 94-71 victory over the New York Knicks on 5/2...Played in his 900th career game, totaling 10 points and 5 rebounds, against the Toronto Raptors on 4/1...Recorded a team-high 17 points (6-9 FG, 2-3 3FG, 3-3 FT) and a game-high 10 rebounds in a 94-89 win over the Miami Heat on 3/20...Scored 18 points, hitting 5-of-5 three-pointers, and grabbed 4 rebounds in an 88-81 victory over the Denver Nuggets on 3/2...Posted a game-high 21 points (3-5 3FG), 6 rebounds and 3 assists in a 79-78 victory over the New Jersey Nets on 2/21.

1997-98:
Scored a game-high 24 points (8-9 FG, 6-6 3FG), in 22 minutes, in a 128-106 victory over the L.A. Clippers on 3/31...Recorded a season-high 27 points (12-19 FG, 3-4 3FG) and 3 steals in a 106-85 win over the Vancouver Grizzlies on 11/27...Scored a game-high 20 points (9-11 FG, 2-2 FT) in a 105-77 victory over the Toronto Raptors on 11/15.

1996-97:
Healthy for virtually an entire season for the first time in five years, Mullin played in 79 games, 63 starts, and logged 2,733 minutes...He ranked third on the team in scoring at 14.5 ppg and was fifth in the NBA in field goal percentage at a career-high .553...That's the best mark by a non-big man (power forward or center) among qualifying players in the NBA since 1992-93, and the best among Warriors' non-big men since 1981-82...Ranked third on the team in assists at 4.1 per game, tying Latrell Sprewell for the team lead in steals at 1.65 per game, ranking third in three-pointers with 83 and contributing 4.0 rebounds per game...He posted a free throw percentage of .864 and a three-point shooting percentage of .411 to rank 12th in the NBA in both categories...Mullin posted two triple-doubles to raise his career total to five. He scored a season-high 28 points in a 111-104 loss to Utah on March 3...Mullin, who surpassed the 15,000 career point plateau early in the season, also passed 16,000 points, the 58th player in NBA history to do so...He's one of only 31 players in NBA history with 15,000 points, 3,000 rebounds and 3,000 assists, and his 787 games played are the most in Warriors history.

1995-96:
Mullin started the first 19 games of the season...He appeared in a total of 55 games and averaged 13.3 points, 2.9 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.36 steals in 29.4 minutes per game before suffering a torn radial collateral ligament in the fifth finger of his right hand at New York on March 3...He underwent surgery on March 6 and sat out the final 24 games of the season, marking the fourth year in a row he has missed at least 20 games...He shot .499 from the field, .856 from the free throw line and .393 from three-point range...Mullin scored in double figures 40 times and had 20 or more points 10 times, getting a season-high 26 twice: against Miami on Dec. 12 and at Denver on Dec. 20...He had 24 points and a season-high 11 rebounds at Toronto on Nov. 27.

1994-95:
Missed the first 29 games of the season after fracturing a bone in his left leg and spraining his left knee in a preseason game on October 26...Mullin was also diagnosed this season with vasovagal syncope, a non-life-threatening condition that causes blackouts...Mullin was finally activated on March 11 after missing another 28 games with a bruised talus bone in his left ankle...Mullin returned with a bang, however, posting the third triple-double of his career on April 4 against the Phoenix Suns...In that game he scored 25 points, grabbed 13 rebounds, handed out 13 assists, and blocked 4 shots as the Warriors beat the Suns...He also passed Dave DeBusschere and Jerry Lucas to move into 82nd place on the NBA's all-time scoring list. Mullin finished the season with an average of 19.0 points per game...He played almost 36 minutes per game in his 25 appearances and averaged 4.6 rebounds, 5.0 assists, and 1.52 steals...Mullin's numbers improved in the season's final month as he put up 20.1 points, 6.5 assists, and 5.1 rebounds per game in April...He shot .538 from three-point range in the season's last nine games to finish with a .452 three-point field-goal percentage. Shot .879 from the line in 1994-95...Mullin finished the year with 14,243 career points, which put him in 80th place on the all-time list...At season's end he had more career points than 32 of the 59 players in the Hall of Fame...Mullin had also logged more minutes than any Golden State players except Nate Thurmond, Paul Arizin, and Rick Barry.

1993-94:
He tore a ligament in his right hand during an October 30 exhibition game against the Seattle SuperSonics...The new injury required surgery, and tendinitis in his right shin further delayed Mullin's return...Mullin was finally activated from the injured list on December 16 and played for the Golden State Warriors the following night...He led the Warriors with 23 points off the bench against the Sacramento Kings in his first contest since February 5, 1993, ending a drought of 56 games...He appeared in 62 contests for the Warriors and ranked third on the team in scoring with 16.8 points per game...He also became the fourth-leading scorer in the Warriors' 48-year history (13,191 points) in a win over the Milwaukee Bucks on February 22...At season's end, Mullin had 13,767 career points...Only Wilt Chamberlain, Rick Barry, and Paul Arizin had scored more points in a Warriors uniform.

1992-93:
Mullin averaged 12.9 points on .619 shooting in eight games for the Dream Team at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...He was also a member of the gold-medal-winning U.S. Olympic team in 1984...He led the Warriors in scoring for the sixth straight year while joining Wilt Chamberlain as the only players in franchise history to average more than 25.0 points in five straight seasons...Mullin tore the collateral ligament in his right thumb against the Los Angeles Clippers on January 29...He played in four games before deciding to have surgery and missed the rest of the season...Mullin averaged 25.9 points, adding 5.0 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, in 46 contests...Prior to the injury, he led the team in scoring 26 times with a season-high 46 points against the Charlotte Hornets on November 20.

1991-92:
Mullin continued to improve his game and became the first member of the Warriors since Rick Barry in 1975-76 to be named to the All-NBA First Team...He finished sixth in the voting for the league's Most Valuable Player Award...Mullin led the Warriors in scoring for the fifth straight season and was third in the league with a 25.6 scoring average...By year's end, Mullin ranked among the Warriors' all-time top 10 in 16 different categories, including points, scoring average, assists, and steals...He became the franchise's all-time leader in three-pointers made (272) and attempted (829)...Mullin led the league in minutes played (3,346) for the second straight season. He made his fourth straight All-Star appearance and scored the 10,000th point of his career on December 17 against the Minnesota Timberwolves...He scored a season-high 40 points against the Portland Trail Blazers on December 20 and extended his streak of consecutive double-figure-scoring games to 256.

1990-91:
Mullin joined Hall of Fame members Joe Fulks, Neil Johnston, Wilt Chamberlain, and Rick Barry as the fifth player in franchise history to make an all-league team for three straight years...He was named to the All-NBA Second Team...Mullin led the Warriors in scoring for the fourth straight season, averaging 25.7 points (eighth in the league) on .536 shooting from the floor (13th) and .884 foul shooting (12th)...No player in league history had posted a higher scoring average with such lofty percentages...Paced the league by averaging 40.4 minutes...He also added 5.4 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game...He was named the NBA Player of the Month for November after averaging 27.1 points as the Warriors got off to their best start in 15 years (10-6)...Mullin scored a season-high 40 points against the Atlanta Hawks on November 9...He then set a franchise record by going 11-for-11 from the field on his way to 28 points against the Miami Heat on December 1...Six weeks later, on January 22, he registered a then career-high 7 steals against the Houston Rockets...Mullin became the first member of the Warriors since Rick Barry (1978) to start in an NBA All-Star Game...Playing 24 minutes, he scored 13 points for the West squad...He extended his streak of games with 10-plus points to 175, trailing only Michael Jordan and Patrick Ewing...He had a season-high 10 assists against the Indiana Pacers on March 12 and snared a season-high 12 rebounds in a game against the New York Knicks on March 28...Mullin led the team in scoring 44 times and rebounding 13 times...He scored 41 points on 16-of-21 shooting (4-of-4 from three-point range) in Game 2 of the Western Conference Semifinals against the Los Angeles Lakers...In eight postseason games, Mullin averaged 23.8 points.

1989-90:
Mullin became the first player to lead the Warriors in both scoring and rebounding since Wilt Chamberlain in 1964-65...His 25.1 scoring average ranked seventh in the league, and he also averaged 5.9 rebounds...Mullin was named to the All-NBA Third Team-the only all-league selection from a nonplayoff club...A steady shooter from anywhere on the floor, he checked in at .536 from the field (11th) and .889 from the foul stripe (eighth)...He set team records for three-pointers made (87) and attempted (234), for a team-high .372 mark...He became the first member of the Warriors since Rick Barry (1973-78) to appear in back-to-back All-Star Games.

1988-89:
Mullin averaged 26.5 points (fifth in the league), 5.9 rebounds, and 5.1 assists...He was named to the All-NBA Second Team...Mullin became the third player in Warriors history-joining Wilt Chamberlain and Rick Barry-to total 2,000 points, 400 rebounds, and 400 assists in a season...He also became the fourth player in the team's 2,000-point club...Mullin teamed with Mitch Richmond to form the highest-scoring duo in the NBA, with a combined average of 48.6 points per game...They were also the youngest teammates to lead the league in scoring since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bob Dandridge with the Milwaukee Bucks in 1971-72...In January, Mullin became the first Warriors player ever to be named NBA Player of the Month...He averaged 29.1 points on .545 shooting, along with 7.5 rebounds, 6.7 assists, and 2.7 steals...Mullin's recorded his first career triple-double (39 points, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists in a 130-124 win over Phoenix) on January 9...He became only the fourth Golden State player in the decade to be named to the All-Star Team...Mullin scored 40-plus points three times, 30-plus points 24 times, and 20-plus points 64 times...He scored in single figures only twice in 92 regular-season and playoff games...He scored 47 points on 16-of-25 shooting from the field and 15-of-15 shooting from the foul stripe in an overtime game against the Los Angeles Clippers on April 13...He averaged 29.4 points in eight postseason games, shooting .540 from the field and .866 from the foul line.

1987-88:
In mid-December he voluntarily entered an alcohol rehabilitation program and missed 22 games...Still, Mullin enjoyed an outstanding season, nearly becoming the only player in history aside from Larry Bird and Magic Johnson to shoot 50 percent from the field and 90 percent from the foul line (.508 and .885, respectively)...Mullin led the Warriors in scoring at 20.2 points per game, shooting 34 of 97 (.351) from beyond the three-point line...Mullin made 55 starts and was second on the team in assists (4.83 apg), steals (113), and field-goal percentage...He scored 10-plus points in 56 of his 60 games and was the Warriors' top scorer 42 times...He scored a season-high 38 points against the Phoenix Suns on March 16, grabbed a season-high 11 rebounds twice, and dished for a season-best 11 assists against the Indiana Pacers on February 11.

1986-87:
Mullin ranked fourth on the team in scoring at 15.1 points per game, second in assists (3.2 apg), second in steals (98), third in shooting percentage (.514), and fourth in minutes played (29.0 per game)...He scored 20 or more points in 25 games, leading the team in scoring 11 times and in assists three times. He scored a then career-high 32 points at San Antonio on December 13...His 9 assists, also against the Spurs, on April 5 were a career high at the time... The Lakers downed the Warriors in five games as Mullin averaged only 11.3 points during the postseason.

1985-86:
Selected to practically every All-America team in existence as a junior and senior at St. John's University, Chris Mullin won an Olympic gold medal in 1984 and the John Wooden Award as the nation's top college player in 1985 before being taken by the Warriors with the seventh pick in the 1985 NBA Draft...He played 24 minutes the day he signed, scoring the winning basket with 15 seconds remaining...Mullin averaged 14.0 points on .463 shooting and made 89.6 percent of his free throws...That not only ranked him second in the league, but it was the second-best mark by a rookie in league history...Mullin started in 30 of the 55 games he played...He missed the final 20 games of the season due to a sore left heel.