• Michael Ruffin
• #51
• Forward - Center

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2005-06: Appeared in 76 games (four starts) for Washington … averaged 1.4 points and 3.6 rebounds in 13.3 minutes per game … ranked third in the NBA in offensive rebounds per 48 minutes (5.8) … played a season-high 29 minutes as a starter on 4/7 at Atlanta … grabbed a season-high tying 10 rebounds on 3/25 at LA Clippers … had a season-high 10 rebounds on 2/15 at Dallas … scored a season-high eight points on 2/8 vs. Golden State … made first start of the season and played a then-season-high 26 minutes on 1/11 vs. Atlanta … 2004-05: Played in a career-high 79 games (seven starts) for the Wizards … averaged 1.4 points and 4.2 rebounds in 16.0 minutes per game … was one of the only 10 players in the league to grab 11 or more offensive rebounds in a game … ranked fifth in the NBA in offensive rebounds per 48 minutes (6.0) … led the Wizards in rebounds eight times … set a new career-high with seven blocks and tied a career-high with four assists in a season-high 39 minutes in his debut with the Wizards on 11/3 at Memphis … pulled down a season-high 12 rebounds on 12/20 at Golden State … scored a season-high eight points on 3-of-4 shooting from the field and pulled down six rebounds on 2/1 vs. Detroit … 2003-04: Appeared in 41 games for the Utah Jazz (23 starts) … averaged 2.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.0 assist in 17.9 minutes per game … grabbed a season-high 15 rebounds on 1/24 vs. the Lakers in a season-high 40 minutes … recorded six games of double-figure rebounds, including three games with 12 boards … 2002-03: Spent the 2002-03 season playing for Caprabro Lleida in the Spanish League … averaged 6.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in 34 games during league play and 8.2 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.7 blocks in 10 games during the Union of European Basketball Cup (ULEB) … led the Jazz entry in the 2003 Rocky Mountain Revue in rebounding (7.1) and blocks (2.1), while scoring 5.9 points in seven games … 2001-02: Appeared in 15 games with Philadelphia … posted averages of 1.1 points and 3.4 rebounds in 11.3 minutes per game … 2000-01: Played in 45 games (17 starts) in his second season with Chicago … averaged 2.7 points and 5.8 rebounds per game … led the team in rebounding in eight games and reached double figures on two occasions … played 30 or more minutes nine times and averaged 11.0 rebounds in those nine games … 1999-00: Appeared in 71 games as a rookie with the Bulls … averaged 2.2 points and 3.5 rebounds per game in limited duty … was one of only 10 players in the league to appear in at least 70 games and record more rebounds than points on the season.

PLAYOFF HISTORY
(19 games, 0 starts) ... Has appeared in 19 career playoff games, all with Washington … has averaged 1.7 points and 3.5 rebounds in 15.1 minutes per game … connected on 70 percent of his field goal attempts during the Wizards' 2005 playoff run.

COLLEGE
Played in 128 games during his four-year tenure at Tulsa … for his career averaged 9.4 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game … as a senior averaged a double-double, posting 11.6 points and 10.4 rebounds per contest … for his career tallied over 1000 points, 1000 rebounds and 250 blocks.

CAREER TRANSACTIONS
Selected by the Chicago Bulls in the second round (32nd pick overall) of the 1999 NBA Draft … waived by the Bulls on 10/25/01 … signed as a free agent by Philadelphia 11/21/01 … waived by the 76ers on 12/28/01 ... signed as a free agent by Utah 8/6/03 … signed as a free agent by Washington 8/3/04 … signed as a free agent by the Bucks on 9/22/07.