PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Career Transactions

Selected in the first round (14th overall) of the 2017 NBA Draft by the HEAT…signed by the HEAT on July 1, 2017… signed a multi-year contract extension with Miami on Nov. 28, 2020…signed a multi-year contract extension with the HEAT on July 6, 2024.

Professional Career

Has appeared in 567 NBA regular season games (463 starts) during his eight-year career and has averaged 15.7 points, 8.9 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.07 steals, 0.86 blocks and 30.6 minutes while shooting 53.7 percent from the floor, 31.4 percent from three-point range and 75.6 percent from the foul line…has missed 53 games due to injury, 11 games as a DNP-CD, three games for health and safety protocols, two games to rest and one game due to personal reasons…is a three-time NBA All-Star (one start), a two-time Olympic gold-medalist, a two-time Eastern Conference Player of the Week and a one-time Skills Challenge champion…was the youngest All-Star in franchise history…is the only player in franchise history to win multiple Olympic gold medals while a member of the HEAT…has earned NBA All-Defensive First Team honors once and All-Defensive Second Team honors four times…has captured the Southeast Division Sportsmanship Award three times…was named team captain prior to the 2023-24 season, becoming the 22nd captain in franchise history…has led the HEAT in scoring 109 times, rebounding 319 times, assists 103 times, steals 132 times, blocks 205 times, minutes 105 times and plus/minus on 70 occasions…has scored in double figures on 438 occasions, including 178 games with at least 20 points, 27 games with at least 30 points and one 40-point performance…his career high for consecutive games scoring in double figures is 87 (Mar. 7, 2022-Mar. 28, 2023)…his career high for consecutive 20-point games is 10 (Nov. 6-28, 2023)…has grabbed double-figure rebounds on 241 occasions, including three games with at least 20 rebounds…his career high for most consecutive games with double-figure rebounds is six (four times, last: Jan. 17-27, 2025)…has handed out double-figure assists 18 times…has recorded a franchise-record 229 double-doubles and eight triple-doubles…his career high for consecutive games with a double-double is six (three times, last: Jan. 5-15, 2024)…has recorded 30-or-more double-doubles in a season five times, tying Rony Seikaly for the most in franchise history…owns the fifth longest consecutive games played streak in HEAT history at 158 games (Apr. 4, 2018-Aug. 12, 2020)…is one of only 16 players to play all 82 games in a season with the HEAT (2018-19)…his career high for consecutive starts is 416 (Oct. 23, 2019-present)…his career high for consecutive games with a three-pointer is 12 (Mar. 19, 2025-present)…ranks among the HEAT’s all-time leaders in double-doubles (1st), defensive rebounds (2nd), total rebounds (2nd), triple-doubles (3rd), double-figure scoring efforts (3rd), starts (3rd), assists (3rd), points (4th), field goals made (4th) and attempted (4), free throws made (4th) and attempted (4th), steals (4th), games played (4th), minutes played (4th), field goal percentage (5th), offensive rebounds (5th), blocks (5th), scoring average (14th) and free throw percentage (23rd)…his career high for field goals made in a game without a miss is eight (Dec. 28, 2018 vs. Cleveland) and his career high for free throws made in a game without a miss is 14 (Feb. 8, 2023 vs. Indiana)…his career high for consecutive games shooting at least 50 percent from the floor is 16 (Mar. 7-Apr. 8, 2022)…has 1,017 dunks…has five-or-more assists in a game on 193 occasions…his career high for most consecutive games with a steal is 14 (Jan. 17-Feb. 12, 2022)…his career high for most consecutive games with a block is 11 (Feb. 12-Mar. 8, 2020)…has 168 multi-steal games and 129 multi-block games…has appeared in 78 NBA postseason games (73 starts) and has averaged 16.4 points, 9.2 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 34.7 minutes while shooting 51.7 percent from the floor and 75.7 percent from the foul line…has missed two postseason games due to injury…has scored in double figures 64 times, including 33 games with at least 20 points and two 30-point performances…his postseason career high for consecutive games scoring in double figures is 33 (May 29, 2022-present)…his postseason career high for consecutive 20-point games is 11 (Jun. 1, 2023-Apr. 20, 2025)…grabbed double-figure rebounds 34 times and handed out double-figure assists once…has posted 33 double-doubles and one triple-double…his postseason career high for consecutive games grabbing double-figure rebounds and also recording a double-double is three on four occasions (last: Jun. 7-12, 2023)…ranks among the HEAT’s all-time postseason leaders in double-doubles (1st), dunks (2nd), offensive rebounds (3rd), double-figure scoring efforts (3rd), points (4th), 20-point games (4th), field goals made (4th) and attempted (4th), total rebounds (4th), defensive rebounds (4th), free throws made (5th) and attempted (5th), assists (5th), starts (5th), steals (6th), minutes (6th), games played (6th) and blocked shots (7th)…his postseason career high for consecutive starts is 73 (Aug. 18, 2020-present) and his postseason career high for consecutive games played is 57 (Oct. 6, 2020-present).

2024-25 SEASON:

Started all 78 games in which he appeared for the HEAT and averaged 18.1 points (.485 FG%, .765 FT%), 9.6 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.26 steals and 34.3 minutes…missed a total of three games due to injury and one game (Apr. 13) for rest…sat out one game (Jan. 13) with a lower back contusion, one game (Feb. 13) with a left knee contusion and one game (Apr. 7) with left back spasms…served as team captain for the second consecutive season…was one of five finalists for the 2024-25 NBA Social Justice Champion award…was named to the NBA All-Interview Second Team…ranked among the NBA leaders in defensive rebounds (9th), total rebounds (10th), double-doubles (tied-11th), rebounds per game (12th), total minutes (12th), offensive rebounds (tied-19th), steals (tied-19th), minutes per game (26th), field goals made (27th), steals per game (29th), free throws attempted (29th), points (32nd), field goals attempted (32nd) and free throws made (35th)…led the HEAT in games played, starts, free throw attempts, offensive, defensive and total rebounds, steals, double-doubles, double-figure rebound efforts, tied for the lead in dunks (124) and ranked second in points, scoring average, minutes played, field goals made and attempted, free throws made, three-point plays (22), assists and blocks…set single-season career highs in three-point field goals made and attempted, three-point field goal percentage, offensive and total rebounds, steals, starts and minutes played…topped the HEAT in scoring 20 times and also led the team in rebounds a team-high 50 times, minutes 24 times, assists and steals 20 times each, blocks 19 times and plus/minus on nine occasions…scored in double figures 69 times, including 31 games with at least 20 points and seven 30-point efforts…grabbed double-figure rebounds a team-high 39 times, including one 20-rebound performance…on Dec. 1 at Toronto, he became the only player in franchise history to grab 20 rebounds and hand out seven assists in a game…posted a team-high 38 double-doubles and one triple-double (Nov. 29 vs. Toronto)…became Miami’s all-time leader in double-doubles surpassing Rony Seikaly (221) on Mar. 3 vs. Washington…moved past Alonzo Mourning into second place on Miami’s all-time rebound list on Feb. 23 at Milwaukee…closed the season by hitting at least one three-point field goal in a career-high 12 consecutive games (Mar. 19-Apr. 11)…entered the season with 23 career three-pointers and connected on a career-high 79 in 2024-25…hit a career-high four three-pointers on Apr. 11 at New Orleans…scored his 8,000th career point on Jan. 1 vs. New Orleans…grabbed his 5,000th career rebound on Apr. 5 vs. Milwaukee…appeared in his 500th career game on Nov. 15 at Indiana…made his 400th career start on Nov. 26 vs. Milwaukee…recorded his 200th career double-double on Nov. 29 vs. Toronto…recorded his 400th career double figure scoring effort on Jan. 11 at Portland…threw down his 1,000th career dunk on Mar. 7 vs. Minnesota…hit a game-winning 19-foot jumper as time expired on Feb. 1 at San Antonio…Season Highs: 34 points (at Cleveland, Mar. 5), 20 rebounds (at Toronto, Dec. 1), 10 assists (three times), five steals (three times), five blocks (at Orlando, Dec. 26) and 44:57 minutes (at Sacramento, Jan. 6).

2023-24 SEASON:

Started all 71 games in which he appeared for the HEAT and averaged 19.3 points (.521 FG%, .755 FT%), 10.4 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.14 steals, 0.93 blocks and 34.0 minutes…missed a total of 11 games due to injury…sat out 10 games (Oct. 30, Nov. 22, Nov. 25 and Dec. 2-16) with a left hip contusion and one game (Mar. 20) with a lower back contusion…was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team for the first time in his career, his fifth consecutive season being named to an NBA All-Defensive team…finished third in the voting for Defensive Player of the Year…was one of five finalists for the Magic Johnson Award…was selected to his third NBA All-Star Game and made his first start replacing the injured Joel Embiid for the Eastern Conference…was named the NBA’s Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the Week ending Jan. 14…was named team captain…ranked among the NBA leaders in defensive rebounds (10th), total rebounds (11th), double-doubles (11th), rebounds per game (12th), offensive rebounds (27th), minutes per game (30th), blocks per game (31st), field goal percentage (33rd) and steals per game (33rd)…led the HEAT in starts, minutes played, points, field goals made and attempted, field goal percentage, double-doubles, triple-doubles, offensive, defensive and total rebounds, steals, blocks and dunks and ranked second in three-point plays, free throws made and attempted and games played…topped the team in scoring 21 times, rebounds a team-high 53 times, blocks a team-high 29 times, minutes a team-high 24 times, assists 18 times, steals 16 times and plus/minus nine times…scored in double figures a team-high 67 times, including a team-high 39 games with at least 20 points and a pair of 30-point efforts…scored 20-or-more points in a career-high 10 consecutive games from Nov. 6-28…grabbed double-figure rebounds a team-high 44 times, including one 20-rebound performance and handed out double-figure assists twice…posted a career-high 42 double-doubles and two triple-doubles…had five straight games with at least 20 points and 10 rebounds from Nov. 6-14 and again from Jan. 5-14 becoming only the third player in franchise history to have at least 20 points and 10 rebounds in five straight games (joining Shaquille O’Neal and LeBron James) and the first HEAT player to do it twice in the same season…hit nine consecutive field goal attempts from Mar. 17-18, the most consecutive makes by a HEAT player in 2023-24…hit a 31-foot game-winning three-pointer as time expired to give Miami a three-point win at Detroit on Mar. 17…recorded a career high in minutes played (47:41) on Apr. 9 at Atlanta…matched his career high with 11 assists at Milwaukee on Feb. 13…blocked a career-high six shots on Jan. 24 vs. Memphis…grabbed a season-high 20 rebounds on Jan. 15 at Brooklyn, including a career-high 18 defensive boards…recorded career highs in free throws made (14) and attempted (20) on Dec. 30 at Utah…scored his 7,000th career point on Feb. 11 vs. Boston and his 7,500th career point on Apr. 14 vs. Toronto…recorded his 500th career steal on Mar. 31 at Washington…Season Highs: 31 points (vs. Milwaukee, Nov. 28), 20 rebounds (at Brooklyn, Jan. 15), 11 assists (at Milwaukee, Feb. 13), six blocks (vs. Memphis, Jan. 24), five steals (vs. Cleveland, Mar. 24) and 47:41 minutes (at Atlanta, Apr. 9).

2022-23 SEASON:

Started all 75 games in which he saw action for the HEAT and averaged 20.4 points (.540 FG%, .806 FT%), 9.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.17 steals and 34.6 minutes…missed a total of seven games due to injury…sat out two games (Nov. 16-18) with a left knee contusion, one game (Dec. 15) with a left ankle sprain, one game (Dec. 26) with non-COVID illness, one game (Jan. 10) with a right wrist contusion, one game (Apr. 1) with a right hip contusion and one game (Apr. 7) with a right quadriceps tendon strain…was selected as a reserve for the Eastern Conference on Team Giannis at the NBA All-Star Game at Utah where he tallied four points and one assist in 23:34 of action…was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team for the fourth consecutive season…captured the Southeast Division Sportsmanship Award for the third straight year…set single-season career highs in points, scoring average, field goals made and attempted, free throws made and attempted, free throw percentage and minutes per game…ranked among the NBA leaders in total rebounds (15th), defensive rebounds (16th), field goals made (17th), rebounds per game (17th), minutes played (18th), double-doubles (tied-18th), offensive rebounds (tied-20th), field goal percentage (22nd), free throws made (26th) and attempted (25th), steals (tied-26th), points (27th), steals per game (27th), minutes per game (28th), field goal attempts (36th), blocked shots (tied-37th), points per game (38th) and blocks per game (39th)…his 1,098 points scored in the paint in 2022-23 were second only to Giannis Antetokounmpo in the NBA…led the HEAT in starts, minutes played, points, field goals made and attempted, field goal percentage, offensive, defensive and total rebounds, rebounds per game, double-doubles, blocks and dunks (single-season career-high 139) and ranked second in scoring average, free throws made and attempted, steals and plus/minus…topped the HEAT in scoring 22 times, rebounds a team-high 46 times, blocks a team-high 34 times, minutes 17 times, plus/minus 13 times and assists seven times…scored in double figures a team-high 73 times, including 37 games with at least 20 points and a team-high 11 games with 30-or-more points…scored in double figures his first 71 games in 2022-23 to run his streak of consecutive double-figure scoring efforts to a career-high 87 (fourth longest in franchise history) before being held to nine points at New York on Mar. 29…grabbed double-figure rebounds a team-high 32 times and amassed 31 double-doubles…scored his 5,000th career point on Nov. 22 at Atlanta and his 6,000th career point on Mar. 15 vs. Memphis…appeared in his 400th career game on Feb. 27 at Philadelphia…grabbed his 900th career offensive rebound on Mar. 18 at Chicago…recorded his 300th career double-figure scoring effort on Mar. 28 at Toronto…connected on a career-high 15 field goals on Nov. 25 at Washington…was a perfect 14-14 from the foul line on Feb. 8 vs. Indiana, the 14 free throws were his most free throws made in a game without a miss and set a career high…Season Highs: 38 points (twice), 17 rebounds (twice), eight assists (at Milwaukee, Feb. 4), four steals (at Denver, Dec. 30), three blocks (five times) and 43:23 minutes (at Orlando, Feb. 11).

2021-22 SEASON:

Started all 56 games in which he appeared for the HEAT and averaged 19.1 points (.557 FG%, .753 FT%), 10.1 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1.43 steals and 32.6 minutes…missed a total of 26 games due to injury/illness…was sidelined three games (Oct. 30, Nov. 15-17) with a bruised left knee, 22 games (Dec. 1-Jan. 15) due to a torn UCL in his right thumb which occurred on Nov. 29 vs. Denver and required surgery on Dec. 6 and one game (Apr. 10) due to health and safety protocols…was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team and finished fourth in the voting for Defensive Player of the Year…captured the Southeast Division Sportsmanship Award and finished third in the voting for the NBA Sportsmanship Award for the second consecutive season…ranked among the NBA leaders in field goal percentage (10th), free throws attempted (24th), defensive rebounds (tied-26th), plus/minus (28th), free throws made (29th), total rebounds (33rd), steals (tied-35th) and offensive rebounds (36th)…led the HEAT in field goal percentage, rebounds per game, offensive, defensive and total rebounds, blocks, double-doubles, plus/minus (+300), three-point plays (34) and dunks (119) and ranked second in field goals made, free throws made and attempted, double-figure scoring efforts and steals…topped the HEAT in scoring 15 times, rebounds a team-high 43 times, blocks a team-high 22 times, steals 16 times, plus/minus on 11 occasions, assists six times and minutes four times…scored in double figures 53 times, including 24 games with at least 20 points and five 30-point performances…grabbed double-figure rebounds a team-high 28 times and handed out double-figure assists once…recorded a team-high 27 double-doubles…recorded at least one steal in a career-high 14 consecutive games from Jan. 17-Feb. 12…shot at least 50 percent from the floor in each of his final 16 games (Mar. 7-Apr. 8) to establish a career high and match the longest such streak in franchise history since Chris Andersen did it in 16 straight games (Jan. 15-Feb. 18) during the 2013-14 season…the streak is tied for the third longest in franchise history behind only Shaquille O’Neal (21) and Alonzo Mourning (18)…scored his 4,000th career point on Jan. 31 at Boston…grabbed his 2,500th career rebound on Jan. 23 vs. the Lakers and his 2,000th career defensive rebound on Mar. 7 vs. Houston…handed out his 1,000th career assist on Oct. 21 vs. Milwaukee…played in his 300th career game on Nov. 18 vs. Washington…posted his 100th career double-double on Nov. 29 vs. Denver…matched his career high with 11 assists vs. New York on Jan. 26…amassed a career-high six steals on Nov. 10 at the L.A. Lakers…Season Highs: 36 points (vs. San Antonio, Feb. 26), 19 rebounds (vs. Charlotte, Oct. 29), 11 assists (vs. New York, Jan. 26), six steals (at L.A. Lakers, Nov. 10), four blocks (at New York, Feb. 25) and 45:26 minutes (vs. Toronto, Jan. 29).

2020-21 SEASON:

Started all 64 games in which he appeared and averaged 18.7 points (.570 FG%, .799 FT%), 9.0 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 1.17 steals, 1.03 blocks and 33.5 minutes…missed a total of eight games due to injury/rest and protocols…sat out four games (Mar. 4-14) with left knee tendinitis, one game (Apr. 19) with right knee soreness, one game (May 16) to rest and a pair of games (Jan. 12-14) due to health and safety protocols…was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team…captured the 2020-21 Southeast Division Sportsmanship Award and finished third in the voting for the NBA Sportsmanship Award…ranked among the NBA leaders in field goal percentage (12th), efficiency (12th), defensive (14th) and total (14th) rebounds, rebounds per game (15th), free throws made (18th) and attempted (19th), total blocks (23rd), blocks per game (23rd), offensive rebounds (tied-24th), assists (25th), minutes played (29th), assists per game (30th), minutes per game (31st), total steals (tied-34th), steals per game (tied-34th), steals per turnover (36th), scoring average (37th) and points (38th)….joined Giannis Antetokounmpo as the only players in the NBA in 2020-21 with at least 300 assists and 60 blocks…led the HEAT in points, field goals made and attempted, field goal percentage, double-figure scoring efforts, offensive, defensive and total rebounds, rebounds per game, double-figure rebound efforts, blocks, double-doubles and dunks…topped the HEAT in scoring 18 times, rebounds a team-high 44 times, blocks a team-high 29 times, assists 20 times, steals 18 times, minutes 11 times and plus/minus six times…scored in double figures a team-leading 62 times, including 26 games with at least 20 points and one 40-point performance…scored in double figures 55 consecutive games from Jan. 16-May 13…grabbed double-figure rebounds 29 times and handed out double-figure assists seven times…tied career highs by grabbing double-figure rebounds and recording a double-double in six consecutive games from Feb. 18-28…recorded 33 double-doubles and two triple-doubles…hit a season-high 12 consecutive field goal attempts from May 7-11, the longest streak by a HEAT player during the 2020-21 season…his jumper at the buzzer on Apr. 18 gave the HEAT a two-point win over Brooklyn…scored his 3,000th career point on Mar. 16 vs. Cleveland…grabbed his 2,000th career rebound on Feb. 24 vs. Toronto…connected on his 1,000th career field goal on Jan. 27 vs. Denver…threw down his 500th career dunk on May 13 vs. Philadelphia…scored a career-high 41 points at Brooklyn on Jan. 23, becoming the second youngest player in franchise history (behind Dwyane Wade) to have a 40-point game…matched his career high with 11 assists vs. Dallas on May 4…Season Highs: 41 points (at Brooklyn, Jan. 23), 17 rebounds (at New York, Mar. 29), 11 assists (vs. Dallas, May 4), five blocks (vs. Portland, Mar. 25), four steals (twice) and 38:56 minutes (vs. Charlotte, Feb. 1).

2019-20 SEASON:

Started each of the 72 games in which he appeared for the HEAT and averaged 15.9 points (.557 FG%, .691 FT%), 10.2 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 1.29 blocks, 1.14 steals and 33.6 minutes…missed one game due to injury…sat out the final seeding game (Aug. 14) due to right knee soreness…earned Second Team NBA All-Defensive honors…was selected as a reserve for the Eastern Conference for the 2020 All-Star Game and was selected to play for Team Giannis where he had eight points, two rebounds and one assist in 11:40…won the Skills Challenge at NBA All-Star 2020…was named the NBA’s Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week ending Dec. 15…finished second in the voting for the NBA’s Most Improved Player award and fifth in the voting for NBA Defensive Player of the Year…became just the second player in NBA history joining Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1974-75) to lead his team in rebounds, assists, field goal percentage and blocks…ranked among the NBA leaders in total rebounds (7th), defensive rebounds (7th), rebounds per game (8th), double-doubles (9th), triple-doubles (tied-9th), offensive rebounds (11th), field goal percentage (12th), free throws attempted (15th), blocks per game (18th), free throws made (tied-22nd), minutes per game (32nd) and assists per game (33rd)…set individual single-season career highs in assists, blocks and triple-doubles...led the HEAT in field goals made, field goal percentage, double-figure scoring efforts, offensive, defensive and total rebounds, rebounds per game, double-figure rebound efforts, assists, blocks, starts, minutes, double-doubles and dunks and tied for the team lead in triple-doubles…finished second on the team in points, 20-point games, field goals attempted, free throws made and attempted, double-figure assist efforts, steals and three-point plays…topped the HEAT in scoring 10 times and also led Miami in rebounds a team-high 52 times, in blocks a team-high 37 times, in minutes a team-high 21 times, in assists 21 times, in steals 20 times and in plus/minus on nine occasions…sat out the final game of the season on Aug. 14 vs. Indiana with right knee soreness, ending the fifth longest consecutive games played streak in HEAT history at 158…scored in double figures 62 times, including 20 games with at least 20 points and one 30-point performance…grabbed double-figure rebounds 42 times and handed out double-figure assists on five occasions…posted 40 double-doubles and three triple-doubles…grabbed double-figure rebounds and posted a double-double in a career-high six consecutive games from Dec. 6-16…recorded his first career triple-double with 30 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high 11 assists on Dec. 10 vs. Atlanta becoming the youngest player (22 years, 245 days) to record a triple-double for Miami…also recorded triple-doubles at Dallas (Dec. 14) and vs. Orlando (Jan. 27)…scored his 2,000th career point on Feb. 5 at the L.A. Clippers…grabbed his 1,000th career rebound on Oct. 26 at Milwaukee…played in his 200th career game on Feb. 3 vs. Philadelphia…Season Highs: 30 points (vs. Atlanta, Dec. 10), 19 rebounds (at Atlanta, Feb. 20), 11 assists (twice), five steals (at Phoenix, Nov. 7), four blocks (three times) and 43:31 minutes (vs. Atlanta, Dec. 10).

2018-19 SEASON:

Was the only player to appear in all 82 games (28 starts) for the HEAT and averaged 8.9 points (.576 FG%, .735 FT%), 7.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 23.3 minutes…ranked among NBA leaders in total rebounds (29th), offensive rebounds (tied-31st), defensive rebounds (32nd), rebounds per game (40th) and blocks (40th)…was tied for the team lead in three-point plays (FG & FT) with 20 and finished second on the team in offensive, defensive and total rebounds, free throws made, blocked shots, double-doubles and dunks (117)…ranked third on the team in free throws attempted, minutes and steals…topped the HEAT in scoring three times, rebounds 20 times, blocks on 19 occasions, steals 13 times, assists seven times, plus/minus on five occasions and minutes twice…was Miami’s leading scorer off the bench four times and also led the HEAT reserves in rebounds 35 times…scored in double figures 34 times, including one 20-point performance…grabbed double-figure rebounds on 17 occasions, including one game with at least 20 rebounds…posted 11 double-doubles…had five-or-more assists in a game on 14 occasions…hit all eight of his field goal attempts vs. Cleveland on Dec. 28, just one shy of tying the franchise single-game record for field goals made without a miss…scored his 1,000th career point on Mar. 8 vs. Cleveland…played in his 100th career game on Dec. 22 vs. Milwaukee…grabbed a career-high 21 rebounds on Nov. 25 at Toronto…Season Highs: 22 points (at Phoenix, Dec. 7), 21 rebounds (at Toronto, Nov. 25), eight assists (at Washington, Mar. 23), four steals (at Minnesota, Apr. 5), four blocks (at Washington, Mar. 23) and 37:58 minutes (vs. Memphis, Jan. 12).

2017-18 SEASON:

Appeared in 69 games (19 starts) with the HEAT and averaged 6.9 points (.512 FG%, .721 FT%), 5.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 19.8 minutes…missed one game due to injury with a sprained right ankle (Mar. 27), 11 games as a DNP-CD and sat out one game (Mar. 3) due to personal reasons…ranked among NBA rookie leaders in field goal percentage (4th), rebounds per game (6th) and blocks per game (9th)….led the HEAT in dunks (91), finished second in offensive rebounds and third in total rebounds…his 41 blocks ranked fourth on the HEAT’s all-time rookie list…scored in double figures on 18 occasions…grabbed double-figure rebounds 10 times and posted seven double-doubles…had five-or-more assists in a game on six occasions…topped the team in blocks 16 times, rebounds 11 times, steals 10 times, plus/minus on eight occasions, assists four times and minutes twice…was Miami’s leading scorer off the bench eight times and also led the Miami reserves in rebounds 17 times…when he made all seven of his field goal attempts and all five of his free throw attempts at Cleveland on Nov. 28 he became just the second player in franchise history, joining Dorell Wright (Feb. 4, 2008 vs. Toronto), to be perfect from both the floor and the foul line in a single-game with a minimum of five attempts of each…hit a career-high 13 consecutive field goal attempts from Nov. 19-29, the most consecutive makes by a HEAT player in 2017-18…set a HEAT rookie single-game record for offensive rebounds with 10 on Oct. 30 vs. Minnesota…made his NBA debut on Oct. 18 at Orlando…made his first career start on Oct. 25 vs. San Antonio…Season Highs: 19 points (at Cleveland, Nov. 28), 16 rebounds (at Sacramento, Mar. 14), six assists (twice), five blocks (at Toronto, Jan. 9), four steals (vs. Charlotte, Dec. 1) and 37:30 minutes (vs Dallas, Dec. 22).

PLAYOFFS:

2025: Started all four games in Miami’s Opening Round series vs. Cleveland and averaged 17.5 points (.438 FG%, .636 FT%), 11.0 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.00 steals and 38.4 minutes…led the team in offensive, defensive and total rebounds, field goals made, steals and minutes played and ranked second in points, scoring average, free throws made and assists…topped the HEAT in rebounds all four games, minutes three times, points and steals twice each and assists once…scored in double figures in all four games, including two games with at least 20 points…grabbed double-figure rebounds twice and posted a pair of double-doubles…became Miami’s all-time postseason leader in double-doubles after recording 11 points and game highs in rebounds (14) and assists (9) in Game 2 at Cleveland on Apr. 23…2024: Started all five games in Miami’s Opening Round series vs. Boston and averaged 22.6 points (.495 FG%, .714 FT%), 9.4 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 38.5 minutes…led the team in points, scoring average, field goals made and attempted, free throws made and attempted, offensive, defensive and total rebounds, dunks and minutes played…topped the HEAT in scoring and rebounds four times each, minutes three times, assists twice and steals once…scored at least 20 points in all five games…grabbed double-figure rebounds twice and amassed a pair of double-doubles…scored a team-high 21 points and grabbed a game-high 17 rebounds in Game 4 on Apr. 29 to record his 31st postseason career double-double, tying LeBron James for first place on Miami’s all-time postseason list…2023: Started all 23 games for the Eastern Conference Champion HEAT and averaged 17.9 points (.481 FG%, .821 FT%), 9.9 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 36.9 minutes…ranked among the NBA postseason leaders in rebounds per game (10th), field goal percentage (27th), free throw percentage (28th), assists (31st), minutes (31st), scoring average (34th) and blocks (35th)…led Miami in offensive, defensive and total rebounds, blocks and dunks while finishing second in minutes, points, scoring average, field goals made and attempted and free throws made and attempted…topped the HEAT in scoring once, rebounds a team-high 15 times, blocks a team-high nine times, assists five times, minutes and steals four times each and plus/minus on two occasions…scored in double figures in all 23 contests, including 11 games with at least 20 points…scored at least 20 points in all five Finals games…grabbed double-figure rebounds on 11 occasions and handed out double-figure assists once…tallied 11 double-doubles and one triple-double…averaged 17.4 points (.463 FG%, .813 FT%), 8.6 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.60 steals and 31.6 minutes in the Opening Round vs. Milwaukee…led the HEAT in offensive, defensive and total rebounds vs. the Bucks and tied for the team high in assists…recorded his first postseason triple-double with 20 points, 10 rebounds and a postseason-career-high 10 assists in Miami’s Game 5 series victory at Milwaukee on Apr. 26…averaged 18.7 points (.529 FG%, .815 FT%), 9.7 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 37.9 minutes in the Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. New York…led Miami in minutes, field goals made, field goal percentage, and offensive, defensive and total rebounds in the Knicks series and was the HEAT’s second-leading scorer…averaged 14.9 points (.482 FG%, .774 FT%), 9.1 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 36.6 minutes in the Eastern Conference Finals vs. Boston…led the HEAT in defensive and total rebounds in the Conference Finals and tied for the team lead in blocks…grabbed a postseason career-high 15 defensive rebounds in the Game 2 win at Boston on May 19…the seven offensive rebounds he grabbed in Game 6 vs. Boston on May 27 tied his postseason high…averaged 21.8 points (.455 FG%, .905 FT%), 12.4 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 41.7 minutes in the NBA Finals vs. Denver…the 12.4 rebounds and 41.7 minutes he averaged against Denver both mark his high for any playoff series…led the HEAT in points, field goals made and attempted, field goal percentage, and offensive, defensive and total rebounds in the Finals…recorded a team-high four double-doubles in the Finals…2022: Started all 18 games for the HEAT and averaged 14.8 points (.594 FG%, .763 FT%), 8.0 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.00 steals and 34.1 minutes…ranked among the NBA postseason leaders in double-doubles (tied-5th), defensive rebounds (8th), total rebounds (9th), free throws attempted (10th), plus/minus (11th), free throws made (12th), blocks (tied-12th) and field goals made (13th)…led Miami in field goal percentage, defensive and total rebounds, blocks and dunks…ranked second on the team in points, scoring average, field goals made, free throws made and attempted and offensive rebounds…topped the HEAT in scoring three times and in rebounds a team-high nine times, in blocks a team-high seven times, in steals and plus/minus four times apiece and minutes and assists three times each…scored in double figures 12 times, including six games with at least 20 points and one 30-point performance…grabbed double-figure rebounds six times and posted six double-doubles…averaged 12.4 points (.524 FG%, .818 FT%), 8.0 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.00 steals and 31.4 minutes in the Opening Round vs. Atlanta…led the HEAT in offensive, defensive and total rebounds vs. Atlanta…averaged 16.5 points (.648 FG%, .784 FT%), 7.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.33 steals and 32.6 minutes in the Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Philadelphia…topped the HEAT in field goal percentage and defensive rebounds vs. the Sixers and tied for the lead in total rebounds and blocks…averaged 15.0 points (.595 FG%, .647 FT%), 8.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 37.3 minutes in the Eastern Conference Finals vs. Boston…led Miami in minutes, field goal percentage, defensive and total rebounds and blocks in the Boston series…recorded a postseason career high in field goals made (15) and had team highs in points (31), rebounds (10), assists (6) and steals (postseason career-high 4) in Miami’s Game 3 win at Boston on May 21…posted a postseason career high in minutes played (46:10) in Game 7 vs. Boston on May 29…2021: Started all four games in Miami’s Opening Round series vs. Milwaukee and averaged 15.5 points (.456 FG%, .769 FT%), 9.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.25 steals and 34.0 minutes…led Miami in offensive and total rebounds, field goals made and field goal percentage and tied for the team lead in steals and blocks…was second on the HEAT in points, field goals attempted, defensive rebounds and assists…topped the HEAT in rebounds twice and in points, assists, steals, blocks and plus/minus once each…scored in double figures three times, including one 20-point effort…grabbed double-figure rebounds twice and posted one double-double…grabbed a postseason career-high seven offensive rebounds in Game 4 on May 29…2020: Started all 19 games in which he appeared for the Eastern Conference Champion HEAT and averaged 17.8 points (.564 FG%, .783 FT%), 10.3 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 1.00 steals, 0.84 blocks and 36.2 minutes…missed two games (Oct. 2-4) with a neck strain suffered in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Sept. 30…ranked among NBA postseason leaders in both field goal percentage (7th) and rebounds per game (10th)…led the HEAT in offensive, defensive and total rebounds, field goal percentage, blocks and dunks and finished second in points, field goals made, free throws made and attempted, assists, steals and plus/minus…topped the HEAT in scoring four times, rebounds a team-high 13 times, minutes eight times, blocks a team-high eight times, assists seven times, steals four times and plus/minus three times…scored in double figures 17 times, including eight games with at least 20 points and one 30-point performance…grabbed double-figure rebounds 11 times and posted a team-high 11 double-doubles…had eight 20-point double-doubles during the 2020 postseason, the second-highest total for a single postseason in franchise history…averaged 15.0 points (.479 FG%, .824 FT%), 11.3 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 1.25 blocks, 1.00 steals and 34.3 minutes in the Opening Round sweep vs. Indiana…topped Miami in rebounds, assists, blocks and minutes in the Indiana series…grabbed a postseason career-high 19 rebounds in Game 4 vs. Indiana (Aug. 24), the third-highest single-game total in HEAT playoff history…made his first career postseason start in Game 1 vs. Indiana on Aug. 18…averaged 17.2 points (.600 FG%, .897 FT%), 12.0 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 36.2 minutes in the Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Milwaukee…led the HEAT in field goal percentage, rebounds and tied for the team lead in assists in the Milwaukee series…averaged 21.8 points (.608 FG%, .778 FT%), 11.0 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 1.67 steals, 1.00 blocks and 39.1 minutes in the Eastern Conference Finals vs. Boston…led the HEAT in points, field goals made, field goal percentage, free throws attempted, rebounds, assists, steals and minutes vs. Boston…recorded postseason career highs in points (32) and free throws made (10) in the decisive Game 6 victory vs. Boston on Sept. 27…with 32 points, 14 rebounds and five assists in Game 6 vs. Boston, he became the only player in NBA postseason history to record at least those numbers in an Eastern Conference Finals game…his block of Jayson Tatum with 3.7 seconds left in overtime of Game 1 vs. Boston on Sept. 15 marked the first rejection of a potential game-tying or go-ahead dunk in the final minute of a postseason game since the NBA started tracking play-by-plays during the 1996-97 season…in addition to his game-saving block in Game 1 vs. Boston, he also handed out a game-high nine assists in the contest…appeared in four games in the NBA Finals vs. the Lakers and averaged 15.3 points (.535 FG%, .625 FT%), 6.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 33.7 minutes…was second on the team in points, rebounds and blocks per game in the NBA Finals…2018: Came off the bench in all five games in Miami’s Opening Round series vs. Philadelphia and averaged 3.4 points (.467 FG%, .214 FT%), 4.0 rebounds and 15.4 minutes…ranked among NBA rookie postseason leaders in rebounds per game (4th), blocks per game (tied-6th), scoring average (7th) and minutes per game (7th)…finished second on the team in offensive rebounds…topped the team in blocks once…made his NBA postseason debut in Game 1 at Philadelphia on Apr. 14.

INTERNATIONAL:

2024: Came off the bench in all six games for the United States Senior National Team that won the Olympic gold medal in Paris, France and averaged 6.0 points (.533 FG%, .500 FT%), 3.7 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 16:05 minutes…had team highs in points (18) and rebounds (7) in the group play win over South Sudan on July 31…was second on the team in offensive rebounds and third in total rebounds…2021: Started all six games for the United States Senior National Team which won the Olympic gold medal in Tokyo, Japan and averaged 6.3 points (.571 FG%, .600 FT%), 5.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.33 steals, 1.17 blocks and 19.3 minutes…led the team in offensive and total rebounds, tied for the team lead in blocks, was second in defensive rebounds and third in steals.

HONORS:

2024-25: Named to the NBA All-Interview Second Team…2023-24: Named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team…was a replacement starter for the Eastern Conference at the NBA All-Star Game in Indiana…was named the NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week ending Jan. 14…captured a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games…2022-23: Named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team…was selected as a reserve for the Eastern Conference on Team Giannis at the NBA All-Star Game at Utah…received the 2022-23 Southeast Division Sportsmanship Award…2021-22: Named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team…received the 2021-22 Southeast Division Sportsmanship Award…2020-21: Named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team…received the 2020-21 Southeast Division Sportsmanship Award…captured a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games…2019-20: Named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team…was selected as a reserve for the Eastern Conference on Team Giannis at the NBA All-Star Game in Chicago…won the Skills Challenge at NBA All-Star 2020…was named the NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week ending Dec. 15…was selected as a member of the USA National World Cup team which trained in Las Vegas for the FIBA World Cup Championship in the summer of 2019.

BEFORE NBA

Played one season at Kentucky before becoming an early entry candidate for the 2017 NBA Draft…was the only player to start all 38 games for Kentucky in 2016-17… averaged 13.0 points (.599 FG%, .653 FT%), 8.0 rebounds, 1.50 blocks and 30.1 minutes…named to the SEC All-Freshman Team and the All-SEC Second Team…selected to the SEC All-Tournament Team after leading the Wildcats to the tournament championship…was a two-time SEC Freshman of the Week recipient (Feb. 27 and Mar. 6)…was one of three Kentucky players drafted in the first round of the 2017 NBA Draft joining De’Aaron Fox and Malik Monk… led the Wildcats in rebounds, blocks, double-doubles, dunks and starts, finished second in free throws made and minutes played and third in points…recorded 101 dunks which ranked second in the NCAA in 2016-17…tallied back-to-back 15-rebound games with a 22-point, 15-rebound double-double at Missouri on Feb. 21 and a 18-point, 15-rebound double-double against 13th-ranked Florida on Feb. 25, becoming the first Wildcat since Jared Prickett in 1994 to post consecutive 15-rebound games and the first time it was done during SEC games since Sam Bowie in 1984…grabbed 18 rebounds in the first round of the NCAA Tournament vs. Northern Kentucky, the third-most ever in school history during March Madness.

PERSONAL LIFE

Full name is Edrice Femi Adebayo…goes by the nickname “Bam” which was given to him at the age of one after flipping over a table while watching The Flintstones in a manner that resembled one of the characters, Bamm-Bamm Rubble...is the son of Marilyn Blount and John Adebayo…his cousin, Bruce Peartree, played basketball at East Carolina University and his cousin, Avery Oden, played at Shaw University…credits his mother as the person who made a difference in his life and despite their struggles she made him the man he is today…keeps a framed picture of the single-wide trailer he grew up in North Carolina as a reminder of where he came from and to stay humble, near the bottom of the photo engraved on a metal plate are the words: Never forget where you came from, and never lose sight of where you are going…has his own foundation, the Edrice Adebayo Foundation, Inc. (also known as the BAM Foundation) whose mission is to change lives for single parents while also changing future chances, choices and challenges for children…the foundation is built on the principles Bam, Books & Brotherhood…holds his annual Bam Youth Clinic in Miami every summer…his foundation hosts an annual toy drive with the Good Hearts Foundation in December to benefit South Florida youth with the distribution of toys during the holiday season…along with his foundation, they unveiled their newly-donated basketball court and fitness center at the Chapman Partnership homeless assistance center on Oct. 21, 2023 and donated 300 mattresses on Aug. 13, 2025 to Seed Miami, a local boarding school for undeserved students, the donated mattresses marked the first time in 10 years they received new ones…the 2024-25 season marked the second consecutive season that he donated $13 for each point he scored to the Liberty City Optimist Club…has endorsement deals with Brand Jordan and Amerant Bank…is a part owner of Leeds United Football Club, a professional soccer team located in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England…was awarded a key to the county by Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava on Sept. 4, 2024 for his Olympic accomplishments and representing South Florida at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games…was named the 2019 Rising Star Honoree of the Champions for Philanthropy at The Most Valuable Philanthropist Basketball Awards on June 19, 2019 in New York…first started playing basketball in 2010…his favorite sport other than basketball is football and he’s a fan of the New York Giants…played football in high school where he was a wide receiver and a defensive end…played basketball his first three years in high school at Northside High School in Pinetown, NC where he averaged 32.2 points and 18 rebounds as a junior before transferring to High Point Christian Academy for his senior year…averaged 18.9 points and 13.0 rebounds in his senior year at High Point Christian Academy and led the Cougars to a NCISAA state championship appearance…was named the North Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior in 2016…played in both the McDonald’s All-America Game and the Jordan Brand Classic in 2016…was named a Second Team All-American by USA Today and was a finalist for the Morgan Wooten Player of the Year Award…was an honor roll student in high school and was a member of the poetry club…says something most people don’t know about him is that he’s a fan of Katy Perry…threw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the Atlanta Braves-Miami Marlins game at Marlins Stadium on July 23, 2018 and before the Chicago Cubs-Miami Marlins game on Aug. 25, 2024 at loanDepot park…wears size 16 sneakers.