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Zydrunas Ilgauskas

Age 51 · Lithuania · 221 cm (7'3") · 108 kg · Born Jun 5, 1975 · NA

13.0 PPG 7.3 RPG 1.1 APG 843 games 13 seasons
Zydrunas Ilgauskas

Career snapshot

13seasons
843games
10,981career pts
17.8PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Cleveland Cavaliers · 771 games · 1997-98–2009-10

Position rank · 2010-11

#42PPG rank
#32PER rank
#28WS rank
Among 66 Center players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 17.2 2002-03 · CLE
RPG 9.3 2007-08 · CLE
APG 1.6 2002-03 · CLE
PER 21.9 2005-06 · CLE
WS 9.4 1997-98 · CLE

Draft

1996
Round 1 · Pick 20
by Cleveland Cavaliers
from NA

Honors & awards

2×
All-Star Selection
2004, 2002
1×
All-Rookie Team
1997

Career by team

Miami Heat
2010-11 – 2010-11 · 1 seasons
5.0 PPG 4.0 RPG 0.4 APG
72 games
Cleveland Cavaliers
1997-98 – 2009-10 · 12 seasons
13.8 PPG 7.7 RPG 1.2 APG
771 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1997-98 CLE 82 81 29.0 13.9 8.8 0.9 0.6 1.6 51.8 25.0 76.2 19.7 9.4
1998-99 CLE 5 5 34.2 15.2 8.8 0.8 0.8 1.4 50.9 0.0 60.0 17.5 0.5
2000-01 CLE 24 24 25.7 11.7 6.7 0.8 0.6 1.5 48.7 0.0 67.9 16.0 0.7
2001-02 CLE 62 23 21.4 11.1 5.4 1.1 0.3 1.4 42.5 0.0 75.4 17.4 2.5
2002-03 CLE 81 81 30.0 17.2 7.5 1.6 0.7 1.9 44.1 0.0 78.1 19.4 5.0
2003-04 CLE 81 81 31.3 15.3 8.1 1.3 0.5 2.5 48.3 28.6 74.6 20.2 7.8
2004-05 CLE 78 78 33.5 16.9 8.6 1.3 0.7 2.1 46.8 28.6 79.9 19.5 8.1
2005-06 CLE 78 78 29.3 15.6 7.6 1.2 0.5 1.7 50.6 0.0 83.4 21.9 8.7
2006-07 CLE 78 78 27.3 11.9 7.7 1.6 0.6 1.3 48.5 0.0 80.7 18.0 6.6
2007-08 CLE 73 73 30.4 14.1 9.3 1.4 0.5 1.6 47.4 0.0 80.2 18.7 6.1
2008-09 CLE 65 65 27.2 12.9 7.5 1.0 0.4 1.3 47.2 38.5 79.9 18.0 5.6
2009-10 CLE 64 6 20.9 7.4 5.4 0.8 0.2 0.8 44.3 47.8 74.3 11.9 2.5
2010-11 MIA 72 51 15.9 5.0 4.0 0.4 0.3 0.8 50.8 0.0 78.3 12.8 2.9

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 2010 Cleveland Cavaliers Miami Heat

All entries are season change.

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Born on June 5

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About Zydrunas Ilgauskas

Zydrunas Ilgauskas is a Lithuanian-born American former professional basketball player who played the center position. The 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) Ilgauskas played for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association from 1997 to 2010 and played for the Miami Heat during the 2010–11 season. He was named to the 1997–98 All-Rookie First Team and is a two-time NBA All-Star.