A.C. GreenLos Angeles Lakers · #45
A.C. Green is a retired forward best known with the Los Angeles Lakers. Iron Man; a record 1,192 straight games. Career averages: 9.6 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.
A.C. Green — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
Where A.C. Green stands
Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.
A.C. Green — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
How the model sees A.C. Green
Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.
A.C. Green career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-86 | 82 | 18.8 | 6.4 | 4.6 | 0.7 | .539 | .167 |
| 1986-87 CHIP | 79 | 28.4 | 10.8 | 7.8 | 1.1 | .538 | .000 |
| 1987-88 CHIP | 82 | 32.1 | 11.4 | 8.7 | 1.1 | .503 | .000 |
| 1988-89 | 82 | 30.6 | 13.3 | 9.0 | 1.3 | .529 | .235 |
| 1989-90 | 82 | 33.0 | 12.9 | 8.7 | 1.1 | .478 | .283 |
| 1990-91 | 82 | 26.4 | 9.1 | 6.3 | 0.9 | .476 | .200 |
| 1991-92 | 82 | 35.4 | 13.6 | 9.3 | 1.4 | .476 | .214 |
| 1992-93 | 82 | 34.4 | 12.8 | 8.7 | 1.4 | .537 | .348 |
| 1993-94 | 82 | 34.5 | 14.7 | 9.2 | 1.7 | .502 | .229 |
| 1994-95 | 82 | 32.8 | 11.2 | 8.2 | 1.5 | .504 | .339 |
| 1995-96 | 82 | 25.8 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 0.9 | .484 | .269 |
| 1996-97 (Phoenix/Dallas) | 83 | 30.0 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 0.8 | .483 | .050 |
| 1997-98 | 82 | 32.3 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 1.5 | .453 | .000 |
| 1998-99 | 50 | 18.5 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 0.5 | .422 | .000 |
| 1999-00 CHIP | 82 | 23.5 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 1.0 | .447 | .250 |
| 2000-01 | 82 | 17.2 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 0.5 | .444 | .000 |
| Career | 1278 | 28.6 | 9.6 | 7.4 | 1.1 |
The Lab
Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.
Are the Los Angeles Lakers built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
The Ballad of A.C. Green
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
Turning pro
Drafted 1985 as a Forward.
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For 1,192 straight games, A.C. Green did not miss. Not for flu, not for a sprain, not for the two teeth an elbow knocked from his mouth — the longest ironman streak the NBA has ever seen, spanning parts of three decades and never once broken.
Chapter
He arrived in 1985 as the quiet one on the loudest team in sports — Showtime's power forward, doing the unglamorous labor of rebounds and rotations while Magic conducted the fast break and the Forum shimmered around him. He won rings in 1987 and 1988 the way he did everything: without ever leaving the floor.
Chapter
Off the court he was famous for a different kind of discipline — an outspoken faith and a vow of abstinence he kept, a man of conviction in an industry of excess. On it, that same steadiness was his superpower. Everyone else chased the highlight. Green just showed up, every single night, for sixteen years.
Chapter
That is the paradox of the marquee: it worships the spectacular and forgets the reliable. But when the lights finally dimmed, the number that survived wasn't a dunk or a buzzer-beater. It was 1,192 — proof that showing up, relentlessly, is its own kind of stardom.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 9"
- Weight
- 225 lbs
- College
- Oregon State
- Experience
- 16th Season
- NBA debut
- 1985
- Draft
- 1985
- Jersey
- #45
Iron Man; a record 1,192 straight games.
A retired retired standout and Los Angeles Lakers name.
A.C. Green — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about A.C. Green, answered.
