CJ McCollum Atlanta Hawks · #3
CJ McCollum is a veteran scoring guard for the Atlanta Hawks and one of the NBA's most respected professionals — a former NBPA president and ESPN analyst with a Lehigh journalism degree. Famous for Lehigh's 2012 upset of Duke, he was the 2016 Most Improved Player in Portland, later starred in New Orleans, and joined Atlanta in the 2026 Trae Young trade, providing 18.7 points a game and clutch playoff shot-making.
CJ McCollum — the report card
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Where CJ McCollum stands
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CJ McCollum — every number, three levels deep
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How the model sees CJ McCollum
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CJ McCollum career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 | 38 | 12.5 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | .416 | .375 |
| 2014-15 | 62 | 15.7 | 6.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | .436 | .396 |
| 2015-16 | 80 | 34.8 | 20.8 | 3.2 | 4.3 | .448 | .417 |
| 2016-17 | 80 | 35.0 | 23.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 | .480 | .421 |
| 2017-18 | 81 | 36.1 | 21.4 | 4.0 | 3.4 | .443 | .397 |
| 2018-19 | 70 | 33.9 | 21.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | .459 | .375 |
| 2019-20 | 70 | 36.5 | 22.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | .451 | .379 |
| 2020-21 | 47 | 34.0 | 23.1 | 3.9 | 4.7 | .458 | .402 |
| 2021-22 (Portland) | 36 | 35.2 | 20.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | .436 | .384 |
| 2021-22 (New Orleans) | 26 | 33.7 | 24.3 | 4.5 | 5.8 | .493 | .394 |
| 2022-23 | 75 | 35.3 | 20.9 | 4.4 | 5.7 | .437 | .389 |
| 2023-24 | 66 | 32.7 | 20.0 | 4.3 | 4.6 | .459 | .429 |
| 2024-25 | 56 | 32.7 | 21.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | .444 | .373 |
| 2025-26 (Washington) | 35 | 30.9 | 18.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 | .454 | .393 |
| 2025-26 (Atlanta) | 41 | 28.8 | 18.7 | 3.1 | 4.1 | .456 | .357 |
| Career | 863 | 31.9 | 19.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
The Lab
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Are the Atlanta Hawks built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
The Ballad of CJ McCollum
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
A cerebral veteran shot-maker — Lehigh's Duke-slayer, a former players'-union president, and Atlanta's late-game scorer.
Turning pro
Drafted 10th overall, 2013 as a Guard.
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The small-school guard who slayed Duke, became Most Improved, and led a players' union — now a champion team's kind of veteran.
Chapter
A Canton, Ohio kid, McCollum earned a journalism degree at Lehigh and led the 15-seed Mountain Hawks past Duke in the 2012 NCAA Tournament before Portland took him 10th in 2013.
Chapter
He won 2016 Most Improved and formed an elite backcourt with Damian Lillard, then scored big in New Orleans.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 190 lbs
- College
- Lehigh
- Experience
- 14th Season
- NBA debut
- 2013
- Draft
- 10th overall, 2013
- Born
- Canton, Ohio
- Age
- 35
- Jersey
- #3
McCollum is one of the NBA's true renaissance professionals. A Lehigh journalism graduate, he hosts a podcast, holds an ESPN multiplatform analyst deal, and served as president of the National Basketball Players Association from 2021 to 2025 — a leadership role that shaped a generation of labor negotiations. He also runs the McCollum Heritage 91 wine label and has done extensive philanthropic work in wine-country and education spaces.
His basketball résumé is anchored by one of March Madness's iconic upsets — Lehigh over Duke in 2012 — and a decade of elite shot-making. Married to Elise, with a son, Jacobi, and a brother, Errick, who plays professionally overseas, McCollum is the archetype of the smart, steady veteran a young team adds for late-game scoring and locker-room stability.
A cerebral, media-savvy veteran and elite shot-maker — the steady professional a young team leans on.
CJ McCollum — frequently asked
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