Derek FisherLos Angeles Lakers · #2
Derek Fisher is a retired guard best known with the Los Angeles Lakers. 0.4 seconds; five-time champion guard. Career averages: 8.3 points, 2.1 rebounds and 3 assists per game.
Derek Fisher — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
Where Derek Fisher stands
Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.
Derek Fisher — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
How the model sees Derek Fisher
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Derek Fisher career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-97 | 80 | 11.5 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 1.5 | .397 | .301 |
| 1997-98 | 82 | 21.5 | 5.8 | 2.4 | 4.1 | .434 | .383 |
| 1998-99 | 50 | 22.6 | 5.9 | 1.8 | 3.9 | .376 | .392 |
| 1999-00 CHIP | 78 | 23.1 | 6.3 | 1.8 | 2.8 | .346 | .313 |
| 2000-01 CHIP | 20 | 35.5 | 11.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | .412 | .397 |
| 2001-02 CHIP | 70 | 28.2 | 11.2 | 2.1 | 2.6 | .411 | .413 |
| 2002-03 | 82 | 34.5 | 10.5 | 2.9 | 3.6 | .437 | .401 |
| 2003-04 | 82 | 21.6 | 7.1 | 1.9 | 2.3 | .352 | .291 |
| 2004-05 | 74 | 30.0 | 11.9 | 2.9 | 4.1 | .393 | .371 |
| 2005-06 | 82 | 31.6 | 13.3 | 2.6 | 4.3 | .410 | .397 |
| 2006-07 | 82 | 27.9 | 10.1 | 1.8 | 3.3 | .382 | .308 |
| 2007-08 | 82 | 27.4 | 11.7 | 2.1 | 2.9 | .436 | .406 |
| 2008-09 CHIP | 82 | 29.8 | 9.9 | 2.3 | 3.2 | .424 | .397 |
| 2009-10 CHIP | 82 | 27.2 | 7.5 | 2.1 | 2.5 | .380 | .348 |
| 2010-11 | 82 | 28.0 | 6.8 | 1.9 | 2.7 | .389 | .396 |
| 2011-12 (LA Lakers/Oklahoma City) | 63 | 23.9 | 5.6 | 1.9 | 2.7 | .371 | .321 |
| 2012-13 (Dallas/Oklahoma City) | 33 | 17.4 | 5.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | .342 | .375 |
| 2013-14 | 81 | 17.6 | 5.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | .391 | .384 |
| Career | 1287 | 25.4 | 8.3 | 2.1 | 3.0 |
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 Derek Fisher
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
Turning pro
Drafted 1996 as a Guard.
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0.4 seconds. That's all that was left on the clock in San Antonio in 2004 when Derek Fisher caught, turned, and released in a single motion — and buried a jumper so improbable the Spurs spent minutes insisting it couldn't be legal. It was.
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He was never the fastest or the flashiest — a point guard who survived eighteen NBA seasons on nerve, timing, and an almost supernatural calm when the moment tightened. Beside Kobe, he was the steady hand: the one who didn't blink.
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Five championships came his way, and in the biggest of them he made the biggest shots — the corner three, the impossible turnaround, the play that only worked because he believed it would. He played more playoff games than almost anyone in history because coaches trusted him there most.
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There's a truth Hollywood loves and rarely tells straight: the leading man needs someone he can count on when the script runs out. For five glittering years, that someone was Derek Fisher — and 0.4 seconds was all he ever needed.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 210 lbs
- College
- Arkansas Baptist
- Experience
- 17th Season
- NBA debut
- 1996
- Draft
- 1996
- Jersey
- #2
0.4 seconds; five-time champion guard.
A retired retired standout and Los Angeles Lakers name.
Derek Fisher — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Derek Fisher, answered.
