Movin’ On Up: Bulls All-Time Statistics Projections

With  Kirk Hinrich coming back, we were curious to speculate on where these players could end up with one more season down. Along with just 2012-13, how close are these active guys to moving up on the main all-time team leader boards. Keep reading to find out more.

Kirk Hinrich is the only active player to lead any one of the franchises all-time stat categories. Three-pointers made and Three-pointers attempted. At 31 years of age and a two-year contract, he could hold those records for some time.

But what about any other records? Seeing they are dominated by a man whose name rhymes with Schmordan, it’s likely that he wont touch any of those, or any other Bulls player, anytime soon.

All lists are the top 10 all-time leaders in order, then any close active players are listed in addition. Some other players were thrown in for pure comparison.

 

Games played: It would take Luol Deng 5 seasons to beat out Jordan in a perfect world. Jordan holds the team record with 930 games played. Luol has 539 to his name, being the closest Bull to his airness. Unfortunately, Luol is still playing with a torn ligament in his hand, and has an injury track record.

 

Michael Jordan	930
Scottie Pippen	856
Jerry Sloan	696
John Paxson	645
Tom Boerwinkle	635
Bob Love	592
Dave Corzine	556
Horace Grant	546
Luol Deng	539
Norm Van Lier	535
Kirk Hinrich	418
Ben Gordon	398
Joakim Noah	330
Derrick Rose	279

Players in Bold are active and on the roster, and players in Italics are active but on another team. 

 

Minutes Played and Minutes Per Game: Luol will be close, to getting up to the 4th spot on this list within the season. Fifth is only a matter of 3 minutes, to pass up Mr. 48 minutes of intensity himself, Norm Van Lier.

 

Michael Jordan	35887	Ron Mercer	40.0
Scottie Pippen	30269	Jalen Rose	39.8
Jerry Sloan	24798	Michael Jordan	38.6
Bob Love	22073	Elton Brand	38.1
Norm Van Lier	19122	Bob Love	37.3
Luol Deng	19119	Derrick Rose	36.8
Horace Grant	19204	Norm Van Lier	35.7
Kirk Hinrich	17500	Jerry Sloan	35.6
Artis Gilmore	16777	Luol Deng	35.5
Chet Walker	15809	Scottie Pippen	35.4
Ben Gordon	12478	Kirk Hinrich	34
Derrick Rose	10272	Chet Walker	33.4
Joakim Noah	8918	Ben Gordon	31.4
Ron Mercer	4038	Joakim Noah	27

Players in Bold are active and on the roster, and players in Italics are active but on another team.

 

Field Goals Made and Attempted: Shot chucking is an art-form.

 

Michael Jordan	10962	Michael Jordan	21686
Scottie Pippen	5991	Scottie Pippen	12444
Bob Love	4948	Bob Love	11497
Jerry Sloan	3996	Jerry Sloan	9357
Chet Walker	3558	Chet Walker	7374
Artis Gilmore	3466	Luol Deng	7228
Luol Deng	3361	Reggie Theus	6386
Reggie Theus	3047	Kirk Hinrich	6053
Horace Grant	2844	Norm Van Lier	5949
Ben Gordon	2591	Ben Gordon	5930
Derrick Rose	2259	Derrick Rose	4873
Kirk Hinrich	2232	Joakim Noah	2151
Joakim Noah	1106

 Players in Bold are active and on the roster, and players in Italics are active but on another team.

 

Three Point Field Goals and Attempts: Heat-checking is an art-form too.

 

Kirk Hinrich	812	Kirk Hinrich	2144
Ben Gordon	770	Scottie Pippen	2031
Scottie Pippen	664	Ben Gordon	1856
Michael Jordan	555	Michael Jordan	1670
Steve Kerr	430	Andres Nocioni	1099
Andres Nocioni	403	Toni Kukoc	1072
Toni Kukoc	351	Chris Duhon	943
Chris Duhon	336	Jamal Crawford	948
Jamal Crawford	318	Steve Kerr	898
BJ Armstrong	297	Luol Deng	875
Luol Deng	295	Derrick Rose	690
Kyle Korver	238	BJ Armstrong	650
Derrick Rose	214	Kyle Korver	560

 Players in Bold are active and on the roster, and players in Italics are active but on another team.

 

 

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