Metta World Peace Profile: Information, Highlights and Stats with the Lakers

Lakers players: Metta World Peace basketball profile with complete information including full name, position, height, weight, years as a Laker, career stats, NBA titles won and more.

Metta World Peace Profile

NBA Career:
Seasons Games Titles
NBA 17 Season
991
Playoffs
85		 NBA Titles1
Points Rebounds Assists
Season 13.2 4.5 2.7
Playoffs 13.9 4.8 2.8

Lakers Career:
Seasons Games Titles
LAL 6 Season
358
Playoffs
41		 NBA Trophy1
Points Rebounds Assists
Season 8.9 3.6 2.0
Playoffs 10.8 4.0 2.1

* Stats updated on Dec 6, 2024 *

Full Name: Metta World Peace (born Ronald William Artest, Jr.)
Metta World Peace Profile
Metta World Peace
Position: Small Forward
Jersey Number: 15 (Bulls, Pacers), 23 (Pacers), 91 (Pacers), 93 (Kings), 96 (Rockets), 37 (Lakers), 15 (Lakers), 51 (Knicks)
Height: 6-6 / 1.98 mt
Weight: 260 lbs / 118 kg
Nickname: -
All-Star: once
Born: November 13, 1979 in Queensbridge, New York, USA
High-School: La Salle Academy in New York, New York
College: St. John's University
Drafted: by the Chicago Bulls with No. 16 overall pick, in round 1 of the 1999 NBA Draft
NBA Teams: Chicago Bulls, 1999-00 to 2001-02
Indiana Pacers, 2001-02 to 2005-06
Sacramento Kings, 2005-06 to 2007-08
Houston Rockets, 2008-09
Los Angeles Lakers, 2009-10 to 2012-13
New York Knicks, 2013-14
Los Angeles Lakers, 2015-16 to 2016-17
Lakers Seasons: 2009-10 to 2012-13, 2015-16 to 2016-17

Metta World Peace in Lakers History - Timeline
Metta World Peace

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2025
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Metta World Peace Highlights

NBA Championships Details:
NBA Champion
2009-10 with Los Angeles Lakers

Career Totals:
Points Rebounds Assists
Season 13,058 4,448 2,631
Playoffs 1,180 408 234

- After the 2010-11 NBA Season Ron Artest legally changed his name to Metta World Peace

- In the 2009 offseason the Lakers signed Ron Artest to a 5-year deal using the team's mid-level exception that will pay him a total of $33.95 million with a player option for the last year. By signing him, the Lakers decided to let Trevor Ariza go. It was an unexpected move when everybody though the Lakers wanted to keep Ariza, a key member of the 2009 Championship team. But Artest will contribute his intimidating defense, he's strong and tough and knows how to shoot, rebound and pass.

- Defense being one of the keys to every championship team now the Lakers have two of the league best defenders on Ron Artest and Kobe Bryant. Artest was the 2004 NBA Defensive Player of the Year and in his pre-Lakers career he was member of the All-Defensive First Team twice, also twice member of the Second Team, once member of the All-NBA Third Team and averaged 16.1 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.1 steals over 10 NBA seasons.

- Despite being remembered for going into the stands to fight with a Detroit Pistons fan, which started the worst brawl in NBA history (he was suspended for 73 games), he arrived to L.A. after spending a year in Houston, where he showed he can behave almost like a model citizen. While in Houston he led the Rockets that without injured Yao Ming pushed the Lakers to a game 7 in the 2009 Western Conference semifinals. He finished among the league's top three in steals in 5 of the last 8 seasons.

- After one season wearing number 37 with the Lakers, in 2010-11 he switched back to 15, a number he previously used in Chicago and Indiana.

Metta World Peace Career Stats

Season by season statistics including his numbers with the Lakers.

Season Stats:

Season
 Team Gm GS Min FG% 3P% FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
1999-00Bulls72 63 31.1 .407 .314 .674 0.9 3.4 4.3 2.8 1.7 0.5 2.3 2.2 12.0
2000-01Bulls76 74 31.1 .401 .291 .750 0.8 3.1 3.9 3.0 2.0 0.6 2.1 3.3 11.9
2001-02combined teams55 50 29.9 .423 .312 .667 1.3 3.6 4.9 2.3 2.6 0.7 2.1 3.9 13.2
2001-02Bulls27 26 30.5 .433 .396 .628 1.5 3.4 4.9 2.9 2.8 0.9 2.6 4.0 15.6
2001-02Pacers28 24 29.3 .411 .215 .733 1.2 3.8 5.0 1.8 2.4 0.6 1.8 3.9 10.9
2002-03Pacers69 67 33.6 .428 .336 .736 1.5 3.8 5.2 2.9 2.3 0.7 2.1 3.5 15.5
2003-04Pacers73 71 37.2 .421 .310 .733 1.4 3.9 5.3 3.7 2.1 0.7 2.8 2.7 18.3
2004-05Pacers7 7 41.6 .496 .412 .922 1.1 5.3 6.4 3.1 1.7 0.9 2.4 3.9 24.6
2005-06combined teams56 56 39.4 .404 .308 .675 1.3 3.8 5.1 3.6 2.2 0.7 2.3 2.9 17.6
2005-06Pacers16 16 37.7 .460 .333 .612 1.6 3.3 4.9 2.2 2.6 0.7 2.7 2.8 19.4
2005-06Kings40 40 40.1 .383 .302 .717 1.2 4.0 5.2 4.2 2.0 0.8 2.2 3.0 16.9
2006-07Kings70 65 37.7 .440 .358 .740 1.5 5.0 6.5 3.4 2.1 0.6 2.1 2.9 18.8
2007-08Kings57 54 38.1 .453 .380 .719 1.8 4.0 5.8 3.5 2.3 0.7 2.6 2.8 20.5
2008-09Rockets69 55 35.5 .401 .399 .748 0.9 4.3 5.2 3.3 1.5 0.3 2.0 2.2 17.1
2009-10Lakers77 77 33.8 .414 .355 .688 1.3 3.0 4.3 3.0 1.4 0.3 1.6 2.1 11.0
2010-11Lakers82 82 29.4 .397 .356 .676 1.2 2.0 3.3 2.1 1.5 0.4 1.1 2.2 8.5
2011-12Lakers64 45 26.9 .394 .296 .617 1.1 2.3 3.4 2.2 1.1 0.4 1.1 2.1 7.7
2012-13Lakers75 66 33.7 .403 .342 .734 1.3 3.6 5.0 1.5 1.6 0.6 1.3 2.6 12.4
2013-14Knicks29 1 13.4 .397 .315 .625 0.6 1.4 2.0 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.7 1.5 4.8
2015-16Lakers35 5 16.9 .311 .310 .702 0.5 2.0 2.5 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.4 1.9 5.0
2016-17Lakers25 2 6.4 .279 .237 .625 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.7 2.3
Career: 991 31.7 .414 .339 .715 1.2 3.3 4.5 2.7 1.7 0.5 1.8 2.6 13.2

Playoffs Stats:
Playoffs Team Gm Min FG% 3P% FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
2002Pacers5 5 33.2 .407 .462 .692 1.2 4.8 6.0 3.2 2.6 0.6 1.8 3.8 11.8
2003Pacers6 6 42.2 .389 .387 .800 1.8 4.0 5.8 2.2 2.5 1.0 2.7 4.2 19.0
2004Pacers15 15 39.1 .378 .288 .718 1.6 4.9 6.5 3.2 1.4 1.1 2.5 3.0 18.4
2006Kings5 5 39.6 .383 .333 .696 1.6 3.4 5.0 3.0 1.6 0.8 1.0 3.0 17.4
2009Rockets13 13 37.5 .394 .277 .714 0.9 3.4 4.3 4.2 1.1 0.2 2.5 2.1 15.6
2010Lakers23 23 36.5 .398 .291 .579 1.4 2.5 4.0 2.1 1.5 0.5 1.1 2.9 11.2
2011Lakers9 9 31.9 .443 .321 .762 1.9 2.7 4.6 2.2 1.1 0.8 1.0 2.6 10.6
2012Lakers6 6 39.3 .367 .389 .750 0.5 3.0 3.5 2.3 2.2 0.7 0.8 3.0 11.7
2013Lakers3 3 28.0 .250 .143 1.000 2.0 1.7 3.7 1.7 0.7 0.3 1.0 1.7 6.0
Career: 85 36.9 .389 .308 .714 1.4 3.4 4.8 2.8 1.5 0.7 1.7 2.9 13.9

* Stats updated on Dec 6, 2024 *

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