Kawhi Leonard

**Kawhi Anthony Leonard** (born June 29, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He used to play for the San Antonio Spurs. Leonard played two seasons of college basketball for the San Diego State Aztecs and was named a consensus second-team All-American as a sophomore.

Leonard won Defensive Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016. He won the Most Valuable Player for the 2014 Finals win. He was not drafted by the Spurs. Rather he was traded on draft night from the Indiana Pacers.

In 2018, Leonard joined the Toronto Raptors. He helped the team win the 2019 NBA Finals. His contract ended on June 30, 2019.

Leonard has scored more than 30 points in a game thirteen times in the 2019 playoff season. He has been compared to LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Stephen Curry.

In 2021, he was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.

## Career statistics

|style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|†|Denotes season in which Leonard won an NBA championship|
| --- | --- | --- |
|style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"|*|Led the league|

#### Regular season

|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio
| 64 || 39 || 24.0 || .493 || .376 || .773 || 5.1 || 1.1 || 1.3 || .4 || 7.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio
| 58 || 57 || 31.2 || .494 || .374 || .825 || 6.0 || 1.6 || 1.7 || .6 || 11.9
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"|†
| style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio
| 66 || 65 || 29.1 || **.522** || .379 || .802 || 6.2 || 2.0 || 1.7 || .8 || 12.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio
| 64 || 64 || 31.8 || .479 || .349 || .802 || 7.2 || 2.5 || style="background:#cfecec;"| **2.3*** || .8 || 16.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio
| 72 || 72 || 33.1 || .506 || **.443** || .874 || 6.8 || 2.6 || 1.8 || **1.0** || 21.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio
| **74** || **74** || 33.4 || .485 || .381 || **.880** || 5.8 || **3.5** || 1.8 || .7 || 25.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio
| 9 || 9 || 23.3 || .468 || .314 || .816 || 4.7 || 2.3 || 2.0 || **1.0** || 16.2
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"|†
| style="text-align:left;"|Toronto
| 60 || 60 || **34.0** || .496 || .371 || .854 || **7.3** || 3.3 || 1.8 || .4 || **26.6**
|-
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 467 || 440 || 30.8 || .495 || .383 || .848 || 6.3 || 2.4 || 1.8 || .7 || 17.7
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|All-Star
| 3 || 3 || 19.7 || .515 || .316 || .000 || 4.3 || 2.3 || 1.0 || .3 || 13.3

#### Playoffs

|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2012
| style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio
| 14 || 14 || 27.1 || .500 || .450 || .813 || 5.9 || .6 || 1.2 || .4 || 8.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2013
| style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio
| 21 || 21 || 36.9 || **.545** || .390 || .633 || 9.0 || 1.0 || 1.8 || .5 || 13.5
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"|2014†
| style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio
| 23 || 23 || 32.0 || .510 || .419 || .736 || 6.7 || 1.7 || 1.7 || .6|| 14.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2015
| style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio
| 7 || 7 || 35.7 || .477 || .423 || .771 || 7.4 || 2.6 || 1.1 || .6 || 20.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2016
| style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio
| 10 || 10 || 33.9 || .500 || .436 || .824 || 6.3 || 2.8 || **2.6** || **1.4** || 22.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2017
| style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio
| 12 || 12 || 35.8 || .525 || **.455** || **.931** || 7.8 || **4.6** || 1.7 || .5 || 27.7
|- class="sortbottom"
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"|2019†
| style="text-align:left;"|Toronto
| **24** || **24** || **39.1** || .490 || .379 || .884 || **9.1** || 3.9 || 1.7 || .7 || **30.5**
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 111 || 111 || 34.4 || .506 || .421 || .798 || 7.5 || 2.5 || 1.7 || .7 || 19.6

### College

|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2009–10
| style="text-align:left;"|San Diego State
| 34 || 33 || 31.3 || **.455** || .205 || .726 || 9.9 || 1.9 || 1.4 || .7 || 12.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2010–11
| style="text-align:left;"|San Diego State
| **36** || **36** || **32.6** || .444 || **.291** || **.759** || **10.6** || **2.5** || 1.4 || .7 || **15.5**
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 70 || 69 || 31.9 || .449 || .250 || .744 || 10.2 || 2.2 || 1.4 || .7 || 14.1

## Infobox (basketball biography)

- **name**: Kawhi Leonard
- **image**: 1 kawhi leonard 2019 (cropped).jpg
- **image size**: 250px
- **caption**: Leonard with the Toronto Raptors in 2019
- **position**: Small forward
- **height**: 201 cm
- **weight**: 104 kg
- **team**: Los Angeles Clippers
- **number**: 2
- **birth place**: Los Angeles, California
- **nationality**: American
- **college**: San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball, San Diego State (2009–2011)
- **draft year**: 2011
- **draft round**: 1
- **draft pick**: 15
- **draft team**: Indiana Pacers
- **career start**: 2011
- **years1**: –
- **team1**: San Antonio Spurs
- **years2**: 2018–19 NBA season, 2018–2019
- **team2**: Toronto Raptors
- **highlights**: * 2× NBA champion (2014 NBA Finals, 2014, 2019 NBA Finals, 2019)
* 2× Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award, NBA Finals MVP (2014 NBA Finals, 2014, 2019 NBA Finals, 2019)
* 4x NBA All-Star (, ,  ) 2030
* 2× All-NBA First Team (, )
* All-NBA Second Team ()
*
* 3× NBA All-Defensive First Team (–)
* 2× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (, )
* 1x NBA All Star MVP 2020
* NBA All-Rookie First Team ()
* List of National Basketball Association annual steals leaders, NBA steals leader ()
* Consensus second-team NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, All-American (2011 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, 2011)
* 2× First-team All-Mountain West Conference, MWC (2010, 2011)
* California Mr. Basketball (2009)
- **bbr**: leonaka01
- **nba profile**: kawhi_leonard