John Starks

**John Levell Starks** (born August 10, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player who was a shooting guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Starks was named an NBA All-Star while playing for the New York Knicks in the 1990s.

## Early life

Starks was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma where he attended Tulsa Central High School. At Tulsa Central, Starks played only one year on the basketball team.

## Personal life

Starks' mother was one-quarter Muscogee, making him one-eighth Muscogee. On December 13, 1986, Starks married his wife Jackie. They have one son and two daughters.

### Regular season

|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| align="left" | Golden State
| 36 ||0 ||8.8 ||.408 ||.385 ||.654 ||1.1 ||.8 ||.6 ||.1 ||4.1
|-
| align="left" |
| align="left" | New York
| 61 ||10 ||19.2 ||.439 ||.290 ||.752 ||2.1 ||3.3 ||1.0 ||**.3** ||7.6
|-
| align="left" |
| align="left" | New York
| **82** ||0 ||25.8 ||**.449** ||.348 ||.778 ||2.3 ||3.4 ||1.3 ||.2 ||13.9
|-
| align="left" |
| align="left" | New York
| 80 ||51 ||31.0 ||.428 ||.321 ||.795 ||2.6 ||5.1 ||1.1 ||.2 ||17.5
|-
| align="left" |
| align="left" | New York
| 59 ||54 ||**34.9** ||.420 ||.335 ||.754 ||3.1 ||**5.9**|| **1.6** ||.1 ||**19.0**
|-
| align="left" |
| align="left" | New York
| 80 ||**78** ||34.1 ||.395 ||.355 ||.737 ||2.7 ||5.1 ||1.2 ||.1 ||15.3
|-
| align="left" |
| align="left" | New York
| 81 ||71 ||30.8 ||.443 ||.361 ||.753 ||2.9 ||3.9 ||1.3 ||.1 ||12.6
|-
| align="left" |
| align="left" | New York
| 77 ||1 ||26.5 ||.431 ||**.369** ||.769 ||2.7 ||2.8 ||1.2 ||.1 ||13.8
|-
| align="left" |
| align="left" | New York
| style="background:#cfecec;"| **82*** ||10 ||26.7 ||.393 ||.327 ||.787 ||2.8 ||2.7 ||1.0 ||.1 ||12.9
|-
| align="left" |
| align="left" | Golden State
| style="background:#cfecec;"| 50* || style="background:#cfecec;"| 50* ||33.7 ||.370 ||.290 ||.740 ||**3.3** ||4.7 ||1.4 ||.1 ||13.8
|-
| align="left" |
| align="left" | Golden State
| 33 ||30 ||33.6 ||.378 ||.348 ||.833 ||2.8 ||5.2 ||1.1 ||.1 ||14.7
|-
| align="left" |
| align="left" | Chicago
| 4 || 0 || 20.5 || .324 || .300 ||**1.000** || 2.5 || 2.8 || 1.3 || **.3** || 7.5
|-
| align="left" |
| align="left" | Utah
| 75 ||64 ||28.3 ||.398 ||.352 ||.802 ||2.1 ||2.4 ||1.0 ||.1 ||9.3
|-
| align="left" |
| align="left" | Utah
| 66 ||1 ||14.1 ||.368 ||.305 ||.805 ||1.0 ||1.1 ||1.0 ||.0 ||4.4
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 866 ||420 ||27.2 ||.412 ||.340 ||.769 ||2.5 ||3.6 ||1.1 ||.1 ||12.9
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| All-Star
| 1 || 0 || 20.0 || .444 || .333 || - || 3.0 || 3.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 9.0

### Playoffs

|-
|style="text-align:left;"|1991
|style="text-align:left;"|New York
|3||0||9.3||.400||-||**1.000**||1.0||2.0||.0||.0||2.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|1992
|style="text-align:left;"|New York
|12||0||24.6||.374||.239||.808||2.5||3.2||1.4||.0||12.1
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|1993
|style="text-align:left;"|New York
|15||15||38.3||.440||.373||.717||3.5||**6.4**||1.0||.2||**16.5**
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|1994
|style="text-align:left;"|New York
|**25**||**18**||33.6||.381||.356||.770||2.3||4.6||1.4||.1||14.6
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|1995
|style="text-align:left;"|New York
|11||11||34.5||.450||.411||.619||2.3||5.2||1.2||.1||15.6
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|1996
|style="text-align:left;"|New York
|8||8||**39.3**||.448||**.467**||.744||3.6||4.1||**1.6**||.1||16.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|1997
|style="text-align:left;"|New York
|9||1||28.1||.444||.317||.806||3.4||2.8||1.1||.0||14.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|1998
|style="text-align:left;"|New York
|10||2||31.4||**.472**||.424||.875||**4.0**||2.3||**1.6**||.1||16.4
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|2001
|style="text-align:left;"|Utah
|3||0||12.0||.333||.250||**1.000**||1.0||.3||.3||**.3**||3.7
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 96 || 55 || 31.6 || .421 || .371 || .759 || 2.8 || 4.1 || 1.3 || .1 || 14.2

## Other websites

- John Starks Foundation

## Infobox (basketball biography)

- **name**: John Starks
- **image**: John Starks in 2013.jpg
- **caption**: Starks at Madison Square Garden in 2013
- **position**: Shooting guard
- **number**: 30, 3, 9
- **height ft**: 6
- **height in**: 5
- **weight lb**: 190
- **birth place**: Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
- **high school**: Central High School (Tulsa, Oklahoma), Central (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
- **college**: * Northern Oklahoma College, Northern Oklahoma (1985)
* Oklahoma JC (1986–1987)
* Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball, Oklahoma State (1987–1988)
- **draft year**: 1988
- **career start**: 1988
- **career end**: 2002
- **coach start**: 2003
- **coach end**: 2003
- **team1**: Golden State Warriors
- **years2**: 1989–1990
- **team2**: Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets
- **years3**: 1990
- **team3**: Memphis Rockers
- **years4**: –
- **team4**: New York Knicks
- **years5**: –
- **team5**: Golden State Warriors
- **team6**: Chicago Bulls
- **years7**: –
- **team7**: Utah Jazz
- **cyears1**: 2003
- **cteam1**: Westchester Wildfire
- **highlights**: * NBA All-Star ()
* NBA All-Defensive Second Team ()
* NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award, NBA Sixth Man of the Year ()
* List of Continental Basketball Association All-Star Games, CBA All-Star (1990)
- **stats league**: NBA
- **stat1label**: Point (basketball), Points
- **stat1value**: 10,829 (12.5 ppg)
- **stat2label**: Rebound (basketball), Rebounds
- **stat2value**: 2,129 (2.5 rpg)
- **stat3label**: Assist (basketball), Assists
- **stat3value**: 3,085 (3.6 apg)