Illustration of Metta Sandiford-Artest wearing the Los Angeles Lakers uniform

Metta Sandiford-Artest

SF
Position
#37
Number
Nov 13, 1979
Birthdate
6'7"
Height
260 lbs
Weight
Queens
NY
Rnd 1, #16
1999 Draft
St. John's (NY)
College
17 years
Experience

Awards

NBA Champion
2010
Defensive Player Of The Year
2004
All-Star
2004
All-NBA 3rd Team
2004
2x All-Defense 1st Team
2004, 2006
2x All-Defense 2nd Team
2003, 2009
All-Rookie 2nd Team
2000

Summary

Metta Sandiford-Artest played 17 seasons for 6 teams, including the Lakers and Pacers. He averaged 13.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 991 regular-season games. He was selected to play in 1 All-Star game. He won 1 Defensive Player of the Year award and 1 NBA championship.

More Lakers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

33.6

Dončić

Luka Dončić

RPG

8.5

Ayton

Deandre Ayton

APG

8.7

Dončić

Luka Dončić
Team Rankings

ORTG

117.6

8th

DRTG

118.2

25th

NETRTG

-0.6

18th

3P%

35.1

19th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
3
31
16
.660
6.5
4
28
17
.622
8.5
5
Lakers Lakers
28
18
.609
9.0
6
29
19
.604
9.0
7
28
19
.596
9.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
1/30
@
7:00 PM
Sun
2/1
@
7:00 PM
Tue
2/3
@
7:30 PM
Thu
2/5
@
10:00 PM
Sat
2/7
@
8:30 PM
Last Game
LAL Lakers

28 - 18

99

Final

129

CLE Cavaliers

29 - 20

Wed 28 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
34
11
.756
2
29
18
.617
6.0
3
29
18
.617
6.0
4
29
20
.592
7.0
5
29
20
.592
7.0
6
25
21
.543
9.5
7
24
22
.522
10.5
8
25
23
.521
10.5
9
24
25
.490
12.0
10
23
24
.489
12.0
11
20
28
.417
15.5
12
18
27
.400
16.0
13
12
33
.267
22.0
14
12
36
.250
23.5
15
11
34
.244
23.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
38
10
.792
2
32
15
.681
5.5
3
31
16
.660
6.5
4
28
17
.622
8.5
5
28
18
.609
9.0
6
29
19
.604
9.0
7
28
19
.596
9.5
8
27
22
.551
11.5
9
23
25
.479
15.0
10
22
24
.478
15.0
11
19
28
.404
18.5
12
18
27
.400
18.5
13
15
33
.313
23.0
14
12
36
.250
26.0
15
12
37
.245
26.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
1/1
@
121-122
Thu
1/1
@
122-109
Thu
1/1
@
102-129
Thu
1/1
@
131-94
Thu
1/1
@
121-128

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
1/29
@
7:00 PM
Thu
1/29
@
7:00 PM
Thu
1/29
@
8:00 PM
Thu
1/29
@
8:00 PM
Thu
1/29
@
8:30 PM