The NBA’s All-Time Most Ejectable Players

12/15/2023

By: Jeff Yoder

The NBA Suspended Draymond Green “Indefinitely,” So Where Does the Warriors’ Enforcer Rank on the League’s All-Time Ejections List?

Ah, nothing like a good old “M-E-P” award… The Most Ejectable Player. It’s new. We made it up. Sometimes we create our own rules to make things work in our favor. Right, Draymond? Quite the rule-breaker, that one. The NBA suspended the Warriors’ enforcer “indefinitely” this week after he was ejected for the third time this season for hitting Suns’ center Jusuf Nurkic. He’s only appeared in 15 of the Warriors’ 23 games because of suspension time. That’s one ejection per every five games this season. The league will require him to go through mandatory behavior protocols before he’s allowed to return to the court.

Draymond’s Ejection Trajectory

In the year 2023 alone, Green is racking up the ejections and hitting the showers early. He has already stomped on Kings’ Domantas Sabonis in last year’s playoffs (Apr. 18), put Rudy Gobert in a chokehold (Nov. 14), and swung a haymaker at Suns’ Jusuf Nurkic (Dec. 12), on top of other less-notable flagrants and techs. He’s received four ejections in his last 40-or-so games, which puts him alone in 2nd (20 ejections) on the NBA’s all-time ejections list. Only Rasheed Wallace (29) has more.

NBA’s Top-10 Most Ejected Players

1. Rasheed Wallace (29)

2. Draymond Green (20)

3. Dwight Howard (17)

T4. Anthony Mason (16)

T4. Charles Barkley (16)

T6. Shaquille O’Neal (14)

T6. Demarcus Cousins (14)

8. Matt Barnes (13)

T9. Reggie Miller (12)

T9. Dennis Rodman (12)

T9. Kenyon Martin (12)

*Draymond is the only active NBA player

Editor’s Note: Our team had some fun going down memory lane and reliving some of the craziest fights in NBA history. And while we try to stay positive and focus on the good things in sports, few things are more exciting than when competitiveness boils over. Read our 2022 Underdog Interview With Metta Artest (formerly Ron Artest).

Is Green Seeing Red?

Back to Draymond for a minute. One has to question if there’s something else behind his increasingly ugly antics. It wasn’t long ago he punched teammate Jordan Poole at practice, presumably for Poole’s youth and inexperience showing itself in key moments. Poole is now with the Wizards. Green has always been a fierce competitor, but there might be something else — something deeper — that’s led him to this point. A point where his NBA future hinges on his ability to get right, mentally.

One thing we know for certain — the NBA won’t take it anymore. On this list of the most-ejected players ever, Draymond will always be No. 2. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver will cut him out of the league before he starts to sniff Rasheed Wallace’s 29-ejection record. In total, Draymond has 20 ejections, 163 technical fouls, and he’s paid $2.2 million in fines for his behavior. He’s also 33 years old. It’s a “last-straw” moment.

ESPN: Draymond Green Suspended Indefinitely: What We Know After Latest Incident

USA Today: Why is Draymond Green Suspended Indefinitely? His Reckless Ways Pushed NBA to its Breaking Point

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