Last Updated on February 8, 2026 by Mat Diekhake
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Here is the complete 2005–06 Phoenix Suns roster and regular season player statistics:
2005–06 Phoenix Suns Roster
| NO | PLAYER | POS | HT | WT | DOB | COLLEGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dijon Thompson | SG | 6-7 | 195 | February 23, 1983 | UCLA |
| 2 | Tim Thomas | PF | 6-10 | 230 | February 26, 1977 | Villanova |
| 3 | Boris Diaw | PF | 6-8 | 250 | April 16, 1982 | |
| 10 | Leandro Barbosa | SG | 6-3 | 194 | November 28, 1982 | |
| 11 | Pat Burke | C | 6-11 | 250 | December 14, 1973 | Auburn |
| 12 | Andre Barrett | PG | 5-10 | 172 | February 21, 1982 | Seton Hall |
| 13 | Steve Nash | PG | 6-3 | 195 | February 7, 1974 | Santa Clara |
| 15 | Josh Davis | PF | 6-8 | 235 | August 10, 1980 | Wyoming |
| 15 | Nikoloz Tskitishvili | SF | 7-0 | 225 | April 14, 1983 | |
| 19 | Raja Bell | SG | 6-5 | 204 | September 19, 1976 | Boston University, Florida International University |
| 21 | Jim Jackson | SF | 6-6 | 220 | October 14, 1970 | Ohio State |
| 22 | James Jones | SF | 6-8 | 218 | October 4, 1980 | Miami (FL) |
| 23 | Sharrod Ford | PF | 6-9 | 225 | January 9, 1982 | Clemson |
| 31 | Shawn Marion | PF | 6-7 | 220 | May 7, 1978 | Vincennes University, UNLV |
| 32 | Amar’e Stoudemire | C | 6-10 | 245 | November 16, 1982 | |
| 40 | Kurt Thomas | C | 6-9 | 230 | October 4, 1972 | TCU |
| 50 | Eddie House | PG | 6-1 | 180 | May 14, 1978 | Arizona State |
| 55 | Brian Grant | C | 6-9 | 254 | March 5, 1972 | Xavier |
Regular Season Per Game
| PLR | POS | AGE | GP | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | FGA | FGM | FG% | 3PA | 3PM | 3P% | FTA | FTM | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawn Marion | PF | 27 | 81 | 81 | 40.3 | 21.8 | 11.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 16.9 | 8.8 | .525 | 3.6 | 1.2 | .331 | 3.7 | 3.0 | .809 |
| Steve Nash | PG | 31 | 79 | 79 | 35.4 | 18.8 | 4.2 | 10.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 13.4 | 6.8 | .512 | 4.3 | 1.9 | .439 | 3.5 | 3.3 | .921 |
| Raja Bell | SG | 29 | 79 | 79 | 37.5 | 14.7 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 11.8 | 5.4 | .457 | 5.6 | 2.5 | .442 | 1.8 | 1.5 | .788 |
| Boris Diaw | PF | 23 | 81 | 70 | 35.5 | 13.3 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 10.5 | 5.5 | .526 | 0.4 | 0.1 | .267 | 2.9 | 2.1 | .731 |
| Leandro Barbosa | SG | 23 | 57 | 11 | 27.9 | 13.1 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 9.9 | 4.8 | .481 | 3.4 | 1.5 | .444 | 2.6 | 1.9 | .755 |
| Tim Thomas | PF | 28 | 26 | 10 | 24.4 | 11.0 | 4.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 9.5 | 4.1 | .435 | 4.0 | 1.7 | .429 | 1.6 | 1.1 | .667 |
| Kurt Thomas | C | 33 | 53 | 50 | 26.6 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 7.4 | 3.6 | .486 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1.7 | 1.4 | .815 |
| Eddie House | PG | 27 | 81 | 0 | 17.5 | 9.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 9.4 | 4.0 | .422 | 3.9 | 1.5 | .389 | 0.5 | 0.4 | .805 |
| James Jones | SF | 25 | 75 | 24 | 23.6 | 9.3 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 7.7 | 3.2 | .418 | 3.8 | 1.5 | .386 | 1.6 | 1.4 | .851 |
| Amar’e Stoudemire | C | 23 | 3 | 3 | 16.7 | 8.7 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 9.0 | 3.0 | .333 | 0.3 | 0.0 | .000 | 3.0 | 2.7 | .889 |
| Jim Jackson | SF | 35 | 27 | 1 | 15.6 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 4.8 | 1.4 | .295 | 2.3 | 0.5 | .222 | 0.5 | 0.3 | .692 |
| Brian Grant | C | 33 | 21 | 2 | 11.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 1.3 | .415 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0.4 | 0.3 | .875 |
| Andre Barrett | PG | 23 | 2 | 0 | 10.5 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | .429 | 0.5 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.000 |
| Pat Burke | C | 32 | 42 | 0 | 8.2 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 1.5 | .496 | 0.2 | 0.0 | .286 | 1.2 | 0.5 | .619 |
| Nikoloz Tskitishvili | SF | 22 | 12 | 0 | 7.2 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 1.0 | .364 | 0.3 | 0.1 | .333 | 1.0 | 0.7 | .667 |
| Josh Davis | PF | 25 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | .333 | 1.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 3.0 | 2.0 | .667 |
| Sharrod Ford | PF | 24 | 3 | 0 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | .667 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| Dijon Thompson | SG | 22 | 10 | 0 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 1.1 | .440 | 1.1 | 0.4 | .364 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.000 |
| Team Totals | — | — | 82 | 82 | 243.4 | 108.4 | 41.8 | 26.6 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 13.3 | 25.6 | 10.2 | .479 | 25.6 | 10.2 | .399 | 18.0 | 14.5 | .806 |
Playoff Per Game
| PLR | POS | AGE | GP | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | FGA | FGM | FG% | 3PA | 3PM | 3P% | FTA | FTM | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawn Marion | PF | 27 | 20 | 20 | 42.5 | 20.4 | 11.7 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 16.7 | 8.2 | .489 | 3.5 | 1.1 | .314 | 3.4 | 3.0 | .881 |
| Steve Nash | PG | 31 | 20 | 20 | 39.9 | 20.4 | 3.7 | 10.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 14.6 | 7.3 | .502 | 4.4 | 1.6 | .368 | 4.6 | 4.2 | .912 |
| Boris Diaw | PF | 23 | 20 | 20 | 39.8 | 18.7 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 14.5 | 7.6 | .526 | 0.4 | 0.2 | .429 | 4.4 | 3.4 | .761 |
| Tim Thomas | PF | 28 | 20 | 14 | 31.8 | 15.1 | 6.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 11.0 | 5.4 | .491 | 5.4 | 2.4 | .444 | 2.5 | 1.9 | .776 |
| Leandro Barbosa | SG | 23 | 20 | 3 | 31.6 | 14.2 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 11.0 | 5.2 | .470 | 3.5 | 1.4 | .391 | 2.9 | 2.5 | .862 |
| Raja Bell | SG | 29 | 17 | 17 | 39.6 | 13.6 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 9.7 | 4.6 | .479 | 5.1 | 2.4 | .465 | 2.4 | 2.0 | .829 |
| James Jones | SF | 25 | 20 | 6 | 17.7 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 4.1 | 1.4 | .341 | 1.3 | 0.4 | .308 | 1.3 | 1.1 | .846 |
| Eddie House | PG | 27 | 14 | 0 | 9.3 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 1.4 | .365 | 1.0 | 0.2 | .214 | 0.3 | 0.2 | .750 |
| Kurt Thomas | C | 33 | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2.0 | 1.0 | .500 |
| Pat Burke | C | 32 | 3 | 0 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | .500 | 0.7 | 0.3 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 |
| Brian Grant | C | 33 | 5 | 0 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | .333 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0.4 | 0.0 | .000 |
| Nikoloz Tskitishvili | SF | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.3 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0.3 | .500 |
| Team Totals | — | — | 20 | 20 | 245.0 | 107.2 | 36.7 | 23.4 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 11.6 | 23.5 | 9.2 | .482 | 23.5 | 9.2 | .391 | 21.6 | 17.9 | .831 |
Regular Season Team Impact Spotlight
| Player Name | Role Tier | MPG | Usage Tier | PPG | RPG | APG | STK (SPG+BPG) | Impact Index* | Notes | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawn Marion | Primary Two-Way Engine | 40.3 | Primary | 21.8 | 11.8 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 19.6 | Functioned as the Suns’ most versatile player, carrying elite rebounding, transition scoring, and multi-position defense while playing heavy minutes nightly; central to Phoenix’s up-tempo identity. | All-Star, All-NBA Third Team |
| Steve Nash | Offensive System Driver | 35.4 | Primary | 18.8 | 4.2 | 10.5 | 1.0 | 17.3 | League MVP who orchestrated the NBA’s most efficient offense; elite shooter and passer whose decision-making powered Phoenix’s pace-and-space system. | MVP (2005), All-Star, All-NBA First Team |
| Boris Diaw | Point-Forward Connector | 35.5 | Secondary | 13.3 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 1.7 | 14.1 | Breakout season after position change; thrived as a playmaking forward, enabling ball movement and mismatches while replacing injured Stoudemire. | Most Improved Player |
| Raja Bell | Perimeter Stopper / Spacer | 37.5 | Secondary | 14.7 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 10.9 | Took on toughest perimeter defensive assignments while providing high-efficiency three-point shooting to maintain spacing. | — |
| Leandro Barbosa | Speed Scorer / Bench Catalyst | 27.9 | Secondary | 13.1 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 9.7 | Injected pace and scoring punch off the bench; thrived in transition and attacking tilted defenses. | — |
| Kurt Thomas | Interior Anchor | 26.6 | Low | 8.6 | 7.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 9.5 | Physical defensive presence who stabilized the frontcourt with rebounding and rim protection in a finesse-oriented lineup. | — |
| Tim Thomas | Stretch Forward Scorer | 24.4 | Tertiary | 11.0 | 4.9 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 8.7 | Provided frontcourt shooting and secondary scoring; spacing threat who fit Phoenix’s offensive philosophy. | — |
| Amar’e Stoudemire | Limited Availability Interior Scorer | 16.7 | Secondary | 8.7 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 8.0 | Missed most of the season due to knee surgery; production reflects brief return rather than normal role. | — |
| James Jones | Floor-Spacer Wing | 23.6 | Low | 9.3 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 7.4 | Role shooter tasked with spacing the floor and defending wings; complementary rotation piece. | — |
| Eddie House | Microwave Bench Guard | 17.5 | Low | 9.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 6.9 | Instant-offense guard who provided perimeter shooting and short scoring bursts off the bench. | — |
| Andre Barrett | Emergency Ball Handler | 10.5 | Minimal | 4.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | Brief appearances as depth point guard; limited role within rotation. | — |
| Jim Jackson | Veteran Depth Wing | 15.6 | Minimal | 3.7 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 3.9 | Provided experience and spot minutes late in career; minimal on-court impact. | — |
| Brian Grant | Reserve Big | 11.8 | Minimal | 2.9 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 3.1 | Used sparingly as frontcourt depth; physical but limited offensive role. | — |
| Josh Davis | Emergency Forward | 5.0 | Minimal | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | One-game appearance as deep rotation fill-in; energy and rebounding in limited action. | — |
| Pat Burke | Deep Bench Center | 8.2 | Minimal | 3.4 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3.0 | Low-minute reserve center used situationally for size. | — |
| Nikoloz Tskitishvili | Developmental Wing | 7.2 | Minimal | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.6 | End-of-bench forward with limited role; developmental minutes only. | — |
| Dijon Thompson | Deep Bench Guard | 4.3 | Minimal | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.2 | Spot appearances as guard depth; minimal offensive responsibility. | — |
| Sharrod Ford | Emergency Big | 4.3 | Minimal | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | Very limited usage as frontcourt depth; appeared only briefly. | — |
Playoff Team Impact Spotlight
| Player Name | Role Tier | MPG | Usage Tier | PPG | RPG | APG | STK (SPG+BPG) | Impact Index* | Notes | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawn Marion | Primary Two-Way Engine | 42.5 | Primary | 20.4 | 11.7 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 18.4 | Played massive minutes as Phoenix’s defensive backbone and transition finisher during the playoffs; guarded multiple positions, dominated the glass, and scored efficiently without plays called for him. | — |
| Steve Nash | Offensive System Driver | 39.9 | Primary | 20.4 | 3.7 | 10.2 | 0.7 | 17.5 | Maintained control of tempo and half-court offense under playoff pressure; heavy pick-and-roll usage, elite shooting efficiency, and constant defensive attention defined Phoenix’s attack. | — |
| Boris Diaw | Point-Forward Hub | 39.8 | Secondary | 18.7 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 16.3 | Expanded offensive role in the playoffs, operating as a facilitator and interior scorer; punished mismatches and kept ball movement fluid in small-ball lineups. | — |
| Tim Thomas | Stretch Forward Scorer | 31.8 | Secondary | 15.1 | 6.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 12.0 | Key frontcourt spacer during playoff run; provided shooting gravity and secondary scoring, especially valuable against packed defenses. | — |
| Leandro Barbosa | Pace-Changing Attack Guard | 31.6 | Secondary | 14.2 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 9.8 | Functioned as an energy scorer off the bench, pushing tempo and attacking closeouts; efficiency varied against playoff defensive schemes. | — |
| Raja Bell | Perimeter Stopper / Floor Spacer | 39.6 | Low-Secondary | 13.6 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 9.7 | Took primary defensive assignments on opposing guards while spacing the floor with reliable three-point shooting in high-minute playoff games. | — |
| James Jones | Situational 3-and-D Wing | 17.7 | Low | 4.3 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 4.7 | Used selectively for wing defense and spot-up shooting; limited offensive role but contributed rebounding and weak-side defense. | — |
| Eddie House | Emergency Shooting Guard | 9.3 | Minimal | 3.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.2 | Appeared briefly as bench scoring depth; limited playoff role with short stints focused on perimeter shooting. | — |
| Pat Burke | Deep-Bench Center | 2.3 | Minimal | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.5 | Spot duty only as reserve big; provided size in very limited playoff minutes. | — |
| Kurt Thomas | Emergency Interior Depth | 6.0 | Minimal | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | Appeared briefly due to injuries; physical presence but no sustained playoff role. | — |
| Nikoloz Tskitishvili | Developmental Wing Depth | 2.0 | Minimal | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.6 | Very limited playoff appearances; end-of-bench developmental usage only. | — |
| Brian Grant | Reserve Big (Emergency) | 2.4 | Minimal | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | Minimal playoff involvement as veteran depth; provided situational size only. | — |