Jason Kapono (2025) - Hall of Fame

Jason Kapono

Induction:
2025

The No. 3 scorer in UCLA men's basketball history and the No. 9 scorer in Pac-12 history, Jason Kapono finished his Bruin career with 2,095 points in 127 games, averaging 16.5 points per game. He is tied on UCLA's all-time scoring list with Reggie Miller (2,095 points) and is one of four standouts to have scored at least 2,000 points in a Bruins' uniform. He was the first Bruin to lead UCLA in scoring and earn first-team All-Pac-10 honors all four years. He also helped UCLA advance to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen in 2000, 2001 and 2002. In 2000, he was named the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year after leading the conference in three-point field goal percentage with a 47.4% shooting average, a percentage that still ranks No. 6 on UCLA's all-time list. Kapono still ranks in UCLA's Top 10 for career three-point percentage (No. 2, 44.6%), three-pointers made (No. 2, 317), three-pointers attempted (No. 2, 710), free throw percentage (No. 6, 83.0%), field goals made (No. 7, 699), minutes played per game (No. 2, 34.0) and points scored per game (No. 7, 16.5). He was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round of the 2003 NBA Draft as the No. 31 overall pick and played in 509 NBA games over a nine-year career. Kapono helped the Miami Heat to the 2005-06 NBA title and became the first player ever to lead the NBA in 3-point shooting percentage in back-to-back years. He shot 51.4% from 3-point distance in 2006-07 with Miami and 48.3% in 2007-08 with Toronto. He also won the NBA's Three-Point Contest in each of those years. In 2006-07, he averaged a career-best 10.9 points per game and led the league in three-point field goal percentage (.514).