During his 11 seasons and 625 games in the NBA, Ellis averaged 11.9 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists. His highest scoring season was 1996-97 when Ellis averaged 21.9 points. His best rebounding season was as a rookie when he averaged 9.1 rebounds per game. Career statistics NBA Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Denver | 82 || 82 || 33.5 || .504 || .154 || .748 || 9.1 || 1.8 || .9 || 1.4 || 14.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Denver | 79 || 79 || 34.2 || .502 || .304 || .674 || 8.6 || 2.1 || .8 || 1.0 || 15.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Denver | 6 || 0 || 9.7 || .360 || || 1.000 || 2.8 || .7 || .2 || .8 || 4.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Denver | 45 || 28 || 28.2 || .438 || .182 || .601 || 7.2 || 1.6 || .8 || .7 || 10.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Denver | 55 || 49 || 36.4 || .439 || .367 || .773 || 7.0 || 2.4 || .8 || .7 || 21.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Denver | 76 || 71 || 33.9 || .407 || .284 || .805 || 7.2 || 2.8 || .9 || .6 || 14.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Atlanta | 20 || 20 || 27.0 || .421 || .200 || .705 || 5.5 || .9 || .4 || .4 || 10.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Atlanta | 58 || 8 || 22.6 || .450 || .143 || .695 || 5.0 || 1.0 || .6 || .4 || 8.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Minnesota | 82 || 5 || 23.8 || .464 || .318 || .790 || 6.0 || 1.1 || .8 || .9 || 9.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Miami | 66 || 14 || 25.5 || .418 || .306 || .631 || 4.3 || .8 || .5 || .6 || 7.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| |style="text-align:left;"|Miami | 55 || 3 || 14.3 || .382 || .252 || .758 || 2.9 || .3 || .3 || .3 || 5.0 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 624 || 359 || 28.2 || .452 || .302 || .730 || 6.5 || 1.6 || .7 || .8 || 11.9 Playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"|1994 | style="text-align:left;"|Denver | 12 || 12 || 36.3 || .479 || .500 || .704 || 8.1 || 2.2 || .8 || .9 || 14.8