The 2005–06 New Jersey Nets season was the team's 39th season in the NBA. Without Brian Scalabrine, who was signed as a free agent with the Boston Celtics in the offseason. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 42-40 output from the previous season. They bested it by seven wins, finishing 49-33 and qualifying for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season. The Nets lost in the second round to the eventual champions, the Miami Heat.
| Player | G | MP | FG | FG% | FT | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | A | S | B | TO | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Carter | 79 | 2906 | 653 | 0.43 | 480 | 0.80 | 135 | 327 | 462 | 338 | 94 | 53 | 213 | 235 | 1911 |
| Jason Collins | 71 | 1895 | 104 | 0.40 | 44 | 0.51 | 93 | 249 | 342 | 70 | 46 | 40 | 61 | 251 | 255 |
| Marc Jackson | 37 | 433 | 66 | 0.45 | 38 | 0.79 | 30 | 59 | 89 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 70 | 170 |
| Richard Jefferson | 78 | 3059 | 495 | 0.49 | 471 | 0.81 | 95 | 439 | 534 | 297 | 59 | 17 | 174 | 193 | 1521 |
| Linton Johnson | 9 | 35 | 5 | 0.50 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Jason Kidd | 80 | 2975 | 366 | 0.40 | 194 | 0.80 | 86 | 494 | 580 | 672 | 150 | 29 | 192 | 157 | 1065 |
| Nenad Krstic | 80 | 2469 | 447 | 0.51 | 185 | 0.70 | 182 | 331 | 513 | 88 | 32 | 63 | 133 | 297 | 1080 |
| Jeff McInnis | 28 | 486 | 63 | 0.44 | 20 | 0.69 | 11 | 39 | 50 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 29 | 37 | 149 |
| Lamond Murray | 57 | 576 | 72 | 0.40 | 25 | 0.63 | 29 | 103 | 132 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 66 | 196 |
| Boštjan Nachbar | 11 | 97 | 12 | 0.38 | 5 | 0.63 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 31 |
| Scott Padgett | 62 | 718 | 71 | 0.35 | 27 | 0.79 | 56 | 109 | 165 | 41 | 28 | 12 | 21 | 90 | 211 |
| Zoran Planinić | 56 | 596 | 66 | 0.36 | 46 | 0.70 | 14 | 60 | 74 | 53 | 20 | 4 | 43 | 91 | 191 |
| Clifford Robinson | 80 | 1863 | 219 | 0.43 | 52 | 0.66 | 55 | 212 | 267 | 89 | 44 | 40 | 62 | 206 | 550 |
| John Thomas (basketball) | 2 | 36 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | - | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Jacque Vaughn | 80 | 1234 | 107 | 0.44 | 59 | 0.73 | 16 | 75 | 91 | 123 | 42 | 1 | 52 | 140 | 274 |
| Antoine Wright | 39 | 370 | 29 | 0.36 | 11 | 0.50 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 42 | 70 |
| Derrick Zimmerman | 2 | 32 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
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