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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player From To G MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK Birth Date
1 Billy Ray Bates 1980 1983 187 3328 2197 313 352 151 16 .474 .303 .796 17.8 11.7 1.7 1.9 0.8 0.1 May 31
2 Dave Batton 1983 1984 58 589 188 123 32 15 16 .448 .000 .471 10.2 3.2 2.1 0.6 0.3 0.3 March 26
3 Del Beshore 1979 1980 69 870 244 63 139 58 5 .352 .385 .667 12.6 3.5 0.9 2.0 0.8 0.1 November 29
4 Larry Bird* 1980 1992 897 34443 21791 8974 5695 1556 755 .496 .376 .886 38.4 24.3 10.0 6.3 1.7 0.8 December 7
5 Lawrence Boston 1980 1980 13 125 56 39 2 4 2 .462 .615 9.6 4.3 3.0 0.2 0.3 0.2 May 18
6 Greg Bunch 1979 1979 12 97 28 17 4 3 3 .346 .833 8.1 2.3 1.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 May 15
7 Marty Byrnes 1979 1983 263 4254 1495 586 409 102 34 .463 .326 .736 16.2 5.7 2.2 1.6 0.4 0.1 April 30
8 Ron Carter 1979 1980 59 449 176 64 34 19 10 .429 .623 7.6 3.0 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.2 August 31
9 Maurice Cheeks 1979 1993 1101 34845 12195 3088 7392 2310 294 .523 .255 .793 31.6 11.1 2.8 6.7 2.1 0.3 September 8
10 Jeff Cook 1980 1988 518 9697 2734 2334 707 306 215 .462 .056 .716 18.7 5.3 4.5 1.4 0.6 0.4 October 21
11 Michael Cooper 1979 1990 873 23635 7729 2769 3666 1033 523 .469 .340 .833 27.1 8.9 3.2 4.2 1.2 0.6 April 15
12 Wayne Cooper 1979 1992 984 20274 7777 6095 852 295 1535 .457 .146 .736 20.6 7.9 6.2 0.9 0.3 1.6 November 16
13 Dave Corzine 1979 1991 891 20772 7615 5262 1477 369 848 .484 .189 .747 23.3 8.5 5.9 1.7 0.4 1.0 April 25
14 Pat Cummings 1980 1991 683 14516 6529 3825 807 360 171 .497 .000 .737 21.3 9.6 5.6 1.2 0.5 0.3 July 11
15 Adrian Dantley* 1977 1991 955 34151 23177 5455 2830 944 150 .540 .171 .818 35.8 24.3 5.7 3.0 1.0 0.2 February 28
16 Harry Davis 1979 1980 44 424 175 72 16 14 8 .436 .689 9.6 4.0 1.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 January 27
17 Mike Davis 1983 1983 8 28 14 10 0 0 4 .400 .600 3.5 1.8 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 August 2
18 John Douglas 1982 1983 67 1043 452 91 147 48 9 .461 .311 .663 15.6 6.7 1.4 2.2 0.7 0.1 June 12
19 Terry Duerod 1980 1983 143 1977 961 160 170 63 17 .462 .329 .672 13.8 6.7 1.1 1.2 0.4 0.1 July 29
20 Ray Epps 1979 1979 13 72 26 5 2 1 0 .435 .750 5.5 2.0 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 August 20
Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player From To G MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK Birth Date
21 Phil Ford 1979 1985 482 13503 5594 854 3083 589 29 .467 .210 .820 28.0 11.6 1.8 6.4 1.2 0.1 February 9
22 Calvin Garrett 1981 1984 166 3008 855 436 242 94 18 .457 .300 .767 18.1 5.2 2.6 1.5 0.6 0.1 July 11
23 Jack Givens 1979 1980 156 2601 1040 456 142 123 36 .401 .000 .791 16.7 6.7 2.9 0.9 0.8 0.2 September 21
24 Tommie Green 1979 1979 59 809 232 68 140 61 6 .388 .762 13.7 3.9 1.2 2.4 1.0 0.1 April 8
25 James Hardy 1979 1982 249 5379 1410 1312 315 178 235 .481 .333 .700 21.6 5.7 5.3 1.3 0.7 0.9 December 1
26 Gerald Henderson 1980 1992 871 18856 7773 1453 3141 939 98 .472 .332 .776 21.6 8.9 1.7 3.6 1.1 0.1 January 16
27 Keith Herron 1979 1982 124 2620 1219 242 174 105 30 .438 .167 .858 21.1 9.8 2.0 1.4 0.8 0.2 June 14
28 Brad Holland 1980 1982 93 686 293 59 63 47 3 .403 .190 .746 7.4 3.2 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.0 December 6
29 Otis Howard 1979 1979 14 113 59 41 5 2 2 .429 .478 8.1 4.2 2.9 0.4 0.1 0.1 November 5
30 Phil Hubbard 1980 1989 665 15863 7228 3538 857 574 89 .495 .038 .706 23.9 10.9 5.3 1.3 0.9 0.1 December 13
31 Marc Iavaroni 1983 1989 531 8371 2328 1725 514 185 200 .459 .000 .710 15.8 4.4 3.2 1.0 0.3 0.4 September 15
32 Clay Johnson 1982 1984 80 688 224 93 45 33 9 .410 .333 .724 8.6 2.8 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.1 July 18
33 Clemon Johnson 1979 1988 761 13310 4102 3508 744 349 717 .492 .000 .621 17.5 5.4 4.6 1.0 0.5 0.9 September 12
34 George Johnson 1979 1986 464 9878 4214 2610 817 432 282 .463 .189 .779 21.3 9.1 5.6 1.8 0.9 0.6 December 8
35 Marques Johnson 1978 1990 691 23694 13892 4817 2502 888 525 .518 .152 .739 34.3 20.1 7.0 3.6 1.3 0.8 February 8
36 Vinnie Johnson 1980 1992 984 24308 11825 3109 3212 852 253 .464 .254 .740 24.7 12.0 3.2 3.3 0.9 0.3 September 1
37 Edgar Jones 1981 1986 363 6960 3257 1745 331 220 455 .506 .262 .710 19.2 9.0 4.8 0.9 0.6 1.3 June 17
38 Walter Jordan 1981 1981 30 207 68 42 11 11 5 .387 .588 6.9 2.3 1.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 February 19
39 Jeff Judkins 1979 1983 272 3421 1482 427 282 147 26 .478 .315 .812 12.6 5.4 1.6 1.0 0.5 0.1 March 23
40 Carl Kilpatrick 1980 1980 2 6 3 4 0 0 0 .500 .500 3.0 1.5 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 May 16
Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player From To G MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK Birth Date
41 Bernard King 1978 1993 874 29417 19655 5060 2863 866 230 .518 .172 .730 33.7 22.5 5.8 3.3 1.0 0.3 December 4
42 Arvid Kramer 1980 1980 8 45 16 12 3 0 5 .318 1.000 5.6 2.0 1.5 0.4 0.0 0.6 October 2
43 Butch Lee 1979 1980 96 1834 773 137 307 87 1 .450 .761 19.1 8.1 1.4 3.2 0.9 0.0 December 5
44 John Long 1979 1997 893 22680 12131 2492 1738 912 180 .467 .322 .862 25.4 13.6 2.8 1.9 1.0 0.2 August 28
45 Steve Malovic 1980 1980 39 445 80 86 26 8 6 .463 .667 11.4 2.1 2.2 0.7 0.2 0.2 July 21
46 John McCullough 1982 1982 8 23 21 4 3 2 0 .692 .600 2.9 2.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.0 October 5
47 Bob Miller 1984 1984 2 8 4 5 1 0 1 .667 4.0 2.0 2.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 July 9
48 Mike Mitchell 1979 1988 759 24537 15016 4246 1010 530 400 .493 .216 .779 32.3 19.8 5.6 1.3 0.7 0.5 January 1
49 Mark Olberding 1976 1987 946 23692 8940 5033 2332 623 272 .492 .122 .808 25.0 9.5 5.3 2.5 0.7 0.3 April 21
50 Roger Phegley 1979 1984 345 5803 3011 702 486 171 40 .470 .253 .834 16.8 8.7 2.0 1.4 0.5 0.1 October 16
51 Stan Pietkiewicz 1979 1981 96 1070 376 93 174 41 6 .458 .333 .806 11.1 3.9 1.0 1.8 0.4 0.1 July 14
52 Wayne Radford 1979 1979 52 649 202 68 57 30 1 .474 .800 12.5 3.9 1.3 1.1 0.6 0.0 May 29
53 Ed Rains 1982 1983 83 929 287 124 62 28 3 .423 .000 .626 11.2 3.5 1.5 0.7 0.3 0.0 December 24
54 Clint Richardson 1980 1987 586 11818 4084 1378 1461 360 105 .463 .244 .770 20.2 7.0 2.4 2.5 0.6 0.2 August 7
55 Tony Robertson 1978 1979 75 1003 409 80 107 82 5 .435 .694 13.4 5.5 1.1 1.4 1.1 0.1 January 1
56 Rick Robey 1979 1986 493 8824 3723 2301 611 220 90 .501 .125 .650 17.9 7.6 4.7 1.2 0.4 0.2 January 30
57 Jerry Sichting 1981 1990 598 12732 4141 817 1962 439 19 .507 .271 .857 21.3 6.9 1.4 3.3 0.7 0.0 November 29
58 Carlos Terry 1981 1983 94 1078 285 227 124 54 27 .434 .000 .672 11.5 3.0 2.4 1.3 0.6 0.3 June 22
59 Bernard Toone 1980 1980 23 124 55 34 12 4 5 .359 .143 .800 5.4 2.4 1.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 July 14
60 Terry Tyler 1979 1989 871 21740 8868 4675 1039 801 1342 .484 .122 .703 25.0 10.2 5.4 1.2 0.9 1.5 October 30
Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player From To G MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK Birth Date
61 Phil Walker 1978 1978 40 384 178 52 54 14 5 .354 .667 9.6 4.5 1.3 1.4 0.4 0.1 March 20
62 Jerome Whitehead 1979 1989 679 11828 4423 3268 374 251 200 .497 .000 .718 17.4 6.5 4.8 0.6 0.4 0.3 September 30
63 Duck Williams 1980 1980 77 1794 506 106 183 100 11 .447 .000 .700 23.3 6.6 1.4 2.4 1.3 0.1 August 2
64 Freeman Williams 1979 1986 323 6606 4738 510 516 247 18 .467 .331 .824 20.5 14.7 1.6 1.6 0.8 0.1 May 15
65 Rick Wilson 1979 1980 66 648 194 79 83 34 9 .393 .560 9.8 2.9 1.2 1.3 0.5 0.1 February 7