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Players with First NBA Season in 1956-57

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1956-57 NBA:

26 Players

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age From To G MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Forest Able 24 1957 1957 1 1 0 1 1 .000 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
2 Bob Armstrong 23 1957 1957 19 110 28 39 3 .297 .500 5.8 1.5 2.1 0.2
3 John Barber 29 1957 1957 5 19 7 6 0 .250 .500 3.8 1.4 1.2 0.0
4 Gary Bergen 24 1957 1957 6 40 8 8 1 .273 1.000 6.7 1.3 1.3 0.2
5 Al Bianchi 24 1957 1966 687 13649 5550 1722 1497 .374 .707 19.9 8.1 2.5 2.2
6 Bob Burrow 22 1957 1958 81 1199 459 357 47 .365 .578 14.8 5.7 4.4 0.6
7 Si Green 23 1957 1966 504 13132 4636 2152 1655 .387 .676 26.1 9.2 4.3 3.3
8 Richie Guerin 24 1957 1970 848 27447 14676 4278 4211 .416 .780 32.4 17.3 5.0 5.0
9 Cliff Hagan* 25 1957 1966 745 21731 13447 5116 2242 .450 .798 29.2 18.0 6.9 3.0
10 Tom Heinsohn* 22 1957 1965 654 19254 12194 5749 1318 .405 .790 29.4 18.6 8.8 2.0
11 Joe Holup 22 1957 1959 192 3526 1347 852 193 .342 .781 18.4 7.0 4.4 1.0
12 Bob Hopkins 22 1957 1960 273 5122 2237 1526 189 .394 .761 18.8 8.2 5.6 0.7
13 Phil Jordon 23 1957 1963 442 10792 4833 3028 769 .397 .688 24.4 10.9 6.9 1.7
14 Hal Lear 22 1957 1957 3 14 4 1 1 .333 4.7 1.3 0.3 0.3
15 Slick Leonard 24 1957 1963 426 11632 4204 1217 1427 .349 .745 27.3 9.9 2.9 3.3
16 Johnny McCarthy 22 1957 1964 316 8828 2450 1145 1184 .353 .622 27.9 7.8 3.6 3.7
17 Willie Naulls 22 1957 1966 716 20620 11305 6508 1114 .406 .812 28.8 15.8 9.1 1.6
18 Jim Paxson 24 1957 1958 138 3069 1105 616 225 .323 .727 22.2 8.0 4.5 1.6
19 Dave Piontek 22 1957 1963 413 7623 2955 1770 478 .391 .652 18.5 7.2 4.3 1.2
20 Jim Ray 23 1957 1960 8 64 9 5 5 .176 .600 8.0 1.1 0.6 0.6
Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age From To G MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
21 Bill Russell* 22 1957 1969 963 40726 14522 21620 4100 .440 .561 42.3 15.1 22.5 4.3
22 Ron Shavlik 23 1957 1958 8 74 10 23 0 .174 .400 9.3 1.3 2.9 0.0
23 Ron Sobie 22 1957 1960 192 3868 1619 791 353 .379 .808 20.1 8.4 4.1 1.8
24 Norm Stewart 22 1957 1957 5 37 10 5 2 .267 .333 7.4 2.0 1.0 0.4
25 Bill Thieben 21 1957 1958 85 876 337 272 24 .331 .640 10.3 4.0 3.2 0.3
26 Lou Tsioropoulos 26 1957 1959 157 2977 910 751 165 .315 .717 19.0 5.8 4.8 1.1