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Paul Arizin

Paul Joseph Arizin (Pitchin' Paul)

Position: Forward-Guard
Height: 6-4    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: April 9, 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: December 12, 2006
High School: LaSalle in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
College: Villanova University

Inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 1978

Drafted by the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1950 NBA draft (territorial selection).

Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1950-51 22 PHW NBA 65 352 864 .407 417 526 .793 640 138 284 1121
1951-52 23 PHW NBA 66 2939 548 1222 .448 578 707 .818 745 170 250 1674
1954-55 26 PHW NBA 72 2953 529 1325 .399 454 585 .776 675 210 270 1512
1955-56 27 PHW NBA 72 2724 617 1378 .448 507 626 .810 539 189 282 1741
1956-57 28 PHW NBA 71 2767 613 1451 .422 591 713 .829 561 150 274 1817
1957-58 29 PHW NBA 68 2377 483 1229 .393 440 544 .809 503 135 235 1406
1958-59 30 PHW NBA 70 2799 632 1466 .431 587 722 .813 637 119 264 1851
1959-60 31 PHW NBA 72 2618 593 1400 .424 420 526 .798 621 165 263 1606
1960-61 32 PHW NBA 79 2935 650 1529 .425 532 639 .833 681 188 335 1832
1961-62 33 PHW NBA 78 2785 611 1490 .410 484 601 .805 527 201 307 1706
Career NBA 713 24897 5628 13354 .421 5010 6189 .810 6129 1665 2764 16266

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1950-51 22 PHW NBA 65 5.4 13.3 .407 6.4 8.1 .793 9.8 2.1 4.4 17.2
1951-52 23 PHW NBA 66 44.5 8.3 18.5 .448 8.8 10.7 .818 11.3 2.6 3.8 25.4
1954-55 26 PHW NBA 72 41.0 7.3 18.4 .399 6.3 8.1 .776 9.4 2.9 3.8 21.0
1955-56 27 PHW NBA 72 37.8 8.6 19.1 .448 7.0 8.7 .810 7.5 2.6 3.9 24.2
1956-57 28 PHW NBA 71 39.0 8.6 20.4 .422 8.3 10.0 .829 7.9 2.1 3.9 25.6
1957-58 29 PHW NBA 68 35.0 7.1 18.1 .393 6.5 8.0 .809 7.4 2.0 3.5 20.7
1958-59 30 PHW NBA 70 40.0 9.0 20.9 .431 8.4 10.3 .813 9.1 1.7 3.8 26.4
1959-60 31 PHW NBA 72 36.4 8.2 19.4 .424 5.8 7.3 .798 8.6 2.3 3.7 22.3
1960-61 32 PHW NBA 79 37.2 8.2 19.4 .425 6.7 8.1 .833 8.6 2.4 4.2 23.2
1961-62 33 PHW NBA 78 35.7 7.8 19.1 .410 6.2 7.7 .805 6.8 2.6 3.9 21.9
Career NBA 713 38.4 7.9 18.7 .421 7.0 8.7 .810 8.6 2.3 3.9 22.8

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1950-51 22 PHW NBA 65 .407 .793
1951-52 23 PHW NBA 66 2939 6.7 15.0 .448 7.1 8.7 .818 9.1 2.1 3.1 20.5
1954-55 26 PHW NBA 72 2953 6.4 16.2 .399 5.5 7.1 .776 8.2 2.6 3.3 18.4
1955-56 27 PHW NBA 72 2724 8.2 18.2 .448 6.7 8.3 .810 7.1 2.5 3.7 23.0
1956-57 28 PHW NBA 71 2767 8.0 18.9 .422 7.7 9.3 .829 7.3 2.0 3.6 23.6
1957-58 29 PHW NBA 68 2377 7.3 18.6 .393 6.7 8.2 .809 7.6 2.0 3.6 21.3
1958-59 30 PHW NBA 70 2799 8.1 18.9 .431 7.5 9.3 .813 8.2 1.5 3.4 23.8
1959-60 31 PHW NBA 72 2618 8.2 19.3 .424 5.8 7.2 .798 8.5 2.3 3.6 22.1
1960-61 32 PHW NBA 79 2935 8.0 18.8 .425 6.5 7.8 .833 8.4 2.3 4.1 22.5
1961-62 33 PHW NBA 78 2785 7.9 19.3 .410 6.3 7.8 .805 6.8 2.6 4.0 22.1
Career NBA 713 24897 7.6 18.1 .421 6.6 8.2 .810 7.9 2.2 3.6 21.9

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS LS WSAA
1950-51 22 PHW NBA 65 .512 .407
1951-52 23 PHW NBA 66 2939 25.3 .546 .448
1954-55 26 PHW NBA 72 2953 18.3 .478 .399
1955-56 27 PHW NBA 72 2724 21.3 .526 .448
1956-57 28 PHW NBA 71 2767 22.3 .515 .422
1957-58 29 PHW NBA 68 2377 18.2 .479 .393
1958-59 30 PHW NBA 70 2799 21.9 .519 .431
1959-60 31 PHW NBA 72 2618 17.2 .492 .424
1960-61 32 PHW NBA 79 2935 17.1 .506 .425
1961-62 33 PHW NBA 78 2785 14.9 .486 .410
Career NBA 713 24897 19.7 .506 .421

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1950-51 22 PHW NBA 2 14 27 13 16 20 3 10 41 .519 .813 20.5 10.0 1.5
1951-52 23 PHW NBA 3 120 24 53 29 33 38 8 17 77 .453 .879 40.0 25.7 12.7 2.7
1955-56 27 PHW NBA 10 409 103 229 83 99 84 29 31 289 .450 .838 40.9 28.9 8.4 2.9
1956-57 28 PHW NBA 2 22 3 8 3 5 8 1 3 9 .375 .600 11.0 4.5 4.0 0.5
1957-58 29 PHW NBA 8 309 66 169 56 72 62 16 26 188 .391 .778 38.6 23.5 7.8 2.0
1959-60 31 PHW NBA 9 371 84 195 69 79 86 33 29 237 .431 .873 41.2 26.3 9.6 3.7
1960-61 32 PHW NBA 3 125 22 67 23 33 26 12 17 67 .328 .697 41.7 22.3 8.7 4.0
1961-62 33 PHW NBA 12 459 95 253 88 102 80 26 44 278 .375 .863 38.3 23.2 6.7 2.2
Career NBA 49 1815 411 1001 364 439 404 128 177 1186 .411 .829 38.6 24.2 8.2 2.6

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1950-51 22 PHW NBA 1 7 12 .583 1 2 .500 7 0 2 15
1951-52 23 PHW NBA 1 32 9 13 .692 8 8 1.000 6 0 1 26
1954-55 26 PHW NBA 1 23 4 9 .444 1 2 .500 2 2 5 9
1955-56 27 PHW NBA 1 28 5 13 .385 3 5 .600 7 1 6 13
1956-57 28 PHW NBA 1 26 6 13 .462 1 2 .500 5 0 2 13
1957-58 29 PHW NBA 1 29 11 17 .647 2 2 1.000 8 2 3 24
1958-59 30 PHW NBA 1 30 4 15 .267 8 9 .889 8 0 2 16
1959-60 31 PHW NBA 0
1960-61 32 PHW NBA 1 17 6 12 .500 5 6 .833 2 1 4 17
1961-62 33 PHW NBA 1 21 2 12 .167 0 0 2 0 4 4
Career NBA 9 206 54 116 .466 29 36 .806 47 6 29 137

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1947-48 19 villanova 24 101 65 267 11.1
1948-49 20 villanova 27 210 174 233 594 .747 22.0
1949-50 21 villanova 29 260 527 215 277 735 .493 .776 25.3
Career 80 571 527 454 510 1596 1.083 .890 20.0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1951 NBA
1952 NBA
1955 NBA
1956 NBA
1957 NBA
1958 NBA
1959 NBA
1960 NBA
1961 NBA
1962 NBA

Awards

1951-52 NBA All-Star Game MVP

Honors

1951-52 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1955-56 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1956-57 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1958-59 NBA All-NBA (2nd)

MVP Voting
Season Lg Share (Rank)

1955-56 NBA 0.259 (2)
1956-57 NBA 0.118 (3)
1957-58 NBA 0.020 (8)
1958-59 NBA 0.095 (5)
1960-61 NBA 0.003 (15)

Games

1951-52 NBA 66 (1)
1954-55 NBA 72 (2)
1955-56 NBA 72 (2)
1960-61 NBA 79 (1)

Minutes Played

1951-52 NBA 2939 (1)
1954-55 NBA 2953 (1)
1955-56 NBA 2724 (6)
1956-57 NBA 2767 (2)
1958-59 NBA 2799 (4)
1959-60 NBA 2618 (10)

Field Goals

1951-52 NBA 548 (1)
1954-55 NBA 529 (1)
1955-56 NBA 617 (2)
1956-57 NBA 613 (1)
1957-58 NBA 483 (7)
1958-59 NBA 632 (4)
1959-60 NBA 593 (8)
1960-61 NBA 650 (8)

Field Goal Attempts

1951-52 NBA 1222 (3)
1954-55 NBA 1325 (1)
1955-56 NBA 1378 (2)
1956-57 NBA 1451 (2)
1957-58 NBA 1229 (7)
1958-59 NBA 1466 (4)
1959-60 NBA 1400 (10)
Career NBA 13354 (78)
Career 13354 (86)

Field Goal Pct

1950-51 NBA .407 (7)
1951-52 NBA .448 (1)
1955-56 NBA .448 (2)
1956-57 NBA .422 (7)
1958-59 NBA .431 (10)

Free Throws

1950-51 NBA 417 (6)
1951-52 NBA 578 (1)
1954-55 NBA 454 (4)
1955-56 NBA 507 (4)
1956-57 NBA 591 (2)
1957-58 NBA 440 (6)
1958-59 NBA 587 (2)
1959-60 NBA 420 (9)
1960-61 NBA 532 (6)
1961-62 NBA 484 (7)
Career NBA 5010 (27)
Career 5010 (32)

Free Throw Attempts

1950-51 NBA 526 (5)
1951-52 NBA 707 (1)
1954-55 NBA 585 (5)
1955-56 NBA 626 (4)
1956-57 NBA 713 (1)
1957-58 NBA 544 (6)
1958-59 NBA 722 (2)
1959-60 NBA 526 (8)
1960-61 NBA 639 (7)
1961-62 NBA 601 (9)
Career NBA 6189 (29)
Career 6189 (35)

Free Throw Pct

1951-52 NBA .818 (9)
1955-56 NBA .810 (7)
1956-57 NBA .829 (4)
1958-59 NBA .813 (7)
1959-60 NBA .798 (10)
1960-61 NBA .833 (5)

Total Rebounds

1950-51 NBA 640 (8)
1951-52 NBA 745 (6)

Personal Fouls

1950-51 NBA 284 (3)
1954-55 NBA 270 (6)
1955-56 NBA 282 (6)
1956-57 NBA 274 (7)
1959-60 NBA 263 (8)
1960-61 NBA 335 (1)
1961-62 NBA 307 (6)
Career NBA 2764 (100)

Points

1950-51 NBA 1121 (6)
1951-52 NBA 1674 (1)
1954-55 NBA 1512 (2)
1955-56 NBA 1741 (2)
1956-57 NBA 1817 (1)
1957-58 NBA 1406 (5)
1958-59 NBA 1851 (3)
1959-60 NBA 1606 (10)
1960-61 NBA 1832 (8)
Career NBA 16266 (81)
Career 16266 (87)

Minutes Per Game

1951-52 NBA 44.5 (1)
1954-55 NBA 41.0 (1)
1955-56 NBA 37.8 (5)
1956-57 NBA 39.0 (2)
1958-59 NBA 40.0 (3)
Career NBA 38.4 (12)
Career 38.4 (12)

Points Per Game

1950-51 NBA 17.2 (5)
1951-52 NBA 25.4 (1)
1954-55 NBA 21.0 (3)
1955-56 NBA 24.2 (2)
1956-57 NBA 25.6 (1)
1957-58 NBA 20.7 (6)
1958-59 NBA 26.4 (2)
1959-60 NBA 22.3 (8)
1960-61 NBA 23.2 (9)
Career NBA 22.8 (22)
Career 22.8 (23)

Rebounds Per Game

1950-51 NBA 9.8 (8)
1951-52 NBA 11.3 (7)
Career NBA 8.6 (80)
Career 8.6 (87)

Player Efficiency Rating

1951-52 NBA 25.3 (2)
1955-56 NBA 21.3 (7)
1956-57 NBA 22.3 (5)
1958-59 NBA 21.9 (5)
Career NBA 19.7 (64)
Career 19.7 (69)

True Shooting Pct

1950-51 NBA .512 (5)
1951-52 NBA .546 (3)
1955-56 NBA .526 (3)
1956-57 NBA .515 (5)
1958-59 NBA .519 (3)
1960-61 NBA .506 (8)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.996 (38)