You Are Here > Basketball-Reference.com > Players > B > Kent Benson

Kent Benson

Michael Kent Benson (Kent, Benny)

Position: Center
Height: 6-10    Weight: 235 lbs.
Born: December 27, 1954 in New Castle, Indiana
High School: Chrysler in New Castle, Indiana
College: Indiana University

Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall) of the 1977 NBA draft.

54 54 54 54

Game Logs and Splits

Game Logs1987-881986-87Finder
Splits1987-881986-87 

Totals

Glossary ▪ Hide Partial Seasons ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Click column headers to sort
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
1977-78 23 MIL NBA 69 1288 220 473 .465 92 141 .652 89 206 295 99 69 54 119 177 532
1978-79 24 MIL NBA 82 2132 413 798 .518 180 245 .735 187 397 584 204 89 81 156 280 1006
1979-80 25 TOT NBA 73 1891 299 618 .484 1 5 .200 99 141 .702 126 327 453 178 73 92 157 246 698
1979-80 25 MIL NBA 56 1389 213 431 .494 0 1 .000 66 97 .680 96 237 333 127 54 74 106 178 492
1979-80 25 DET NBA 17 502 86 187 .460 1 4 .250 33 44 .750 30 90 120 51 19 18 51 68 206
1980-81 26 DET NBA 59 1956 364 770 .473 0 4 .000 196 254 .772 124 276 400 172 72 67 190 184 924
1981-82 27 DET NBA 75 72 2467 405 802 .505 3 11 .273 127 158 .804 219 434 653 159 66 98 160 214 940
1982-83 28 DET NBA 21 15 599 85 182 .467 0 1 .000 38 50 .760 53 102 155 49 14 17 35 61 208
1983-84 29 DET NBA 82 58 1734 248 451 .550 0 1 .000 83 101 .822 117 292 409 130 71 53 79 230 579
1984-85 30 DET NBA 72 35 1401 201 397 .506 0 3 .000 76 94 .809 103 221 324 93 53 44 68 207 478
1985-86 31 DET NBA 72 51 1344 201 415 .484 1 2 .500 66 83 .795 118 258 376 80 58 51 58 196 469
1986-87 32 UTA NBA 73 2 895 140 316 .443 2 7 .286 47 58 .810 80 151 231 39 39 28 45 138 329
1987-88 33 CLE NBA 2 0 12 2 2 1.000 0 0 1 2 .500 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 5
Career NBA 680 233 15719 2578 5224 .493 7 34 .206 1005 1327 .757 1216 2665 3881 1203 605 586 1069 1935 6168

Per Game

Glossary ▪ Hide Partial Seasons ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Click column headers to sort
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
1977-78 23 MIL NBA 69 18.7 3.2 6.9 .465 1.3 2.0 .652 1.3 3.0 4.3 1.4 1.0 0.8 1.7 2.6 7.7
1978-79 24 MIL NBA 82 26.0 5.0 9.7 .518 2.2 3.0 .735 2.3 4.8 7.1 2.5 1.1 1.0 1.9 3.4 12.3
1979-80 25 TOT NBA 73 25.9 4.1 8.5 .484 0.0 0.1 .200 1.4 1.9 .702 1.7 4.5 6.2 2.4 1.0 1.3 2.2 3.4 9.6
1979-80 25 MIL NBA 56 24.8 3.8 7.7 .494 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.7 .680 1.7 4.2 5.9 2.3 1.0 1.3 1.9 3.2 8.8
1979-80 25 DET NBA 17 29.5 5.1 11.0 .460 0.1 0.2 .250 1.9 2.6 .750 1.8 5.3 7.1 3.0 1.1 1.1 3.0 4.0 12.1
1980-81 26 DET NBA 59 33.2 6.2 13.1 .473 0.0 0.1 .000 3.3 4.3 .772 2.1 4.7 6.8 2.9 1.2 1.1 3.2 3.1 15.7
1981-82 27 DET NBA 75 72 32.9 5.4 10.7 .505 0.0 0.1 .273 1.7 2.1 .804 2.9 5.8 8.7 2.1 0.9 1.3 2.1 2.9 12.5
1982-83 28 DET NBA 21 15 28.5 4.0 8.7 .467 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 2.4 .760 2.5 4.9 7.4 2.3 0.7 0.8 1.7 2.9 9.9
1983-84 29 DET NBA 82 58 21.1 3.0 5.5 .550 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.2 .822 1.4 3.6 5.0 1.6 0.9 0.6 1.0 2.8 7.1
1984-85 30 DET NBA 72 35 19.5 2.8 5.5 .506 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 1.3 .809 1.4 3.1 4.5 1.3 0.7 0.6 0.9 2.9 6.6
1985-86 31 DET NBA 72 51 18.7 2.8 5.8 .484 0.0 0.0 .500 0.9 1.2 .795 1.6 3.6 5.2 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.8 2.7 6.5
1986-87 32 UTA NBA 73 2 12.3 1.9 4.3 .443 0.0 0.1 .286 0.6 0.8 .810 1.1 2.1 3.2 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 1.9 4.5
1987-88 33 CLE NBA 2 0 6.0 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 .500 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 2.5
Career NBA 680 233 23.1 3.8 7.7 .493 0.0 0.1 .206 1.5 2.0 .757 1.8 3.9 5.7 1.8 0.9 0.9 1.6 2.8 9.1

Per 36 Minutes

Glossary ▪ Hide Partial Seasons ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Click column headers to sort
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
1977-78 23 MIL NBA 69 1288 6.1 13.2 .465 2.6 3.9 .652 2.5 5.8 8.2 2.8 1.9 1.5 3.3 4.9 14.9
1978-79 24 MIL NBA 82 2132 7.0 13.5 .518 3.0 4.1 .735 3.2 6.7 9.9 3.4 1.5 1.4 2.6 4.7 17.0
1979-80 25 TOT NBA 73 1891 5.7 11.8 .484 0.0 0.1 .200 1.9 2.7 .702 2.4 6.2 8.6 3.4 1.4 1.8 3.0 4.7 13.3
1979-80 25 MIL NBA 56 1389 5.5 11.2 .494 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.5 .680 2.5 6.1 8.6 3.3 1.4 1.9 2.7 4.6 12.8
1979-80 25 DET NBA 17 502 6.2 13.4 .460 0.1 0.3 .250 2.4 3.2 .750 2.2 6.5 8.6 3.7 1.4 1.3 3.7 4.9 14.8
1980-81 26 DET NBA 59 1956 6.7 14.2 .473 0.0 0.1 .000 3.6 4.7 .772 2.3 5.1 7.4 3.2 1.3 1.2 3.5 3.4 17.0
1981-82 27 DET NBA 75 72 2467 5.9 11.7 .505 0.0 0.2 .273 1.9 2.3 .804 3.2 6.3 9.5 2.3 1.0 1.4 2.3 3.1 13.7
1982-83 28 DET NBA 21 15 599 5.1 10.9 .467 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 3.0 .760 3.2 6.1 9.3 2.9 0.8 1.0 2.1 3.7 12.5
1983-84 29 DET NBA 82 58 1734 5.1 9.4 .550 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.1 .822 2.4 6.1 8.5 2.7 1.5 1.1 1.6 4.8 12.0
1984-85 30 DET NBA 72 35 1401 5.2 10.2 .506 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 2.4 .809 2.6 5.7 8.3 2.4 1.4 1.1 1.7 5.3 12.3
1985-86 31 DET NBA 72 51 1344 5.4 11.1 .484 0.0 0.1 .500 1.8 2.2 .795 3.2 6.9 10.1 2.1 1.6 1.4 1.6 5.2 12.6
1986-87 32 UTA NBA 73 2 895 5.6 12.7 .443 0.1 0.3 .286 1.9 2.3 .810 3.2 6.1 9.3 1.6 1.6 1.1 1.8 5.6 13.2
1987-88 33 CLE NBA 2 0 12 6.0 6.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 .500 0.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 6.0 6.0 15.0
Career NBA 680 233 15719 5.9 12.0 .493 0.0 0.1 .206 2.3 3.0 .757 2.8 6.1 8.9 2.8 1.4 1.3 2.4 4.4 14.1

Advanced

Glossary ▪ Hide Partial Seasons ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Click column headers to sort
Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1977-78 23 MIL NBA 69 1288 13.2 .497 .465 7.2 17.2 12.1 9.8 2.4 2.2 18.2 19.3 94 100 0.2 1.5 1.7
1978-79 24 MIL NBA 82 2132 17.3 .555 .518 9.7 20.6 15.1 12.1 1.9 2.0 14.7 19.3 109 101 3.5 2.9 6.4
1979-80 25 TOT NBA 73 1891 13.1 .513 .485 7.3 18.3 12.9 12.2 1.8 2.7 18.8 17.4 99 102 0.4 2.7 3.2
1979-80 25 MIL NBA 56 1389 13.3 .519 .494 7.7 18.0 13.0 11.8 1.8 2.9 18.3 16.6 101 100 0.6 2.3 2.9
1979-80 25 DET NBA 17 502 12.4 .499 .463 6.2 19.0 12.6 13.6 1.7 1.9 19.8 19.7 94 107 -0.2 0.4 0.3
1980-81 26 DET NBA 59 1956 15.1 .524 .473 7.0 17.4 11.9 13.9 1.7 2.0 17.7 22.2 99 104 0.6 2.4 3.1
1981-82 27 DET NBA 75 2467 14.4 .539 .507 9.4 19.9 14.5 8.8 1.2 2.2 15.5 16.3 107 105 2.3 3.1 5.3
1982-83 28 DET NBA 21 599 13.2 .510 .467 9.0 18.1 13.5 10.6 1.1 1.5 14.6 15.4 106 105 0.6 0.6 1.2
1983-84 29 DET NBA 82 1734 14.0 .584 .550 6.9 18.6 12.6 9.2 1.9 1.7 13.8 12.8 118 106 2.6 2.2 4.8
1984-85 30 DET NBA 72 1401 12.6 .545 .506 7.4 17.2 12.1 8.0 1.7 1.7 13.4 13.9 112 106 1.5 1.9 3.4
1985-86 31 DET NBA 72 1344 13.8 .519 .486 9.1 20.9 14.8 7.4 2.0 2.1 11.4 14.8 110 104 1.4 1.9 3.3
1986-87 32 UTA NBA 73 895 11.7 .482 .446 9.2 17.7 13.4 6.0 2.0 1.8 11.6 17.1 100 102 0.1 1.6 1.7
1987-88 33 CLE NBA 2 12 11.8 .868 1.000 0.0 9.6 4.9 0.0 4.1 4.9 41.0 17.4 82 100 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 680 15719 14.2 .531 .494 8.2 18.8 13.4 10.2 1.8 2.0 15.5 17.1 105 104 13.2 20.9 34.2

Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Click column headers to sort
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
1977-78 23 MIL NBA 9 103 11 23 6 11 5 15 3 5 3 6 20 28 .478 .545 11.4 3.1 1.7 0.3
1983-84 29 DET NBA 5 129 16 37 0 0 6 10 9 30 7 5 7 3 14 38 .432 .600 25.8 7.6 6.0 1.4
1984-85 30 DET NBA 9 142 25 46 0 0 13 15 9 36 4 8 2 6 27 63 .543 .867 15.8 7.0 4.0 0.4
1985-86 31 DET NBA 4 55 4 10 0 0 0 0 3 13 0 0 2 1 11 8 .400 13.8 2.0 3.3 0.0
1986-87 32 UTA NBA 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 29 432 56 116 0 0 25 36 26 94 14 18 14 17 72 137 .483 .694 14.9 4.7 3.2 0.5

Playoffs Advanced

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Click column headers to sort
Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1977-78 23 MIL NBA 9 103 7.1 .503 .478 5.3 10.1 7.7 3.4 2.2 1.5 17.7 12.8 93 103 0.0 0.1 0.1
1983-84 29 DET NBA 5 129 12.9 .459 .432 7.4 18.6 12.8 7.4 1.8 3.1 6.8 13.8 108 105 0.1 0.2 0.3
1984-85 30 DET NBA 9 142 15.2 .599 .543 6.4 21.0 13.4 3.7 2.6 0.8 10.2 16.1 121 109 0.3 0.2 0.4
1985-86 31 DET NBA 4 55 3.7 .400 .400 5.6 21.4 12.9 0.0 0.0 2.1 9.1 7.9 92 114 0.0 0.0 0.0
1986-87 32 UTA NBA 2 3 -16.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 14.1 0 117 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 29 432 10.9 .520 .483 6.3 17.6 11.7 4.2 1.9 1.8 11.4 13.6 107 107 0.3 0.5 0.8

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1975-76 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player

Honors

1975-76 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1976-77 NCAA AP All-America (1st)

Games

1978-79 NBA 82 (1)
 1983-84 NBA 82 (1)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (712)

Salaries

About ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Detroit Pistons NBA $270,000
1985-86 Detroit Pistons NBA $315,000
1986-87 Utah Jazz NBA *$332,500
1987-88 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $350,000
Career (may be incomplete) $1,267,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

Links

Error? Google Search WhatIfSports: Kent Benson