Kent Benson

Michael Kent Benson (Kent, Benny)

Position: Center ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-10 ▪ Weight: 235 lbs.
Born: December 27, 1954 in New Castle, Indiana
High School: Chrysler in New Castle, Indiana
College: Indiana University
Draft: Milwaukee Bucks, 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall), 1977 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 18, 1977

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Fine Details ▪ Last updated May 24, 2013 4:17 AM

All-Time Rank: #511. Jeff Foster… #512. Quinn Buckner… #513. Alton Lister… #514. KENT BENSON… #515. T.R. Dunn… #516. Lorenzen Wright… #517. Bimbo Coles…

All-Time Rank: #511. Jeff Foster… #512. Quinn Buckner… #513. Alton Lister… #514. KENT BENSON… #515. T.R. Dunn… #516. Lorenzen Wright… #517. Bimbo Coles…

Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	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	C	69		1288	220	473	.465				92	141	.652	89	206	295	99	69	54	119	177	532
1978-79	24	MIL	NBA	C	82		2132	413	798	.518				180	245	.735	187	397	584	204	89	81	156	280	1006
1979-80	25	TOT	NBA	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1977-78	23	MIL	NBA	C	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	.064
1978-79	24	MIL	NBA	C	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	.143
1979-80	25	TOT	NBA	C	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	.080
1979-80	25	MIL	NBA	C	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	.100
1979-80	25	DET	NBA	C	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	.026
1980-81	26	DET	NBA	C	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	2.5	3.1	.075
1981-82	27	DET	NBA	C	75	2467	14.4	.539	.507	9.4	19.9	14.5	8.8	1.2	2.2	15.5	16.3	107	105	2.2	3.0	5.2	.101
1982-83	28	DET	NBA	C	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	1.1	.092
1983-84	29	DET	NBA	C	82	1734	14.0	.584	.550	6.9	18.6	12.6	9.2	1.9	1.7	13.8	12.8	118	106	2.5	2.2	4.7	.131
1984-85	30	DET	NBA	C	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	3.3	.113
1985-86	31	DET	NBA	C	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	3.2	.116
1986-87	32	UTA	NBA	C	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	.089
1987-88	33	CLE	NBA	C	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	.015
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	13.0	20.6	33.6	.103

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1977-78	23	MIL	NBA	C	9		103	11	23	.478			6	11	.545	5	10	15	3	5	3	6	20	28
1983-84	29	DET	NBA	C	5		129	16	37	.432	0	0	6	10	.600	9	21	30	7	5	7	3	14	38
1984-85	30	DET	NBA	C	9	1	142	25	46	.543	0	0	13	15	.867	9	27	36	4	8	2	6	27	63
1985-86	31	DET	NBA	C	4	0	55	4	10	.400	0	0	0	0		3	10	13	0	0	2	1	11	8
1986-87	32	UTA	NBA	C	2	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Career			NBA		29	1	432	56	116	.483	0	0	25	36	.694	26	68	94	14	18	14	17	72	137

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1977-78	23	MIL	NBA	C	9		11.4	1.2	2.6	.478			0.7	1.2	.545	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.7	2.2	3.1
1983-84	29	DET	NBA	C	5		25.8	3.2	7.4	.432	0.0	0.0	1.2	2.0	.600	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.4	1.0	1.4	0.6	2.8	7.6
1984-85	30	DET	NBA	C	9	1	15.8	2.8	5.1	.543	0.0	0.0	1.4	1.7	.867	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.4	0.9	0.2	0.7	3.0	7.0
1985-86	31	DET	NBA	C	4	0	13.8	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.8	2.5	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.3	2.8	2.0
1986-87	32	UTA	NBA	C	2	0	1.5	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
Career			NBA		29	1	14.9	1.9	4.0	.483	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.2	.694	0.9	2.3	3.2	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6	2.5	4.7

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1977-78	23	MIL	NBA	C	9		103	3.8	8.0	.478			2.1	3.8	.545	1.7	3.5	5.2	1.0	1.7	1.0	2.1	7.0	9.8
1983-84	29	DET	NBA	C	5		129	4.5	10.3	.432	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.8	.600	2.5	5.9	8.4	2.0	1.4	2.0	0.8	3.9	10.6
1984-85	30	DET	NBA	C	9	1	142	6.3	11.7	.543	0.0	0.0	3.3	3.8	.867	2.3	6.8	9.1	1.0	2.0	0.5	1.5	6.8	16.0
1985-86	31	DET	NBA	C	4	0	55	2.6	6.5	.400	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		2.0	6.5	8.5	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.7	7.2	5.2
1986-87	32	UTA	NBA	C	2	0	3	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	0.0	0.0
Career			NBA		29	1	432	4.7	9.7	.483	0.0	0.0	2.1	3.0	.694	2.2	5.7	7.8	1.2	1.5	1.2	1.4	6.0	11.4

Playoffs Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1977-78	23	MIL	NBA	C	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	.044
1983-84	29	DET	NBA	C	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	.097
1984-85	30	DET	NBA	C	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	.139
1985-86	31	DET	NBA	C	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	.011
1986-87	32	UTA	NBA	C	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	-0.450
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	.084

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 11 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Kent Benson		6.4	5.2	4.7	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	1.7	1.7	1.1	0.0
Herb Williams	88.4	6.2	4.7	4.6	3.5	2.8	2.2	2.2	1.8	1.7	1.4	0.8
Greg Ostertag	87.4	5.9	5.0	4.2	3.8	3.8	3.4	2.2	2.1	1.4	1.3	0.7
Ervin Johnson	86.8	6.4	5.2	5.1	4.9	3.9	3.0	2.3	2.3	1.9	1.3	0.7
Tony Battie	86.3	6.2	5.8	3.8	3.8	3.3	2.8	2.7	2.3	2.3	2.0	0.5
Wayne Cooper	86.1	5.1	5.0	4.1	3.5	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.0	1.5	1.2	1.2
Alton Lister	85.0	5.5	5.3	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.8	3.7	1.9	1.7	0.4	0.1
Leroy Ellis	84.9	6.4	4.7	3.8	3.6	3.2	2.8	2.5	2.3	2.3	2.1	1.6
Steve Hawes	84.7	6.1	6.0	5.7	5.4	3.4	3.2	2.5	1.9	1.8	1.0
LaSalle Thompson	83.5	5.6	5.3	4.9	4.5	4.4	2.4	2.3	1.9	1.6	1.2	0.9
Andrew Lang	83.5	5.7	4.9	3.7	3.0	2.9	2.3	1.9	1.7	1.4	0.7	-0.1

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Kent Benson		6.4	5.2	4.7	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	1.7	1.7	1.1	0.0
Greg Ostertag	87.4	5.9	5.0	4.2	3.8	3.8	3.4	2.2	2.1	1.4	1.3	0.7
Ervin Johnson	85.7	6.4	5.2	5.1	4.9	3.9	3.0	2.3	2.3	1.9	1.3	0.8	0.7	0.0
Tony Battie	84.8	6.2	5.8	3.8	3.8	3.3	2.8	2.7	2.3	2.3	2.0	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.0
Steve Hawes	84.7	6.1	6.0	5.7	5.4	3.4	3.2	2.5	1.9	1.8	1.0
Alton Lister	83.6	5.5	5.3	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.8	3.7	1.9	1.7	1.0	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.2
Wayne Embry	82.9	6.7	6.3	5.6	4.5	3.4	3.4	2.0	1.9	1.5	1.2	1.1
Herb Williams	82.8	6.2	4.7	4.6	3.5	2.8	2.2	2.2	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.4	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.1
Andrew Lang	82.7	5.7	4.9	3.7	3.0	2.9	2.3	1.9	1.7	1.4	0.7	0.4	-0.1
LaSalle Thompson	82.7	5.6	5.3	4.9	4.5	4.4	2.4	2.3	1.9	1.6	1.2	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3
Connie Simmons	82.4	6.1	5.7	5.3	3.3	2.6	2.5	2.4	1.1	0.1

College

Light text indicates college freshman or JV participant

			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
1973-74	19	INDIANA	27		113	224			24	40		222						250	.504		.600		9.3	8.2
1974-75	20	INDIANA	32		198	366			84	113		286						480	.541		.743		15.0	8.9
1975-76	21	INDIANA	32		237	410			80	117		282						554	.578		.684		17.3	8.8
1976-77	22	INDIANA	23		174	346			108	144		241						456	.503		.750		19.8	10.5
Career			114		722	1346			296	414		1031						1740	.536		.715		15.3	9.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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 (758)
NBA Elo Player Rating 515th (overall) as of May 23, 2013, 4:56AM

Transactions

June 10, 1977: Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1977 NBA Draft.

February 4, 1980: Traded by the Milwaukee Bucks with a 1980 1st round draft pick (Larry Drew) to the Detroit Pistons for Bob Lanier.

August 21, 1986: Traded by the Detroit Pistons with Kelly Tripucka to the Utah Jazz for Adrian Dantley, a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Norris Coleman) and a 1990 2nd round draft pick (Phil Henderson).

October 8, 1987: Traded by the Utah Jazz with Dell Curry to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Darryl Dawkins and Melvin Turpin.

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
1985-86	Detroit Pistons	NBA	$315,000
1987-88	Cleveland Cavaliers	NBA	$350,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$665,000

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