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Chris Ford

Christopher Joseph Ford (Chris)

Position: Guard-Forward
Height: 6-5    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: January 11, 1949 in Atlantic City, New Jersey
High School: Holy Spirit in Absecon, New Jersey
College: Villanova University

Drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 2nd round (4th pick, 17th overall) of the 1972 NBA draft.

Coaching Record

42
Detroit Pistons
1973-1979		 42
Boston Celtics
1979-1982

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
1972-73 24 DET NBA 74 1537 208 434 .479 60 93 .645 266 194 133 476
1973-74 25 DET NBA 82 2059 264 595 .444 57 77 .740 109 195 304 279 148 14 159 585
1974-75 26 DET NBA 80 1962 206 435 .474 63 95 .663 93 176 269 230 113 26 187 475
1975-76 27 DET NBA 82 2198 301 707 .426 83 115 .722 80 211 291 272 178 24 222 685
1976-77 28 DET NBA 82 2539 437 918 .476 131 170 .771 96 174 270 337 179 26 192 1005
1977-78 29 DET NBA 82 2582 374 777 .481 113 154 .734 117 151 268 381 166 17 232 182 861
1978-79 30 TOT NBA 81 2737 538 1142 .471 172 227 .758 124 150 274 374 115 25 210 209 1248
1978-79 30 DET NBA 3 108 13 35 .371 7 8 .875 9 9 18 5 1 1 10 9 33
1978-79 30 BOS NBA 78 2629 525 1107 .474 165 219 .753 115 141 256 369 114 24 200 200 1215
1979-80 31 BOS NBA 73 73 2115 330 709 .465 70 164 .427 86 114 .754 77 104 181 215 111 27 105 178 816
1980-81 32 BOS NBA 82 75 2723 314 707 .444 36 109 .330 64 87 .736 72 91 163 295 100 23 127 212 728
1981-82 33 BOS NBA 76 53 1591 188 450 .418 20 63 .317 39 56 .696 52 56 108 142 42 10 52 143 435
Career NBA 794 201 22043 3160 6874 .460 126 336 .375 868 1188 .731 820 1308 2394 2719 1152 192 726 1817 7314

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
1972-73 24 DET NBA 74 20.8 2.8 5.9 .479 0.8 1.3 .645 3.6 2.6 1.8 6.4
1973-74 25 DET NBA 82 25.1 3.2 7.3 .444 0.7 0.9 .740 1.3 2.4 3.7 3.4 1.8 0.2 1.9 7.1
1974-75 26 DET NBA 80 24.5 2.6 5.4 .474 0.8 1.2 .663 1.2 2.2 3.4 2.9 1.4 0.3 2.3 5.9
1975-76 27 DET NBA 82 26.8 3.7 8.6 .426 1.0 1.4 .722 1.0 2.6 3.5 3.3 2.2 0.3 2.7 8.4
1976-77 28 DET NBA 82 31.0 5.3 11.2 .476 1.6 2.1 .771 1.2 2.1 3.3 4.1 2.2 0.3 2.3 12.3
1977-78 29 DET NBA 82 31.5 4.6 9.5 .481 1.4 1.9 .734 1.4 1.8 3.3 4.6 2.0 0.2 2.8 2.2 10.5
1978-79 30 TOT NBA 81 33.8 6.6 14.1 .471 2.1 2.8 .758 1.5 1.9 3.4 4.6 1.4 0.3 2.6 2.6 15.4
1978-79 30 DET NBA 3 36.0 4.3 11.7 .371 2.3 2.7 .875 3.0 3.0 6.0 1.7 0.3 0.3 3.3 3.0 11.0
1978-79 30 BOS NBA 78 33.7 6.7 14.2 .474 2.1 2.8 .753 1.5 1.8 3.3 4.7 1.5 0.3 2.6 2.6 15.6
1979-80 31 BOS NBA 73 73 29.0 4.5 9.7 .465 1.0 2.2 .427 1.2 1.6 .754 1.1 1.4 2.5 2.9 1.5 0.4 1.4 2.4 11.2
1980-81 32 BOS NBA 82 75 33.2 3.8 8.6 .444 0.4 1.3 .330 0.8 1.1 .736 0.9 1.1 2.0 3.6 1.2 0.3 1.5 2.6 8.9
1981-82 33 BOS NBA 76 53 20.9 2.5 5.9 .418 0.3 0.8 .317 0.5 0.7 .696 0.7 0.7 1.4 1.9 0.6 0.1 0.7 1.9 5.7
Career NBA 794 201 27.8 4.0 8.7 .460 0.5 1.5 .375 1.1 1.5 .731 1.1 1.8 3.0 3.4 1.6 0.3 1.8 2.3 9.2

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
1972-73 24 DET NBA 74 1537 4.9 10.2 .479 1.4 2.2 .645 6.2 4.5 3.1 11.1
1973-74 25 DET NBA 82 2059 4.6 10.4 .444 1.0 1.3 .740 1.9 3.4 5.3 4.9 2.6 0.2 2.8 10.2
1974-75 26 DET NBA 80 1962 3.8 8.0 .474 1.2 1.7 .663 1.7 3.2 4.9 4.2 2.1 0.5 3.4 8.7
1975-76 27 DET NBA 82 2198 4.9 11.6 .426 1.4 1.9 .722 1.3 3.5 4.8 4.5 2.9 0.4 3.6 11.2
1976-77 28 DET NBA 82 2539 6.2 13.0 .476 1.9 2.4 .771 1.4 2.5 3.8 4.8 2.5 0.4 2.7 14.2
1977-78 29 DET NBA 82 2582 5.2 10.8 .481 1.6 2.1 .734 1.6 2.1 3.7 5.3 2.3 0.2 3.2 2.5 12.0
1978-79 30 TOT NBA 81 2737 7.1 15.0 .471 2.3 3.0 .758 1.6 2.0 3.6 4.9 1.5 0.3 2.8 2.7 16.4
1978-79 30 DET NBA 3 108 4.3 11.7 .371 2.3 2.7 .875 3.0 3.0 6.0 1.7 0.3 0.3 3.3 3.0 11.0
1978-79 30 BOS NBA 78 2629 7.2 15.2 .474 2.3 3.0 .753 1.6 1.9 3.5 5.1 1.6 0.3 2.7 2.7 16.6
1979-80 31 BOS NBA 73 73 2115 5.6 12.1 .465 1.2 2.8 .427 1.5 1.9 .754 1.3 1.8 3.1 3.7 1.9 0.5 1.8 3.0 13.9
1980-81 32 BOS NBA 82 75 2723 4.2 9.3 .444 0.5 1.4 .330 0.8 1.2 .736 1.0 1.2 2.2 3.9 1.3 0.3 1.7 2.8 9.6
1981-82 33 BOS NBA 76 53 1591 4.3 10.2 .418 0.5 1.4 .317 0.9 1.3 .696 1.2 1.3 2.4 3.2 1.0 0.2 1.2 3.2 9.8
Career NBA 794 201 22043 5.2 11.2 .460 0.7 1.9 .375 1.4 1.9 .731 1.4 2.3 3.9 4.4 2.0 0.3 2.2 3.0 11.9

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
1972-73 24 DET NBA 74 1537 12.1 .501 .479 8.4 15.9
1973-74 25 DET NBA 82 2059 12.9 .465 .444 5.5 9.7 7.6 18.2 3.2 0.4 93 2.6 10.6 13 9 2.0
1974-75 26 DET NBA 80 1962 12.0 .498 .474 5.3 9.8 7.5 16.1 2.8 0.7 99 3.5 5.5 9 11 -1.0
1975-76 27 DET NBA 82 2198 13.0 .452 .426 3.7 10.1 6.8 16.4 3.7 0.6 98 0.6 6.8 7 17 -5.0
1976-77 28 DET NBA 82 2539 14.6 .506 .476 3.9 7.1 5.5 17.0 3.1 0.5 101 9.4 6.8 16 13 1.5
1977-78 29 DET NBA 82 2582 12.9 .510 .481 4.8 6.0 5.4 19.7 2.9 0.3 21.5 16.0 98 102 4.0 6.6 11 18 -3.5
1978-79 30 TOT NBA 81 2737 14.0 .502 .471 5.0 6.1 5.5 19.6 1.9 0.5 14.5 20.7 102 108 5.5 4.2 10 24 -7.0
1978-79 30 DET NBA 3 108 5.6 .428 .371 8.4 9.0 8.7 5.7 0.4 0.5 20.6 17.1 84 110 0.0 0.1 0 2 -1.0
1978-79 30 BOS NBA 78 2629 14.3 .505 .474 4.8 6.0 5.4 20.2 2.0 0.5 14.3 20.8 102 108 5.5 4.1 10 22 -6.0
1979-80 31 BOS NBA 73 2115 13.0 .537 .515 4.1 5.4 4.8 13.5 2.5 0.7 12.2 16.2 111 104 8.6 8.2 17 6 5.5
1980-81 32 BOS NBA 82 2723 8.8 .488 .470 3.1 3.7 3.4 13.7 1.7 0.5 14.6 13.0 103 107 4.3 8.4 13 11 1.0
1981-82 33 BOS NBA 76 1591 7.8 .458 .440 3.7 3.8 3.7 11.1 1.2 0.3 9.9 13.3 104 108 2.3 4.8 7 7 0.0
Career NBA 794 22043 12.2 .494 .469 4.3 6.8 5.8 16.4 2.6 0.5 15.2 16.1 103 102 40.7 61.9 103 116 -6.5

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
1973-74 25 DET NBA 5 94 8 17 4 6 4 15 7 2 2 10 20 .471 .667 18.8 4.0 3.0 1.4
1974-75 26 DET NBA 3 82 6 11 0 0 2 13 10 1 0 8 12 .545 27.3 4.0 4.3 3.3
1975-76 27 DET NBA 9 276 33 81 12 15 6 36 40 11 5 33 78 .407 .800 30.7 8.7 4.0 4.4
1976-77 28 DET NBA 3 101 18 44 5 9 8 19 12 7 0 11 41 .409 .556 33.7 13.7 6.3 4.0
1979-80 31 BOS NBA 9 279 34 79 2 13 12 15 9 25 21 14 6 13 35 82 .430 .154 .800 31.0 9.1 2.8 2.3
1980-81 32 BOS NBA 17 507 66 146 7 25 15 25 13 45 46 14 1 19 47 154 .452 .280 .600 29.8 9.1 2.6 2.7
1981-82 33 BOS NBA 12 138 20 42 2 7 5 7 6 15 15 3 1 3 15 47 .476 .286 .714 11.5 3.9 1.3 1.3
Career NBA 58 1477 185 420 11 45 53 77 48 168 151 52 15 35 159 434 .440 .244 .688 25.5 7.5 2.9 2.6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games

1973-74 NBA 82 (1)
 1975-76 NBA 82 (2)
1976-77 NBA 82 (3)
1977-78 NBA 82 (3)
1980-81 NBA 82 (3)

3-Pt Field Goals

1979-80 NBA 70 (3)
1980-81 NBA 36 (6)

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

1979-80 NBA 164 (4)
1980-81 NBA 109 (6)

3-Pt Field Goal Pct

1979-80 NBA .427 (2)
1980-81 NBA .330 (7)

Steals

1975-76 NBA 178 (5)
1976-77 NBA 179 (7)
1977-78 NBA 166 (8)
Career NBA 1152 (78)
Career 1152 (83)

Steals Per Game

1975-76 NBA 2.2 (5)
1976-77 NBA 2.2 (8)
1977-78 NBA 2.0 (9)

Steal Pct

1973-74 NBA 3.2 (2)
1975-76 NBA 3.7 (2)
1977-78 NBA 2.9 (9)

Loss Shares

1978-79 NBA 24 (9)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (506)
      

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1972-73 Detroit Pistons NBA $65,000
1973-74 Detroit Pistons NBA $80,000
Career (may be incomplete) $145,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).