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Phil Ford

Phil Jackson Ford Jr.

Position: Guard
Height: 6-2    Weight: 175 lbs.
Born: February 9, 1956 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina
High School: Rocky Mount in Rocky Mount, North Carolina
College: University of North Carolina

Drafted by the Kansas City Kings in the 1st round (2nd pick, 2nd overall) of the 1978 NBA draft.

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Kansas City Kings
1979-1982		 1
New Jersey Nets
1983		 12
Milwaukee Bucks
1983		 1
Houston Rockets
1984-1985

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
1978-79 22 KCK NBA 79 2723 467 1004 .465 326 401 .813 33 149 182 681 174 6 323 245 1260
1979-80 23 KCK NBA 82 2621 489 1058 .462 4 23 .174 346 423 .818 29 143 172 610 136 4 282 208 1328
1980-81 24 KCK NBA 66 2287 424 887 .478 11 36 .306 294 354 .831 26 102 128 580 99 6 241 190 1153
1981-82 25 KCK NBA 72 65 1952 285 649 .439 7 32 .219 136 166 .819 24 81 105 451 63 1 194 160 713
1982-83 26 TOT NBA 77 1610 213 445 .479 1 9 .111 97 123 .789 18 85 103 290 52 3 134 190 524
1982-83 26 NJN NBA 7 163 20 35 .571 0 1 .000 7 10 .700 0 7 7 38 6 0 21 22 47
1982-83 26 MIL NBA 70 1447 193 410 .471 1 8 .125 90 113 .796 18 78 96 252 46 3 113 168 477
1983-84 27 HOU NBA 81 55 2020 236 470 .502 2 15 .133 98 117 .838 28 109 137 410 59 8 135 243 572
1984-85 28 HOU NBA 25 1 290 14 47 .298 0 4 .000 16 18 .889 3 24 27 61 6 1 17 33 44
Career NBA 482 121 13503 2128 4560 .467 25 119 .210 1313 1602 .820 161 693 854 3083 589 29 1326 1269 5594

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
1978-79 22 KCK NBA 79 34.5 5.9 12.7 .465 4.1 5.1 .813 0.4 1.9 2.3 8.6 2.2 0.1 4.1 3.1 15.9
1979-80 23 KCK NBA 82 32.0 6.0 12.9 .462 0.0 0.3 .174 4.2 5.2 .818 0.4 1.7 2.1 7.4 1.7 0.0 3.4 2.5 16.2
1980-81 24 KCK NBA 66 34.7 6.4 13.4 .478 0.2 0.5 .306 4.5 5.4 .831 0.4 1.5 1.9 8.8 1.5 0.1 3.7 2.9 17.5
1981-82 25 KCK NBA 72 65 27.1 4.0 9.0 .439 0.1 0.4 .219 1.9 2.3 .819 0.3 1.1 1.5 6.3 0.9 0.0 2.7 2.2 9.9
1982-83 26 TOT NBA 77 20.9 2.8 5.8 .479 0.0 0.1 .111 1.3 1.6 .789 0.2 1.1 1.3 3.8 0.7 0.0 1.7 2.5 6.8
1982-83 26 NJN NBA 7 23.3 2.9 5.0 .571 0.0 0.1 .000 1.0 1.4 .700 0.0 1.0 1.0 5.4 0.9 0.0 3.0 3.1 6.7
1982-83 26 MIL NBA 70 20.7 2.8 5.9 .471 0.0 0.1 .125 1.3 1.6 .796 0.3 1.1 1.4 3.6 0.7 0.0 1.6 2.4 6.8
1983-84 27 HOU NBA 81 55 24.9 2.9 5.8 .502 0.0 0.2 .133 1.2 1.4 .838 0.3 1.3 1.7 5.1 0.7 0.1 1.7 3.0 7.1
1984-85 28 HOU NBA 25 1 11.6 0.6 1.9 .298 0.0 0.2 .000 0.6 0.7 .889 0.1 1.0 1.1 2.4 0.2 0.0 0.7 1.3 1.8
Career NBA 482 121 28.0 4.4 9.5 .467 0.1 0.3 .210 2.7 3.3 .820 0.3 1.4 1.8 6.4 1.2 0.1 2.8 2.6 11.6

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
1978-79 22 KCK NBA 79 2723 6.2 13.3 .465 4.3 5.3 .813 0.4 2.0 2.4 9.0 2.3 0.1 4.3 3.2 16.7
1979-80 23 KCK NBA 82 2621 6.7 14.5 .462 0.1 0.3 .174 4.8 5.8 .818 0.4 2.0 2.4 8.4 1.9 0.1 3.9 2.9 18.2
1980-81 24 KCK NBA 66 2287 6.7 14.0 .478 0.2 0.6 .306 4.6 5.6 .831 0.4 1.6 2.0 9.1 1.6 0.1 3.8 3.0 18.1
1981-82 25 KCK NBA 72 65 1952 5.3 12.0 .439 0.1 0.6 .219 2.5 3.1 .819 0.4 1.5 1.9 8.3 1.2 0.0 3.6 3.0 13.1
1982-83 26 TOT NBA 77 1610 4.8 10.0 .479 0.0 0.2 .111 2.2 2.8 .789 0.4 1.9 2.3 6.5 1.2 0.1 3.0 4.2 11.7
1982-83 26 NJN NBA 7 163 4.4 7.7 .571 0.0 0.2 .000 1.5 2.2 .700 0.0 1.5 1.5 8.4 1.3 0.0 4.6 4.9 10.4
1982-83 26 MIL NBA 70 1447 4.8 10.2 .471 0.0 0.2 .125 2.2 2.8 .796 0.4 1.9 2.4 6.3 1.1 0.1 2.8 4.2 11.9
1983-84 27 HOU NBA 81 55 2020 4.2 8.4 .502 0.0 0.3 .133 1.7 2.1 .838 0.5 1.9 2.4 7.3 1.1 0.1 2.4 4.3 10.2
1984-85 28 HOU NBA 25 1 290 1.7 5.8 .298 0.0 0.5 .000 2.0 2.2 .889 0.4 3.0 3.4 7.6 0.7 0.1 2.1 4.1 5.5
Career NBA 482 121 13503 5.7 12.2 .467 0.1 0.4 .210 3.5 4.3 .820 0.4 1.8 2.3 8.2 1.6 0.1 3.5 3.4 14.9

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
1978-79 22 KCK NBA 79 2723 15.8 .534 .465 1.3 6.1 3.6 32.2 2.9 0.1 21.5 21.2 102 103 7.4 9.8 17 17 0.0
1979-80 23 KCK NBA 82 2621 16.5 .534 .464 1.1 6.1 3.5 32.4 2.4 0.1 18.5 23.3 104 103 7.2 9.9 17 19 -1.0
1980-81 24 KCK NBA 66 2287 17.3 .553 .484 1.3 4.9 3.1 35.5 2.1 0.1 18.8 23.3 107 107 9.0 5.4 14 17 -1.5
1981-82 25 KCK NBA 72 1952 11.4 .494 .445 1.3 4.8 3.0 30.4 1.5 0.0 21.2 19.2 98 111 0.0 2.9 3 23 -10.0
1982-83 26 TOT NBA 77 1610 10.4 .525 .480 1.3 5.6 3.5 24.1 1.5 0.1 21.2 16.2 101 105 2.0 4.8 7 11 -2.0
1982-83 26 NJN NBA 7 163 9.1 .596 .571 0.0 4.8 2.4 30.4 1.7 0.0 34.8 14.6 96 103 0.0 0.6 1 1 0.0
1982-83 26 MIL NBA 70 1447 10.6 .519 .472 1.4 5.7 3.6 23.4 1.5 0.1 19.7 16.4 101 105 2.0 4.2 6 10 -2.0
1983-84 27 HOU NBA 81 2020 10.4 .548 .504 1.5 5.8 3.7 24.5 1.3 0.2 20.6 12.8 109 112 4.0 3.0 7 14 -3.5
1984-85 28 HOU NBA 25 290 6.4 .401 .298 1.2 9.2 5.2 23.5 1.0 0.2 23.6 9.8 98 110 0.0 0.7 1 2 -0.5
Career NBA 482 13503 13.9 .531 .469 1.3 5.7 3.5 30.2 2.0 0.1 20.1 19.6 103 106 29.6 36.5 66 103 -18.5

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
1978-79 22 KCK NBA 5 143 15 57 9 16 2 12 29 12 0 15 14 39 .263 .563 28.6 7.8 2.4 5.8
1979-80 23 KCK NBA 3 110 20 43 3 4 9 11 0 6 26 5 0 12 6 52 .465 .750 .818 36.7 17.3 2.0 8.7
1980-81 24 KCK NBA 5 158 15 35 0 1 9 13 1 8 29 5 0 17 9 39 .429 .000 .692 31.6 7.8 1.6 5.8
1982-83 26 MIL NBA 2 5 0 2 0 0 6 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 .000 1.000 2.5 3.0 0.0 0.5
Career NBA 15 416 50 137 3 5 33 46 3 26 85 22 0 44 30 136 .365 .600 .717 27.7 9.1 1.7 5.7

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1977-78 NCAA John R. Wooden Award
1978-79 NBA Rookie of the Year

Honors

1975-76 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
1976-77 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1977-78 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1978-79 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1978-79 NBA All-Rookie (1st)

MVP Voting
Season Lg Share (Rank)

1978-79 NBA 0.014 (8)
1980-81 NBA 0.022 (12)

Games

1979-80 NBA 82 (2)

Assists

1978-79 NBA 681 (4)
1979-80 NBA 610 (4)
1980-81 NBA 580 (5)

Steals

1978-79 NBA 174 (5)

Turnovers

1978-79 NBA 323 (4)
1979-80 NBA 282 (9)

Assists Per Game

1978-79 NBA 8.6 (4)
1979-80 NBA 7.4 (6)
1980-81 NBA 8.8 (3)
Career NBA 6.4 (37)
Career 6.4 (38)

Steals Per Game

1978-79 NBA 2.2 (5)

Assist Pct

1978-79 NBA 32.2 (3)
1979-80 NBA 32.4 (3)
1980-81 NBA 35.5 (2)
Career NBA 30.2 (45)
Career 30.2 (45)

Steal Pct

1978-79 NBA 2.9 (8)

Loss Shares

1981-82 NBA 23 (8)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.001 (379)
      

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1978-79 Kansas City Kings NBA $200,000
1979-80 Kansas City Kings NBA $230,000
1980-81 Kansas City Kings NBA $240,000
Career (may be incomplete) $670,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).