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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
Draft: Kansas City Kings, 1st round (2nd pick, 2nd overall), 1978 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 15, 1978

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 6:48AM
All-Time Rank: #454. Brian Shaw… #455. Kevin Loughery… #456. PHIL FORD… #456. Brendan Haywood… #458. Eric Snow… 

Totals

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 63 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 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 56 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 482 184 13503 2128 4560 .467 25 119 .210 1313 1602 .820 161 693 854 3083 589 29 1326 1269 5594

Per Game

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 63 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 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 56 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 482 184 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

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 63 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 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 56 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 482 184 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

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
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 2.5 3.2 5.7 .101
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 2.7 3.4 6.1 .111
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 3.4 1.9 5.2 .110
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 -0.2 1.1 0.9 .021
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 0.7 1.6 2.4 .070
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 0.2 0.2 .057
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 0.7 1.4 2.2 .072
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 1.7 1.1 2.9 .068
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 0.2 0.2 .033
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 10.8 12.5 23.3 .083

Playoffs

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

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1978-79 22 KCK NBA 5 143 6.3 .304 .263 1.3 8.1 4.3 29.4 3.8 0.0 19.0 20.8 70 99 -0.5 0.2 -0.2 -0.078
1979-80 23 KCK NBA 3 110 17.1 .543 .500 0.0 6.3 2.9 34.4 2.3 0.0 20.1 22.5 105 108 0.1 0.1 0.2 .087
1980-81 24 KCK NBA 5 158 8.0 .479 .429 0.7 5.2 3.0 27.6 1.7 0.0 29.5 16.7 85 106 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.021
1982-83 26 MIL NBA 2 5 42.1 .647 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 23.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.0 164 111 0.1 0.0 0.1 .728
Career NBA 15 416 10.2 .432 .376 0.7 6.4 3.4 30.0 2.5 0.0 21.9 19.9 87 104 -0.4 0.4 0.0 -0.003

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 7 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Phil Ford 6.1 5.7 5.2 2.9 2.4 0.9 0.2
Craig Hodges 91.9 6.0 5.3 4.3 2.9 2.4 0.8 0.5
Ron Williams 89.8 6.1 5.8 4.4 2.6 2.6 1.9 0.0
Bryant Stith 89.4 6.8 5.6 5.2 3.0 1.6 0.5 -0.3
Lester Conner 89.2 6.2 5.9 3.7 2.8 2.7 0.7 0.5
Bonzi Wells 89.0 6.0 5.9 4.0 3.1 3.1 0.9 0.1
Luke Ridnour 88.2 6.2 5.4 4.4 3.4 2.3 1.2 0.9
Quentin Richardson 87.4 5.8 5.6 3.5 3.0 2.4 1.0 0.7
Dee Brown 86.1 6.8 6.4 6.4 3.5 2.4 1.0 0.3
Austin Carr 85.5 5.9 5.4 5.3 3.4 2.9 2.6 1.0
Larry Brown 85.2 6.6 5.8 5.1 5.0 2.4
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Phil Ford 6.1 5.7 5.2 2.9 2.4 0.9 0.2
Ron Williams 90.0 6.1 5.8 4.4 2.6 2.6 1.9 0.1 0.0
Anthony Parker 87.1 6.5 6.2 4.9 3.4 1.5 0.4 0.2 0.0
Vincent Askew 85.4 6.0 4.6 4.3 2.9 2.7 1.5 0.2 0.2 -0.2
Larry Brown 85.2 6.6 5.8 5.1 5.0 2.4
Fred Hoiberg 84.9 6.1 5.9 5.2 2.7 2.3 2.1 1.8 1.3 0.2 0.0
Alvin Williams 84.5 5.5 5.4 5.2 2.1 1.3 1.2 1.0 -0.1 -0.1
Raymond Felton 84.1 6.5 5.4 4.3 3.4 2.6 2.3
Andrew Toney 83.6 7.3 6.4 5.5 4.0 2.2 1.2 0.5 -0.2
Delonte West 83.5 6.4 5.7 3.7 3.3 1.3 0.9 0.9
Lewis Lloyd 82.7 6.3 4.7 4.6 2.6 1.6 0.1 0.0

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
1974-75 18 UNC 31 191 370 126 161 85 508 .516 .783 16.4 2.7
1975-76 19 UNC 29 206 387 128 164 51 540 .532 .780 18.6 1.8
1976-77 20 UNC 33 230 431 157 184 63 617 .534 .853 18.7 1.9
1977-78 21 UNC 30 238 452 149 184 62 625 .527 .810 20.8 2.1
Career 123 865 1640 560 693 261 2290 .527 .808 18.6 2.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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 Award Shares
1978-79 NBA 0.014 (8)
1980-81 NBA 0.022 (12)
Career 0.036 (113)
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 (41)
Career 6.4 (42)
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 (53)
Career 30.2 (53)
Steal Pct
1978-79 NBA 2.9 (8)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.002 (443)
NBA Elo Player Rating
456th (overall) as of Feb 11, 2012, 6:48AM
     

Transactions

September 10, 1976: Traded by the New York Nets (as a 1978 1st round draft pick) with Jim Eakins, Brian Taylor and a 1977 1st round draft pick (Otis Birdsong) to the Kansas City Kings for Tiny Archibald.

June 9, 1978: Drafted by the Kansas City Kings in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1978 NBA Draft.

June 29, 1982: Traded by the Kansas City Kings to the New Jersey Nets for Ray Williams.

November 10, 1982: Traded by the New Jersey Nets with a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Ted Kitchel) to the Milwaukee Bucks for Mickey Johnson and Fred Roberts. Milwaukee received the best of three 2nd round draft picks in 1983 (all owned by New Jersey).

October 5, 1983: Signed as a veteran free agent with the Houston Rockets; the Milwaukee Bucks received a 1984 6th round draft pick (McKinley Singleton) as compensation.

December 18, 1984: Waived by the Houston Rockets.

September 23, 1986: Signed as a free agent with the Golden State Warriors.

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