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Walt Frazier

Walter Frazier Jr. (Walt, Clyde)

Position: Guard ▪ Height: 6-4 ▪ Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: March 29, 1945 in Atlanta, Georgia
High School: David T. Howard in Atlanta, Georgia
College: Southern Illinois University
Draft: New York Knicks, 1st round (5th pick, 5th overall), 1967 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 28, 1967
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1987 (Full List)

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Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 6:49AM
All-Time Rank: #42. Alex English… #43. Allen Iverson… #44. WALT FRAZIER… #45. Robert Parish… #46. Reggie Miller… 

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
1967-68 22 NYK NBA 74 1588 256 568 .451 154 235 .655 313 305 199 666
1968-69 23 NYK NBA 80 2949 531 1052 .505 341 457 .746 499 635 245 1403
1969-70 24 NYK NBA 77 3040 600 1158 .518 409 547 .748 465 629 203 1609
1970-71 25 NYK NBA 80 3455 651 1317 .494 434 557 .779 544 536 240 1736
1971-72 26 NYK NBA 77 3126 669 1307 .512 450 557 .808 513 446 185 1788
1972-73 27 NYK NBA 78 3181 681 1389 .490 286 350 .817 570 461 186 1648
1973-74 28 NYK NBA 80 3338 674 1429 .472 295 352 .838 120 416 536 551 161 15 212 1643
1974-75 29 NYK NBA 78 3204 672 1391 .483 331 400 .828 90 375 465 474 190 14 205 1675
1975-76 30 NYK NBA 59 2427 470 969 .485 186 226 .823 79 321 400 351 106 9 163 1126
1976-77 31 NYK NBA 76 2687 532 1089 .489 259 336 .771 52 241 293 403 132 9 194 1323
1977-78 32 CLE NBA 51 1664 336 714 .471 153 180 .850 54 155 209 209 77 13 113 124 825
1978-79 33 CLE NBA 12 279 54 122 .443 21 27 .778 7 13 20 32 13 2 22 22 129
1979-80 34 CLE NBA 3 27 4 11 .364 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 8 2 1 4 2 10
Career NBA 825 30965 6130 12516 .490 0 1 .000 3321 4226 .786 403 1523 4830 5040 681 63 139 2180 15581

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
1967-68 22 NYK NBA 74 21.5 3.5 7.7 .451 2.1 3.2 .655 4.2 4.1 2.7 9.0
1968-69 23 NYK NBA 80 36.9 6.6 13.2 .505 4.3 5.7 .746 6.2 7.9 3.1 17.5
1969-70 24 NYK NBA 77 39.5 7.8 15.0 .518 5.3 7.1 .748 6.0 8.2 2.6 20.9
1970-71 25 NYK NBA 80 43.2 8.1 16.5 .494 5.4 7.0 .779 6.8 6.7 3.0 21.7
1971-72 26 NYK NBA 77 40.6 8.7 17.0 .512 5.8 7.2 .808 6.7 5.8 2.4 23.2
1972-73 27 NYK NBA 78 40.8 8.7 17.8 .490 3.7 4.5 .817 7.3 5.9 2.4 21.1
1973-74 28 NYK NBA 80 41.7 8.4 17.9 .472 3.7 4.4 .838 1.5 5.2 6.7 6.9 2.0 0.2 2.7 20.5
1974-75 29 NYK NBA 78 41.1 8.6 17.8 .483 4.2 5.1 .828 1.2 4.8 6.0 6.1 2.4 0.2 2.6 21.5
1975-76 30 NYK NBA 59 41.1 8.0 16.4 .485 3.2 3.8 .823 1.3 5.4 6.8 5.9 1.8 0.2 2.8 19.1
1976-77 31 NYK NBA 76 35.4 7.0 14.3 .489 3.4 4.4 .771 0.7 3.2 3.9 5.3 1.7 0.1 2.6 17.4
1977-78 32 CLE NBA 51 32.6 6.6 14.0 .471 3.0 3.5 .850 1.1 3.0 4.1 4.1 1.5 0.3 2.2 2.4 16.2
1978-79 33 CLE NBA 12 23.3 4.5 10.2 .443 1.8 2.3 .778 0.6 1.1 1.7 2.7 1.1 0.2 1.8 1.8 10.8
1979-80 34 CLE NBA 3 9.0 1.3 3.7 .364 0.0 0.3 .000 0.7 0.7 1.000 0.3 0.7 1.0 2.7 0.7 0.3 1.3 0.7 3.3
Career NBA 825 37.5 7.4 15.2 .490 0.0 0.3 .000 4.0 5.1 .786 1.1 4.2 5.9 6.1 1.9 0.2 2.1 2.6 18.9

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
1967-68 22 NYK NBA 74 1588 5.8 12.9 .451 3.5 5.3 .655 7.1 6.9 4.5 15.1
1968-69 23 NYK NBA 80 2949 6.5 12.8 .505 4.2 5.6 .746 6.1 7.8 3.0 17.1
1969-70 24 NYK NBA 77 3040 7.1 13.7 .518 4.8 6.5 .748 5.5 7.4 2.4 19.1
1970-71 25 NYK NBA 80 3455 6.8 13.7 .494 4.5 5.8 .779 5.7 5.6 2.5 18.1
1971-72 26 NYK NBA 77 3126 7.7 15.1 .512 5.2 6.4 .808 5.9 5.1 2.1 20.6
1972-73 27 NYK NBA 78 3181 7.7 15.7 .490 3.2 4.0 .817 6.5 5.2 2.1 18.7
1973-74 28 NYK NBA 80 3338 7.3 15.4 .472 3.2 3.8 .838 1.3 4.5 5.8 5.9 1.7 0.2 2.3 17.7
1974-75 29 NYK NBA 78 3204 7.6 15.6 .483 3.7 4.5 .828 1.0 4.2 5.2 5.3 2.1 0.2 2.3 18.8
1975-76 30 NYK NBA 59 2427 7.0 14.4 .485 2.8 3.4 .823 1.2 4.8 5.9 5.2 1.6 0.1 2.4 16.7
1976-77 31 NYK NBA 76 2687 7.1 14.6 .489 3.5 4.5 .771 0.7 3.2 3.9 5.4 1.8 0.1 2.6 17.7
1977-78 32 CLE NBA 51 1664 7.3 15.4 .471 3.3 3.9 .850 1.2 3.4 4.5 4.5 1.7 0.3 2.4 2.7 17.8
1978-79 33 CLE NBA 12 279 7.0 15.7 .443 2.7 3.5 .778 0.9 1.7 2.6 4.1 1.7 0.3 2.8 2.8 16.6
1979-80 34 CLE NBA 3 27 5.3 14.7 .364 0.0 1.3 .000 2.7 2.7 1.000 1.3 2.7 4.0 10.7 2.7 1.3 5.3 2.7 13.3
Career NBA 825 30965 7.1 14.6 .490 0.0 1.3 .000 3.9 4.9 .786 1.1 4.0 5.6 5.9 1.8 0.2 2.5 2.5 18.1

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
1967-68 22 NYK NBA 74 1588 15.4 .496 .451 25.1 1.6 1.9 3.5 .105
1968-69 23 NYK NBA 80 2949 20.2 .560 .505 29.5 8.3 4.4 12.7 .207
1969-70 24 NYK NBA 77 3040 21.1 .575 .518 27.0 8.6 6.4 15.0 .236
1970-71 25 NYK NBA 80 3455 19.5 .556 .494 7.2 21.2 8.9 6.7 15.6 .217
1971-72 26 NYK NBA 77 3126 21.6 .576 .512 8.0 21.1 10.3 4.2 14.5 .223
1972-73 27 NYK NBA 78 3181 19.7 .534 .490 8.9 20.6 7.3 5.7 13.0 .196
1973-74 28 NYK NBA 80 3338 18.7 .519 .472 3.8 13.1 8.5 24.4 2.2 0.2 94 5.9 5.1 10.9 .157
1974-75 29 NYK NBA 78 3204 19.9 .534 .483 2.9 12.4 7.6 23.1 2.8 0.2 97 7.2 3.5 10.8 .161
1975-76 30 NYK NBA 59 2427 17.7 .527 .485 3.3 13.8 8.5 21.4 2.0 0.2 99 4.4 2.4 6.8 .134
1976-77 31 NYK NBA 76 2687 16.6 .535 .489 2.1 9.2 5.7 20.6 2.2 0.2 101 3.8 2.3 6.1 .108
1977-78 32 CLE NBA 51 1664 17.5 .520 .471 3.3 9.5 6.4 18.5 2.1 0.4 12.5 21.6 105 101 2.8 1.8 4.6 .132
1978-79 33 CLE NBA 12 279 12.9 .482 .443 2.6 5.4 3.9 16.2 2.2 0.4 14.1 22.2 97 109 0.1 0.1 0.2 .029
1979-80 34 CLE NBA 3 27 13.6 .421 .364 3.7 8.2 5.9 36.7 3.4 2.0 25.2 22.6 87 104 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.012
Career NBA 825 30965 19.1 .542 .490 3.1 11.7 7.6 23.0 2.3 0.2 12.9 21.7 104 98 69.1 44.5 113.5 .176

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
1967-68 22 NYK NBA 4 119 12 33 14 18 22 25 12 38 .364 .778 29.8 9.5 5.5 6.3
1968-69 23 NYK NBA 10 415 89 177 34 57 74 91 30 212 .503 .596 41.5 21.2 7.4 9.1
1969-70 24 NYK NBA 19 834 118 247 68 89 149 156 53 304 .478 .764 43.9 16.0 7.8 8.2
1970-71 25 NYK NBA 12 501 108 204 55 75 70 54 45 271 .529 .733 41.8 22.6 5.8 4.5
1971-72 26 NYK NBA 16 704 148 276 92 125 112 98 48 388 .536 .736 44.0 24.3 7.0 6.1
1972-73 27 NYK NBA 17 765 150 292 73 94 124 106 52 373 .514 .777 45.0 21.9 7.3 6.2
1973-74 28 NYK NBA 12 491 113 225 44 49 21 95 48 21 4 41 270 .502 .898 40.9 22.5 7.9 4.0
1974-75 29 NYK NBA 3 124 29 46 13 16 3 20 21 11 0 4 71 .630 .813 41.3 23.7 6.7 7.0
Career NBA 93 3953 767 1500 393 523 24 666 599 32 4 285 1927 .511 .751 42.5 20.7 7.2 6.4

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
1967-68 22 NYK NBA 4 119 13.6 .464 .364 25.7 0.0 0.1 0.1 .043
1968-69 23 NYK NBA 10 415 21.3 .525 .503 33.0 1.1 0.6 1.7 .198
1969-70 24 NYK NBA 19 834 16.5 .531 .478 23.4 1.3 1.5 2.8 .163
1970-71 25 NYK NBA 12 501 20.2 .572 .529 6.4 16.7 1.8 0.7 2.5 .236
1971-72 26 NYK NBA 16 704 21.5 .586 .536 8.2 21.3 2.6 0.8 3.3 .227
1972-73 27 NYK NBA 17 765 19.7 .559 .514 8.6 19.6 2.3 0.8 3.0 .189
1973-74 28 NYK NBA 12 491 21.3 .548 .502 4.3 16.9 10.3 16.9 2.1 0.5 97 1.3 0.5 1.8 .178
1974-75 29 NYK NBA 3 124 27.3 .669 .630 2.8 14.3 8.8 33.3 4.3 0.0 100 0.6 0.1 0.6 .251
Career NBA 93 3953 19.8 .557 .511 4.0 16.4 8.4 22.0 2.5 0.4 98 10.9 5.0 15.9 .193

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1969-70 24 NYK NBA 1 1 24:00 3 7 .429 1 2 .500 3 4 2 7
1970-71 25 NYK NBA 1 1 26:00 3 9 .333 0 0 6 5 2 6
1971-72 26 NYK NBA 1 1 25:00 7 11 .636 1 2 .500 3 5 2 15
1972-73 27 NYK NBA 1 1 26:00 5 15 .333 0 0 6 2 1 10
1973-74 28 NYK NBA 1 1 28:00 5 12 .417 2 2 1.000 1 2 5 3 0 1 12
1974-75 29 NYK NBA 1 1 35:00 10 17 .588 10 11 .909 0 5 2 4 0 2 30
1975-76 30 NYK NBA 1 1 19:00 2 7 .286 4 4 1.000 0 2 3 2 0 0 8
Career NBA 7 7 183 35 78 .449 18 21 .857 1 27 26 9 0 10 88

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 13 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Walt Frazier 15.6 15.0 14.5 13.0 12.7 10.9 10.8 6.8 6.1 4.6 3.5 0.2 0.0
Chauncey Billups 86.9 15.5 13.5 12.1 11.4 11.3 10.1 9.9 9.5 7.6 3.7 3.0 2.3 0.1
Kobe Bryant 85.4 15.3 14.9 13.8 13.0 12.7 12.7 11.3 10.7 10.6 8.1 6.3 5.2 1.8
Clyde Drexler 83.0 13.2 12.8 12.6 12.4 11.7 11.6 10.3 7.5 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.0 2.4
Gary Payton 81.8 13.9 12.9 12.6 12.5 11.7 11.5 10.8 9.3 9.1 7.8 7.2 3.9 3.4
Steve Nash 80.8 12.6 12.4 11.6 10.9 10.5 9.9 8.8 8.4 7.3 4.8 3.0 1.0 0.7
Sidney Moncrief 79.5 13.4 13.2 12.7 11.7 11.2 9.9 5.0 4.9 3.7 2.9 1.8
Kevin Johnson 79.2 12.7 12.2 11.7 11.6 10.0 8.7 8.2 5.1 4.8 4.0 3.5 0.5
John Stockton 77.0 15.6 14.4 14.1 14.0 13.9 13.6 13.4 13.2 13.0 10.6 6.7 5.9 3.1
Magic Johnson 75.9 16.5 16.1 15.9 15.4 12.9 12.7 12.5 12.1 10.9 10.5 10.2 6.4 3.6
Dwyane Wade 75.0 14.7 14.4 13.0 12.8 11.0 8.8 4.6 3.3
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
Walt Frazier 15.6 15.0 14.5 13.0 12.7 10.9 10.8 6.8 6.1 4.6 3.5 0.2 0.0
Chauncey Billups 84.5 15.5 13.5 12.1 11.4 11.3 10.1 9.9 9.5 8.0 7.6 3.7 3.0 2.3 0.1
Sidney Moncrief 79.5 13.4 13.2 12.7 11.7 11.2 9.9 5.0 4.9 3.7 2.9 1.8
Kevin Johnson 79.2 12.7 12.2 11.7 11.6 10.0 8.7 8.2 5.1 4.8 4.0 3.5 0.5
Kobe Bryant 77.9 15.3 14.9 13.8 13.0 12.7 12.7 11.3 10.7 10.6 10.3 9.4 8.1 6.3 5.2 1.8
Clyde Drexler 77.4 13.2 12.8 12.6 12.4 11.7 11.6 10.3 8.1 7.5 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.0 2.4
Magic Johnson 75.9 16.5 16.1 15.9 15.4 12.9 12.7 12.5 12.1 10.9 10.5 10.2 6.4 3.6
Gary Payton 75.8 13.9 12.9 12.6 12.5 11.7 11.5 10.8 9.3 9.1 8.1 7.8 7.2 5.4 4.1 3.9 3.4 1.3
Dwyane Wade 75.0 14.7 14.4 13.0 12.8 11.0 8.8 4.6 3.3
Steve Nash 74.3 12.6 12.4 11.6 10.9 10.5 9.9 9.9 8.8 8.4 8.0 7.3 4.8 3.0 1.0 0.7
Jerry West 73.9 17.1 16.7 15.2 14.0 13.3 12.9 12.8 11.7 10.8 10.6 9.6 8.1 6.6 3.2

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
1963-64 18 SILLINOIS 14 133 225 52 85 129 318 .591 .612 22.7 9.2
1964-65 19 SILLINOIS 24 161 353 88 111 221 410 .456 .793 17.1 9.2
1966-67 21 SILLINOIS 26 192 397 90 126 310 474 .484 .714 18.2 11.9
Career 50 353 750 178 237 531 884 .471 .751 17.7 10.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1970 NBA
1971 NBA
1972 NBA
1973 NBA
1974 NBA
1975 NBA
1976 NBA
Awards
1974-75 NBA All-Star Game MVP
Honors
1967-68 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
1968-69 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1969-70 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1969-70 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1970-71 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1970-71 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1971-72 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1971-72 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1972-73 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1972-73 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1973-74 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1973-74 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1974-75 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1974-75 NBA All-NBA (1st)
MVP Award Shares
1969-70 NBA 0.067 (4)
1972-73 NBA 0.046 (7)
1973-74 NBA 0.027 (6)
1974-75 NBA 0.006 (15)
1975-76 NBA 0.005 (17)
Career 0.151 (75)
Championships
(Minimum 1 playoff game)
1970 New York Knicks (NBA)
1973 New York Knicks (NBA)
Minutes Played
1970-71 NBA 3455 (5)
1973-74 NBA 3338 (4)
1974-75 NBA 3204 (8)
Field Goals
Career NBA 6130 (94)
Career 6130 (100)
Field Goal Pct
1968-69 NBA .505 (7)
1969-70 NBA .518 (9)
1971-72 NBA .512 (6)
Free Throw Pct
1977-78 NBA .850 (10)
Assists
1968-69 NBA 635 (3)
1969-70 NBA 629 (2)
1970-71 NBA 536 (6)
1971-72 NBA 446 (10)
1973-74 NBA 551 (4)
1974-75 NBA 474 (8)
Career NBA 5040 (51)
Career 5040 (52)
Steals
1973-74 NBA 161 (7)
1974-75 NBA 190 (2)
Minutes Per Game
1969-70 NBA 39.5 (8)
1970-71 NBA 43.2 (4)
1973-74 NBA 41.7 (5)
1974-75 NBA 41.1 (5)
1975-76 NBA 41.1 (3)
Career NBA 37.5 (21)
Career 37.5 (21)
Points Per Game
Career NBA 18.9 (74)
Career 18.9 (81)
Assists Per Game
1968-69 NBA 7.9 (3)
1969-70 NBA 8.2 (2)
1970-71 NBA 6.7 (5)
1971-72 NBA 5.8 (9)
1973-74 NBA 6.9 (4)
1974-75 NBA 6.1 (8)
Career NBA 6.1 (51)
Career 6.1 (52)
Steals Per Game
1973-74 NBA 2.0 (8)
1974-75 NBA 2.4 (2)
Player Efficiency Rating
1968-69 NBA 20.2 (7)
1969-70 NBA 21.1 (5)
1971-72 NBA 21.6 (6)
1972-73 NBA 19.7 (9)
1974-75 NBA 19.9 (7)
Career NBA 19.1 (82)
Career 19.1 (87)
True Shooting Pct
1968-69 NBA .560 (5)
1969-70 NBA .575 (5)
1970-71 NBA .556 (10)
1971-72 NBA .576 (6)
Effective Field Goal Pct
1968-69 NBA .505 (7)
1969-70 NBA .518 (9)
1971-72 NBA .512 (6)
Assist Pct
1968-69 NBA 29.5 (4)
1969-70 NBA 27.0 (6)
1973-74 NBA 24.4 (10)
Steal Pct
1974-75 NBA 2.8 (8)
Defensive Rating
Career NBA 98.1 (21)
Career 98.1 (23)
Offensive Win Shares
1968-69 NBA 8.3 (6)
1969-70 NBA 8.6 (5)
1970-71 NBA 8.9 (4)
1971-72 NBA 10.3 (3)
1972-73 NBA 7.3 (6)
1974-75 NBA 7.2 (8)
Career NBA 69.1 (49)
Career 69.1 (53)
Defensive Win Shares
1969-70 NBA 6.4 (2)
1970-71 NBA 6.7 (2)
1973-74 NBA 5.1 (8)
Career NBA 44.5 (57)
Career 44.5 (62)
Win Shares
1968-69 NBA 12.7 (4)
1969-70 NBA 15.0 (2)
1970-71 NBA 15.6 (2)
1971-72 NBA 14.5 (3)
1972-73 NBA 13.0 (4)
1973-74 NBA 10.9 (5)
1974-75 NBA 10.8 (7)
Career NBA 113.5 (45)
Career 113.5 (50)
Win Shares Per 48 Minutes
1968-69 NBA .207 (4)
1969-70 NBA .236 (1)
1970-71 NBA .217 (2)
1971-72 NBA .223 (3)
1972-73 NBA .196 (6)
Career NBA .176 (45)
Career .176 (45)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.964 (52)
NBA Elo Player Rating
44th (overall) as of Feb 11, 2012, 6:49AM
 

Transactions

May 3, 1967: Drafted by the New York Knicks in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1967 NBA Draft.

October 10, 1977: Sent to the Cleveland Cavaliers as compensation for the New York Knicks signing Jim Cleamons as a veteran free agent.

October 19, 1979: Waived by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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