Joe Fulks

Joseph Franklin Fulks (Joe, Jumpin' Joe)

Position: Forward-Center ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-5 ▪ Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: October 26, 1921 in Birmingham, Kentucky
Died: March 21, 1976
High School: Kuttawa in Kuttawa, Kentucky
College: Murray State University
NBA Debut: November 7, 1946
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1978 (Full List)

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Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1946-47	25	PHW	BAA	PF	60		475	1557	.305	439	601	.730		25	199	1389
1947-48	26	PHW	BAA	PF	43		326	1258	.259	297	390	.762		26	162	949
1948-49	27	PHW	BAA	PF	60		529	1689	.313	502	638	.787		74	262	1560
1949-50	28	PHW	NBA	PF	68		336	1209	.278	293	421	.696		56	240	965
1950-51	29	PHW	NBA	PF	66		429	1358	.316	378	442	.855	523	117	247	1236
1951-52	30	PHW	NBA	PF	61	1904	336	1078	.312	250	303	.825	368	123	255	922
1952-53	31	PHW	NBA	PF	70	2085	332	960	.346	168	231	.727	387	138	319	832
1953-54	32	PHW	NBA	PF	61	501	61	229	.266	28	49	.571	101	28	90	150
Career			TOT		489	4490	2824	9338	.302	2355	3075	.766	1379	587	1774	8003
			NBA		326	4490	1494	4834	.309	1117	1446	.772	1379	462	1151	4105
			BAA		163		1330	4504	.295	1238	1629	.760		125	623	3898

Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1946-47	25	PHW	BAA	PF	60		7.9	26.0	.305	7.3	10.0	.730		0.4	3.3	23.2
1947-48	26	PHW	BAA	PF	43		7.6	29.3	.259	6.9	9.1	.762		0.6	3.8	22.1
1948-49	27	PHW	BAA	PF	60		8.8	28.2	.313	8.4	10.6	.787		1.2	4.4	26.0
1949-50	28	PHW	NBA	PF	68		4.9	17.8	.278	4.3	6.2	.696		0.8	3.5	14.2
1950-51	29	PHW	NBA	PF	66		6.5	20.6	.316	5.7	6.7	.855	7.9	1.8	3.7	18.7
1951-52	30	PHW	NBA	PF	61	31.2	5.5	17.7	.312	4.1	5.0	.825	6.0	2.0	4.2	15.1
1952-53	31	PHW	NBA	PF	70	29.8	4.7	13.7	.346	2.4	3.3	.727	5.5	2.0	4.6	11.9
1953-54	32	PHW	NBA	PF	61	8.2	1.0	3.8	.266	0.5	0.8	.571	1.7	0.5	1.5	2.5
Career			TOT		489	23.4	5.8	19.1	.302	4.8	6.3	.766	5.3	1.2	3.6	16.4
			NBA		326	23.4	4.6	14.8	.309	3.4	4.4	.772	5.3	1.4	3.5	12.6
			BAA		163		8.2	27.6	.295	7.6	10.0	.760		0.8	3.8	23.9

Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1946-47	25	PHW	BAA	PF	60				.305			.730
1947-48	26	PHW	BAA	PF	43				.259			.762
1948-49	27	PHW	BAA	PF	60				.313			.787
1949-50	28	PHW	NBA	PF	68				.278			.696
1950-51	29	PHW	NBA	PF	66				.316			.855
1951-52	30	PHW	NBA	PF	61	1904	6.4	20.4	.312	4.7	5.7	.825	7.0	2.3	4.8	17.4
1952-53	31	PHW	NBA	PF	70	2085	5.7	16.6	.346	2.9	4.0	.727	6.7	2.4	5.5	14.4
1953-54	32	PHW	NBA	PF	61	501	4.4	16.5	.266	2.0	3.5	.571	7.3	2.0	6.5	10.8
Career			TOT		489	4490	5.8	18.2	.302	3.6	4.7	.766	6.9	2.3	5.3	15.3
			NBA		326	4490	5.8	18.2	.309	3.6	4.7	.772	6.9	2.3	5.3	15.3
			BAA		163				.295			.760

Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1946-47	25	PHW	BAA	PF	60			.381	.305	13.0	3.3	16.3
1947-48	26	PHW	BAA	PF	43			.332	.259	2.2	3.8	6.0
1948-49	27	PHW	BAA	PF	60			.396	.313	4.2	3.4	7.7
1949-50	28	PHW	NBA	PF	68			.346	.278	-4.4	3.7	-0.8
1950-51	29	PHW	NBA	PF	66			.398	.316	-0.2	4.5	4.3
1951-52	30	PHW	NBA	PF	61	1904	11.8	.381	.312	-2.5	0.7	-1.8	-0.045
1952-53	31	PHW	NBA	PF	70	2085	11.6	.392	.346	-1.8	1.2	-0.6	-0.015
1953-54	32	PHW	NBA	PF	61	501	3.7	.299	.266	-2.2	0.4	-1.8	-0.171
Career			TOT		489	4490	10.8	.374	.302	8.3	20.9	29.2	-0.045
			NBA		326	4490	10.8	.375	.309	-11.1	10.4	-0.7	-0.045
			BAA		163			.373	.295	19.4	10.5	30.0

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1946-47	25	PHW	BAA	PF	10		74	257	.288	74	94	.787		3	32	222
1947-48	26	PHW	BAA	PF	13		92	380	.242	98	121	.810		3	55	282
1948-49	27	PHW	BAA	PF	1		0	0		0	0			0	1	0
1949-50	28	PHW	NBA	PF	2		5	26	.192	5	10	.500		2	10	15
1950-51	29	PHW	NBA	PF	2		16	49	.327	20	27	.741	16	1	9	52
1951-52	30	PHW	NBA	PF	3	70	5	33	.152	7	9	.778	12	2	13	17
Career			TOT		31	70	192	745	.258	204	261	.782	28	11	120	588
			BAA		24		166	637	.261	172	215	.800		6	88	504
			NBA		7	70	26	108	.241	32	46	.696	28	5	32	84

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1946-47	25	PHW	BAA	PF	10		7.4	25.7	.288	7.4	9.4	.787		0.3	3.2	22.2
1947-48	26	PHW	BAA	PF	13		7.1	29.2	.242	7.5	9.3	.810		0.2	4.2	21.7
1948-49	27	PHW	BAA	PF	1		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	1.0	0.0
1949-50	28	PHW	NBA	PF	2		2.5	13.0	.192	2.5	5.0	.500		1.0	5.0	7.5
1950-51	29	PHW	NBA	PF	2		8.0	24.5	.327	10.0	13.5	.741	8.0	0.5	4.5	26.0
1951-52	30	PHW	NBA	PF	3	23.3	1.7	11.0	.152	2.3	3.0	.778	4.0	0.7	4.3	5.7
Career			TOT		31	23.3	6.2	24.0	.258	6.6	8.4	.782	5.6	0.4	3.9	19.0
			BAA		24		6.9	26.5	.261	7.2	9.0	.800		0.3	3.7	21.0
			NBA		7	23.3	3.7	15.4	.241	4.6	6.6	.696	5.6	0.7	4.6	12.0

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1946-47	25	PHW	BAA	PF	10				.288			.787
1947-48	26	PHW	BAA	PF	13				.242			.810
1948-49	27	PHW	BAA	PF	1
1949-50	28	PHW	NBA	PF	2				.192			.500
1950-51	29	PHW	NBA	PF	2				.327			.741
1951-52	30	PHW	NBA	PF	3	70	2.6	17.0	.152	3.6	4.6	.778	6.2	1.0	6.7	8.7
Career			TOT		31	70	2.6	17.0	.258	3.6	4.6	.782	6.2	1.0	6.7	8.7
			BAA		24				.261			.800
			NBA		7	70	2.6	17.0	.241	3.6	4.6	.696	6.2	1.0	6.7	8.7

Playoffs Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	AST%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1946-47	25	PHW	BAA	PF	10			.372	.288		1.9	0.3	2.3
1947-48	26	PHW	BAA	PF	13			.325	.242		0.2	1.7	1.9
1948-49	27	PHW	BAA	PF	1						0.0	0.0	0.0
1949-50	28	PHW	NBA	PF	2			.247	.192		-0.4	0.1	-0.3
1950-51	29	PHW	NBA	PF	2			.427	.327		0.0	0.0	0.1
1951-52	30	PHW	NBA	PF	3	70	-3.7	.230	.152	5.7	-0.5	0.0	-0.6	-0.398
Career			TOT		31	70	-3.7	.342	.258	5.7	1.2	2.2	3.4	-0.398
			BAA		24			.344	.261		2.2	2.1	4.2
			NBA		7	70	-3.7	.328	.241	5.7	-0.9	0.1	-0.8	-0.398

All-Star Games

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1950-51	29	PHW	NBA	PF	1			6	15	.400	7	9	.778	7	3	5	19
1951-52	30	PHW	NBA	PF	1	0	9:00	3	7	.429	0	1	.000	5	2	2	6
Career			NBA		2	0	9	9	22	.409	7	10	.700	12	5	7	25

Similarity Scores

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

Thru 8 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Joe Fulks		16.3	7.7	6.0	4.3	-0.6	-0.8	-1.8	-1.8
Bob Feerick	66.1	18.6	10.5	8.9	3.6
Serge Ibaka	59.1	9.4	7.6	6.2	3.7
Kevin Love	57.8	11.4	10.0	5.3	4.9	1.1
Gerald Wallace	51.5	9.5	7.7	6.4	4.6	2.4	0.9	0.6	0.4
Jermaine O'Neal	48.2	10.5	9.0	6.4	6.4	2.1	1.2	0.8	0.8
Paul Silas	47.2	11.0	6.9	6.7	3.3	3.3	1.8	1.2	0.5
Antonio McDyess	46.7	9.4	7.8	6.2	4.2	3.6	1.8	1.2	0.8
Goose Ligon	46.0	9.9	9.7	6.5	6.3	2.4	1.0	0.3
Fred Schaus	45.4	8.5	8.4	6.8	4.0	3.7
Donald Sidle	44.8	9.7	5.9	5.6	1.9

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Joe Fulks		16.3	7.7	6.0	4.3	-0.6	-0.8	-1.8	-1.8
Bob Feerick	66.1	18.6	10.5	8.9	3.6
Serge Ibaka	59.1	9.4	7.6	6.2	3.7
Kevin Love	57.8	11.4	10.0	5.3	4.9	1.1
Goose Ligon	46.0	9.9	9.7	6.5	6.3	2.4	1.0	0.3
Fred Schaus	45.4	8.5	8.4	6.8	4.0	3.7
Donald Sidle	44.8	9.7	5.9	5.6	1.9
John Shumate	44.4	7.7	6.5	6.3	3.5	0.5
Ryan Anderson	44.1	8.9	6.5	6.4	3.1	2.5
Doug Moe	41.9	9.4	5.2	4.8	4.3	1.8
Danilo Gallinari	39.7	7.2	6.1	5.6	3.9	1.0

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
1941-42	20	MURRAYST	22		117				50									284					12.9
1942-43	21	MURRAYST	25		135				67									337					13.5
Career			47		252				117									621					13.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games 1951 NBA 1952 NBA	Honors 1946-47 BAA All-BAA (1st) 1947-48 BAA All-BAA (1st) 1948-49 BAA All-BAA (1st) 1950-51 NBA All-NBA (2nd)	Championships (Minimum 1 playoff game) 1947 Philadelphia Warriors (BAA)	Games 1946-47 BAA 60 (7) 1948-49 BAA 60 (4) 1949-50 NBA 68 (2)
Field Goals 1946-47 BAA 475 (1) 1947-48 BAA 326 (2) 1948-49 BAA 529 (2) 1950-51 NBA 429 (4)	Field Goal Attempts 1946-47 BAA 1557 (1) 1947-48 BAA 1258 (1) 1948-49 BAA 1689 (1) 1949-50 NBA 1209 (2) 1950-51 NBA 1358 (2) 1951-52 NBA 1078 (5) 1952-53 NBA 960 (8)	Free Throws 1946-47 BAA 439 (1) 1947-48 BAA 297 (1) 1948-49 BAA 502 (2) 1949-50 NBA 293 (9) 1950-51 NBA 378 (8)	Free Throw Attempts 1946-47 BAA 601 (1) 1947-48 BAA 390 (2) 1948-49 BAA 638 (2) 1949-50 NBA 421 (8) 1950-51 NBA 442 (8)
Personal Fouls 1946-47 BAA 199 (2) 1947-48 BAA 162 (10) 1948-49 BAA 262 (2) 1951-52 NBA 255 (10) 1952-53 NBA 319 (2)	Points 1946-47 BAA 1389 (1) 1947-48 BAA 949 (2) 1948-49 BAA 1560 (2) 1950-51 NBA 1236 (4)	Free Throw Pct 1946-47 BAA .730 (7) 1947-48 BAA .761 (3) 1948-49 BAA .787 (10) 1950-51 NBA .855 (1) 1951-52 NBA .825 (7)	Points Per Game 1946-47 BAA 23.1 (1) 1947-48 BAA 22.1 (1) 1948-49 BAA 26.0 (2) 1950-51 NBA 18.7 (4)
True Shooting Pct 1946-47 BAA .381 (9)	Offensive Win Shares 1946-47 BAA 13.0 (2)	Defensive Win Shares 1947-48 BAA 3.8 (2) 1948-49 BAA 3.4 (3) 1950-51 NBA 4.5 (5)	Win Shares 1946-47 BAA 16.3 (2) 1947-48 BAA 6.0 (10) 1948-49 BAA 7.7 (8)
Hall of Fame Probability Career 0.249 (131)

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