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George Gervin

George Gervin (Iceman, Ice)

Position: Guard-Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-7 ▪ Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: April 27, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan
High School: Martin Luther King in Detroit, Michigan
College: Eastern Michigan University
Draft: Phoenix Suns, 3rd round (4th pick, 40th overall), 1974 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 22, 1976 ▪ ABA Debut: January 26, 1973
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1996 (Full List)
Relatives: Brother of Derrick Gervin

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Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1972-73 20 VIR ABA SG 30 689 161 341 .472 6 26 .231 96 118 .814 34 94 128 34 54 72 424
1973-74 21 TOT ABA SG-SF 74 2511 672 1426 .471 8 56 .143 378 464 .815 170 454 624 142 101 120 252 264 1730
1973-74 21 VIR ABA SG 49 1728 487 1031 .472 8 50 .160 262 328 .799 108 310 418 97 75 86 188 166 1244
1973-74 21 SAA ABA SF 25 783 185 395 .468 0 6 .000 116 136 .853 62 144 206 45 26 34 64 98 486
1974-75 22 SAA ABA SF 84 3113 784 1655 .474 17 55 .309 380 458 .830 247 450 697 207 131 138 249 295 1965
1975-76 23 SAA ABA SF 81 2748 706 1414 .499 14 55 .255 342 399 .857 179 367 546 201 110 119 217 288 1768
1976-77 24 SAS NBA SF 82 2705 726 1335 .544 443 532 .833 134 320 454 238 105 104 286 1895
1977-78 25 SAS NBA SG 82 2857 864 1611 .536 504 607 .830 118 302 420 302 136 110 306 255 2232
1978-79 26 SAS NBA SF 80 2888 947 1749 .541 471 570 .826 142 258 400 219 137 91 286 275 2365
1979-80 27 SAS NBA SG 78 2934 1024 1940 .528 32 102 .314 505 593 .852 154 249 403 202 110 79 254 208 2585
1980-81 28 SAS NBA SG 82 2765 850 1729 .492 9 35 .257 512 620 .826 126 293 419 260 94 56 251 212 2221
1981-82 29 SAS NBA SG 79 79 2817 993 1987 .500 10 36 .278 555 642 .864 138 254 392 187 77 45 210 215 2551
1982-83 30 SAS NBA SG 78 78 2830 757 1553 .487 12 33 .364 517 606 .853 111 246 357 264 88 67 247 243 2043
1983-84 31 SAS NBA SG 76 76 2584 765 1561 .490 10 24 .417 427 507 .842 106 207 313 220 79 47 224 219 1967
1984-85 32 SAS NBA SG 72 69 2091 600 1182 .508 0 10 .000 324 384 .844 79 155 234 178 66 48 198 208 1524
1985-86 33 CHI NBA SG 82 75 2065 519 1100 .472 4 19 .211 283 322 .879 78 137 215 144 49 23 161 210 1325
Career TOT 1060 377 35597 10368 20583 .504 122 451 .271 5737 6822 .841 1816 3786 5602 2798 1283 1047 2909 3250 26595
NBA 791 377 26536 8045 15747 .511 77 259 .297 4541 5383 .844 1186 2421 3607 2214 941 670 2137 2331 20708
ABA 269 9061 2323 4836 .480 45 192 .234 1196 1439 .831 630 1365 1995 584 342 377 772 919 5887

Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1972-73 20 VIR ABA SG 30 23.0 5.4 11.4 .472 0.2 0.9 .231 3.2 3.9 .814 1.1 3.1 4.3 1.1 1.8 2.4 14.1
1973-74 21 TOT ABA SG-SF 74 33.9 9.1 19.3 .471 0.1 0.8 .143 5.1 6.3 .815 2.3 6.1 8.4 1.9 1.4 1.6 3.4 3.6 23.4
1973-74 21 VIR ABA SG 49 35.3 9.9 21.0 .472 0.2 1.0 .160 5.3 6.7 .799 2.2 6.3 8.5 2.0 1.5 1.8 3.8 3.4 25.4
1973-74 21 SAA ABA SF 25 31.3 7.4 15.8 .468 0.0 0.2 .000 4.6 5.4 .853 2.5 5.8 8.2 1.8 1.0 1.4 2.6 3.9 19.4
1974-75 22 SAA ABA SF 84 37.1 9.3 19.7 .474 0.2 0.7 .309 4.5 5.5 .830 2.9 5.4 8.3 2.5 1.6 1.6 3.0 3.5 23.4
1975-76 23 SAA ABA SF 81 33.9 8.7 17.5 .499 0.2 0.7 .255 4.2 4.9 .857 2.2 4.5 6.7 2.5 1.4 1.5 2.7 3.6 21.8
1976-77 24 SAS NBA SF 82 33.0 8.9 16.3 .544 5.4 6.5 .833 1.6 3.9 5.5 2.9 1.3 1.3 3.5 23.1
1977-78 25 SAS NBA SG 82 34.8 10.5 19.6 .536 6.1 7.4 .830 1.4 3.7 5.1 3.7 1.7 1.3 3.7 3.1 27.2
1978-79 26 SAS NBA SF 80 36.1 11.8 21.9 .541 5.9 7.1 .826 1.8 3.2 5.0 2.7 1.7 1.1 3.6 3.4 29.6
1979-80 27 SAS NBA SG 78 37.6 13.1 24.9 .528 0.4 1.3 .314 6.5 7.6 .852 2.0 3.2 5.2 2.6 1.4 1.0 3.3 2.7 33.1
1980-81 28 SAS NBA SG 82 33.7 10.4 21.1 .492 0.1 0.4 .257 6.2 7.6 .826 1.5 3.6 5.1 3.2 1.1 0.7 3.1 2.6 27.1
1981-82 29 SAS NBA SG 79 79 35.7 12.6 25.2 .500 0.1 0.5 .278 7.0 8.1 .864 1.7 3.2 5.0 2.4 1.0 0.6 2.7 2.7 32.3
1982-83 30 SAS NBA SG 78 78 36.3 9.7 19.9 .487 0.2 0.4 .364 6.6 7.8 .853 1.4 3.2 4.6 3.4 1.1 0.9 3.2 3.1 26.2
1983-84 31 SAS NBA SG 76 76 34.0 10.1 20.5 .490 0.1 0.3 .417 5.6 6.7 .842 1.4 2.7 4.1 2.9 1.0 0.6 2.9 2.9 25.9
1984-85 32 SAS NBA SG 72 69 29.0 8.3 16.4 .508 0.0 0.1 .000 4.5 5.3 .844 1.1 2.2 3.3 2.5 0.9 0.7 2.8 2.9 21.2
1985-86 33 CHI NBA SG 82 75 25.2 6.3 13.4 .472 0.0 0.2 .211 3.5 3.9 .879 1.0 1.7 2.6 1.8 0.6 0.3 2.0 2.6 16.2
Career TOT 1060 377 33.6 9.8 19.4 .504 0.1 0.6 .271 5.4 6.4 .841 1.7 3.6 5.3 2.6 1.2 1.0 3.0 3.1 25.1
NBA 791 377 33.5 10.2 19.9 .511 0.1 0.5 .297 5.7 6.8 .844 1.5 3.1 4.6 2.8 1.2 0.8 3.0 2.9 26.2
ABA 269 33.7 8.6 18.0 .480 0.2 0.7 .234 4.4 5.3 .831 2.3 5.1 7.4 2.2 1.4 1.6 2.9 3.4 21.9

Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1972-73 20 VIR ABA SG 30 689 8.4 17.8 .472 0.3 1.4 .231 5.0 6.2 .814 1.8 4.9 6.7 1.8 2.8 3.8 22.2
1973-74 21 TOT ABA SG-SF 74 2511 9.6 20.4 .471 0.1 0.8 .143 5.4 6.7 .815 2.4 6.5 8.9 2.0 1.4 1.7 3.6 3.8 24.8
1973-74 21 VIR ABA SG 49 1728 10.1 21.5 .472 0.2 1.0 .160 5.5 6.8 .799 2.3 6.5 8.7 2.0 1.6 1.8 3.9 3.5 25.9
1973-74 21 SAA ABA SF 25 783 8.5 18.2 .468 0.0 0.3 .000 5.3 6.3 .853 2.9 6.6 9.5 2.1 1.2 1.6 2.9 4.5 22.3
1974-75 22 SAA ABA SF 84 3113 9.1 19.1 .474 0.2 0.6 .309 4.4 5.3 .830 2.9 5.2 8.1 2.4 1.5 1.6 2.9 3.4 22.7
1975-76 23 SAA ABA SF 81 2748 9.2 18.5 .499 0.2 0.7 .255 4.5 5.2 .857 2.3 4.8 7.2 2.6 1.4 1.6 2.8 3.8 23.2
1976-77 24 SAS NBA SF 82 2705 9.7 17.8 .544 5.9 7.1 .833 1.8 4.3 6.0 3.2 1.4 1.4 3.8 25.2
1977-78 25 SAS NBA SG 82 2857 10.9 20.3 .536 6.4 7.6 .830 1.5 3.8 5.3 3.8 1.7 1.4 3.9 3.2 28.1
1978-79 26 SAS NBA SF 80 2888 11.8 21.8 .541 5.9 7.1 .826 1.8 3.2 5.0 2.7 1.7 1.1 3.6 3.4 29.5
1979-80 27 SAS NBA SG 78 2934 12.6 23.8 .528 0.4 1.3 .314 6.2 7.3 .852 1.9 3.1 4.9 2.5 1.3 1.0 3.1 2.6 31.7
1980-81 28 SAS NBA SG 82 2765 11.1 22.5 .492 0.1 0.5 .257 6.7 8.1 .826 1.6 3.8 5.5 3.4 1.2 0.7 3.3 2.8 28.9
1981-82 29 SAS NBA SG 79 79 2817 12.7 25.4 .500 0.1 0.5 .278 7.1 8.2 .864 1.8 3.2 5.0 2.4 1.0 0.6 2.7 2.7 32.6
1982-83 30 SAS NBA SG 78 78 2830 9.6 19.8 .487 0.2 0.4 .364 6.6 7.7 .853 1.4 3.1 4.5 3.4 1.1 0.9 3.1 3.1 26.0
1983-84 31 SAS NBA SG 76 76 2584 10.7 21.7 .490 0.1 0.3 .417 5.9 7.1 .842 1.5 2.9 4.4 3.1 1.1 0.7 3.1 3.1 27.4
1984-85 32 SAS NBA SG 72 69 2091 10.3 20.4 .508 0.0 0.2 .000 5.6 6.6 .844 1.4 2.7 4.0 3.1 1.1 0.8 3.4 3.6 26.2
1985-86 33 CHI NBA SG 82 75 2065 9.0 19.2 .472 0.1 0.3 .211 4.9 5.6 .879 1.4 2.4 3.7 2.5 0.9 0.4 2.8 3.7 23.1
Career TOT 1060 377 35597 10.5 20.8 .504 0.2 0.6 .271 5.8 6.9 .841 1.8 3.8 5.7 2.8 1.3 1.1 3.2 3.3 26.9
NBA 791 377 26536 10.9 21.4 .511 0.2 0.5 .297 6.2 7.3 .844 1.6 3.3 4.9 3.0 1.3 0.9 3.2 3.2 28.1
ABA 269 9061 9.2 19.2 .480 0.2 0.8 .234 4.8 5.7 .831 2.5 5.4 7.9 2.3 1.5 1.6 3.1 3.7 23.4

Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1972-73 20 VIR ABA SG 30 689 16.0 .540 .481 4.8 13.2 9.1 7.1 12.1 24.0 1.1 0.5 1.6 .112
1973-74 21 TOT ABA SG-SF 74 2511 21.7 .531 .474 7.0 18.6 12.8 9.9 1.9 2.6 13.4 29.9 103 101 3.9 3.4 7.3 .140
1973-74 21 VIR ABA SG 49 1728 21.7 .529 .476 6.3 17.9 12.1 10.0 2.0 2.6 13.8 30.6 102 102 2.4 2.0 4.4 .121
1973-74 21 SAA ABA SF 25 783 21.9 .534 .468 8.5 20.2 14.3 9.8 1.7 2.7 12.3 28.4 106 97 1.5 1.4 2.9 .180
1974-75 22 SAA ABA SF 84 3113 20.4 .529 .479 8.0 14.2 11.2 9.8 2.0 2.4 11.8 26.5 109 103 6.2 3.8 10.0 .154
1975-76 23 SAA ABA SF 81 2748 20.0 .556 .504 6.7 12.8 9.9 10.4 1.8 2.3 12.0 25.3 111 103 6.1 3.2 9.3 .162
1976-77 24 SAS NBA SF 82 2705 21.4 .604 .544 5.2 12.0 8.6 13.1 1.7 1.9 102 8.7 1.8 10.5 .187
1977-78 25 SAS NBA SG 82 2857 24.7 .594 .536 4.5 10.6 7.7 16.1 2.1 1.9 14.0 29.5 111 101 9.2 2.7 12.0 .201
1978-79 26 SAS NBA SF 80 2888 23.2 .591 .541 5.4 9.0 7.3 11.5 2.1 1.6 12.5 30.0 112 103 8.1 3.2 11.4 .189
1979-80 27 SAS NBA SG 78 2934 24.0 .587 .536 5.7 8.9 7.3 11.0 1.6 1.4 10.3 31.7 115 110 9.3 1.3 10.6 .173
1980-81 28 SAS NBA SG 82 2765 22.9 .555 .494 5.2 11.1 8.2 15.8 1.6 1.1 11.1 32.3 113 107 8.1 2.4 10.5 .182
1981-82 29 SAS NBA SG 79 2817 24.2 .562 .502 5.2 9.7 7.5 11.4 1.3 0.9 8.5 35.0 114 110 8.7 2.0 10.7 .182
1982-83 30 SAS NBA SG 78 2830 20.5 .561 .491 4.4 9.1 6.9 14.0 1.4 1.3 12.0 29.1 112 108 7.6 1.8 9.4 .159
1983-84 31 SAS NBA SG 76 2584 19.3 .551 .493 4.4 8.4 6.4 12.5 1.4 0.9 11.2 30.1 110 113 4.6 0.9 5.5 .102
1984-85 32 SAS NBA SG 72 2091 18.5 .564 .508 4.4 8.1 6.3 13.1 1.5 1.3 12.8 29.7 109 111 3.2 1.4 4.6 .106
1985-86 33 CHI NBA SG 82 2065 16.0 .534 .474 4.1 7.8 5.9 11.2 1.1 0.6 11.5 27.6 107 115 2.8 0.2 3.0 .069
Career TOT 1060 35597 21.4 .564 .507 5.5 10.9 8.2 12.2 1.7 1.6 11.7 29.6 111 106 87.7 28.6 116.3 .157
NBA 791 26536 21.7 .572 .513 4.9 9.6 7.3 13.0 1.6 1.3 11.4 30.7 112 108 70.4 17.7 88.1 .159
ABA 269 9061 20.3 .538 .485 7.1 14.9 11.1 9.8 1.9 2.4 12.4 26.9 108 102 17.4 10.8 28.2 .149

Playoffs Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1972-73 20 VIR ABA SG 5 200 34 77 .442 1 5 .200 24 34 .706 16 22 38 8 18 15 93
1973-74 21 SAA ABA SF 7 226 57 115 .496 1 1 1.000 29 31 .935 21 31 52 19 5 8 16 28 144
1974-75 22 SAA ABA SF 6 276 79 171 .462 3 12 .250 43 52 .827 34 50 84 8 6 8 14 22 204
1975-76 23 SAA ABA SF 7 288 67 128 .523 0 3 .000 56 69 .812 23 41 64 19 4 14 17 22 190
1976-77 24 SAS NBA SF 2 62 19 44 .432 12 15 .800 5 6 11 3 1 2 9 50
1977-78 25 SAS NBA SG 6 227 78 142 .549 43 56 .768 11 23 34 19 6 16 19 23 199
1978-79 26 SAS NBA SF 14 513 158 295 .536 84 104 .808 33 49 82 35 27 14 40 51 400
1979-80 27 SAS NBA SG 3 122 37 74 .500 0 2 .000 26 30 .867 9 11 20 12 5 3 9 8 100
1980-81 28 SAS NBA SG 7 274 77 154 .500 0 3 .000 36 45 .800 9 26 35 24 5 5 20 19 190
1981-82 29 SAS NBA SG 9 373 103 228 .452 0 3 .000 59 71 .831 19 47 66 41 10 4 31 36 265
1982-83 30 SAS NBA SG 11 437 108 208 .519 0 2 .000 61 69 .884 21 53 74 37 12 4 46 39 277
1984-85 32 SAS NBA SG 5 5 183 42 79 .532 0 3 .000 27 34 .794 3 15 18 14 3 3 20 19 111
1985-86 33 CHI NBA SG 2 0 11 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 3 0
Career TOT 84 5 3192 859 1716 .501 5 34 .147 500 610 .820 204 375 579 240 84 81 252 294 2223
NBA 59 5 2202 622 1225 .508 0 13 .000 348 424 .821 110 231 341 186 69 51 187 207 1592
ABA 25 990 237 491 .483 5 21 .238 152 186 .817 94 144 238 54 15 30 65 87 631

Playoffs Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1972-73 20 VIR ABA SG 5 40.0 6.8 15.4 .442 0.2 1.0 .200 4.8 6.8 .706 3.2 4.4 7.6 1.6 3.6 3.0 18.6
1973-74 21 SAA ABA SF 7 32.3 8.1 16.4 .496 0.1 0.1 1.000 4.1 4.4 .935 3.0 4.4 7.4 2.7 0.7 1.1 2.3 4.0 20.6
1974-75 22 SAA ABA SF 6 46.0 13.2 28.5 .462 0.5 2.0 .250 7.2 8.7 .827 5.7 8.3 14.0 1.3 1.0 1.3 2.3 3.7 34.0
1975-76 23 SAA ABA SF 7 41.1 9.6 18.3 .523 0.0 0.4 .000 8.0 9.9 .812 3.3 5.9 9.1 2.7 0.6 2.0 2.4 3.1 27.1
1976-77 24 SAS NBA SF 2 31.0 9.5 22.0 .432 6.0 7.5 .800 2.5 3.0 5.5 1.5 0.5 1.0 4.5 25.0
1977-78 25 SAS NBA SG 6 37.8 13.0 23.7 .549 7.2 9.3 .768 1.8 3.8 5.7 3.2 1.0 2.7 3.2 3.8 33.2
1978-79 26 SAS NBA SF 14 36.6 11.3 21.1 .536 6.0 7.4 .808 2.4 3.5 5.9 2.5 1.9 1.0 2.9 3.6 28.6
1979-80 27 SAS NBA SG 3 40.7 12.3 24.7 .500 0.0 0.7 .000 8.7 10.0 .867 3.0 3.7 6.7 4.0 1.7 1.0 3.0 2.7 33.3
1980-81 28 SAS NBA SG 7 39.1 11.0 22.0 .500 0.0 0.4 .000 5.1 6.4 .800 1.3 3.7 5.0 3.4 0.7 0.7 2.9 2.7 27.1
1981-82 29 SAS NBA SG 9 41.4 11.4 25.3 .452 0.0 0.3 .000 6.6 7.9 .831 2.1 5.2 7.3 4.6 1.1 0.4 3.4 4.0 29.4
1982-83 30 SAS NBA SG 11 39.7 9.8 18.9 .519 0.0 0.2 .000 5.5 6.3 .884 1.9 4.8 6.7 3.4 1.1 0.4 4.2 3.5 25.2
1984-85 32 SAS NBA SG 5 5 36.6 8.4 15.8 .532 0.0 0.6 .000 5.4 6.8 .794 0.6 3.0 3.6 2.8 0.6 0.6 4.0 3.8 22.2
1985-86 33 CHI NBA SG 2 0 5.5 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 0.0
Career TOT 84 5 38.0 10.2 20.4 .501 0.1 0.5 .147 6.0 7.3 .820 2.4 4.5 6.9 2.9 1.1 1.0 3.1 3.5 26.5
NBA 59 5 37.3 10.5 20.8 .508 0.0 0.4 .000 5.9 7.2 .821 1.9 3.9 5.8 3.2 1.2 0.9 3.3 3.5 27.0
ABA 25 39.6 9.5 19.6 .483 0.2 0.8 .238 6.1 7.4 .817 3.8 5.8 9.5 2.2 0.8 1.5 2.6 3.5 25.2

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1972-73 20 VIR ABA SG 5 200 6.1 13.9 .442 0.2 0.9 .200 4.3 6.1 .706 2.9 4.0 6.8 1.4 3.2 2.7 16.7
1973-74 21 SAA ABA SF 7 226 9.1 18.3 .496 0.2 0.2 1.000 4.6 4.9 .935 3.3 4.9 8.3 3.0 0.8 1.3 2.5 4.5 22.9
1974-75 22 SAA ABA SF 6 276 10.3 22.3 .462 0.4 1.6 .250 5.6 6.8 .827 4.4 6.5 11.0 1.0 0.8 1.0 1.8 2.9 26.6
1975-76 23 SAA ABA SF 7 288 8.4 16.0 .523 0.0 0.4 .000 7.0 8.6 .812 2.9 5.1 8.0 2.4 0.5 1.7 2.1 2.7 23.7
1976-77 24 SAS NBA SF 2 62 11.0 25.5 .432 7.0 8.7 .800 2.9 3.5 6.4 1.7 0.6 1.2 5.2 29.0
1977-78 25 SAS NBA SG 6 227 12.4 22.5 .549 6.8 8.9 .768 1.7 3.6 5.4 3.0 1.0 2.5 3.0 3.6 31.6
1978-79 26 SAS NBA SF 14 513 11.1 20.7 .536 5.9 7.3 .808 2.3 3.4 5.8 2.5 1.9 1.0 2.8 3.6 28.1
1979-80 27 SAS NBA SG 3 122 10.9 21.8 .500 0.0 0.6 .000 7.7 8.9 .867 2.7 3.2 5.9 3.5 1.5 0.9 2.7 2.4 29.5
1980-81 28 SAS NBA SG 7 274 10.1 20.2 .500 0.0 0.4 .000 4.7 5.9 .800 1.2 3.4 4.6 3.2 0.7 0.7 2.6 2.5 25.0
1981-82 29 SAS NBA SG 9 373 9.9 22.0 .452 0.0 0.3 .000 5.7 6.9 .831 1.8 4.5 6.4 4.0 1.0 0.4 3.0 3.5 25.6
1982-83 30 SAS NBA SG 11 437 8.9 17.1 .519 0.0 0.2 .000 5.0 5.7 .884 1.7 4.4 6.1 3.0 1.0 0.3 3.8 3.2 22.8
1984-85 32 SAS NBA SG 5 5 183 8.3 15.5 .532 0.0 0.6 .000 5.3 6.7 .794 0.6 3.0 3.5 2.8 0.6 0.6 3.9 3.7 21.8
1985-86 33 CHI NBA SG 2 0 11 0.0 3.3 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 3.3 3.3 0.0 0.0 6.5 9.8 0.0
Career TOT 84 5 3192 9.7 19.4 .501 0.1 0.5 .147 5.6 6.9 .820 2.3 4.2 6.5 2.7 1.0 1.0 2.9 3.3 25.1
NBA 59 5 2202 10.2 20.0 .508 0.0 0.3 .000 5.7 6.9 .821 1.8 3.8 5.6 3.0 1.1 0.8 3.1 3.4 26.0
ABA 25 990 8.6 17.9 .483 0.2 0.8 .238 5.5 6.8 .817 3.4 5.2 8.7 2.0 0.7 1.4 2.4 3.2 22.9

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1972-73 20 VIR ABA SG 5 200 13.6 .506 .448 10.7 6.5 16.4 22.5 0.2 -0.1 0.0 .008
1973-74 21 SAA ABA SF 7 226 23.9 .560 .500 10.1 13.8 12.0 14.2 1.1 2.3 11.1 28.1 116 108 0.8 0.1 0.9 .197
1974-75 22 SAA ABA SF 6 276 24.0 .526 .471 11.2 16.8 14.0 4.7 1.1 1.7 6.7 30.2 114 108 0.8 0.3 1.0 .178
1975-76 23 SAA ABA SF 7 288 23.0 .600 .523 7.9 13.0 10.6 10.7 0.7 2.7 9.7 24.0 124 106 1.0 0.3 1.4 .231
1976-77 24 SAS NBA SF 2 62 18.6 .494 .432 7.6 11.5 9.3 8.8 0.7 1.7 102 0.0 0.0 0.1 .055
1977-78 25 SAS NBA SG 6 227 29.4 .597 .549 5.2 10.3 7.9 13.8 1.2 3.5 10.2 32.8 117 105 1.0 0.2 1.2 .247
1978-79 26 SAS NBA SF 14 513 25.4 .587 .536 6.3 9.6 7.9 11.3 2.4 1.4 10.5 28.8 116 104 1.9 0.4 2.3 .216
1979-80 27 SAS NBA SG 3 122 28.2 .573 .500 7.7 10.2 8.9 18.3 2.0 1.4 9.4 33.4 117 115 0.5 0.0 0.5 .181
1980-81 28 SAS NBA SG 7 274 20.2 .547 .500 4.1 11.6 7.9 14.5 0.9 1.1 10.3 29.5 112 115 0.7 -0.1 0.7 .116
1981-82 29 SAS NBA SG 9 373 18.5 .511 .452 5.1 13.8 9.2 17.7 1.3 0.6 10.7 30.6 106 110 0.5 0.2 0.7 .092
1982-83 30 SAS NBA SG 11 437 16.2 .581 .519 5.1 11.6 8.5 10.7 1.2 0.5 16.2 24.8 108 109 0.6 0.3 1.0 .105
1984-85 32 SAS NBA SG 5 183 13.5 .591 .532 2.0 8.9 5.7 12.2 0.8 0.9 17.6 25.5 104 118 0.1 0.0 0.1 .024
1985-86 33 CHI NBA SG 2 11 -11.3 .000 .000 0.0 12.0 5.4 10.9 0.0 0.0 66.7 11.4 15 125 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.347
Career TOT 84 3192 21.2 .560 .502 6.4 12.0 9.3 12.0 1.3 1.5 11.5 28.0 113 109 8.0 1.7 9.7 .146
NBA 59 2202 21.0 .564 .508 5.2 11.1 8.2 13.3 1.5 1.2 12.1 28.7 111 109 5.3 1.1 6.3 .138
ABA 25 990 21.6 .551 .488 9.7 14.6 11.9 9.0 0.9 2.2 10.2 26.4 118 107 2.8 0.6 3.4 .164

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1973-74 21 VIR ABA SG 1 21:00 3 9 .333 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 1 5 3 0 0 2 1 9
1974-75 22 SAA ABA SF 1 30:00 8 15 .533 0 1 .000 7 8 .875 2 6 3 6 5 2 2 23
1975-76 23 SAA ABA SF 1 16:00 3 13 .231 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 6 1 1 8
1976-77 24 SAS NBA SF 1 0 12:00 0 6 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
1977-78 25 SAS NBA SG 1 1 18:00 4 11 .364 1 3 .333 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 9
1978-79 26 SAS NBA SF 1 1 34:00 8 16 .500 10 11 .909 2 6 2 1 1 3 4 26
1979-80 27 SAS NBA SG 1 1 40:00 14 26 .538 0 0 6 9 .667 4 10 3 3 0 3 2 34
1980-81 28 SAS NBA SG 1 1 24:00 5 9 .556 0 0 1 2 .500 1 3 0 2 1 2 3 11
1981-82 29 SAS NBA SG 1 1 27:00 5 14 .357 0 0 2 2 1.000 1 6 1 3 3 0 3 12
1982-83 30 SAS NBA SG 1 0 14:00 3 8 .375 1 1 1.000 2 2 1.000 0 0 3 2 0 0 3 9
1983-84 31 SAS NBA SG 1 1 21:00 5 6 .833 0 0 3 3 1.000 0 2 1 0 1 6 5 13
1984-85 32 SAS NBA SG 1 1 25:00 10 12 .833 0 0 3 4 .750 0 3 1 3 1 4 2 23
Career TOT 12 7 282 68 145 .469 2 5 .400 39 50 .780 12 50 19 22 14 24 29 177
NBA 9 7 215 54 108 .500 1 1 1.000 28 36 .778 9 33 12 16 9 20 25 137
ABA 3 67 14 37 .378 1 4 .250 11 14 .786 3 17 7 6 5 4 4 40

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 14 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
George Gervin 12.0 11.4 10.7 10.6 10.5 10.5 10.0 9.4 9.3 7.3 5.5 4.6 3.0 1.6
Steve Nash 92.6 12.6 12.4 11.6 10.9 10.5 9.9 9.9 8.8 8.4 7.3 4.8 3.0 1.0 0.7
Ray Allen 89.3 13.7 11.1 10.7 10.1 9.7 9.5 9.1 8.9 7.9 7.0 6.9 6.3 5.2 4.9
Jeff Hornacek 89.0 11.6 10.2 10.2 10.1 9.7 9.5 8.7 7.7 6.9 6.5 6.3 5.3 5.0 1.2
Chauncey Billups 86.7 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
Gary Payton 86.1 13.9 12.9 12.6 12.5 11.7 11.5 10.8 9.3 9.1 8.1 7.8 7.2 3.9 3.4
Allen Iverson 85.9 11.8 11.6 10.6 9.2 9.0 9.0 7.2 6.9 6.9 6.2 4.1 2.9 2.8 0.7
Clyde Drexler 85.8 13.2 12.8 12.6 12.4 11.7 11.6 10.3 8.1 7.5 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.0 2.4
Jason Kidd 85.7 11.3 10.1 9.6 9.3 8.9 8.5 8.1 8.0 7.2 7.2 5.9 4.4 4.3 3.7
Vince Carter 85.5 12.9 11.8 10.5 9.4 9.3 7.7 7.5 7.4 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.2 3.8 2.9
Eddie Jones 84.2 10.5 10.1 10.1 9.6 9.1 8.0 7.9 7.2 6.8 6.0 6.0 5.0 3.1 1.1
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
George Gervin 12.0 11.4 10.7 10.6 10.5 10.5 10.0 9.4 9.3 7.3 5.5 4.6 3.0 1.6
Steve Nash 90.1 12.6 12.4 11.6 10.9 10.5 9.9 9.9 8.8 8.4 7.9 7.3 5.9 4.8 4.3 3.0 1.0 0.7
Jeff Hornacek 89.0 11.6 10.2 10.2 10.1 9.7 9.5 8.7 7.7 6.9 6.5 6.3 5.3 5.0 1.2
Chauncey Billups 86.8 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 1.7 1.3 0.1
Allen Iverson 85.9 11.8 11.6 10.6 9.2 9.0 9.0 7.2 6.9 6.9 6.2 4.1 2.9 2.8 0.7
Ray Allen 85.9 13.7 11.1 10.7 10.1 10.0 9.7 9.5 9.1 8.9 7.9 7.0 6.9 6.3 5.4 5.2 4.9 4.7
Eddie Jones 84.2 10.5 10.1 10.1 9.6 9.1 8.0 7.9 7.2 6.8 6.0 6.0 5.0 3.1 1.1
Vince Carter 84.2 12.9 11.8 10.5 9.4 9.3 7.7 7.5 7.4 7.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 4.2 3.8 2.9
Clyde Drexler 83.5 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
Gary Payton 83.0 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
Hal Greer 81.3 11.2 9.9 9.5 8.5 8.2 8.1 7.9 7.6 6.6 6.2 5.8 5.1 4.5 3.5 0.1

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
1970-71 18 EMICHIGAN 9 300 65 123 28 39 104 158 .528 .718 33.3 17.6 11.6
1971-72 19 EMICHIGAN 30 1098 339 571 208 265 458 886 .594 .785 36.6 29.5 15.3
Career 39 1398 404 694 236 304 562 1044 .582 .776 35.8 26.8 14.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1974 ABA
1975 ABA
1976 ABA
1977 NBA
1978 NBA
1979 NBA
1980 NBA
1981 NBA
1982 NBA
1983 NBA
1984 NBA
1985 NBA
Awards
1979-80 NBA All-Star Game MVP
Weekly & Monthly Awards

Player of the Week: 4 times (Show/Hide)

Player of the Month: 1 time (Show/Hide)
Honors
1972-73 ABA All-Rookie (1st)
1974-75 ABA All-ABA (2nd)
1975-76 ABA All-ABA (2nd)
1976-77 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1977-78 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1978-79 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1979-80 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1980-81 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1981-82 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1982-83 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
MVP Award Shares
1976-77 NBA 0.004 (11)
1977-78 NBA 0.338 (2)
1978-79 NBA 0.163 (2)
1979-80 NBA 0.086 (3)
1980-81 NBA 0.120 (5)
1981-82 NBA 0.159 (6)
1982-83 NBA 0.040 (9)
Career 0.911 (35)
Games
1974-75 ABA 84 (1)
 1976-77 NBA 82 (3)
1977-78 NBA 82 (3)
1980-81 NBA 82 (3)
1985-86 NBA 82 (2)
Career ABA 269 (94)
Career 1060 (84)
Minutes Played
1974-75 ABA 3113 (8)
Career ABA 9061 (73)
Career 35597 (62)
Field Goals
1973-74 ABA 672 (7)
1974-75 ABA 784 (4)
1975-76 ABA 706 (8)
1976-77 NBA 726 (9)
1977-78 NBA 864 (1)
 1978-79 NBA 947 (1)
 1979-80 NBA 1024 (1)
 1980-81 NBA 850 (3)
1981-82 NBA 993 (1)
 1982-83 NBA 757 (5)
1983-84 NBA 765 (7)
Career ABA 2323 (42)
Career NBA 8045 (32)
Career 10368 (13)
Field Goal Attempts
1973-74 ABA 1426 (7)
1974-75 ABA 1655 (4)
1975-76 ABA 1414 (6)
1977-78 NBA 1611 (7)
1978-79 NBA 1749 (1)
 1979-80 NBA 1940 (1)
 1980-81 NBA 1729 (2)
1981-82 NBA 1987 (1)
 1982-83 NBA 1553 (5)
1983-84 NBA 1561 (5)
Career ABA 4836 (46)
Career NBA 15747 (43)
Career 20583 (15)
3-Pt Field Goals
Career ABA 45 (58)
3-Pt Field Goal Attempts
Career ABA 192 (53)
Free Throws
1973-74 ABA 378 (8)
1974-75 ABA 380 (6)
1975-76 ABA 342 (7)
1976-77 NBA 443 (5)
1977-78 NBA 504 (3)
1978-79 NBA 471 (6)
1979-80 NBA 505 (4)
1980-81 NBA 512 (5)
1981-82 NBA 555 (3)
1982-83 NBA 517 (2)
1983-84 NBA 427 (8)
Career ABA 1196 (45)
Career NBA 4541 (45)
Career 5737 (24)
Free Throw Attempts
1973-74 ABA 464 (9)
1974-75 ABA 458 (7)
1975-76 ABA 399 (8)
1976-77 NBA 532 (10)
1977-78 NBA 607 (5)
1978-79 NBA 570 (9)
1979-80 NBA 593 (6)
1980-81 NBA 620 (5)
1981-82 NBA 642 (5)
1982-83 NBA 606 (2)
Career ABA 1439 (53)
Career NBA 5383 (62)
Career 6822 (30)
Offensive Rebounds
Career ABA 630 (66)
Defensive Rebounds
Career ABA 1365 (52)
Total Rebounds
Career ABA 1995 (59)
Assists
Career ABA 584 (93)
Steals
Career ABA 342 (15)
Career 1283 (66)
Blocks
1973-74 ABA 120 (9)
1974-75 ABA 138 (6)
1975-76 ABA 119 (9)
Career ABA 377 (9)
Career 1047 (79)
Turnovers
1973-74 ABA 252 (8)
1974-75 ABA 249 (10)
1977-78 NBA 306 (8)
Career ABA 772 (60)
Career NBA 2137 (82)
Career 2909 (28)
Personal Fouls
1974-75 ABA 295 (9)
1975-76 ABA 288 (10)
Career ABA 919 (71)
Career 3250 (49)
Points
1973-74 ABA 1730 (5)
1974-75 ABA 1965 (5)
1975-76 ABA 1768 (7)
1976-77 NBA 1895 (6)
1977-78 NBA 2232 (1)
 1978-79 NBA 2365 (1)
 1979-80 NBA 2585 (1)
 1980-81 NBA 2221 (3)
1981-82 NBA 2551 (1)
 1982-83 NBA 2043 (3)
1983-84 NBA 1967 (6)
Career ABA 5887 (44)
Career NBA 20708 (36)
Career 26595 (14)
Field Goal Pct
1976-77 NBA .544 (4)
1977-78 NBA .536 (7)
Career ABA .480 (33)
Career NBA .511 (74)
Free Throw Pct
1974-75 ABA .830 (7)
1975-76 ABA .857 (4)
1981-82 NBA .865 (4)
1982-83 NBA .853 (4)
1985-86 NBA .879 (5)
Career ABA .831 (12)
Career NBA .844 (59)
Career .841 (73)
Minutes Per Game
1979-80 NBA 37.6 (9)
Career ABA 33.7 (25)
Points Per Game
1973-74 ABA 23.4 (4)
1974-75 ABA 23.4 (7)
1975-76 ABA 21.8 (9)
1976-77 NBA 23.1 (9)
1977-78 NBA 27.2 (1)
 1978-79 NBA 29.6 (1)
 1979-80 NBA 33.1 (1)
 1980-81 NBA 27.1 (3)
1981-82 NBA 32.3 (1)
 1982-83 NBA 26.2 (4)
1983-84 NBA 25.9 (6)
Career ABA 21.9 (7)
Career NBA 26.2 (9)
Career 25.1 (11)
Steals Per Game
Career 1.2 (70)
Blocks Per Game
1973-74 ABA 1.6 (7)
1974-75 ABA 1.6 (8)
1975-76 ABA 1.5 (8)
Career 1.0 (83)
Player Efficiency Rating
1973-74 ABA 21.7 (2)
1974-75 ABA 20.4 (5)
1975-76 ABA 20.0 (8)
1976-77 NBA 21.4 (7)
1977-78 NBA 24.7 (4)
1978-79 NBA 23.2 (4)
1979-80 NBA 24.0 (5)
1980-81 NBA 22.9 (6)
1981-82 NBA 24.2 (4)
Career ABA 20.3 (7)
Career NBA 21.7 (32)
Career 21.4 (40)
True Shooting Pct
1975-76 ABA .556 (8)
1976-77 NBA .604 (5)
1977-78 NBA .594 (6)
Career ABA .538 (28)
Career NBA .572 (66)
Career .564 (93)
Effective Field Goal Pct
1976-77 NBA .544 (4)
1977-78 NBA .536 (7)
Career ABA .485 (31)
Offensive Rebound Pct
Career ABA 7.1 (35)
Defensive Rebound Pct
Career ABA 14.9 (33)
Total Rebound Pct
Career ABA 11.1 (38)
Assist Pct
Career ABA 9.8 (53)
Steal Pct
Career ABA 1.9 (53)
Block Pct
1973-74 ABA 2.6 (9)
1974-75 ABA 2.4 (10)
Career ABA 2.4 (13)
Turnover Pct
1975-76 ABA 12.0 (10)
1981-82 NBA 8.5 (2)
Career ABA 12.4 (21)
Career NBA 11.4 (91)
Usage Pct
1973-74 ABA 29.9 (2)
1974-75 ABA 26.5 (5)
1975-76 ABA 25.3 (7)
1977-78 NBA 29.5 (4)
1978-79 NBA 30.0 (2)
1979-80 NBA 31.7 (2)
1980-81 NBA 32.3 (2)
1981-82 NBA 35.0 (1)
 1982-83 NBA 29.1 (4)
1983-84 NBA 30.1 (4)
1984-85 NBA 29.7 (5)
1985-86 NBA 27.6 (8)
Career ABA 26.9 (7)
Career NBA 30.7 (7)
Career 29.6 (9)
Offensive Rating
Career ABA 107.7 (18)
Career NBA 111.8 (100)
Defensive Rating
Career ABA 102.4 (22)
Offensive Win Shares
1974-75 ABA 6.2 (6)
1975-76 ABA 6.1 (6)
1976-77 NBA 8.7 (4)
1977-78 NBA 9.2 (3)
1978-79 NBA 8.1 (8)
1979-80 NBA 9.3 (3)
1980-81 NBA 8.1 (6)
1981-82 NBA 8.7 (7)
1982-83 NBA 7.6 (9)
Career ABA 17.4 (39)
Career NBA 70.4 (48)
Career 87.7 (30)
Defensive Win Shares
Career ABA 10.8 (54)
Win Shares
1974-75 ABA 10.0 (8)
1975-76 ABA 9.3 (8)
1976-77 NBA 10.5 (9)
1977-78 NBA 12.0 (4)
1978-79 NBA 11.4 (6)
1979-80 NBA 10.6 (9)
1980-81 NBA 10.5 (10)
1981-82 NBA 10.7 (10)
Career ABA 28.2 (40)
Career 116.3 (49)
Win Shares Per 48 Minutes
1975-76 ABA .162 (7)
1976-77 NBA .187 (9)
1977-78 NBA .201 (5)
1978-79 NBA .189 (5)
Career ABA .149 (11)
Career NBA .159 (64)
Career .157 (71)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.948 (56)
NBA Elo Player Rating
36th (overall) as of May 24, 2013, 5:01AM
  

Transactions

May 28, 1974: Drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 3rd round (40th pick) of the 1974 NBA Draft.

June 17, 1976: Moved from the ABA to the NBA with the San Antonio Spurs.

October 24, 1985: Traded by the San Antonio Spurs to the Chicago Bulls for Dave Greenwood.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 Chicago Bulls NBA $806,000
Career (may be incomplete) $806,000

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