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Richie Guerin

Richard V. Guerin (Richie)

Position: Guard ▪ Height: 6-4 ▪ Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: May 29, 1932 in New York, New York
High School: Mount Saint Michael in Bronx, New York
College: Iona College
Draft: New York Knicks, 2nd round (8th pick, 17th overall), 1954 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 27, 1956
As Coach: 8 Yrs, 327-291, .529 W-L% (Full Record)
As Executive: ATL franchise, 1972-1973 (Full Record)

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All-Star

Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 6:51AM
All-Time Rank: #197. Bob Love… #198. RICHIE GUERIN… #198. Gerald Wallace… #200. Jerry Sloan… 

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
1956-57 24 NYK NBA 72 1793 257 699 .368 181 292 .620 334 182 186 695
1957-58 25 NYK NBA 63 2368 344 973 .354 353 511 .691 489 317 202 1041
1958-59 26 NYK NBA 71 2558 443 1046 .424 405 505 .802 518 364 255 1291
1959-60 27 NYK NBA 74 2429 579 1379 .420 457 591 .773 505 468 242 1615
1960-61 28 NYK NBA 79 3023 612 1545 .396 496 626 .792 628 503 310 1720
1961-62 29 NYK NBA 78 3346 839 1897 .442 625 762 .820 501 539 299 2303
1962-63 30 NYK NBA 79 2712 596 1380 .432 509 600 .848 331 348 228 1701
1963-64 31 TOT NBA 80 2366 351 846 .415 347 424 .818 256 375 276 1049
1963-64 31 NYK NBA 2 26 11 16 .688 4 5 .800 3 4 5 26
1963-64 31 STL NBA 78 2340 340 830 .410 343 419 .819 253 371 271 1023
1964-65 32 STL NBA 57 1678 295 662 .446 231 301 .767 149 271 193 821
1965-66 33 STL NBA 80 2363 414 998 .415 362 446 .812 314 388 256 1190
1966-67 34 STL NBA 80 2275 394 904 .436 304 416 .731 192 345 247 1092
1968-69 36 ATL NBA 27 472 47 111 .423 57 74 .770 59 99 66 151
1969-70 37 ATL NBA 8 64 3 11 .273 1 1 1.000 2 12 9 7
Career NBA 848 27447 5174 12451 .416 4328 5549 .780 4278 4211 2769 14676

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
1956-57 24 NYK NBA 72 24.9 3.6 9.7 .368 2.5 4.1 .620 4.6 2.5 2.6 9.7
1957-58 25 NYK NBA 63 37.6 5.5 15.4 .354 5.6 8.1 .691 7.8 5.0 3.2 16.5
1958-59 26 NYK NBA 71 36.0 6.2 14.7 .424 5.7 7.1 .802 7.3 5.1 3.6 18.2
1959-60 27 NYK NBA 74 32.8 7.8 18.6 .420 6.2 8.0 .773 6.8 6.3 3.3 21.8
1960-61 28 NYK NBA 79 38.3 7.7 19.6 .396 6.3 7.9 .792 7.9 6.4 3.9 21.8
1961-62 29 NYK NBA 78 42.9 10.8 24.3 .442 8.0 9.8 .820 6.4 6.9 3.8 29.5
1962-63 30 NYK NBA 79 34.3 7.5 17.5 .432 6.4 7.6 .848 4.2 4.4 2.9 21.5
1963-64 31 TOT NBA 80 29.6 4.4 10.6 .415 4.3 5.3 .818 3.2 4.7 3.5 13.1
1963-64 31 NYK NBA 2 13.0 5.5 8.0 .688 2.0 2.5 .800 1.5 2.0 2.5 13.0
1963-64 31 STL NBA 78 30.0 4.4 10.6 .410 4.4 5.4 .819 3.2 4.8 3.5 13.1
1964-65 32 STL NBA 57 29.4 5.2 11.6 .446 4.1 5.3 .767 2.6 4.8 3.4 14.4
1965-66 33 STL NBA 80 29.5 5.2 12.5 .415 4.5 5.6 .812 3.9 4.9 3.2 14.9
1966-67 34 STL NBA 80 28.4 4.9 11.3 .436 3.8 5.2 .731 2.4 4.3 3.1 13.7
1968-69 36 ATL NBA 27 17.5 1.7 4.1 .423 2.1 2.7 .770 2.2 3.7 2.4 5.6
1969-70 37 ATL NBA 8 8.0 0.4 1.4 .273 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.3 1.5 1.1 0.9
Career NBA 848 32.4 6.1 14.7 .416 5.1 6.5 .780 5.0 5.0 3.3 17.3

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
1956-57 24 NYK NBA 72 1793 5.2 14.0 .368 3.6 5.9 .620 6.7 3.7 3.7 14.0
1957-58 25 NYK NBA 63 2368 5.2 14.8 .354 5.4 7.8 .691 7.4 4.8 3.1 15.8
1958-59 26 NYK NBA 71 2558 6.2 14.7 .424 5.7 7.1 .802 7.3 5.1 3.6 18.2
1959-60 27 NYK NBA 74 2429 8.6 20.4 .420 6.8 8.8 .773 7.5 6.9 3.6 23.9
1960-61 28 NYK NBA 79 3023 7.3 18.4 .396 5.9 7.5 .792 7.5 6.0 3.7 20.5
1961-62 29 NYK NBA 78 3346 9.0 20.4 .442 6.7 8.2 .820 5.4 5.8 3.2 24.8
1962-63 30 NYK NBA 79 2712 7.9 18.3 .432 6.8 8.0 .848 4.4 4.6 3.0 22.6
1963-64 31 TOT NBA 80 2366 5.3 12.9 .415 5.3 6.5 .818 3.9 5.7 4.2 16.0
1963-64 31 NYK NBA 2 26 15.2 22.2 .688 5.5 6.9 .800 4.2 5.5 6.9 36.0
1963-64 31 STL NBA 78 2340 5.2 12.8 .410 5.3 6.4 .819 3.9 5.7 4.2 15.7
1964-65 32 STL NBA 57 1678 6.3 14.2 .446 5.0 6.5 .767 3.2 5.8 4.1 17.6
1965-66 33 STL NBA 80 2363 6.3 15.2 .415 5.5 6.8 .812 4.8 5.9 3.9 18.1
1966-67 34 STL NBA 80 2275 6.2 14.3 .436 4.8 6.6 .731 3.0 5.5 3.9 17.3
1968-69 36 ATL NBA 27 472 3.6 8.5 .423 4.3 5.6 .770 4.5 7.6 5.0 11.5
1969-70 37 ATL NBA 8 64 1.7 6.2 .273 0.6 0.6 1.000 1.1 6.8 5.1 3.9
Career NBA 848 27447 6.8 16.3 .416 5.7 7.3 .780 5.6 5.5 3.6 19.2

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
1956-57 24 NYK NBA 72 1793 12.8 .420 .368 0.5 1.3 1.7 .046
1957-58 25 NYK NBA 63 2368 14.9 .435 .354 1.8 1.7 3.5 .070
1958-59 26 NYK NBA 71 2558 19.0 .509 .424 6.7 1.7 8.4 .158
1959-60 27 NYK NBA 74 2429 21.4 .493 .420 6.1 1.3 7.4 .146
1960-61 28 NYK NBA 79 3023 17.8 .472 .396 4.3 1.1 5.4 .086
1961-62 29 NYK NBA 78 3346 20.9 .516 .442 9.2 3.0 12.1 .174
1962-63 30 NYK NBA 79 2712 18.8 .517 .432 5.9 1.4 7.2 .128
1963-64 31 TOT NBA 80 2366 14.7 .508 .415 3.9 2.4 6.3 .127
1963-64 31 NYK NBA 2 26 34.1 .714 .688 0.3 0.0 0.3 .488
1963-64 31 STL NBA 78 2340 14.5 .504 .410 3.7 2.4 6.0 .123
1964-65 32 STL NBA 57 1678 16.4 .517 .446 23.9 3.7 1.9 5.7 .162
1965-66 33 STL NBA 80 2363 16.3 .498 .415 23.3 3.6 2.0 5.7 .115
1966-67 34 STL NBA 80 2275 14.4 .502 .436 20.6 3.1 1.6 4.7 .099
1968-69 36 ATL NBA 27 472 13.5 .526 .423 25.8 0.7 0.5 1.2 .119
1969-70 37 ATL NBA 8 64 3.5 .306 .273 20.4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.049
Career NBA 848 27447 17.3 .493 .416 22.7 49.3 19.9 69.2 .121

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
1958-59 26 NYK NBA 2 77 9 35 12 14 18 15 11 30 .257 .857 38.5 15.0 9.0 7.5
1963-64 31 STL NBA 12 428 75 169 67 85 50 49 54 217 .444 .788 35.7 18.1 4.2 4.1
1964-65 32 STL NBA 4 125 25 65 19 25 8 21 14 69 .385 .760 31.3 17.3 2.0 5.3
1965-66 33 STL NBA 10 399 72 159 62 76 37 79 41 206 .453 .816 39.9 20.6 3.7 7.9
1966-67 34 STL NBA 9 228 36 86 24 30 23 39 23 96 .419 .800 25.3 10.7 2.6 4.3
1968-69 36 ATL NBA 3 32 1 4 1 2 5 7 8 3 .250 .500 10.7 1.0 1.7 2.3
1969-70 37 ATL NBA 2 56 13 21 7 7 8 4 6 33 .619 1.000 28.0 16.5 4.0 2.0
Career NBA 42 1345 231 539 192 239 149 214 157 654 .429 .803 32.0 15.6 3.5 5.1

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
1958-59 26 NYK NBA 2 77 10.9 .364 .257 23.7 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .000
1963-64 31 STL NBA 12 428 15.9 .526 .444 17.4 1.1 0.1 1.2 .137
1964-65 32 STL NBA 4 125 15.1 .454 .385 25.5 0.0 0.2 0.2 .083
1965-66 33 STL NBA 10 399 17.2 .535 .453 27.5 0.8 0.3 1.1 .133
1966-67 34 STL NBA 9 228 13.8 .484 .419 25.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 .101
1968-69 36 ATL NBA 3 32 6.3 .307 .250 26.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 .039
1969-70 37 ATL NBA 2 56 20.1 .685 .619 9.9 0.3 0.1 0.4 .300
Career NBA 42 1345 15.5 .508 .429 22.8 2.4 1.0 3.4 .121

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
1957-58 25 NYK NBA 1 0 22:00 2 10 .200 3 4 .750 8 7 3 7
1958-59 26 NYK NBA 1 0 22:00 1 7 .143 3 5 .600 3 3 1 5
1959-60 27 NYK NBA 1 1 22:00 5 11 .455 2 2 1.000 4 4 4 12
1960-61 28 NYK NBA 1 1 15:00 3 8 .375 5 6 .833 0 2 2 11
1961-62 29 NYK NBA 1 1 27:00 10 17 .588 3 6 .500 3 1 6 23
1962-63 30 NYK NBA 1 0 14:00 2 3 .667 1 3 .333 1 1 2 5
Career NBA 6 3 122 23 56 .411 17 26 .654 19 18 18 63

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
Richie Guerin 12.1 8.4 7.4 7.2 6.3 5.7 5.7 5.4 4.7 3.5 1.7 1.2 -0.1
Dave Bing 94.3 11.7 8.6 7.3 6.3 6.2 5.3 5.3 5.3 4.5 3.6 2.9 1.7
Brent Barry 92.6 12.1 7.5 7.3 6.8 6.1 5.8 5.7 4.9 4.3 2.7 2.3 2.1 1.6
Gail Goodrich 92.6 12.3 8.1 7.8 6.7 6.4 6.3 6.3 5.5 5.1 4.4 3.6 1.2 0.7
World B. Free 90.7 10.1 8.0 7.4 6.9 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.3 4.6 1.5 0.4 -0.2
Billy Knight 90.1 10.7 8.4 8.3 7.1 6.0 5.8 5.8 4.3 3.7 3.4 0.4
Kenny Anderson 87.9 12.4 7.7 7.5 7.3 6.8 5.2 4.4 3.7 2.4 1.6 1.5 1.1 0.5
Byron Scott 87.9 10.7 7.7 6.9 6.8 6.6 6.0 6.0 5.2 3.9 3.3 3.1 2.7 2.3
Mike Bibby 87.7 9.3 8.5 8.4 6.9 6.3 5.6 5.6 5.3 4.8 4.4 4.0 2.1 1.3
Stephon Marbury 87.4 11.7 9.6 9.1 7.8 7.4 7.1 5.9 5.3 5.3 3.9 3.7 1.1 -0.3
Carl Braun 87.1 9.0 8.6 7.6 7.2 6.2 5.3 4.7 4.5 3.7 3.6 3.0 0.5 0.4
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Richie Guerin 12.1 8.4 7.4 7.2 6.3 5.7 5.7 5.4 4.7 3.5 1.7 1.2 -0.1
Dave Bing 94.3 11.7 8.6 7.3 6.3 6.2 5.3 5.3 5.3 4.5 3.6 2.9 1.7
Brent Barry 91.7 12.1 7.5 7.3 6.8 6.1 5.8 5.7 4.9 4.3 2.7 2.3 2.1 1.6 1.5
Gail Goodrich 91.2 12.3 8.1 7.8 6.7 6.4 6.3 6.3 5.5 5.1 4.4 3.6 2.2 1.2 0.7
World B. Free 90.7 10.1 8.0 7.4 6.9 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.3 4.6 1.5 0.4 -0.2
Billy Knight 90.1 10.7 8.4 8.3 7.1 6.0 5.8 5.8 4.3 3.7 3.4 0.4
Kenny Anderson 87.8 12.4 7.7 7.5 7.3 6.8 5.2 4.4 3.7 2.4 1.6 1.5 1.1 0.5 0.2
Mike Bibby 87.7 9.3 8.5 8.4 6.9 6.3 5.6 5.6 5.3 4.8 4.4 4.0 2.1 1.3
Stephon Marbury 87.4 11.7 9.6 9.1 7.8 7.4 7.1 5.9 5.3 5.3 3.9 3.7 1.1 -0.3
Carl Braun 87.1 9.0 8.6 7.6 7.2 6.2 5.3 4.7 4.5 3.7 3.6 3.0 0.5 0.4
Louie Dampier 86.4 10.1 9.5 8.5 8.1 7.4 7.2 6.0 5.4 5.0 4.0 1.6 1.2

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
1951-52 19 IONA 27 159 146 464 17.2
1952-53 20 IONA 21 139 283 114 172 392 .491 .663 18.7
1953-54 21 IONA 21 171 405 177 249 519 .422 .711 24.7
Career 69 469 688 437 421 1375 .682 1.038 19.9

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1958 NBA
1959 NBA
1960 NBA
1961 NBA
1962 NBA
1963 NBA
Honors
1958-59 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1959-60 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1961-62 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
MVP Award Shares
1958-59 NBA 0.007 (11)
1959-60 NBA 0.008 (12)
1960-61 NBA 0.005 (14)
1961-62 NBA 0.012 (7)
Career 0.032 (119)
Games
1956-57 NBA 72 (1)
1960-61 NBA 79 (1)
1963-64 NBA 80 (2)
1965-66 NBA 80 (1)
Minutes Played
1960-61 NBA 3023 (7)
1961-62 NBA 3346 (4)
1962-63 NBA 2712 (10)
Field Goals
1959-60 NBA 579 (9)
1961-62 NBA 839 (5)
Field Goal Attempts
1960-61 NBA 1545 (9)
1961-62 NBA 1897 (3)
1962-63 NBA 1380 (8)
Free Throws
1958-59 NBA 405 (8)
1959-60 NBA 457 (7)
1960-61 NBA 496 (8)
1961-62 NBA 625 (5)
1962-63 NBA 509 (7)
Career NBA 4328 (49)
Career 4328 (53)
Free Throw Attempts
1957-58 NBA 511 (8)
1958-59 NBA 505 (8)
1959-60 NBA 591 (6)
1960-61 NBA 626 (8)
1961-62 NBA 762 (6)
1962-63 NBA 600 (7)
Career NBA 5549 (53)
Career 5549 (58)
Free Throw Pct
1961-62 NBA .820 (7)
1962-63 NBA .848 (2)
1963-64 NBA .818 (5)
1965-66 NBA .812 (9)
Assists
1957-58 NBA 317 (8)
1958-59 NBA 364 (4)
1959-60 NBA 468 (3)
1960-61 NBA 503 (5)
1961-62 NBA 539 (4)
1962-63 NBA 348 (7)
1963-64 NBA 375 (6)
1965-66 NBA 388 (9)
1966-67 NBA 345 (9)
Career NBA 4211 (80)
Career 4211 (84)
Personal Fouls
1960-61 NBA 310 (4)
1961-62 NBA 299 (7)
Points
1958-59 NBA 1291 (10)
1959-60 NBA 1615 (9)
1961-62 NBA 2303 (6)
1962-63 NBA 1701 (7)
Minutes Per Game
1957-58 NBA 37.6 (6)
1960-61 NBA 38.3 (8)
1961-62 NBA 42.9 (4)
Points Per Game
1959-60 NBA 21.8 (9)
1961-62 NBA 29.5 (6)
1962-63 NBA 21.5 (7)
Assists Per Game
1957-58 NBA 5.0 (7)
1958-59 NBA 5.1 (4)
1959-60 NBA 6.3 (3)
1960-61 NBA 6.4 (5)
1961-62 NBA 6.9 (4)
1962-63 NBA 4.4 (8)
1963-64 NBA 4.7 (8)
1965-66 NBA 4.8 (9)
1966-67 NBA 4.3 (10)
Career NBA 5.0 (97)
Career 5.0 (100)
Player Efficiency Rating
1959-60 NBA 21.4 (7)
1961-62 NBA 20.9 (7)
True Shooting Pct
1958-59 NBA .509 (5)
Assist Pct
1965-66 NBA 23.3 (4)
1966-67 NBA 20.6 (6)
Offensive Win Shares
1958-59 NBA 6.7 (6)
1961-62 NBA 9.2 (6)
1962-63 NBA 5.9 (9)
Win Shares
1961-62 NBA 12.1 (6)
Win Shares Per 48 Minutes
1961-62 NBA .174 (10)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.407 (118)
NBA Elo Player Rating
198th (overall) as of Feb 11, 2012, 6:51AM

Transactions

April 24, 1954: Drafted by the New York Knicks in the 2nd round (17th pick) of the 1954 NBA Draft.

October 18, 1963: Traded by the New York Knicks to the St. Louis Hawks for cash and a 1964 2nd round draft pick (Howard Komives).

May 1, 1967: Drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics from the St. Louis Hawks in the NBA expansion draft.

November 15, 1968: Traded by the Seattle SuperSonics to the Atlanta Hawks for Dick Smith.

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