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Wayne Hightower

Wayne A. Hightower (Spain)

Position: Forward-Center
Height: 6-8    Weight: 192 lbs.
Born: January 14, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
High School: Overbrook in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
College: University of Kansas

Drafted by the San Francisco Warriors in the 1st round (5th pick, 5th overall) of the 1962 NBA draft.

55
San Francisco Warriors
1963-1965		 20
Baltimore Bullets
1965-1967		 12
Detroit Pistons
1967		 54
Denver Rockets
1968-1969		 35
Los Angeles Stars
1970		 35
Utah Stars
1971		 35
Texas Chaparrals
1971		 35
Carolina Cougars
1972

Totals

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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
1962-63 23 SFW NBA 66 1387 192 548 .350 105 157 .669 354 51 181 489
1963-64 24 SFW NBA 79 2536 393 1022 .385 260 329 .790 566 133 269 1046
1964-65 25 TOT NBA 75 1547 196 570 .344 195 254 .768 420 54 204 587
1964-65 25 SFW NBA 48 1037 136 396 .343 133 173 .769 247 38 143 405
1964-65 25 BAL NBA 27 510 60 174 .345 62 81 .765 173 16 61 182
1965-66 26 BAL NBA 24 460 63 186 .339 57 78 .731 131 35 61 183
1966-67 27 TOT NBA 72 1310 195 567 .344 153 210 .729 405 64 190 543
1966-67 27 BAL NBA 43 746 103 308 .334 89 124 .718 241 36 110 295
1966-67 27 DET NBA 29 564 92 259 .355 64 86 .744 164 28 80 248
1967-68 28 DNR ABA 74 2459 431 1126 .383 0 6 .000 420 543 .773 536 143 165 237 1282
1968-69 29 DNR ABA 67 2318 311 762 .408 0 2 .000 311 426 .730 155 486 641 203 176 241 933
1969-70 30 LAS ABA 27 961 180 403 .447 0 2 .000 129 170 .759 78 177 255 71 74 101 489
1970-71 31 TOT ABA 68 2355 339 848 .400 0 3 .000 268 361 .742 219 396 615 194 145 204 946
1970-71 31 UTS ABA 35 1135 167 427 .391 0 1 .000 134 179 .749 103 184 287 104 84 107 468
1970-71 31 TEX ABA 33 1220 172 421 .409 0 2 .000 134 182 .736 116 212 328 90 61 97 478
1971-72 32 CAR ABA 13 141 20 64 .313 0 2 .000 30 36 .833 17 26 43 11 12 19 70
Career TOT 565 15474 2320 6096 .381 0 15 .000 1928 2564 .752 469 1085 3966 959 572 1707 6568
NBA 316 7240 1039 2893 .359 770 1028 .749 1876 337 905 2848
ABA 249 8234 1281 3203 .400 0 15 .000 1158 1536 .754 469 1085 2090 622 572 802 3720

Per Game

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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
1962-63 23 SFW NBA 66 21.0 2.9 8.3 .350 1.6 2.4 .669 5.4 0.8 2.7 7.4
1963-64 24 SFW NBA 79 32.1 5.0 12.9 .385 3.3 4.2 .790 7.2 1.7 3.4 13.2
1964-65 25 TOT NBA 75 20.6 2.6 7.6 .344 2.6 3.4 .768 5.6 0.7 2.7 7.8
1964-65 25 SFW NBA 48 21.6 2.8 8.3 .343 2.8 3.6 .769 5.1 0.8 3.0 8.4
1964-65 25 BAL NBA 27 18.9 2.2 6.4 .345 2.3 3.0 .765 6.4 0.6 2.3 6.7
1965-66 26 BAL NBA 24 19.2 2.6 7.8 .339 2.4 3.3 .731 5.5 1.5 2.5 7.6
1966-67 27 TOT NBA 72 18.2 2.7 7.9 .344 2.1 2.9 .729 5.6 0.9 2.6 7.5
1966-67 27 BAL NBA 43 17.3 2.4 7.2 .334 2.1 2.9 .718 5.6 0.8 2.6 6.9
1966-67 27 DET NBA 29 19.4 3.2 8.9 .355 2.2 3.0 .744 5.7 1.0 2.8 8.6
1967-68 28 DNR ABA 74 33.2 5.8 15.2 .383 0.0 0.1 .000 5.7 7.3 .773 7.2 1.9 2.2 3.2 17.3
1968-69 29 DNR ABA 67 34.6 4.6 11.4 .408 0.0 0.0 .000 4.6 6.4 .730 2.3 7.3 9.6 3.0 2.6 3.6 13.9
1969-70 30 LAS ABA 27 35.6 6.7 14.9 .447 0.0 0.1 .000 4.8 6.3 .759 2.9 6.6 9.4 2.6 2.7 3.7 18.1
1970-71 31 TOT ABA 68 34.6 5.0 12.5 .400 0.0 0.0 .000 3.9 5.3 .742 3.2 5.8 9.0 2.9 2.1 3.0 13.9
1970-71 31 UTS ABA 35 32.4 4.8 12.2 .391 0.0 0.0 .000 3.8 5.1 .749 2.9 5.3 8.2 3.0 2.4 3.1 13.4
1970-71 31 TEX ABA 33 37.0 5.2 12.8 .409 0.0 0.1 .000 4.1 5.5 .736 3.5 6.4 9.9 2.7 1.8 2.9 14.5
1971-72 32 CAR ABA 13 10.8 1.5 4.9 .313 0.0 0.2 .000 2.3 2.8 .833 1.3 2.0 3.3 0.8 0.9 1.5 5.4
Career TOT 565 27.4 4.1 10.8 .381 0.0 0.1 .000 3.4 4.5 .752 2.7 6.2 7.0 1.7 2.3 3.0 11.6
NBA 316 22.9 3.3 9.2 .359 2.4 3.3 .749 5.9 1.1 2.9 9.0
ABA 249 33.1 5.1 12.9 .400 0.0 0.1 .000 4.7 6.2 .754 2.7 6.2 8.4 2.5 2.3 3.2 14.9

Per 36 Minutes

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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
1962-63 23 SFW NBA 66 1387 5.0 14.2 .350 2.7 4.1 .669 9.2 1.3 4.7 12.7
1963-64 24 SFW NBA 79 2536 5.6 14.5 .385 3.7 4.7 .790 8.0 1.9 3.8 14.8
1964-65 25 TOT NBA 75 1547 4.6 13.3 .344 4.5 5.9 .768 9.8 1.3 4.7 13.7
1964-65 25 SFW NBA 48 1037 4.7 13.7 .343 4.6 6.0 .769 8.6 1.3 5.0 14.1
1964-65 25 BAL NBA 27 510 4.2 12.3 .345 4.4 5.7 .765 12.2 1.1 4.3 12.8
1965-66 26 BAL NBA 24 460 4.9 14.6 .339 4.5 6.1 .731 10.3 2.7 4.8 14.3
1966-67 27 TOT NBA 72 1310 5.4 15.6 .344 4.2 5.8 .729 11.1 1.8 5.2 14.9
1966-67 27 BAL NBA 43 746 5.0 14.9 .334 4.3 6.0 .718 11.6 1.7 5.3 14.2
1966-67 27 DET NBA 29 564 5.9 16.5 .355 4.1 5.5 .744 10.5 1.8 5.1 15.8
1967-68 28 DNR ABA 74 2459 6.3 16.5 .383 0.0 0.1 .000 6.1 7.9 .773 7.8 2.1 2.4 3.5 18.8
1968-69 29 DNR ABA 67 2318 4.8 11.8 .408 0.0 0.0 .000 4.8 6.6 .730 2.4 7.5 10.0 3.2 2.7 3.7 14.5
1969-70 30 LAS ABA 27 961 6.7 15.1 .447 0.0 0.1 .000 4.8 6.4 .759 2.9 6.6 9.6 2.7 2.8 3.8 18.3
1970-71 31 TOT ABA 68 2355 5.2 13.0 .400 0.0 0.0 .000 4.1 5.5 .742 3.3 6.1 9.4 3.0 2.2 3.1 14.5
1970-71 31 UTS ABA 35 1135 5.3 13.5 .391 0.0 0.0 .000 4.3 5.7 .749 3.3 5.8 9.1 3.3 2.7 3.4 14.8
1970-71 31 TEX ABA 33 1220 5.1 12.4 .409 0.0 0.1 .000 4.0 5.4 .736 3.4 6.3 9.7 2.7 1.8 2.9 14.1
1971-72 32 CAR ABA 13 141 5.1 16.3 .313 0.0 0.5 .000 7.7 9.2 .833 4.3 6.6 11.0 2.8 3.1 4.9 17.9
Career TOT 565 15474 5.4 14.2 .381 0.0 0.1 .000 4.5 6.0 .752 2.9 6.8 9.2 2.2 2.5 4.0 15.3
NBA 316 7240 5.2 14.4 .359 3.8 5.1 .749 9.3 1.7 4.5 14.2
ABA 249 8234 5.6 14.0 .400 0.0 0.1 .000 5.1 6.7 .754 2.9 6.8 9.1 2.7 2.5 3.5 16.3

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS LS WSAA
1962-63 23 SFW NBA 66 1387 7.8 .396 .350
1963-64 24 SFW NBA 79 2536 12.0 .448 .385
1964-65 25 TOT NBA 75 1547 10.5 .431 .344 4.7
1964-65 25 SFW NBA 48 1037 10.1 .429 .343 5.0
1964-65 25 BAL NBA 27 510 11.2 .434 .345 4.1
1965-66 26 BAL NBA 24 460 10.6 .415 .339 9.5
1966-67 27 TOT NBA 72 1310 10.7 .412 .344 6.3
1966-67 27 BAL NBA 43 746 10.2 .407 .334 6.0
1966-67 27 DET NBA 29 564 11.4 .418 .355 6.7
1967-68 28 DNR ABA 74 2459 17.7 .470 .383 10.2 8.9 10.8 24.0
1968-69 29 DNR ABA 67 2318 14.4 .491 .408 12.6 11.3 15.6 18.2
1969-70 30 LAS ABA 27 961 16.9 .512 .447 11.6 10.7 13.4 21.2
1970-71 31 TOT ABA 68 2355 13.2 .470 .400 11.1 10.2 12.6 17.6
1970-71 31 UTS ABA 35 1135 13.0 .463 .391 10.8 11.6 14.2 19.0
1970-71 31 TEX ABA 33 1220 13.4 .477 .409 11.5 8.9 10.9 16.2
1971-72 32 CAR ABA 13 141 13.4 .438 .313 10.7 17.8 14.1 9.7 13.1 24.0
Career TOT 565 15474 13.1 .455 .381 10.7 17.8 11.4 9.0 12.9 20.2
NBA 316 7240 10.6 .426 .359 6.0
ABA 249 8234 15.3 .480 .400 10.7 17.8 11.4 10.2 12.9 20.2

Playoffs

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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
1963-64 24 SFW NBA 12 286 29 112 23 33 50 18 42 81 .259 .697 23.8 6.8 4.2 1.5
1964-65 25 BAL NBA 10 196 27 64 14 22 57 8 25 68 .422 .636 19.6 6.8 5.7 0.8
1967-68 28 DNR ABA 5 209 35 100 0 1 43 54 44 11 22 25 113 .350 .000 .796 41.8 22.6 8.8 2.2
1968-69 29 DNR ABA 7 187 25 63 0 0 34 45 47 12 18 22 84 .397 .756 26.7 12.0 6.7 1.7
1970-71 31 TEX ABA 4 126 11 34 0 0 13 17 16 32 11 9 12 35 .324 .765 31.5 8.8 8.0 2.8
Career TOT 38 1004 127 373 0 1 127 171 16 230 60 49 126 381 .340 .000 .743 26.4 10.0 6.1 1.6
NBA 22 482 56 176 37 55 107 26 67 149 .318 .673 21.9 6.8 4.9 1.2
ABA 16 522 71 197 0 1 90 116 16 123 34 49 59 232 .360 .000 .776 32.6 14.5 7.7 2.1

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1968-69 29 DNR ABA 1 9 1 2 .500 0 0 4 4 1.000 1 5 0 0 2 6
Career ABA 1 9 1 2 .500 0 0 4 4 1.000 1 5 0 0 2 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1969 ABA

Minutes Played

Career ABA 8234 (80)

Field Goals

Career ABA 1281 (91)

Field Goal Attempts

Career ABA 3203 (78)

Free Throws

1967-68 ABA 420 (8)
Career ABA 1158 (47)

Free Throw Attempts

Career ABA 1536 (48)

Free Throw Pct

1963-64 NBA .790 (9)

Offensive Rebounds

Career ABA 469 (91)

Defensive Rebounds

Career ABA 1085 (66)

Total Rebounds

Career ABA 2090 (57)

Assists

Career ABA 622 (90)

Turnovers

Career ABA 572 (86)

Personal Fouls

Career ABA 802 (87)

Points

Career ABA 3720 (76)

Usage Pct

1967-68 ABA 24.0 (7)