Phil Jackson

Philip Douglas Jackson (Phil, Action)

Position: Forward-Center ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-8 ▪ Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: September 17, 1945 in Deer Lodge, Montana
High School: Williston in Williston, North Dakota
College: University of North Dakota
Draft: New York Knicks, 2nd round (5th pick, 17th overall), 1967 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 17, 1967
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Coach in 2007 (Full List)
As Coach: 20 Yrs, 1155-485, .704 W-L% (Full Record)

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Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1967-68	22	NYK	NBA	PF	75	1093	182	455	.400				99	168	.589			338	55				212	463
1968-69	23	NYK	NBA	PF	47	924	126	294	.429				80	119	.672			246	43				168	332
1970-71	25	NYK	NBA	PF	71	771	118	263	.449				95	133	.714			238	31				169	331
1971-72	26	NYK	NBA	PF	80	1273	205	466	.440				167	228	.732			326	72				224	577
1972-73	27	NYK	NBA	PF	80	1393	245	553	.443				154	195	.790			344	94				218	644
1973-74	28	NYK	NBA	PF	82	2050	361	757	.477				191	246	.776	123	355	478	134	42	67		277	913
1974-75	29	NYK	NBA	PF	78	2285	324	712	.455				193	253	.763	137	463	600	136	84	53		330	841
1975-76	30	NYK	NBA	PF	80	1461	185	387	.478				110	150	.733	80	263	343	105	41	20		275	480
1976-77	31	NYK	NBA	PF	76	1033	102	232	.440				51	71	.718	75	154	229	85	33	18		184	255
1977-78	32	NYK	NBA	PF	63	654	55	115	.478				43	56	.768	29	81	110	46	31	15	47	106	153
1978-79	33	NJN	NBA	PF	59	1070	144	303	.475				86	105	.819	59	119	178	85	45	22	78	168	374
1979-80	34	NJN	NBA	PF	16	194	29	46	.630	0	2	.000	7	10	.700	12	12	24	12	5	4	9	35	65
Career			NBA		807	14201	2076	4583	.453	0	2	.000	1276	1734	.736	515	1447	3454	898	281	199	134	2366	5428

Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1967-68	22	NYK	NBA	PF	75	14.6	2.4	6.1	.400				1.3	2.2	.589			4.5	0.7				2.8	6.2
1968-69	23	NYK	NBA	PF	47	19.7	2.7	6.3	.429				1.7	2.5	.672			5.2	0.9				3.6	7.1
1970-71	25	NYK	NBA	PF	71	10.9	1.7	3.7	.449				1.3	1.9	.714			3.4	0.4				2.4	4.7
1971-72	26	NYK	NBA	PF	80	15.9	2.6	5.8	.440				2.1	2.9	.732			4.1	0.9				2.8	7.2
1972-73	27	NYK	NBA	PF	80	17.4	3.1	6.9	.443				1.9	2.4	.790			4.3	1.2				2.7	8.1
1973-74	28	NYK	NBA	PF	82	25.0	4.4	9.2	.477				2.3	3.0	.776	1.5	4.3	5.8	1.6	0.5	0.8		3.4	11.1
1974-75	29	NYK	NBA	PF	78	29.3	4.2	9.1	.455				2.5	3.2	.763	1.8	5.9	7.7	1.7	1.1	0.7		4.2	10.8
1975-76	30	NYK	NBA	PF	80	18.3	2.3	4.8	.478				1.4	1.9	.733	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.3	0.5	0.3		3.4	6.0
1976-77	31	NYK	NBA	PF	76	13.6	1.3	3.1	.440				0.7	0.9	.718	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.1	0.4	0.2		2.4	3.4
1977-78	32	NYK	NBA	PF	63	10.4	0.9	1.8	.478				0.7	0.9	.768	0.5	1.3	1.7	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.7	2.4
1978-79	33	NJN	NBA	PF	59	18.1	2.4	5.1	.475				1.5	1.8	.819	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.4	0.8	0.4	1.3	2.8	6.3
1979-80	34	NJN	NBA	PF	16	12.1	1.8	2.9	.630	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.6	.700	0.8	0.8	1.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.6	2.2	4.1
Career			NBA		807	17.6	2.6	5.7	.453	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.1	.736	1.1	3.2	4.3	1.1	0.6	0.4	1.0	2.9	6.7

Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1967-68	22	NYK	NBA	PF	75	1093	6.0	15.0	.400				3.3	5.5	.589			11.1	1.8				7.0	15.2
1968-69	23	NYK	NBA	PF	47	924	4.9	11.5	.429				3.1	4.6	.672			9.6	1.7				6.5	12.9
1970-71	25	NYK	NBA	PF	71	771	5.5	12.3	.449				4.4	6.2	.714			11.1	1.4				7.9	15.5
1971-72	26	NYK	NBA	PF	80	1273	5.8	13.2	.440				4.7	6.4	.732			9.2	2.0				6.3	16.3
1972-73	27	NYK	NBA	PF	80	1393	6.3	14.3	.443				4.0	5.0	.790			8.9	2.4				5.6	16.6
1973-74	28	NYK	NBA	PF	82	2050	6.3	13.3	.477				3.4	4.3	.776	2.2	6.2	8.4	2.4	0.7	1.2		4.9	16.0
1974-75	29	NYK	NBA	PF	78	2285	5.1	11.2	.455				3.0	4.0	.763	2.2	7.3	9.5	2.1	1.3	0.8		5.2	13.2
1975-76	30	NYK	NBA	PF	80	1461	4.6	9.5	.478				2.7	3.7	.733	2.0	6.5	8.5	2.6	1.0	0.5		6.8	11.8
1976-77	31	NYK	NBA	PF	76	1033	3.6	8.1	.440				1.8	2.5	.718	2.6	5.4	8.0	3.0	1.2	0.6		6.4	8.9
1977-78	32	NYK	NBA	PF	63	654	3.0	6.3	.478				2.4	3.1	.768	1.6	4.5	6.1	2.5	1.7	0.8	2.6	5.8	8.4
1978-79	33	NJN	NBA	PF	59	1070	4.8	10.2	.475				2.9	3.5	.819	2.0	4.0	6.0	2.9	1.5	0.7	2.6	5.7	12.6
1979-80	34	NJN	NBA	PF	16	194	5.4	8.5	.630	0.0	0.4	.000	1.3	1.9	.700	2.2	2.2	4.5	2.2	0.9	0.7	1.7	6.5	12.1
Career			NBA		807	14201	5.3	11.6	.453	0.0	0.4	.000	3.2	4.4	.736	2.1	6.0	8.8	2.3	1.2	0.8	2.5	6.0	13.8

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
1967-68	22	NYK	NBA	PF	75	1093	10.6	.438	.400				6.6							-0.6	1.2	0.5	.024
1968-69	23	NYK	NBA	PF	47	924	10.6	.479	.429				6.0							0.5	1.2	1.7	.087
1970-71	25	NYK	NBA	PF	71	771	13.2	.515	.449			14.1	5.2							1.0	1.6	2.5	.159
1971-72	26	NYK	NBA	PF	80	1273	13.7	.509	.440			12.6	7.8							1.5	1.7	3.2	.121
1972-73	27	NYK	NBA	PF	80	1393	14.8	.504	.443			12.2	9.1							1.7	2.5	4.2	.146
1973-74	28	NYK	NBA	PF	82	2050	15.0	.528	.477	6.3	18.2	12.3	9.3	1.0	1.8				94	2.4	3.2	5.6	.131
1974-75	29	NYK	NBA	PF	78	2285	13.7	.511	.455	6.2	21.5	13.7	8.4	1.7	1.2				96	1.9	2.9	4.8	.102
1975-76	30	NYK	NBA	PF	80	1461	11.8	.530	.478	5.5	18.8	12.1	9.7	1.3	0.7				98	0.9	1.6	2.5	.082
1976-77	31	NYK	NBA	PF	76	1033	9.4	.484	.440	7.8	15.3	11.6	9.9	1.4	0.9				100	-0.1	1.0	0.9	.043
1977-78	32	NYK	NBA	PF	63	654	8.1	.548	.478	4.7	12.6	8.7	8.1	2.1	1.2	25.2	10.8	97	102	0.2	0.6	0.8	.058
1978-79	33	NJN	NBA	PF	59	1070	10.7	.536	.475	5.6	12.2	8.7	10.7	1.8	1.1	18.3	15.0	102	103	0.6	1.3	1.9	.086
1979-80	34	NJN	NBA	PF	16	194	10.7	.645	.630	6.4	6.4	6.4	8.6	1.2	1.1	15.2	11.8	119	107	0.3	0.2	0.5	.121
Career			NBA		807	14201	12.5	.508	.453	6.1	17.4	12.0	8.5	1.5	1.2	19.9	13.2	102	98	10.4	18.9	29.3	.099

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1967-68	22	NYK	NBA	PF	6	90	10	35	.286	4	5	.800			25	2				23	24
1970-71	25	NYK	NBA	PF	5	30	4	14	.286	1	1	1.000			10	2				8	9
1971-72	26	NYK	NBA	PF	16	320	57	120	.475	42	57	.737			82	15				51	156
1972-73	27	NYK	NBA	PF	17	338	60	120	.500	28	38	.737			72	24				59	148
1973-74	28	NYK	NBA	PF	12	297	54	116	.466	27	30	.900	15	42	57	15	10	5		40	135
1974-75	29	NYK	NBA	PF	3	78	10	21	.476	7	8	.875	5	20	25	2	4	3		15	27
1977-78	32	NYK	NBA	PF	6	50	4	8	.500	4	6	.667	4	6	10	3	3	0	4	11	12
1978-79	33	NJN	NBA	PF	2	20	1	3	.333	2	2	1.000	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	4
Career			NBA		67	1223	200	437	.458	115	147	.782	26	69	284	63	18	8	4	208	515

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1967-68	22	NYK	NBA	PF	6	15.0	1.7	5.8	.286	0.7	0.8	.800			4.2	0.3				3.8	4.0
1970-71	25	NYK	NBA	PF	5	6.0	0.8	2.8	.286	0.2	0.2	1.000			2.0	0.4				1.6	1.8
1971-72	26	NYK	NBA	PF	16	20.0	3.6	7.5	.475	2.6	3.6	.737			5.1	0.9				3.2	9.8
1972-73	27	NYK	NBA	PF	17	19.9	3.5	7.1	.500	1.6	2.2	.737			4.2	1.4				3.5	8.7
1973-74	28	NYK	NBA	PF	12	24.8	4.5	9.7	.466	2.3	2.5	.900	1.3	3.5	4.8	1.3	0.8	0.4		3.3	11.3
1974-75	29	NYK	NBA	PF	3	26.0	3.3	7.0	.476	2.3	2.7	.875	1.7	6.7	8.3	0.7	1.3	1.0		5.0	9.0
1977-78	32	NYK	NBA	PF	6	8.3	0.7	1.3	.500	0.7	1.0	.667	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.8	2.0
1978-79	33	NJN	NBA	PF	2	10.0	0.5	1.5	.333	1.0	1.0	1.000	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0
Career			NBA		67	18.3	3.0	6.5	.458	1.7	2.2	.782	1.1	3.0	4.2	0.9	0.8	0.3	0.5	3.1	7.7

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1967-68	22	NYK	NBA	PF	6	90	4.0	14.0	.286	1.6	2.0	.800			10.0	0.8				9.2	9.6
1970-71	25	NYK	NBA	PF	5	30	4.8	16.8	.286	1.2	1.2	1.000			12.0	2.4				9.6	10.8
1971-72	26	NYK	NBA	PF	16	320	6.4	13.5	.475	4.7	6.4	.737			9.2	1.7				5.7	17.6
1972-73	27	NYK	NBA	PF	17	338	6.4	12.8	.500	3.0	4.0	.737			7.7	2.6				6.3	15.8
1973-74	28	NYK	NBA	PF	12	297	6.5	14.1	.466	3.3	3.6	.900	1.8	5.1	6.9	1.8	1.2	0.6		4.8	16.4
1974-75	29	NYK	NBA	PF	3	78	4.6	9.7	.476	3.2	3.7	.875	2.3	9.2	11.5	0.9	1.8	1.4		6.9	12.5
1977-78	32	NYK	NBA	PF	6	50	2.9	5.8	.500	2.9	4.3	.667	2.9	4.3	7.2	2.2	2.2	0.0	2.9	7.9	8.6
1978-79	33	NJN	NBA	PF	2	20	1.8	5.4	.333	3.6	3.6	1.000	3.6	1.8	5.4	0.0	1.8	0.0	0.0	1.8	7.2
Career			NBA		67	1223	5.9	12.9	.458	3.4	4.3	.782	2.1	5.6	8.4	1.9	1.5	0.6	2.1	6.1	15.2

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
1967-68	22	NYK	NBA	PF	6	90	3.0	.323	.286				2.7							-0.3	0.0	-0.2	-0.125
1970-71	25	NYK	NBA	PF	5	30	5.7	.312	.286			15.4	9.1							-0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.107
1971-72	26	NYK	NBA	PF	16	320	15.7	.538	.475			13.2	6.8							0.7	0.4	1.0	.154
1972-73	27	NYK	NBA	PF	17	338	15.2	.541	.500			11.3	9.8							0.7	0.3	1.1	.152
1973-74	28	NYK	NBA	PF	12	297	16.0	.522	.466	5.1	15.9	10.2	8.1	1.6	0.9				98	0.4	0.3	0.7	.116
1974-75	29	NYK	NBA	PF	3	78	14.7	.551	.476	7.3	26.8	17.5	4.2	2.5	2.0				98	0.0	0.1	0.1	.075
1977-78	32	NYK	NBA	PF	6	50	7.8	.564	.500	7.5	13.2	10.1	6.7	2.6	0.0	27.3	11.0	98	108	0.0	0.0	0.0	.031
1978-79	33	NJN	NBA	PF	2	20	10.0	.515	.333	8.6	5.2	7.0	0.0	2.2	0.0	0.0	6.9	136	110	0.0	0.0	0.0	.094
Career			NBA		67	1223	14.0	.513	.458	5.9	17.0	11.9	7.4	1.9	1.0	21.6	9.9	105	100	1.6	1.1	2.7	.106

Similarity Scores

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

Thru 12 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Phil Jackson		5.6	4.8	4.2	3.2	2.5	2.5	1.9	1.7	0.9	0.8	0.5	0.5
Chris Andersen	90.4	5.9	5.4	4.5	3.2	2.7	2.4	1.9	1.3	1.1	0.3	0.0
Austin Croshere	87.8	5.4	4.1	4.1	3.4	3.2	2.6	2.0	1.3	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.0
Phil Hubbard	87.4	5.7	4.6	4.5	3.4	3.3	2.7	2.6	1.6	0.4	0.2
Ben Poquette	87.1	5.4	5.0	4.9	3.5	3.4	2.5	2.3	1.4	1.3	0.6
Gerald Govan	86.9	5.6	5.4	4.1	3.4	2.6	2.5	2.4	1.0	0.1
Chris Wilcox	86.7	6.0	4.4	3.4	3.1	2.8	2.6	1.3	1.3	1.1	0.6	0.2
Alan Henderson	86.4	6.0	4.3	3.1	3.1	2.6	2.0	1.9	1.6	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.2
George Lynch	85.9	6.5	5.8	3.9	3.5	2.6	2.5	2.5	1.7	1.5	0.9	0.7	0.0
Billy Owens	85.9	5.7	5.6	3.7	3.2	3.2	2.8	2.2	1.2	0.8	0.2
Danny Ferry	85.5	5.6	5.5	4.1	3.9	3.6	2.7	2.3	1.7	1.7	1.3	1.0	1.0

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Phil Jackson		5.6	4.8	4.2	3.2	2.5	2.5	1.9	1.7	0.9	0.8	0.5	0.5
Chris Andersen	90.4	5.9	5.4	4.5	3.2	2.7	2.4	1.9	1.3	1.1	0.3	0.0
Austin Croshere	87.8	5.4	4.1	4.1	3.4	3.2	2.6	2.0	1.3	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.0
Phil Hubbard	87.4	5.7	4.6	4.5	3.4	3.3	2.7	2.6	1.6	0.4	0.2
Ben Poquette	87.1	5.4	5.0	4.9	3.5	3.4	2.5	2.3	1.4	1.3	0.6
Gerald Govan	86.9	5.6	5.4	4.1	3.4	2.6	2.5	2.4	1.0	0.1
Chris Wilcox	86.7	6.0	4.4	3.4	3.1	2.8	2.6	1.3	1.3	1.1	0.6	0.2
Alan Henderson	86.4	6.0	4.3	3.1	3.1	2.6	2.0	1.9	1.6	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.2
Billy Owens	85.9	5.7	5.6	3.7	3.2	3.2	2.8	2.2	1.2	0.8	0.2
George Lynch	85.9	6.5	5.8	3.9	3.5	2.6	2.5	2.5	1.7	1.5	0.9	0.7	0.0
Aaron Williams	85.1	5.2	5.0	4.8	3.7	3.4	1.7	1.6	1.1	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.3	-0.1	-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
1964-65	19	NDAKOTA	31		129	307			107	156		361						365	.420		.686		11.8	11.6
1965-66	20	NDAKOTA	29		238	439			155	203		374						631	.542		.764		21.8	12.9
1966-67	21	NDAKOTA	26		252	468			208	278		374						712	.538		.748		27.4	14.4
Career			86		619	1214			470	637		1109						1708	.510		.738		19.9	12.9

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors 1967-68 NBA All-Rookie (1st)	Championships (Minimum 1 playoff game) 1973 New York Knicks (NBA)	Games 1973-74 NBA 82 (1)	Personal Fouls 1974-75 NBA 330 (1)
Hall of Fame Probability Career 0.000 (800)

Transactions

May 3, 1967: Drafted by the New York Knicks in the 2nd round (17th pick) of the 1967 NBA Draft.

June 8, 1978: Traded by the New York Knicks with a 1978 1st round draft pick (Winford Boynes) to the New Jersey Nets for a 1978 1st round draft pick (Micheal Ray Richardson) and a 1979 1st round draft pick (Vinnie Johnson).

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