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Pete Maravich

Peter Press Maravich (Pete, Pistol Pete)

Position: Guard ▪ Height: 6-5 ▪ Weight: 197 lbs.
Born: June 22, 1947 in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
Died: January 5, 1988
High School: Edward Military Institute in Salemberg, North Carolina
College: Louisiana State University
Draft: Atlanta Hawks, 1st round (3rd pick, 3rd overall), 1970 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 17, 1970
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1987 (Full List)
Relatives: Son of Press Maravich

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Hall of Fame

Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 6:53AM
All-Time Rank: #33. Bob Cousy… #34. Dwight Howard… #35. PETE MARAVICH… #36. Elvin Hayes… #37. Kevin McHale… 

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
1970-71 23 ATL NBA 81 2926 738 1613 .458 404 505 .800 298 355 238 1880
1971-72 24 ATL NBA 66 2302 460 1077 .427 355 438 .811 256 393 207 1275
1972-73 25 ATL NBA 79 3089 789 1788 .441 485 606 .800 346 546 245 2063
1973-74 26 ATL NBA 76 2903 819 1791 .457 469 568 .826 98 276 374 396 111 13 261 2107
1974-75 27 NOJ NBA 79 2853 655 1562 .419 390 481 .811 93 329 422 488 120 18 227 1700
1975-76 28 NOJ NBA 62 2373 604 1316 .459 396 488 .811 46 254 300 332 87 23 197 1604
1976-77 29 NOJ NBA 73 3041 886 2047 .433 501 600 .835 90 284 374 392 84 22 191 2273
1977-78 30 NOJ NBA 50 2041 556 1253 .444 240 276 .870 49 129 178 335 101 8 248 116 1352
1978-79 31 NOJ NBA 49 1824 436 1035 .421 233 277 .841 33 88 121 243 60 18 200 104 1105
1979-80 32 TOT NBA 43 4 964 244 543 .449 10 15 .667 91 105 .867 17 61 78 83 24 6 82 79 589
1979-80 32 UTA NBA 17 522 121 294 .412 7 11 .636 41 50 .820 7 33 40 54 15 4 45 30 290
1979-80 32 BOS NBA 26 4 442 123 249 .494 3 4 .750 50 55 .909 10 28 38 29 9 2 37 49 299
Career NBA 658 4 24316 6187 14025 .441 10 15 .667 3564 4344 .820 426 1421 2747 3563 587 108 530 1865 15948

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
1970-71 23 ATL NBA 81 36.1 9.1 19.9 .458 5.0 6.2 .800 3.7 4.4 2.9 23.2
1971-72 24 ATL NBA 66 34.9 7.0 16.3 .427 5.4 6.6 .811 3.9 6.0 3.1 19.3
1972-73 25 ATL NBA 79 39.1 10.0 22.6 .441 6.1 7.7 .800 4.4 6.9 3.1 26.1
1973-74 26 ATL NBA 76 38.2 10.8 23.6 .457 6.2 7.5 .826 1.3 3.6 4.9 5.2 1.5 0.2 3.4 27.7
1974-75 27 NOJ NBA 79 36.1 8.3 19.8 .419 4.9 6.1 .811 1.2 4.2 5.3 6.2 1.5 0.2 2.9 21.5
1975-76 28 NOJ NBA 62 38.3 9.7 21.2 .459 6.4 7.9 .811 0.7 4.1 4.8 5.4 1.4 0.4 3.2 25.9
1976-77 29 NOJ NBA 73 41.7 12.1 28.0 .433 6.9 8.2 .835 1.2 3.9 5.1 5.4 1.2 0.3 2.6 31.1
1977-78 30 NOJ NBA 50 40.8 11.1 25.1 .444 4.8 5.5 .870 1.0 2.6 3.6 6.7 2.0 0.2 5.0 2.3 27.0
1978-79 31 NOJ NBA 49 37.2 8.9 21.1 .421 4.8 5.7 .841 0.7 1.8 2.5 5.0 1.2 0.4 4.1 2.1 22.6
1979-80 32 TOT NBA 43 4 22.4 5.7 12.6 .449 0.2 0.3 .667 2.1 2.4 .867 0.4 1.4 1.8 1.9 0.6 0.1 1.9 1.8 13.7
1979-80 32 UTA NBA 17 30.7 7.1 17.3 .412 0.4 0.6 .636 2.4 2.9 .820 0.4 1.9 2.4 3.2 0.9 0.2 2.6 1.8 17.1
1979-80 32 BOS NBA 26 4 17.0 4.7 9.6 .494 0.1 0.2 .750 1.9 2.1 .909 0.4 1.1 1.5 1.1 0.3 0.1 1.4 1.9 11.5
Career NBA 658 4 37.0 9.4 21.3 .441 0.2 0.3 .667 5.4 6.6 .820 1.0 3.3 4.2 5.4 1.4 0.3 3.7 2.8 24.2

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
1970-71 23 ATL NBA 81 2926 9.1 19.8 .458 5.0 6.2 .800 3.7 4.4 2.9 23.1
1971-72 24 ATL NBA 66 2302 7.2 16.8 .427 5.6 6.8 .811 4.0 6.1 3.2 19.9
1972-73 25 ATL NBA 79 3089 9.2 20.8 .441 5.7 7.1 .800 4.0 6.4 2.9 24.0
1973-74 26 ATL NBA 76 2903 10.2 22.2 .457 5.8 7.0 .826 1.2 3.4 4.6 4.9 1.4 0.2 3.2 26.1
1974-75 27 NOJ NBA 79 2853 8.3 19.7 .419 4.9 6.1 .811 1.2 4.2 5.3 6.2 1.5 0.2 2.9 21.5
1975-76 28 NOJ NBA 62 2373 9.2 20.0 .459 6.0 7.4 .811 0.7 3.9 4.6 5.0 1.3 0.3 3.0 24.3
1976-77 29 NOJ NBA 73 3041 10.5 24.2 .433 5.9 7.1 .835 1.1 3.4 4.4 4.6 1.0 0.3 2.3 26.9
1977-78 30 NOJ NBA 50 2041 9.8 22.1 .444 4.2 4.9 .870 0.9 2.3 3.1 5.9 1.8 0.1 4.4 2.0 23.8
1978-79 31 NOJ NBA 49 1824 8.6 20.4 .421 4.6 5.5 .841 0.7 1.7 2.4 4.8 1.2 0.4 3.9 2.1 21.8
1979-80 32 TOT NBA 43 4 964 9.1 20.3 .449 0.4 0.6 .667 3.4 3.9 .867 0.6 2.3 2.9 3.1 0.9 0.2 3.1 3.0 22.0
1979-80 32 UTA NBA 17 522 8.3 20.3 .412 0.5 0.8 .636 2.8 3.4 .820 0.5 2.3 2.8 3.7 1.0 0.3 3.1 2.1 20.0
1979-80 32 BOS NBA 26 4 442 10.0 20.3 .494 0.2 0.3 .750 4.1 4.5 .909 0.8 2.3 3.1 2.4 0.7 0.2 3.0 4.0 24.4
Career NBA 658 4 24316 9.2 20.8 .441 0.4 0.6 .667 5.3 6.4 .820 1.0 3.2 4.1 5.3 1.3 0.2 4.0 2.8 23.6

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
1970-71 23 ATL NBA 81 2926 17.8 .512 .458 4.6 18.3 5.2 1.0 6.2 .102
1971-72 24 ATL NBA 66 2302 17.5 .502 .427 5.4 25.0 2.9 1.4 4.2 .088
1972-73 25 ATL NBA 79 3089 19.6 .502 .441 5.3 26.1 5.1 2.5 7.6 .118
1973-74 26 ATL NBA 76 2903 20.3 .516 .457 3.3 9.7 6.5 21.7 1.7 0.2 101 5.7 1.9 7.6 .125
1974-75 27 NOJ NBA 79 2853 18.3 .479 .419 3.2 11.9 7.4 28.2 1.8 0.3 100 1.8 2.1 3.9 .066
1975-76 28 NOJ NBA 62 2373 20.5 .524 .459 1.9 10.7 6.3 23.8 1.6 0.5 99 4.8 2.3 7.1 .144
1976-77 29 NOJ NBA 73 3041 19.8 .492 .433 2.9 8.9 6.0 22.3 1.2 0.4 102 4.2 2.2 6.4 .101
1977-78 30 NOJ NBA 50 2041 17.6 .492 .444 2.3 6.0 4.2 26.1 2.2 0.2 15.3 30.1 96 103 1.3 1.7 2.9 .069
1978-79 31 NOJ NBA 49 1824 13.4 .478 .421 1.8 4.6 3.2 20.4 1.5 0.5 14.7 28.4 94 109 -0.5 0.7 0.1 .004
1979-80 32 TOT NBA 43 964 13.8 .500 .459 2.1 7.0 4.6 13.8 1.2 0.4 12.2 28.9 98 110 0.1 0.4 0.5 .027
1979-80 32 UTA NBA 17 522 12.4 .459 .423 1.6 7.1 4.5 16.6 1.4 0.4 12.5 29.7 91 113 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 -0.043
1979-80 32 BOS NBA 26 442 15.6 .547 .500 2.6 6.9 4.8 10.4 1.0 0.3 11.9 27.9 106 106 0.6 0.4 1.0 .110
Career NBA 658 24316 18.4 .500 .441 2.6 8.9 5.5 23.1 1.6 0.4 14.5 29.2 96 102 30.6 16.1 46.7 .092

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
1970-71 23 ATL NBA 5 199 46 122 18 26 26 24 14 110 .377 .692 39.8 22.0 5.2 4.8
1971-72 24 ATL NBA 6 219 54 121 58 71 32 28 24 166 .446 .817 36.5 27.7 5.3 4.7
1972-73 25 ATL NBA 6 234 65 155 27 34 29 40 24 157 .419 .794 39.0 26.2 4.8 6.7
1979-80 32 BOS NBA 9 104 25 51 2 6 2 3 0 8 6 3 0 9 12 54 .490 .333 .667 11.6 6.0 0.9 0.7
Career NBA 26 756 190 449 2 6 105 134 0 95 98 3 0 9 74 487 .423 .333 .784 29.1 18.7 3.7 3.8

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
1970-71 23 ATL NBA 5 199 14.2 .412 .377 5.8 19.5 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.039
1971-72 24 ATL NBA 6 219 22.4 .545 .446 6.8 19.4 0.7 0.1 0.8 .168
1972-73 25 ATL NBA 6 234 18.5 .462 .419 5.8 25.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 .068
1979-80 32 BOS NBA 9 104 11.0 .516 .510 0.0 8.9 4.4 9.3 1.4 0.0 14.7 25.0 93 102 -0.1 0.1 0.1 .039
Career NBA 26 756 17.4 .479 .425 0.0 8.9 5.9 19.8 1.4 0.0 14.7 25.0 93 102 0.5 0.5 1.0 .065

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
1972-73 25 ATL NBA 1 1 22:00 4 8 .500 0 0 3 5 4 8
1973-74 26 ATL NBA 1 1 22:00 4 15 .267 7 9 .778 1 3 4 0 0 2 15
1976-77 29 NOJ NBA 1 1 21:00 5 13 .385 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 10
1977-78 30 NOJ NBA
1978-79 31 NOJ NBA 1 1 14:00 5 8 .625 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 10
Career NBA 4 4 79 18 44 .409 7 9 .778 1 8 15 4 0 4 8 43

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 10 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Pete Maravich 7.6 7.6 7.1 6.4 6.2 4.2 3.9 2.9 0.5 0.1
Michael Adams 91.1 8.3 7.5 6.9 6.3 5.3 4.6 3.1 2.7 1.6 -0.1
Brad Davis 90.3 7.4 7.3 6.2 6.2 5.4 4.2 3.9 0.6 0.6 0.3
Brian Taylor 89.2 8.3 7.9 7.1 5.6 5.3 4.8 3.6 2.3 1.8 0.1
Vern Fleming 88.7 8.4 7.0 6.9 6.7 5.6 4.4 3.3 2.9 2.0 1.4
Freddie Lewis 88.3 7.6 7.5 7.3 7.2 6.2 6.0 5.2 3.3 3.0 0.0
Tom Gola 88.1 9.9 7.4 7.1 6.8 6.5 4.4 4.1 3.4 1.7 1.7
Latrell Sprewell 87.8 8.1 8.0 6.6 5.5 5.1 4.0 3.0 2.8 2.0 0.4
Norm Van Lier 87.7 7.7 7.7 6.0 5.6 5.5 5.2 3.8 3.2 2.1 1.1
David Wesley 87.5 7.6 7.0 6.3 6.1 6.1 5.8 4.8 2.6 2.6 0.6
Jerry Sloan 87.0 7.2 7.0 6.8 6.5 6.4 6.0 2.9 2.6 1.9 1.4
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Pete Maravich 7.6 7.6 7.1 6.4 6.2 4.2 3.9 2.9 0.5 0.1
Michael Adams 90.4 8.3 7.5 6.9 6.3 5.3 4.6 3.1 2.7 1.6 0.8 -0.1
Brian Taylor 89.2 8.3 7.9 7.1 5.6 5.3 4.8 3.6 2.3 1.8 0.1
Tom Gola 88.1 9.9 7.4 7.1 6.8 6.5 4.4 4.1 3.4 1.7 1.7
Freddie Lewis 87.9 7.6 7.5 7.3 7.2 6.2 6.0 5.2 3.3 3.0 0.5 0.0
Norm Van Lier 87.7 7.7 7.7 6.0 5.6 5.5 5.2 3.8 3.2 2.1 1.1
Darrell Armstrong 87.0 8.7 8.0 7.6 6.4 5.3 4.9 3.2 2.5 1.8 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0
Joe Johnson 86.1 8.4 7.6 7.6 7.0 6.0 5.1 4.2 3.3 3.0 2.8
Jerry Sloan 86.0 7.2 7.0 6.8 6.5 6.4 6.0 2.9 2.6 1.9 1.4 0.9
Andy Phillip 85.2 9.7 7.7 7.4 7.1 5.5 4.8 3.8 3.1 2.9 1.5
Charlie Scott 85.1 7.4 7.2 6.5 6.4 4.7 3.9 2.5 2.4 1.9 -1.4

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
1966-67 19 LSU 17 273 604 195 234 176 741 .452 .833 43.6 10.4
1967-68 20 LSU 26 432 1022 274 338 195 1138 .423 .811 43.8 7.5
1968-69 21 LSU 26 433 976 282 378 169 1148 .444 .746 44.2 6.5
1969-70 22 LSU 31 522 1168 337 436 174 1381 .447 .773 44.5 5.6
Career 83 1387 3166 893 1152 538 3667 .438 .775 44.2 6.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1973 NBA
1974 NBA
1977 NBA
1978 NBA
1979 NBA
Awards
1969-70 NCAA AP Player of the Year
1969-70 NCAA Naismith Men's College Player of the Year Award
Honors
1967-68 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1968-69 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1969-70 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1970-71 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
1972-73 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1975-76 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1976-77 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1977-78 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
MVP Award Shares
1973-74 NBA 0.001 (17)
1975-76 NBA 0.008 (15)
1976-77 NBA 0.061 (3)
Career 0.069 (87)
Minutes Played
1976-77 NBA 3041 (7)
Field Goals
1970-71 NBA 738 (9)
1972-73 NBA 789 (8)
1973-74 NBA 819 (3)
1976-77 NBA 886 (2)
Career NBA 6187 (90)
Career 6187 (95)
Field Goal Attempts
1970-71 NBA 1613 (9)
1972-73 NBA 1788 (6)
1973-74 NBA 1791 (1)
1974-75 NBA 1562 (8)
1976-77 NBA 2047 (1)
Career NBA 14025 (73)
Career 14025 (77)
Free Throws
1972-73 NBA 485 (2)
1973-74 NBA 469 (2)
1974-75 NBA 390 (7)
1975-76 NBA 396 (6)
1976-77 NBA 501 (1)
Career NBA 3564 (91)
Career 3564 (96)
Free Throw Attempts
1972-73 NBA 606 (2)
1973-74 NBA 568 (3)
1974-75 NBA 481 (6)
1975-76 NBA 488 (7)
1976-77 NBA 600 (3)
Free Throw Pct
1977-78 NBA .870 (6)
Assists
1972-73 NBA 546 (7)
1974-75 NBA 488 (7)
Points
1970-71 NBA 1880 (8)
1972-73 NBA 2063 (4)
1973-74 NBA 2107 (3)
1974-75 NBA 1700 (8)
1976-77 NBA 2273 (1)
Career NBA 15948 (93)
Career 15948 (99)
Minutes Per Game
1976-77 NBA 41.7 (1)
1977-78 NBA 40.8 (3)
Career NBA 37.0 (32)
Career 37.0 (33)
Points Per Game
1970-71 NBA 23.2 (8)
1972-73 NBA 26.1 (5)
1973-74 NBA 27.7 (2)
1975-76 NBA 25.9 (3)
1976-77 NBA 31.1 (1)
Career NBA 24.2 (18)
Career 24.2 (19)
Assists Per Game
1972-73 NBA 6.9 (6)
1974-75 NBA 6.2 (5)
Career NBA 5.4 (77)
Career 5.4 (78)
Player Efficiency Rating
1972-73 NBA 19.6 (10)
1973-74 NBA 20.3 (6)
1975-76 NBA 20.5 (7)
Assist Pct
1971-72 NBA 25.0 (9)
1972-73 NBA 26.1 (7)
1974-75 NBA 28.2 (5)
1975-76 NBA 23.8 (7)
1977-78 NBA 26.1 (8)
Usage Pct
1977-78 NBA 30.1 (3)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.741 (80)
NBA Elo Player Rating
35th (overall) as of Feb 10, 2012, 6:53AM

Transactions

February 2, 1970: Traded by the San Francisco Warriors (as a 1970 1st round draft pick) with Clyde Lee to the Atlanta Hawks for Zelmo Beaty. Lee was sent as the player to be named later on 4 October 1974.

March 23, 1970: Drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1970 NBA Draft.

May 20, 1974: Traded by the Atlanta Hawks to the New Orleans Jazz for Bob Kauffman, Dean Meminger, a 1974 1st round draft pick (Mike Sojourner), a 1975 1st round draft pick (David Thompson), a 1975 2nd round draft pick (Bill Willoughby), a 1976 2nd round draft pick (Alex English) and a 1980 3rd round draft pick (Jonathan Moore).

January 17, 1980: Waived by the Utah Jazz.

January 22, 1980: Signed as a free agent with the Boston Celtics.

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