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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
Inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 1987
Drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the 1st round (3rd pick, 3rd overall) of the 1970 NBA draft.
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Totals
Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Convert to CSV / Convert to PRE / Click column headers to sort| 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 |
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| 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
Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Convert to CSV / Convert to PRE / Click column headers to sort| 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 |
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| 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
Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Convert to CSV / Convert to PRE / Click column headers to sort| 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 |
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| 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
Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Convert to CSV / Convert to PRE / Click column headers to sort| Season | Age | Tm | Lg | G | MP | PER | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | Usg% | ORtg | DRtg | OWS | DWS | WS | LS | WSAA |
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| 1970-71 | 23 | ATL | NBA | 81 | 2926 | 17.8 | .512 | .458 | 4.6 | 18.3 | |||||||||||||
| 1971-72 | 24 | ATL | NBA | 66 | 2302 | 17.5 | .502 | .427 | 5.4 | 25.0 | |||||||||||||
| 1972-73 | 25 | ATL | NBA | 79 | 3089 | 19.7 | .502 | .441 | 5.3 | 26.1 | |||||||||||||
| 1973-74 | 26 | ATL | NBA | 76 | 2903 | 20.3 | .516 | .457 | 3.3 | 9.7 | 6.5 | 21.7 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 101 | ||||||||
| 1974-75 | 27 | NOJ | NBA | 79 | 2853 | 18.3 | .479 | .419 | 3.2 | 11.9 | 7.4 | 28.2 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 100 | ||||||||
| 1975-76 | 28 | NOJ | NBA | 62 | 2373 | 20.5 | .524 | .459 | 1.9 | 10.7 | 6.3 | 23.8 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 99 | ||||||||
| 1976-77 | 29 | NOJ | NBA | 73 | 3041 | 19.8 | .492 | .433 | 2.9 | 8.9 | 6.0 | 22.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 102 | ||||||||
| 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 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 9 | 22 | -6.5 |
| 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 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 2 | 28 | -13.0 |
| 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 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 3 | 12 | -4.5 |
| 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 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 9 | -4.5 |
| 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 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 3 | 3 | 0.0 |
| 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 | 5.6 | 8.4 | 14 | 62 | -24.0 |
| Totals | Shooting | Per Game | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||
| Season | Age | Tm | Lg | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| 1972-73 | 25 | ATL | NBA | 1 | 22 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||
| 1973-74 | 26 | ATL | NBA | 1 | 22 | 4 | 15 | .267 | 7 | 9 | .778 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | |||||||
| 1976-77 | 29 | NOJ | NBA | 1 | 21 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||
| 1977-78 | 30 | NOJ | NBA | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1978-79 | 31 | NOJ | NBA | 1 | 14 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |||||||
| Career | NBA | 4 | 79 | 18 | 44 | .409 | 7 | 9 | .778 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 43 |
| Totals | Shooting | Per Game | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
| 1967-68 | 20 | lsu | 26 | 432 | 1022 | 274 | 338 | 195 | 105 | 1138 | .423 | .811 | 43.8 | 7.5 | 4.0 | ||||||||||
| 1968-69 | 21 | lsu | 26 | 433 | 976 | 282 | 378 | 169 | 128 | 1148 | .444 | .746 | 44.2 | 6.5 | 4.9 | ||||||||||
| 1969-70 | 22 | lsu | 31 | 522 | 1168 | 337 | 436 | 164 | 192 | 1381 | .447 | .773 | 44.5 | 5.3 | 6.2 | ||||||||||
| Career | 83 | 1387 | 3166 | 893 | 1152 | 528 | 425 | 3667 | .438 | .775 | 44.2 | 6.4 | 5.1 | ||||||||||||
Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors
Glossary|
All-Star Games 1973 NBA1974 NBA 1977 NBA 1978 NBA 1979 NBA |
Honors 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 Voting 1975-76 NBA 0.008 (15) 1976-77 NBA 0.061 (3) |
Minutes Played 1976-77 NBA 3041 (7) |
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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 (81) Career 6187 (86) |
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 (66) Career 14025 (70) |
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 (80) Career 3564 (85) |
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) Career NBA 4344 (91) Career 4344 (96) |
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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 (86) Career 15948 (92) |
Minutes Per Game 1976-77 NBA 41.7 (1)1977-78 NBA 40.8 (3) Career NBA 37.0 (37) Career 37.0 (38) |
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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 (17) Career 24.2 (18) |
Assists Per Game 1972-73 NBA 6.9 (6)1974-75 NBA 6.2 (5) Career NBA 5.4 (70) Career 5.4 (71) |
Player Efficiency Rating 1972-73 NBA 19.7 (10)1973-74 NBA 20.3 (6) 1975-76 NBA 20.5 (7) Career NBA 18.4 (99) |
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) |
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Usage Pct 1977-78 NBA 30.1 (3) |
Loss Shares 1978-79 NBA 28 (1) |
Hall of Fame Probability Career 0.871 (63) |
| Season | Team | Lg | Salary |
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| 1978-79 | New Orleans Jazz | NBA | $600,000 |
| Career | (may be incomplete) | $600,000 |