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Kevin McHale

Kevin Edward McHale

Position: Forward-Center
Height: 6-10    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: December 19, 1957 in Hibbing, Minnesota
High School: Hibbing in Hibbing, Minnesota
College: University of Minnesota

Inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 1999

Drafted by the Boston Celtics in the 1st round (3rd pick, 3rd overall) of the 1980 NBA draft.

Coaching Record

Game Logs and Splits

Game Logs1992-931991-921990-911989-901988-891987-881986-87Finder
Splits1992-931991-921990-911989-901988-891987-881986-87 

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
1980-81 23 BOS NBA 82 32 1645 355 666 .533 0 2 .000 108 159 .679 155 204 359 55 27 151 110 260 818
1981-82 24 BOS NBA 82 32 2332 465 875 .531 0 0 187 248 .754 191 365 556 91 30 185 137 264 1117
1982-83 25 BOS NBA 82 13 2345 483 893 .541 0 1 .000 193 269 .717 215 338 553 104 34 192 159 241 1159
1983-84 26 BOS NBA 82 10 2577 587 1055 .556 1 3 .333 336 439 .765 208 402 610 104 23 126 150 243 1511
1984-85 27 BOS NBA 79 31 2653 605 1062 .570 0 6 .000 355 467 .760 229 483 712 141 28 120 157 234 1565
1985-86 28 BOS NBA 68 62 2397 561 978 .574 0 0 326 420 .776 171 380 551 181 29 134 149 192 1448
1986-87 29 BOS NBA 77 77 3060 790 1307 .604 0 4 .000 428 512 .836 247 516 763 198 38 172 197 240 2008
1987-88 30 BOS NBA 64 63 2390 550 911 .604 0 0 346 434 .797 159 377 536 171 27 92 141 179 1446
1988-89 31 BOS NBA 78 74 2876 661 1211 .546 0 4 .000 436 533 .818 223 414 637 172 26 97 196 223 1758
1989-90 32 BOS NBA 82 25 2722 648 1181 .549 23 69 .333 393 440 .893 201 476 677 172 30 157 183 250 1712
1990-91 33 BOS NBA 68 10 2067 504 912 .553 15 37 .405 228 275 .829 145 335 480 126 25 146 140 194 1251
1991-92 34 BOS NBA 56 1 1398 323 634 .509 0 13 .000 134 163 .822 119 211 330 82 11 59 82 112 780
1992-93 35 BOS NBA 71 0 1656 298 649 .459 2 18 .111 164 195 .841 95 263 358 73 16 59 92 126 762
Career NBA 971 430 30118 6830 12334 .554 41 157 .261 3634 4554 .798 2358 4764 7122 1670 344 1690 1893 2758 17335

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
1980-81 23 BOS NBA 82 32 20.1 4.3 8.1 .533 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 1.9 .679 1.9 2.5 4.4 0.7 0.3 1.8 1.3 3.2 10.0
1981-82 24 BOS NBA 82 32 28.4 5.7 10.7 .531 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.0 .754 2.3 4.5 6.8 1.1 0.4 2.3 1.7 3.2 13.6
1982-83 25 BOS NBA 82 13 28.6 5.9 10.9 .541 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.3 .717 2.6 4.1 6.7 1.3 0.4 2.3 1.9 2.9 14.1
1983-84 26 BOS NBA 82 10 31.4 7.2 12.9 .556 0.0 0.0 .333 4.1 5.4 .765 2.5 4.9 7.4 1.3 0.3 1.5 1.8 3.0 18.4
1984-85 27 BOS NBA 79 31 33.6 7.7 13.4 .570 0.0 0.1 .000 4.5 5.9 .760 2.9 6.1 9.0 1.8 0.4 1.5 2.0 3.0 19.8
1985-86 28 BOS NBA 68 62 35.3 8.3 14.4 .574 0.0 0.0 4.8 6.2 .776 2.5 5.6 8.1 2.7 0.4 2.0 2.2 2.8 21.3
1986-87 29 BOS NBA 77 77 39.7 10.3 17.0 .604 0.0 0.1 .000 5.6 6.6 .836 3.2 6.7 9.9 2.6 0.5 2.2 2.6 3.1 26.1
1987-88 30 BOS NBA 64 63 37.3 8.6 14.2 .604 0.0 0.0 5.4 6.8 .797 2.5 5.9 8.4 2.7 0.4 1.4 2.2 2.8 22.6
1988-89 31 BOS NBA 78 74 36.9 8.5 15.5 .546 0.0 0.1 .000 5.6 6.8 .818 2.9 5.3 8.2 2.2 0.3 1.2 2.5 2.9 22.5
1989-90 32 BOS NBA 82 25 33.2 7.9 14.4 .549 0.3 0.8 .333 4.8 5.4 .893 2.5 5.8 8.3 2.1 0.4 1.9 2.2 3.0 20.9
1990-91 33 BOS NBA 68 10 30.4 7.4 13.4 .553 0.2 0.5 .405 3.4 4.0 .829 2.1 4.9 7.1 1.9 0.4 2.1 2.1 2.9 18.4
1991-92 34 BOS NBA 56 1 25.0 5.8 11.3 .509 0.0 0.2 .000 2.4 2.9 .822 2.1 3.8 5.9 1.5 0.2 1.1 1.5 2.0 13.9
1992-93 35 BOS NBA 71 0 23.3 4.2 9.1 .459 0.0 0.3 .111 2.3 2.7 .841 1.3 3.7 5.0 1.0 0.2 0.8 1.3 1.8 10.7
Career NBA 971 430 31.0 7.0 12.7 .554 0.0 0.2 .261 3.7 4.7 .798 2.4 4.9 7.3 1.7 0.4 1.7 1.9 2.8 17.9

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
1980-81 23 BOS NBA 82 32 1645 7.8 14.6 .533 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.5 .679 3.4 4.5 7.9 1.2 0.6 3.3 2.4 5.7 17.9
1981-82 24 BOS NBA 82 32 2332 7.2 13.5 .531 0.0 0.0 2.9 3.8 .754 2.9 5.6 8.6 1.4 0.5 2.9 2.1 4.1 17.2
1982-83 25 BOS NBA 82 13 2345 7.4 13.7 .541 0.0 0.0 .000 3.0 4.1 .717 3.3 5.2 8.5 1.6 0.5 2.9 2.4 3.7 17.8
1983-84 26 BOS NBA 82 10 2577 8.2 14.7 .556 0.0 0.0 .333 4.7 6.1 .765 2.9 5.6 8.5 1.5 0.3 1.8 2.1 3.4 21.1
1984-85 27 BOS NBA 79 31 2653 8.2 14.4 .570 0.0 0.1 .000 4.8 6.3 .760 3.1 6.6 9.7 1.9 0.4 1.6 2.1 3.2 21.2
1985-86 28 BOS NBA 68 62 2397 8.4 14.7 .574 0.0 0.0 4.9 6.3 .776 2.6 5.7 8.3 2.7 0.4 2.0 2.2 2.9 21.7
1986-87 29 BOS NBA 77 77 3060 9.3 15.4 .604 0.0 0.0 .000 5.0 6.0 .836 2.9 6.1 9.0 2.3 0.4 2.0 2.3 2.8 23.6
1987-88 30 BOS NBA 64 63 2390 8.3 13.7 .604 0.0 0.0 5.2 6.5 .797 2.4 5.7 8.1 2.6 0.4 1.4 2.1 2.7 21.8
1988-89 31 BOS NBA 78 74 2876 8.3 15.2 .546 0.0 0.1 .000 5.5 6.7 .818 2.8 5.2 8.0 2.2 0.3 1.2 2.5 2.8 22.0
1989-90 32 BOS NBA 82 25 2722 8.6 15.6 .549 0.3 0.9 .333 5.2 5.8 .893 2.7 6.3 9.0 2.3 0.4 2.1 2.4 3.3 22.6
1990-91 33 BOS NBA 68 10 2067 8.8 15.9 .553 0.3 0.6 .405 4.0 4.8 .829 2.5 5.8 8.4 2.2 0.4 2.5 2.4 3.4 21.8
1991-92 34 BOS NBA 56 1 1398 8.3 16.3 .509 0.0 0.3 .000 3.5 4.2 .822 3.1 5.4 8.5 2.1 0.3 1.5 2.1 2.9 20.1
1992-93 35 BOS NBA 71 0 1656 6.5 14.1 .459 0.0 0.4 .111 3.6 4.2 .841 2.1 5.7 7.8 1.6 0.3 1.3 2.0 2.7 16.6
Career NBA 971 430 30118 8.2 14.7 .554 0.0 0.2 .261 4.3 5.4 .798 2.8 5.7 8.5 2.0 0.4 2.0 2.3 3.3 20.7

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
1980-81 23 BOS NBA 82 1645 16.4 .556 .533 11.2 13.6 12.4 4.8 0.8 5.1 13.0 20.9 108 102 7.5 8.3 16 4 6.0
1981-82 24 BOS NBA 82 2332 16.9 .568 .531 9.3 16.8 13.1 5.4 0.6 4.3 12.2 19.3 113 102 12.6 12.5 25 4 10.5
1982-83 25 BOS NBA 82 2345 17.6 .573 .541 9.9 15.4 12.7 6.1 0.7 4.5 13.6 19.6 111 102 12.1 10.6 23 5 9.0
1983-84 26 BOS NBA 82 2577 20.0 .605 .557 9.5 17.1 13.4 6.0 0.4 2.7 10.7 22.3 120 105 21.6 11.7 33 4 14.5
1984-85 27 BOS NBA 79 2653 20.7 .617 .570 10.0 19.2 14.8 7.4 0.5 2.4 11.0 21.9 122 106 23.5 11.5 35 5 15.0
1985-86 28 BOS NBA 68 2397 21.6 .623 .574 8.4 16.4 12.7 10.8 0.6 3.1 11.4 22.5 122 103 21.6 12.2 34 3 15.5
1986-87 29 BOS NBA 77 3060 24.0 .655 .604 9.9 17.5 14.0 9.8 0.6 3.1 11.4 24.1 125 106 31.9 12.7 45 6 19.5
1987-88 30 BOS NBA 64 2390 21.9 .656 .604 8.4 17.5 13.3 10.5 0.6 2.2 11.3 22.3 126 110 25.1 6.3 31 7 12.0
1988-89 31 BOS NBA 78 2876 20.3 .608 .546 9.0 16.3 12.7 9.1 0.4 2.0 11.9 23.7 120 111 22.5 5.7 28 13 7.5
1989-90 32 BOS NBA 82 2722 21.8 .623 .558 8.6 18.4 13.7 9.5 0.5 3.3 11.7 24.1 120 107 24.0 10.2 34 7 13.5
1990-91 33 BOS NBA 68 2067 21.2 .606 .561 8.4 16.5 12.8 8.8 0.6 4.0 11.9 23.9 118 106 15.2 8.0 23 5 9.0
1991-92 34 BOS NBA 56 1398 18.5 .553 .509 9.8 15.9 13.0 8.8 0.4 2.5 10.4 24.2 112 108 7.3 4.5 12 6 3.0
1992-93 35 BOS NBA 71 1656 14.4 .519 .461 6.6 17.8 12.2 6.4 0.5 2.2 11.1 21.7 105 108 3.8 5.5 9 11 -1.0
Career NBA 971 30118 20.0 .605 .555 9.2 16.9 13.2 8.1 0.6 3.2 11.7 22.4 118 106 228.8 119.8 348 80 134.0

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
1980-81 23 BOS NBA 17 296 61 113 0 0 23 36 29 59 14 4 25 15 51 145 .540 .639 17.4 8.5 3.5 0.8
1981-82 24 BOS NBA 12 344 77 134 0 0 40 53 41 85 11 5 27 16 44 194 .575 .755 28.7 16.2 7.1 0.9
1982-83 25 BOS NBA 7 177 34 62 0 1 10 18 15 42 5 3 7 10 16 78 .548 .000 .556 25.3 11.1 6.0 0.7
1983-84 26 BOS NBA 23 702 123 244 0 3 94 121 62 143 27 3 35 38 75 340 .504 .000 .777 30.5 14.8 6.2 1.2
1984-85 27 BOS NBA 21 837 172 303 0 0 121 150 74 208 32 13 46 60 73 465 .568 .807 39.9 22.1 9.9 1.5
1985-86 28 BOS NBA 18 715 168 290 0 1 112 141 51 155 48 8 43 48 64 448 .579 .000 .794 39.7 24.9 8.6 2.7
1986-87 29 BOS NBA 21 827 174 298 0 0 96 126 66 194 39 7 30 54 71 444 .584 .762 39.4 21.1 9.2 1.9
1987-88 30 BOS NBA 17 716 158 262 1 1 115 137 55 136 40 7 30 39 65 432 .603 1.000 .839 42.1 25.4 8.0 2.4
1988-89 31 BOS NBA 3 115 20 41 0 0 17 23 7 24 9 1 2 4 13 57 .488 .739 38.3 19.0 8.0 3.0
1989-90 32 BOS NBA 5 192 42 69 1 3 25 29 8 39 13 2 10 14 17 110 .609 .333 .862 38.4 22.0 7.8 2.6
1990-91 33 BOS NBA 11 376 78 148 6 11 66 80 18 72 20 5 14 14 42 228 .527 .545 .825 34.2 20.7 6.5 1.8
1991-92 34 BOS NBA 10 306 65 126 0 1 35 44 21 67 13 5 5 9 34 165 .516 .000 .795 30.6 16.5 6.7 1.3
1992-93 35 BOS NBA 4 113 32 55 0 0 12 14 9 29 3 2 7 5 6 76 .582 .857 28.3 19.0 7.3 0.8
Career NBA 169 5716 1204 2145 8 21 766 972 456 1253 274 65 281 326 571 3182 .561 .381 .788 33.8 18.8 7.4 1.6

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
1983-84 26 BOS NBA 1 11 3 7 .429 0 0 4 6 .667 2 5 0 2 0 2 1 10
1985-86 28 BOS NBA 1 20 3 8 .375 0 0 2 2 1.000 3 10 2 0 4 0 4 8
1986-87 29 BOS NBA 1 30 7 11 .636 0 0 2 2 1.000 4 7 2 0 4 0 5 16
1987-88 30 BOS NBA 1 14 0 1 .000 0 0 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 2
1988-89 31 BOS NBA 1 16 5 7 .714 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 3 10
1989-90 32 BOS NBA 1 20 6 11 .545 1 1 1.000 0 0 2 8 1 0 0 0 4 13
1990-91 33 BOS NBA 1 14 0 3 .000 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 1 3 2 1 0 0 2 2
Career NBA 7 125 24 48 .500 1 2 .500 12 14 .857 13 37 8 3 12 5 21 61

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
1976-77 19 minnesota 27 133 241 58 77 218 36 324 .552 .753 12.0 8.1 1.3
1977-78 20 minnesota 26 143 242 54 77 192 27 340 .591 .701 13.1 7.4 1.0
1978-79 21 minnesota 27 202 391 79 96 259 33 483 .517 .823 17.9 9.6 1.2
1979-80 22 minnesota 32 236 416 85 107 281 28 557 .567 .794 17.4 8.8 0.9
Career 112 714 1290 276 357 950 124 1704 .553 .773 15.2 8.5 1.1

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1984 NBA
1986 NBA
1987 NBA
1988 NBA
1989 NBA
1990 NBA
1991 NBA

Awards

1983-84 NBA Sixth Man of the Year
1984-85 NBA Sixth Man of the Year

Honors

1980-81 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
1982-83 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
1985-86 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1986-87 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1986-87 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1987-88 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1988-89 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
1989-90 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)

MVP Voting
Season Lg Share (Rank)

1985-86 NBA 0.004 (13)
1986-87 NBA 0.334 (4)
1990-91 NBA 0.001 (19)

Games

1980-81 NBA 82 (3)
1981-82 NBA 82 (4)
1982-83 NBA 82 (2)
1983-84 NBA 82 (1)
 1989-90 NBA 82 (1)

Minutes Played

1986-87 NBA 3060 (8)

Field Goals

1986-87 NBA 790 (6)
Career NBA 6830 (60)
Career 6830 (62)

Field Goal Pct

1984-85 NBA .570 (7)
1985-86 NBA .574 (5)
1986-87 NBA .604 (1)
 1987-88 NBA .604 (1)
 1988-89 NBA .546 (6)
1989-90 NBA .549 (7)
1990-91 NBA .553 (8)
Career NBA .554 (10)
Career .554 (11)

Free Throws

Career NBA 3634 (73)
Career 3634 (77)

Free Throw Attempts

Career NBA 4554 (83)
Career 4554 (87)

Free Throw Pct

1989-90 NBA .893 (5)

Offensive Rebounds

Career NBA 2358 (39)
Career 2358 (47)

Defensive Rebounds

Career NBA 4764 (62)
Career 4764 (69)

Total Rebounds

Career NBA 7122 (76)
Career 7122 (85)

Blocks

1980-81 NBA 151 (10)
1981-82 NBA 185 (6)
1982-83 NBA 192 (4)
1986-87 NBA 172 (6)
Career NBA 1690 (22)
Career 1690 (24)

Turnovers

Career NBA 1893 (95)

Points

1986-87 NBA 2008 (8)
Career NBA 17335 (65)
Career 17335 (68)

Minutes Per Game

1986-87 NBA 39.7 (4)

Points Per Game

1986-87 NBA 26.1 (6)
Career NBA 17.9 (100)

Blocks Per Game

1981-82 NBA 2.3 (6)
1982-83 NBA 2.3 (5)
1985-86 NBA 2.0 (10)
1986-87 NBA 2.2 (7)
1990-91 NBA 2.1 (8)
Career NBA 1.7 (27)
Career 1.7 (28)

Player Efficiency Rating

1985-86 NBA 21.6 (9)
1986-87 NBA 24.0 (5)
1987-88 NBA 21.9 (10)
Career NBA 20.0 (55)
Career 20.0 (58)

True Shooting Pct

1984-85 NBA .617 (8)
1985-86 NBA .623 (7)
1986-87 NBA .655 (3)
1987-88 NBA .656 (2)
1988-89 NBA .608 (8)
1989-90 NBA .623 (6)
Career NBA .605 (12)
Career .605 (13)

Offensive Rebound Pct

Career NBA 9.2 (74)
Career 9.2 (83)

Block Pct

1980-81 NBA 5.1 (5)
1981-82 NBA 4.3 (9)
1982-83 NBA 4.5 (8)
Career NBA 3.2 (46)
Career 3.2 (47)

Turnover Pct

Career NBA 11.7 (86)
Career 11.7 (92)

Offensive Rating

1983-84 NBA 120.3 (6)
1984-85 NBA 122.0 (5)
1985-86 NBA 121.5 (6)
1986-87 NBA 125.3 (2)
1987-88 NBA 126.1 (1)
 1988-89 NBA 119.9 (8)
Career NBA 118.5 (9)
Career 118.5 (9)

Offensive Win Shares

1983-84 NBA 21.6 (7)
1984-85 NBA 23.5 (7)
1985-86 NBA 21.6 (10)
1986-87 NBA 31.9 (2)
1987-88 NBA 25.1 (6)
1988-89 NBA 22.5 (7)
1989-90 NBA 24.0 (9)
Career NBA 228.8 (20)
Career 228.8 (22)

Defensive Win Shares

Career NBA 119.8 (56)
Career 119.8 (59)

Win Shares

1983-84 NBA 33 (5)
1984-85 NBA 35 (6)
1985-86 NBA 34 (4)
1986-87 NBA 45 (3)
1987-88 NBA 31 (10)
1989-90 NBA 34 (8)
Career NBA 348 (23)
Career 348 (25)

Win Shares Above Average

1983-84 NBA 14.5 (4)
1984-85 NBA 15.0 (6)
1985-86 NBA 15.5 (3)
1986-87 NBA 19.5 (3)
1987-88 NBA 12.0 (10)
Career NBA 134.0 (17)
Career 134.0 (19)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.853 (68)
  

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Boston Celtics NBA $1,000,000
1985-86 Boston Celtics NBA $1,000,000
1986-87 Boston Celtics NBA *$1,150,000
1987-88 Boston Celtics NBA $1,300,000
1988-89 Boston Celtics NBA $1,300,000
1989-90 Boston Celtics NBA *$1,350,000
1990-91 Boston Celtics NBA $1,400,000
1991-92 Boston Celtics NBA $3,500,000
1992-93 Boston Celtics NBA $3,500,000
Career (may be incomplete) $15,500,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).