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Sidney Moncrief

Sidney A. Moncrief (The Squid)

Position: Guard ▪ Height: 6-3 ▪ Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: September 21, 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas
High School: Hall in Little Rock, Arkansas
College: University of Arkansas
Draft: Milwaukee Bucks, 1st round (5th pick, 5th overall), 1979 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 12, 1979

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 6:56AM
All-Time Rank: #95. Billy Cunningham… #96. Bill Laimbeer… #97. SIDNEY MONCRIEF… #98. Manu Ginobili… #99. Sam Jones… 

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
1979-80 22 MIL NBA 77 1557 211 451 .468 0 1 .000 232 292 .795 154 184 338 133 72 16 117 106 654
1980-81 23 MIL NBA 80 2417 400 739 .541 2 9 .222 320 398 .804 186 220 406 264 90 37 145 156 1122
1981-82 24 MIL NBA 80 80 2980 556 1063 .523 1 14 .071 468 573 .817 221 313 534 382 138 22 208 206 1581
1982-83 25 MIL NBA 76 76 2710 606 1156 .524 1 10 .100 499 604 .826 192 245 437 300 113 23 197 180 1712
1983-84 26 MIL NBA 79 79 3075 560 1125 .498 5 18 .278 529 624 .848 215 313 528 358 108 27 217 204 1654
1984-85 27 MIL NBA 73 72 2734 561 1162 .483 9 33 .273 454 548 .828 149 242 391 382 117 39 184 197 1585
1985-86 28 MIL NBA 73 72 2567 470 962 .489 33 103 .320 498 580 .859 115 219 334 357 103 18 174 178 1471
1986-87 29 MIL NBA 39 30 992 158 324 .488 8 31 .258 136 162 .840 57 70 127 121 27 10 63 73 460
1987-88 30 MIL NBA 56 51 1428 217 444 .489 5 31 .161 164 196 .837 58 122 180 204 41 14 86 109 603
1988-89 31 MIL NBA 62 50 1594 261 532 .491 25 73 .342 205 237 .865 46 126 172 188 65 13 94 114 752
1990-91 33 ATL NBA 72 3 1096 117 240 .488 21 64 .328 82 105 .781 31 97 128 104 50 9 66 112 337
Career NBA 767 513 23150 4117 8198 .502 110 387 .284 3587 4319 .831 1424 2151 3575 2793 924 228 1551 1635 11931

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
1979-80 22 MIL NBA 77 20.2 2.7 5.9 .468 0.0 0.0 .000 3.0 3.8 .795 2.0 2.4 4.4 1.7 0.9 0.2 1.5 1.4 8.5
1980-81 23 MIL NBA 80 30.2 5.0 9.2 .541 0.0 0.1 .222 4.0 5.0 .804 2.3 2.8 5.1 3.3 1.1 0.5 1.8 2.0 14.0
1981-82 24 MIL NBA 80 80 37.3 7.0 13.3 .523 0.0 0.2 .071 5.9 7.2 .817 2.8 3.9 6.7 4.8 1.7 0.3 2.6 2.6 19.8
1982-83 25 MIL NBA 76 76 35.7 8.0 15.2 .524 0.0 0.1 .100 6.6 7.9 .826 2.5 3.2 5.8 3.9 1.5 0.3 2.6 2.4 22.5
1983-84 26 MIL NBA 79 79 38.9 7.1 14.2 .498 0.1 0.2 .278 6.7 7.9 .848 2.7 4.0 6.7 4.5 1.4 0.3 2.7 2.6 20.9
1984-85 27 MIL NBA 73 72 37.5 7.7 15.9 .483 0.1 0.5 .273 6.2 7.5 .828 2.0 3.3 5.4 5.2 1.6 0.5 2.5 2.7 21.7
1985-86 28 MIL NBA 73 72 35.2 6.4 13.2 .489 0.5 1.4 .320 6.8 7.9 .859 1.6 3.0 4.6 4.9 1.4 0.2 2.4 2.4 20.2
1986-87 29 MIL NBA 39 30 25.4 4.1 8.3 .488 0.2 0.8 .258 3.5 4.2 .840 1.5 1.8 3.3 3.1 0.7 0.3 1.6 1.9 11.8
1987-88 30 MIL NBA 56 51 25.5 3.9 7.9 .489 0.1 0.6 .161 2.9 3.5 .837 1.0 2.2 3.2 3.6 0.7 0.3 1.5 1.9 10.8
1988-89 31 MIL NBA 62 50 25.7 4.2 8.6 .491 0.4 1.2 .342 3.3 3.8 .865 0.7 2.0 2.8 3.0 1.0 0.2 1.5 1.8 12.1
1990-91 33 ATL NBA 72 3 15.2 1.6 3.3 .488 0.3 0.9 .328 1.1 1.5 .781 0.4 1.3 1.8 1.4 0.7 0.1 0.9 1.6 4.7
Career NBA 767 513 30.2 5.4 10.7 .502 0.1 0.5 .284 4.7 5.6 .831 1.9 2.8 4.7 3.6 1.2 0.3 2.0 2.1 15.6

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
1979-80 22 MIL NBA 77 1557 4.9 10.4 .468 0.0 0.0 .000 5.4 6.8 .795 3.6 4.3 7.8 3.1 1.7 0.4 2.7 2.5 15.1
1980-81 23 MIL NBA 80 2417 6.0 11.0 .541 0.0 0.1 .222 4.8 5.9 .804 2.8 3.3 6.0 3.9 1.3 0.6 2.2 2.3 16.7
1981-82 24 MIL NBA 80 80 2980 6.7 12.8 .523 0.0 0.2 .071 5.7 6.9 .817 2.7 3.8 6.5 4.6 1.7 0.3 2.5 2.5 19.1
1982-83 25 MIL NBA 76 76 2710 8.1 15.4 .524 0.0 0.1 .100 6.6 8.0 .826 2.6 3.3 5.8 4.0 1.5 0.3 2.6 2.4 22.7
1983-84 26 MIL NBA 79 79 3075 6.6 13.2 .498 0.1 0.2 .278 6.2 7.3 .848 2.5 3.7 6.2 4.2 1.3 0.3 2.5 2.4 19.4
1984-85 27 MIL NBA 73 72 2734 7.4 15.3 .483 0.1 0.4 .273 6.0 7.2 .828 2.0 3.2 5.1 5.0 1.5 0.5 2.4 2.6 20.9
1985-86 28 MIL NBA 73 72 2567 6.6 13.5 .489 0.5 1.4 .320 7.0 8.1 .859 1.6 3.1 4.7 5.0 1.4 0.3 2.4 2.5 20.6
1986-87 29 MIL NBA 39 30 992 5.7 11.8 .488 0.3 1.1 .258 4.9 5.9 .840 2.1 2.5 4.6 4.4 1.0 0.4 2.3 2.6 16.7
1987-88 30 MIL NBA 56 51 1428 5.5 11.2 .489 0.1 0.8 .161 4.1 4.9 .837 1.5 3.1 4.5 5.1 1.0 0.4 2.2 2.7 15.2
1988-89 31 MIL NBA 62 50 1594 5.9 12.0 .491 0.6 1.6 .342 4.6 5.4 .865 1.0 2.8 3.9 4.2 1.5 0.3 2.1 2.6 17.0
1990-91 33 ATL NBA 72 3 1096 3.8 7.9 .488 0.7 2.1 .328 2.7 3.4 .781 1.0 3.2 4.2 3.4 1.6 0.3 2.2 3.7 11.1
Career NBA 767 513 23150 6.4 12.7 .502 0.2 0.6 .284 5.6 6.7 .831 2.2 3.3 5.6 4.3 1.4 0.4 2.4 2.5 18.6

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 WS/48
1979-80 22 MIL NBA 77 1557 15.9 .564 .468 11.1 12.5 11.8 10.7 2.2 0.6 16.8 17.8 113 103 2.8 2.0 4.9 .150
1980-81 23 MIL NBA 80 2417 18.0 .614 .543 8.8 9.8 9.3 14.1 1.7 0.9 13.7 17.2 124 104 6.9 2.9 9.9 .196
1981-82 24 MIL NBA 80 2980 20.1 .601 .524 8.8 11.6 10.3 18.1 2.2 0.4 13.7 21.0 122 103 8.9 4.5 13.4 .216
1982-83 25 MIL NBA 76 2710 22.6 .602 .525 8.2 9.5 8.9 16.9 2.0 0.5 12.2 24.7 120 103 9.7 3.5 13.2 .233
1983-84 26 MIL NBA 79 3075 19.8 .591 .500 8.3 11.1 9.8 17.1 1.7 0.5 13.4 22.2 119 105 8.4 4.2 12.7 .198
1984-85 27 MIL NBA 73 2734 20.1 .565 .487 6.1 9.8 7.9 20.1 2.1 0.8 11.6 23.6 118 105 7.3 3.9 11.2 .197
1985-86 28 MIL NBA 73 2567 20.0 .604 .506 5.0 9.4 7.3 19.2 1.9 0.4 12.5 21.8 123 105 8.3 3.4 11.7 .219
1986-87 29 MIL NBA 39 992 15.9 .582 .500 6.3 7.9 7.1 17.1 1.3 0.6 13.7 18.9 117 109 2.0 0.9 2.9 .142
1987-88 30 MIL NBA 56 1428 15.2 .569 .494 4.6 9.6 7.1 20.4 1.4 0.6 14.0 18.2 115 110 2.5 1.2 3.7 .123
1988-89 31 MIL NBA 62 1594 16.4 .591 .514 3.3 9.3 6.2 16.9 2.0 0.5 12.9 19.0 118 108 3.5 1.6 5.0 .151
1990-91 33 ATL NBA 72 1096 11.2 .589 .531 3.0 10.0 6.4 12.8 2.2 0.5 18.7 13.3 111 111 1.1 0.8 1.8 .079
Career NBA 767 23150 18.7 .591 .509 7.1 10.2 8.6 17.0 1.9 0.6 13.3 20.6 119 105 61.4 28.9 90.3 .187

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
1979-80 22 MIL NBA 7 182 30 51 0 0 27 31 17 31 11 5 1 14 14 87 .588 .871 26.0 12.4 4.4 1.6
1980-81 23 MIL NBA 7 277 30 69 0 0 38 51 19 47 20 12 3 20 24 98 .435 .745 39.6 14.0 6.7 2.9
1981-82 24 MIL NBA 6 252 31 74 0 1 30 38 15 30 24 9 2 12 22 92 .419 .000 .789 42.0 15.3 5.0 4.0
1982-83 25 MIL NBA 9 377 62 142 0 1 46 61 28 60 33 18 3 27 25 170 .437 .000 .754 41.9 18.9 6.7 3.7
1983-84 26 MIL NBA 16 618 99 191 1 4 106 134 44 111 68 28 9 61 54 305 .518 .250 .791 38.6 19.1 6.9 4.3
1984-85 27 MIL NBA 8 319 55 99 4 10 70 75 10 34 40 5 4 20 26 184 .556 .400 .933 39.9 23.0 4.3 5.0
1985-86 28 MIL NBA 9 327 52 122 4 14 44 63 15 41 44 5 5 21 30 152 .426 .286 .698 36.3 16.9 4.6 4.9
1986-87 29 MIL NBA 12 426 78 165 4 14 73 90 21 54 36 13 6 24 43 233 .473 .286 .811 35.5 19.4 4.5 3.0
1987-88 30 MIL NBA 5 173 24 50 1 1 26 27 6 19 26 3 1 11 14 75 .480 1.000 .963 34.6 15.0 3.8 5.2
1988-89 31 MIL NBA 9 184 19 48 2 7 15 16 8 26 13 5 2 11 17 55 .396 .286 .938 20.4 6.1 2.9 1.4
1990-91 33 ATL NBA 5 91 11 22 1 6 13 16 6 16 2 3 0 3 16 36 .500 .167 .813 18.2 7.2 3.2 0.4
Career NBA 93 3226 491 1033 17 58 488 602 189 469 317 106 36 224 285 1487 .475 .293 .811 34.7 16.0 5.0 3.4

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
1979-80 22 MIL NBA 7 182 17.9 .673 .588 10.7 8.5 9.6 9.2 1.4 0.3 17.8 18.1 122 105 0.5 0.2 0.7 .190
1980-81 23 MIL NBA 7 277 12.6 .536 .435 7.9 12.2 10.0 9.5 2.2 0.7 17.9 16.4 108 109 0.3 0.2 0.5 .085
1981-82 24 MIL NBA 6 252 13.1 .507 .419 6.9 8.4 7.6 14.0 1.8 0.5 11.7 17.3 113 115 0.4 0.0 0.4 .076
1982-83 25 MIL NBA 9 377 15.4 .503 .437 8.0 9.8 8.9 13.0 2.4 0.5 13.8 21.8 106 104 0.4 0.5 0.9 .116
1983-84 26 MIL NBA 16 618 18.0 .610 .521 8.8 11.4 10.2 17.5 2.2 0.9 19.6 21.7 113 104 1.0 1.0 2.0 .155
1984-85 27 MIL NBA 8 319 19.9 .697 .576 3.9 8.6 6.3 18.5 0.8 0.7 13.2 19.7 137 115 1.3 0.1 1.4 .217
1985-86 28 MIL NBA 9 327 13.0 .508 .443 5.3 9.4 7.4 18.8 0.7 0.9 12.3 21.6 107 116 0.2 0.1 0.4 .054
1986-87 29 MIL NBA 12 426 16.1 .569 .485 5.5 9.6 7.5 12.0 1.5 0.9 10.5 22.1 117 117 0.7 0.2 0.9 .103
1987-88 30 MIL NBA 5 173 15.5 .606 .490 3.8 8.9 6.3 21.8 0.9 0.4 15.1 17.7 123 118 0.4 0.0 0.4 .122
1988-89 31 MIL NBA 9 184 9.7 .500 .417 5.4 12.1 8.7 11.1 1.5 0.8 16.7 17.4 98 116 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .002
1990-91 33 ATL NBA 5 91 13.5 .620 .523 6.9 11.2 9.1 3.9 1.7 0.0 9.4 15.5 128 114 0.2 0.1 0.3 .142
Career NBA 93 3226 15.5 .573 .484 6.8 10.1 8.4 14.5 1.6 0.7 14.7 19.9 115 111 5.5 2.4 7.9 .118

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
1981-82 24 MIL NBA 1 0 22:00 3 11 .273 0 0 0 2 .000 3 4 1 1 0 1 2 6
1982-83 25 MIL NBA 1 0 28:00 8 14 .571 0 0 4 5 .800 3 5 4 6 1 1 1 20
1983-84 26 MIL NBA 1 1 26:00 3 6 .500 0 0 2 2 1.000 1 5 2 5 0 4 3 8
1984-85 27 MIL NBA 1 0 22:00 1 5 .200 0 0 6 6 1.000 2 5 4 0 0 2 1 8
1985-86 28 MIL NBA 1 1 26:00 4 11 .364 1 1 1.000 7 7 1.000 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 16
Career NBA 5 2 124 19 47 .404 1 1 1.000 19 22 .864 12 22 12 12 2 8 7 58

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 11 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Sidney Moncrief 13.4 13.2 12.7 11.7 11.2 9.9 5.0 4.9 3.7 2.9 1.8
Chauncey Billups 90.1 15.5 13.5 12.1 11.4 11.3 9.9 7.6 3.7 3.0 2.3 0.1
Clyde Drexler 89.0 13.2 12.8 12.6 12.4 11.6 10.3 7.5 6.8 6.7 6.0 2.4
Kevin Johnson 88.0 12.7 12.2 11.7 11.6 10.0 8.7 8.2 5.1 4.8 4.0 3.5
Gary Payton 87.2 13.9 12.9 12.5 11.7 11.5 10.8 9.3 7.8 7.2 3.9 3.4
Steve Nash 86.8 12.6 12.4 11.6 10.9 9.9 8.8 8.4 4.8 3.0 1.0 0.7
Terry Porter 86.5 13.0 11.7 10.6 9.8 9.2 8.8 6.8 5.4 3.7 2.3 1.7
Dwyane Wade 85.3 14.7 14.4 13.0 12.8 11.0 8.8 4.6 3.3
Tiny Archibald 84.7 14.2 12.9 11.2 8.9 8.0 6.9 5.2 5.1 2.8 2.3 1.6
Kobe Bryant 82.6 15.3 14.9 13.0 12.7 11.3 10.7 10.6 8.1 6.3 5.2 1.8
Walt Frazier 79.5 15.6 15.0 14.5 13.0 12.7 10.9 10.8 6.8 6.1 4.6 3.5
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Sidney Moncrief 13.4 13.2 12.7 11.7 11.2 9.9 5.0 4.9 3.7 2.9 1.8
Kevin Johnson 87.7 12.7 12.2 11.7 11.6 10.0 8.7 8.2 5.1 4.8 4.0 3.5 0.5
Dwyane Wade 85.3 14.7 14.4 13.0 12.8 11.0 8.8 4.6 3.3
Tiny Archibald 83.3 14.2 12.9 11.2 8.9 8.0 6.9 5.2 5.1 2.9 2.8 2.3 1.6 1.4
Walt Frazier 79.5 15.6 15.0 14.5 13.0 12.7 10.9 10.8 6.8 6.1 4.6 3.5 0.2 0.0
Manu Ginobili 78.4 11.1 11.0 10.6 9.9 9.7 9.1 8.8 5.0 4.2
Chauncey Billups 78.0 15.5 13.5 12.1 11.4 11.3 10.1 9.9 9.5 8.0 7.6 3.7 3.0 2.3 0.1
Tim Hardaway 77.7 12.9 11.7 9.9 9.2 7.5 7.3 6.4 5.4 5.1 4.3 3.3 1.8 0.2
Mark Price 77.0 11.3 10.1 10.0 9.8 9.1 7.8 4.2 4.0 2.0 1.7 1.1 0.0
Mookie Blaylock 75.7 12.5 10.2 9.4 9.0 7.0 5.6 4.9 4.7 3.5 3.3 2.1 -0.1 -0.3
Jimmy Jones 74.7 16.1 10.5 10.3 9.3 9.3 8.8 8.3 4.1 2.2 -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
1975-76 18 ARKANSAS 28 149 224 56 77 213 59 354 .665 .727 12.6 7.6 2.1
1976-77 19 ARKANSAS 28 997 157 242 117 171 235 41 431 .649 .684 35.6 15.4 8.4 1.5
1977-78 20 ARKANSAS 36 1293 209 354 203 256 278 60 621 .590 .793 35.9 17.3 7.7 1.7
1978-79 21 ARKANSAS 30 1157 224 400 212 248 289 80 660 .560 .855 38.6 22.0 9.6 2.7
Career 122 3447 739 1220 588 752 1015 240 2066 .606 .782 36.7 16.9 8.3 2.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Monthly Awards
Dec 1981: Player of the Month
MVP Award Shares
1981-82 NBA 0.146 (7)
1982-83 NBA 0.301 (4)
1983-84 NBA 0.092 (8)
1984-85 NBA 0.083 (8)
1985-86 NBA 0.072 (7)
Career 0.695 (42)
Minutes Played
1983-84 NBA 3075 (2)
Field Goal Pct
Career NBA .502 (98)
Free Throws
1981-82 NBA 468 (7)
1982-83 NBA 499 (3)
1983-84 NBA 529 (3)
1984-85 NBA 454 (7)
1985-86 NBA 498 (6)
Career NBA 3587 (88)
Career 3587 (93)
Free Throw Attempts
1981-82 NBA 573 (7)
1982-83 NBA 604 (3)
1983-84 NBA 624 (4)
1985-86 NBA 580 (6)
Free Throw Pct
Career NBA .831 (90)
Career .831 (100)
Minutes Per Game
1981-82 NBA 37.2 (9)
1983-84 NBA 38.9 (2)
1984-85 NBA 37.5 (10)
Player Efficiency Rating
1982-83 NBA 22.6 (9)
Career NBA 18.7 (100)
True Shooting Pct
1980-81 NBA .614 (7)
Career NBA .591 (29)
Career .591 (30)
Offensive Rating
1980-81 NBA 123.7 (1)

1981-82 NBA 121.5 (4)
1982-83 NBA 120.0 (3)
1983-84 NBA 119.4 (9)
1985-86 NBA 123.1 (2)
Career NBA 119.4 (7)
Career 119.4 (7)
Offensive Win Shares
1981-82 NBA 8.9 (4)
1982-83 NBA 9.7 (2)
1983-84 NBA 8.4 (4)
1984-85 NBA 7.3 (10)
1985-86 NBA 8.3 (5)
Career NBA 61.4 (74)
Career 61.4 (77)
Defensive Win Shares
1983-84 NBA 4.2 (8)
Win Shares
1981-82 NBA 13.4 (2)
1982-83 NBA 13.2 (3)
1983-84 NBA 12.7 (3)
1984-85 NBA 11.2 (5)
1985-86 NBA 11.7 (4)
Career NBA 90.3 (88)
Career 90.3 (92)
Win Shares Per 48 Minutes
1980-81 NBA .196 (8)
1981-82 NBA .216 (3)
1982-83 NBA .233 (2)
1983-84 NBA .198 (4)
1984-85 NBA .197 (6)
1985-86 NBA .219 (5)
Career NBA .187 (28)
Career .187 (30)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.123 (161)
NBA Elo Player Rating
97th (overall) as of Feb 10, 2012, 6:56AM

Transactions

June 25, 1979: Traded by the Detroit Pistons (as a 1979 1st round draft pick) to the Milwaukee Bucks for a 1979 1st round draft pick (Greg Kelser).

June 25, 1979: Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1979 NBA Draft.

October 4, 1990: Signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Atlanta Hawks.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $884,000
1987-88 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $784,000
1988-89 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $1,100,000
1990-91 Atlanta Hawks NBA $510,000
Career (may be incomplete) $3,278,000

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