Swen Nater

Swen Erick Nater

Position: Center
Height: 6-11 Weight: 240 lbs.
Born: January 14, 1950 in Denhelder, Netherlands
High School: Wilson in Long Beach, California
College: University of California, Los Angeles

Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1st round (16th pick, 16th overall) of the 1973 NBA draft.

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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
1973-74	24	TOT	ABA	79		2375	467	846	.552	0	1	.000	180	254	.709	286	712	998	129	32	63	200	214	1114
1973-74	24	VIR	ABA	17		374	84	151	.556	0	0		46	73	.630	38	116	154	17	6	15	47	37	214
1973-74	24	SAA	ABA	62		2001	383	695	.551	0	1	.000	134	181	.740	248	596	844	112	26	48	153	177	900
1974-75	25	SAA	ABA	78		2713	495	914	.542	0	1	.000	185	246	.752	369	910	1279	97	43	87	185	240	1175
1975-76	26	TOT	ABA	76		1790	320	651	.492	0	4	.000	108	155	.697	229	537	766	55	31	51	170	238	748
1975-76	26	NYA	ABA	43		1016	160	330	.485	0	3	.000	56	78	.718	139	302	441	19	18	26	94	142	376
1975-76	26	VIR	ABA	33		774	160	321	.498	0	1	.000	52	77	.675	90	235	325	36	13	25	76	96	372
1976-77	27	MIL	NBA	72		1960	383	725	.528				172	228	.754	266	599	865	108	54	51		214	938
1977-78	28	BUF	NBA	78		2778	501	994	.504				208	272	.765	278	751	1029	216	40	47	225	274	1210
1978-79	29	SDC	NBA	79		2006	357	627	.569				132	165	.800	218	483	701	140	38	29	170	244	846
1979-80	30	SDC	NBA	81		2860	443	799	.554	0	2	.000	196	273	.718	352	864	1216	233	45	37	257	259	1082
1980-81	31	SDC	NBA	82		2809	517	935	.553	0	0		244	307	.795	295	722	1017	199	49	46	211	295	1278
1981-82	32	SDC	NBA	21	7	575	101	175	.577	1	1	1.000	59	79	.747	46	146	192	30	6	9	48	64	262
1982-83	33	SDC	NBA	7	0	51	6	20	.300	0	0		4	4	1.000	2	11	13	1	1	0	3	1	16
1983-84	34	LAL	NBA	69	0	829	124	253	.490	0	1	.000	63	91	.692	81	183	264	27	25	7	68	150	311
Career			TOT	722	7	20746	3714	6939	.535	1	10	.100	1551	2074	.748	2422	5918	8340	1235	364	427	1537	2193	8980
			NBA	489	7	13868	2432	4528	.537	1	4	.250	1078	1419	.760	1538	3759	5297	954	258	226	982	1501	5943
			ABA	233		6878	1282	2411	.532	0	6	.000	473	655	.722	884	2159	3043	281	106	201	555	692	3037

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
1973-74	24	TOT	ABA	79		30.1	5.9	10.7	.552	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	3.2	.709	3.6	9.0	12.6	1.6	0.4	0.8	2.5	2.7	14.1
1973-74	24	VIR	ABA	17		22.0	4.9	8.9	.556	0.0	0.0		2.7	4.3	.630	2.2	6.8	9.1	1.0	0.4	0.9	2.8	2.2	12.6
1973-74	24	SAA	ABA	62		32.3	6.2	11.2	.551	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.9	.740	4.0	9.6	13.6	1.8	0.4	0.8	2.5	2.9	14.5
1974-75	25	SAA	ABA	78		34.8	6.3	11.7	.542	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.2	.752	4.7	11.7	16.4	1.2	0.6	1.1	2.4	3.1	15.1
1975-76	26	TOT	ABA	76		23.6	4.2	8.6	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.0	.697	3.0	7.1	10.1	0.7	0.4	0.7	2.2	3.1	9.8
1975-76	26	NYA	ABA	43		23.6	3.7	7.7	.485	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.8	.718	3.2	7.0	10.3	0.4	0.4	0.6	2.2	3.3	8.7
1975-76	26	VIR	ABA	33		23.5	4.8	9.7	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.3	.675	2.7	7.1	9.8	1.1	0.4	0.8	2.3	2.9	11.3
1976-77	27	MIL	NBA	72		27.2	5.3	10.1	.528				2.4	3.2	.754	3.7	8.3	12.0	1.5	0.8	0.7		3.0	13.0
1977-78	28	BUF	NBA	78		35.6	6.4	12.7	.504				2.7	3.5	.765	3.6	9.6	13.2	2.8	0.5	0.6	2.9	3.5	15.5
1978-79	29	SDC	NBA	79		25.4	4.5	7.9	.569				1.7	2.1	.800	2.8	6.1	8.9	1.8	0.5	0.4	2.2	3.1	10.7
1979-80	30	SDC	NBA	81		35.3	5.5	9.9	.554	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.4	.718	4.3	10.7	15.0	2.9	0.6	0.5	3.2	3.2	13.4
1980-81	31	SDC	NBA	82		34.3	6.3	11.4	.553	0.0	0.0		3.0	3.7	.795	3.6	8.8	12.4	2.4	0.6	0.6	2.6	3.6	15.6
1981-82	32	SDC	NBA	21	7	27.4	4.8	8.3	.577	0.0	0.0	1.000	2.8	3.8	.747	2.2	7.0	9.1	1.4	0.3	0.4	2.3	3.0	12.5
1982-83	33	SDC	NBA	7	0	7.3	0.9	2.9	.300	0.0	0.0		0.6	0.6	1.000	0.3	1.6	1.9	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.1	2.3
1983-84	34	LAL	NBA	69	0	12.0	1.8	3.7	.490	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.3	.692	1.2	2.7	3.8	0.4	0.4	0.1	1.0	2.2	4.5
Career			TOT	722	7	28.7	5.1	9.6	.535	0.0	0.0	.100	2.1	2.9	.748	3.4	8.2	11.6	1.7	0.5	0.6	2.4	3.0	12.4
			NBA	489	7	28.4	5.0	9.3	.537	0.0	0.0	.250	2.2	2.9	.760	3.1	7.7	10.8	2.0	0.5	0.5	2.4	3.1	12.2
			ABA	233		29.5	5.5	10.3	.532	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.8	.722	3.8	9.3	13.1	1.2	0.5	0.9	2.4	3.0	13.0

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
1973-74	24	TOT	ABA	79		2375	7.1	12.8	.552	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	3.9	.709	4.3	10.8	15.1	2.0	0.5	1.0	3.0	3.2	16.9
1973-74	24	VIR	ABA	17		374	8.1	14.5	.556	0.0	0.0		4.4	7.0	.630	3.7	11.2	14.8	1.6	0.6	1.4	4.5	3.6	20.6
1973-74	24	SAA	ABA	62		2001	6.9	12.5	.551	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.3	.740	4.5	10.7	15.2	2.0	0.5	0.9	2.8	3.2	16.2
1974-75	25	SAA	ABA	78		2713	6.6	12.1	.542	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.3	.752	4.9	12.1	17.0	1.3	0.6	1.2	2.5	3.2	15.6
1975-76	26	TOT	ABA	76		1790	6.4	13.1	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.1	.697	4.6	10.8	15.4	1.1	0.6	1.0	3.4	4.8	15.0
1975-76	26	NYA	ABA	43		1016	5.7	11.7	.485	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.8	.718	4.9	10.7	15.6	0.7	0.6	0.9	3.3	5.0	13.3
1975-76	26	VIR	ABA	33		774	7.4	14.9	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.6	.675	4.2	10.9	15.1	1.7	0.6	1.2	3.5	4.5	17.3
1976-77	27	MIL	NBA	72		1960	7.0	13.3	.528				3.2	4.2	.754	4.9	11.0	15.9	2.0	1.0	0.9		3.9	17.2
1977-78	28	BUF	NBA	78		2778	6.5	12.9	.504				2.7	3.5	.765	3.6	9.7	13.3	2.8	0.5	0.6	2.9	3.6	15.7
1978-79	29	SDC	NBA	79		2006	6.4	11.3	.569				2.4	3.0	.800	3.9	8.7	12.6	2.5	0.7	0.5	3.1	4.4	15.2
1979-80	30	SDC	NBA	81		2860	5.6	10.1	.554	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.4	.718	4.4	10.9	15.3	2.9	0.6	0.5	3.2	3.3	13.6
1980-81	31	SDC	NBA	82		2809	6.6	12.0	.553	0.0	0.0		3.1	3.9	.795	3.8	9.3	13.0	2.6	0.6	0.6	2.7	3.8	16.4
1981-82	32	SDC	NBA	21	7	575	6.3	11.0	.577	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.7	4.9	.747	2.9	9.1	12.0	1.9	0.4	0.6	3.0	4.0	16.4
1982-83	33	SDC	NBA	7	0	51	4.2	14.1	.300	0.0	0.0		2.8	2.8	1.000	1.4	7.8	9.2	0.7	0.7	0.0	2.1	0.7	11.3
1983-84	34	LAL	NBA	69	0	829	5.4	11.0	.490	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	4.0	.692	3.5	7.9	11.5	1.2	1.1	0.3	3.0	6.5	13.5
Career			TOT	722	7	20746	6.4	12.0	.535	0.0	0.0	.100	2.7	3.6	.748	4.2	10.3	14.5	2.1	0.6	0.7	2.9	3.8	15.6
			NBA	489	7	13868	6.3	11.8	.537	0.0	0.0	.250	2.8	3.7	.760	4.0	9.8	13.8	2.5	0.7	0.6	3.0	3.9	15.4
			ABA	233		6878	6.7	12.6	.532	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.4	.722	4.6	11.3	15.9	1.5	0.6	1.1	2.9	3.6	15.9

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
1973-74	24	TOT	ABA	79	2375	20.6	.582	.552	12.8	32.5	22.6	8.6	0.7	1.6	17.3	20.5	109	97	11.5	12.7	24	4	10.0
1973-74	24	VIR	ABA	17	374	19.9	.584	.556	10.2	30.9	20.6	7.3	0.7	2.1	20.4	23.9	102	100	0.9	1.5	2	2	0.0
1973-74	24	SAA	ABA	62	2001	20.8	.581	.551	13.3	32.8	22.9	8.9	0.7	1.5	16.5	19.9	110	96	10.6	11.3	22	2	10.0
1974-75	25	SAA	ABA	78	2713	19.3	.575	.542	13.7	33.1	23.5	4.8	0.7	1.7	15.3	17.4	114	100	15.3	12.7	28	4	12.0
1975-76	26	TOT	ABA	76	1790	14.4	.520	.492	12.1	30.1	20.8	4.5	0.8	1.5	19.1	18.8	98	101	1.2	8.0	10	12	-1.0
1975-76	26	NYA	ABA	43	1016	13.1	.516	.485	12.8	29.0	20.7	2.5	0.8	1.4	20.5	17.2	97	98	0.5	6.0	7	5	1.0
1975-76	26	VIR	ABA	33	774	16.1	.524	.498	11.1	31.7	20.9	7.2	0.8	1.7	17.6	20.9	99	103	0.6	2.0	3	7	-2.0
1976-77	27	MIL	NBA	72	1960	19.1	.568	.528	14.0	31.8	22.8	7.5	1.2	1.3				98
1977-78	28	BUF	NBA	78	2778	16.9	.543	.504	10.8	28.8	19.9	11.4	0.7	0.9	16.8	19.2	104	101	9.0	7.2	16	16	0.0
1978-79	29	SDC	NBA	79	2006	16.9	.605	.569	11.5	25.6	18.6	9.1	0.9	0.7	19.5	16.4	114	106	12.8	5.8	19	7	6.0
1979-80	30	SDC	NBA	81	2860	17.2	.589	.554	12.9	33.8	23.0	11.1	0.7	0.7	21.9	16.4	109	106	12.4	9.9	22	12	5.0
1980-81	31	SDC	NBA	82	2809	18.2	.597	.553	11.7	31.4	21.1	10.2	0.8	1.0	16.5	18.6	114	105	14.9	9.2	24	8	8.0
1981-82	32	SDC	NBA	21	575	16.4	.625	.580	9.3	31.1	19.9	7.2	0.5	0.9	18.6	18.3	113	112	1.7	0.7	2	4	-1.0
1982-83	33	SDC	NBA	7	51	6.6	.368	.300	4.1	26.7	14.5	2.5	0.9	0.0	12.1	18.9	81	109	0.0	0.1	0	1	-0.5
1983-84	34	LAL	NBA	69	829	10.8	.531	.490	11.9	23.3	18.0	3.9	1.4	0.5	18.8	17.5	100	105	0.4	3.6	4	5	-0.5
Career			TOT	722	20746	17.6	.572	.535	12.3	30.7	21.4	8.4	0.8	1.1	17.9	18.2	109	102	79.2	70.0	149	73	38.0
			NBA	489	13868	17.1	.577	.537	11.9	30.1	20.9	9.5	0.9	0.9	18.5	17.8	109	104	51.2	36.6	87	53	17.0
			ABA	233	6878	18.5	.563	.532	13.0	32.1	22.5	6.0	0.7	1.6	17.1	18.8	108	99	28.0	33.4	62	20	21.0

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
1973-74	24	SAA	ABA	7	211	47	85	0	0	10	14	27	82	15	3	5	8	21	104	.553		.714	30.1	14.9	11.7	2.1
1974-75	25	SAA	ABA	6	234	40	84	0	0	9	21	24	99	6	1	6	16	18	89	.476		.429	39.0	14.8	16.5	1.0
1983-84	34	LAL	NBA	17	146	19	38	0	0	20	26	16	40	1	1	2	8	27	58	.500		.769	8.6	3.4	2.4	0.1
Career			TOT	30	591	106	207	0	0	39	61	67	221	22	5	13	32	66	251	.512		.639	19.7	8.4	7.4	0.7
			NBA	17	146	19	38	0	0	20	26	16	40	1	1	2	8	27	58	.500		.769	8.6	3.4	2.4	0.1
			ABA	13	445	87	169	0	0	19	35	51	181	21	4	11	24	39	193	.515		.543	34.2	14.8	13.9	1.6

All-Star Games

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Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1973-74	24	SAA	ABA	1	28	13	24	.542	3	4	.750	13	22	0	2	2	2	29
1974-75	25	SAA	ABA	1	26	5	13	.385	2	2	1.000	2	5	1	0	2	3	12
Career			ABA	2	54	18	37	.486	5	6	.833	15	27	1	2	4	5	41

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games 1974 ABA 1975 ABA	Awards 1973-74 ABA Rookie of the Year	Honors 1973-74 ABA All-ABA (2nd) 1973-74 ABA All-Rookie (1st) 1974-75 ABA All-ABA (2nd)	Games 1980-81 NBA 82 (3)
Minutes Played Career ABA 6878 (93)	Field Goals Career ABA 1282 (90)	Field Goal Pct 1973-74 ABA .552 (1) 1974-75 ABA .542 (6) 1976-77 NBA .528 (7) 1978-79 NBA .569 (5) 1979-80 NBA .554 (7) 1980-81 NBA .553 (9) Career NBA .537 (23) Career .535 (24)	Offensive Rebounds 1973-74 ABA 286 (8) 1974-75 ABA 369 (5) 1977-78 NBA 278 (10) 1979-80 NBA 352 (2) 1980-81 NBA 295 (3) Career ABA 884 (41) Career 2422 (43)
Defensive Rebounds 1973-74 ABA 712 (4) 1974-75 ABA 910 (2) 1975-76 ABA 537 (10) 1976-77 NBA 599 (9) 1977-78 NBA 751 (5) 1979-80 NBA 864 (1) 1980-81 NBA 722 (1) Career ABA 2159 (29) Career 5918 (34)	Total Rebounds 1973-74 ABA 998 (4) 1974-75 ABA 1279 (2) 1977-78 NBA 1029 (6) 1979-80 NBA 1216 (1) 1980-81 NBA 1017 (2) Career ABA 3043 (34) Career 8340 (61)	Steals Career ABA 106 (75)	Blocks Career ABA 201 (17)
Turnovers Career ABA 555 (88)	Personal Fouls Career ABA 692 (100)	Points Career ABA 3037 (99)	Rebounds Per Game 1973-74 ABA 12.6 (4) 1974-75 ABA 16.4 (1) 1976-77 NBA 12.0 (7) 1977-78 NBA 13.2 (5) 1979-80 NBA 15.0 (1) 1980-81 NBA 12.4 (2) Career NBA 10.8 (28) Career 11.6 (22)
Player Efficiency Rating 1973-74 ABA 20.6 (5) 1974-75 ABA 19.3 (9)	True Shooting Pct 1973-74 ABA .582 (3) 1978-79 NBA .605 (5) Career NBA .577 (49) Career .572 (61)	Offensive Rebound Pct 1973-74 ABA 12.8 (5) 1974-75 ABA 13.7 (2) 1976-77 NBA 14.0 (2) 1977-78 NBA 10.8 (9) 1978-79 NBA 11.5 (8) 1979-80 NBA 12.9 (4) 1980-81 NBA 11.7 (6) Career NBA 11.9 (22) Career 12.3 (17)	Defensive Rebound Pct 1973-74 ABA 32.5 (1) 1974-75 ABA 33.1 (1) 1976-77 NBA 31.8 (2) 1977-78 NBA 28.8 (2) 1978-79 NBA 25.6 (6) 1979-80 NBA 33.8 (1) 1980-81 NBA 31.4 (1) Career NBA 30.1 (2) Career 30.7 (1)
Total Rebound Pct 1973-74 ABA 22.6 (1) 1974-75 ABA 23.5 (1) 1976-77 NBA 22.8 (2) 1977-78 NBA 19.9 (2) 1978-79 NBA 18.6 (3) 1979-80 NBA 23.0 (1) 1980-81 NBA 21.1 (2) Career NBA 20.9 (2) Career 21.4 (2)	Offensive Rating 1974-75 ABA 114.2 (5)	Defensive Rating 1973-74 ABA 96.9 (6) 1974-75 ABA 100.1 (10) 1975-76 ABA 100.5 (8)	Offensive Win Shares Career ABA 28.0 (22)
Defensive Win Shares Career ABA 33.4 (8)	Win Shares 1974-75 ABA 28 (9) Career ABA 62 (13)	Loss Shares Career ABA 20 (69)	Win Shares Above Average 1973-74 ABA 10.0 (6) 1974-75 ABA 12.0 (6) Career ABA 21.0 (8)
Hall of Fame Probability Career 0.001 (392)

Salaries

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Season	Team	Lg	Salary
1979-80	San Diego Clippers	NBA	$175,000
1980-81	San Diego Clippers	NBA	$175,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$350,000

Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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