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Bob Pettit

Robert Lee Pettit Jr. (Bob)

Position: Forward-Center
Height: 6-9    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: December 12, 1932 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
High School: Baton Rouge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
College: Louisiana State University

Inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 1971

Drafted by the Milwaukee Hawks in the 1st round (2nd pick, 2nd overall) of the 1954 NBA draft.

Coaching Record

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
1954-55 22 MLH NBA 72 2659 520 1279 .407 426 567 .751 994 229 258 1466
1955-56 23 STL NBA 72 2794 646 1507 .429 557 757 .736 1164 189 202 1849
1956-57 24 STL NBA 71 2491 613 1477 .415 529 684 .773 1037 133 181 1755
1957-58 25 STL NBA 70 2528 581 1418 .410 557 744 .749 1216 157 222 1719
1958-59 26 STL NBA 72 2873 719 1640 .438 667 879 .759 1182 221 200 2105
1959-60 27 STL NBA 72 2896 669 1526 .438 544 722 .753 1221 257 204 1882
1960-61 28 STL NBA 76 3027 769 1720 .447 582 804 .724 1540 262 217 2120
1961-62 29 STL NBA 78 3282 867 1928 .450 695 901 .771 1459 289 296 2429
1962-63 30 STL NBA 79 3090 778 1746 .446 685 885 .774 1191 245 282 2241
1963-64 31 STL NBA 80 3296 791 1708 .463 608 771 .789 1224 259 300 2190
1964-65 32 STL NBA 50 1754 396 923 .429 332 405 .820 621 128 167 1124
Career NBA 792 30690 7349 16872 .436 6182 8119 .761 12849 2369 2529 20880

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
1954-55 22 MLH NBA 72 36.9 7.2 17.8 .407 5.9 7.9 .751 13.8 3.2 3.6 20.4
1955-56 23 STL NBA 72 38.8 9.0 20.9 .429 7.7 10.5 .736 16.2 2.6 2.8 25.7
1956-57 24 STL NBA 71 35.1 8.6 20.8 .415 7.5 9.6 .773 14.6 1.9 2.5 24.7
1957-58 25 STL NBA 70 36.1 8.3 20.3 .410 8.0 10.6 .749 17.4 2.2 3.2 24.6
1958-59 26 STL NBA 72 39.9 10.0 22.8 .438 9.3 12.2 .759 16.4 3.1 2.8 29.2
1959-60 27 STL NBA 72 40.2 9.3 21.2 .438 7.6 10.0 .753 17.0 3.6 2.8 26.1
1960-61 28 STL NBA 76 39.8 10.1 22.6 .447 7.7 10.6 .724 20.3 3.4 2.9 27.9
1961-62 29 STL NBA 78 42.1 11.1 24.7 .450 8.9 11.6 .771 18.7 3.7 3.8 31.1
1962-63 30 STL NBA 79 39.1 9.8 22.1 .446 8.7 11.2 .774 15.1 3.1 3.6 28.4
1963-64 31 STL NBA 80 41.2 9.9 21.4 .463 7.6 9.6 .789 15.3 3.2 3.8 27.4
1964-65 32 STL NBA 50 35.1 7.9 18.5 .429 6.6 8.1 .820 12.4 2.6 3.3 22.5
Career NBA 792 38.8 9.3 21.3 .436 7.8 10.3 .761 16.2 3.0 3.2 26.4

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
1954-55 22 MLH NBA 72 2659 7.0 17.3 .407 5.8 7.7 .751 13.5 3.1 3.5 19.8
1955-56 23 STL NBA 72 2794 8.3 19.4 .429 7.2 9.8 .736 15.0 2.4 2.6 23.8
1956-57 24 STL NBA 71 2491 8.9 21.3 .415 7.6 9.9 .773 15.0 1.9 2.6 25.4
1957-58 25 STL NBA 70 2528 8.3 20.2 .410 7.9 10.6 .749 17.3 2.2 3.2 24.5
1958-59 26 STL NBA 72 2873 9.0 20.5 .438 8.4 11.0 .759 14.8 2.8 2.5 26.4
1959-60 27 STL NBA 72 2896 8.3 19.0 .438 6.8 9.0 .753 15.2 3.2 2.5 23.4
1960-61 28 STL NBA 76 3027 9.1 20.5 .447 6.9 9.6 .724 18.3 3.1 2.6 25.2
1961-62 29 STL NBA 78 3282 9.5 21.1 .450 7.6 9.9 .771 16.0 3.2 3.2 26.6
1962-63 30 STL NBA 79 3090 9.1 20.3 .446 8.0 10.3 .774 13.9 2.9 3.3 26.1
1963-64 31 STL NBA 80 3296 8.6 18.7 .463 6.6 8.4 .789 13.4 2.8 3.3 23.9
1964-65 32 STL NBA 50 1754 8.1 18.9 .429 6.8 8.3 .820 12.7 2.6 3.4 23.1
Career NBA 792 30690 8.6 19.8 .436 7.3 9.5 .761 15.1 2.8 3.0 24.5

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
1954-55 22 MLH NBA 72 2659 24.5 .480 .407
1955-56 23 STL NBA 72 2794 27.3 .502 .429
1956-57 24 STL NBA 71 2491 28.2 .494 .415
1957-58 25 STL NBA 70 2528 26.3 .492 .410
1958-59 26 STL NBA 72 2873 28.2 .519 .438
1959-60 27 STL NBA 72 2896 23.7 .510 .438
1960-61 28 STL NBA 76 3027 25.2 .511 .447
1961-62 29 STL NBA 78 3282 24.3 .522 .450
1962-63 30 STL NBA 79 3090 25.0 .525 .446
1963-64 31 STL NBA 80 3296 23.6 .535 .463
1964-65 32 STL NBA 50 1754 22.6 .510 .429 11.7
Career NBA 792 30690 25.4 .511 .436 11.7

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
1955-56 23 STL NBA 8 274 47 128 59 70 84 18 20 153 .367 .843 34.3 19.1 10.5 2.3
1956-57 24 STL NBA 10 430 98 237 102 133 168 25 33 298 .414 .767 43.0 29.8 16.8 2.5
1957-58 25 STL NBA 11 430 90 230 86 118 181 20 31 266 .391 .729 39.1 24.2 16.5 1.8
1958-59 26 STL NBA 6 257 58 137 51 65 75 14 20 167 .423 .785 42.8 27.8 12.5 2.3
1959-60 27 STL NBA 14 576 129 292 107 142 221 52 43 365 .442 .754 41.1 26.1 15.8 3.7
1960-61 28 STL NBA 12 526 117 284 109 144 211 38 42 343 .412 .757 43.8 28.6 17.6 3.2
1962-63 30 STL NBA 11 463 119 259 112 144 166 33 34 350 .459 .778 42.1 31.8 15.1 3.0
1963-64 31 STL NBA 12 494 93 226 66 79 174 33 44 252 .412 .835 41.2 21.0 14.5 2.8
1964-65 32 STL NBA 4 95 15 41 16 20 24 8 10 46 .366 .800 23.8 11.5 6.0 2.0
Career NBA 88 3545 766 1834 708 915 1304 241 277 2240 .418 .774 40.3 25.5 14.8 2.7

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
1954-55 22 MLH NBA 1 27 3 14 .214 2 4 .500 9 2 0 8
1955-56 23 STL NBA 1 31 7 17 .412 6 7 .857 24 7 4 20
1956-57 24 STL NBA 1 31 8 18 .444 5 6 .833 11 2 2 21
1957-58 25 STL NBA 1 38 10 21 .476 8 10 .800 26 1 1 28
1958-59 26 STL NBA 1 34 8 21 .381 9 9 1.000 16 5 1 25
1959-60 27 STL NBA 1 28 4 15 .267 3 6 .500 14 2 2 11
1960-61 28 STL NBA 1 32 13 22 .591 3 7 .429 9 0 2 29
1961-62 29 STL NBA 1 37 10 20 .500 5 5 1.000 27 2 5 25
1962-63 30 STL NBA 1 32 7 16 .438 11 12 .917 13 0 1 25
1963-64 31 STL NBA 1 36 6 15 .400 7 9 .778 17 2 3 19
1964-65 32 STL NBA 1 34 5 14 .357 3 5 .600 12 0 4 13
Career NBA 11 360 81 193 .420 62 80 .775 178 23 25 224

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
1951-52 19 lsu 23 237 549 115 192 315 589 .432 .599 25.6 13.7
1952-53 20 lsu 21 193 394 133 215 263 519 .490 .619 24.7 12.5
1953-54 21 lsu 25 281 573 223 308 432 785 .490 .724 31.4 17.3
Career 69 711 1516 471 715 1010 1893 .469 .659 27.4 14.6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

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1956 NBA
1957 NBA
1958 NBA
1959 NBA
1960 NBA
1961 NBA
1962 NBA
1963 NBA
1964 NBA
1965 NBA

Awards

1954-55 NBA Rookie of the Year
1955-56 NBA All-Star Game MVP
1955-56 NBA MVP
1957-58 NBA All-Star Game MVP
1958-59 NBA All-Star Game MVP
1958-59 NBA MVP
1961-62 NBA All-Star Game MVP

Honors

1954-55 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1955-56 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1956-57 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1957-58 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1958-59 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1959-60 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1960-61 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1961-62 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1962-63 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1963-64 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1964-65 NBA All-NBA (2nd)

MVP Voting
Season Lg Share (Rank)

1955-56 NBA 0.432 (1)
1956-57 NBA 0.235 (2)
1957-58 NBA 0.178 (4)
1958-59 NBA 0.773 (1)
1959-60 NBA 0.283 (3)
1960-61 NBA 0.333 (2)
1961-62 NBA 0.073 (6)
1962-63 NBA 0.177 (4)
1963-64 NBA 0.144 (4)

Games

1954-55 NBA 72 (2)
1955-56 NBA 72 (2)
1958-59 NBA 72 (1)
 1963-64 NBA 80 (2)

Minutes Played

1954-55 NBA 2659 (9)
1955-56 NBA 2794 (3)
1957-58 NBA 2528 (7)
1958-59 NBA 2873 (2)
1959-60 NBA 2896 (5)
1960-61 NBA 3027 (6)
1961-62 NBA 3282 (6)
1962-63 NBA 3090 (7)
1963-64 NBA 3296 (5)
Career NBA 30690 (95)

Field Goals

1954-55 NBA 520 (4)
1955-56 NBA 646 (1)
 1956-57 NBA 613 (1)
 1957-58 NBA 581 (3)
1958-59 NBA 719 (1)
 1959-60 NBA 669 (6)
1960-61 NBA 769 (4)
1961-62 NBA 867 (3)
1962-63 NBA 778 (5)
1963-64 NBA 791 (4)
Career NBA 7349 (41)
Career 7349 (45)

Field Goal Attempts

1954-55 NBA 1279 (3)
1955-56 NBA 1507 (1)
 1956-57 NBA 1477 (1)
 1957-58 NBA 1418 (4)
1958-59 NBA 1640 (2)
1959-60 NBA 1526 (6)
1960-61 NBA 1720 (4)
1961-62 NBA 1928 (2)
1962-63 NBA 1746 (3)
1963-64 NBA 1708 (4)
Career NBA 16872 (24)
Career 16872 (28)

Field Goal Pct

1955-56 NBA .429 (9)
1958-59 NBA .438 (7)
1963-64 NBA .463 (10)

Free Throws

1954-55 NBA 426 (8)
1955-56 NBA 557 (1)
 1956-57 NBA 529 (4)
1957-58 NBA 557 (3)
1958-59 NBA 667 (1)
 1959-60 NBA 544 (4)
1960-61 NBA 582 (5)
1961-62 NBA 695 (4)
1962-63 NBA 685 (1)
 1963-64 NBA 608 (2)
Career NBA 6182 (11)
Career 6182 (13)

Free Throw Attempts

1954-55 NBA 567 (7)
1955-56 NBA 757 (1)
 1956-57 NBA 684 (3)
1957-58 NBA 744 (2)
1958-59 NBA 879 (1)
 1959-60 NBA 722 (4)
1960-61 NBA 804 (3)
1961-62 NBA 901 (3)
1962-63 NBA 885 (2)
1963-64 NBA 771 (4)
Career NBA 8119 (12)
Career 8119 (14)

Free Throw Pct

1964-65 NBA .820 (7)

Total Rebounds

1954-55 NBA 994 (3)
1955-56 NBA 1164 (1)
 1956-57 NBA 1037 (2)
1957-58 NBA 1216 (2)
1958-59 NBA 1182 (2)
1959-60 NBA 1221 (3)
1960-61 NBA 1540 (3)
1961-62 NBA 1459 (4)
1962-63 NBA 1191 (4)
1963-64 NBA 1224 (5)
Career NBA 12849 (14)
Career 12849 (15)

Personal Fouls

1961-62 NBA 296 (8)
1963-64 NBA 300 (4)

Points

1954-55 NBA 1466 (4)
1955-56 NBA 1849 (1)
 1956-57 NBA 1755 (2)
1957-58 NBA 1719 (3)
1958-59 NBA 2105 (1)
 1959-60 NBA 1882 (4)
1960-61 NBA 2120 (4)
1961-62 NBA 2429 (4)
1962-63 NBA 2241 (4)
1963-64 NBA 2190 (3)
Career NBA 20880 (27)
Career 20880 (32)

Minutes Per Game

1954-55 NBA 36.9 (9)
1955-56 NBA 38.8 (3)
1957-58 NBA 36.1 (10)
1958-59 NBA 39.9 (4)
1959-60 NBA 40.2 (6)
1960-61 NBA 39.8 (6)
1961-62 NBA 42.1 (6)
1962-63 NBA 39.1 (7)
1963-64 NBA 41.2 (6)
Career NBA 38.8 (9)
Career 38.8 (9)

Points Per Game

1954-55 NBA 20.4 (4)
1955-56 NBA 25.7 (1)
 1956-57 NBA 24.7 (2)
1957-58 NBA 24.6 (3)
1958-59 NBA 29.2 (1)
 1959-60 NBA 26.1 (4)
1960-61 NBA 27.9 (4)
1961-62 NBA 31.1 (3)
1962-63 NBA 28.4 (3)
1963-64 NBA 27.4 (4)
Career NBA 26.4 (7)
Career 26.4 (7)

Rebounds Per Game

1954-55 NBA 13.8 (3)
1955-56 NBA 16.2 (2)
1956-57 NBA 14.6 (3)
1957-58 NBA 17.4 (3)
1958-59 NBA 16.4 (2)
1959-60 NBA 17.0 (3)
1960-61 NBA 20.3 (3)
1961-62 NBA 18.7 (4)
1962-63 NBA 15.1 (4)
1963-64 NBA 15.3 (5)
Career NBA 16.2 (3)
Career 16.2 (3)

Player Efficiency Rating

1954-55 NBA 24.5 (2)
1955-56 NBA 27.3 (1)
 1956-57 NBA 28.2 (1)
 1957-58 NBA 26.3 (1)
 1958-59 NBA 28.2 (1)
 1959-60 NBA 23.7 (3)
1960-61 NBA 25.2 (4)
1961-62 NBA 24.3 (5)
1962-63 NBA 25.0 (3)
1963-64 NBA 23.6 (4)
Career NBA 25.4 (5)
Career 25.4 (5)

True Shooting Pct

1958-59 NBA .519 (2)
1959-60 NBA .510 (8)
1960-61 NBA .511 (7)
1961-62 NBA .522 (9)
1963-64 NBA .535 (8)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 1.000 (7)