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Oscar Robertson

Oscar Palmer Robertson (The Big O, Horse, Donut)

Position: Guard-Forward
Height: 6-5    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: November 24, 1938 in Charlotte, Tennessee
High School: Crispus Attucks in Indianapolis, Indiana
College: University of Cincinnati

Inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 1980

Drafted by the Cincinnati Royals in the 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall) of the 1960 NBA draft (territorial selection).

Game Logs and Splits

Game Logs1969-70
Splits1969-70

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
1960-61 22 CIN NBA 71 3032 756 1600 .473 653 794 .822 716 690 219 2165
1961-62 23 CIN NBA 79 3503 866 1810 .478 700 872 .803 985 899 258 2432
1962-63 24 CIN NBA 80 3521 825 1593 .518 614 758 .810 835 758 293 2264
1963-64 25 CIN NBA 79 3559 840 1740 .483 800 938 .853 783 868 280 2480
1964-65 26 CIN NBA 75 3421 807 1681 .480 665 793 .839 674 861 205 2279
1965-66 27 CIN NBA 76 3493 818 1723 .475 742 881 .842 586 847 227 2378
1966-67 28 CIN NBA 79 3468 838 1699 .493 736 843 .873 486 845 226 2412
1967-68 29 CIN NBA 65 2765 660 1321 .500 576 660 .873 391 633 199 1896
1968-69 30 CIN NBA 79 3461 656 1351 .486 643 767 .838 502 772 231 1955
1969-70 31 CIN NBA 69 2865 647 1267 .511 454 561 .809 422 558 175 1748
1970-71 32 MIL NBA 81 3194 592 1193 .496 385 453 .850 462 668 203 1569
1971-72 33 MIL NBA 64 2390 419 887 .472 276 330 .836 323 491 116 1114
1972-73 34 MIL NBA 73 2737 446 983 .454 238 281 .847 360 551 167 1130
1973-74 35 MIL NBA 70 2477 338 772 .438 212 254 .835 71 208 279 446 77 4 132 888
Career NBA 1040 43886 9508 19620 .485 7694 9185 .838 71 208 7804 9887 77 4 2931 26710

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
1960-61 22 CIN NBA 71 42.7 10.6 22.5 .473 9.2 11.2 .822 10.1 9.7 3.1 30.5
1961-62 23 CIN NBA 79 44.3 11.0 22.9 .478 8.9 11.0 .803 12.5 11.4 3.3 30.8
1962-63 24 CIN NBA 80 44.0 10.3 19.9 .518 7.7 9.5 .810 10.4 9.5 3.7 28.3
1963-64 25 CIN NBA 79 45.1 10.6 22.0 .483 10.1 11.9 .853 9.9 11.0 3.5 31.4
1964-65 26 CIN NBA 75 45.6 10.8 22.4 .480 8.9 10.6 .839 9.0 11.5 2.7 30.4
1965-66 27 CIN NBA 76 46.0 10.8 22.7 .475 9.8 11.6 .842 7.7 11.1 3.0 31.3
1966-67 28 CIN NBA 79 43.9 10.6 21.5 .493 9.3 10.7 .873 6.2 10.7 2.9 30.5
1967-68 29 CIN NBA 65 42.5 10.2 20.3 .500 8.9 10.2 .873 6.0 9.7 3.1 29.2
1968-69 30 CIN NBA 79 43.8 8.3 17.1 .486 8.1 9.7 .838 6.4 9.8 2.9 24.7
1969-70 31 CIN NBA 69 41.5 9.4 18.4 .511 6.6 8.1 .809 6.1 8.1 2.5 25.3
1970-71 32 MIL NBA 81 39.4 7.3 14.7 .496 4.8 5.6 .850 5.7 8.2 2.5 19.4
1971-72 33 MIL NBA 64 37.3 6.5 13.9 .472 4.3 5.2 .836 5.0 7.7 1.8 17.4
1972-73 34 MIL NBA 73 37.5 6.1 13.5 .454 3.3 3.8 .847 4.9 7.5 2.3 15.5
1973-74 35 MIL NBA 70 35.4 4.8 11.0 .438 3.0 3.6 .835 1.0 3.0 4.0 6.4 1.1 0.1 1.9 12.7
Career NBA 1040 42.2 9.1 18.9 .485 7.4 8.8 .838 1.0 3.0 7.5 9.5 1.1 0.1 2.8 25.7

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
1960-61 22 CIN NBA 71 3032 9.0 19.0 .473 7.8 9.4 .822 8.5 8.2 2.6 25.7
1961-62 23 CIN NBA 79 3503 8.9 18.6 .478 7.2 9.0 .803 10.1 9.2 2.7 25.0
1962-63 24 CIN NBA 80 3521 8.4 16.3 .518 6.3 7.8 .810 8.5 7.8 3.0 23.1
1963-64 25 CIN NBA 79 3559 8.5 17.6 .483 8.1 9.5 .853 7.9 8.8 2.8 25.1
1964-65 26 CIN NBA 75 3421 8.5 17.7 .480 7.0 8.3 .839 7.1 9.1 2.2 24.0
1965-66 27 CIN NBA 76 3493 8.4 17.8 .475 7.6 9.1 .842 6.0 8.7 2.3 24.5
1966-67 28 CIN NBA 79 3468 8.7 17.6 .493 7.6 8.8 .873 5.0 8.8 2.3 25.0
1967-68 29 CIN NBA 65 2765 8.6 17.2 .500 7.5 8.6 .873 5.1 8.2 2.6 24.7
1968-69 30 CIN NBA 79 3461 6.8 14.1 .486 6.7 8.0 .838 5.2 8.0 2.4 20.3
1969-70 31 CIN NBA 69 2865 8.1 15.9 .511 5.7 7.0 .809 5.3 7.0 2.2 22.0
1970-71 32 MIL NBA 81 3194 6.7 13.4 .496 4.3 5.1 .850 5.2 7.5 2.3 17.7
1971-72 33 MIL NBA 64 2390 6.3 13.4 .472 4.2 5.0 .836 4.9 7.4 1.7 16.8
1972-73 34 MIL NBA 73 2737 5.9 12.9 .454 3.1 3.7 .847 4.7 7.2 2.2 14.9
1973-74 35 MIL NBA 70 2477 4.9 11.2 .438 3.1 3.7 .835 1.0 3.0 4.1 6.5 1.1 0.1 1.9 12.9
Career NBA 1040 43886 7.8 16.1 .485 6.3 7.5 .838 1.0 3.0 6.4 8.1 1.1 0.1 2.4 21.9

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
1960-61 22 CIN NBA 71 3032 25.9 .555 .473
1961-62 23 CIN NBA 79 3503 26.0 .554 .478
1962-63 24 CIN NBA 80 3521 24.6 .588 .518
1963-64 25 CIN NBA 79 3559 27.6 .576 .483
1964-65 26 CIN NBA 75 3421 26.7 .561 .480 37.8
1965-66 27 CIN NBA 76 3493 25.2 .563 .475 34.5
1966-67 28 CIN NBA 79 3468 25.5 .583 .493 35.1
1967-68 29 CIN NBA 65 2765 24.6 .588 .500 33.2
1968-69 30 CIN NBA 79 3461 21.8 .579 .486 31.4
1969-70 31 CIN NBA 69 2865 21.5 .577 .511 27.0
1970-71 32 MIL NBA 81 3194 19.6 .563 .496 6.9 25.5
1971-72 33 MIL NBA 64 2390 18.9 .540 .472 6.5 26.1
1972-73 34 MIL NBA 73 2737 17.2 .511 .454 6.4 25.5
1973-74 35 MIL NBA 70 2477 14.2 .502 .438 3.1 8.0 5.7 22.3 1.4 0.1 98
Career NBA 1040 43886 23.2 .564 .485 3.1 8.0 6.4 30.3 1.4 0.1 98

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
1961-62 23 CIN NBA 4 185 42 81 31 39 44 44 18 115 .519 .795 46.3 28.8 11.0 11.0
1962-63 24 CIN NBA 12 570 124 264 133 154 156 108 41 381 .470 .864 47.5 31.8 13.0 9.0
1963-64 25 CIN NBA 10 471 92 202 109 127 89 84 30 293 .455 .858 47.1 29.3 8.9 8.4
1964-65 26 CIN NBA 4 195 38 89 36 39 19 48 14 112 .427 .923 48.8 28.0 4.8 12.0
1965-66 27 CIN NBA 5 224 49 120 61 68 38 39 20 159 .408 .897 44.8 31.8 7.6 7.8
1966-67 28 CIN NBA 4 183 33 64 33 37 16 45 9 99 .516 .892 45.8 24.8 4.0 11.3
1970-71 32 MIL NBA 14 520 102 210 52 69 70 124 39 256 .486 .754 37.1 18.3 5.0 8.9
1971-72 33 MIL NBA 11 380 57 140 30 36 64 83 29 144 .407 .833 34.5 13.1 5.8 7.5
1972-73 34 MIL NBA 6 256 48 96 31 34 28 45 21 127 .500 .912 42.7 21.2 4.7 7.5
1973-74 35 MIL NBA 16 689 90 200 44 52 15 54 149 15 4 46 224 .450 .846 43.1 14.0 3.4 9.3
Career NBA 86 3673 675 1466 560 655 15 578 769 15 4 267 1910 .460 .855 42.7 22.2 6.7 8.9

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
1960-61 22 CIN NBA 1 34 8 13 .615 7 9 .778 9 14 5 23
1961-62 23 CIN NBA 1 37 9 20 .450 8 14 .571 7 13 3 26
1962-63 24 CIN NBA 1 37 9 15 .600 3 4 .750 3 6 5 21
1963-64 25 CIN NBA 1 42 10 23 .435 6 10 .600 14 8 4 26
1964-65 26 CIN NBA 1 40 8 18 .444 12 13 .923 6 8 5 28
1965-66 27 CIN NBA 1 25 6 12 .500 5 6 .833 10 8 0 17
1966-67 28 CIN NBA 1 34 9 20 .450 8 10 .800 2 5 4 26
1967-68 29 CIN NBA 1 22 7 9 .778 4 7 .571 1 5 2 18
1968-69 30 CIN NBA 1 32 8 16 .500 8 8 1.000 6 5 3 24
1969-70 31 CIN NBA 1 29 9 11 .818 3 4 .750 6 4 3 21
1970-71 32 MIL NBA 1 24 2 6 .333 1 3 .333 2 2 3 5
1971-72 33 MIL NBA 1 24 3 9 .333 5 10 .500 3 3 4 11
Career NBA 12 380 88 172 .512 70 98 .714 69 81 41 246

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
1957-58 19 cincy 28 1085 352 617 280 355 425 984 .571 .789 38.8 35.1 15.2
1958-59 20 cincy 30 1172 331 650 316 398 489 206 978 .509 .794 39.1 32.6 16.3 6.9
1959-60 21 cincy 30 1155 369 701 273 361 424 219 1011 .526 .756 38.5 33.7 14.1 7.3
Career 88 3412 1052 1968 869 1114 1338 425 2973 .535 .780 38.8 33.8 15.2 4.8

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1961 NBA
1962 NBA
1963 NBA
1964 NBA
1965 NBA
1966 NBA
1967 NBA
1968 NBA
1969 NBA
1970 NBA
1971 NBA
1972 NBA

Awards

1960-61 NBA All-Star Game MVP
1960-61 NBA Rookie of the Year
1963-64 NBA All-Star Game MVP
1963-64 NBA MVP
1968-69 NBA All-Star Game MVP

Honors

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 (1st)
1965-66 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1966-67 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1967-68 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1968-69 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1969-70 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1970-71 NBA All-NBA (2nd)

MVP Voting
Season Lg Share (Rank)

1960-61 NBA 0.187 (5)
1961-62 NBA 0.318 (3)
1962-63 NBA 0.402 (3)
1963-64 NBA 0.754 (1)
1964-65 NBA 0.212 (2)
1965-66 NBA 0.209 (3)
1966-67 NBA 0.177 (4)
1967-68 NBA 0.138 (5)
1970-71 NBA 0.082 (5)

Games

1962-63 NBA 80 (1)
Career NBA 1040 (72)
Career 1040 (78)

Minutes Played

1960-61 NBA 3032 (5)
1961-62 NBA 3503 (2)
1962-63 NBA 3521 (2)
1963-64 NBA 3559 (2)
1964-65 NBA 3421 (2)
1965-66 NBA 3493 (3)
1966-67 NBA 3468 (3)
1968-69 NBA 3461 (4)
Career NBA 43886 (12)
Career 43886 (14)

Field Goals

1960-61 NBA 756 (5)
1961-62 NBA 866 (4)
1962-63 NBA 825 (4)
1963-64 NBA 840 (2)
1964-65 NBA 807 (4)
1965-66 NBA 818 (2)
1966-67 NBA 838 (2)
1967-68 NBA 660 (9)
Career NBA 9508 (13)
Career 9508 (18)

Field Goal Attempts

1960-61 NBA 1600 (6)
1961-62 NBA 1810 (5)
1962-63 NBA 1593 (5)
1963-64 NBA 1740 (3)
1964-65 NBA 1681 (4)
1965-66 NBA 1723 (3)
1966-67 NBA 1699 (2)
Career NBA 19620 (11)
Career 19620 (16)

Field Goal Pct

1960-61 NBA .472 (4)
1961-62 NBA .478 (4)
1962-63 NBA .518 (3)
1963-64 NBA .483 (7)
1964-65 NBA .480 (9)
1965-66 NBA .475 (8)
1966-67 NBA .493 (4)
1967-68 NBA .500 (6)

Free Throws

1960-61 NBA 653 (3)
1961-62 NBA 700 (3)
1962-63 NBA 614 (4)
1963-64 NBA 800 (1)
1964-65 NBA 665 (1)
1965-66 NBA 742 (2)
1966-67 NBA 736 (2)
1967-68 NBA 576 (1)
1968-69 NBA 643 (1)
1969-70 NBA 454 (10)
Career NBA 7694 (3)
Career 7694 (3)

Free Throw Attempts

1960-61 NBA 794 (5)
1961-62 NBA 872 (4)
1962-63 NBA 758 (5)
1963-64 NBA 938 (2)
1964-65 NBA 793 (2)
1965-66 NBA 881 (3)
1966-67 NBA 843 (3)
1967-68 NBA 660 (5)
1968-69 NBA 767 (2)
Career NBA 9185 (6)
Career 9185 (6)

Free Throw Pct

1960-61 NBA .822 (9)
1962-63 NBA .810 (10)
1963-64 NBA .853 (1)
1964-65 NBA .839 (2)
1965-66 NBA .842 (6)
1966-67 NBA .873 (4)
1967-68 NBA .873 (1)
1968-69 NBA .838 (5)
1970-71 NBA .850 (2)
Career NBA .838 (65)
Career .838 (68)

Total Rebounds

1961-62 NBA 985 (8)
Career NBA 7804 (58)
Career 7804 (70)

Assists

1960-61 NBA 690 (1)
1961-62 NBA 899 (1)
1962-63 NBA 758 (2)
1963-64 NBA 868 (1)
1964-65 NBA 861 (1)
1965-66 NBA 847 (1)
1966-67 NBA 845 (2)
1967-68 NBA 633 (3)
1968-69 NBA 772 (1)
1969-70 NBA 558 (6)
1970-71 NBA 668 (2)
1971-72 NBA 491 (7)
1972-73 NBA 551 (6)
Career NBA 9887 (4)
Career 9887 (4)

Personal Fouls

1962-63 NBA 293 (6)
Career NBA 2931 (68)
Career 2931 (78)

Points

1960-61 NBA 2165 (3)
1961-62 NBA 2432 (3)
1962-63 NBA 2264 (3)
1963-64 NBA 2480 (2)
1964-65 NBA 2279 (3)
1965-66 NBA 2378 (3)
1966-67 NBA 2412 (2)
1967-68 NBA 1896 (6)
1968-69 NBA 1955 (5)
Career NBA 26710 (8)
Career 26710 (10)

Minutes Per Game

1960-61 NBA 42.7 (5)
1961-62 NBA 44.3 (3)
1962-63 NBA 44.0 (3)
1963-64 NBA 45.1 (2)
1964-65 NBA 45.6 (1)
1965-66 NBA 46.0 (2)
1966-67 NBA 43.9 (3)
1967-68 NBA 42.5 (3)
1968-69 NBA 43.8 (4)
Career NBA 42.2 (3)
Career 42.2 (3)

Points Per Game

1960-61 NBA 30.5 (3)
1961-62 NBA 30.8 (5)
1962-63 NBA 28.3 (4)
1963-64 NBA 31.4 (2)
1964-65 NBA 30.4 (3)
1965-66 NBA 31.3 (3)
1966-67 NBA 30.5 (2)
1967-68 NBA 29.2 (1)
1968-69 NBA 24.7 (5)
Career NBA 25.7 (9)
Career 25.7 (8)

Rebounds Per Game

1961-62 NBA 12.5 (9)

Assists Per Game

1960-61 NBA 9.7 (1)
1961-62 NBA 11.4 (1)
1962-63 NBA 9.5 (2)
1963-64 NBA 11.0 (1)
1964-65 NBA 11.5 (1)
1965-66 NBA 11.1 (1)
1966-67 NBA 10.7 (2)
1967-68 NBA 9.7 (1)
1968-69 NBA 9.8 (1)
1970-71 NBA 8.2 (3)
1972-73 NBA 7.5 (4)
1973-74 NBA 6.4 (7)
Career NBA 9.5 (3)
Career 9.5 (3)

Player Efficiency Rating

1960-61 NBA 25.9 (3)
1961-62 NBA 26.0 (4)
1962-63 NBA 24.6 (5)
1963-64 NBA 27.6 (2)
1964-65 NBA 26.7 (2)
1965-66 NBA 25.2 (2)
1966-67 NBA 25.5 (2)
1967-68 NBA 24.6 (2)
1968-69 NBA 21.8 (3)
1969-70 NBA 21.5 (3)
Career NBA 23.2 (19)
Career 23.2 (20)

True Shooting Pct

1960-61 NBA .555 (1)
1961-62 NBA .554 (2)
1962-63 NBA .588 (2)
1963-64 NBA .576 (2)
1964-65 NBA .561 (3)
1965-66 NBA .563 (2)
1966-67 NBA .583 (2)
1967-68 NBA .588 (2)
1968-69 NBA .579 (2)
1969-70 NBA .577 (3)
1970-71 NBA .563 (7)
Career NBA .564 (89)
Career .564 (89)

Assist Pct

1964-65 NBA 37.8 (1)
1965-66 NBA 34.5 (2)
1966-67 NBA 35.1 (2)
1967-68 NBA 33.2 (1)
1968-69 NBA 31.4 (3)
1969-70 NBA 27.0 (7)
1970-71 NBA 25.5 (4)
1971-72 NBA 26.1 (7)
1972-73 NBA 25.5 (8)
Career NBA 30.3 (43)
Career 30.3 (43)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 1.000 (12)