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Jeff Ruland

Jeffrey Alan Ruland (Jeff)

Position: Center-Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-10 ▪ Weight: 240 lbs.
Born: December 16, 1958 in Bayshore, New York
High School: Sachem in Lake Ronkonkoma, New York
College: Iona College
Draft: Golden State Warriors, 2nd round (2nd pick, 25th overall), 1980 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 30, 1981

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Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1981-82 23 WSB NBA C 82 0 2214 420 749 .561 1 3 .333 342 455 .752 253 509 762 134 44 58 237 319 1183
1982-83 24 WSB NBA C 79 47 2862 580 1051 .552 1 3 .333 375 544 .689 293 578 871 234 74 77 297 312 1536
1983-84 25 WSB NBA C 75 75 3082 599 1035 .579 1 7 .143 466 636 .733 265 657 922 296 68 72 342 285 1665
1984-85 26 WSB NBA C 37 36 1436 250 439 .569 0 2 .000 200 292 .685 127 283 410 162 31 27 179 128 700
1985-86 27 WSB NBA PF 30 24 1114 212 383 .554 0 4 .000 145 200 .725 107 213 320 159 23 25 121 100 569
1986-87 28 PHI NBA PF 5 2 116 19 28 .679 0 0 9 12 .750 12 16 28 10 0 4 10 13 47
1991-92 33 PHI NBA C 13 5 209 20 38 .526 0 0 11 16 .688 16 31 47 5 7 4 20 45 51
1992-93 34 DET NBA C 11 0 55 5 11 .455 0 0 2 4 .500 9 9 18 2 2 0 6 16 12
Career NBA 332 189 11088 2105 3734 .564 3 19 .158 1550 2159 .718 1082 2296 3378 1002 249 267 1212 1218 5763

Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1981-82 23 WSB NBA C 82 0 27.0 5.1 9.1 .561 0.0 0.0 .333 4.2 5.5 .752 3.1 6.2 9.3 1.6 0.5 0.7 2.9 3.9 14.4
1982-83 24 WSB NBA C 79 47 36.2 7.3 13.3 .552 0.0 0.0 .333 4.7 6.9 .689 3.7 7.3 11.0 3.0 0.9 1.0 3.8 3.9 19.4
1983-84 25 WSB NBA C 75 75 41.1 8.0 13.8 .579 0.0 0.1 .143 6.2 8.5 .733 3.5 8.8 12.3 3.9 0.9 1.0 4.6 3.8 22.2
1984-85 26 WSB NBA C 37 36 38.8 6.8 11.9 .569 0.0 0.1 .000 5.4 7.9 .685 3.4 7.6 11.1 4.4 0.8 0.7 4.8 3.5 18.9
1985-86 27 WSB NBA PF 30 24 37.1 7.1 12.8 .554 0.0 0.1 .000 4.8 6.7 .725 3.6 7.1 10.7 5.3 0.8 0.8 4.0 3.3 19.0
1986-87 28 PHI NBA PF 5 2 23.2 3.8 5.6 .679 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.4 .750 2.4 3.2 5.6 2.0 0.0 0.8 2.0 2.6 9.4
1991-92 33 PHI NBA C 13 5 16.1 1.5 2.9 .526 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.2 .688 1.2 2.4 3.6 0.4 0.5 0.3 1.5 3.5 3.9
1992-93 34 DET NBA C 11 0 5.0 0.5 1.0 .455 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 .500 0.8 0.8 1.6 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.5 1.5 1.1
Career NBA 332 189 33.4 6.3 11.2 .564 0.0 0.1 .158 4.7 6.5 .718 3.3 6.9 10.2 3.0 0.8 0.8 3.7 3.7 17.4

Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1981-82 23 WSB NBA C 82 0 2214 6.8 12.2 .561 0.0 0.0 .333 5.6 7.4 .752 4.1 8.3 12.4 2.2 0.7 0.9 3.9 5.2 19.2
1982-83 24 WSB NBA C 79 47 2862 7.3 13.2 .552 0.0 0.0 .333 4.7 6.8 .689 3.7 7.3 11.0 2.9 0.9 1.0 3.7 3.9 19.3
1983-84 25 WSB NBA C 75 75 3082 7.0 12.1 .579 0.0 0.1 .143 5.4 7.4 .733 3.1 7.7 10.8 3.5 0.8 0.8 4.0 3.3 19.4
1984-85 26 WSB NBA C 37 36 1436 6.3 11.0 .569 0.0 0.1 .000 5.0 7.3 .685 3.2 7.1 10.3 4.1 0.8 0.7 4.5 3.2 17.5
1985-86 27 WSB NBA PF 30 24 1114 6.9 12.4 .554 0.0 0.1 .000 4.7 6.5 .725 3.5 6.9 10.3 5.1 0.7 0.8 3.9 3.2 18.4
1986-87 28 PHI NBA PF 5 2 116 5.9 8.7 .679 0.0 0.0 2.8 3.7 .750 3.7 5.0 8.7 3.1 0.0 1.2 3.1 4.0 14.6
1991-92 33 PHI NBA C 13 5 209 3.4 6.5 .526 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.8 .688 2.8 5.3 8.1 0.9 1.2 0.7 3.4 7.8 8.8
1992-93 34 DET NBA C 11 0 55 3.3 7.2 .455 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.6 .500 5.9 5.9 11.8 1.3 1.3 0.0 3.9 10.5 7.9
Career NBA 332 189 11088 6.8 12.1 .564 0.0 0.1 .158 5.0 7.0 .718 3.5 7.5 11.0 3.3 0.8 0.9 3.9 4.0 18.7

Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1981-82 23 WSB NBA C 82 2214 18.8 .623 .561 12.7 24.7 18.8 9.1 1.0 1.5 20.0 22.4 111 100 3.7 4.1 7.8 .170
1982-83 24 WSB NBA C 79 2862 19.4 .595 .552 11.2 22.6 16.8 12.9 1.2 1.5 18.7 23.0 107 98 4.6 5.5 10.1 .169
1983-84 25 WSB NBA C 75 3082 19.6 .633 .579 10.0 24.8 17.4 14.9 1.1 1.3 20.6 23.0 111 105 5.0 4.3 9.3 .144
1984-85 26 WSB NBA C 37 1436 17.0 .617 .569 9.5 22.3 15.7 15.8 1.0 1.1 24.0 21.6 105 104 1.1 2.2 3.3 .111
1985-86 27 WSB NBA PF 30 1114 20.0 .604 .554 10.4 20.6 15.5 22.2 1.0 1.3 20.4 22.2 111 104 1.9 1.6 3.5 .151
1986-87 28 PHI NBA PF 5 116 16.1 .706 .679 12.2 15.5 13.9 12.8 0.0 2.0 23.1 15.7 120 111 0.2 0.1 0.3 .132
1991-92 33 PHI NBA C 13 209 6.1 .566 .526 8.8 16.8 12.9 3.4 1.7 1.2 30.8 13.7 90 109 -0.2 0.2 0.0 .006
1992-93 34 DET NBA C 11 55 5.2 .470 .455 17.3 19.0 18.1 4.9 1.9 0.0 32.0 14.6 86 106 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.007
Career NBA 332 11088 18.7 .615 .564 10.9 23.2 17.0 13.8 1.1 1.4 20.6 22.3 109 102 16.3 18.0 34.3 .149

Playoffs Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1981-82 23 WSB NBA C 7 237 38 79 .481 0 1 .000 43 56 .768 29 37 66 5 3 4 23 24 119
1983-84 25 WSB NBA C 4 187 37 71 .521 0 1 .000 22 27 .815 16 35 51 31 2 3 19 15 96
1984-85 26 WSB NBA C 4 3 162 28 47 .596 0 2 .000 14 20 .700 12 22 34 21 9 4 23 15 70
1985-86 27 WSB NBA PF 2 0 54 7 14 .500 0 0 14 17 .824 5 7 12 10 0 2 6 6 28
Career NBA 17 3 640 110 211 .521 0 4 .000 93 120 .775 62 101 163 67 14 13 71 60 313

Playoffs Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1981-82 23 WSB NBA C 7 33.9 5.4 11.3 .481 0.0 0.1 .000 6.1 8.0 .768 4.1 5.3 9.4 0.7 0.4 0.6 3.3 3.4 17.0
1983-84 25 WSB NBA C 4 46.8 9.3 17.8 .521 0.0 0.3 .000 5.5 6.8 .815 4.0 8.8 12.8 7.8 0.5 0.8 4.8 3.8 24.0
1984-85 26 WSB NBA C 4 3 40.5 7.0 11.8 .596 0.0 0.5 .000 3.5 5.0 .700 3.0 5.5 8.5 5.3 2.3 1.0 5.8 3.8 17.5
1985-86 27 WSB NBA PF 2 0 27.0 3.5 7.0 .500 0.0 0.0 7.0 8.5 .824 2.5 3.5 6.0 5.0 0.0 1.0 3.0 3.0 14.0
Career NBA 17 3 37.6 6.5 12.4 .521 0.0 0.2 .000 5.5 7.1 .775 3.6 5.9 9.6 3.9 0.8 0.8 4.2 3.5 18.4

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1981-82 23 WSB NBA C 7 237 5.8 12.0 .481 0.0 0.2 .000 6.5 8.5 .768 4.4 5.6 10.0 0.8 0.5 0.6 3.5 3.6 18.1
1983-84 25 WSB NBA C 4 187 7.1 13.7 .521 0.0 0.2 .000 4.2 5.2 .815 3.1 6.7 9.8 6.0 0.4 0.6 3.7 2.9 18.5
1984-85 26 WSB NBA C 4 3 162 6.2 10.4 .596 0.0 0.4 .000 3.1 4.4 .700 2.7 4.9 7.6 4.7 2.0 0.9 5.1 3.3 15.6
1985-86 27 WSB NBA PF 2 0 54 4.7 9.3 .500 0.0 0.0 9.3 11.3 .824 3.3 4.7 8.0 6.7 0.0 1.3 4.0 4.0 18.7
Career NBA 17 3 640 6.2 11.9 .521 0.0 0.2 .000 5.2 6.8 .775 3.5 5.7 9.2 3.8 0.8 0.7 4.0 3.4 17.6

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1981-82 23 WSB NBA C 7 237 16.0 .574 .481 13.4 18.0 15.6 3.5 0.6 1.0 18.2 22.4 107 103 0.3 0.3 0.6 .130
1983-84 25 WSB NBA C 4 187 21.2 .579 .521 11.5 23.9 17.8 28.1 0.6 1.0 18.6 26.1 110 106 0.3 0.3 0.6 .145
1984-85 26 WSB NBA C 4 162 15.8 .627 .596 7.9 16.3 11.9 19.5 2.8 1.5 29.2 20.5 100 106 0.0 0.3 0.2 .070
1985-86 27 WSB NBA PF 2 54 20.0 .652 .500 9.5 14.6 11.9 26.3 0.0 2.1 21.8 21.5 120 113 0.1 0.0 0.2 .159
Career NBA 17 640 17.8 .593 .521 11.1 19.0 15.0 16.7 1.1 1.2 21.2 22.9 108 105 0.7 0.9 1.6 .122

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1983-84 25 WSB NBA C 1 0 13:00 2 3 .667 0 0 2 2 1.000 1 4 2 1 0 2 2 6
Career NBA 1 0 13 2 3 .667 0 0 2 2 1.000 1 4 2 1 0 2 2 6

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 8 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Jeff Ruland 10.1 9.3 7.8 3.5 3.3 0.3 0.0 0.0
Al Horford 78.4 10.9 10.1 8.8 6.8 5.5 1.3
Tyson Chandler 77.4 10.0 8.3 7.9 5.4 3.9 3.4 1.9 1.8
Steve Stipanovich 76.8 9.0 6.9 5.9 5.0 3.6
Marcus Camby 76.0 10.3 6.9 5.9 3.7 3.5 2.1 1.5 0.9
Ed Sadowski 75.3 11.8 10.7 9.3 4.3
Bill Walton 74.7 10.2 8.4 3.8 3.6 3.3 2.3 2.0 0.8
Zydrunas Ilgauskas 74.7 9.4 8.7 8.1 7.8 5.0 2.5 0.7 0.5
Marc Gasol 74.5 11.5 8.4 8.2 7.9 6.4
Stan Miasek 74.4 10.3 5.8 5.5 4.1 3.5 2.1
Tom Boerwinkle 72.8 9.0 7.4 6.3 4.4 3.8 2.6 1.7 0.5
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Jeff Ruland 10.1 9.3 7.8 3.5 3.3 0.3 0.0 0.0
Al Horford 78.4 10.9 10.1 8.8 6.8 5.5 1.3
Steve Stipanovich 76.8 9.0 6.9 5.9 5.0 3.6
Ed Sadowski 75.3 11.8 10.7 9.3 4.3
Marc Gasol 74.5 11.5 8.4 8.2 7.9 6.4
Stan Miasek 74.4 10.3 5.8 5.5 4.1 3.5 2.1
George Ratkovicz 71.5 9.3 6.0 5.4 5.2 2.8 -0.1
Brook Lopez 71.4 9.0 7.9 6.3 5.8 0.3
Bill Walton 71.1 10.2 8.4 5.0 3.8 3.6 3.3 2.3 2.0 0.8 -0.1
Tom Boerwinkle 68.7 9.0 7.4 6.3 4.4 3.8 2.6 2.3 1.7 0.5 0.2
Elmore Smith 68.0 8.7 6.8 5.9 4.7 3.9 2.9 1.5 0.3

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
1977-78 19 IONA 26 228 384 124 180 332 580 .594 .689 22.3 12.8
1978-79 20 IONA 29 233 347 124 172 328 590 .671 .721 20.3 11.3
1979-80 21 IONA 34 256 399 173 267 407 685 .642 .648 20.1 12.0
Career 89 717 1130 421 619 1067 1855 .635 .680 20.8 12.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1984 NBA
Weekly & Monthly Awards

Player of the Week: 3 times (Show/Hide)

Player of the Month: 2 times (Show/Hide)
Honors
1977 McDonald's All American
1981-82 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
MVP Award Shares
1982-83 NBA 0.016 (12)
1983-84 NBA 0.050 (9)
Career 0.066 (95)
Games
1981-82 NBA 82 (4)
Minutes Played
1983-84 NBA 3082 (1)
Free Throws
1983-84 NBA 466 (5)
Free Throw Attempts
1982-83 NBA 544 (7)
1983-84 NBA 636 (3)
Offensive Rebounds
1981-82 NBA 253 (8)
1982-83 NBA 293 (6)
1983-84 NBA 265 (7)
Defensive Rebounds
1983-84 NBA 657 (3)
Total Rebounds
1982-83 NBA 871 (6)
1983-84 NBA 922 (4)
Turnovers
1982-83 NBA 297 (5)
1983-84 NBA 342 (1)
Personal Fouls
1981-82 NBA 319 (5)
Field Goal Pct
1981-82 NBA .561 (10)
1982-83 NBA .552 (10)
1983-84 NBA .579 (6)
Career NBA .564 (10)
Career .564 (10)
Minutes Per Game
1983-84 NBA 41.1 (1)
Rebounds Per Game
1982-83 NBA 11.0 (8)
1983-84 NBA 12.3 (3)
True Shooting Pct
1981-82 NBA .623 (5)
1983-84 NBA .633 (6)
1984-85 NBA .617 (9)
Effective Field Goal Pct
1981-82 NBA .561 (10)
1982-83 NBA .552 (10)
1983-84 NBA .579 (6)
Career NBA .564 (12)
Career .564 (12)
Offensive Rebound Pct
1981-82 NBA 12.7 (6)
1982-83 NBA 11.2 (10)
Defensive Rebound Pct
1981-82 NBA 24.7 (7)
1983-84 NBA 24.8 (9)
Total Rebound Pct
1981-82 NBA 18.8 (6)
1982-83 NBA 16.8 (10)
1983-84 NBA 17.4 (10)
Defensive Rating
1981-82 NBA 100.2 (10)
1982-83 NBA 97.6 (7)
Defensive Win Shares
1982-83 NBA 5.5 (6)
1983-84 NBA 4.3 (7)
  

Transactions

June 10, 1980: Drafted by the Golden State Warriors in the 2nd round (25th pick) of the 1980 NBA Draft.

June 10, 1980: Traded by the Golden State Warriors to the Washington Bullets for a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Sam Williams).

June 16, 1986: Traded by the Washington Bullets with Cliff Robinson to the Philadelphia 76ers for Terry Catledge, Moses Malone, a 1986 1st round draft pick (Anthony Jones) and a 1988 1st round draft pick (Harvey Grant).

November 3, 1992: Waived by the Philadelphia 76ers.

December 30, 1992: Signed as a free agent with the Detroit Pistons.

January 28, 1993: Waived by the Detroit Pistons.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 Washington Bullets NBA $783,000
Career (may be incomplete) $783,000

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