Ricky Sobers

Ricky Brad Sobers

Position: Guard ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-3 ▪ Weight: 198 lbs.
Born: January 15, 1953 in Bronx, New York
High School: DeWitt Clinton in Bronx, New York
College: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Draft: Phoenix Suns, 1st round (16th pick, 16th overall), 1975 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 26, 1975

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Fine Details ▪ Last updated Jun 19, 2013 1:17 AM

All-Time Rank: #443. Eric Snow… #444. Pervis Ellison… #445. Rafer Alston… #446. RICKY SOBERS… #447. Antoine Carr… #448. Marvin Webster… #449. Dana Barros…

All-Time Rank: #443. Eric Snow… #444. Pervis Ellison… #445. Rafer Alston… #446. RICKY SOBERS… #447. Antoine Carr… #448. Marvin Webster… #449. Dana Barros…

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
1975-76	23	PHO	NBA	SG	78		1898	280	623	.449				158	192	.823	80	179	259	215	106	7		253	718
1976-77	24	PHO	NBA	SG	79		2005	414	834	.496				243	289	.841	82	152	234	238	93	14		258	1071
1977-78	25	IND	NBA	PG	79		3019	553	1221	.453				330	400	.825	92	235	327	584	170	23	352	308	1436
1978-79	26	IND	NBA	SG	81		2825	553	1194	.463				298	338	.882	118	183	301	450	138	23	304	315	1404
1979-80	27	CHI	NBA	PG	82		2673	470	1002	.469	21	68	.309	200	239	.837	75	167	242	426	136	17	282	294	1161
1980-81	28	CHI	NBA	PG	71		1803	355	769	.462	17	66	.258	231	247	.935	46	98	144	284	98	17	206	225	958
1981-82	29	CHI	NBA	SG	80	6	1938	363	801	.453	19	76	.250	195	254	.768	37	105	142	301	73	18	217	238	940
1982-83	30	WSB	NBA	SG	41	39	1438	234	534	.438	23	55	.418	154	185	.832	35	67	102	218	61	14	147	158	645
1983-84	31	WSB	NBA	SG	81	81	2624	508	1115	.456	29	111	.261	221	264	.837	51	128	179	377	117	17	222	278	1266
1984-85	32	SEA	NBA	SG	71	12	1490	280	628	.446	8	28	.286	132	162	.815	27	76	103	252	49	9	158	156	700
1985-86	33	SEA	NBA	SG	78	0	1279	240	541	.444	13	43	.302	110	125	.880	29	70	99	180	44	2	85	139	603
Career			NBA		821	138	22992	4250	9262	.459	130	447	.291	2272	2695	.843	672	1460	2132	3525	1085	161	1973	2622	10902

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
1975-76	23	PHO	NBA	SG	78		24.3	3.6	8.0	.449				2.0	2.5	.823	1.0	2.3	3.3	2.8	1.4	0.1		3.2	9.2
1976-77	24	PHO	NBA	SG	79		25.4	5.2	10.6	.496				3.1	3.7	.841	1.0	1.9	3.0	3.0	1.2	0.2		3.3	13.6
1977-78	25	IND	NBA	PG	79		38.2	7.0	15.5	.453				4.2	5.1	.825	1.2	3.0	4.1	7.4	2.2	0.3	4.5	3.9	18.2
1978-79	26	IND	NBA	SG	81		34.9	6.8	14.7	.463				3.7	4.2	.882	1.5	2.3	3.7	5.6	1.7	0.3	3.8	3.9	17.3
1979-80	27	CHI	NBA	PG	82		32.6	5.7	12.2	.469	0.3	0.8	.309	2.4	2.9	.837	0.9	2.0	3.0	5.2	1.7	0.2	3.4	3.6	14.2
1980-81	28	CHI	NBA	PG	71		25.4	5.0	10.8	.462	0.2	0.9	.258	3.3	3.5	.935	0.6	1.4	2.0	4.0	1.4	0.2	2.9	3.2	13.5
1981-82	29	CHI	NBA	SG	80	6	24.2	4.5	10.0	.453	0.2	1.0	.250	2.4	3.2	.768	0.5	1.3	1.8	3.8	0.9	0.2	2.7	3.0	11.8
1982-83	30	WSB	NBA	SG	41	39	35.1	5.7	13.0	.438	0.6	1.3	.418	3.8	4.5	.832	0.9	1.6	2.5	5.3	1.5	0.3	3.6	3.9	15.7
1983-84	31	WSB	NBA	SG	81	81	32.4	6.3	13.8	.456	0.4	1.4	.261	2.7	3.3	.837	0.6	1.6	2.2	4.7	1.4	0.2	2.7	3.4	15.6
1984-85	32	SEA	NBA	SG	71	12	21.0	3.9	8.8	.446	0.1	0.4	.286	1.9	2.3	.815	0.4	1.1	1.5	3.5	0.7	0.1	2.2	2.2	9.9
1985-86	33	SEA	NBA	SG	78	0	16.4	3.1	6.9	.444	0.2	0.6	.302	1.4	1.6	.880	0.4	0.9	1.3	2.3	0.6	0.0	1.1	1.8	7.7
Career			NBA		821	138	28.0	5.2	11.3	.459	0.3	0.9	.291	2.8	3.3	.843	0.8	1.8	2.6	4.3	1.3	0.2	3.0	3.2	13.3

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
1975-76	23	PHO	NBA	SG	78		1898	5.3	11.8	.449				3.0	3.6	.823	1.5	3.4	4.9	4.1	2.0	0.1		4.8	13.6
1976-77	24	PHO	NBA	SG	79		2005	7.4	15.0	.496				4.4	5.2	.841	1.5	2.7	4.2	4.3	1.7	0.3		4.6	19.2
1977-78	25	IND	NBA	PG	79		3019	6.6	14.6	.453				3.9	4.8	.825	1.1	2.8	3.9	7.0	2.0	0.3	4.2	3.7	17.1
1978-79	26	IND	NBA	SG	81		2825	7.0	15.2	.463				3.8	4.3	.882	1.5	2.3	3.8	5.7	1.8	0.3	3.9	4.0	17.9
1979-80	27	CHI	NBA	PG	82		2673	6.3	13.5	.469	0.3	0.9	.309	2.7	3.2	.837	1.0	2.2	3.3	5.7	1.8	0.2	3.8	4.0	15.6
1980-81	28	CHI	NBA	PG	71		1803	7.1	15.4	.462	0.3	1.3	.258	4.6	4.9	.935	0.9	2.0	2.9	5.7	2.0	0.3	4.1	4.5	19.1
1981-82	29	CHI	NBA	SG	80	6	1938	6.7	14.9	.453	0.4	1.4	.250	3.6	4.7	.768	0.7	2.0	2.6	5.6	1.4	0.3	4.0	4.4	17.5
1982-83	30	WSB	NBA	SG	41	39	1438	5.9	13.4	.438	0.6	1.4	.418	3.9	4.6	.832	0.9	1.7	2.6	5.5	1.5	0.4	3.7	4.0	16.1
1983-84	31	WSB	NBA	SG	81	81	2624	7.0	15.3	.456	0.4	1.5	.261	3.0	3.6	.837	0.7	1.8	2.5	5.2	1.6	0.2	3.0	3.8	17.4
1984-85	32	SEA	NBA	SG	71	12	1490	6.8	15.2	.446	0.2	0.7	.286	3.2	3.9	.815	0.7	1.8	2.5	6.1	1.2	0.2	3.8	3.8	16.9
1985-86	33	SEA	NBA	SG	78	0	1279	6.8	15.2	.444	0.4	1.2	.302	3.1	3.5	.880	0.8	2.0	2.8	5.1	1.2	0.1	2.4	3.9	17.0
Career			NBA		821	138	22992	6.7	14.5	.459	0.4	1.2	.291	3.6	4.2	.843	1.1	2.3	3.3	5.5	1.7	0.3	3.7	4.1	17.1

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
1975-76	23	PHO	NBA	SG	78	1898	13.1	.507	.449	4.6	10.1	7.4	15.9	2.5	0.2				98	0.9	1.9	2.8	.072
1976-77	24	PHO	NBA	SG	79	2005	16.5	.557	.496	4.4	8.1	6.3	18.1	2.1	0.4				99	3.0	2.2	5.3	.126
1977-78	25	IND	NBA	PG	79	3019	15.4	.514	.453	2.9	7.8	5.3	27.7	2.5	0.4	20.1	21.8	98	103	2.4	2.4	4.8	.076
1978-79	26	IND	NBA	SG	81	2825	14.8	.523	.463	4.3	6.7	5.5	22.4	2.2	0.4	18.5	22.8	101	106	2.1	2.3	4.3	.074
1979-80	27	CHI	NBA	PG	82	2673	12.5	.524	.480	3.2	6.9	5.1	23.8	2.4	0.4	20.3	21.2	98	108	0.5	1.9	2.4	.044
1980-81	28	CHI	NBA	PG	71	1803	15.6	.546	.473	3.0	5.9	4.6	23.3	2.6	0.5	19.0	24.5	105	107	2.2	1.6	3.8	.101
1981-82	29	CHI	NBA	SG	80	1938	12.2	.515	.465	2.3	5.9	4.2	23.5	1.8	0.5	19.2	24.4	98	111	-0.2	1.2	1.0	.024
1982-83	30	WSB	NBA	SG	41	1438	12.8	.524	.460	2.7	5.2	3.9	22.6	2.0	0.6	19.3	22.0	98	102	0.4	2.0	2.4	.080
1983-84	31	WSB	NBA	SG	81	2624	13.2	.514	.469	2.3	5.7	4.0	22.2	2.2	0.4	15.3	23.6	100	108	0.4	2.5	2.9	.053
1984-85	32	SEA	NBA	SG	71	1490	11.3	.501	.452	2.1	5.9	4.0	26.3	1.6	0.3	18.4	24.1	95	111	-0.9	1.0	0.1	.002
1985-86	33	SEA	NBA	SG	78	1279	13.4	.506	.456	2.6	6.6	4.6	21.7	1.7	0.1	12.5	22.3	105	109	1.1	1.1	2.2	.081
Career			NBA		821	22992	13.9	.522	.466	3.2	6.9	5.0	22.7	2.2	0.4	18.3	22.9	100	105	11.9	20.1	32.0	.067

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1975-76	23	PHO	NBA	SG	19	563	96	205	.468				55	66	.833	20	43	63	79	18	6		77	247
1980-81	28	CHI	NBA	PG	6	162	35	81	.432	1	6	.167	8	9	.889	3	8	11	22	4	0	15	26	79
1983-84	31	WSB	NBA	SG	4	150	25	57	.439	3	10	.300	8	10	.800	2	3	5	16	5	2	9	19	61
Career			NBA		29	875	156	343	.455	4	16	.250	71	85	.835	25	54	79	117	27	8	24	122	387

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1975-76	23	PHO	NBA	SG	19	29.6	5.1	10.8	.468				2.9	3.5	.833	1.1	2.3	3.3	4.2	0.9	0.3		4.1	13.0
1980-81	28	CHI	NBA	PG	6	27.0	5.8	13.5	.432	0.2	1.0	.167	1.3	1.5	.889	0.5	1.3	1.8	3.7	0.7	0.0	2.5	4.3	13.2
1983-84	31	WSB	NBA	SG	4	37.5	6.3	14.3	.439	0.8	2.5	.300	2.0	2.5	.800	0.5	0.8	1.3	4.0	1.3	0.5	2.3	4.8	15.3
Career			NBA		29	30.2	5.4	11.8	.455	0.4	1.6	.250	2.4	2.9	.835	0.9	1.9	2.7	4.0	0.9	0.3	2.4	4.2	13.3

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1975-76	23	PHO	NBA	SG	19	563	6.1	13.1	.468				3.5	4.2	.833	1.3	2.7	4.0	5.1	1.2	0.4		4.9	15.8
1980-81	28	CHI	NBA	PG	6	162	7.8	18.0	.432	0.2	1.3	.167	1.8	2.0	.889	0.7	1.8	2.4	4.9	0.9	0.0	3.3	5.8	17.6
1983-84	31	WSB	NBA	SG	4	150	6.0	13.7	.439	0.7	2.4	.300	1.9	2.4	.800	0.5	0.7	1.2	3.8	1.2	0.5	2.2	4.6	14.6
Career			NBA		29	875	6.4	14.1	.455	0.5	1.8	.250	2.9	3.5	.835	1.0	2.2	3.3	4.8	1.1	0.3	2.8	5.0	15.9

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
1975-76	23	PHO	NBA	SG	19	563	14.7	.528	.468	3.7	8.4	6.0	20.9	1.5	0.6				102	0.5	0.4	0.9	.080
1980-81	28	CHI	NBA	PG	6	162	10.7	.465	.438	2.0	6.0	3.9	21.5	1.2	0.0	15.0	25.9	95	112	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.002
1983-84	31	WSB	NBA	SG	4	150	10.7	.497	.465	1.8	2.6	2.2	17.2	1.8	0.8	12.8	22.5	98	109	0.0	0.1	0.1	.034
Career			NBA		29	875	13.3	.509	.461	3.1	6.9	5.0	20.4	1.5	0.5	14.1	24.2	96	105	0.5	0.6	1.0	.057

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 11 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Ricky Sobers		5.3	4.8	4.3	3.8	2.9	2.8	2.4	2.4	2.2	1.0	0.1
Guy Rodgers	92.7	6.2	4.8	4.3	4.0	2.8	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.1	1.3	-0.2
John Long	91.1	5.3	4.7	3.9	3.6	3.6	3.3	2.4	2.1	2.0	0.2	0.2
Greg Anthony	90.5	5.5	4.8	4.6	4.1	3.5	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.2	1.6	1.1
Dell Curry	90.0	5.1	5.0	3.8	3.4	3.3	3.2	2.7	2.0	1.8	0.9	0.5
Chris Ford	89.9	5.6	4.7	4.3	3.7	3.6	3.5	2.8	2.7	2.5	2.1
Eric Piatkowski	89.8	5.5	4.5	3.9	3.6	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.0	1.2	0.9
Sherman Douglas	88.5	5.4	4.6	4.4	4.2	4.0	3.3	2.7	2.6	1.0	0.6	-0.1
Chucky Atkins	88.2	5.1	4.9	4.5	3.6	2.8	2.7	2.4	1.5	0.3	0.2	-0.2
Allen Leavell	87.9	5.1	4.8	4.3	4.0	3.8	3.0	2.4	1.9	0.6	-0.1
Bobby Jackson	86.9	5.5	5.4	3.5	3.1	3.1	3.0	2.5	2.2	1.4	1.2	-0.6

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ricky Sobers		5.3	4.8	4.3	3.8	2.9	2.8	2.4	2.4	2.2	1.0	0.1
Guy Rodgers	91.8	6.2	4.8	4.3	4.0	2.8	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.1	1.3	0.6	-0.2
John Long	90.8	5.3	4.7	3.9	3.6	3.6	3.3	2.4	2.1	2.0	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1
Greg Anthony	90.5	5.5	4.8	4.6	4.1	3.5	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.2	1.6	1.1
Chris Ford	89.9	5.6	4.7	4.3	3.7	3.6	3.5	2.8	2.7	2.5	2.1
Eric Piatkowski	89.5	5.5	4.5	3.9	3.6	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.0	1.2	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.0
Sherman Douglas	88.5	5.4	4.6	4.4	4.2	4.0	3.3	2.7	2.6	1.0	0.6	0.2	-0.1
Chucky Atkins	88.2	5.1	4.9	4.5	3.6	2.8	2.7	2.4	1.5	0.3	0.2	-0.2
Allen Leavell	87.9	5.1	4.8	4.3	4.0	3.8	3.0	2.4	1.9	0.6	-0.1
Bob Weiss	87.8	5.6	4.7	4.4	4.3	3.6	2.9	1.7	1.4	1.4	1.1	0.1	0.0
Foots Walker	86.4	6.1	5.2	4.2	3.4	3.4	3.0	2.3	1.5	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
1973-74	21	UNLV	25		140	303			52	67		95						332	.462		.776		13.3	3.8
1974-75	22	UNLV	29		209	431			105	127		108						523	.485		.827		18.0	3.7
Career			54		349	734			157	194		203						855	.475		.809		15.8	3.8

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Games 1979-80 NBA 82 (2)	Minutes Played 1977-78 NBA 3019 (10)	3-Pt Field Goals 1982-83 NBA 23 (5) 1983-84 NBA 29 (4)	3-Pt Field Goal Attempts 1983-84 NBA 111 (3)
Assists 1977-78 NBA 584 (3)	Steals 1977-78 NBA 170 (7)	Turnovers 1977-78 NBA 352 (3) 1978-79 NBA 304 (9) 1979-80 NBA 282 (9)	3-Pt Field Goal Pct 1983-84 NBA .261 (6)
Free Throw Pct 1978-79 NBA .882 (5) 1980-81 NBA .935 (2) Career NBA .843 (64) Career .843 (68)	Minutes Per Game 1977-78 NBA 38.2 (9)	Assists Per Game 1977-78 NBA 7.4 (3)	Steals Per Game 1977-78 NBA 2.2 (7)
Assist Pct 1977-78 NBA 27.7 (6)	Hall of Fame Probability Career 0.002 (441)	NBA Elo Player Rating 443rd (overall) as of Jun 18, 2013, 5:14AM

Transactions

May 29, 1975: Traded by the Buffalo Braves (as a 1975 1st round draft pick) to the Phoenix Suns for a 1976 1st round draft pick (Adrian Dantley).

May 29, 1975: Drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1975 NBA Draft.

September 6, 1977: Traded by the Phoenix Suns to the Indiana Pacers for Don Buse.

July 17, 1979: Sent to the Chicago Bulls as compensation for the Indiana Pacers signing Mickey Johnson as a veteran free agent.

November 3, 1980: Signed as a free agent with the Chicago Bulls.

January 24, 1983: Signed as a veteran free agent with the Washington Bullets; the Chicago Bulls received a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Sidney Lowe) and a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Tyrone Corbin) as compensation.

June 19, 1984: Traded by the Washington Bullets with Tim McCormick to the Seattle SuperSonics for Gus Williams.

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
1985-86	Seattle SuperSonics	NBA	$425,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$425,000

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