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Rudy Tomjanovich

Rudolph Tomjanovich (Rudy, Rudy T.)

Position: Forward ▪ Height: 6-8 ▪ Weight: 218 lbs.
Born: November 24, 1948 in Hamtramck, Michigan
High School: Hamtramck in Hamtramck, Michigan
College: University of Michigan
Draft: San Diego Rockets, 1st round (2nd pick, 2nd overall), 1970 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 13, 1970
As Coach: 13 Yrs, 527-416, .559 W-L% (Full Record)

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 7:12AM
All-Time Rank: #153. World B. Free… #153. Sam Perkins… #153. RUDY TOMJANOVICH… 

Totals

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
1970-71 22 SDR NBA 77 1062 168 439 .383 73 112 .652 381 73 124 409
1971-72 23 HOU NBA 78 2689 500 1010 .495 172 238 .723 923 117 193 1172
1972-73 24 HOU NBA 81 2972 655 1371 .478 250 335 .746 938 178 225 1560
1973-74 25 HOU NBA 80 3227 788 1470 .536 385 454 .848 230 487 717 250 89 66 230 1961
1974-75 26 HOU NBA 81 3134 694 1323 .525 289 366 .790 184 429 613 236 76 24 230 1677
1975-76 27 HOU NBA 79 2912 622 1202 .517 221 288 .767 167 499 666 188 42 19 206 1465
1976-77 28 HOU NBA 81 3130 733 1437 .510 287 342 .839 172 512 684 172 57 27 198 1753
1977-78 29 HOU NBA 23 849 217 447 .485 61 81 .753 40 98 138 32 15 5 38 63 495
1978-79 30 HOU NBA 74 2641 620 1200 .517 168 221 .760 170 402 572 137 44 18 138 186 1408
1979-80 31 HOU NBA 62 1834 370 778 .476 22 79 .278 118 147 .803 132 226 358 109 32 10 98 161 880
1980-81 32 HOU NBA 52 1264 263 563 .467 12 51 .235 65 82 .793 78 130 208 81 19 6 58 121 603
Career NBA 768 25714 5630 11240 .501 34 130 .262 2089 2666 .784 1173 2783 6198 1573 374 175 332 1937 13383

Per Game

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
1970-71 22 SDR NBA 77 13.8 2.2 5.7 .383 0.9 1.5 .652 4.9 0.9 1.6 5.3
1971-72 23 HOU NBA 78 34.5 6.4 12.9 .495 2.2 3.1 .723 11.8 1.5 2.5 15.0
1972-73 24 HOU NBA 81 36.7 8.1 16.9 .478 3.1 4.1 .746 11.6 2.2 2.8 19.3
1973-74 25 HOU NBA 80 40.3 9.9 18.4 .536 4.8 5.7 .848 2.9 6.1 9.0 3.1 1.1 0.8 2.9 24.5
1974-75 26 HOU NBA 81 38.7 8.6 16.3 .525 3.6 4.5 .790 2.3 5.3 7.6 2.9 0.9 0.3 2.8 20.7
1975-76 27 HOU NBA 79 36.9 7.9 15.2 .517 2.8 3.6 .767 2.1 6.3 8.4 2.4 0.5 0.2 2.6 18.5
1976-77 28 HOU NBA 81 38.6 9.0 17.7 .510 3.5 4.2 .839 2.1 6.3 8.4 2.1 0.7 0.3 2.4 21.6
1977-78 29 HOU NBA 23 36.9 9.4 19.4 .485 2.7 3.5 .753 1.7 4.3 6.0 1.4 0.7 0.2 1.7 2.7 21.5
1978-79 30 HOU NBA 74 35.7 8.4 16.2 .517 2.3 3.0 .760 2.3 5.4 7.7 1.9 0.6 0.2 1.9 2.5 19.0
1979-80 31 HOU NBA 62 29.6 6.0 12.5 .476 0.4 1.3 .278 1.9 2.4 .803 2.1 3.6 5.8 1.8 0.5 0.2 1.6 2.6 14.2
1980-81 32 HOU NBA 52 24.3 5.1 10.8 .467 0.2 1.0 .235 1.3 1.6 .793 1.5 2.5 4.0 1.6 0.4 0.1 1.1 2.3 11.6
Career NBA 768 33.5 7.3 14.6 .501 0.3 1.1 .262 2.7 3.5 .784 2.2 5.2 8.1 2.0 0.7 0.3 1.6 2.5 17.4

Per 36 Minutes

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
1970-71 22 SDR NBA 77 1062 5.7 14.9 .383 2.5 3.8 .652 12.9 2.5 4.2 13.9
1971-72 23 HOU NBA 78 2689 6.7 13.5 .495 2.3 3.2 .723 12.4 1.6 2.6 15.7
1972-73 24 HOU NBA 81 2972 7.9 16.6 .478 3.0 4.1 .746 11.4 2.2 2.7 18.9
1973-74 25 HOU NBA 80 3227 8.8 16.4 .536 4.3 5.1 .848 2.6 5.4 8.0 2.8 1.0 0.7 2.6 21.9
1974-75 26 HOU NBA 81 3134 8.0 15.2 .525 3.3 4.2 .790 2.1 4.9 7.0 2.7 0.9 0.3 2.6 19.3
1975-76 27 HOU NBA 79 2912 7.7 14.9 .517 2.7 3.6 .767 2.1 6.2 8.2 2.3 0.5 0.2 2.5 18.1
1976-77 28 HOU NBA 81 3130 8.4 16.5 .510 3.3 3.9 .839 2.0 5.9 7.9 2.0 0.7 0.3 2.3 20.2
1977-78 29 HOU NBA 23 849 9.2 19.0 .485 2.6 3.4 .753 1.7 4.2 5.9 1.4 0.6 0.2 1.6 2.7 21.0
1978-79 30 HOU NBA 74 2641 8.5 16.4 .517 2.3 3.0 .760 2.3 5.5 7.8 1.9 0.6 0.2 1.9 2.5 19.2
1979-80 31 HOU NBA 62 1834 7.3 15.3 .476 0.4 1.6 .278 2.3 2.9 .803 2.6 4.4 7.0 2.1 0.6 0.2 1.9 3.2 17.3
1980-81 32 HOU NBA 52 1264 7.5 16.0 .467 0.3 1.5 .235 1.9 2.3 .793 2.2 3.7 5.9 2.3 0.5 0.2 1.7 3.4 17.2
Career NBA 768 25714 7.9 15.7 .501 0.4 1.5 .262 2.9 3.7 .784 2.2 5.3 8.7 2.2 0.7 0.3 1.8 2.7 18.7

Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1970-71 22 SDR NBA 77 1062 12.2 .419 .383 15.7 9.3 -1.1 2.1 1.0 .043
1971-72 23 HOU NBA 78 2689 16.6 .526 .495 15.5 6.0 3.8 4.6 8.4 .150
1972-73 24 HOU NBA 81 2972 17.5 .514 .478 14.8 8.1 4.4 2.4 6.9 .111
1973-74 25 HOU NBA 80 3227 20.5 .587 .536 7.7 16.0 11.9 11.9 1.2 1.1 101 10.8 2.1 12.8 .191
1974-75 26 HOU NBA 81 3134 17.8 .565 .525 6.5 15.3 10.9 11.6 1.1 0.4 101 8.2 1.9 10.1 .155
1975-76 27 HOU NBA 79 2912 16.1 .551 .517 6.4 18.0 12.4 9.4 0.7 0.3 103 6.1 1.2 7.3 .120
1976-77 28 HOU NBA 81 3130 17.9 .552 .510 6.2 17.2 11.9 8.3 0.9 0.5 104 8.8 1.5 10.4 .159
1977-78 29 HOU NBA 23 849 17.1 .513 .485 4.9 12.6 8.6 5.9 0.8 0.3 7.3 24.4 106 108 1.6 0.1 1.7 .095
1978-79 30 HOU NBA 74 2641 16.4 .543 .517 7.1 16.3 11.8 7.3 0.8 0.4 9.6 21.4 111 109 5.0 1.1 6.2 .112
1979-80 31 HOU NBA 62 1834 14.2 .522 .490 7.7 14.0 10.8 8.5 0.8 0.3 10.4 20.3 110 110 2.8 0.8 3.6 .094
1980-81 32 HOU NBA 52 1264 13.5 .503 .478 6.8 11.6 9.2 9.2 0.7 0.3 8.8 21.1 107 110 1.5 0.6 2.1 .079
Career NBA 768 25714 16.9 .539 .502 6.8 15.8 12.4 8.9 0.9 0.5 9.3 21.4 109 105 51.9 18.4 70.4 .131

Playoffs

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
1974-75 26 HOU NBA 8 304 72 128 40 48 22 64 23 1 4 17 184 .563 .833 38.0 23.0 8.0 2.9
1976-77 28 HOU NBA 12 457 107 212 29 37 24 65 24 7 3 36 243 .505 .784 38.1 20.3 5.4 2.0
1978-79 30 HOU NBA 2 64 9 23 2 5 7 14 2 1 1 1 1 20 .391 .400 32.0 10.0 7.0 1.0
1979-80 31 HOU NBA 7 185 24 64 1 7 9 13 12 40 10 2 0 14 21 58 .375 .143 .692 26.4 8.3 5.7 1.4
1980-81 32 HOU NBA 8 31 1 9 0 3 4 6 2 6 0 0 0 2 3 6 .111 .000 .667 3.9 0.8 0.8 0.0
Career NBA 37 1041 213 436 1 10 84 109 67 189 59 11 8 17 78 511 .489 .100 .771 28.1 13.8 5.1 1.6

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1974-75 26 HOU NBA 8 304 20.9 .617 .563 8.1 15.7 11.9 11.4 0.2 0.7 108 1.3 -0.1 1.2 .193
1976-77 28 HOU NBA 12 457 15.4 .532 .505 5.7 10.1 7.9 7.4 0.7 0.4 109 1.1 0.0 1.1 .115
1978-79 30 HOU NBA 2 64 12.0 .397 .391 8.9 11.7 10.1 5.1 0.8 0.8 3.8 15.5 102 111 0.0 0.0 0.0 .031
1979-80 31 HOU NBA 7 185 6.4 .416 .383 7.5 17.5 12.5 7.4 0.5 0.0 16.7 19.0 86 115 -0.2 0.0 -0.3 -0.067
1980-81 32 HOU NBA 8 31 -1.9 .258 .111 7.0 15.5 11.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.7 19.0 61 109 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.168
Career NBA 37 1041 14.7 .528 .490 7.0 13.3 10.1 8.2 0.5 0.4 13.8 18.2 86 110 2.2 -0.2 2.0 .092

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1973-74 25 HOU NBA 1 0 17:00 2 5 .400 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 1 4
1974-75 26 HOU NBA 1 0 14:00 0 3 .000 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0
1975-76 27 HOU NBA 1 0 12:00 1 2 .500 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 2
1976-77 28 HOU NBA 1 0 22:00 3 9 .333 0 0 2 10 1 1 1 1 6
1978-79 30 HOU NBA 1 1 24:00 6 13 .462 0 0 4 6 1 0 0 0 2 12
Career NBA 5 1 89 12 32 .375 0 0 10 27 2 1 1 0 9 24

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 11 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Rudy Tomjanovich 12.8 10.4 10.1 8.4 7.3 6.9 6.2 3.6 2.1 1.7 1.0
Kiki Vandeweghe 90.0 11.0 10.8 10.3 9.9 8.4 7.7 5.7 3.8 2.0 1.2 0.8
Peja Stojakovic 89.9 13.5 10.1 10.1 9.9 8.1 8.0 7.3 4.8 3.8 1.7 0.9
Roger Brown 89.7 13.3 10.9 10.0 9.3 7.3 6.5 6.1 1.8
George McGinnis 89.3 11.6 11.4 10.1 8.6 8.5 7.9 7.1 5.3 1.9 1.7 0.4
Richard Jefferson 89.2 11.7 11.0 9.9 7.6 6.6 6.0 5.9 4.7 3.4 2.4
Chris Webber 88.9 11.0 10.7 9.3 8.6 8.3 7.8 6.9 4.0 3.6 1.9 1.1
Detlef Schrempf 88.8 12.9 10.4 9.8 9.0 8.4 8.2 8.1 4.4 4.0 3.6 0.8
Billy Cunningham 88.6 11.9 10.3 10.0 9.0 8.3 6.8 6.4 6.1 5.0 3.5 1.2
Lou Hudson 88.5 11.1 10.1 9.7 9.3 8.8 7.9 5.9 4.9 2.7 2.2 0.8
Grant Hill 87.8 14.6 11.7 10.7 10.2 7.3 6.6 5.4 2.5 1.7 1.2 0.3
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Rudy Tomjanovich 12.8 10.4 10.1 8.4 7.3 6.9 6.2 3.6 2.1 1.7 1.0
Roger Brown 89.7 13.3 10.9 10.0 9.3 7.3 6.5 6.1 1.8
George McGinnis 89.3 11.6 11.4 10.1 8.6 8.5 7.9 7.1 5.3 1.9 1.7 0.4
Richard Jefferson 89.2 11.7 11.0 9.9 7.6 6.6 6.0 5.9 4.7 3.4 2.4
Billy Cunningham 88.6 11.9 10.3 10.0 9.0 8.3 6.8 6.4 6.1 5.0 3.5 1.2
Kiki Vandeweghe 88.1 11.0 10.8 10.3 9.9 8.4 7.7 5.7 3.8 2.9 2.0 1.2 1.1 0.8
Peja Stojakovic 86.9 13.5 10.1 10.1 9.9 8.1 8.0 7.3 4.8 3.8 2.7 1.7 1.6 0.9
Lamar Odom 85.2 10.1 9.7 9.2 8.4 7.7 6.9 6.5 4.7 4.7 3.2 2.2 0.7
Cedric Maxwell 85.0 12.2 11.7 11.0 9.1 6.6 6.4 5.4 5.4 4.6 4.2 2.0
George Yardley 84.9 12.3 10.0 9.0 7.6 7.5 6.8 5.3
Spencer Haywood 84.8 17.1 10.2 9.7 8.7 7.3 6.8 4.3 3.6 3.1 3.1 2.2 2.1 0.4

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
1966-67 18 MICHIGAN 3 28 6 15 62 .400 20.7
1967-68 19 MICHIGAN 24 210 446 49 78 323 469 .471 .628 19.5 13.5
1968-69 20 MICHIGAN 24 269 541 79 131 340 617 .497 .603 25.7 14.2
1969-70 21 MICHIGAN 24 286 604 150 200 376 722 .474 .750 30.1 15.7
Career 72 765 1591 278 409 1039 1808 .481 .680 25.1 14.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1974 NBA
1975 NBA
1976 NBA
1977 NBA
1979 NBA
Honors
1969-70 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
MVP Award Shares
1973-74 NBA 0.001 (17)
1974-75 NBA 0.001 (21)
Career 0.002 (212)
Minutes Played
1973-74 NBA 3227 (9)
1974-75 NBA 3134 (10)
1976-77 NBA 3130 (3)
Field Goals
1973-74 NBA 788 (5)
1974-75 NBA 694 (10)
1976-77 NBA 733 (8)
Field Goal Pct
1973-74 NBA .536 (3)
1974-75 NBA .525 (3)
1975-76 NBA .517 (7)
Free Throws
1973-74 NBA 385 (6)
Free Throw Attempts
1973-74 NBA 454 (8)
Points
1973-74 NBA 1961 (6)
Minutes Per Game
1973-74 NBA 40.3 (9)
1976-77 NBA 38.6 (6)
Points Per Game
1973-74 NBA 24.5 (6)
Player Efficiency Rating
1973-74 NBA 20.5 (5)
True Shooting Pct
1973-74 NBA .587 (2)
1974-75 NBA .565 (6)
Effective Field Goal Pct
1973-74 NBA .536 (3)
1974-75 NBA .525 (3)
1975-76 NBA .517 (7)
Turnover Pct
1978-79 NBA 9.6 (4)
Offensive Win Shares
1973-74 NBA 10.8 (2)
1974-75 NBA 8.2 (5)
1976-77 NBA 8.8 (3)
Win Shares
1973-74 NBA 12.8 (4)
1974-75 NBA 10.1 (10)
1976-77 NBA 10.4 (10)
Win Shares Per 48 Minutes
1973-74 NBA .191 (5)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.213 (137)
NBA Elo Player Rating
153rd (overall) as of Feb 11, 2012, 7:12AM

Transactions

March 23, 1970: Drafted by the San Diego Rockets in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1970 NBA Draft.

October 2, 1981: Retired from the Houston Rockets.

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