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Andrew Toney

Andrew Toney (The Boston Strangler)

Position: Guard ▪ Height: 6-3 ▪ Weight: 178 lbs.
Born: November 23, 1957 in Birmingham, Alabama
High School: Glenn in Birmingham, Alabama
College: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Draft: Philadelphia 76ers, 1st round (8th pick, 8th overall), 1980 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 28, 1980

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All-Star

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
1980-81 23 PHI NBA 75 1768 399 806 .495 9 29 .310 161 226 .712 32 111 143 273 59 10 219 234 968
1981-82 24 PHI NBA 77 1 1909 511 979 .522 25 59 .424 227 306 .742 43 91 134 283 64 17 214 269 1274
1982-83 25 PHI NBA 81 81 2474 626 1250 .501 22 76 .289 324 411 .788 42 183 225 365 80 17 271 255 1598
1983-84 26 PHI NBA 78 72 2556 593 1125 .527 12 38 .316 390 465 .839 57 136 193 373 70 23 297 251 1588
1984-85 27 PHI NBA 70 65 2237 450 914 .492 39 105 .371 306 355 .862 35 142 177 363 65 24 224 211 1245
1985-86 28 PHI NBA 6 0 84 11 36 .306 0 2 .000 3 8 .375 2 3 5 12 2 0 7 8 25
1986-87 29 PHI NBA 52 12 1058 197 437 .451 22 67 .328 133 167 .796 16 69 85 188 18 8 112 78 549
1987-88 30 PHI NBA 29 15 522 72 171 .421 9 27 .333 58 72 .806 8 39 47 108 11 6 50 35 211
Career NBA 468 246 12608 2859 5718 .500 138 403 .342 1602 2010 .797 235 774 1009 1965 369 105 1394 1341 7458

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
1980-81 23 PHI NBA 75 23.6 5.3 10.7 .495 0.1 0.4 .310 2.1 3.0 .712 0.4 1.5 1.9 3.6 0.8 0.1 2.9 3.1 12.9
1981-82 24 PHI NBA 77 1 24.8 6.6 12.7 .522 0.3 0.8 .424 2.9 4.0 .742 0.6 1.2 1.7 3.7 0.8 0.2 2.8 3.5 16.5
1982-83 25 PHI NBA 81 81 30.5 7.7 15.4 .501 0.3 0.9 .289 4.0 5.1 .788 0.5 2.3 2.8 4.5 1.0 0.2 3.3 3.1 19.7
1983-84 26 PHI NBA 78 72 32.8 7.6 14.4 .527 0.2 0.5 .316 5.0 6.0 .839 0.7 1.7 2.5 4.8 0.9 0.3 3.8 3.2 20.4
1984-85 27 PHI NBA 70 65 32.0 6.4 13.1 .492 0.6 1.5 .371 4.4 5.1 .862 0.5 2.0 2.5 5.2 0.9 0.3 3.2 3.0 17.8
1985-86 28 PHI NBA 6 0 14.0 1.8 6.0 .306 0.0 0.3 .000 0.5 1.3 .375 0.3 0.5 0.8 2.0 0.3 0.0 1.2 1.3 4.2
1986-87 29 PHI NBA 52 12 20.3 3.8 8.4 .451 0.4 1.3 .328 2.6 3.2 .796 0.3 1.3 1.6 3.6 0.3 0.2 2.2 1.5 10.6
1987-88 30 PHI NBA 29 15 18.0 2.5 5.9 .421 0.3 0.9 .333 2.0 2.5 .806 0.3 1.3 1.6 3.7 0.4 0.2 1.7 1.2 7.3
Career NBA 468 246 26.9 6.1 12.2 .500 0.3 0.9 .342 3.4 4.3 .797 0.5 1.7 2.2 4.2 0.8 0.2 3.0 2.9 15.9

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
1980-81 23 PHI NBA 75 1768 8.1 16.4 .495 0.2 0.6 .310 3.3 4.6 .712 0.7 2.3 2.9 5.6 1.2 0.2 4.5 4.8 19.7
1981-82 24 PHI NBA 77 1 1909 9.6 18.5 .522 0.5 1.1 .424 4.3 5.8 .742 0.8 1.7 2.5 5.3 1.2 0.3 4.0 5.1 24.0
1982-83 25 PHI NBA 81 81 2474 9.1 18.2 .501 0.3 1.1 .289 4.7 6.0 .788 0.6 2.7 3.3 5.3 1.2 0.2 3.9 3.7 23.3
1983-84 26 PHI NBA 78 72 2556 8.4 15.8 .527 0.2 0.5 .316 5.5 6.5 .839 0.8 1.9 2.7 5.3 1.0 0.3 4.2 3.5 22.4
1984-85 27 PHI NBA 70 65 2237 7.2 14.7 .492 0.6 1.7 .371 4.9 5.7 .862 0.6 2.3 2.8 5.8 1.0 0.4 3.6 3.4 20.0
1985-86 28 PHI NBA 6 0 84 4.7 15.4 .306 0.0 0.9 .000 1.3 3.4 .375 0.9 1.3 2.1 5.1 0.9 0.0 3.0 3.4 10.7
1986-87 29 PHI NBA 52 12 1058 6.7 14.9 .451 0.7 2.3 .328 4.5 5.7 .796 0.5 2.3 2.9 6.4 0.6 0.3 3.8 2.7 18.7
1987-88 30 PHI NBA 29 15 522 5.0 11.8 .421 0.6 1.9 .333 4.0 5.0 .806 0.6 2.7 3.2 7.4 0.8 0.4 3.4 2.4 14.6
Career NBA 468 246 12608 8.2 16.3 .500 0.4 1.2 .342 4.6 5.7 .797 0.7 2.2 2.9 5.6 1.1 0.3 4.0 3.8 21.3

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 WS/48
1980-81 23 PHI NBA 75 1768 12.7 .535 .501 2.1 6.4 4.4 22.4 1.5 0.3 19.5 25.7 97 104 0.0 2.2 2.2 .061
1981-82 24 PHI NBA 77 1909 17.2 .572 .535 2.7 5.1 4.0 23.1 1.6 0.5 16.1 29.0 105 108 2.3 1.7 4.0 .100
1982-83 25 PHI NBA 81 2474 17.9 .558 .510 1.9 7.5 4.8 22.5 1.5 0.4 15.9 27.3 108 104 4.6 2.7 7.3 .141
1983-84 26 PHI NBA 78 2556 17.3 .597 .532 2.6 5.9 4.3 23.7 1.3 0.5 18.3 26.3 110 109 4.2 2.2 6.4 .120
1984-85 27 PHI NBA 70 2237 16.2 .582 .514 1.8 7.1 4.5 24.3 1.4 0.6 17.3 23.3 112 111 4.0 1.5 5.5 .118
1985-86 28 PHI NBA 6 84 2.1 .316 .306 2.7 4.0 3.3 19.5 1.1 0.0 15.0 22.3 74 112 -0.3 0.0 -0.2 -0.128
1986-87 29 PHI NBA 52 1058 14.3 .538 .476 1.8 7.3 4.6 27.2 0.8 0.4 18.0 24.7 105 113 0.8 0.5 1.2 .056
1987-88 30 PHI NBA 29 522 13.2 .521 .447 1.8 8.7 5.2 30.9 1.1 0.7 19.8 20.5 105 114 0.3 0.2 0.5 .050
Career NBA 468 12608 16.1 .565 .512 2.2 6.6 4.4 23.9 1.4 0.5 17.4 25.9 106 108 15.9 11.0 26.9 .103

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
1980-81 23 PHI NBA 16 356 77 180 1 9 66 81 10 37 54 11 7 54 50 221 .428 .111 .815 22.3 13.8 2.3 3.4
1981-82 24 PHI NBA 21 707 185 365 5 15 82 103 20 51 102 18 2 67 86 457 .507 .333 .796 33.7 21.8 2.4 4.9
1982-83 25 PHI NBA 12 357 87 185 0 5 52 69 11 28 55 11 1 45 43 226 .470 .000 .754 29.8 18.8 2.3 4.6
1983-84 26 PHI NBA 5 180 40 77 0 5 23 30 5 11 19 4 1 25 24 103 .519 .000 .767 36.0 20.6 2.2 3.8
1984-85 27 PHI NBA 13 442 83 174 6 14 47 61 8 32 66 12 5 50 46 219 .477 .429 .770 34.0 16.8 2.5 5.1
1986-87 29 PHI NBA 5 104 13 34 0 3 2 2 2 9 27 2 2 16 16 28 .382 .000 1.000 20.8 5.6 1.8 5.4
Career NBA 72 2146 485 1015 12 51 272 346 56 168 323 58 18 257 265 1254 .478 .235 .786 29.8 17.4 2.3 4.5

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
1980-81 23 PHI NBA 16 356 14.3 .512 .431 3.3 8.2 5.9 24.7 1.5 1.1 20.0 31.8 95 109 -0.1 0.2 0.1 .009
1981-82 24 PHI NBA 21 707 17.4 .557 .514 3.3 4.8 4.1 23.8 1.2 0.2 14.0 28.3 108 111 1.2 0.4 1.6 .106
1982-83 25 PHI NBA 12 357 15.5 .525 .470 3.5 5.2 4.4 24.9 1.5 0.2 17.3 30.4 101 106 0.3 0.4 0.6 .083
1983-84 26 PHI NBA 5 180 12.1 .571 .519 3.4 3.9 3.6 17.8 1.1 0.3 21.7 26.6 98 110 0.0 0.2 0.1 .029
1984-85 27 PHI NBA 13 442 12.4 .545 .494 2.0 6.0 4.1 22.2 1.3 0.7 19.9 23.3 102 110 0.1 0.5 0.5 .058
1986-87 29 PHI NBA 5 104 4.3 .401 .382 2.3 7.2 4.9 34.5 0.9 1.1 31.4 20.2 80 117 -0.3 0.1 -0.3 -0.120
Career NBA 72 2146 14.4 .537 .484 3.0 5.7 4.4 23.8 1.3 0.5 18.0 27.7 101 110 1.0 1.6 2.6 .059

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
1982-83 25 PHI NBA 1 0 18:00 4 5 .800 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1 7 2 0 4 0 8
1983-84 26 PHI NBA 1 0 22:00 6 11 .545 0 0 1 1 1.000 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 13
Career NBA 2 0 40 10 16 .625 0 1 .000 1 1 1.000 0 1 10 4 0 4 0 21

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 8 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Andrew Toney 7.3 6.4 5.5 4.0 2.2 1.2 0.5 -0.2
Ralph Simpson 91.2 7.2 7.2 6.3 4.2 2.3 1.2 1.1 -0.2
Johnny Moore 89.2 7.2 6.6 5.8 3.8 3.2 2.1 1.2 -0.1
Eric Murdock 89.1 7.2 6.1 4.3 4.1 2.5 0.6 0.4 0.3
Steve Kerr 88.4 8.3 6.1 5.9 3.2 2.4 1.3 0.6 0.4
Ronnie Brewer 87.7 7.8 6.8 5.4 3.7 1.7
Raja Bell 87.4 6.8 5.8 4.5 3.7 2.2 1.7 1.1 -0.1
Bryant Stith 86.4 6.8 5.6 5.2 3.0 1.6 1.6 0.5 -0.3
Scott Skiles 85.8 8.0 7.0 4.4 3.2 2.0 1.3 0.3 -0.2
Bill Melchionni 85.6 8.4 6.5 4.8 3.3 1.6 1.5 1.1 -0.1
Rafer Alston 85.4 6.6 5.9 5.5 3.4 1.2 0.7 0.3 -0.7
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Andrew Toney 7.3 6.4 5.5 4.0 2.2 1.2 0.5 -0.2
Ralph Simpson 90.1 7.2 7.2 6.3 4.2 2.3 1.2 1.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2
Eric Murdock 88.8 7.2 6.1 4.3 4.1 2.5 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.1
Johnny Moore 88.0 7.2 6.6 5.8 3.8 3.2 2.1 1.2 0.3 -0.1
Ronnie Brewer 87.7 7.8 6.8 5.4 3.7 1.7
Josh Childress 84.7 7.6 5.7 5.5 4.6 1.4
Anthony Parker 84.3 6.5 6.2 4.9 3.4 1.5 0.4 0.2 0.0
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf 84.0 6.8 5.5 5.1 5.0 2.7 0.7 0.6 -0.3 -1.0
George Thompson 84.0 7.7 6.7 6.5 5.6 2.7 1.8
Phil Ford 83.6 6.1 5.7 5.2 2.9 2.4 0.9 0.2
Fred Scolari 83.1 8.5 5.6 5.4 4.5 3.1 1.2 -0.7

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
1976-77 19 ULALA 29 933 253 489 102 133 89 608 .517 .767 32.2 21.0 3.1
1977-78 20 ULALA 27 885 262 468 137 179 71 661 .560 .765 32.8 24.5 2.6
1978-79 21 ULALA 27 900 242 500 146 193 90 630 .484 .756 33.3 23.3 3.3
1979-80 22 ULALA 24 809 239 425 149 185 90 627 .562 .805 33.7 26.1 3.8
Career 107 3527 996 1882 534 690 340 2526 .529 .774 33.0 23.6 3.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1983 NBA
1984 NBA
MVP Award Shares
1984-85 NBA 0.006 (15)
Career 0.006 (175)
Championships
(Minimum 1 playoff game)
1983 Philadelphia 76ers (NBA)
3-Pt Field Goals
1981-82 NBA 25 (9)
1982-83 NBA 22 (7)
3-Pt Field Goal Attempts
1982-83 NBA 76 (8)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct
1981-82 NBA .424 (2)
1984-85 NBA .371 (6)
Turnovers
1982-83 NBA 271 (10)
1983-84 NBA 297 (4)
True Shooting Pct
Career NBA .565 (96)
Career .565 (99)
Usage Pct
1982-83 NBA 27.3 (8)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.030 (228)
   

Transactions

November 2, 1976: Traded by the Indiana Pacers (as a 1980 1st round draft pick) to the Philadelphia 76ers for Mel Bennett.

June 10, 1980: Drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1980 NBA Draft.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 Philadelphia 76ers NBA $710,000
1987-88 Philadelphia 76ers NBA $700,000
1991-92 Philadelphia 76ers NBA $450,000
Career (may be incomplete) $1,860,000

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