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Darrell Walker

Darrell Walker

Position: Guard ▪ Height: 6-4 ▪ Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: March 9, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois
High School: Corliss in Chicago, Illinois
College: University of Arkansas
Draft: New York Knicks, 1st round (12th pick, 12th overall), 1983 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 28, 1983
As Coach: 3 Yrs, 56-113, .331 W-L% (Full Record)

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 7:10AM
All-Time Rank: #453. Mike Bantom… #454. DARRELL WALKER… #455. Quinn Buckner… #456. Larry Drew… 

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
1983-84 22 NYK NBA 82 0 1324 216 518 .417 4 15 .267 208 263 .791 74 93 167 284 127 15 194 202 644
1984-85 23 NYK NBA 82 66 2489 430 989 .435 0 17 .000 243 347 .700 128 150 278 408 167 21 204 244 1103
1985-86 24 NYK NBA 81 35 2023 324 753 .430 0 10 .000 190 277 .686 100 120 220 337 146 36 192 216 838
1986-87 25 DEN NBA 81 25 2020 358 742 .482 0 4 .000 272 365 .745 157 170 327 282 120 37 187 229 988
1987-88 26 WSB NBA 52 0 940 114 291 .392 0 6 .000 82 105 .781 43 84 127 100 62 10 69 105 310
1988-89 27 WSB NBA 79 78 2565 286 681 .420 0 9 .000 142 184 .772 135 372 507 496 155 23 184 215 714
1989-90 28 WSB NBA 81 81 2883 316 696 .454 2 21 .095 138 201 .687 173 541 714 652 139 30 173 220 772
1990-91 29 WSB NBA 71 65 2305 230 535 .430 0 9 .000 93 154 .604 140 358 498 459 78 33 154 199 553
1991-92 30 DET NBA 74 4 1541 161 381 .423 0 10 .000 65 105 .619 85 153 238 205 63 18 79 134 387
1992-93 31 TOT NBA 37 2 511 34 96 .354 0 1 .000 12 26 .462 22 36 58 53 33 2 25 63 80
1992-93 31 DET NBA 9 2 144 3 19 .158 0 1 .000 2 6 .333 4 15 19 9 10 0 13 12 8
1992-93 31 CHI NBA 28 0 367 31 77 .403 0 0 10 20 .500 18 21 39 44 23 2 12 51 72
Career NBA 720 356 18601 2469 5682 .435 6 102 .059 1445 2027 .713 1057 2077 3134 3276 1090 225 1461 1827 6389

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
1983-84 22 NYK NBA 82 0 16.1 2.6 6.3 .417 0.0 0.2 .267 2.5 3.2 .791 0.9 1.1 2.0 3.5 1.5 0.2 2.4 2.5 7.9
1984-85 23 NYK NBA 82 66 30.4 5.2 12.1 .435 0.0 0.2 .000 3.0 4.2 .700 1.6 1.8 3.4 5.0 2.0 0.3 2.5 3.0 13.5
1985-86 24 NYK NBA 81 35 25.0 4.0 9.3 .430 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 3.4 .686 1.2 1.5 2.7 4.2 1.8 0.4 2.4 2.7 10.3
1986-87 25 DEN NBA 81 25 24.9 4.4 9.2 .482 0.0 0.0 .000 3.4 4.5 .745 1.9 2.1 4.0 3.5 1.5 0.5 2.3 2.8 12.2
1987-88 26 WSB NBA 52 0 18.1 2.2 5.6 .392 0.0 0.1 .000 1.6 2.0 .781 0.8 1.6 2.4 1.9 1.2 0.2 1.3 2.0 6.0
1988-89 27 WSB NBA 79 78 32.5 3.6 8.6 .420 0.0 0.1 .000 1.8 2.3 .772 1.7 4.7 6.4 6.3 2.0 0.3 2.3 2.7 9.0
1989-90 28 WSB NBA 81 81 35.6 3.9 8.6 .454 0.0 0.3 .095 1.7 2.5 .687 2.1 6.7 8.8 8.0 1.7 0.4 2.1 2.7 9.5
1990-91 29 WSB NBA 71 65 32.5 3.2 7.5 .430 0.0 0.1 .000 1.3 2.2 .604 2.0 5.0 7.0 6.5 1.1 0.5 2.2 2.8 7.8
1991-92 30 DET NBA 74 4 20.8 2.2 5.1 .423 0.0 0.1 .000 0.9 1.4 .619 1.1 2.1 3.2 2.8 0.9 0.2 1.1 1.8 5.2
1992-93 31 TOT NBA 37 2 13.8 0.9 2.6 .354 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.7 .462 0.6 1.0 1.6 1.4 0.9 0.1 0.7 1.7 2.2
1992-93 31 DET NBA 9 2 16.0 0.3 2.1 .158 0.0 0.1 .000 0.2 0.7 .333 0.4 1.7 2.1 1.0 1.1 0.0 1.4 1.3 0.9
1992-93 31 CHI NBA 28 0 13.1 1.1 2.8 .403 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 .500 0.6 0.8 1.4 1.6 0.8 0.1 0.4 1.8 2.6
Career NBA 720 356 25.8 3.4 7.9 .435 0.0 0.1 .059 2.0 2.8 .713 1.5 2.9 4.4 4.6 1.5 0.3 2.0 2.5 8.9

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
1983-84 22 NYK NBA 82 0 1324 5.9 14.1 .417 0.1 0.4 .267 5.7 7.2 .791 2.0 2.5 4.5 7.7 3.5 0.4 5.3 5.5 17.5
1984-85 23 NYK NBA 82 66 2489 6.2 14.3 .435 0.0 0.2 .000 3.5 5.0 .700 1.9 2.2 4.0 5.9 2.4 0.3 3.0 3.5 16.0
1985-86 24 NYK NBA 81 35 2023 5.8 13.4 .430 0.0 0.2 .000 3.4 4.9 .686 1.8 2.1 3.9 6.0 2.6 0.6 3.4 3.8 14.9
1986-87 25 DEN NBA 81 25 2020 6.4 13.2 .482 0.0 0.1 .000 4.8 6.5 .745 2.8 3.0 5.8 5.0 2.1 0.7 3.3 4.1 17.6
1987-88 26 WSB NBA 52 0 940 4.4 11.1 .392 0.0 0.2 .000 3.1 4.0 .781 1.6 3.2 4.9 3.8 2.4 0.4 2.6 4.0 11.9
1988-89 27 WSB NBA 79 78 2565 4.0 9.6 .420 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 2.6 .772 1.9 5.2 7.1 7.0 2.2 0.3 2.6 3.0 10.0
1989-90 28 WSB NBA 81 81 2883 3.9 8.7 .454 0.0 0.3 .095 1.7 2.5 .687 2.2 6.8 8.9 8.1 1.7 0.4 2.2 2.7 9.6
1990-91 29 WSB NBA 71 65 2305 3.6 8.4 .430 0.0 0.1 .000 1.5 2.4 .604 2.2 5.6 7.8 7.2 1.2 0.5 2.4 3.1 8.6
1991-92 30 DET NBA 74 4 1541 3.8 8.9 .423 0.0 0.2 .000 1.5 2.5 .619 2.0 3.6 5.6 4.8 1.5 0.4 1.8 3.1 9.0
1992-93 31 TOT NBA 37 2 511 2.4 6.8 .354 0.0 0.1 .000 0.8 1.8 .462 1.5 2.5 4.1 3.7 2.3 0.1 1.8 4.4 5.6
1992-93 31 DET NBA 9 2 144 0.7 4.7 .158 0.0 0.2 .000 0.5 1.5 .333 1.0 3.7 4.7 2.3 2.5 0.0 3.2 3.0 2.0
1992-93 31 CHI NBA 28 0 367 3.0 7.6 .403 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 .500 1.8 2.1 3.8 4.3 2.3 0.2 1.2 5.0 7.1
Career NBA 720 356 18601 4.8 11.0 .435 0.0 0.2 .059 2.8 3.9 .713 2.0 4.0 6.1 6.3 2.1 0.4 2.8 3.5 12.4

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
1983-84 22 NYK NBA 82 1324 15.9 .508 .421 6.8 8.5 7.7 31.1 4.6 0.7 23.4 26.1 97 99 -0.4 2.7 2.3 .083
1984-85 23 NYK NBA 82 2489 14.7 .483 .435 5.8 7.2 6.5 23.6 3.2 0.5 15.2 22.4 101 109 0.5 2.3 2.8 .054
1985-86 24 NYK NBA 81 2023 14.0 .479 .430 5.3 7.0 6.2 25.3 3.5 1.1 18.0 22.1 96 103 -0.9 3.0 2.1 .050
1986-87 25 DEN NBA 81 2020 15.8 .547 .482 7.7 9.4 8.5 18.1 2.7 1.0 17.2 20.7 107 109 2.0 1.8 3.8 .090
1987-88 26 WSB NBA 52 940 10.6 .460 .392 5.1 10.1 7.5 14.7 3.2 0.6 17.0 17.8 95 106 -0.4 1.2 0.8 .041
1988-89 27 WSB NBA 79 2565 13.4 .469 .420 5.5 16.5 10.8 25.0 2.9 0.5 19.5 14.8 101 106 0.5 3.3 3.7 .070
1989-90 28 WSB NBA 81 2883 15.6 .492 .455 6.4 20.4 13.4 28.4 2.3 0.6 18.1 13.6 109 106 2.7 3.6 6.3 .105
1990-91 29 WSB NBA 71 2305 12.4 .459 .430 6.6 17.0 11.8 26.4 1.7 0.8 20.3 13.7 101 107 0.3 2.6 2.9 .061
1991-92 30 DET NBA 74 1541 10.9 .453 .423 6.3 11.1 8.7 18.9 2.1 0.7 15.6 14.4 101 105 0.3 2.1 2.4 .075
1992-93 31 TOT NBA 37 511 6.4 .372 .354 4.8 8.3 6.5 13.1 3.3 0.3 18.9 11.2 88 106 -0.4 0.6 0.2 .019
1992-93 31 DET NBA 9 144 0.1 .185 .158 2.9 12.1 7.3 7.8 3.6 0.0 37.5 10.3 43 106 -0.5 0.2 -0.3 -0.117
1992-93 31 CHI NBA 28 367 8.9 .420 .403 5.5 6.8 6.1 15.1 3.3 0.4 12.3 11.5 103 106 0.1 0.5 0.6 .073
Career NBA 720 18601 13.7 .486 .435 6.2 12.6 9.3 23.9 2.8 0.7 18.2 17.7 101 106 4.0 23.4 27.4 .071

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
1983-84 22 NYK NBA 12 195 27 73 0 0 28 46 20 35 20 24 2 32 29 82 .370 .609 16.3 6.8 2.9 1.7
1986-87 25 DEN NBA 3 68 11 34 0 0 4 7 3 10 5 2 0 4 4 26 .324 .571 22.7 8.7 3.3 1.7
1987-88 26 WSB NBA 5 155 22 54 0 1 11 16 9 24 14 7 4 9 18 55 .407 .000 .688 31.0 11.0 4.8 2.8
1991-92 30 DET NBA 5 68 3 9 0 0 4 4 5 12 4 1 0 5 7 10 .333 1.000 13.6 2.0 2.4 0.8
1992-93 31 CHI NBA 9 22 1 4 0 0 2 3 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 4 .250 .667 2.4 0.4 0.1 0.6
Career NBA 34 508 64 174 0 1 49 76 37 82 48 34 6 51 58 177 .368 .000 .645 14.9 5.2 2.4 1.4

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
1983-84 22 NYK NBA 12 195 10.9 .440 .370 11.7 8.6 10.1 14.4 6.0 0.6 25.6 26.6 82 104 -0.6 0.3 -0.3 -0.066
1986-87 25 DEN NBA 3 68 4.8 .351 .324 3.9 11.6 7.2 9.7 1.3 0.0 9.7 22.5 76 127 -0.2 0.0 -0.3 -0.196
1987-88 26 WSB NBA 5 155 12.2 .451 .407 6.9 11.5 9.2 15.0 2.4 1.6 12.8 20.4 97 109 -0.1 0.2 0.1 .035
1991-92 30 DET NBA 5 68 4.4 .465 .333 8.8 11.4 10.1 9.8 0.8 0.0 31.7 11.2 85 108 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .006
1992-93 31 CHI NBA 9 22 8.1 .376 .250 0.0 5.5 2.8 29.5 0.0 0.0 15.8 13.2 99 115 0.0 0.0 0.0 .009
Career NBA 34 508 9.5 .427 .368 8.3 10.1 9.1 14.0 3.3 0.7 19.7 21.5 86 110 -1.0 0.5 -0.4 -0.040

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 10 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Darrell Walker 6.3 3.8 3.7 2.9 2.8 2.4 2.3 2.1 0.8 0.2
Vernon Maxwell 86.8 5.9 3.9 3.9 3.5 2.8 1.9 1.5 0.9 0.8 0.0
Gerald Henderson 86.2 6.2 5.3 3.7 3.6 2.9 2.3 2.2 1.7 1.3 1.1
Kevin Grevey 86.0 5.8 4.4 3.6 3.4 3.3 2.1 2.0 1.0 0.7 0.1
Kevin Loughery 85.3 8.0 4.0 3.6 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.5 0.1 -0.3
Eric Piatkowski 85.1 5.5 4.5 3.9 3.6 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.0 1.2 0.9
Bimbo Coles 85.0 5.7 5.0 3.2 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.3 1.1 0.9 0.5
Lester Conner 84.7 6.2 5.9 3.7 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.1 0.8 0.7 0.5
Guy Rodgers 84.4 6.2 4.8 4.3 4.0 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.1 -0.2
Jim Cleamons 84.2 7.1 5.5 3.8 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.3 1.7 0.1
Chris Childs 84.0 5.8 3.9 3.7 2.9 2.2 2.1 1.2 1.1 0.1
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Darrell Walker 6.3 3.8 3.7 2.9 2.8 2.4 2.3 2.1 0.8 0.2
George McCloud 89.1 5.8 3.8 3.3 3.2 2.6 2.4 2.3 1.4 0.9 0.1 -0.4 -0.7
Kevin Loughery 86.9 8.0 4.0 3.6 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.5 0.6 0.1 -0.3
Vernon Maxwell 86.1 5.9 3.9 3.9 3.5 2.8 1.9 1.6 1.5 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.0 0.0
Kevin Grevey 86.0 5.8 4.4 3.6 3.4 3.3 2.1 2.0 1.0 0.7 0.1
Jim Cleamons 84.2 7.1 5.5 3.8 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.3 1.7 0.1
Lester Conner 84.1 6.2 5.9 3.7 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.1 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.0
Darwin Cook 84.0 6.0 3.9 3.6 3.0 2.7 1.6 1.2 0.9
Bimbo Coles 84.0 5.7 5.0 3.2 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.3 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 -0.1
Chris Childs 84.0 5.8 3.9 3.7 2.9 2.2 2.1 1.2 1.1 0.1
Travis Best 83.9 7.2 5.1 4.1 3.4 3.3 2.5 2.1 1.8 0.7 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
1980-81 19 ARKANSAS 31 926 137 269 75 125 139 103 79 28 120 85 349 .509 .600 29.9 11.3 4.5 3.3
1981-82 20 ARKANSAS 29 1039 162 316 106 161 152 47 67 11 108 89 430 .513 .658 35.8 14.8 5.2 1.6
1982-83 21 ARKANSAS 30 1105 197 374 152 238 172 98 84 11 116 85 546 .527 .639 36.8 18.2 5.7 3.3
Career 90 3070 496 959 333 524 463 248 230 50 344 259 1325 .517 .635 34.1 14.7 5.1 2.8

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors
1982-83 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
1983-84 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
Championships
(Minimum 1 playoff game)
1993 Chicago Bulls (NBA)
Games
1983-84 NBA 82 (1)
1984-85 NBA 82 (1)
Defensive Rebounds
1989-90 NBA 541 (9)
Assists
1989-90 NBA 652 (9)
Steals
1984-85 NBA 167 (9)
Assists Per Game
1989-90 NBA 8.0 (10)
Steal Pct
1983-84 NBA 4.6 (1)
1984-85 NBA 3.2 (7)
1985-86 NBA 3.5 (5)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.002 (433)
NBA Elo Player Rating
454th (overall) as of Feb 10, 2012, 7:10AM
   

Transactions

June 28, 1983: Drafted by the New York Knicks in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1983 NBA Draft.

October 2, 1986: Traded by the New York Knicks to the Denver Nuggets for a 1987 1st round draft pick (Olden Polynice).

November 2, 1987: Traded by the Denver Nuggets with Mark Alarie to the Washington Bullets for Michael Adams and Jay Vincent.

September 5, 1991: Traded by the Washington Bullets to the Detroit Pistons for a 1993 2nd round draft pick (Conrad McRae) and a 1995 2nd round draft pick (Frankie King).

November 25, 1992: Waived by the Detroit Pistons.

January 28, 1993: Signed the first of two 10-day contracts with the Chicago Bulls.

February 17, 1993: Signed as a free agent with the Chicago Bulls.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 New York Knicks NBA $265,000
1987-88 Washington Bullets NBA $400,000
1988-89 Washington Bullets NBA $450,000
1990-91 Washington Bullets NBA $610,000
1991-92 Detroit Pistons NBA $665,000
1992-93 Detroit Pistons NBA $735,000
Career (may be incomplete) $3,125,000

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