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Bill Walton

William Theodore Walton III (Bill)

Position: Center-Forward
Height: 6-11    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: November 5, 1952 in La Mesa, California
High School: Helix in La Mesa, California
College: University of California, Los Angeles

Inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 1993

Drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall) of the 1974 NBA draft.

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Game Logs and Splits

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Splits1986-87 

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
1974-75 22 POR NBA 35 1153 177 345 .513 94 137 .686 92 349 441 167 29 94 115 448
1975-76 23 POR NBA 51 1687 345 732 .471 133 228 .583 132 549 681 220 49 82 144 823
1976-77 24 POR NBA 65 2264 491 930 .528 228 327 .697 211 723 934 245 66 211 174 1210
1977-78 25 POR NBA 58 1929 460 882 .522 177 246 .720 118 648 766 291 60 146 206 145 1097
1979-80 27 SDC NBA 14 337 81 161 .503 0 0 32 54 .593 28 98 126 34 8 38 37 37 194
1982-83 30 SDC NBA 33 32 1099 200 379 .528 0 0 65 117 .556 75 248 323 120 34 119 105 113 465
1983-84 31 SDC NBA 55 46 1476 288 518 .556 0 2 .000 92 154 .597 132 345 477 183 45 88 177 153 668
1984-85 32 LAC NBA 67 37 1647 269 516 .521 0 2 .000 138 203 .680 168 432 600 156 50 140 174 184 676
1985-86 33 BOS NBA 80 2 1546 231 411 .562 0 0 144 202 .713 136 408 544 165 38 106 151 210 606
1986-87 34 BOS NBA 10 0 112 10 26 .385 0 0 8 15 .533 11 20 31 9 1 10 15 23 28
Career NBA 468 117 13250 2552 4900 .521 0 4 .000 1111 1683 .660 1103 3820 4923 1590 380 1034 865 1298 6215

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
1974-75 22 POR NBA 35 32.9 5.1 9.9 .513 2.7 3.9 .686 2.6 10.0 12.6 4.8 0.8 2.7 3.3 12.8
1975-76 23 POR NBA 51 33.1 6.8 14.4 .471 2.6 4.5 .583 2.6 10.8 13.4 4.3 1.0 1.6 2.8 16.1
1976-77 24 POR NBA 65 34.8 7.6 14.3 .528 3.5 5.0 .697 3.2 11.1 14.4 3.8 1.0 3.2 2.7 18.6
1977-78 25 POR NBA 58 33.3 7.9 15.2 .522 3.1 4.2 .720 2.0 11.2 13.2 5.0 1.0 2.5 3.6 2.5 18.9
1979-80 27 SDC NBA 14 24.1 5.8 11.5 .503 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.9 .593 2.0 7.0 9.0 2.4 0.6 2.7 2.6 2.6 13.9
1982-83 30 SDC NBA 33 32 33.3 6.1 11.5 .528 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.5 .556 2.3 7.5 9.8 3.6 1.0 3.6 3.2 3.4 14.1
1983-84 31 SDC NBA 55 46 26.8 5.2 9.4 .556 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.8 .597 2.4 6.3 8.7 3.3 0.8 1.6 3.2 2.8 12.1
1984-85 32 LAC NBA 67 37 24.6 4.0 7.7 .521 0.0 0.0 .000 2.1 3.0 .680 2.5 6.4 9.0 2.3 0.7 2.1 2.6 2.7 10.1
1985-86 33 BOS NBA 80 2 19.3 2.9 5.1 .562 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.5 .713 1.7 5.1 6.8 2.1 0.5 1.3 1.9 2.6 7.6
1986-87 34 BOS NBA 10 0 11.2 1.0 2.6 .385 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.5 .533 1.1 2.0 3.1 0.9 0.1 1.0 1.5 2.3 2.8
Career NBA 468 117 28.3 5.5 10.5 .521 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.6 .660 2.4 8.2 10.5 3.4 0.8 2.2 2.7 2.8 13.3

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
1974-75 22 POR NBA 35 1153 5.5 10.8 .513 2.9 4.3 .686 2.9 10.9 13.8 5.2 0.9 2.9 3.6 14.0
1975-76 23 POR NBA 51 1687 7.4 15.6 .471 2.8 4.9 .583 2.8 11.7 14.5 4.7 1.0 1.7 3.1 17.6
1976-77 24 POR NBA 65 2264 7.8 14.8 .528 3.6 5.2 .697 3.4 11.5 14.9 3.9 1.0 3.4 2.8 19.2
1977-78 25 POR NBA 58 1929 8.6 16.5 .522 3.3 4.6 .720 2.2 12.1 14.3 5.4 1.1 2.7 3.8 2.7 20.5
1979-80 27 SDC NBA 14 337 8.7 17.2 .503 0.0 0.0 3.4 5.8 .593 3.0 10.5 13.5 3.6 0.9 4.1 4.0 4.0 20.7
1982-83 30 SDC NBA 33 32 1099 6.6 12.4 .528 0.0 0.0 2.1 3.8 .556 2.5 8.1 10.6 3.9 1.1 3.9 3.4 3.7 15.2
1983-84 31 SDC NBA 55 46 1476 7.0 12.6 .556 0.0 0.0 .000 2.2 3.8 .597 3.2 8.4 11.6 4.5 1.1 2.1 4.3 3.7 16.3
1984-85 32 LAC NBA 67 37 1647 5.9 11.3 .521 0.0 0.0 .000 3.0 4.4 .680 3.7 9.4 13.1 3.4 1.1 3.1 3.8 4.0 14.8
1985-86 33 BOS NBA 80 2 1546 5.4 9.6 .562 0.0 0.0 3.4 4.7 .713 3.2 9.5 12.7 3.8 0.9 2.5 3.5 4.9 14.1
1986-87 34 BOS NBA 10 0 112 3.2 8.4 .385 0.0 0.0 2.6 4.8 .533 3.5 6.4 10.0 2.9 0.3 3.2 4.8 7.4 9.0
Career NBA 468 117 13250 6.9 13.3 .521 0.0 0.0 .000 3.0 4.6 .660 3.0 10.4 13.4 4.3 1.0 2.8 3.8 3.5 16.9

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
1974-75 22 POR NBA 35 1153 20.0 .553 .513 8.8 30.4 20.0 20.5 1.2 4.3 91 1.5 2.2 3.6
1975-76 23 POR NBA 51 1687 19.5 .494 .471 8.2 32.4 20.6 19.7 1.3 2.5 92 0.8 3.2 3.9
1976-77 24 POR NBA 65 2264 22.9 .563 .528 9.8 32.3 21.2 15.4 1.3 5.0 91 5.4 4.9 10.3
1977-78 25 POR NBA 58 1929 24.8 .554 .522 6.5 34.2 20.7 22.8 1.4 4.1 17.2 24.5 105 89 3.5 4.7 8.2
1979-80 27 SDC NBA 14 337 22.2 .525 .503 8.7 32.5 20.2 15.5 1.1 6.1 16.7 26.3 101 101 0.2 0.5 0.7
1982-83 30 SDC NBA 33 1099 18.0 .540 .528 7.2 27.9 16.7 14.9 1.4 6.3 19.6 18.9 101 103 0.6 1.3 2.0
1983-84 31 SDC NBA 55 1476 17.9 .570 .556 10.2 26.4 18.3 17.1 1.4 3.3 23.2 20.6 102 107 0.7 1.6 2.3
1984-85 32 LAC NBA 67 1647 17.8 .558 .521 11.7 28.1 20.2 13.0 1.4 4.6 22.3 19.3 102 103 0.6 2.7 3.3
1985-86 33 BOS NBA 80 1546 17.0 .606 .562 10.4 27.3 19.4 13.6 1.2 3.8 23.2 17.3 108 97 1.6 3.4 5.0
1986-87 34 BOS NBA 10 112 5.6 .429 .385 12.1 18.5 15.6 9.7 0.4 5.0 31.5 18.1 79 104 -0.3 0.2 -0.1
Career NBA 468 13250 20.0 .551 .521 9.1 30.2 19.8 17.1 1.3 4.2 20.6 20.6 103 96 14.7 24.5 39.2

Playoffs

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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
1976-77 24 POR NBA 19 755 153 302 39 57 56 288 104 20 64 80 345 .507 .684 39.7 18.2 15.2 5.5
1977-78 25 POR NBA 2 49 11 18 5 7 5 22 4 3 3 6 1 27 .611 .714 24.5 13.5 11.0 2.0
1985-86 33 BOS NBA 16 291 54 93 0 1 19 23 25 103 27 6 12 22 45 127 .581 .000 .826 18.2 7.9 6.4 1.7
1986-87 34 BOS NBA 12 102 12 25 0 0 5 14 9 31 10 3 4 8 23 29 .480 .357 8.5 2.4 2.6 0.8
Career NBA 49 1197 230 438 0 1 68 101 95 444 145 32 83 36 149 528 .525 .000 .673 24.4 10.8 9.1 3.0

Playoffs 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
1976-77 24 POR NBA 19 755 19.7 .527 .507 8.1 31.8 20.3 19.4 1.2 4.7 90 0.7 1.8 2.6
1977-78 25 POR NBA 2 49 28.6 .640 .611 11.8 36.7 24.8 13.6 3.0 3.5 22.2 23.8 107 88 0.1 0.1 0.2
1985-86 33 BOS NBA 16 291 17.3 .616 .581 10.4 27.7 19.7 12.9 1.0 2.3 17.6 18.1 115 101 0.4 0.6 1.1
1986-87 34 BOS NBA 12 102 9.2 .465 .480 11.0 24.8 18.2 12.9 1.5 2.3 20.4 16.6 94 111 -0.1 0.1 0.0
Career NBA 49 1197 18.6 .547 .525 9.1 30.4 20.2 17.0 1.2 3.9 18.8 18.4 109 94 1.2 2.7 3.9

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1976-77 24 POR NBA 0
1977-78 25 POR NBA 1 31 6 14 .429 3 3 1.000 2 10 2 3 2 4 3 15
Career NBA 1 31 6 14 .429 3 3 1.000 2 10 2 3 2 4 3 15

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
1971-72 19 UCLA 30 238 372 157 223 466 633 .640 .704 21.1 15.5
1972-73 20 UCLA 30 277 426 58 102 506 168 612 .650 .569 20.4 16.9 5.6
1973-74 21 UCLA 27 232 349 58 100 398 148 522 .665 .580 19.3 14.7 5.5
Career 87 747 1147 273 425 1370 316 1767 .651 .642 20.3 15.7 3.6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1977 NBA
1978 NBA

Awards

1971-72 NCAA AP Player of the Year
1971-72 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player
1971-72 NCAA Naismith Men's College Player of the Year Award
1972-73 NCAA AP Player of the Year
1972-73 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player
1972-73 NCAA Naismith Men's College Player of the Year Award
1973-74 NCAA Naismith Men's College Player of the Year Award
1976-77 NBA Finals MVP
1977-78 NBA MVP
1985-86 NBA Sixth Man of the Year

Honors

1971-72 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1972-73 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1973-74 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1976-77 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1976-77 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1977-78 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1977-78 NBA All-NBA (1st)

MVP Award Shares

1975-76 NBA 0.001 (24)
1976-77 NBA 0.117 (2)
1977-78 NBA 0.403 (1)
Career 0.522 (48)

Field Goal Pct

1976-77 NBA .528 (8)
Career NBA .521 (41)
Career .521 (41)

Defensive Rebounds

1976-77 NBA 723 (5)
1977-78 NBA 648 (9)

Total Rebounds

1976-77 NBA 934 (5)

Blocks

1976-77 NBA 211 (3)
1977-78 NBA 146 (10)
Career NBA 1034 (69)
Career 1034 (72)

Rebounds Per Game

1976-77 NBA 14.4 (1)

Blocks Per Game

1976-77 NBA 3.2 (1)
 1977-78 NBA 2.5 (4)
1982-83 NBA 3.6 (2)
1984-85 NBA 2.1 (8)
Career NBA 2.2 (16)
Career 2.2 (17)

Player Efficiency Rating

1976-77 NBA 22.9 (3)

Effective Field Goal Pct

1976-77 NBA .528 (8)
Career NBA .521 (72)
Career .521 (72)

Defensive Rebound Pct

1976-77 NBA 32.3 (1)
 1977-78 NBA 34.2 (1)
 Career NBA 30.2 (1)
 Career 30.2 (2)

Total Rebound Pct

1976-77 NBA 21.2 (3)

Block Pct

1976-77 NBA 5.0 (3)
1977-78 NBA 4.1 (6)
1982-83 NBA 6.3 (3)
1984-85 NBA 4.6 (7)
Career NBA 4.2 (30)
Career 4.2 (30)

Defensive Rating

1975-76 NBA 92.2 (6)
1976-77 NBA 91.2 (2)
1977-78 NBA 89.5 (1)
 1984-85 NBA 103.0 (9)
1985-86 NBA 97.5 (1)
 Career NBA 96.3 (8)
Career 96.3 (8)

Defensive Win Shares

1976-77 NBA 4.9 (7)
1977-78 NBA 4.7 (5)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.258 (120)
    

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $1,350,000
1985-86 Boston Celtics NBA $425,000
1986-87 Boston Celtics NBA *$425,000
1987-88 Boston Celtics NBA $425,000
Career (may be incomplete) $2,625,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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