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Herb Williams

Herbert L. Williams (Herb)

Position: Center-Forward
Height: 6-10    Weight: 242 lbs.
Born: February 16, 1958 in Columbus, Ohio
High School: Marion Franklin in Columbus, Ohio
College: Ohio State University

Drafted by the Indiana Pacers in the 1st round (14th pick, 14th overall) of the 1981 NBA draft.

Coaching Record

Game Logs and Splits

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Splits1998-991997-981996-971995-961994-951993-941992-931991-921990-911989-901988-891987-881986-87 

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
1981-82 23 IND NBA 82 75 2277 407 854 .477 2 7 .286 126 188 .670 175 430 605 139 53 178 137 200 942
1982-83 24 IND NBA 78 74 2513 580 1163 .499 0 7 .000 155 220 .705 151 432 583 262 54 171 229 230 1315
1983-84 25 IND NBA 69 53 2279 411 860 .478 0 4 .000 207 295 .702 154 400 554 215 60 108 207 193 1029
1984-85 26 IND NBA 75 70 2557 575 1211 .475 1 9 .111 224 341 .657 154 480 634 252 54 134 265 218 1375
1985-86 27 IND NBA 78 74 2770 627 1275 .492 1 12 .083 294 403 .730 172 538 710 174 50 184 210 244 1549
1986-87 28 IND NBA 74 67 2526 451 939 .480 0 9 .000 199 269 .740 143 400 543 174 59 93 145 255 1101
1987-88 29 IND NBA 75 37 1966 311 732 .425 0 6 .000 126 171 .737 116 353 469 98 37 146 119 244 748
1988-89 30 TOT NBA 76 66 2470 322 739 .436 0 5 .000 133 194 .686 135 458 593 124 46 134 149 236 777
1988-89 30 IND NBA 46 46 1567 244 542 .450 0 3 .000 90 126 .714 87 309 396 88 31 80 108 156 578
1988-89 30 DAL NBA 30 20 903 78 197 .396 0 2 .000 43 68 .632 48 149 197 36 15 54 41 80 199
1989-90 31 DAL NBA 81 19 2199 295 665 .444 2 9 .222 108 159 .679 76 315 391 119 51 106 106 243 700
1990-91 32 DAL NBA 60 36 1832 332 655 .507 0 4 .000 83 130 .638 86 271 357 95 30 88 113 197 747
1991-92 33 DAL NBA 75 26 2040 367 851 .431 1 6 .167 124 171 .725 106 348 454 94 35 98 114 189 859
1992-93 34 NYK NBA 55 0 571 72 175 .411 0 0 14 21 .667 44 102 146 19 21 28 22 78 158
1993-94 35 NYK NBA 70 3 774 103 233 .442 0 1 .000 27 42 .643 56 126 182 28 18 43 39 108 233
1994-95 36 NYK NBA 56 3 743 82 180 .456 0 0 23 37 .622 23 109 132 27 13 45 40 108 187
1995-96 37 TOT NBA 44 2 571 62 152 .408 1 4 .250 13 20 .650 15 75 90 27 14 33 22 79 138
1995-96 37 TOR NBA 1 0 31 3 8 .375 0 0 0 0 1 7 8 0 1 2 0 4 6
1995-96 37 NYK NBA 43 2 540 59 144 .410 1 4 .250 13 20 .650 14 68 82 27 13 31 22 75 132
1996-97 38 NYK NBA 21 2 184 18 46 .391 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 9 22 31 5 4 5 5 18 39
1997-98 39 NYK NBA 27 0 178 18 43 .419 0 0 1 8 .125 6 23 29 4 6 9 5 34 37
1998-99 40 NYK NBA 6 0 34 4 8 .500 0 0 2 2 1.000 3 3 6 0 0 2 2 2 10
Career NBA 1102 607 28484 5037 10781 .467 8 84 .095 1862 2675 .696 1624 4885 6509 1856 605 1605 1929 2876 11944

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
1981-82 23 IND NBA 82 75 27.8 5.0 10.4 .477 0.0 0.1 .286 1.5 2.3 .670 2.1 5.2 7.4 1.7 0.6 2.2 1.7 2.4 11.5
1982-83 24 IND NBA 78 74 32.2 7.4 14.9 .499 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 2.8 .705 1.9 5.5 7.5 3.4 0.7 2.2 2.9 2.9 16.9
1983-84 25 IND NBA 69 53 33.0 6.0 12.5 .478 0.0 0.1 .000 3.0 4.3 .702 2.2 5.8 8.0 3.1 0.9 1.6 3.0 2.8 14.9
1984-85 26 IND NBA 75 70 34.1 7.7 16.1 .475 0.0 0.1 .111 3.0 4.5 .657 2.1 6.4 8.5 3.4 0.7 1.8 3.5 2.9 18.3
1985-86 27 IND NBA 78 74 35.5 8.0 16.3 .492 0.0 0.2 .083 3.8 5.2 .730 2.2 6.9 9.1 2.2 0.6 2.4 2.7 3.1 19.9
1986-87 28 IND NBA 74 67 34.1 6.1 12.7 .480 0.0 0.1 .000 2.7 3.6 .740 1.9 5.4 7.3 2.4 0.8 1.3 2.0 3.4 14.9
1987-88 29 IND NBA 75 37 26.2 4.1 9.8 .425 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 2.3 .737 1.5 4.7 6.3 1.3 0.5 1.9 1.6 3.3 10.0
1988-89 30 TOT NBA 76 66 32.5 4.2 9.7 .436 0.0 0.1 .000 1.8 2.6 .686 1.8 6.0 7.8 1.6 0.6 1.8 2.0 3.1 10.2
1988-89 30 IND NBA 46 46 34.1 5.3 11.8 .450 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 2.7 .714 1.9 6.7 8.6 1.9 0.7 1.7 2.3 3.4 12.6
1988-89 30 DAL NBA 30 20 30.1 2.6 6.6 .396 0.0 0.1 .000 1.4 2.3 .632 1.6 5.0 6.6 1.2 0.5 1.8 1.4 2.7 6.6
1989-90 31 DAL NBA 81 19 27.1 3.6 8.2 .444 0.0 0.1 .222 1.3 2.0 .679 0.9 3.9 4.8 1.5 0.6 1.3 1.3 3.0 8.6
1990-91 32 DAL NBA 60 36 30.5 5.5 10.9 .507 0.0 0.1 .000 1.4 2.2 .638 1.4 4.5 6.0 1.6 0.5 1.5 1.9 3.3 12.5
1991-92 33 DAL NBA 75 26 27.2 4.9 11.3 .431 0.0 0.1 .167 1.7 2.3 .725 1.4 4.6 6.1 1.3 0.5 1.3 1.5 2.5 11.5
1992-93 34 NYK NBA 55 0 10.4 1.3 3.2 .411 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 .667 0.8 1.9 2.7 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 1.4 2.9
1993-94 35 NYK NBA 70 3 11.1 1.5 3.3 .442 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.6 .643 0.8 1.8 2.6 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.6 1.5 3.3
1994-95 36 NYK NBA 56 3 13.3 1.5 3.2 .456 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 .622 0.4 1.9 2.4 0.5 0.2 0.8 0.7 1.9 3.3
1995-96 37 TOT NBA 44 2 13.0 1.4 3.5 .408 0.0 0.1 .250 0.3 0.5 .650 0.3 1.7 2.0 0.6 0.3 0.8 0.5 1.8 3.1
1995-96 37 TOR NBA 1 0 31.0 3.0 8.0 .375 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 7.0 8.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 4.0 6.0
1995-96 37 NYK NBA 43 2 12.6 1.4 3.3 .410 0.0 0.1 .250 0.3 0.5 .650 0.3 1.6 1.9 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.5 1.7 3.1
1996-97 38 NYK NBA 21 2 8.8 0.9 2.2 .391 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.2 .750 0.4 1.0 1.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.9 1.9
1997-98 39 NYK NBA 27 0 6.6 0.7 1.6 .419 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 .125 0.2 0.9 1.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 1.3 1.4
1998-99 40 NYK NBA 6 0 5.7 0.7 1.3 .500 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.7
Career NBA 1102 607 25.8 4.6 9.8 .467 0.0 0.1 .095 1.7 2.4 .696 1.5 4.4 5.9 1.7 0.5 1.5 1.8 2.6 10.8

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
1981-82 23 IND NBA 82 75 2277 6.4 13.5 .477 0.0 0.1 .286 2.0 3.0 .670 2.8 6.8 9.6 2.2 0.8 2.8 2.2 3.2 14.9
1982-83 24 IND NBA 78 74 2513 8.3 16.7 .499 0.0 0.1 .000 2.2 3.2 .705 2.2 6.2 8.4 3.8 0.8 2.4 3.3 3.3 18.8
1983-84 25 IND NBA 69 53 2279 6.5 13.6 .478 0.0 0.1 .000 3.3 4.7 .702 2.4 6.3 8.8 3.4 0.9 1.7 3.3 3.0 16.3
1984-85 26 IND NBA 75 70 2557 8.1 17.0 .475 0.0 0.1 .111 3.2 4.8 .657 2.2 6.8 8.9 3.5 0.8 1.9 3.7 3.1 19.4
1985-86 27 IND NBA 78 74 2770 8.1 16.6 .492 0.0 0.2 .083 3.8 5.2 .730 2.2 7.0 9.2 2.3 0.6 2.4 2.7 3.2 20.1
1986-87 28 IND NBA 74 67 2526 6.4 13.4 .480 0.0 0.1 .000 2.8 3.8 .740 2.0 5.7 7.7 2.5 0.8 1.3 2.1 3.6 15.7
1987-88 29 IND NBA 75 37 1966 5.7 13.4 .425 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 3.1 .737 2.1 6.5 8.6 1.8 0.7 2.7 2.2 4.5 13.7
1988-89 30 TOT NBA 76 66 2470 4.7 10.8 .436 0.0 0.1 .000 1.9 2.8 .686 2.0 6.7 8.6 1.8 0.7 2.0 2.2 3.4 11.3
1988-89 30 IND NBA 46 46 1567 5.6 12.5 .450 0.0 0.1 .000 2.1 2.9 .714 2.0 7.1 9.1 2.0 0.7 1.8 2.5 3.6 13.3
1988-89 30 DAL NBA 30 20 903 3.1 7.9 .396 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 2.7 .632 1.9 5.9 7.9 1.4 0.6 2.2 1.6 3.2 7.9
1989-90 31 DAL NBA 81 19 2199 4.8 10.9 .444 0.0 0.1 .222 1.8 2.6 .679 1.2 5.2 6.4 1.9 0.8 1.7 1.7 4.0 11.5
1990-91 32 DAL NBA 60 36 1832 6.5 12.9 .507 0.0 0.1 .000 1.6 2.6 .638 1.7 5.3 7.0 1.9 0.6 1.7 2.2 3.9 14.7
1991-92 33 DAL NBA 75 26 2040 6.5 15.0 .431 0.0 0.1 .167 2.2 3.0 .725 1.9 6.1 8.0 1.7 0.6 1.7 2.0 3.3 15.2
1992-93 34 NYK NBA 55 0 571 4.5 11.0 .411 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.3 .667 2.8 6.4 9.2 1.2 1.3 1.8 1.4 4.9 10.0
1993-94 35 NYK NBA 70 3 774 4.8 10.8 .442 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 2.0 .643 2.6 5.9 8.5 1.3 0.8 2.0 1.8 5.0 10.8
1994-95 36 NYK NBA 56 3 743 4.0 8.7 .456 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.8 .622 1.1 5.3 6.4 1.3 0.6 2.2 1.9 5.2 9.1
1995-96 37 TOT NBA 44 2 571 3.9 9.6 .408 0.1 0.3 .250 0.8 1.3 .650 0.9 4.7 5.7 1.7 0.9 2.1 1.4 5.0 8.7
1995-96 37 TOR NBA 1 0 31 3.5 9.3 .375 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 8.1 9.3 0.0 1.2 2.3 0.0 4.6 7.0
1995-96 37 NYK NBA 43 2 540 3.9 9.6 .410 0.1 0.3 .250 0.9 1.3 .650 0.9 4.5 5.5 1.8 0.9 2.1 1.5 5.0 8.8
1996-97 38 NYK NBA 21 2 184 3.5 9.0 .391 0.0 0.2 .000 0.6 0.8 .750 1.8 4.3 6.1 1.0 0.8 1.0 1.0 3.5 7.6
1997-98 39 NYK NBA 27 0 178 3.6 8.7 .419 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.6 .125 1.2 4.7 5.9 0.8 1.2 1.8 1.0 6.9 7.5
1998-99 40 NYK NBA 6 0 34 4.2 8.5 .500 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.1 1.000 3.2 3.2 6.4 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 10.6
Career NBA 1102 607 28484 6.4 13.6 .467 0.0 0.1 .095 2.4 3.4 .696 2.1 6.2 8.2 2.3 0.8 2.0 2.4 3.6 15.1

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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 LS WSAA
1981-82 23 IND NBA 82 2277 16.1 .503 .478 8.2 20.9 14.4 9.2 1.1 4.5 12.8 19.7 101 101 1.6 11.1 13 15 -1.0
1982-83 24 IND NBA 78 2513 17.4 .522 .499 6.2 19.5 12.5 14.8 1.0 3.8 15.4 23.3 101 107 3.4 3.9 7 26 -9.5
1983-84 25 IND NBA 69 2279 14.8 .520 .478 7.5 19.3 13.4 13.7 1.2 2.7 17.3 21.7 98 105 0.0 7.6 8 24 -8.0
1984-85 26 IND NBA 75 2557 15.5 .505 .475 6.3 20.0 13.1 15.0 1.0 2.9 16.3 25.0 97 106 0.0 7.5 8 32 -12.0
1985-86 27 IND NBA 78 2770 17.9 .533 .492 6.8 20.9 13.9 9.7 0.9 3.8 12.6 24.6 104 103 3.7 9.7 13 22 -4.5
1986-87 28 IND NBA 74 2526 14.1 .521 .480 6.1 17.6 11.7 10.0 1.1 2.2 12.1 19.9 104 106 3.6 10.5 14 16 -1.0
1987-88 29 IND NBA 75 1966 12.0 .463 .425 6.5 19.6 13.1 7.0 0.9 4.4 12.8 19.9 94 104 0.0 8.6 9 19 -5.0
1988-89 30 TOT NBA 76 2470 10.6 .471 .436 6.3 19.7 13.3 7.1 0.9 3.2 15.3 16.6 94 108 0.0 7.4 7 25 -9.0
1988-89 30 IND NBA 46 1567 11.8 .484 .450 6.5 20.7 14.0 8.1 1.0 3.0 15.3 18.8 95 108 0.0 4.2 4 17 -6.5
1988-89 30 DAL NBA 30 903 8.6 .438 .396 5.9 18.0 12.0 5.4 0.8 3.5 15.3 12.8 91 107 0.0 3.1 3 8 -2.5
1989-90 31 DAL NBA 81 2199 10.4 .476 .445 4.0 16.0 10.1 7.9 1.2 3.0 12.6 16.8 97 106 0.0 9.6 9 17 -4.0
1990-91 32 DAL NBA 60 1832 13.1 .524 .507 5.4 16.9 11.1 8.1 0.8 3.0 13.7 19.9 100 109 0.3 4.5 5 18 -6.5
1991-92 33 DAL NBA 75 2040 12.6 .464 .432 5.4 18.7 11.8 7.6 0.9 2.9 11.0 21.9 95 109 0.0 5.7 6 24 -9.0
1992-93 34 NYK NBA 55 571 10.1 .429 .411 8.8 19.3 14.2 4.9 1.9 3.3 10.7 15.6 94 96 0.0 4.4 4 2 1.0
1993-94 35 NYK NBA 70 774 10.4 .463 .442 8.4 18.1 13.3 5.6 1.2 3.9 13.4 16.4 96 97 0.0 4.9 5 4 0.5
1994-95 36 NYK NBA 56 743 7.7 .476 .456 3.8 16.6 10.4 5.6 0.9 4.6 16.9 14.6 89 102 0.0 4.4 4 5 -0.5
1995-96 37 TOT NBA 44 571 8.0 .429 .411 3.2 15.2 9.3 7.3 1.3 4.4 12.0 14.9 88 103 0.0 2.8 3 5 -1.0
1995-96 37 TOR NBA 1 31 8.7 .375 .375 3.8 27.0 15.4 0.0 1.7 4.9 0.0 11.4 90 106 0.0 0.1 0 0 0.0
1995-96 37 NYK NBA 43 540 7.9 .432 .413 3.2 14.5 9.0 7.7 1.3 4.4 12.6 15.1 88 102 0.0 2.7 3 5 -1.0
1996-97 38 NYK NBA 21 184 7.0 .408 .391 6.1 13.9 10.1 4.3 1.2 2.2 9.5 13.2 91 102 0.0 1.0 1 1 0.0
1997-98 39 NYK NBA 27 178 6.1 .398 .419 4.0 15.6 9.8 3.6 1.8 3.9 9.7 13.6 83 98 0.0 0.9 1 2 -0.5
1998-99 40 NYK NBA 6 34 12.2 .563 .500 10.8 10.0 10.4 0.0 0.0 4.6 18.4 15.4 102 101 0.1 0.1 0 0 0.0
Career NBA 1102 28484 13.6 .499 .468 6.2 18.9 12.5 9.7 1.0 3.4 13.9 20.3 99 105 12.6 104.7 117 257 -70.0

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
1986-87 28 IND NBA 4 134 20 34 0 0 7 13 3 20 7 0 1 11 12 47 .588 .538 33.5 11.8 5.0 1.8
1989-90 31 DAL NBA 3 81 14 23 0 0 13 16 4 13 5 1 2 3 16 41 .609 .813 27.0 13.7 4.3 1.7
1992-93 34 NYK NBA 7 69 5 14 0 0 4 4 5 14 2 1 4 2 13 14 .357 1.000 9.9 2.0 2.0 0.3
1993-94 35 NYK NBA 19 127 13 31 0 0 2 3 10 20 3 3 11 7 19 28 .419 .667 6.7 1.5 1.1 0.2
1994-95 36 NYK NBA 8 55 3 13 0 0 2 2 3 7 0 5 5 1 13 8 .231 1.000 6.9 1.0 0.9 0.0
1995-96 37 NYK NBA 5 33 3 5 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 9 .600 .750 6.6 1.8 0.0 0.0
1996-97 38 NYK NBA 3 23 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 .400 7.7 1.3 0.3 0.0
1998-99 40 NYK NBA 8 16 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 .200 2.0 0.3 0.4 0.0
Career NBA 57 538 61 130 0 0 31 42 25 78 17 10 25 25 83 153 .469 .738 9.4 2.7 1.4 0.3

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games

1981-82 NBA 82 (4)
Career NBA 1102 (43)
Career 1102 (48)

Defensive Rebounds

1985-86 NBA 538 (9)
Career NBA 4885 (59)
Career 4885 (67)

Blocks

1981-82 NBA 178 (7)
1982-83 NBA 171 (7)
1985-86 NBA 184 (6)
1987-88 NBA 146 (8)
Career NBA 1605 (25)
Career 1605 (27)

Turnovers

1984-85 NBA 265 (8)
Career NBA 1929 (93)
Career 1929 (100)

Personal Fouls

Career NBA 2876 (79)
Career 2876 (88)

Blocks Per Game

1981-82 NBA 2.2 (7)
1982-83 NBA 2.2 (8)
1985-86 NBA 2.4 (7)
1987-88 NBA 1.9 (8)
Career NBA 1.5 (47)
Career 1.5 (48)

Defensive Rebound Pct

Career NBA 18.9 (85)
Career 18.9 (89)

Block Pct

1981-82 NBA 4.5 (5)
1985-86 NBA 3.8 (10)
1987-88 NBA 4.4 (9)
Career NBA 3.4 (40)
Career 3.4 (42)

Defensive Win Shares

Career NBA 104.7 (70)
Career 104.7 (73)

Loss Shares

1982-83 NBA 26 (4)
1983-84 NBA 24 (5)
1984-85 NBA 32 (1)
 1985-86 NBA 22 (9)
1988-89 NBA 25 (9)
Career NBA 257 (9)
Career 257 (9)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (598)
  

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Indiana Pacers NBA $200,000
1985-86 Indiana Pacers NBA $275,000
1986-87 Indiana Pacers NBA *$629,167
1987-88 Indiana Pacers NBA $983,333
1988-89 Total NBA $983,000
1989-90 Dallas Mavericks NBA *$991,500
1990-91 Dallas Mavericks NBA $1,000,000
1991-92 Dallas Mavericks NBA $1,183,000
1992-93 New York Knickerbockers NBA $430,000
1993-94 New York Knickerbockers NBA $1,600,000
1994-95 New York Knickerbockers NBA $1,000,000
1995-96 Total NBA $1,300,000
1996-97 New York Knickerbockers NBA $757,000
1997-98 New York Knickerbockers NBA $766,667
1998-99 New York Knickerbockers NBA $1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete) $13,098,667
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).