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1979-80 Denver Nuggets Roster and Stats

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Record: 30-52, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Donnie Walsh (30-52)

PTS/G: 108.3 (14th of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 112.7 (18th of 22)
SRS: -4.22 (20th of 22) ▪ Pace: 103.9 (9th of 22)
Off Rtg: 103.4 (18th of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 107.6 (17th of 22)
Expected W-L: 30-52 (19th of 22)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena ▪ Attendance: 527,208 (4th of 22)

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
41 Tom Boswell PF 6-9 220 October 2, 1953 4 University of South Carolina
31 Bo Ellis PF 6-9 197 August 8, 1954 2 Marquette University
2 Alex English SF 6-7 190 January 5, 1954 3 University of South Carolina
24 Gary Garland PG 6-4 180 October 12, 1957 R DePaul University
22 Glen Gondrezick SF 6-6 218 August 30, 1955 2 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
35 Kim Hughes C 6-11 220 June 4, 1952 4 University of Wisconsin
44 Dan Issel C 6-9 235 October 25, 1948 9 University of Kentucky
20 George Johnson PF 6-7 210 December 8, 1956 1 St. John's University
41 Arvid Kramer C 6-9 220 October 2, 1956 R Augustana College (SD)
30 George McGinnis PF 6-8 235 August 12, 1950 8 Indiana University
21 Anthony Roberts SF 6-5 185 April 15, 1955 2 Oral Roberts University
10 John Roche PG 6-3 170 September 26, 1949 5 University of South Carolina
11 Charlie Scott SG 6-5 175 December 15, 1948 9 University of North Carolina
33 David Thompson SG 6-4 195 July 13, 1954 4 North Carolina State University
32 Bob Wilkerson SF 6-6 195 August 15, 1954 3 Indiana University

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19830 3462 7470 .463 83 255 .325 1871 2539 .737 1311 2524 3835 2079 746 404 1533 1917 8878 108.3
Lg Rank 10 17 13 20 6 8 3 8 3 21 6 6 3 15 17 12 10 16 14 14
Opponent 82 19830 3736 7591 .492 70 214 .327 1698 2235 .760 1197 2587 3784 2289 812 455 1438 2033 9240 112.7
Lg Rank 10 18 17 13 15 10 20 9 11 8 7 18 16 18 15 14 18 11 18 18

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 30 52 -4.41 0.20 -4.22 103.4 107.6 103.9 .469 15.1 33.6 .250 .497 14.4 67.8 .224 McNichols Sports Arena 527,208
Lg Rank 19 19 20 4 20 18 17 9 19 8 10 8 13 18 7 9 4

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Dan Issel 31 82 2938 715 1416 .505 4 12 .333 517 667 .775 236 483 719 198 88 54 163 190 1951
2 Bob Wilkerson 25 75 2381 430 1030 .417 7 34 .206 166 222 .748 85 231 316 243 93 27 193 194 1033
3 John Roche 30 82 2286 354 741 .478 49 129 .380 175 202 .866 24 91 115 405 82 12 159 139 932
4 David Thompson 25 39 1239 289 617 .468 7 19 .368 254 335 .758 56 118 174 124 39 38 116 106 839
5 George Johnson 23 75 1938 309 649 .476 2 9 .222 148 189 .783 190 394 584 157 84 67 148 260 768
6 George McGinnis 29 45 1424 268 584 .459 1 7 .143 166 307 .541 134 328 462 221 69 17 188 187 703
7 Charlie Scott 31 69 1860 276 688 .401 2 11 .182 85 118 .720 51 115 166 250 47 23 163 197 639
8 Alex English 26 24 875 207 427 .485 2 3 .667 96 126 .762 102 123 225 82 28 29 90 78 512
9 Glen Gondrezick 24 59 1020 148 286 .517 2 6 .333 92 121 .760 107 152 259 81 68 16 58 119 390
10 Gary Garland 22 78 1106 155 356 .435 6 19 .316 18 26 .692 50 88 138 145 54 4 73 80 334
11 Kim Hughes 27 70 1208 102 202 .505 0 0 15 41 .366 125 201 326 74 66 77 50 184 219
12 Tom Boswell 26 18 522 72 135 .533 1 2 .500 58 70 .829 40 74 114 46 5 8 39 56 203
13 Anthony Roberts 24 23 486 69 181 .381 0 1 .000 39 60 .650 54 55 109 20 13 3 28 52 177
14 Bo Ellis 25 48 502 61 136 .449 0 3 .000 40 53 .755 51 65 116 30 10 24 24 67 162
15 Arvid Kramer 23 8 45 7 22 .318 0 0 2 2 1.000 6 6 12 3 0 5 5 8 16

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Dan Issel 31 82 35.8 8.7 17.3 .505 0.0 0.1 .333 6.3 8.1 .775 2.9 5.9 8.8 2.4 1.1 0.7 2.0 2.3 23.8
2 David Thompson 25 39 31.8 7.4 15.8 .468 0.2 0.5 .368 6.5 8.6 .758 1.4 3.0 4.5 3.2 1.0 1.0 3.0 2.7 21.5
3 Alex English 26 24 36.5 8.6 17.8 .485 0.1 0.1 .667 4.0 5.3 .762 4.3 5.1 9.4 3.4 1.2 1.2 3.8 3.3 21.3
4 George McGinnis 29 45 31.6 6.0 13.0 .459 0.0 0.2 .143 3.7 6.8 .541 3.0 7.3 10.3 4.9 1.5 0.4 4.2 4.2 15.6
5 Bob Wilkerson 25 75 31.7 5.7 13.7 .417 0.1 0.5 .206 2.2 3.0 .748 1.1 3.1 4.2 3.2 1.2 0.4 2.6 2.6 13.8
6 John Roche 30 82 27.9 4.3 9.0 .478 0.6 1.6 .380 2.1 2.5 .866 0.3 1.1 1.4 4.9 1.0 0.1 1.9 1.7 11.4
7 Tom Boswell 26 18 29.0 4.0 7.5 .533 0.1 0.1 .500 3.2 3.9 .829 2.2 4.1 6.3 2.6 0.3 0.4 2.2 3.1 11.3
8 George Johnson 23 75 25.8 4.1 8.7 .476 0.0 0.1 .222 2.0 2.5 .783 2.5 5.3 7.8 2.1 1.1 0.9 2.0 3.5 10.2
9 Charlie Scott 31 69 27.0 4.0 10.0 .401 0.0 0.2 .182 1.2 1.7 .720 0.7 1.7 2.4 3.6 0.7 0.3 2.4 2.9 9.3
10 Anthony Roberts 24 23 21.1 3.0 7.9 .381 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.6 .650 2.3 2.4 4.7 0.9 0.6 0.1 1.2 2.3 7.7
11 Glen Gondrezick 24 59 17.3 2.5 4.8 .517 0.0 0.1 .333 1.6 2.1 .760 1.8 2.6 4.4 1.4 1.2 0.3 1.0 2.0 6.6
12 Gary Garland 22 78 14.2 2.0 4.6 .435 0.1 0.2 .316 0.2 0.3 .692 0.6 1.1 1.8 1.9 0.7 0.1 0.9 1.0 4.3
13 Bo Ellis 25 48 10.5 1.3 2.8 .449 0.0 0.1 .000 0.8 1.1 .755 1.1 1.4 2.4 0.6 0.2 0.5 0.5 1.4 3.4
14 Kim Hughes 27 70 17.3 1.5 2.9 .505 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 .366 1.8 2.9 4.7 1.1 0.9 1.1 0.7 2.6 3.1
15 Arvid Kramer 23 8 5.6 0.9 2.8 .318 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.8 0.8 1.5 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.6 1.0 2.0

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 David Thompson 25 39 1239 8.4 17.9 .468 0.2 0.6 .368 7.4 9.7 .758 1.6 3.4 5.1 3.6 1.1 1.1 3.4 3.1 24.4
2 Dan Issel 31 82 2938 8.8 17.4 .505 0.0 0.1 .333 6.3 8.2 .775 2.9 5.9 8.8 2.4 1.1 0.7 2.0 2.3 23.9
3 Alex English 26 24 875 8.5 17.6 .485 0.1 0.1 .667 3.9 5.2 .762 4.2 5.1 9.3 3.4 1.2 1.2 3.7 3.2 21.1
4 George McGinnis 29 45 1424 6.8 14.8 .459 0.0 0.2 .143 4.2 7.8 .541 3.4 8.3 11.7 5.6 1.7 0.4 4.8 4.7 17.8
5 Bob Wilkerson 25 75 2381 6.5 15.6 .417 0.1 0.5 .206 2.5 3.4 .748 1.3 3.5 4.8 3.7 1.4 0.4 2.9 2.9 15.6
6 John Roche 30 82 2286 5.6 11.7 .478 0.8 2.0 .380 2.8 3.2 .866 0.4 1.4 1.8 6.4 1.3 0.2 2.5 2.2 14.7
7 George Johnson 23 75 1938 5.7 12.1 .476 0.0 0.2 .222 2.7 3.5 .783 3.5 7.3 10.8 2.9 1.6 1.2 2.7 4.8 14.3
8 Tom Boswell 26 18 522 5.0 9.3 .533 0.1 0.1 .500 4.0 4.8 .829 2.8 5.1 7.9 3.2 0.3 0.6 2.7 3.9 14.0
9 Glen Gondrezick 24 59 1020 5.2 10.1 .517 0.1 0.2 .333 3.2 4.3 .760 3.8 5.4 9.1 2.9 2.4 0.6 2.0 4.2 13.8
10 Anthony Roberts 24 23 486 5.1 13.4 .381 0.0 0.1 .000 2.9 4.4 .650 4.0 4.1 8.1 1.5 1.0 0.2 2.1 3.9 13.1
11 Arvid Kramer 23 8 45 5.6 17.6 .318 0.0 0.0 1.6 1.6 1.000 4.8 4.8 9.6 2.4 0.0 4.0 4.0 6.4 12.8
12 Charlie Scott 31 69 1860 5.3 13.3 .401 0.0 0.2 .182 1.6 2.3 .720 1.0 2.2 3.2 4.8 0.9 0.4 3.2 3.8 12.4
13 Bo Ellis 25 48 502 4.4 9.8 .449 0.0 0.2 .000 2.9 3.8 .755 3.7 4.7 8.3 2.2 0.7 1.7 1.7 4.8 11.6
14 Gary Garland 22 78 1106 5.0 11.6 .435 0.2 0.6 .316 0.6 0.8 .692 1.6 2.9 4.5 4.7 1.8 0.1 2.4 2.6 10.9
15 Kim Hughes 27 70 1208 3.0 6.0 .505 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.2 .366 3.7 6.0 9.7 2.2 2.0 2.3 1.5 5.5 6.5

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Dan Issel 31 82 2938 22.2 .571 .506 8.2 17.5 12.7 10.7 1.4 1.0 8.7 25.0 118 107 9.2 2.3 11.5 .188
2 John Roche 30 82 2286 13.9 .562 .511 1.1 4.2 2.6 24.7 1.7 0.3 16.1 17.0 111 111 3.5 0.7 4.2 .088
3 George Johnson 23 75 1938 15.0 .524 .478 10.0 21.7 15.7 11.4 2.0 1.9 16.8 17.8 104 104 1.5 2.3 3.8 .095
4 Glen Gondrezick 24 59 1020 16.7 .575 .521 10.7 15.9 13.2 10.9 3.1 0.8 14.6 15.3 116 104 1.9 1.2 3.1 .145
5 David Thompson 25 39 1239 19.0 .549 .474 4.6 10.2 7.3 15.6 1.5 1.6 13.2 27.8 108 109 2.2 0.8 3.0 .116
6 Kim Hughes 27 70 1208 11.5 .498 .505 10.5 17.7 14.0 7.8 2.5 3.4 18.5 8.8 105 103 0.6 1.6 2.2 .088
7 Alex English 26 24 875 18.5 .531 .487 11.9 15.0 13.4 14.7 1.5 1.8 15.7 25.6 104 107 0.9 0.7 1.6 .089
8 Tom Boswell 26 18 522 13.5 .612 .537 7.8 15.1 11.4 12.0 0.4 0.8 19.0 15.4 114 110 0.9 0.2 1.1 .104
9 George McGinnis 29 45 1424 15.6 .489 .460 9.6 24.6 16.9 22.7 2.2 0.6 20.7 25.0 94 104 -0.7 1.7 1.0 .034
10 Bo Ellis 25 48 502 12.1 .508 .449 10.3 13.8 12.0 8.0 0.9 2.6 13.1 14.3 109 108 0.5 0.4 0.9 .085
11 Gary Garland 22 78 1106 10.2 .454 .444 4.6 8.5 6.5 17.9 2.3 0.2 16.6 15.6 95 109 -0.2 0.7 0.5 .020
12 Bob Wilkerson 25 75 2381 10.9 .458 .421 3.6 10.3 6.9 14.7 1.8 0.6 14.6 21.7 93 109 -1.2 1.4 0.2 .004
13 Anthony Roberts 24 23 486 9.3 .427 .381 11.3 12.1 11.7 5.6 1.2 0.3 11.9 19.0 94 110 -0.2 0.2 0.1 .009
14 Arvid Kramer 23 8 45 6.6 .350 .318 13.6 14.2 13.9 9.3 0.0 6.0 17.9 24.3 77 107 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.102
15 Charlie Scott 31 69 1860 7.4 .432 .403 2.8 6.6 4.6 18.6 1.2 0.7 18.1 19.0 87 111 -2.0 0.6 -1.4 -0.037