You Are Here > Basketball-Reference.com > Teams > Golden State Warriors > 1979-80 Roster and Statistics

1979-80 Golden State Warriors Roster and Statistics

Franchise Index: Previous Season ▪ Next Season

24-58, Finished 6th in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Al Attles (18-43), Johnny Bach (6-15)

Points Per Game: 103.6 (20th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 108.0 (9th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 29-53 (20th of 22)

Arena: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena ▪ Attendance: 344,483 (17th of 22)

SRS: -4.20 (19th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 100.5 (19th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 102.0 (20th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 106.3 (13th of 22)

1979-80 Golden State Warriors:

Roster

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
5 Tom Abernethy F 6-7 220 May 6, 1954 3 Indiana University
43 Wayne Cooper C-F 6-10 220 November 16, 1956 1 University of New Orleans
41 John Coughran F 6-7 225 September 12, 1951 R University of California
30 Darnell Hillman F-C 6-9 215 August 29, 1949 8 San Jose State University
21 Cheese Johnson F-G 6-6 195 September 7, 1957 R Wichita State University
4 John Lucas G 6-3 175 October 31, 1953 3 University of Maryland
00 Robert Parish C 7-0 230 August 30, 1953 3 Centenary College of Louisiana
22 Sonny Parker F-G 6-6 200 March 22, 1955 3 Texas A&M University
44 Clifford Ray C 6-9 230 January 21, 1949 8 University of Oklahoma
45 Purvis Short F-G 6-7 210 July 2, 1957 1 Jackson State University
20 Phil Smith G 6-4 185 April 22, 1952 5 University of San Francisco
11 Raymond Townsend G 6-3 175 December 20, 1955 1 University of California, Los Angeles
10 Jo Jo White G 6-3 190 November 16, 1946 10 University of Kansas
17 Bubba Wilson G 6-3 175 August 7, 1955 R Western Carolina University

Team and Opponent Statistics

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19880 3527 7318 .482 27 121 .223 1412 1914 .738 1155 2437 3592 2028 779 339 1492 2082 8493 103.6
Opponent 82 19880 3438 6975 .493 72 219 .329 1905 2544 .749 1056 2564 3620 2091 720 361 1486 1785 8853 108.0

Player Statistics

Totals

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
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 Robert Parish 26 72 2119 510 1006 .507 0 1 .000 203 284 .715 247 536 783 122 58 115 225 248 1223
2 Sonny Parker 24 82 2849 483 988 .489 0 2 .000 237 302 .785 166 298 464 254 173 32 163 195 1203
3 Purvis Short 22 62 1636 461 916 .503 0 6 .000 134 165 .812 119 197 316 123 63 9 122 186 1056
4 John Lucas 26 80 2763 388 830 .467 12 42 .286 222 289 .768 61 159 220 602 138 3 184 196 1010
5 Wayne Cooper 23 79 1781 367 750 .489 1 4 .250 136 181 .751 202 305 507 42 20 79 140 246 871
6 Phil Smith 27 51 1552 325 685 .474 7 22 .318 135 171 .789 28 118 146 187 62 15 121 154 792
7 Jo Jo White 33 78 2052 336 706 .476 1 6 .167 97 114 .851 42 139 181 239 88 13 157 186 770
8 Clifford Ray 31 81 1683 203 383 .530 0 2 .000 84 149 .564 122 344 466 183 51 32 155 266 490
9 Raymond Townsend 24 75 1159 171 421 .406 4 26 .154 60 84 .714 33 56 89 116 60 4 65 113 406
10 Tom Abernethy 25 67 1222 153 318 .481 0 1 .000 56 82 .683 62 129 191 87 35 12 39 118 362
11 Darnell Hillman 30 49 708 82 179 .458 0 0 34 68 .500 59 121 180 47 21 24 59 128 198
12 John Coughran 28 24 160 29 81 .358 2 9 .222 8 14 .571 2 17 19 12 7 1 13 24 68
13 Cheese Johnson 22 9 53 12 30 .400 0 0 3 5 .600 6 8 14 2 1 0 4 11 27
14 Bubba Wilson 24 16 143 7 25 .280 0 0 3 6 .500 6 10 16 12 2 0 8 11 17

Per Game

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
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 Robert Parish 26 72 29.4 7.1 14.0 .507 0.0 0.0 .000 2.8 3.9 .715 3.4 7.4 10.9 1.7 0.8 1.6 3.1 3.4 17.0
2 Purvis Short 22 62 26.4 7.4 14.8 .503 0.0 0.1 .000 2.2 2.7 .812 1.9 3.2 5.1 2.0 1.0 0.1 2.0 3.0 17.0
3 Phil Smith 27 51 30.4 6.4 13.4 .474 0.1 0.4 .318 2.6 3.4 .789 0.5 2.3 2.9 3.7 1.2 0.3 2.4 3.0 15.5
4 Sonny Parker 24 82 34.7 5.9 12.0 .489 0.0 0.0 .000 2.9 3.7 .785 2.0 3.6 5.7 3.1 2.1 0.4 2.0 2.4 14.7
5 John Lucas 26 80 34.5 4.9 10.4 .467 0.2 0.5 .286 2.8 3.6 .768 0.8 2.0 2.8 7.5 1.7 0.0 2.3 2.5 12.6
6 Wayne Cooper 23 79 22.5 4.6 9.5 .489 0.0 0.1 .250 1.7 2.3 .751 2.6 3.9 6.4 0.5 0.3 1.0 1.8 3.1 11.0
7 Jo Jo White 33 78 26.3 4.3 9.1 .476 0.0 0.1 .167 1.2 1.5 .851 0.5 1.8 2.3 3.1 1.1 0.2 2.0 2.4 9.9
8 Clifford Ray 31 81 20.8 2.5 4.7 .530 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.8 .564 1.5 4.2 5.8 2.3 0.6 0.4 1.9 3.3 6.0
9 Tom Abernethy 25 67 18.2 2.3 4.7 .481 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.2 .683 0.9 1.9 2.9 1.3 0.5 0.2 0.6 1.8 5.4
10 Raymond Townsend 24 75 15.5 2.3 5.6 .406 0.1 0.3 .154 0.8 1.1 .714 0.4 0.7 1.2 1.5 0.8 0.1 0.9 1.5 5.4
11 Darnell Hillman 30 49 14.4 1.7 3.7 .458 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.4 .500 1.2 2.5 3.7 1.0 0.4 0.5 1.2 2.6 4.0
12 Cheese Johnson 22 9 5.9 1.3 3.3 .400 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.6 .600 0.7 0.9 1.6 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.4 1.2 3.0
13 John Coughran 28 24 6.7 1.2 3.4 .358 0.1 0.4 .222 0.3 0.6 .571 0.1 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.5 1.0 2.8
14 Bubba Wilson 24 16 8.9 0.4 1.6 .280 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 .500 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.7 1.1

Per 36 Minutes

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
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 Purvis Short 22 62 1636 10.1 20.2 .503 0.0 0.1 .000 2.9 3.6 .812 2.6 4.3 7.0 2.7 1.4 0.2 2.7 4.1 23.2
2 Robert Parish 26 72 2119 8.7 17.1 .507 0.0 0.0 .000 3.4 4.8 .715 4.2 9.1 13.3 2.1 1.0 2.0 3.8 4.2 20.8
3 Phil Smith 27 51 1552 7.5 15.9 .474 0.2 0.5 .318 3.1 4.0 .789 0.6 2.7 3.4 4.3 1.4 0.3 2.8 3.6 18.4
4 Cheese Johnson 22 9 53 8.2 20.4 .400 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.4 .600 4.1 5.4 9.5 1.4 0.7 0.0 2.7 7.5 18.3
5 Wayne Cooper 23 79 1781 7.4 15.2 .489 0.0 0.1 .250 2.7 3.7 .751 4.1 6.2 10.2 0.8 0.4 1.6 2.8 5.0 17.6
6 John Coughran 28 24 160 6.5 18.2 .358 0.5 2.0 .222 1.8 3.2 .571 0.5 3.8 4.3 2.7 1.6 0.2 2.9 5.4 15.3
7 Sonny Parker 24 82 2849 6.1 12.5 .489 0.0 0.0 .000 3.0 3.8 .785 2.1 3.8 5.9 3.2 2.2 0.4 2.1 2.5 15.2
8 Jo Jo White 33 78 2052 5.9 12.4 .476 0.0 0.1 .167 1.7 2.0 .851 0.7 2.4 3.2 4.2 1.5 0.2 2.8 3.3 13.5
9 John Lucas 26 80 2763 5.1 10.8 .467 0.2 0.5 .286 2.9 3.8 .768 0.8 2.1 2.9 7.8 1.8 0.0 2.4 2.6 13.2
10 Raymond Townsend 24 75 1159 5.3 13.1 .406 0.1 0.8 .154 1.9 2.6 .714 1.0 1.7 2.8 3.6 1.9 0.1 2.0 3.5 12.6
11 Tom Abernethy 25 67 1222 4.5 9.4 .481 0.0 0.0 .000 1.6 2.4 .683 1.8 3.8 5.6 2.6 1.0 0.4 1.1 3.5 10.7
12 Clifford Ray 31 81 1683 4.3 8.2 .530 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 3.2 .564 2.6 7.4 10.0 3.9 1.1 0.7 3.3 5.7 10.5
13 Darnell Hillman 30 49 708 4.2 9.1 .458 0.0 0.0 1.7 3.5 .500 3.0 6.2 9.2 2.4 1.1 1.2 3.0 6.5 10.1
14 Bubba Wilson 24 16 143 1.8 6.3 .280 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.5 .500 1.5 2.5 4.0 3.0 0.5 0.0 2.0 2.8 4.3

Advanced

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Sonny Parker 24 82 2849 16.2 .537 .489 6.2 11.9 9.0 12.4 2.9 0.7 12.7 18.6 109 105 3.8 3.0 6.8
2 John Lucas 26 80 2763 15.3 .528 .475 2.4 6.6 4.4 29.2 2.4 0.1 16.1 17.0 110 108 4.0 1.9 5.9
3 Robert Parish 26 72 2119 20.0 .541 .507 12.5 28.8 20.4 8.9 1.3 3.2 16.6 26.4 101 102 1.5 3.1 4.6
4 Purvis Short 22 62 1636 19.1 .534 .503 7.8 13.7 10.6 12.4 1.8 0.3 11.0 28.0 106 107 2.3 1.4 3.7
5 Wayne Cooper 23 79 1781 14.8 .525 .490 12.1 19.5 15.7 3.5 0.5 2.6 14.4 22.4 102 106 1.1 1.6 2.8
6 Phil Smith 27 51 1552 14.6 .521 .480 1.9 8.7 5.2 17.8 1.9 0.6 13.7 23.4 102 108 1.1 1.1 2.2
7 Tom Abernethy 25 67 1222 11.0 .511 .481 5.4 12.0 8.6 9.3 1.4 0.6 9.9 13.3 109 108 1.2 0.8 2.0
8 Clifford Ray 31 81 1683 11.3 .546 .530 7.7 23.3 15.3 14.2 1.4 1.1 25.7 14.8 97 104 0.0 1.9 1.9
9 Jo Jo White 33 78 2052 11.2 .509 .477 2.2 7.7 4.9 16.1 2.0 0.4 17.2 18.3 97 108 0.1 1.4 1.5
10 Raymond Townsend 24 75 1159 9.6 .443 .411 3.0 5.5 4.2 13.5 2.5 0.2 12.4 18.6 93 108 -0.5 0.8 0.4
11 Darnell Hillman 30 49 708 8.7 .474 .458 8.9 19.5 14.0 8.6 1.4 2.0 22.0 15.6 90 105 -0.5 0.8 0.3
12 Cheese Johnson 22 9 53 9.4 .419 .400 12.1 17.2 14.6 5.7 0.9 0.0 11.0 28.1 88 108 -0.1 0.0 0.0
13 Bubba Wilson 24 16 143 2.1 .308 .280 4.5 8.0 6.2 10.0 0.7 0.0 22.4 10.3 72 111 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
14 John Coughran 28 24 160 6.0 .390 .370 1.3 12.1 6.5 10.6 2.1 0.4 13.0 25.8 79 107 -0.4 0.1 -0.3

Salaries

CSV ▪ PRE ▪ About
Rk Player Salary
1 John Lucas $214,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)