List of all the NBA and ABA Players Born in 1953
62 Players
- Active players are bold; * Indicates Hall of Famer
Totals | Shooting | Per Game | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rk | Player | Birthday | Yrs | G | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | STL | BLK |
1 | Jerome Anderson | Oct 9 | 2 | 49 | 290 | 51 | 104 | 25 | 36 | 13 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 51 | 127 | .490 | .694 | 5.9 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||
2 | Jimmie Baker | Dec 25 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | .200 | .000 | 8.0 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.6 | |
3 | Nate Barnett | Jan 29 | 1 | 12 | 73 | 12 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 27 | .462 | .000 | .375 | 6.1 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
4 | Norton Barnhill | Jul 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .333 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
5 | Bob Bigelow | Dec 26 | 4 | 94 | 762 | 91 | 220 | 52 | 71 | 35 | 111 | 42 | 19 | 4 | 18 | 75 | 234 | .414 | .732 | 8.1 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |||
6 | Jim Bostic | Jan 28 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 26 | .545 | .400 | 12.0 | 6.5 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
7 | Tom Boswell | Oct 2 | 6 | 366 | 7046 | 1096 | 2058 | 6 | 11 | 623 | 860 | 676 | 1709 | 591 | 142 | 111 | 474 | 1102 | 2821 | .533 | .724 | 19.3 | 7.7 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |
8 | Alonzo Bradley | Oct 16 | 3 | 99 | 1139 | 184 | 440 | 1 | 1 | 71 | 101 | 39 | 151 | 74 | 24 | 7 | 80 | 125 | 440 | .418 | .703 | 11.5 | 4.4 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
9 | Junior Bridgeman | Sep 17 | 12 | 849 | 21257 | 4801 | 10099 | 40 | 164 | 1875 | 2216 | 910 | 2995 | 2066 | 685 | 220 | 1169 | 1969 | 11517 | .475 | .846 | 25.0 | 13.6 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | |
10 | George Bucci | Jul 9 | 1 | 33 | 237 | 50 | 124 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 41 | 15 | 37 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 128 | .403 | .000 | .683 | 7.2 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
11 | Ticky Burden | Feb 28 | 3 | 134 | 2804 | 710 | 1601 | 8 | 36 | 334 | 454 | 134 | 268 | 194 | 151 | 10 | 181 | 277 | 1762 | .443 | .736 | 20.9 | 13.1 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.1 | |
12 | Bob Carrington | Jul 3 | 2 | 82 | 1787 | 268 | 626 | 0 | 2 | 136 | 179 | 76 | 187 | 120 | 69 | 24 | 123 | 223 | 672 | .428 | .760 | 21.8 | 8.2 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | |
13 | Jimmy Conner | Mar 20 | 1 | 24 | 240 | 42 | 86 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 29 | 12 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 32 | 35 | 106 | .488 | .000 | .759 | 10.0 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
14 | Rick Darnell | Jan 1 | 1 | 11 | 120 | 11 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 30 | 26 | .367 | .571 | 10.9 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |
15 | Eric Fernsten | Nov 1 | 6 | 218 | 1643 | 193 | 434 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 194 | 144 | 372 | 82 | 52 | 51 | 72 | 174 | 517 | .445 | .675 | 7.5 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
16 | Mike Flynn | Jul 31 | 3 | 211 | 3376 | 536 | 1279 | 25 | 99 | 220 | 350 | 186 | 437 | 454 | 142 | 25 | 156 | 270 | 1317 | .419 | .629 | 16.0 | 6.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | |
17 | Larry Fogle | Mar 19 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .200 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |||||
18 | World B. Free | Dec 9 | 13 | 886 | 26893 | 6512 | 14294 | 213 | 632 | 4718 | 6264 | 1008 | 2430 | 3319 | 910 | 223 | 1869 | 2270 | 17955 | .456 | .753 | 30.4 | 20.3 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | |
19 | Gus Gerard | Jul 27 | 7 | 446 | 7953 | 1541 | 3517 | 6 | 22 | 677 | 973 | 714 | 1811 | 560 | 283 | 318 | 554 | 996 | 3765 | .438 | .696 | 17.8 | 8.4 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | |
20 | Steve Green | Oct 4 | 4 | 205 | 2700 | 476 | 1079 | 0 | 5 | 227 | 311 | 216 | 494 | 161 | 102 | 27 | 112 | 413 | 1179 | .441 | .730 | 13.2 | 5.8 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | |
Totals | Shooting | Per Game | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rk | Player | Birthday | Yrs | G | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | STL | BLK |
21 | Kevin Grevey | May 12 | 10 | 672 | 15246 | 2915 | 6670 | 145 | 434 | 1389 | 1701 | 590 | 1594 | 1247 | 392 | 112 | 748 | 1286 | 7364 | .437 | .817 | 22.7 | 11.0 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | |
22 | Bob Gross | Aug 3 | 8 | 513 | 12575 | 1857 | 3629 | 5 | 28 | 848 | 1062 | 940 | 2253 | 1481 | 615 | 361 | 729 | 1484 | 4567 | .512 | .798 | 24.5 | 8.9 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.7 | |
23 | Rudy Hackett | May 10 | 2 | 28 | 460 | 58 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 63 | 24 | 91 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 56 | 155 | .411 | .619 | 16.4 | 5.5 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |
24 | Phil Hicks | Jan 31 | 2 | 57 | 390 | 59 | 132 | 14 | 18 | 39 | 94 | 32 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 57 | 132 | .447 | .778 | 6.8 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |||
25 | Armond Hill | Mar 31 | 8 | 468 | 11785 | 1150 | 2817 | 1 | 13 | 913 | 1101 | 230 | 917 | 2194 | 548 | 61 | 833 | 1445 | 3214 | .408 | .829 | 25.2 | 6.9 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 1.2 | 0.1 | |
26 | Lionel Hollins | Oct 19 | 10 | 673 | 18453 | 3201 | 7211 | 13 | 87 | 1394 | 1882 | 382 | 1601 | 3006 | 1053 | 192 | 1337 | 1841 | 7809 | .444 | .741 | 27.4 | 11.6 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 0.3 | |
27 | Major Jones | Jul 9 | 6 | 374 | 5063 | 678 | 1385 | 1 | 9 | 286 | 488 | 518 | 1323 | 215 | 133 | 169 | 367 | 623 | 1643 | .490 | .111 | .586 | 13.5 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
28 | Rich Kelley | Mar 23 | 11 | 814 | 17711 | 2166 | 4435 | 0 | 10 | 1867 | 2384 | 1872 | 5678 | 2092 | 694 | 749 | 1576 | 2613 | 6199 | .488 | .783 | 21.8 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | |
29 | Tom Kropp | Feb 12 | 2 | 78 | 552 | 80 | 182 | 33 | 47 | 26 | 62 | 47 | 20 | 1 | 97 | 193 | .440 | .702 | 7.1 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | ||||
30 | C.J. Kupec | Jan 26 | 3 | 147 | 1589 | 247 | 579 | 112 | 145 | 107 | 313 | 108 | 31 | 7 | 24 | 174 | 606 | .427 | .772 | 10.8 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |||
31 | John Lambert | Jan 14 | 7 | 446 | 5564 | 725 | 1694 | 1 | 12 | 237 | 342 | 561 | 1493 | 248 | 153 | 172 | 258 | 863 | 1688 | .428 | .693 | 12.5 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
32 | John Laskowski | Jun 7 | 2 | 118 | 2132 | 359 | 902 | 114 | 150 | 68 | 282 | 99 | 88 | 12 | 112 | 832 | .398 | .760 | 18.1 | 7.1 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | ||||
33 | John Lucas | Oct 31 | 14 | 928 | 25556 | 3905 | 8696 | 244 | 806 | 1897 | 2446 | 490 | 2151 | 6454 | 1273 | 73 | 1803 | 1691 | 9951 | .449 | .776 | 27.5 | 10.7 | 2.3 | 7.0 | 1.4 | 0.1 | |
34 | Clyde Mayes | Mar 17 | 2 | 74 | 1000 | 119 | 267 | 59 | 104 | 107 | 279 | 40 | 9 | 46 | 166 | 297 | .446 | .567 | 13.5 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 | ||||
35 | Andre McCarter | Aug 25 | 3 | 103 | 1182 | 170 | 394 | 2 | 8 | 50 | 69 | 32 | 95 | 172 | 37 | 0 | 24 | 100 | 392 | .431 | .725 | 11.5 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |
36 | Jim McElroy | Oct 4 | 7 | 418 | 10178 | 1636 | 3494 | 7 | 34 | 841 | 1101 | 242 | 820 | 1462 | 384 | 126 | 610 | 711 | 4120 | .468 | .764 | 24.3 | 9.9 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | |
37 | Joe Meriweather | Oct 26 | 10 | 670 | 14807 | 2170 | 4244 | 1 | 3 | 1098 | 1598 | 1285 | 3764 | 603 | 311 | 810 | 737 | 2253 | 5439 | .511 | .687 | 22.1 | 8.1 | 5.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.2 | |
38 | Dave Meyers | Apr 21 | 4 | 281 | 7471 | 1208 | 2623 | 1 | 5 | 732 | 1083 | 527 | 1771 | 652 | 272 | 143 | 395 | 755 | 3149 | .461 | .676 | 26.6 | 11.2 | 6.3 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | |
39 | Connie Norman | Sep 24 | 3 | 99 | 1213 | 277 | 631 | 41 | 50 | 67 | 145 | 94 | 41 | 11 | 22 | 131 | 595 | .439 | .820 | 12.3 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | |||
40 | Eddie Owens | Dec 26 | 1 | 8 | 63 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 21 | .429 | .500 | 7.9 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |||
Totals | Shooting | Per Game | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rk | Player | Birthday | Yrs | G | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | STL | BLK |
41 | Joe Pace | Dec 18 | 2 | 79 | 557 | 91 | 195 | 73 | 122 | 66 | 168 | 27 | 14 | 38 | 44 | 115 | 255 | .467 | .598 | 7.1 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |||
42 | Robert Parish* | Aug 30 | 21 | 1611 | 45704 | 9614 | 17914 | 0 | 6 | 4106 | 5694 | 4598 | 14715 | 2180 | 1219 | 2361 | 3183 | 4443 | 23334 | .537 | .721 | 28.4 | 14.5 | 9.1 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 | |
43 | Bill Robinzine | Jan 20 | 7 | 529 | 11432 | 2185 | 4533 | 2 | 8 | 1169 | 1561 | 1091 | 3209 | 560 | 563 | 84 | 769 | 1963 | 5541 | .482 | .749 | 21.6 | 10.5 | 6.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | |
44 | Marshall Rogers | Aug 27 | 1 | 26 | 176 | 43 | 116 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 100 | .371 | .933 | 6.8 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | ||||
45 | Dan Roundfield | May 26 | 12 | 813 | 24210 | 4420 | 9161 | 7 | 63 | 2810 | 3824 | 2576 | 7502 | 1655 | 695 | 1160 | 1870 | 2722 | 11657 | .482 | .735 | 29.8 | 14.3 | 9.2 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 1.4 | |
46 | Bruce Seals | Jun 18 | 5 | 348 | 7463 | 1285 | 3038 | 19 | 93 | 518 | 771 | 480 | 1463 | 360 | 226 | 208 | 208 | 1052 | 3107 | .423 | .672 | 21.4 | 8.9 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |
47 | Phil Sellers | Nov 20 | 1 | 44 | 329 | 73 | 190 | 52 | 72 | 19 | 41 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 56 | 198 | .384 | .722 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | ||||
48 | Gene Short | Aug 7 | 1 | 34 | 222 | 32 | 91 | 20 | 32 | 19 | 48 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 84 | .352 | .625 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||
49 | Ken Smith | Jul 12 | 1 | 19 | 164 | 34 | 83 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 82 | .410 | .200 | .813 | 8.6 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
50 | Willie Smith | Oct 26 | 4 | 78 | 1200 | 144 | 360 | 17 | 71 | 52 | 69 | 63 | 134 | 277 | 85 | 2 | 109 | 131 | 357 | .400 | .754 | 15.4 | 4.6 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.0 | |
51 | Ricky Sobers | Jan 15 | 11 | 821 | 22992 | 4250 | 9262 | 130 | 447 | 2272 | 2695 | 672 | 2132 | 3525 | 1085 | 161 | 1973 | 2622 | 10902 | .459 | .843 | 28.0 | 13.3 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 0.2 | |
52 | Mike Sojourner | Oct 16 | 3 | 191 | 4282 | 721 | 1502 | 216 | 322 | 371 | 1237 | 172 | 88 | 106 | 457 | 1658 | .480 | .671 | 22.4 | 8.7 | 6.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | ||||
53 | Earl Tatum | Jul 26 | 4 | 262 | 5229 | 1109 | 2415 | 2 | 6 | 288 | 386 | 214 | 682 | 507 | 319 | 101 | 289 | 619 | 2508 | .459 | .746 | 20.0 | 9.6 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.4 | |
54 | Terry Thomas | Aug 20 | 1 | 28 | 136 | 28 | 65 | 21 | 29 | 15 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 77 | .431 | .724 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||
55 | Monte Towe | Sep 27 | 2 | 115 | 985 | 128 | 317 | 9 | 42 | 54 | 69 | 14 | 89 | 223 | 53 | 5 | 81 | 145 | 319 | .404 | .783 | 8.6 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
56 | Lloyd Walton | Nov 23 | 5 | 341 | 5387 | 599 | 1319 | 1 | 4 | 243 | 342 | 121 | 370 | 1243 | 264 | 28 | 422 | 362 | 1442 | .454 | .711 | 15.8 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | |
57 | Rudy White | Jun 23 | 5 | 124 | 1185 | 156 | 382 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 97 | 35 | 120 | 112 | 52 | 7 | 42 | 126 | 384 | .408 | .742 | 9.6 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | |
58 | Jamaal Wilkes* | May 2 | 12 | 828 | 27275 | 6226 | 12471 | 7 | 52 | 2185 | 2878 | 1627 | 5117 | 2050 | 1049 | 262 | 1211 | 2296 | 14644 | .499 | .759 | 32.9 | 17.7 | 6.2 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 | |
59 | Chuckie Williams | Dec 31 | 1 | 22 | 65 | 14 | 47 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 37 | .298 | .750 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
60 | Fly Williams | Feb 18 | 1 | 71 | 1239 | 297 | 643 | 2 | 14 | 69 | 101 | 72 | 181 | 142 | 64 | 10 | 177 | 156 | 665 | .462 | .143 | .683 | 17.5 | 9.4 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
Totals | Shooting | Per Game | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rk | Player | Birthday | Yrs | G | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | STL | BLK |
61 | Gus Williams | Oct 10 | 11 | 825 | 25645 | 5793 | 12570 | 108 | 454 | 2399 | 3173 | 818 | 2222 | 4597 | 1638 | 291 | 1646 | 1637 | 14093 | .461 | .756 | 31.1 | 17.1 | 2.7 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 0.4 | |
62 | Jim Zoet | Dec 20 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | .200 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
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