1971-72 ABA Rookies

1970-71 Rookies 1972-73 Rookies

League Champion: Indiana Pacers

Most Valuable Player: Artis Gilmore (23.8/17.8/2.7)

Rookie of the Year: Artis Gilmore (23.8/17.8/2.7)

PPG Leader: Charlie Scott (34.6)

RPG Leader: Artis Gilmore (17.8)

APG Leader: Bill Melchionni (8.4)

WS Leader: Artis Gilmore (19.8)

Career Stats

1971-72 Stats

Rookies

Career ABA Stats

Rookies Table
					Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Debut	Age	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	Willie Allen	Dec 10, '71, FLO @ KEN	22	1	7	30	4	13	0	0	5	6	4	14	4			6	11	13	.308		.833	4.3	1.9	2.0	0.6
2	Johnny Baum	Dec 3, '71, NYA vs. CAR	25	3	179	2841	504	1008	0	2	198	256	210	537	110	36	16	147	275	1206	.500	.000	.773	15.9	6.7	3.0	0.6	0.6	0.3
3	Nate Bowman	Dec 9, '71, PTC vs. DLC	28	1	18	217	19	53	0	1	5	9	32	87	13			17	48	43	.358	.000	.556	12.1	2.4	4.8	0.7
4	Len Chappell	Oct 15, '71, DLC @ UTS	31	1	79	1403	231	511	0	0	144	193	146	318	69			63	158	606	.452		.746	17.8	7.7	4.0	0.9
5	Mickey Davis	Oct 15, '71, PTC @ NYA	21	1	23	126	25	63	0	2	14	20	21	41	9			17	23	64	.397	.000	.700	5.5	2.8	1.8	0.4
6	Randy Denton	Oct 15, '71, CAR vs. VIR	22	5	368	9484	1932	4047	3	14	643	821	1119	3329	495	121	110	581	958	4510	.477	.214	.783	25.8	12.3	9.0	1.3	0.5	0.5
7	Ron Dorsey	Oct 19, '71, CAR @ UTS	23	1	1	12	2	8	0	1	0	2	2	5	0			1	2	4	.250	.000	.000	12.0	4.0	5.0	0.0
8	Jerry Dover	Feb 6, '72, MMP @ DLC	22	1	4	13	3	9	2	5	0	0	0	0	1			0	3	8	.333	.400		3.3	2.0	0.0	0.3
9	Jarrett Durham	Oct 15, '71, NYA vs. PTC	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1	0	0				1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
10	Julius Erving*	Oct 15, '71, VIR @ CAR	21	5	407	16550	4581	9094	88	273	2412	3102	1622	4924	1952	764	648	1617	1208	11662	.504	.322	.778	40.7	28.7	12.1	4.8	2.4	2.0
11	Bobby Fields	Oct 13, '71, UTS vs. DNR	22	1	22	124	22	48	2	7	8	13	16	30	20			21	33	54	.458	.286	.615	5.6	2.5	1.4	0.9
12	Rick Fisher	Oct 13, '71, UTS vs. DNR	23	1	12	66	18	34	0	0	1	1	14	32	5			4	9	37	.529		1.000	5.5	3.1	2.7	0.4
13	Mike Gale	Oct 16, '71, KEN vs. NYA	21	5	389	9456	1191	2628	13	66	436	594	430	1323	1181	509	168	653	931	2831	.453	.197	.734	24.3	7.3	3.4	3.0	1.6	0.7
14	Artis Gilmore*	Oct 16, '71, KEN vs. NYA	22	5	420	17449	3671	6588	2	7	2018	3022	2177	7169	1273	178	1431	1579	1543	9362	.557	.286	.668	41.5	22.3	17.1	3.0	0.7	3.4
15	Bob Greacen	Oct 15, '71, NYA vs. PTC	24	1	4	20	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1			2	1	2	.500			5.0	0.5	0.5	0.3
16	Mike Grosso	Feb 15, '72, PTC @ CAR	24	1	25	335	45	102	0	0	13	23	49	123	11			20	64	103	.441		.565	13.4	4.1	4.9	0.4
17	Shaler Halimon	Dec 3, '71, DLC vs. KEN	26	2	84	1125	182	443	1	9	85	123	74	210	121			89	142	450	.411	.111	.691	13.4	5.4	2.5	1.4
18	Darnell Hillman	Oct 15, '71, INA vs. DNR	22	5	395	11015	1717	3554	5	30	756	1158	1112	3306	551	223	505	820	1432	4195	.483	.167	.653	27.9	10.6	8.4	1.4	0.9	1.6
19	George Johnson	Nov 3, '71, DLC vs. VIR	24	1	67	1477	128	282	0	0	61	103	126	464	59			84	209	317	.454		.592	22.0	4.7	6.9	0.9
20	Collis Jones	Oct 15, '71, DLC @ UTS	22	4	298	6231	955	2105	6	28	510	727	660	1409	338	126	46	335	707	2426	.454	.214	.702	20.9	8.1	4.7	1.1	0.9	0.3
					Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Debut	Age	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	Goo Kennedy	Nov 9, '71, DLC vs. NYA	22	5	301	6505	1112	2027	1	1	449	667	656	1815	293	133	27	371	1010	2674	.549	1.000	.673	21.6	8.9	6.0	1.0	0.8	0.2
22	Loyd King	Oct 14, '71, MMP vs. FLO	22	2	84	1255	191	523	21	90	103	127	38	125	117			80	188	506	.365	.233	.811	14.9	6.0	1.5	1.4
23	Willie Long	Oct 14, '71, FLO @ MMP	21	3	213	5033	902	2144	0	5	614	793	453	1269	209	54	13	389	606	2418	.421	.000	.774	23.6	11.4	6.0	1.0	0.7	0.2
24	Ed Manning	Oct 15, '71, CAR vs. VIR	28	5	324	6221	915	1965	1	8	292	358	406	1453	294	137	27	326	846	2123	.466	.125	.816	19.2	6.6	4.5	0.9	0.8	0.2
25	Ted McClain	Oct 15, '71, CAR vs. VIR	25	5	377	9196	1419	3152	27	124	746	979	390	1217	1368	638	63	901	1234	3611	.450	.218	.762	24.4	9.6	3.2	3.6	2.0	0.3
26	Jim McDaniels	Oct 15, '71, CAR vs. VIR	23	2	87	2537	737	1441	0	0	257	352	289	938	118	8	17	204	315	1731	.511		.730	29.2	19.9	10.8	1.4	0.3	0.6
27	George McGinnis*	Oct 15, '71, INA vs. DNR	21	4	314	11985	2995	6374	81	279	1848	2708	1542	4056	1104	525	96	1472	1236	7919	.470	.290	.682	38.2	25.2	12.9	3.5	2.2	0.6
28	Steve Mix	Dec 23, '71, DNR @ INA	24	1	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0			0	1	2	1.000			4.0	2.0	1.0	0.0
29	Johnny Neumann	Oct 14, '71, MMP vs. FLO	20	5	372	9332	2211	5075	145	539	991	1287	572	1148	1177	189	63	1088	1225	5558	.436	.269	.770	25.1	14.9	3.1	3.2	0.9	0.3
30	Jimmy O'Brien	Oct 15, '71, PTC @ NYA	21	4	303	6148	720	1791	18	102	337	406	185	618	1244	152	3	534	518	1795	.402	.176	.830	20.3	5.9	2.0	4.1	1.0	0.0
31	Tom Owens	Oct 14, '71, MMP vs. FLO	22	5	389	9365	1723	3310	3	15	837	1171	1104	2975	549	101	164	654	1257	4286	.521	.200	.715	24.1	11.0	7.6	1.4	0.4	0.7
32	Dana Pagett	Oct 15, '71, VIR @ CAR	22	1	5	34	1	9	1	3	2	3	1	3	6			3	8	5	.111	.333	.667	6.8	1.0	0.6	1.2
33	Gene Phillips	Oct 15, '71, DLC @ UTS	23	2	31	184	30	81	7	20	11	14	4	21	14			8	26	78	.370	.350	.786	5.9	2.5	0.7	0.5
34	Mike Price	Dec 11, '71, INA vs. FLO	23	1	4	25	3	9	0	0	0	0	1	5	1			4	4	6	.333			6.3	1.5	1.3	0.3
35	Bob Quick	Feb 1, '72, DLC @ MMP	25	1	6	57	8	15	0	0	10	10	6	14	1			4	9	26	.533		1.000	9.5	4.3	2.3	0.2
36	Marv Roberts	Oct 13, '71, DNR @ UTS	22	5	374	7534	1317	3026	3	9	650	840	657	1545	498	110	19	487	848	3287	.435	.333	.774	20.1	8.8	4.1	1.3	0.5	0.1
37	Dave Robisch	Oct 13, '71, DNR @ UTS	22	5	422	12224	2303	4910	0	10	1549	1966	1194	3553	842	162	173	571	1152	6155	.469	.000	.788	29.0	14.6	8.4	2.0	0.6	0.7
38	John Roche	Oct 15, '71, NYA vs. PTC	22	5	317	9259	1557	3318	104	313	769	982	138	558	1240	120	23	735	688	3987	.469	.332	.783	29.2	12.6	1.8	3.9	0.8	0.1
39	Paul Ruffner	Oct 15, '71, PTC @ NYA	23	2	81	1064	184	384	0	0	84	115	119	344	52	0	0	69	178	452	.479		.730	13.1	5.6	4.2	0.6	0.0	0.0
40	Pierre Russell	Oct 24, '71, KEN vs. FLO	22	2	110	1015	184	419	2	20	65	99	94	222	112			66	136	435	.439	.100	.657	9.2	4.0	2.0	1.0
					Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Debut	Age	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	Ron Sanford	Oct 21, '71, DLC @ VIR	25	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	1	0				2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
42	Adrian Smith	Oct 15, '71, VIR @ CAR	35	1	53	686	87	195	2	11	92	103	14	46	42			34	89	268	.446	.182	.893	12.9	5.1	0.9	0.8
43	Al Smith	Oct 13, '71, DNR @ UTS	25	5	337	8971	1185	2908	111	380	817	1057	261	865	1793	169	12	927	1071	3298	.407	.292	.773	26.6	9.8	2.6	5.3	1.0	0.1
44	Willie Sojourner	Oct 15, '71, VIR @ CAR	23	4	309	4714	778	1601	1	6	311	455	510	1488	227	40	152	314	804	1868	.486	.167	.684	15.3	6.0	4.8	0.7	0.2	0.9
45	Walt Szczerbiak	Oct 15, '71, PTC @ NYA	22	1	53	598	149	237	0	2	35	53	82	150	41			50	100	333	.629	.000	.660	11.3	6.3	2.8	0.8
46	Elnardo Webster	Jan 2, '72, NYA @ KEN	23	1	24	237	50	109	1	4	21	29	15	44	16			35	39	122	.459	.250	.724	9.9	5.1	1.8	0.7
47	Bernie Williams	Oct 26, '71, VIR @ PTC	26	3	155	3231	711	1666	29	125	281	337	111	283	278	1	0	264	331	1732	.427	.232	.834	20.8	11.2	1.8	1.8	0.2	0.0
48	Marv Winkler	Oct 15, '71, INA vs. DNR	23	1	20	155	15	54	2	4	8	14	7	16	12			12	16	40	.278	.500	.571	7.8	2.0	0.8	0.6
49	Gary Zeller	Feb 6, '72, NYA @ KEN	24	1	12	82	7	30	0	1	4	6	5	10	2			9	16	18	.233	.000	.667	6.8	1.5	0.8	0.2