1978-79 NBA Rookies - Season Stats

1977-78 Rookies - Season Stats 1979-80 Rookies - Season Stats

League Champion: Seattle SuperSonics

Most Valuable Player: Moses Malone (24.8/17.6/1.8)

Rookie of the Year: Phil Ford (15.9/2.3/8.6)

PPG Leader: George Gervin (29.6)

RPG Leader: Moses Malone (17.6)

APG Leader: Kevin Porter (13.4)

WS Leader: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (14.4)

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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	Kim Anderson	Oct 15, '78, POR vs. CHI	23	1	21	224	24	77			15	28	17	45	15	4	5	22	42	63	.312		.536	10.7	3.0	2.1	0.7	0.2	0.2
2	Del Beshore	Oct 24, '78, MIL @ PHO	22	1	1	1	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3	Dennis Boyd	Dec 12, '78, DET @ CLE	24	1	5	40	3	12			0	0	0	2	7	0	0	6	5	6	.250			8.0	1.2	0.4	1.4	0.0	0.0
4	Winford Boynes	Oct 13, '78, NJN @ DET	21	1	69	1176	256	595			133	169	60	155	75	43	7	119	117	645	.430		.787	17.0	9.3	2.2	1.1	0.6	0.1
5	Ron Brewer	Oct 15, '78, POR vs. CHI	23	1	81	2454	434	878			210	256	88	229	165	102	79	153	181	1078	.494		.820	30.3	13.3	2.8	2.0	1.3	1.0
6	Greg Bunch	Oct 13, '78, NYK vs. HOU	22	1	12	97	9	26			10	12	9	17	4	3	3	5	10	28	.346		.833	8.1	2.3	1.4	0.3	0.3	0.3
7	Marty Byrnes	Oct 13, '78, PHO vs. SDC	22	1	79	1264	187	389			106	154	90	191	104	27	10	119	111	480	.481		.688	16.0	6.1	2.4	1.3	0.3	0.1
8	Ron Carter	Oct 13, '78, LAL @ PHI	22	1	46	332	54	124			36	54	21	45	25	17	7	40	54	144	.435		.667	7.2	3.1	1.0	0.5	0.4	0.2
9	Maurice Cheeks*	Oct 13, '78, PHI vs. LAL	22	1	82	2409	292	572			101	140	63	254	431	174	12	193	198	685	.510		.721	29.4	8.4	3.1	5.3	2.1	0.1
10	Michael Cooper*	Dec 22, '78, LAL vs. WSB	22	1	3	7	3	6			0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	6	.500			2.3	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
11	Wayne Cooper	Oct 14, '78, GSW vs. SDC	22	1	65	795	128	293			41	61	90	280	21	7	44	52	118	297	.437		.672	12.2	4.6	4.3	0.3	0.1	0.7
12	Dave Corzine	Oct 13, '78, WSB vs. NOJ	22	1	59	532	63	118			49	63	52	147	49	10	14	53	67	175	.534		.778	9.0	3.0	2.5	0.8	0.2	0.2
13	Geoff Crompton	Oct 15, '78, DEN @ SDC	23	1	20	88	10	26			6	12	6	23	5	0	3	12	19	26	.385		.500	4.4	1.3	1.2	0.3	0.0	0.2
14	Harry Davis	Oct 13, '78, CLE @ BOS	23	1	40	394	66	153			30	43	27	66	16	13	8	23	66	162	.431		.698	9.9	4.1	1.7	0.4	0.3	0.2
15	Bob Elliott	Oct 13, '78, NJN @ DET	23	1	14	282	41	73			41	56	16	56	22	6	4	26	34	123	.562		.732	20.1	8.8	4.0	1.6	0.4	0.3
16	Ray Epps	Oct 14, '78, GSW vs. SDC	22	1	13	72	10	23			6	8	0	5	2	1	0	2	7	26	.435		.750	5.5	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.0
17	Phil Ford	Oct 15, '78, KCK @ SEA	22	1	79	2723	467	1004			326	401	33	182	681	174	6	323	245	1260	.465		.813	34.5	15.9	2.3	8.6	2.2	0.1
18	Jack Givens	Oct 13, '78, ATL @ IND	22	1	74	1347	234	564			102	135	98	214	83	72	17	75	121	570	.415		.756	18.2	7.7	2.9	1.1	1.0	0.2
19	Tommie Green	Oct 13, '78, NOJ @ WSB	22	1	59	809	92	237			48	63	20	68	140	61	6	89	111	232	.388		.762	13.7	3.9	1.2	2.4	1.0	0.1
20	Lars Hansen	Dec 17, '78, SEA @ CLE	24	1	15	205	29	57			18	31	22	59	14	1	1	9	28	76	.509		.581	13.7	5.1	3.9	0.9	0.1	0.1
					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	James Hardy	Oct 13, '78, NOJ @ WSB	22	1	68	1456	196	426			61	88	121	310	65	52	61	93	133	453	.460		.693	21.4	6.7	4.6	1.0	0.8	0.9
22	Keith Herron	Oct 28, '78, ATL vs. CHI	22	1	14	81	14	48			12	13	4	10	3	6	2	5	11	40	.292		.923	5.8	2.9	0.7	0.2	0.4	0.1
23	Kenny Higgs	Oct 13, '78, CLE @ BOS	24	1	68	1050	127	279			85	111	18	102	141	66	11	47	176	339	.455		.766	15.4	5.0	1.5	2.1	1.0	0.2
24	Essie Hollis	Nov 28, '78, DET @ LAL	23	1	25	154	30	75			9	12	21	45	6	11	1	14	28	69	.400		.750	6.2	2.8	1.8	0.2	0.4	0.0
25	Otis Howard	Oct 14, '78, MIL @ SAS	22	1	14	113	24	56			11	23	18	41	5	2	2	7	24	59	.429		.478	8.1	4.2	2.9	0.4	0.1	0.1
26	Clemon Johnson	Oct 15, '78, POR vs. CHI	22	1	74	794	102	217			36	74	83	226	78	23	36	65	121	240	.470		.486	10.7	3.2	3.1	1.1	0.3	0.5
27	George Johnson	Oct 24, '78, MIL @ PHO	22	1	67	1157	165	342			84	117	106	360	81	75	49	100	187	414	.482		.718	17.3	6.2	5.4	1.2	1.1	0.7
28	Jeff Judkins	Oct 13, '78, BOS vs. CLE	22	1	81	1521	295	587			119	146	70	191	145	81	12	109	184	709	.503		.815	18.8	8.8	2.4	1.8	1.0	0.1
29	Joel Kramer	Oct 13, '78, PHO vs. SDC	23	1	82	1401	181	370			125	176	134	337	92	45	23	98	224	487	.489		.710	17.1	5.9	4.1	1.1	0.5	0.3
30	Butch Lee	Oct 13, '78, ATL @ IND	22	1	82	1779	290	634			175	230	33	126	295	86	1	154	146	755	.457		.761	21.7	9.2	1.5	3.6	1.0	0.0
31	John Long	Oct 13, '78, DET vs. NJN	22	1	82	2498	581	1240			157	190	127	266	121	102	19	137	224	1319	.469		.826	30.5	16.1	3.2	1.5	1.2	0.2
32	Billy McKinney	Oct 15, '78, KCK @ SEA	23	1	78	1242	240	477			129	162	20	85	253	58	3	124	121	609	.503		.796	15.9	7.8	1.1	3.2	0.7	0.0
33	Mike Mitchell	Oct 13, '78, CLE @ BOS	23	1	80	1576	362	706			131	178	127	329	60	51	29	102	215	855	.513		.736	19.7	10.7	4.1	0.8	0.6	0.4
34	John Olive	Dec 6, '78, SDC @ BOS	23	1	34	189	13	40			18	23	3	19	3	4	0	13	32	44	.325		.783	5.6	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.0
35	Roger Phegley	Oct 13, '78, WSB vs. NOJ	22	1	29	153	28	78			24	29	5	22	15	5	2	17	21	80	.359		.828	5.3	2.8	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.1
36	Stan Pietkiewicz	Oct 13, '78, SDC @ PHO	22	1	4	32	1	8			2	2	0	6	3	1	0	1	5	4	.125		1.000	8.0	1.0	1.5	0.8	0.3	0.0
37	Wayne Radford	Oct 13, '78, IND vs. ATL	22	1	52	649	83	175			36	45	25	68	57	30	1	45	61	202	.474		.800	12.5	3.9	1.3	1.1	0.6	0.0
38	Marlon Redmond	Oct 15, '78, KCK @ SEA	23	1	53	759	163	387			31	50	57	109	58	28	16	57	96	357	.421		.620	14.3	6.7	2.1	1.1	0.5	0.3
39	Micheal Ray Richardson	Oct 13, '78, NYK vs. HOU	23	1	72	1218	200	483			69	128	78	233	213	100	18	141	188	469	.414		.539	16.9	6.5	3.2	3.0	1.4	0.3
40	Rick Robey	Oct 13, '78, IND vs. ATL	23	1	79	1763	322	673			174	224	168	513	132	48	15	164	232	818	.478		.777	22.3	10.4	6.5	1.7	0.6	0.2
					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	Jackie Robinson	Mar 9, '79, SEA @ NJN	23	1	12	105	19	41			8	15	9	19	13	5	1	11	9	46	.463		.533	8.8	3.8	1.6	1.1	0.4	0.1
42	John Rudd	Oct 31, '78, NYK @ PHO	23	1	58	723	59	133			66	93	69	167	35	17	8	59	95	184	.444		.710	12.5	3.2	2.9	0.6	0.3	0.1
43	Frankie Sanders	Oct 14, '78, SAS vs. MIL	22	1	46	479	105	246			54	68	35	110	52	21	6	55	69	264	.427		.794	10.4	5.7	2.4	1.1	0.5	0.1
44	Purvis Short	Oct 14, '78, GSW vs. SDC	21	1	75	1703	369	771			57	85	127	347	97	54	12	111	233	795	.479		.671	22.7	10.6	4.6	1.3	0.7	0.2
45	Sam Smith	Jan 28, '79, MIL @ LAL	24	1	16	125	19	47			18	24	0	9	16	8	7	8	12	56	.404		.750	7.8	3.5	0.6	1.0	0.5	0.4
46	Reggie Theus	Oct 13, '78, CHI @ SEA	21	1	82	2753	537	1119			264	347	92	228	429	93	18	303	270	1338	.480		.761	33.6	16.3	2.8	5.2	1.1	0.2
47	Mychal Thompson	Oct 15, '78, POR vs. CHI	24	1	73	2144	460	938			154	269	198	604	176	67	134	205	270	1074	.490		.572	29.4	14.7	8.3	2.4	0.9	1.8
48	Raymond Townsend	Oct 14, '78, GSW vs. SDC	23	1	65	771	127	289			50	68	11	55	91	27	6	51	70	304	.439		.735	11.9	4.7	0.8	1.4	0.4	0.1
49	Terry Tyler	Oct 13, '78, DET vs. NJN	22	1	82	2560	456	946			144	219	211	648	89	104	201	141	254	1056	.482		.658	31.2	12.9	7.9	1.1	1.3	2.5
50	Andre Wakefield	Oct 20, '78, CHI vs. SDC	24	1	73	586	62	177			48	69	25	76	70	19	2	73	70	172	.350		.696	8.0	2.4	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.0
51	Jerome Whitehead	Nov 7, '78, SDC @ NOJ	22	1	31	152	15	34			8	18	16	50	7	3	4	11	29	38	.441		.444	4.9	1.2	1.6	0.2	0.1	0.1
52	Freeman Williams	Oct 13, '78, SDC @ PHO	22	1	72	1195	335	683			76	98	48	98	83	42	2	99	88	746	.490		.776	16.6	10.4	1.4	1.2	0.6	0.0
53	Rick Wilson	Oct 13, '78, ATL @ IND	22	1	61	589	81	197			24	44	20	76	72	30	8	41	66	186	.411		.545	9.7	3.0	1.2	1.2	0.5	0.1