| Season | Age | Team | Lg | Pos | G | Awards | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946-47 | 25 | PHW | BAA | PF | 60 | 7.9 | 26.0 | .305 | 7.3 | 10.0 | .730 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 23.2 | |||
| 1947-48 | 26 | PHW | BAA | PF | 43 | 7.6 | 29.3 | .259 | 6.9 | 9.1 | .762 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 22.1 | |||
| 1948-49 | 27 | PHW | BAA | PF | 60 | 8.8 | 28.2 | .313 | 8.4 | 10.6 | .787 | 1.2 | 4.4 | 26.0 | |||
| 1949-50 | 28 | PHW | NBA | PF | 68 | 4.9 | 17.8 | .278 | 4.3 | 6.2 | .696 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 14.2 | |||
| 1950-51 | 29 | PHW | NBA | PF | 66 | 6.5 | 20.6 | .316 | 5.7 | 6.7 | .855 | 7.9 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 18.7 | AS,NBA2 | |
| 1951-52 | 30 | PHW | NBA | PF | 61 | 31.2 | 5.5 | 17.7 | .312 | 4.1 | 5.0 | .825 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 15.1 | AS |
| 1952-53 | 31 | PHW | NBA | PF | 70 | 29.8 | 4.7 | 13.7 | .346 | 2.4 | 3.3 | .727 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 11.9 | |
| 1953-54 | 32 | PHW | NBA | PF | 61 | 8.2 | 1.0 | 3.8 | .266 | 0.5 | 0.8 | .571 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |
| 8 Yrs | 489 | 23.4 | 5.8 | 19.1 | .302 | 4.8 | 6.3 | .766 | 5.3 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 16.4 | |||||
| NBA (5 Yrs) | 326 | 23.4 | 4.6 | 14.8 | .309 | 3.4 | 4.4 | .772 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 12.6 | |||||
| BAA (3 Yrs) | 163 | 8.2 | 27.6 | .295 | 7.6 | 10.0 | .760 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 23.9 | |||||||
| Season | Age | Team | Lg | Pos | G | Awards | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946-47 | 25 | PHW | BAA | PF | 10 | 7.4 | 25.7 | .288 | 7.4 | 9.4 | .787 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 22.2 | |||
| 1947-48 | 26 | PHW | BAA | PF | 13 | 7.1 | 29.2 | .242 | 7.5 | 9.3 | .810 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 21.7 | |||
| 1948-49 | 27 | PHW | BAA | PF | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| 1949-50 | 28 | PHW | NBA | PF | 2 | 2.5 | 13.0 | .192 | 2.5 | 5.0 | .500 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 7.5 | |||
| 1950-51 | 29 | PHW | NBA | PF | 2 | 8.0 | 24.5 | .327 | 10.0 | 13.5 | .741 | 8.0 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 26.0 | ||
| 1951-52 | 30 | PHW | NBA | PF | 3 | 23.3 | 1.7 | 11.0 | .152 | 2.3 | 3.0 | .778 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 5.7 | |
| 6 Yrs | 31 | 23.3 | 6.2 | 24.0 | .258 | 6.6 | 8.4 | .782 | 5.6 | 0.4 | 3.9 | 19.0 | |||||
| BAA (3 Yrs) | 24 | 6.9 | 26.5 | .261 | 7.2 | 9.0 | .800 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 21.0 | |||||||
| NBA (3 Yrs) | 7 | 23.3 | 3.7 | 15.4 | .241 | 4.6 | 6.6 | .696 | 5.6 | 0.7 | 4.6 | 12.0 | |||||
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Insights
| Highlight | In Stathead | |
|---|---|---|
| Career high, Points | 63 | View full stats from top 20 games |
| Career high, Rebounds | 16 | View full stats from top 20 games |
| Career high, Assists | 7 | View full stats from top 20 games |
Use Stathead to compare Joe Fulks to:
| Season | Age | Team | Lg | Pos | G | MP | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | TRB | AST | PF | PTS | Trp-Dbl | Awards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946-47 | 25 | PHW | BAA | PF | 60 | 475 | 1557 | .305 | 439 | 601 | .730 | 25 | 199 | 1389 | 0 | |||
| 1947-48 | 26 | PHW | BAA | PF | 43 | 326 | 1258 | .259 | 297 | 390 | .762 | 26 | 162 | 949 | 0 | |||
| 1948-49 | 27 | PHW | BAA | PF | 60 | 529 | 1689 | .313 | 502 | 638 | .787 | 74 | 262 | 1560 | 0 | |||
| 1949-50 | 28 | PHW | NBA | PF | 68 | 336 | 1209 | .278 | 293 | 421 | .696 | 56 | 240 | 965 | 0 | |||
| 1950-51 | 29 | PHW | NBA | PF | 66 | 429 | 1358 | .316 | 378 | 442 | .855 | 523 | 117 | 247 | 1236 | 0 | AS,NBA2 | |
| 1951-52 | 30 | PHW | NBA | PF | 61 | 1904 | 336 | 1078 | .312 | 250 | 303 | .825 | 368 | 123 | 255 | 922 | 0 | AS |
| 1952-53 | 31 | PHW | NBA | PF | 70 | 2085 | 332 | 960 | .346 | 168 | 231 | .727 | 387 | 138 | 319 | 832 | 0 | |
| 1953-54 | 32 | PHW | NBA | PF | 61 | 501 | 61 | 229 | .266 | 28 | 49 | .571 | 101 | 28 | 90 | 150 | 0 | |
| 8 Yrs | 489 | 4490 | 2824 | 9338 | .302 | 2355 | 3075 | .766 | 1379 | 587 | 1774 | 8003 | 0 | |||||
| NBA (5 Yrs) | 326 | 4490 | 1494 | 4834 | .309 | 1117 | 1446 | .772 | 1379 | 462 | 1151 | 4105 | 0 | |||||
| BAA (3 Yrs) | 163 | 1330 | 4504 | .295 | 1238 | 1629 | .760 | 125 | 623 | 3898 | 0 | |||||||
| Season | Age | Team | Lg | Pos | G | MP | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | TRB | AST | PF | PTS | Trp-Dbl | Awards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946-47 | 25 | PHW | BAA | PF | 10 | 74 | 257 | .288 | 74 | 94 | .787 | 3 | 32 | 222 | 0 | |||
| 1947-48 | 26 | PHW | BAA | PF | 13 | 92 | 380 | .242 | 98 | 121 | .810 | 3 | 55 | 282 | 0 | |||
| 1948-49 | 27 | PHW | BAA | PF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1949-50 | 28 | PHW | NBA | PF | 2 | 5 | 26 | .192 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 0 | |||
| 1950-51 | 29 | PHW | NBA | PF | 2 | 16 | 49 | .327 | 20 | 27 | .741 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 52 | 0 | ||
| 1951-52 | 30 | PHW | NBA | PF | 3 | 70 | 5 | 33 | .152 | 7 | 9 | .778 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 0 | |
| 6 Yrs | 31 | 70 | 192 | 745 | .258 | 204 | 261 | .782 | 28 | 11 | 120 | 588 | 0 | |||||
| BAA (3 Yrs) | 24 | 166 | 637 | .261 | 172 | 215 | .800 | 6 | 88 | 504 | 0 | |||||||
| NBA (3 Yrs) | 7 | 70 | 26 | 108 | .241 | 32 | 46 | .696 | 28 | 5 | 32 | 84 | 0 | |||||
| Season | Age | Team | Lg | Pos | G | MP | Awards | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946-47 | 25 | PHW | BAA | PF | 60 | .305 | .730 | ||||||||||
| 1947-48 | 26 | PHW | BAA | PF | 43 | .259 | .762 | ||||||||||
| 1948-49 | 27 | PHW | BAA | PF | 60 | .313 | .787 | ||||||||||
| 1949-50 | 28 | PHW | NBA | PF | 68 | .278 | .696 | ||||||||||
| 1950-51 | 29 | PHW | NBA | PF | 66 | .316 | .855 | AS,NBA2 | |||||||||
| 1951-52 | 30 | PHW | NBA | PF | 61 | 1904 | 6.4 | 20.4 | .312 | 4.7 | 5.7 | .825 | 7.0 | 2.3 | 4.8 | 17.4 | AS |
| 1952-53 | 31 | PHW | NBA | PF | 70 | 2085 | 5.7 | 16.6 | .346 | 2.9 | 4.0 | .727 | 6.7 | 2.4 | 5.5 | 14.4 | |
| 1953-54 | 32 | PHW | NBA | PF | 61 | 501 | 4.4 | 16.5 | .266 | 2.0 | 3.5 | .571 | 7.3 | 2.0 | 6.5 | 10.8 | |
| 8 Yrs | 489 | 4490 | 22.6 | 18.2 | .302 | 3.6 | 24.7 | .766 | 11.1 | 2.3 | 14.2 | 64.2 | |||||
| Game Avg | 489 | 22.6 | 18.2 | .302 | 3.6 | 24.7 | .766 | 2.3 | 14.2 | 64.2 | |||||||
| NBA (5 Yrs) | 326 | 4490 | 12.0 | 18.2 | .309 | 3.6 | 11.6 | .772 | 11.1 | 2.3 | 9.2 | 32.9 | |||||
| BAA (3 Yrs) | 163 | .295 | .760 | ||||||||||||||
| Season | Age | Team | Lg | Pos | G | MP | Awards | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946-47 | 25 | PHW | BAA | PF | 10 | .288 | .787 | ||||||||||
| 1947-48 | 26 | PHW | BAA | PF | 13 | .242 | .810 | ||||||||||
| 1948-49 | 27 | PHW | BAA | PF | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1949-50 | 28 | PHW | NBA | PF | 2 | .192 | .500 | ||||||||||
| 1950-51 | 29 | PHW | NBA | PF | 2 | .327 | .741 | ||||||||||
| 1951-52 | 30 | PHW | NBA | PF | 3 | 70 | 2.6 | 17.0 | .152 | 3.6 | 4.6 | .778 | 6.2 | 1.0 | 6.7 | 8.7 | |
| 6 Yrs | 31 | 70 | 98.7 | 17.0 | .258 | 3.6 | 134.2 | .782 | 14.4 | 1.0 | 61.7 | 302.4 | |||||
| Game Avg | 31 | 98.7 | 17.0 | .258 | 3.6 | 134.2 | .782 | 1.0 | 61.7 | 302.4 | |||||||
| BAA (3 Yrs) | 24 | .261 | .800 | ||||||||||||||
| NBA (3 Yrs) | 7 | 70 | 13.4 | 17.0 | .241 | 3.6 | 23.7 | .696 | 14.4 | 1.0 | 16.5 | 43.2 | |||||
| Season | Age | Team | Lg | Pos | G | MP | FTr | OWS | DWS | WS | Awards | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946-47 | 25 | PHW | BAA | PF | 60 | .381 | .386 | 13.0 | 3.3 | 16.3 | ||||
| 1947-48 | 26 | PHW | BAA | PF | 43 | .332 | .310 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 6.0 | ||||
| 1948-49 | 27 | PHW | BAA | PF | 60 | .396 | .378 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 7.7 | ||||
| 1949-50 | 28 | PHW | NBA | PF | 68 | .346 | .348 | -4.4 | 3.7 | -0.8 | ||||
| 1950-51 | 29 | PHW | NBA | PF | 66 | .398 | .325 | -0.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | AS,NBA2 | |||
| 1951-52 | 30 | PHW | NBA | PF | 61 | 1904 | 11.9 | .381 | .281 | -2.5 | 0.7 | -1.8 | -0.045 | AS |
| 1952-53 | 31 | PHW | NBA | PF | 70 | 2085 | 11.6 | .392 | .241 | -1.8 | 1.2 | -0.6 | -0.015 | |
| 1953-54 | 32 | PHW | NBA | PF | 61 | 501 | 3.8 | .299 | .214 | -2.2 | 0.4 | -1.8 | -0.171 | |
| 8 Yrs | 489 | 4490 | 10.9 | .374 | .329 | 8.3 | 20.9 | 29.2 | -0.045 | |||||
| NBA (5 Yrs) | 326 | 4490 | 10.9 | .375 | .299 | -11.1 | 10.4 | -0.7 | -0.045 | |||||
| BAA (3 Yrs) | 163 | .373 | .362 | 19.4 | 10.5 | 30.0 | ||||||||
| Season | Age | Team | Lg | Pos | G | MP | FTr | OWS | DWS | WS | Awards | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946-47 | 25 | PHW | BAA | PF | 10 | .372 | .366 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 2.3 | |||||
| 1947-48 | 26 | PHW | BAA | PF | 13 | .325 | .318 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 | |||||
| 1948-49 | 27 | PHW | BAA | PF | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1949-50 | 28 | PHW | NBA | PF | 2 | .247 | .385 | -0.4 | 0.1 | -0.3 | |||||
| 1950-51 | 29 | PHW | NBA | PF | 2 | .427 | .551 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |||||
| 1951-52 | 30 | PHW | NBA | PF | 3 | 70 | -3.7 | .230 | .273 | 5.7 | -0.5 | 0.0 | -0.6 | -0.398 | |
| 6 Yrs | 31 | 70 | -3.7 | .342 | .350 | 5.7 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.4 | -0.398 | |||||
| BAA (3 Yrs) | 24 | .344 | .338 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 4.2 | |||||||||
| NBA (3 Yrs) | 7 | 70 | -3.7 | .328 | .426 | 5.7 | -0.9 | 0.1 | -0.8 | -0.398 | |||||
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where was Joe Fulks born?
Joe Fulks was born in Birmingham, Kentucky.
When was Joe Fulks born?
Joe Fulks was born on October 26, 1921.
How tall was Joe Fulks?
Joe Fulks was 6-5 (196 cm) tall.
How much did Joe Fulks weigh when playing?
Joe Fulks weighed 190 lbs (86 kg) when playing.
Is Joe Fulks in the Hall of Fame?
Joe Fulks was inducted to the Hall of Fame as a Player in 1978 (Full List) .
What position did Joe Fulks play?
Power Forward.
When did Joe Fulks retire?
Joe Fulks last played in 1954.
What did Joe Fulks average?
Joe Fulks averaged 16.4 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game.
How many rings does Joe Fulks have?
Joe Fulks won one championship.
What schools did Joe Fulks attend?
Joe Fulks attended Marshall County in Benton, Kentucky, Kuttawa in Kuttawa, Kentucky, Millsaps College and Murray State.
What are Joe Fulks' nicknames?
Jumpin' Joe, The Kuttawa Clipper are nicknames for Joe Fulks.
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