1971-72 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Stats

Record: 23-59, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Bill Fitch (23-59)

PTS/G: 105.8 (16th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 113.4 (14th of 17)

SRS: -7.90 (15th of 17) Pace: 111.5 (9th of 17)

Off Rtg: 94.5 (15th of 17) Def Rtg: 101.4 (13th of 17) Net Rtg: -6.8 (15th of 17)

Expected W-L: 22-60 (15th of 17)

Arena: Cleveland Arena

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
21	Butch Beard	PG	6-3	185	May 4, 1947	us	1	Louisville
22	Austin Carr	SG	6-4	200	March 10, 1948	us	R	Notre Dame
18	Charlie Davis	SG	6-2	160	September 7, 1949	us	R	Wake Forest
40	Greg Howard	PF	6-9	215	January 8, 1948	us	1	New Mexico
32	John Johnson	SF	6-7	200	October 18, 1947	us	1	Iowa
50	Steve Patterson	C	6-9	225	June 24, 1948	us	R	UCLA
45	Luther Rackley	C	6-10	220	June 11, 1946	us	2	Xavier
23	Jackie Ridgle	SG	6-4	195	February 13, 1948	us	R	California
30	Rick Roberson	PF	6-9	231	July 7, 1947	us	2	Cincinnati
7	Bingo Smith	SF	6-5	195	February 26, 1946	us	2	Tulsa
15	Dave Sorenson	PF	6-8	225	July 8, 1948	us	1	Ohio State
11	John Warren	SG	6-3	180	July 7, 1947	us	2	St. John's
17	Bobby Washington	PG	5-11	175	July 11, 1947		2	Eastern Kentucky University
44	Walt Wesley	C	6-11	220	January 25, 1945	us	5	Kansas

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	John Johnson	24	82	37.1	6.8	15.7	.433	6.8	15.7	.433	.433	3.4	4.3	.785	7.7	5.1	3.3	17.0
2	Butch Beard	24	68	35.8	5.8	12.5	.464	5.8	12.5	.464	.464	3.8	5.0	.760	4.1	6.7	3.1	15.4
3	Austin Carr	23	43	35.8	8.9	20.8	.426	8.9	20.8	.426	.426	3.5	4.6	.760	3.5	3.4	2.3	21.2
4	Rick Roberson	24	63	35.0	4.8	10.9	.442	4.8	10.9	.442	.442	3.4	5.8	.587	12.7	1.7	4.0	13.1
5	Bingo Smith	25	82	33.3	6.4	14.5	.443	6.4	14.5	.443	.443	2.2	2.7	.795	6.1	3.0	2.7	15.0
6	Walt Wesley	27	82	26.6	5.0	12.3	.410	5.0	12.3	.410	.410	2.4	3.5	.674	8.7	0.9	3.0	12.4
7	Charlie Davis	22	61	18.8	3.8	9.3	.402	3.8	9.3	.402	.402	2.3	2.8	.840	1.5	2.0	2.3	9.8
8	Dave Sorenson	23	76	15.3	2.8	6.3	.448	2.8	6.3	.448	.448	1.4	1.8	.779	4.0	1.1	1.6	7.0
9	John Warren	24	68	14.3	2.1	5.1	.417	2.1	5.1	.417	.417	0.7	0.9	.845	2.0	1.3	1.4	5.0
10	Bobby Washington	24	69	14.0	1.8	4.5	.398	1.8	4.5	.398	.398	1.5	1.9	.813	1.9	3.2	2.0	5.1
11	Steve Patterson	23	65	11.9	1.4	4.0	.357	1.4	4.0	.357	.357	0.4	0.7	.500	3.5	0.8	1.2	3.2
12	Greg Howard	24	48	8.9	1.0	2.7	.382	1.0	2.7	.382	.382	0.8	1.1	.765	2.3	0.6	1.0	2.9
13	Luther Rackley	25	9	7.2	1.2	2.8	.440	1.2	2.8	.440	.440	0.1	0.4	.250	2.3	0.3	0.3	2.6
14	Jackie Ridgle	23	32	3.3	0.6	1.4	.432	0.6	1.4	.432	.432	0.6	0.8	.731	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.8

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	John Johnson	24	82	3041	557	1286	.433	557	1286	.433	.433	277	353	.785	631	415	268	1391
2	Bingo Smith	25	82	2734	527	1190	.443	527	1190	.443	.443	178	224	.795	502	247	222	1232
3	Butch Beard	24	68	2434	394	849	.464	394	849	.464	.464	260	342	.760	276	456	213	1048
4	Rick Roberson	24	63	2207	304	688	.442	304	688	.442	.442	215	366	.587	801	109	251	823
5	Walt Wesley	27	82	2185	412	1006	.410	412	1006	.410	.410	196	291	.674	711	76	245	1020
6	Austin Carr	23	43	1539	381	894	.426	381	894	.426	.426	149	196	.760	150	148	99	911
7	Dave Sorenson	23	76	1162	213	475	.448	213	475	.448	.448	106	136	.779	301	81	120	532
8	Charlie Davis	22	61	1144	229	569	.402	229	569	.402	.402	142	169	.840	92	123	143	600
9	John Warren	24	68	969	144	345	.417	144	345	.417	.417	49	58	.845	133	91	92	337
10	Bobby Washington	24	69	967	123	309	.398	123	309	.398	.398	104	128	.813	129	223	135	350
11	Steve Patterson	23	65	775	94	263	.357	94	263	.357	.357	23	46	.500	228	54	80	211
12	Greg Howard	24	48	426	50	131	.382	50	131	.382	.382	39	51	.765	108	27	50	139
13	Jackie Ridgle	23	32	107	19	44	.432	19	44	.432	.432	19	26	.731	15	7	15	57
14	Luther Rackley	25	9	65	11	25	.440	11	25	.440	.440	1	4	.250	21	3	3	23
			82	19755	3458	8074	.428	3458	8074	.428	.428	1758	2390	.736	4098	2060	1936	8674

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	TRB%	AST%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	John Johnson	24	82	3041	15.4	.483	.274	10.1	19.7	1.6	3.0	4.6	.073
2	Bingo Smith	25	82	2734	13.5	.478	.188	8.9	13.2	1.0	2.3	3.3	.057
3	Butch Beard	24	68	2434	15.7	.524	.403	5.5	26.3	3.7	2.2	5.9	.115
4	Rick Roberson	24	63	2207	13.6	.485	.532	17.6	6.7	0.9	2.5	3.5	.075
5	Walt Wesley	27	82	2185	13.2	.450	.289	15.8	5.1	-1.1	2.3	1.2	.026
6	Austin Carr	23	43	1539	14.5	.465	.219	4.7	15.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	.030
7	Dave Sorenson	23	76	1162	14.6	.497	.286	12.6	10.1	1.0	1.1	2.1	.086
8	Charlie Davis	22	61	1144	12.3	.466	.297	3.9	15.9	0.1	0.7	0.8	.034
9	John Warren	24	68	969	9.9	.455	.168	6.7	12.9	-0.2	0.7	0.5	.026
10	Bobby Washington	24	69	967	13.9	.479	.414	6.5	30.8	0.5	1.0	1.5	.073
11	Steve Patterson	23	65	775	8.4	.372	.175	14.3	9.2	-1.5	0.8	-0.7	-0.042
12	Greg Howard	24	48	426	10.3	.453	.389	12.3	8.4	-0.1	0.4	0.3	.034
13	Jackie Ridgle	23	32	107	13.7	.514	.591	6.8	9.4	0.2	0.1	0.2	.102
14	Luther Rackley	25	9	65	12.0	.430	.160	15.7	6.5	-0.1	0.1	0.0	.009

Qualified players in the top 20 · Includes full-season stats for all players who saw court time during the regular season or playoffs.