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1965-66 Philadelphia 76ers Roster and Stats

Record: 55-25, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Dolph Schayes (55-25)

Executive: Irv Kosloff

PTS/G: 117.3 (4th of 9) Opp PTS/G: 112.7 (3rd of 9)

SRS: 4.16 (2nd of 9) Pace: 122.8 (4th of 9)

Off Rtg: 95.3 (6th of 9) Def Rtg: 91.5 (2nd of 9) Net Rtg: +3.8 (2nd of 9)

Expected W-L: 51-29 (2nd of 9)

Arena: Convention Hall

NBA 1966 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (1-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

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	Birth	Exp	College
24	Al Bianchi	PG	6-3	185	March 26, 1932	us US	9	Bowling Green
22	Jesse Branson	SF	6-7	195	January 7, 1942	us US	R	Elon University
13	Wilt Chamberlain	C	7-1	275	August 21, 1936	us US	6	Kansas
32	Billy Cunningham	SF	6-6	210	June 3, 1943	us US	R	UNC
20, 30	Dave Gambee	SF	6-6	215	April 16, 1937	us US	7	Oregon State
15	Hal Greer	SG	6-2	175	June 26, 1936	us US	7	Marshall
35	Art Heyman	F-G	6-5	205	June 24, 1941	us US	2	Duke
54	Luke Jackson	PF	6-9	240	October 31, 1941	us US	1	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
23	Wali Jones	PG	6-2	180	February 14, 1942	us US	1	Villanova
25	Chet Walker	SF	6-7	212	February 22, 1940	us US	3	Bradley
12	Gerry Ward	SG	6-4	195	September 6, 1941		2	Boston College
14	Ben Warley	SF	6-5	200	September 4, 1936	us US	3	Tennessee State
35	Bob Weiss	G	6-2	180	May 7, 1942	us US	R	Penn State

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	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Wilt Chamberlain	29	C	79	47.3	13.6	25.2	.540	6.3	12.4	.513	24.6	5.2	2.2	33.5	MVP-1,AS,NBA1
2	Hal Greer	29	SG	80	41.6	8.8	19.8	.445	5.2	6.4	.804	5.9	4.8	3.9	22.7	AS,NBA2
3	Chet Walker	25	SF	80	32.5	5.5	12.3	.451	4.2	5.9	.716	8.0	2.5	3.0	15.3	AS
4	Wali Jones	23	PG	80	27.5	3.7	10.0	.370	1.6	2.2	.744	2.1	3.4	3.1	9.0
5	Billy Cunningham	22	SF	80	26.7	5.4	12.6	.426	3.5	5.5	.634	7.5	2.6	3.8	14.3	ROY-2
6	Luke Jackson	24	PF	79	24.9	3.1	7.8	.401	2.0	2.7	.738	8.6	1.7	2.7	8.2
7	Al Bianchi	33	PG	78	16.8	2.7	7.2	.382	0.8	1.3	.673	1.7	1.7	3.0	6.3
8	Dave Gambee	28	SF	72	14.8	2.3	6.1	.384	2.2	2.6	.850	3.8	1.0	2.6	6.9
9	Gerry Ward	24	SG	66	12.7	1.0	2.9	.354	0.6	0.9	.650	1.3	1.2	2.5	2.6
10	Ben Warley	29	SF	1	6.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0		2.0	0.0	1.0	2.0
11	Bob Weiss	23		7	4.3	0.4	1.3	.333	0.0	0.0		1.0	0.6	1.4	0.9
12	Art Heyman	24		6	3.3	0.5	1.5	.333	0.7	0.8	.800	0.7	0.7	0.7	1.7
13	Jesse Branson	24	SF	5	2.8	0.2	1.2	.167	0.6	0.8	.750	1.8	0.2	0.8	1.0
	Team Totals			80	240.6	45.6	102.4	.446	26.1	39.3	.664	70.7	23.8	26.2	117.3

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Wilt Chamberlain	29	C	5	48.0	11.2	22.0	.509	5.6	13.6	.412	30.2	3.0	2.0	28.0
2	Hal Greer	29	SG	5	45.2	6.4	18.2	.352	3.6	4.6	.783	7.2	4.2	4.2	16.4
3	Chet Walker	25	SF	5	36.2	4.8	12.8	.375	5.0	6.2	.806	7.4	3.0	3.6	14.6
4	Luke Jackson	24	PF	5	32.6	4.2	9.8	.429	3.6	4.4	.818	8.8	1.6	4.2	12.0
5	Wali Jones	23	PG	5	31.2	5.0	15.4	.325	3.0	4.4	.682	3.0	3.6	3.6	13.0
6	Billy Cunningham	22	SF	4	17.3	1.3	7.8	.161	2.8	3.3	.846	4.5	2.5	2.8	5.3
7	Dave Gambee	28	SF	5	16.4	2.2	5.8	.379	1.6	2.2	.727	2.8	0.8	2.8	6.0
8	Al Bianchi	33	PG	5	12.8	3.6	8.6	.419	1.8	2.4	.750	2.0	0.8	3.8	9.0
9	Gerry Ward	24	SG	5	8.8	0.4	1.6	.250	0.0	0.2	.000	1.0	0.2	2.2	0.8
	Team Totals			5	245.0	38.8	100.4	.386	26.4	40.6	.650	72.2	19.2	28.6	104.0

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Wilt Chamberlain	29	C	79	3737	10.3	19.2	.540	4.8	9.4	.513	18.7	4.0	1.6	25.5	MVP-1,AS,NBA1
2	Hal Greer	29	SG	80	3326	7.6	17.1	.445	4.5	5.6	.804	5.1	4.2	3.4	19.7	AS,NBA2
3	Chet Walker	25	SF	80	2603	6.1	13.6	.451	4.6	6.5	.716	8.8	2.8	3.3	16.9	AS
4	Wali Jones	23	PG	80	2196	4.9	13.1	.370	2.1	2.8	.744	2.8	4.5	4.1	11.8
5	Billy Cunningham	22	SF	80	2134	7.3	17.1	.426	4.7	7.5	.634	10.1	3.5	5.1	19.3	ROY-2
6	Luke Jackson	24	PF	79	1966	4.5	11.2	.401	2.9	3.9	.738	12.4	2.4	4.0	11.9
7	Al Bianchi	33	PG	78	1312	5.9	15.4	.382	1.8	2.7	.673	3.7	3.7	6.4	13.6
8	Dave Gambee	28	SF	72	1068	5.7	14.7	.384	5.4	6.3	.850	9.2	2.4	6.4	16.7
9	Gerry Ward	24	SG	66	838	2.9	8.1	.354	1.7	2.6	.650	3.8	3.4	7.0	7.4
10	Bob Weiss	23		7	30	3.6	10.8	.333	0.0	0.0		8.4	4.8	12.0	7.2
11	Art Heyman	24		6	20	5.4	16.2	.333	7.2	9.0	.800	7.2	7.2	7.2	18.0
12	Jesse Branson	24	SF	5	14	2.6	15.4	.167	7.7	10.3	.750	23.1	2.6	10.3	12.9
13	Ben Warley	29	SF	1	6	6.0	18.0	.333	0.0	0.0		12.0	0.0	6.0	12.0

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Wilt Chamberlain	29	C	5	240	8.4	16.5	.509	4.2	10.2	.412	22.6	2.3	1.5	21.0
2	Hal Greer	29	SG	5	226	5.1	14.5	.352	2.9	3.7	.783	5.7	3.3	3.3	13.1
3	Chet Walker	25	SF	5	181	4.8	12.7	.375	5.0	6.2	.806	7.4	3.0	3.6	14.5
4	Luke Jackson	24	PF	5	163	4.6	10.8	.429	4.0	4.9	.818	9.7	1.8	4.6	13.3
5	Wali Jones	23	PG	5	156	5.8	17.8	.325	3.5	5.1	.682	3.5	4.2	4.2	15.0
6	Dave Gambee	28	SF	5	82	4.8	12.7	.379	3.5	4.8	.727	6.1	1.8	6.1	13.2
7	Billy Cunningham	22	SF	4	69	2.6	16.2	.161	5.7	6.8	.846	9.4	5.2	5.7	11.0
8	Al Bianchi	33	PG	5	64	10.1	24.2	.419	5.1	6.8	.750	5.6	2.3	10.7	25.3
9	Gerry Ward	24	SG	5	44	1.6	6.5	.250	0.0	0.8	.000	4.1	0.8	9.0	3.3