1959-60 Philadelphia Warriors Roster and Stats

Record: 49-26, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Neil Johnston (49-26)

Executive: Eddie Gottlieb

PTS/G: 118.6 (3rd of 8) Opp PTS/G: 116.0 (4th of 8)

SRS: 2.77 (2nd of 8) Pace: 133.3 (2nd of 8)

Off Rtg: 88.7 (7th of 8) Def Rtg: 86.8 (2nd of 8) Net Rtg: +2.0 (4th of 8)

Expected W-L: 43-32 (3rd of 8)

Arena: Convention Hall

NBA 1960 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Syracuse Nationals (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (2-4) 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
11	Paul Arizin	SF	6-4	190	April 9, 1928	us US	7	Villanova
7	Ernie Beck	SG	6-4	190	December 11, 1931	us US	5	Penn
13	Wilt Chamberlain	C	7-1	275	August 21, 1936	us US	R	Kansas
15	Tom Gola	SG	6-6	205	January 13, 1933	us US	3	La Salle
9	Joe Graboski	PF	6-7	195	January 15, 1930	us US	10
20, 52	Vern Hatton	SG	6-3	195	January 13, 1936	us US	1	Kentucky
12	Andy Johnson	SF	6-5	215	November 8, 1932	us US	1	University of Portland
5, 25	Guy Rodgers	PG	6-0	185	September 1, 1935	us US	1	Temple
17	Joe Ruklick	PF	6-9	220	August 3, 1938	us US	R	Northwestern
14	Woody Sauldsberry	PF	6-7	220	July 11, 1934	us US	2	Texas Southern
16	Guy Sparrow	F	6-6	218	November 2, 1932	us US	2	Detroit Mercy

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	23	C	72	46.4	14.8	32.1	.461	8.0	13.8	.582	27.0	2.3	2.1	37.6	MVP-1,ROY-1,AS,NBA1
2	Tom Gola	27	SG	75	38.3	5.7	13.1	.433	3.6	4.5	.794	10.4	5.5	4.1	15.0	MVP-8,AS
3	Guy Rodgers	24	PG	68	36.5	5.0	12.8	.389	1.6	2.7	.613	5.8	7.1	2.9	11.6
4	Paul Arizin	31	SF	72	36.4	8.2	19.4	.424	5.8	7.3	.798	8.6	2.3	3.7	22.3	AS
5	Woody Sauldsberry	25	PF	71	26.0	4.6	13.7	.334	0.8	1.5	.534	6.3	1.6	2.9	9.9
6	Andy Johnson	27	SF	75	18.9	3.3	8.6	.378	1.7	2.8	.601	3.8	2.0	2.6	8.2
7	Joe Graboski	30	PF	73	17.4	3.0	8.0	.372	1.8	2.4	.753	4.9	1.5	2.0	7.7
8	Vern Hatton	24	SG	67	15.7	1.9	5.3	.357	0.8	1.3	.609	2.4	1.2	0.9	4.6
9	Ernie Beck	28	SG	66	12.3	1.7	4.5	.388	0.4	0.5	.844	1.9	1.1	1.4	3.9
10	Joe Ruklick	21	PF	39	9.8	2.2	5.5	.397	0.7	0.9	.722	3.5	0.6	1.8	5.0
11	Guy Sparrow	27		11	7.3	1.3	4.1	.311	0.2	0.7	.250	2.1	0.5	1.8	2.7
	Team Totals			75	26.4	5.2	12.6	.409	2.6	3.9	.669	7.6	2.6	2.5	12.9

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Wilt Chamberlain	23	C	9	46.1	13.9	28.0	.496	5.4	12.2	.445	25.8	2.1	1.9	33.2
2	Paul Arizin	31	SF	9	41.2	9.3	21.7	.431	7.7	8.8	.873	9.6	3.7	3.2	26.3
3	Guy Rodgers	24	PG	9	41.1	5.4	15.1	.360	2.2	4.0	.556	8.6	6.0	4.3	13.1
4	Tom Gola	27	SG	9	37.8	4.7	11.3	.412	3.2	4.0	.806	10.6	5.6	4.6	12.6
5	Woody Sauldsberry	25	PF	9	33.1	6.0	17.7	.340	0.9	1.6	.571	7.1	1.3	4.4	12.9
6	Andy Johnson	27	SF	9	20.3	3.1	7.4	.418	2.7	5.2	.511	5.0	2.3	2.9	8.9
7	Joe Graboski	30	PF	9	14.3	1.9	6.4	.293	0.8	1.0	.778	3.3	1.0	2.6	4.6
8	Ernie Beck	28	SG	4	5.5	1.0	2.3	.444	0.0	0.3	.000	1.5	0.8	0.3	2.0
9	Joe Ruklick	21	PF	4	3.8	0.5	2.3	.222	0.0	0.0		1.3	0.0	0.8	1.0
10	Vern Hatton	24	SG	6	2.8	0.7	2.2	.308	0.2	0.5	.333	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.5
	Team Totals			18	28.1	5.3	13.0	.409	2.7	4.4	.618	8.4	2.6	2.9	13.3

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Wilt Chamberlain	23	C	72	3338	11.5	24.9	.461	6.2	10.7	.582	20.9	1.8	1.6	29.2	MVP-1,ROY-1,AS,NBA1
2	Tom Gola	27	SG	75	2870	5.3	12.3	.433	3.4	4.3	.794	9.8	5.1	3.9	14.1	MVP-8,AS
3	Paul Arizin	31	SF	72	2618	8.2	19.3	.424	5.8	7.2	.798	8.5	2.3	3.6	22.1	AS
4	Guy Rodgers	24	PG	68	2483	4.9	12.6	.389	1.6	2.6	.613	5.7	7.0	2.8	11.4
5	Woody Sauldsberry	25	PF	71	1848	6.3	19.0	.334	1.1	2.0	.534	8.7	2.2	4.0	13.7
6	Andy Johnson	27	SF	75	1421	6.2	16.4	.378	3.2	5.3	.601	7.1	3.9	5.0	15.6
7	Joe Graboski	30	PF	73	1269	6.2	16.5	.372	3.7	4.9	.753	10.2	3.1	4.2	16.0
8	Vern Hatton	24	SG	67	1049	4.4	12.2	.357	1.8	3.0	.609	5.5	2.8	2.1	10.5
9	Ernie Beck	28	SG	66	809	5.1	13.1	.388	1.2	1.4	.844	5.7	3.2	4.0	11.3
10	Joe Ruklick	21	PF	39	384	8.0	20.1	.397	2.4	3.4	.722	12.8	2.3	6.6	18.4
11	Guy Sparrow	27		11	80	6.3	20.3	.311	0.9	3.6	.250	10.4	2.7	9.0	13.5

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Wilt Chamberlain	23	C	9	415	10.8	21.9	.496	4.3	9.5	.445	20.1	1.6	1.5	25.9
2	Paul Arizin	31	SF	9	371	8.2	18.9	.431	6.7	7.7	.873	8.3	3.2	2.8	23.0
3	Guy Rodgers	24	PG	9	370	4.8	13.2	.360	1.9	3.5	.556	7.5	5.3	3.8	11.5
4	Tom Gola	27	SG	9	340	4.4	10.8	.412	3.1	3.8	.806	10.1	5.3	4.3	12.0
5	Woody Sauldsberry	25	PF	9	298	6.5	19.2	.340	1.0	1.7	.571	7.7	1.4	4.8	14.0
6	Andy Johnson	27	SF	9	183	5.5	13.2	.418	4.7	9.2	.511	8.9	4.1	5.1	15.7
7	Joe Graboski	30	PF	9	129	4.7	16.2	.293	2.0	2.5	.778	8.4	2.5	6.4	11.4
8	Ernie Beck	28	SG	4	22	6.5	14.7	.444	0.0	1.6	.000	9.8	4.9	1.6	13.1
9	Vern Hatton	24	SG	6	17	8.5	27.5	.308	2.1	6.4	.333	6.4	2.1	6.4	19.1
10	Joe Ruklick	21	PF	4	15	4.8	21.6	.222	0.0	0.0		12.0	0.0	7.2	9.6