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Lenny Wilkens

Career (regular season)

GP
1,077
PTS
16.5
REB
4.7
AST
6.7

Personal details

Position
Guard
Height and weight
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) · 82 kg (181 lb)
Born
October 28, 1937
Died
† November 9, 2025 (aged 88)
Birthplace
Brooklyn, Estados Unidos
School / club
Providence
Draft
1960: round 1, pick 6
NBA career
1960-1974 · 15 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1960-61 STL 75 880 335 212 1,898 — — — 42.5 — 71.3
1961-62 STL 20 364 131 116 870 — — — 38.5 — 76.4
1962-63 STL 75 888 403 381 2,569 — — — 39.9 — 69.6
1963-64 STL 78 938 335 359 2,526 — — — 41.3 — 74.0
1964-65 STL 78 1,284 365 431 2,854 — — — 41.4 — 74.6
1965-66 STL 69 1,244 322 429 2,692 — — — 43.1 — 79.3
1966-67 STL 78 1,355 412 442 2,974 — — — 43.2 — 78.7
1967-68 STL 82 1,638 438 679 3,169 — — — 43.8 — 76.8
1968-69 SEA 82 1,835 511 674 3,463 — — — 44.0 — 77.0
1969-70 SEA 75 1,334 378 683 2,802 — — — 42.0 — 78.8
1970-71 SEA 71 1,403 319 654 2,641 — — — 41.9 — 80.3
1971-72 SEA 80 1,438 338 766 2,989 — — — 46.6 — 77.4
1972-73 CLE 75 1,538 346 628 2,973 — — — 44.9 — 82.8
1973-74 CLE 74 1,213 277 522 2,483 97 17 — 46.5 — 80.1
1974-75 POR 65 420 120 235 1,161 77 9 — 43.9 — 76.8
Career 1,077 17,772 5,030 7,211 38,064 174 26 — 43.2 — 77.4

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1960-61 STL 12 170 72 42 437 — — — 38.0 — 75.9
1962-63 STL 11 151 69 69 400 — — — 37.0 — 75.5
1963-64 STL 12 172 60 64 413 — — — 44.8 — 75.9
1964-65 STL 4 64 12 15 147 — — — 35.1 — 82.8
1965-66 STL 10 171 54 70 391 — — — 39.9 — 68.7
1966-67 STL 9 193 68 65 378 — — — 40.0 — 85.6
1967-68 STL 6 110 38 47 237 — — — 44.0 — 75.0
Career 64 1,031 373 372 2,403 — — — 39.9 — 76.9

Awards and titles

  • Hall of Fame: 1989 (as a player)
  • Hall of Fame: 1998 (as a coach)
  • All-Star Game MVP: 1970-71
  • 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996): 1996-97
  • Assists leader: 1969-70
  • All-Star (9): 1963, 1964, 1965 (starter), 1967, 1968 (starter), 1969 (starter), 1970, 1971, 1973

Retired number

  • Seattle SuperSonics: No. 19 (1968-1972 with the team)
    And was the coach from 1969 to 1972 and from 1977 to 1985

Draft

Transactions

  1. · Trade

    The Seattle SuperSonics traded Walt Hazzard to the Atlanta Hawks for Lenny Wilkens.

  2. · Trade

    The Cleveland Cavaliers traded Butch Beard to the Seattle SuperSonics for Barry Clemens and Lenny Wilkens.

  3. · Trade

    The Cleveland Cavaliers sold the player rights to Lenny Wilkens to the Portland Trail Blazers.

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