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Walter Davis

Career (regular season)

GP
1,033
PTS
18.9
REB
3.0
AST
3.8

Personal details

Position
Guard
Height and weight
1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) · 88 kg (194 lb)
Born
September 9, 1954
Died
† November 2, 2023 (aged 69)
Birthplace
Pineville, Estados Unidos
School / club
North Carolina
Draft
1977: round 1, pick 5
NBA career
1977-1991 · 15 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1977-78 PHX 81 1,959 484 273 2,590 113 20 283 52.6 — 83.0
1978-79 PHX 79 1,868 373 339 2,437 147 26 293 56.1 — 83.1
1979-80 PHX 75 1,613 272 337 2,309 114 19 242 56.3 0.0 81.9
1980-81 PHX 78 1,402 200 302 2,182 97 12 222 53.9 41.2 83.6
1981-82 PHX 55 794 103 162 1,182 46 3 112 52.3 18.8 82.0
1982-83 PHX 80 1,521 197 397 2,491 117 12 188 51.6 30.4 81.8
1983-84 PHX 78 1,557 202 429 2,546 107 12 213 51.2 23.0 86.3
1984-85 PHX 23 345 35 98 570 18 0 50 45.0 30.0 87.7
1985-86 PHX 70 1,523 203 361 2,239 99 3 219 48.5 23.7 84.3
1986-87 PHX 79 1,867 244 364 2,646 96 5 226 51.4 25.9 86.2
1987-88 PHX 68 1,217 159 278 1,951 86 3 126 47.3 37.5 88.7
1988-89 DEN 81 1,267 151 190 1,857 72 5 132 49.8 29.0 87.9
1989-90 DEN 69 1,207 179 155 1,635 59 9 102 48.1 13.0 91.2
1990-91 DEN 39 728 123 84 1,044 62 3 63 47.4 30.3 91.5
1990-91 POR 32 196 58 41 439 18 0 25 44.6 33.3 91.3
1990-91 TOT 71 924 181 125 1,483 80 3 88 46.8 30.6 91.5
1991-92 DEN 46 457 70 68 741 29 1 45 45.9 31.3 87.2
Career 1,033 19,521 3,053 3,878 28,859 1,280 133 2,541 51.1 27.2 85.1

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1977-78 PHX 2 50 17 8 66 3 0 6 47.5 — 75.0
1978-79 PHX 15 332 69 79 490 26 5 66 52.0 — 81.3
1979-80 PHX 8 166 23 35 245 4 1 20 50.4 0.0 73.7
1980-81 PHX 7 112 19 22 199 7 1 17 48.1 0.0 58.8
1981-82 PHX 7 127 22 30 173 5 1 12 44.8 33.3 91.7
1982-83 PHX 3 78 15 13 113 6 5 5 43.5 50.0 81.0
1983-84 PHX 17 423 46 109 623 29 3 43 53.5 27.3 89.7
1988-89 DEN 3 77 5 4 94 3 0 8 51.7 0.0 100.0
1989-90 DEN 3 42 9 6 70 1 0 5 40.0 0.0 100.0
1990-91 POR 13 43 15 6 111 4 0 7 39.6 0.0 83.3
Career 78 1,450 240 312 2,184 88 16 189 49.6 19.2 83.0

TOT: season total across all the teams he played for.

Awards and titles

  • Hall of Fame: 2024 (as a player)
  • Rookie of the Year: 1977-78
  • All-NBA Second Team (2): 1977-78, 1978-79
  • All-Rookie First Team: 1977-78
  • All-Star (6): 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 (starter), 1984, 1987

Medals

  • Gold · 1976 Olympic Games (United States)

Retired number

  • Phoenix Suns: No. 6 (1977-1988 with the team)

Draft

Transactions

  1. · Signing

    The Denver Nuggets signed Walter Davis as an unrestricted free agent.

  2. · Trade

    In a 3-team trade, the Denver Nuggets traded Terry Mills to the New Jersey Nets; the Denver Nuggets traded Walter Davis and a 1992 2nd round draft pick (Reggie Smith was later selected) to the Portland Trail Blazers; the New Jersey Nets traded Greg Anderson and a 1992 1st round draft pick (Bryant Stith was later selected) to the Denver Nuggets; and the Portland Trail Blazers traded Dražen Petrović and a 1993 2nd round draft pick (Kevin Thompson was later selected) to the New Jersey Nets.

  3. · Waived

    The Portland Trail Blazers waived Walter Davis.

  4. · Signing

    The Denver Nuggets signed Walter Davis as a free agent.

Salaries

Season Team Salary
1984-85 PHX $0.7M
1985-86 PHX $0.7M
1987-88 PHX $0.8M
1988-89 DEN $0.6M
1990-91 POR $0.9M
1991-92 POR $1.2M
Career total $4.8M

Regular-season salaries; if a team waived him and kept paying, the amounts are added up. Data from Basketball-Reference, cross-checked with HoopsHype and ESPN.

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