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James Worthy

James Ager Worthy

Position: Forward
Height: 6-9    Weight: 225 lbs.
Born: February 27, 1961 in Gastonia, North Carolina
High School: Ashbrook in Gastonia, North Carolina
College: University of North Carolina

Inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 2003

Drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall) of the 1982 NBA draft.

42
Los Angeles Lakers
1983-1994

Game Logs and Splits

Game Logs1993-941992-931991-921990-911989-901988-891987-881986-87Finder
Splits1993-941992-931991-921990-911989-901988-891987-881986-87 

Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1982-83 21 LAL NBA 77 1 1970 447 772 .579 1 4 .250 138 221 .624 157 242 399 132 91 64 178 221 1033
1983-84 22 LAL NBA 82 53 2415 495 890 .556 0 6 .000 195 257 .759 157 358 515 207 77 70 181 244 1185
1984-85 23 LAL NBA 80 76 2696 610 1066 .572 0 7 .000 190 245 .776 169 342 511 201 87 67 198 196 1410
1985-86 24 LAL NBA 75 73 2454 629 1086 .579 0 13 .000 242 314 .771 136 251 387 201 82 77 149 195 1500
1986-87 25 LAL NBA 82 82 2819 651 1207 .539 0 13 .000 292 389 .751 158 308 466 226 108 83 168 206 1594
1987-88 26 LAL NBA 75 72 2655 617 1161 .531 2 16 .125 242 304 .796 129 245 374 289 72 55 155 175 1478
1988-89 27 LAL NBA 81 81 2960 702 1282 .548 2 23 .087 251 321 .782 169 320 489 288 108 56 182 175 1657
1989-90 28 LAL NBA 80 80 2960 711 1298 .548 15 49 .306 248 317 .782 160 318 478 288 99 49 160 190 1685
1990-91 29 LAL NBA 78 74 3008 716 1455 .492 26 90 .289 212 266 .797 107 249 356 275 104 35 127 117 1670
1991-92 30 LAL NBA 54 54 2108 450 1007 .447 9 43 .209 166 204 .814 98 207 305 252 76 23 127 89 1075
1992-93 31 LAL NBA 82 69 2359 510 1142 .447 30 111 .270 171 211 .810 73 174 247 278 92 27 137 87 1221
1993-94 32 LAL NBA 80 2 1597 340 838 .406 32 111 .288 100 135 .741 48 133 181 154 45 18 97 80 812
Career NBA 926 717 30001 6878 13204 .521 117 486 .241 2447 3184 .769 1561 3147 4708 2791 1041 624 1859 1975 16320

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1982-83 21 LAL NBA 77 1 25.6 5.8 10.0 .579 0.0 0.1 .250 1.8 2.9 .624 2.0 3.1 5.2 1.7 1.2 0.8 2.3 2.9 13.4
1983-84 22 LAL NBA 82 53 29.5 6.0 10.9 .556 0.0 0.1 .000 2.4 3.1 .759 1.9 4.4 6.3 2.5 0.9 0.9 2.2 3.0 14.5
1984-85 23 LAL NBA 80 76 33.7 7.6 13.3 .572 0.0 0.1 .000 2.4 3.1 .776 2.1 4.3 6.4 2.5 1.1 0.8 2.5 2.5 17.6
1985-86 24 LAL NBA 75 73 32.7 8.4 14.5 .579 0.0 0.2 .000 3.2 4.2 .771 1.8 3.3 5.2 2.7 1.1 1.0 2.0 2.6 20.0
1986-87 25 LAL NBA 82 82 34.4 7.9 14.7 .539 0.0 0.2 .000 3.6 4.7 .751 1.9 3.8 5.7 2.8 1.3 1.0 2.0 2.5 19.4
1987-88 26 LAL NBA 75 72 35.4 8.2 15.5 .531 0.0 0.2 .125 3.2 4.1 .796 1.7 3.3 5.0 3.9 1.0 0.7 2.1 2.3 19.7
1988-89 27 LAL NBA 81 81 36.5 8.7 15.8 .548 0.0 0.3 .087 3.1 4.0 .782 2.1 4.0 6.0 3.6 1.3 0.7 2.2 2.2 20.5
1989-90 28 LAL NBA 80 80 37.0 8.9 16.2 .548 0.2 0.6 .306 3.1 4.0 .782 2.0 4.0 6.0 3.6 1.2 0.6 2.0 2.4 21.1
1990-91 29 LAL NBA 78 74 38.6 9.2 18.7 .492 0.3 1.2 .289 2.7 3.4 .797 1.4 3.2 4.6 3.5 1.3 0.4 1.6 1.5 21.4
1991-92 30 LAL NBA 54 54 39.0 8.3 18.6 .447 0.2 0.8 .209 3.1 3.8 .814 1.8 3.8 5.6 4.7 1.4 0.4 2.4 1.6 19.9
1992-93 31 LAL NBA 82 69 28.8 6.2 13.9 .447 0.4 1.4 .270 2.1 2.6 .810 0.9 2.1 3.0 3.4 1.1 0.3 1.7 1.1 14.9
1993-94 32 LAL NBA 80 2 20.0 4.3 10.5 .406 0.4 1.4 .288 1.3 1.7 .741 0.6 1.7 2.3 1.9 0.6 0.2 1.2 1.0 10.2
Career NBA 926 717 32.4 7.4 14.3 .521 0.1 0.5 .241 2.6 3.4 .769 1.7 3.4 5.1 3.0 1.1 0.7 2.0 2.1 17.6

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1982-83 21 LAL NBA 77 1 1970 8.2 14.1 .579 0.0 0.1 .250 2.5 4.0 .624 2.9 4.4 7.3 2.4 1.7 1.2 3.3 4.0 18.9
1983-84 22 LAL NBA 82 53 2415 7.4 13.3 .556 0.0 0.1 .000 2.9 3.8 .759 2.3 5.3 7.7 3.1 1.1 1.0 2.7 3.6 17.7
1984-85 23 LAL NBA 80 76 2696 8.1 14.2 .572 0.0 0.1 .000 2.5 3.3 .776 2.3 4.6 6.8 2.7 1.2 0.9 2.6 2.6 18.8
1985-86 24 LAL NBA 75 73 2454 9.2 15.9 .579 0.0 0.2 .000 3.6 4.6 .771 2.0 3.7 5.7 2.9 1.2 1.1 2.2 2.9 22.0
1986-87 25 LAL NBA 82 82 2819 8.3 15.4 .539 0.0 0.2 .000 3.7 5.0 .751 2.0 3.9 6.0 2.9 1.4 1.1 2.1 2.6 20.4
1987-88 26 LAL NBA 75 72 2655 8.4 15.7 .531 0.0 0.2 .125 3.3 4.1 .796 1.7 3.3 5.1 3.9 1.0 0.7 2.1 2.4 20.0
1988-89 27 LAL NBA 81 81 2960 8.5 15.6 .548 0.0 0.3 .087 3.1 3.9 .782 2.1 3.9 5.9 3.5 1.3 0.7 2.2 2.1 20.2
1989-90 28 LAL NBA 80 80 2960 8.6 15.8 .548 0.2 0.6 .306 3.0 3.9 .782 1.9 3.9 5.8 3.5 1.2 0.6 1.9 2.3 20.5
1990-91 29 LAL NBA 78 74 3008 8.6 17.4 .492 0.3 1.1 .289 2.5 3.2 .797 1.3 3.0 4.3 3.3 1.2 0.4 1.5 1.4 20.0
1991-92 30 LAL NBA 54 54 2108 7.7 17.2 .447 0.2 0.7 .209 2.8 3.5 .814 1.7 3.5 5.2 4.3 1.3 0.4 2.2 1.5 18.4
1992-93 31 LAL NBA 82 69 2359 7.8 17.4 .447 0.5 1.7 .270 2.6 3.2 .810 1.1 2.7 3.8 4.2 1.4 0.4 2.1 1.3 18.6
1993-94 32 LAL NBA 80 2 1597 7.7 18.9 .406 0.7 2.5 .288 2.3 3.0 .741 1.1 3.0 4.1 3.5 1.0 0.4 2.2 1.8 18.3
Career NBA 926 717 30001 8.3 15.8 .521 0.1 0.6 .241 2.9 3.8 .769 1.9 3.8 5.6 3.3 1.2 0.7 2.2 2.4 19.6

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS LS WSAA
1982-83 21 LAL NBA 77 1970 17.4 .594 .580 9.2 13.0 11.2 8.6 2.1 1.7 17.0 21.0 109 105 9.4 6.8 16 7 4.5
1983-84 22 LAL NBA 82 2415 16.5 .591 .556 7.9 15.6 12.0 11.1 1.5 1.6 15.3 19.7 113 107 11.9 9.0 21 9 6.0
1984-85 23 LAL NBA 80 2696 17.0 .601 .572 7.9 13.2 10.8 9.6 1.5 1.3 14.4 20.6 114 107 14.6 9.5 24 8 8.0
1985-86 24 LAL NBA 75 2454 20.4 .613 .579 6.6 11.1 9.0 11.5 1.6 1.7 10.9 22.6 120 107 20.9 8.7 30 6 12.0
1986-87 25 LAL NBA 82 2819 18.4 .578 .539 6.7 11.4 9.2 11.2 1.8 1.6 10.9 22.3 116 107 17.8 10.7 29 6 11.5
1987-88 26 LAL NBA 75 2655 18.2 .571 .532 5.8 10.0 8.0 16.2 1.3 1.2 10.7 22.8 115 109 18.3 8.1 26 8 9.0
1988-89 27 LAL NBA 81 2960 19.0 .582 .548 6.8 11.3 9.2 14.6 1.7 1.1 11.3 22.4 117 108 18.2 9.3 28 10 9.0
1989-90 28 LAL NBA 80 2960 19.8 .586 .554 6.4 11.9 9.3 15.6 1.7 1.0 10.0 23.0 119 108 22.7 10.4 33 7 13.0
1990-91 29 LAL NBA 78 3008 18.1 .531 .501 4.3 9.2 6.9 15.1 1.8 0.7 7.5 24.6 113 107 15.2 10.6 26 12 7.0
1991-92 30 LAL NBA 54 2108 16.7 .490 .451 5.2 11.4 8.2 20.3 1.9 0.7 10.4 25.4 104 110 4.2 5.7 10 18 -4.0
1992-93 31 LAL NBA 82 2359 15.6 .494 .460 3.5 8.5 6.0 19.1 1.9 0.7 10.0 24.9 104 111 3.8 4.9 9 22 -6.5
1993-94 32 LAL NBA 80 1597 12.8 .452 .425 3.1 9.4 6.2 15.6 1.4 0.7 9.8 26.2 96 112 0.0 1.7 2 21 -9.5
Career NBA 926 30001 17.7 .559 .525 6.2 11.3 8.9 14.0 1.7 1.2 11.3 22.9 112 108 157.1 95.5 254 134 60.0

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1983-84 22 LAL NBA 21 708 164 274 1 2 42 69 36 105 56 27 11 39 57 371 .599 .500 .609 33.7 17.7 5.0 2.7
1984-85 23 LAL NBA 19 626 166 267 1 2 75 111 35 96 41 17 13 26 53 408 .622 .500 .676 32.9 21.5 5.1 2.2
1985-86 24 LAL NBA 14 539 121 217 0 4 32 47 22 65 45 16 10 36 43 274 .558 .000 .681 38.5 19.6 4.6 3.2
1986-87 25 LAL NBA 18 681 176 298 0 2 73 97 31 101 63 28 22 40 42 425 .591 .000 .753 37.8 23.6 5.6 3.5
1987-88 26 LAL NBA 24 896 204 390 1 9 97 128 53 139 106 33 19 55 58 506 .523 .111 .758 37.3 21.1 5.8 4.4
1988-89 27 LAL NBA 15 600 153 270 3 8 63 80 37 101 42 18 16 33 36 372 .567 .375 .788 40.0 24.8 6.7 2.8
1989-90 28 LAL NBA 9 366 90 181 2 8 36 43 11 50 27 14 3 22 18 218 .497 .250 .837 40.7 24.2 5.6 3.0
1990-91 29 LAL NBA 18 733 161 346 4 24 53 72 25 73 70 19 2 40 34 379 .465 .167 .736 40.7 21.1 4.1 3.9
1992-93 31 LAL NBA 5 148 32 86 2 8 3 5 7 17 13 5 0 7 11 69 .372 .250 .600 29.6 13.8 3.4 2.6
Career NBA 143 5297 1267 2329 14 67 474 652 257 747 463 177 96 298 352 3022 .544 .209 .727 37.0 21.1 5.2 3.2

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1985-86 24 LAL NBA 1 28 10 19 .526 0 2 .000 0 0 2 3 2 0 2 1 3 20
1986-87 25 LAL NBA 1 29 10 14 .714 0 0 2 2 1.000 6 8 3 1 0 2 3 22
1987-88 26 LAL NBA 1 13 2 8 .250 0 0 0 1 .000 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 4
1988-89 27 LAL NBA 1 18 4 7 .571 0 1 .000 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 8
1989-90 28 LAL NBA 1 19 1 11 .091 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 1 0 1 1 2
1990-91 29 LAL NBA 1 21 3 11 .273 0 0 3 4 .750 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 9
1991-92 30 LAL NBA 1 14 4 7 .571 0 0 1 2 .500 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 9
Career NBA 7 142 34 77 .442 0 3 .000 6 9 .667 12 26 9 7 4 4 10 74

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1979-80 18 unc 14 396 74 126 27 45 104 26 17 22 47 37 175 .587 .600 28.3 12.5 7.4 1.9
1980-81 19 unc 36 1214 208 416 96 150 301 100 48 35 111 99 512 .500 .640 33.7 14.2 8.4 2.8
1981-82 20 unc 34 1178 203 354 126 187 215 82 52 37 94 75 532 .573 .674 34.6 15.6 6.3 2.4
Career 84 2788 485 896 249 382 620 208 117 94 252 211 1219 .541 .652 33.2 14.5 7.4 2.5

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1986 NBA
1987 NBA
1988 NBA
1989 NBA
1990 NBA
1991 NBA
1992 NBA

Awards

1987-88 NBA Finals MVP

Honors

1981-82 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
1982-83 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
1989-90 NBA All-NBA (3rd)
1990-91 NBA All-NBA (3rd)

MVP Voting
Season Lg Share (Rank)

1985-86 NBA 0.009 (12)

Games

1983-84 NBA 82 (1)
 1986-87 NBA 82 (1)
 1992-93 NBA 82 (2)

Field Goals

1990-91 NBA 716 (8)
Career NBA 6878 (57)
Career 6878 (59)

Field Goal Attempts

1990-91 NBA 1455 (8)
Career NBA 13204 (85)
Career 13204 (93)

Field Goal Pct

1982-83 NBA .579 (7)
1984-85 NBA .572 (6)
1985-86 NBA .579 (4)
1988-89 NBA .548 (5)
1989-90 NBA .548 (9)
Career NBA .521 (37)
Career .521 (37)

Turnovers

Career NBA 1859 (99)

Points

Career NBA 16320 (79)
Career 16320 (84)

Minutes Per Game

1990-91 NBA 38.6 (8)
1991-92 NBA 39.0 (4)

Turnover Pct

1990-91 NBA 7.5 (2)
Career NBA 11.3 (66)
Career 11.3 (72)

Usage Pct

1991-92 NBA 25.4 (9)

Offensive Rating

1985-86 NBA 120.0 (9)
Career NBA 112.2 (88)
Career 112.2 (91)

Offensive Win Shares

Career NBA 157.1 (57)
Career 157.1 (57)

Defensive Win Shares

Career NBA 95.5 (100)

Win Shares

Career NBA 254 (64)
Career 254 (66)

Win Shares Above Average

1985-86 NBA 12.0 (10)
1986-87 NBA 11.5 (9)
Career NBA 60.0 (69)
Career 60.0 (70)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.834 (72)
  

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $400,000
1985-86 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $550,000
1986-87 Los Angeles Lakers NBA *$825,000
1987-88 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $1,100,000
1988-89 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $1,300,000
1989-90 Los Angeles Lakers NBA *$1,450,000
1990-91 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $1,600,000
1991-92 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $1,750,000
1992-93 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $1,850,000
1993-94 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $1,800,000
1994-95 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $7,250,000
1995-96 Los Angeles Lakers NBA *$5,150,000
Career (may be incomplete) $25,025,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).