Artis Gilmore C  #53

Current Team: N/A

Born: Sep 21, 1949 (74 years old)

Birthplace/Hometown: Chipley, Florida

Nationality: United States

Height: 7-2 (218cm)     Weight: 240 (109kg)

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

Draft Entry: 1971 NBA Draft, 1976 NBA Draft

Drafted: Round 7, Pick 15, Chicago Bulls (1971);
Round 1, Pick 1, Chicago Bulls (1976)

Pre-Draft Team: Jacksonville (Sr)

High School: Carver High School [Montgomery, Alabama]

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NBA

12 Years Of Service - Hall of Fame Player, 6x All-Star

NBA Regular Season Stats - Per Game

Season Team GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1976-77 CHI 82 - 35.1 18.62 6.95 13.30 .522 - - - 4.72 7.15 .660 3.82 9.23 13.05 2.43 0.54 2.48 - 3.24
1977-78 ☆ CHI 82 - 37.4 22.91 8.59 15.37 .559 - - - 5.74 8.16 .704 3.88 9.18 13.06 3.21 0.51 2.21 4.46 3.18
1978-79 ☆ CHI 82 - 39.8 23.66 9.18 15.98 .575 - - - 5.29 7.16 .739 3.57 9.15 12.72 3.34 0.61 1.90 3.78 3.41
1979-80 CHI 48 - 32.7 17.81 6.35 10.69 .595 0.00 0.00 .000 5.10 7.17 .712 2.25 6.75 9.00 2.77 0.60 1.23 2.77 3.48
1980-81 ☆ CHI 82 - 34.5 17.91 6.67 9.95 .670 0.00 0.00 .000 4.57 6.49 .705 2.68 7.41 10.10 2.10 0.57 2.41 2.88 3.60
1981-82 ☆ CHI 82 82 34.1 18.50 6.66 10.21 .652 0.01 0.01 1.000 5.17 6.73 .768 2.73 7.45 10.18 1.66 0.60 2.68 2.77 3.50
1982-83 ☆ SAN 82 82 34.1 18.04 6.78 10.83 .626 0.00 0.07 .000 4.48 6.05 .740 3.65 8.35 12.00 1.54 0.49 2.34 3.10 3.33
1983-84 SAN 64 59 31.8 15.34 5.48 8.69 .631 0.00 0.05 .000 4.38 6.09 .718 3.33 7.02 10.34 1.09 0.56 2.06 2.33 3.58
1984-85 SAN 81 81 34.0 19.11 6.57 10.54 .623 0.00 0.02 .000 5.98 7.98 .749 2.85 7.59 10.44 1.62 0.49 2.14 2.98 3.78
1985-86 ☆ SAN 71 71 33.7 16.68 5.96 9.63 .618 0.00 0.01 .000 4.76 6.77 .703 2.34 6.11 8.45 1.44 0.55 1.52 2.62 3.37
1986-87 SAN 82 74 29.3 11.39 4.22 7.07 .597 0.00 0.00 .000 2.95 4.34 .680 2.26 4.80 7.06 1.83 0.48 1.16 2.17 2.87
1987-88 * All Teams 71 26 12.6 3.73 1.39 2.55 .547 0.00 0.00 .000 0.94 1.80 .523 0.97 2.00 2.97 0.30 0.21 0.42 0.94 2.08
1987-88 * BOS 47 4 11.1 3.49 1.23 2.15 .574 0.00 0.00 .000 1.02 1.94 .527 1.15 2.00 3.15 0.26 0.21 0.38 0.83 2.00
1987-88 * CHI 24 22 15.5 4.21 1.71 3.33 .513 0.00 0.00 .000 0.79 1.54 .514 0.62 2.00 2.62 0.38 0.21 0.50 1.17 2.25
CAREER   909 475 32.7 17.14 6.31 10.53 .599 0.00 0.02 .077 4.53 6.34 .713 2.90 7.17 10.08 1.95 0.52 1.92 2.84 3.28

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NBA Regular Season Stats - Totals

Season Team GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1976-77 CHI 82 - 2,877 1,527 570 1,091 .522 - - - 387 586 .660 313 757 1,070 199 44 203 - 266
1977-78 ☆ CHI 82 - 3,067 1,879 704 1,260 .559 - - - 471 669 .704 318 753 1,071 263 42 181 366 261
1978-79 ☆ CHI 82 - 3,265 1,940 753 1,310 .575 - - - 434 587 .739 293 750 1,043 274 50 156 310 280
1979-80 CHI 48 - 1,568 855 305 513 .595 0 0 .000 245 344 .712 108 324 432 133 29 59 133 167
1980-81 ☆ CHI 82 - 2,832 1,469 547 816 .670 0 0 .000 375 532 .705 220 608 828 172 47 198 236 295
1981-82 ☆ CHI 82 82 2,796 1,517 546 837 .652 1 1 1.000 424 552 .768 224 611 835 136 49 220 227 287
1982-83 ☆ SAN 82 82 2,797 1,479 556 888 .626 0 6 .000 367 496 .740 299 685 984 126 40 192 254 273
1983-84 SAN 64 59 2,034 982 351 556 .631 0 3 .000 280 390 .718 213 449 662 70 36 132 149 229
1984-85 SAN 81 81 2,756 1,548 532 854 .623 0 2 .000 484 646 .749 231 615 846 131 40 173 241 306
1985-86 ☆ SAN 71 71 2,395 1,184 423 684 .618 0 1 .000 338 481 .703 166 434 600 102 39 108 186 239
1986-87 SAN 82 74 2,405 934 346 580 .597 0 0 .000 242 356 .680 185 394 579 150 39 95 178 235
1987-88 * All Teams 71 26 893 265 99 181 .547 0 0 .000 67 128 .523 69 142 211 21 15 30 67 148
1987-88 * BOS 47 4 521 164 58 101 .574 0 0 .000 48 91 .527 54 94 148 12 10 18 39 94
1987-88 * CHI 24 22 372 101 41 80 .513 0 0 .000 19 37 .514 15 48 63 9 5 12 28 54
CAREER   909 475 29,685 15,579 5,732 9,570 .599 1 13 .077 4,114 5,767 .713 2,639 6,522 9,161 1,777 470 1,747 2,347 2,986

☆ All-Star Season

NBA Regular Season Stats - Misc Stats

Season Team GP GS Dbl Dbl Tpl Dbl 40 Pts 20 Reb 20 Ast Techs HOB Ast/TO Stl/TO FT/FGA W's L's Win % OWS DWS WS
1976-77 CHI 82 - 0 0 1 0 0 0 .237 - - 0.54 44 38 .537 6.70 5.50 12.20
1977-78 ☆ CHI 82 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 0.72 0.11 0.53 40 42 .488 7.80 3.70 11.50
1978-79 ☆ CHI 82 - 0 0 1 0 0 0 .295 0.88 0.16 0.45 31 51 .378 8.60 4.10 12.70
1979-80 CHI 48 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130 1.00 0.22 0.67 19 29 .396 4.00 1.70 5.60
1980-81 ☆ CHI 82 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 0.73 0.20 0.65 45 37 .549 8.40 3.90 12.30
1981-82 ☆ CHI 82 82 15 0 0 1 0 0 .202 0.60 0.22 0.66 34 48 .415 8.30 3.80 12.10
1982-83 ☆ SAN 82 82 50 0 1 4 0 0 .184 0.50 0.16 0.56 53 29 .646 7.50 3.50 11.00
1983-84 SAN 64 59 29 0 0 2 0 0 .108 0.47 0.24 0.70 28 36 .438 4.80 1.90 6.70
1984-85 SAN 81 81 39 0 0 3 0 0 .179 0.54 0.17 0.76 41 40 .506 7.10 3.30 10.50
1985-86 ☆ SAN 71 71 25 0 0 0 0 0 .170 0.55 0.21 0.70 33 38 .465 4.68 2.83 7.51
1986-87 SAN 82 74 13 0 0 1 0 0 .140 0.84 0.22 0.61 28 54 .341 2.97 1.91 4.87
1987-88 * All Teams 71 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 .039 0.31 0.22 0.71 47 24 .662 -0.13 0.85 0.72
1987-88 * BOS 47 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .033 0.31 0.26 0.90 32 15 .681 0.25 0.46 0.71
1987-88 * CHI 24 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 .051 0.32 0.18 0.46 15 9 .625 -0.37 0.44 0.07
CAREER   909 475 171 0 3 11 0 0 .182 0.67 0.18 0.60 443 466 .487 70.71 36.98 107.70

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NBA Regular Season Stats - Advanced Stats

Season Team GP GS TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% TOV% STL% BLK% USG% Total S % PPR PPS ORtg DRtg PER
1976-77 CHI 82 - .566 .522 11.19 27.72 19.36 11.12 - 0.73 3.94 - 118.29 - 1.40 - 92.8 21.57
1977-78 ☆ CHI 82 - .604 .559 11.33 26.63 19.01 13.98 19.06 0.65 3.21 25.26 126.28 -6.54 1.49 108.5 99.6 23.48
1978-79 ☆ CHI 82 - .619 .575 9.86 24.97 17.45 12.94 16.50 0.71 2.55 23.03 131.42 -4.01 1.48 114.1 102.2 22.14
1979-80 CHI 48 - .643 .595 7.92 22.70 15.48 13.05 16.68 0.87 2.13 20.73 130.68 -2.86 1.67 117.0 105.2 19.84
1980-81 ☆ CHI 82 - .699 .670 9.25 23.46 16.66 8.92 18.35 0.79 3.96 18.52 137.52 -4.34 1.80 123.2 103.1 21.78
1981-82 ☆ CHI 82 82 .702 .653 9.51 23.75 16.94 7.46 17.37 0.85 4.35 19.60 242.04 -4.97 1.81 124.0 104.6 22.40
1982-83 ☆ SAN 82 82 .668 .626 12.10 25.77 19.19 6.12 18.67 0.66 3.70 19.37 136.60 -6.06 1.67 118.6 103.0 21.21
1983-84 SAN 64 59 .675 .631 11.36 23.09 17.33 4.27 17.00 0.80 3.37 16.70 134.92 -4.79 1.77 122.4 108.4 18.75
1984-85 SAN 81 81 .680 .623 9.78 24.48 17.35 6.41 17.47 0.67 3.49 20.05 137.22 -5.48 1.81 121.2 106.5 20.21
1985-86 ☆ SAN 71 71 .661 .618 8.20 19.83 14.24 5.88 17.20 0.76 2.55 18.26 132.11 -4.86 1.73 117.2 106.4 16.96
1986-87 SAN 82 74 .634 .597 8.13 18.83 13.26 8.34 19.46 0.76 2.26 15.28 127.63 -3.21 1.61 113.2 110.7 14.20
1987-88 * All Teams 71 26 .558 .547 9.65 18.03 14.04 2.98 22.02 0.83 1.97 14.73 107.04 -6.09 1.46 98.1 109.1 8.44
1987-88 * BOS 47 4 .581 .574 13.40 20.21 17.05 2.83 21.66 0.95 2.00 14.94 110.17 -6.09 1.62 104.8 109.7 10.23
1987-88 * CHI 24 22 .525 .513 4.72 14.99 9.88 3.27 22.53 0.67 1.95 14.45 102.60 -6.10 1.26 88.1 107.2 5.96
CAREER   909 475 .643 .599 10.04 23.91 17.11 8.63 17.91 0.74 3.26 19.81 138.92 -4.87 1.63 116.8 104.0 20.12

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NBA Transactions

Mar 29, 1971 - The Chicago Bulls selected Artis Gilmore in Round 7 with Pick 15 in the 1971 NBA Draft.
Aug 5, 1976 - The Chicago Bulls selected Artis Gilmore, formerly of the ABA Kentucky Colonels, in Round 1 with Pick 1 of the ABA Dispersal Draft.
Sep 1, 1976 - Artis Gilmore signed a multi-year contract with the Chicago Bulls.
Oct 8, 1978 - Artis Gilmore signed a veteran extension with the Chicago Bulls.
Jul 22, 1982 - Artis Gilmore was acquired by the San Antonio Spurs from the Chicago Bulls in a trade.
Jul 1, 1986 - Artis Gilmore, previously with the San Antonio Spurs, became a free agent.
Sep 25, 1986 - Artis Gilmore signed a multi-year contract with the San Antonio Spurs.
Jun 22, 1987 - Artis Gilmore was acquired by the Chicago Bulls from the San Antonio Spurs in a trade.
Dec 24, 1987 - The Chicago Bulls placed the contract of Artis Gilmore on waivers.
Dec 30, 1987 - Artis Gilmore, previously with the Chicago Bulls, became a free agent.
Jan 8, 1988 - Artis Gilmore signed a contract with the Boston Celtics.
Jul 1, 1988 - Artis Gilmore, previously with the Boston Celtics, became a free agent.
Jul 1, 1988 - The Boston Celtics renounced their free-agent exception rights to Artis Gilmore.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Player Of The Week - 11/23/1980, 12/13/1981, 1/30/1983
All-NBA Defensive Second Team - 1978

* Since the 1946-1947 season

NBA Playoff Stats - Per Game

Season Team GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1976-77 CHI 3 - 42.0 18.67 6.33 13.33 .475 - - - 6.00 7.67 .783 5.00 8.00 13.00 2.00 1.00 2.67 - 3.00
1980-81 CHI 6 - 41.2 18.00 5.83 10.00 .583 0.00 0.00 .000 6.33 9.17 .691 4.00 7.17 11.17 2.00 1.00 2.83 2.83 2.50
1982-83 SAN 11 0 36.5 16.73 6.91 12.00 .576 0.00 0.00 .000 2.91 4.18 .696 3.36 9.55 12.91 1.64 0.82 3.09 2.45 4.18
1984-85 SAN 5 5 37.0 17.80 5.80 10.40 .558 0.00 0.00 .000 6.20 9.00 .689 2.00 8.00 10.00 1.40 0.40 1.40 4.60 3.60
1985-86 SAN 3 3 35.7 13.33 5.33 8.00 .667 0.00 0.00 .000 2.67 4.67 .571 2.33 3.67 6.00 1.00 2.33 0.33 3.33 3.67
1987-88 BOS 14 0 6.1 1.07 0.29 0.57 .500 0.00 0.00 .000 0.50 1.00 .500 0.29 1.14 1.43 0.07 0.00 0.29 0.29 1.00
CAREER   42 8 27.4 11.71 4.26 7.52 .566 0.00 0.00 .000 3.19 4.69 .680 2.31 5.69 8.00 1.12 0.64 1.69 2.08 2.69

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NBA Playoff Stats - Totals

Season Team GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1976-77 CHI 3 - 126 56 19 40 .475 - - - 18 23 .783 15 24 39 6 3 8 - 9
1980-81 CHI 6 - 247 108 35 60 .583 0 0 .000 38 55 .691 24 43 67 12 6 17 17 15
1982-83 SAN 11 0 401 184 76 132 .576 0 0 .000 32 46 .696 37 105 142 18 9 34 27 46
1984-85 SAN 5 5 185 89 29 52 .558 0 0 .000 31 45 .689 10 40 50 7 2 7 23 18
1985-86 SAN 3 3 107 40 16 24 .667 0 0 .000 8 14 .571 7 11 18 3 7 1 10 11
1987-88 BOS 14 0 86 15 4 8 .500 0 0 .000 7 14 .500 4 16 20 1 0 4 4 14
CAREER   42 8 1,152 492 179 316 .566 0 0 .000 134 197 .680 97 239 336 47 27 71 81 113

NBA Playoff Stats - Misc Stats

Season Team GP GS Dbl Dbl Tpl Dbl 40 Pts 20 Reb 20 Ast Techs HOB Ast/TO Stl/TO FT/FGA W's L's Win % OWS DWS WS
1976-77 CHI 3 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236 - - 0.57 1 2 .333 0.20 0.20 0.30
1980-81 CHI 6 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 0.71 0.35 0.92 2 4 .333 0.70 0.20 0.90
1982-83 SAN 11 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 .170 0.67 0.33 0.35 6 5 .545 0.70 0.60 1.30
1984-85 SAN 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .175 0.30 0.09 0.87 2 3 .400 - 0.10 0.10
1985-86 SAN 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .164 0.30 0.70 0.58 0 3 .000 -0.02 0.01 -
1987-88 BOS 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .010 0.25 0.00 1.75 6 8 .429 -0.04 0.13 0.09
CAREER   42 8 9 0 0 1 0 0 .129 0.51 0.30 0.62 17 25 .405 1.54 1.24 2.69

NBA Playoff Stats - Advanced Stats

Season Team GP GS TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% TOV% STL% BLK% USG% Total S % PPR PPS ORtg DRtg PER
1976-77 CHI 3 - .559 .475 13.39 24.94 18.73 8.14 - 1.10 3.66 - 125.76 - 1.40 - 97.3 18.31
1980-81 CHI 6 - .641 .583 10.51 21.17 15.52 6.89 16.80 1.19 4.27 17.19 127.42 -3.84 1.80 120.7 105.3 20.71
1982-83 SAN 11 0 .604 .576 9.76 25.10 17.81 5.31 15.06 0.99 4.36 17.01 127.14 -3.56 1.39 113.8 102.3 18.31
1984-85 SAN 5 5 .620 .558 6.76 23.59 15.74 5.39 24.26 0.49 2.03 20.97 124.66 -9.67 1.71 100.4 114.0 13.10
1985-86 SAN 3 3 .663 .667 7.48 14.66 10.67 4.27 24.90 3.13 0.54 16.35 123.81 -7.55 1.67 100.4 118.6 12.48
1987-88 BOS 14 0 .530 .500 5.56 22.06 13.85 1.61 22.03 - 2.92 9.41 100.00 -4.16 1.88 94.1 107.6 5.50
CAREER   42 8 .611 .566 9.57 23.42 16.52 5.79 18.68 1.12 3.54 17.58 124.67 -5.37 1.56 109.8 105.7 16.80

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NBA All-Star Weekend Competitions

Eastern All-Star Fan Vote Selection - 1981, 1982
Western All-Star Coaches Selection - 1978, 1979, 1983, 1986

* Since the 1946-1947 season

NBA All-Star Game Stats - Totals

Season Team GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1978 West 1 - 13 10 2 4 .500 - - - 6 8 .750 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 1
1979 West 1 - 15 8 3 4 .750 - - - 2 2 1.000 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1
1981 East 1 - 22 11 5 7 .714 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 5 6 2 0 1 0 4
1982 East 1 1 16 7 3 6 .500 0 0 .000 1 1 1.000 1 2 3 2 0 1 2 4
1983 West 1 0 16 5 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 4 5 1 1 0 1 4
1986 West 1 0 13 10 3 4 .750 0 0 .000 4 4 1.000 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 4
TOTAL   6 2 95 51 18 29 .621 0 0 .000 15 19 .789 5 14 19 8 4 4 5 18
AVERAGES   6 2 15.8 8.50 3.00 4.83 .621 0.00 0.00 .000 2.50 3.17 .789 0.83 2.33 3.17 1.33 0.67 0.67 0.83 3.00

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NCAA

College: Jacksonville (1971)

NCAA Season Stats - Per Game

Season School Class GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1967-68 Gardner-Webb Fr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1968-69 Gardner-Webb So - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1969-70 Jacksonville Jr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1970-71 Jacksonville Sr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

NCAA Awards & Honors

Consensus All-American First Team - 1971
NABC All-American First Team - 1971
NABC All-American Second Team - 1970
AP All-American First Team - 1971
AP All-American Second Team - 1970
USBWA All-American First Team - 1971
UPI All-American First Team - 1971
UPI All-American Second Team - 1970
NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Teams (AP) - 1970


Frequently Asked Questions

What is the age of Artis Gilmore?

Artis Gilmore is 74 years old.

What is the height of Artis Gilmore?

Artis Gilmore is 7-2 (218cm) tall.

What is the weight of Artis Gilmore?

Artis Gilmore is 240 lbs (109kg).

What is the birthday of Artis Gilmore?

Artis Gilmore was born on Sep 21, 1949.

What position does Artis Gilmore play?

Artis Gilmore plays the C position.

What was the pre-draft team of Artis Gilmore?

Artis Gilmore was drafted out of Jacksonville.

What high school did Artis Gilmore attend?

Artis Gilmore attended Carver High School in Montgomery, Alabama.

What nationality is Artis Gilmore?

Artis Gilmore has a United States nationality.

Where was Artis Gilmore born?

Artis Gilmore was born in Chipley, Florida.

What is the jersey number of Artis Gilmore?

Artis Gilmore last wore the #53 jersey number.

How many NBA seasons has Artis Gilmore played?

Artis Gilmore played 12 seasons in the NBA.

What are the career averages of Artis Gilmore?

Artis Gilmore had career averages 17.1 points, 10.1 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.9 blocks, 0.5 steals in 909 games.

What are the career totals of Artis Gilmore?

Artis Gilmore had career totals of 15,579 points, 9,161 rebounds, 1,777 assists, 1,747 blocks, 470 steals in 909 games.

How many teams has Artis Gilmore been on?

Artis Gilmore played for 3 NBA teams in his career - Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, San Antonio Spurs.

When was Artis Gilmore drafted?

Artis Gilmore was drafted in the 7th round (#122 overall) of the 1971 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls.

What is Artis Gilmore's career high in points?

Artis Gilmore averaged a career high 23.7 points per game in 1978-1979.

What is Artis Gilmore's career high in rebounds?

Artis Gilmore averaged a career high 13.1 rebounds per game in 1977-1978.

What is Artis Gilmore's career high in assists?

Artis Gilmore averaged a career high 3.3 assists per game in 1978-1979.

What is the career PER of Artis Gilmore's?

Artis Gilmore had a career PER of 20.1.

Is Artis Gilmore in the Hall of Fame?

Yes, Artis Gilmore was inducted in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.

How many All-Star teams has Artis Gilmore been on?

Artis Gilmore is a 6x All-Star.