James Worthy SF #42
Height: 6-9 (206cm)
Weight: 225 lbs (102kg)
Born: Feb 27, 1961 (65 years old)
Hometown: Gastonia, North Carolina
Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent
NBA Draft: 1982 Round 1, Pick 1, Los Angeles Lakers
Pre-Draft Team: North Carolina (Jr)
High School: Ashbrook High School (Gastonia, North Carolina)
NBA's Top 50, NBA's Top 75, Hall of Famer, 3x NBA Champion, Finals MVP, 2x All-NBA 3rd, All-Rookie 1st, 7x All-Star, #42 retired by LAL
James Worthy Teammates
Teammates Statistics & Data Below
| Player | Team(s) | League(s) | Season(s) | GP | PTS | REB | AST | W's | L's | Win% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Scott | Lakers | NBA | 10: 1983-84 to 1992-93 | 855 | 15.8 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 595 | 260 | 69.6% | Compare |
| Magic Johnson | Lakers | NBA | 9: 1982-83 to 1990-91 | 794 | 20.0 | 5.8 | 12.1 | 587 | 207 | 73.9% | Compare |
| Michael Cooper | Lakers | NBA | 8: 1982-83 to 1989-90 | 726 | 8.4 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 532 | 194 | 73.3% | Compare |
| A.C. Green | Lakers | NBA | 8: 1985-86 to 1992-93 | 702 | 10.8 | 7.7 | 1.1 | 483 | 219 | 68.8% | Compare |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Lakers | NBA | 7: 1982-83 to 1988-89 | 641 | 18.7 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 470 | 171 | 73.3% | Compare |
| Kurt Rambis | Lakers | NBA | 7: 1982-83 to 1993-94 | 547 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 393 | 154 | 71.8% | Compare |
| Mychal Thompson | Lakers | NBA | 5: 1986-87 to 1990-91 | 397 | 8.6 | 5.3 | 0.6 | 289 | 108 | 72.8% | Compare |
| Vlade Divac | Lakers | NBA | 5: 1989-90 to 1993-94 | 360 | 11.7 | 8.3 | 2.1 | 214 | 146 | 59.4% | Compare |
| Mike McGee | Lakers | NBA | 4: 1982-83 to 1985-86 | 288 | 8.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 211 | 77 | 73.3% | Compare |
| Elden Campbell | Lakers | NBA | 4: 1990-91 to 1993-94 | 272 | 7.6 | 4.5 | 0.7 | 140 | 132 | 51.5% | Compare |
| Tony Smith | Lakers | NBA | 4: 1990-91 to 1993-94 | 234 | 5.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 120 | 114 | 51.3% | Compare |
| Sedale Threatt | Lakers | NBA | 3: 1991-92 to 1993-94 | 220 | 13.7 | 2.8 | 6.0 | 102 | 118 | 46.4% | Compare |
| Bob McAdoo | Lakers | NBA | 3: 1982-83 to 1984-85 | 219 | 12.6 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 160 | 59 | 73.1% | Compare |
| Jamaal Wilkes | Lakers | NBA | 3: 1982-83 to 1984-85 | 207 | 15.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 140 | 67 | 67.6% | Compare |
| Sam Perkins | Lakers | NBA | 3: 1990-91 to 1992-93 | 187 | 14.8 | 7.9 | 1.9 | 113 | 74 | 60.4% | Compare |
| Larry Spriggs | Lakers | NBA | 3: 1983-84 to 1985-86 | 175 | 5.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 134 | 41 | 76.6% | Compare |
| Mitch Kupchak | Lakers | NBA | 3: 1983-84 to 1985-86 | 173 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 135 | 38 | 78.0% | Compare |
| Orlando Woolridge | Lakers | NBA | 2: 1988-89 to 1989-90 | 157 | 10.7 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 113 | 44 | 72.0% | Compare |
| Terry Teagle | Lakers | NBA | 2: 1990-91 to 1991-92 | 149 | 9.1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 93 | 56 | 62.4% | Compare |
| Larry Drew | Lakers | NBA | 2: 1989-90 to 1990-91 | 149 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 105 | 44 | 70.5% | Compare |
| Wes Matthews | Lakers | NBA | 2: 1986-87 to 1987-88 | 118 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 91 | 27 | 77.1% | Compare |
| Anthony Peeler | Lakers | NBA | 2: 1992-93 to 1993-94 | 107 | 11.4 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 46 | 61 | 43.0% | Compare |
| Mike Smrek | Lakers | NBA | 2: 1986-87 to 1987-88 | 101 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 80 | 21 | 79.2% | Compare |
| James Edwards | Lakers | NBA | 2: 1992-93 to 1993-94 | 99 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 44 | 55 | 44.4% | Compare |
| Tony Campbell | Lakers | NBA | 2: 1987-88 to 1988-89 | 97 | 6.2 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 65 | 32 | 67.0% | Compare |
| Doug Christie | Lakers | NBA | 2: 1992-93 to 1993-94 | 91 | 8.9 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 35 | 56 | 38.5% | Compare |
| Swen Nater | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1983-84 | 86 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 59 | 27 | 68.6% | Compare |
| Maurice Lucas | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1985-86 | 84 | 9.8 | 7.2 | 1.0 | 61 | 23 | 72.6% | Compare |
| Nick Van Exel | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1993-94 | 79 | 13.4 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 33 | 46 | 41.8% | Compare |
| Mark McNamara | Lakers | NBA | 2: 1988-89 to 1989-90 | 75 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 62 | 13 | 82.7% | Compare |
| Norm Nixon | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1982-83 | 74 | 15.1 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 53 | 21 | 71.6% | Compare |
| Billy Thompson | Lakers | NBA | 2: 1986-87 to 1987-88 | 71 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 56 | 15 | 78.9% | Compare |
| George Lynch | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1993-94 | 69 | 9.5 | 5.7 | 1.4 | 27 | 42 | 39.1% | Compare |
| Duane Cooper | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1992-93 | 67 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 29 | 38 | 43.3% | Compare |
| Ronnie Lester | Lakers | NBA | 2: 1984-85 to 1985-86 | 66 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 56 | 10 | 84.8% | Compare |
| David Rivers | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1988-89 | 52 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 40 | 12 | 76.9% | Compare |
| Jeff Lamp | Lakers | NBA | 2: 1987-88 to 1988-89 | 44 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 33 | 11 | 75.0% | Compare |
| Adrian Branch | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1986-87 | 43 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 35 | 8 | 81.4% | Compare |
| Clay Johnson | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1982-83 | 43 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34 | 9 | 79.1% | Compare |
| Milt Wagner | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1987-88 | 42 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 29 | 13 | 69.0% | Compare |
| Calvin Garrett | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1983-84 | 41 | 4.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 26 | 15 | 63.4% | Compare |
| Frank Brickowski | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1986-87 | 37 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 30 | 7 | 81.1% | Compare |
| Eddie Jordan | Lakers | NBA | 2: 1982-83 to 1983-84 | 35 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 27 | 8 | 77.1% | Compare |
| Mark Landsberger | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1982-83 | 34 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 26 | 8 | 76.5% | Compare |
| Jack Haley | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1991-92 | 34 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 19 | 15 | 55.9% | Compare |
| Rory Sparrow | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1991-92 | 33 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 15 | 18 | 45.5% | Compare |
| Benoit Benjamin | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1992-93 | 28 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 10 | 18 | 35.7% | Compare |
| Dwight Jones | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1982-83 | 28 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 18 | 10 | 64.3% | Compare |
| Alex Blackwell | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1992-93 | 27 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 11 | 16 | 40.7% | Compare |
| Sam Bowie | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1993-94 | 25 | 8.9 | 5.2 | 1.9 | 9 | 16 | 36.0% | Compare |
| Jay Vincent | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1989-90 | 25 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 20 | 5 | 80.0% | Compare |
| Antonio Harvey | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1993-94 | 25 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 5 | 20 | 20.0% | Compare |
| Irving Thomas | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1990-91 | 25 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 22 | 3 | 88.0% | Compare |
| Reggie Jordan | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1993-94 | 23 | 5.4 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 12 | 11 | 52.2% | Compare |
| Chuck Nevitt | Lakers | NBA | 2: 1984-85 to 1985-86 | 22 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 22 | 0 | 100.0% | Compare |
| Petur Gudmundsson | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1985-86 | 19 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 12 | 7 | 63.2% | Compare |
| Steve Bucknall | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1989-90 | 18 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 17 | 1 | 94.4% | Compare |
| Chucky Brown | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1991-92 | 17 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 9 | 8 | 52.9% | Compare |
| Keith Owens | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1991-92 | 15 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 8 | 7 | 53.3% | Compare |
| Mel McCants | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1989-90 | 14 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12 | 2 | 85.7% | Compare |
| Ray Tolbert | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1987-88 | 13 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 12 | 1 | 92.3% | Compare |
| Danny Schayes | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1993-94 | 11 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 3 | 8 | 27.3% | Compare |
| Demetrius Calip | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1991-92 | 7 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2 | 5 | 28.6% | Compare |
| Tony Brown | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1990-91 | 7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 6 | 1 | 85.7% | Compare |
| Mike Higgins | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1989-90 | 6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 6 | 0 | 100.0% | Compare |
| Trevor Wilson | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1993-94 | 5 | 10.2 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 1 | 4 | 20.0% | Compare |
| Jawann Oldham | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1989-90 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% | Compare |
| Joe Cooper | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1982-83 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | Compare |
| Earl Jones | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1984-85 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | Compare |
| Jerome Henderson | Lakers | NBA | 1: 1985-86 | 1 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | Compare |
* 70 teammates found. All stats represent what the teammates of James Worthy averaged when they played with him in the selected games.









