Wes Unseld FC

Born: Mar 14, 1946 (Passed away Jun 2, 2020, aged 74)

Birthplace/Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky

Nationality: United States

Height: 6-7 (201cm)     Weight: 245 (111kg)

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

Draft Entry: 1968 NBA Draft

Drafted: Round 1, Pick 2, Washington Wizards

Pre-Draft Team: Louisville (Sr)

High School: Seneca High School [Louisville, Kentucky]

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NBA

13 Years Of Service - NBA's Top 50, NBA's Top 75, Hall of Fame Player, NBA Champion, MVP, Finals MVP, All-NBA 1st, ROY, 5x All-Star, #41 retired by WAS

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
1968-69 ★ WAS 82 - 36.2 13.79 5.21 10.94 .476 - - - 3.38 5.59 .605 - - 18.18 2.60 - - - 3.37
1969-70 WAS 82 - 39.4 16.16 6.41 12.38 .518 - - - 3.33 5.22 .638 - - 16.71 3.55 - - - 3.05
1970-71 ☆ WAS 74 - 39.2 14.15 5.73 11.43 .501 - - - 2.69 4.09 .657 - - 16.93 3.96 - - - 3.18
1971-72 ☆ WAS 76 - 41.7 13.01 5.38 10.82 .498 - - - 2.25 3.58 .629 - - 17.58 3.66 - - - 2.87
1972-73 ☆ WAS 79 - 39.1 12.54 5.33 10.81 .493 - - - 1.89 2.68 .703 - - 15.95 4.39 - - - 2.13
1973-74 WAS 56 - 30.8 5.86 2.61 5.95 .438 - - - 0.64 0.98 .655 2.71 6.52 9.23 2.84 1.00 0.29 - 2.16
1974-75 ☆ WAS 73 - 39.8 9.21 3.74 7.45 .502 - - - 1.73 2.52 .685 4.36 10.40 14.75 4.07 1.58 0.93 - 2.47
1975-76 WAS 78 - 37.5 9.62 4.08 7.27 .561 - - - 1.46 2.50 .585 3.47 9.81 13.28 5.18 1.08 0.76 - 2.60
1976-77 WAS 82 - 34.9 7.80 3.29 6.72 .490 - - - 1.22 2.02 .602 2.96 7.73 10.70 4.43 1.06 0.55 - 3.09
1977-78 WAS 80 - 33.1 7.59 3.21 6.14 .523 - - - 1.16 2.16 .538 3.58 8.36 11.94 4.08 1.23 0.56 2.16 2.92
1978-79 WAS 77 - 31.2 10.95 4.49 7.79 .577 - - - 1.96 3.05 .643 3.56 7.22 10.78 4.09 0.92 0.48 2.03 2.65
1979-80 WAS 82 - 36.3 9.68 3.99 7.77 .513 0.01 0.02 .500 1.70 2.55 .665 4.07 9.27 13.34 4.46 0.79 0.74 1.87 3.04
1980-81 WAS 63 - 32.3 8.05 3.57 6.81 .524 0.03 0.06 .500 0.87 1.37 .640 3.29 7.40 10.68 2.70 0.83 0.57 1.54 2.71
CAREER   984 - 36.4 10.80 4.44 8.73 .509 0.02 0.04 .500 1.91 3.02 .633 3.53 8.42 13.99 3.88 1.06 0.62 1.92 2.81

★ MVP Season☆ All-Star Season

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
1968-69 ★ WAS 82 - 2,970 1,131 427 897 .476 - - - 277 458 .605 - - 1,491 213 - - - 276
1969-70 WAS 82 - 3,234 1,325 526 1,015 .518 - - - 273 428 .638 - - 1,370 291 - - - 250
1970-71 ☆ WAS 74 - 2,904 1,047 424 846 .501 - - - 199 303 .657 - - 1,253 293 - - - 235
1971-72 ☆ WAS 76 - 3,171 989 409 822 .498 - - - 171 272 .629 - - 1,336 278 - - - 218
1972-73 ☆ WAS 79 - 3,085 991 421 854 .493 - - - 149 212 .703 - - 1,260 347 - - - 168
1973-74 WAS 56 - 1,727 328 146 333 .438 - - - 36 55 .655 152 365 517 159 56 16 - 121
1974-75 ☆ WAS 73 - 2,904 672 273 544 .502 - - - 126 184 .685 318 759 1,077 297 115 68 - 180
1975-76 WAS 78 - 2,922 750 318 567 .561 - - - 114 195 .585 271 765 1,036 404 84 59 - 203
1976-77 WAS 82 - 2,860 640 270 551 .490 - - - 100 166 .602 243 634 877 363 87 45 - 253
1977-78 WAS 80 - 2,644 607 257 491 .523 - - - 93 173 .538 286 669 955 326 98 45 173 234
1978-79 WAS 77 - 2,406 843 346 600 .577 - - - 151 235 .643 274 556 830 315 71 37 156 204
1979-80 WAS 82 - 2,973 794 327 637 .513 1 2 .500 139 209 .665 334 760 1,094 366 65 61 153 249
1980-81 WAS 63 - 2,032 507 225 429 .524 2 4 .500 55 86 .640 207 466 673 170 52 36 97 171
CAREER   984 - 35,832 10,624 4,369 8,586 .509 3 6 .500 1,883 2,976 .633 2,085 4,974 13,769 3,822 628 367 579 2,762

★ MVP Season☆ 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
1968-69 ★ WAS 82 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .170 - - 0.51 57 25 .695 3.80 7.00 10.80
1969-70 WAS 82 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 - - 0.42 50 32 .610 5.10 6.00 11.10
1970-71 ☆ WAS 74 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .195 - - 0.36 40 34 .541 4.10 5.90 10.00
1971-72 ☆ WAS 76 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .197 - - 0.33 38 38 .500 3.40 4.90 8.30
1972-73 ☆ WAS 79 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .210 - - 0.25 51 28 .646 3.90 6.80 10.70
1973-74 WAS 56 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .088 - - 0.17 33 23 .589 0.80 2.80 3.60
1974-75 ☆ WAS 73 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .160 - - 0.34 54 19 .740 4.00 6.60 10.60
1975-76 WAS 78 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 - - 0.34 45 33 .577 4.30 5.20 9.50
1976-77 WAS 82 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .180 - - 0.30 48 34 .585 2.10 4.10 6.20
1977-78 WAS 80 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .163 1.88 0.57 0.35 43 37 .538 2.80 3.90 6.80
1978-79 WAS 77 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .173 2.02 0.46 0.39 51 26 .662 5.30 3.50 8.70
1979-80 WAS 82 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 2.39 0.42 0.33 39 43 .476 4.30 4.10 8.40
1980-81 WAS 63 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 1.75 0.54 0.20 27 36 .429 2.10 3.40 5.50
CAREER   984 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .174 2.03 0.49 0.35 576 408 .585 46.00 64.20 110.20

★ MVP Season☆ All-Star Season

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
1968-69 ★ WAS 82 - .515 .476 - - - 8.85 - - - - 108.08 - 1.26 - - 17.68
1969-70 WAS 82 - .551 .518 - - - 10.93 - - - - 115.61 - 1.31 - - 17.57
1970-71 ☆ WAS 74 - .535 .501 - - - 12.87 - - - - 115.79 - 1.24 - - 17.70
1971-72 ☆ WAS 76 - .525 .498 - - - 11.64 - - - - 112.62 - 1.20 - - 16.61
1972-73 ☆ WAS 79 - .523 .493 - - - 14.24 - - - - 119.58 - 1.16 - - 17.77
1973-74 WAS 56 - .459 .438 8.27 20.38 14.24 11.55 - 1.47 0.47 - 109.30 - 0.98 - 93.2 11.10
1974-75 ☆ WAS 73 - .538 .502 10.98 26.22 18.60 12.73 - 1.80 1.25 - 118.66 - 1.24 - 88.4 15.00
1975-76 WAS 78 - .574 .561 9.96 26.34 18.42 18.45 - 1.33 1.05 - 114.55 - 1.32 - 92.6 16.17
1976-77 WAS 82 - .513 .490 8.94 22.29 15.77 15.94 - 1.38 0.80 - 109.24 - 1.16 - 96.6 12.87
1977-78 WAS 80 - .535 .523 10.64 25.21 17.88 15.31 23.37 1.65 0.84 10.52 106.10 1.66 1.24 106.3 97.4 14.45
1978-79 WAS 77 - .599 .577 11.70 23.17 17.51 15.94 18.15 1.33 0.76 13.64 121.92 2.23 1.41 118.3 100.7 17.86
1979-80 WAS 82 - .545 .514 11.15 25.93 18.46 15.60 17.35 1.02 1.08 11.70 167.84 3.07 1.25 114.5 102.5 15.50
1980-81 WAS 63 - .543 .527 10.62 24.28 17.40 10.64 17.20 1.21 0.96 11.14 166.40 0.80 1.18 110.7 100.4 13.60
CAREER   984 - .537 .509 10.32 24.44 17.40 13.48 19.01 1.40 0.92 11.76 164.16 2.37 1.24 112.8 96.4 16.60

★ MVP Season☆ All-Star Season

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NBA Transactions

Apr 3, 1968 - The Baltimore Bullets selected Wes Unseld in Round 1 with Pick 2 in the 1968 NBA Draft.
Apr 18, 1968 - Wes Unseld signed a multi-year contract with the Baltimore Bullets.
Jul 1, 1971 - Wes Unseld, previously with the Baltimore Bullets, became a free agent.
Sep 1, 1971 - Wes Unseld signed a multi-year contract with the Baltimore Bullets.
Jul 1, 1980 - Wes Unseld, previously with the Washington Bullets, became a free agent.
Jul 1, 1980 - Wes Unseld signed a contract with the Washington Bullets.
Jul 1, 1981 - Wes Unseld, previously with the Washington Bullets, became a free agent.
Jun 2, 2020 - Wes Unseld passed away. He was 74 years old at the time of his death.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Top 50 Greatest Player
Top 75 Greatest Player
NBA Champion - 1978
Michael Jordan Most Valuable Player - 1969
Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP - 1978
All-NBA First Team - 1969
Wilt Chamberlain Rookie Of The Year - 1969
All-Rookie First Team - 1969
J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award - 1975

* 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
1968-69 WAS 4 - 41.3 18.75 7.50 14.25 .526 - - - 3.75 4.75 .789 - - 18.50 1.25 - - - 3.50
1969-70 WAS 7 - 41.3 10.43 4.14 10.00 .414 - - - 2.14 2.71 .789 - - 23.57 3.43 - - - 3.57
1970-71 WAS 18 - 42.2 13.22 5.33 11.56 .462 - - - 2.56 4.50 .568 - - 18.83 3.83 - - - 3.33
1971-72 WAS 6 - 44.3 12.33 5.33 10.83 .492 - - - 1.67 3.17 .526 - - 12.50 4.17 - - - 3.67
1972-73 WAS 5 - 40.2 9.80 4.00 9.60 .417 - - - 1.80 3.80 .474 - - 15.20 3.40 - - - 2.40
1973-74 WAS 7 - 42.4 10.14 4.43 9.00 .492 - - - 1.29 2.14 .600 3.14 9.00 12.14 3.86 0.57 0.14 - 2.14
1974-75 WAS 17 - 43.2 10.71 4.18 7.65 .546 - - - 2.35 3.59 .656 3.82 12.41 16.24 3.76 0.88 1.18 - 2.29
1975-76 WAS 7 - 44.3 7.00 2.57 5.57 .462 - - - 1.86 3.43 .542 3.71 8.43 12.14 4.00 0.86 0.57 - 2.71
1976-77 WAS 9 - 40.9 7.44 3.33 6.00 .556 - - - 0.78 1.33 .583 2.67 9.00 11.67 4.89 0.89 0.67 - 3.56
1977-78 WAS 18 - 37.6 9.39 3.94 7.44 .530 - - - 1.50 2.56 .587 4.00 8.00 12.00 4.39 0.94 0.39 2.00 3.44
1978-79 WAS 19 - 38.7 10.26 4.11 8.32 .494 - - - 2.05 3.37 .609 4.74 8.58 13.32 3.37 0.89 0.74 1.58 3.47
1979-80 WAS 2 - 43.5 9.00 3.50 7.00 .500 0.00 0.50 .000 2.00 3.00 .667 3.50 10.50 14.00 3.50 0.00 1.50 1.50 2.50
CAREER   119 - 41.1 10.59 4.31 8.74 .493 0.00 0.50 .000 1.97 3.24 .608 3.87 9.39 14.93 3.81 0.85 0.70 1.77 3.12

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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
1968-69 WAS 4 - 165 75 30 57 .526 - - - 15 19 .789 - - 74 5 - - - 14
1969-70 WAS 7 - 289 73 29 70 .414 - - - 15 19 .789 - - 165 24 - - - 25
1970-71 WAS 18 - 759 238 96 208 .462 - - - 46 81 .568 - - 339 69 - - - 60
1971-72 WAS 6 - 266 74 32 65 .492 - - - 10 19 .526 - - 75 25 - - - 22
1972-73 WAS 5 - 201 49 20 48 .417 - - - 9 19 .474 - - 76 17 - - - 12
1973-74 WAS 7 - 297 71 31 63 .492 - - - 9 15 .600 22 63 85 27 4 1 - 15
1974-75 WAS 17 - 734 182 71 130 .546 - - - 40 61 .656 65 211 276 64 15 20 - 39
1975-76 WAS 7 - 310 49 18 39 .462 - - - 13 24 .542 26 59 85 28 6 4 - 19
1976-77 WAS 9 - 368 67 30 54 .556 - - - 7 12 .583 24 81 105 44 8 6 - 32
1977-78 WAS 18 - 677 169 71 134 .530 - - - 27 46 .587 72 144 216 79 17 7 36 62
1978-79 WAS 19 - 736 195 78 158 .494 - - - 39 64 .609 90 163 253 64 17 14 30 66
1979-80 WAS 2 - 87 18 7 14 .500 0 1 .000 4 6 .667 7 21 28 7 0 3 3 5
CAREER   119 - 4,889 1,260 513 1,040 .493 0 1 .000 234 385 .608 306 742 1,777 453 67 55 69 371

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
1968-69 WAS 4 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 - - 0.33 0 4 .000 0.50 - 0.50
1969-70 WAS 7 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185 - - 0.27 3 4 .429 - 0.80 0.90
1970-71 WAS 18 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 - - 0.39 8 10 .444 0.60 1.80 2.40
1971-72 WAS 6 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 - - 0.29 2 4 .333 0.20 -0.10 0.10
1972-73 WAS 5 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .181 - - 0.40 1 4 .200 - -0.20 -0.20
1973-74 WAS 7 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .209 - - 0.24 3 4 .429 0.40 0.30 0.70
1974-75 WAS 17 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .193 - - 0.47 8 9 .471 1.10 1.40 2.50
1975-76 WAS 7 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .183 - - 0.62 3 4 .429 0.10 0.60 0.70
1976-77 WAS 9 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .198 - - 0.22 4 5 .444 0.40 0.40 0.80
1977-78 WAS 18 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .164 2.19 0.47 0.34 12 6 .667 1.00 1.10 2.00
1978-79 WAS 19 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .183 2.13 0.57 0.41 9 10 .474 1.20 1.00 2.20
1979-80 WAS 2 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .173 2.33 0.00 0.43 0 2 .000 0.10 - 0.10
CAREER   119 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 2.17 0.49 0.37 53 66 .445 5.60 7.10 12.70

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
1968-69 WAS 4 - .574 .526 - - - 4.37 - - - - 131.58 - 1.32 - - 19.31
1969-70 WAS 7 - .466 .414 - - - 11.43 - - - - 120.38 - 1.04 - - 15.32
1970-71 WAS 18 - .488 .462 - - - 12.82 - - - - 102.94 - 1.14 - - 15.93
1971-72 WAS 6 - .504 .492 - - - 15.15 - - - - 101.86 - 1.14 - - 12.66
1972-73 WAS 5 - .435 .417 - - - 11.27 - - - - 89.04 - 1.02 - - 13.31
1973-74 WAS 7 - .510 .492 7.97 21.79 15.04 12.79 - 0.68 0.18 - 109.21 - 1.13 - 96.5 13.11
1974-75 WAS 17 - .580 .546 9.58 27.66 19.15 11.49 - 0.93 1.38 - 120.19 - 1.40 - 91.8 14.88
1975-76 WAS 7 - .494 .462 9.53 18.18 14.23 13.32 - 0.97 0.69 - 100.32 - 1.26 - 93.1 11.51
1976-77 WAS 9 - .565 .556 7.02 22.37 14.91 15.49 - 1.03 0.81 - 113.89 - 1.24 - 99.0 12.02
1977-78 WAS 18 - .548 .530 10.49 21.87 16.06 14.83 18.92 1.18 0.55 10.94 111.68 2.56 1.26 112.6 98.7 15.13
1978-79 WAS 19 - .524 .494 11.76 22.84 17.10 11.79 13.88 1.13 0.99 11.55 110.30 1.84 1.23 114.5 100.5 15.48
1979-80 WAS 2 - .541 .500 8.40 26.63 17.26 10.54 15.27 - 1.89 9.24 116.67 1.99 1.29 115.0 110.3 12.61
CAREER   119 - .521 .493 9.81 23.32 16.63 12.60 16.20 1.00 0.89 11.13 110.11 2.43 1.21 113.6 97.2 15.15

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NBA All-Star Weekend Competitions

Eastern All-Star Coaches Selection - 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975

* 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
1969 East 1 - 14 11 5 7 .714 - - - 1 3 .333 - - 8 1 - - - 3
1971 East 1 - 21 8 4 9 .444 - - - 0 0 .000 - - 10 2 - - - 2
1972 East 1 - 16 2 1 5 .200 - - - 0 0 .000 - - 7 1 - - - 3
1973 East 1 - 11 4 2 4 .500 - - - 0 0 .000 - - 5 1 - - - 0
1975 East 1 - 15 6 2 3 .667 - - - 2 2 1.000 2 4 6 1 2 0 - 2
TOTAL   5 - 77 31 14 28 .500 - - - 3 5 .600 2 34 36 6 2 0 - 10
AVERAGES   5 - 15.4 6.20 2.80 5.60 .500 - - - 0.60 1.00 .600 0.40 6.80 7.20 1.20 0.40 0.00 - 2.00

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NCAA

College: Louisville (1968)

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
1964-65 DNP Fr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1965-66 Louisville So - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1966-67 Louisville Jr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1967-68 Louisville Sr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

NCAA Awards & Honors

Consensus All-American First Team - 1967, 1968
NABC All-American First Team - 1967, 1968
AP All-American First Team - 1967, 1968
USBWA All-American First Team - 1967, 1968
UPI All-American First Team - 1967, 1968

High School Basketball

Prep/High School: Seneca High School [Louisville, Kentucky]

Prep/High School Awards & Honors

Kentucky Mr. Basketball - 1964