Kent Benson

Seasons 1977-78–1987-88 · 11 on record · Ht 6-11 · b. 1954

Player info

9.1 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 1.8 APG · 680 games · .493 FG% · .206 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1977-78	MIL	23	69	18.7	.465	—	.652	4.3	1.4	1.0	0.8	7.7	13.2	.497
1978-79	MIL	24	82	26.0	.518	—	.735	7.1	2.5	1.1	1.0	12.3	17.3	.555
1979-80	2TM	25	73	25.9	.484	.200	.702	6.2	2.4	1.0	1.3	9.6	13.1	.513
	MIL	25	56	24.8	.494	0.000	.680	5.9	2.3	1.0	1.3	8.8	13.3	.519
	DET	25	17	29.5	.460	.250	.750	7.1	3.0	1.1	1.1	12.1	12.4	.499
1980-81	DET	26	59	33.2	.473	0.000	.772	6.8	2.9	1.2	1.1	15.7	15.1	.524
1981-82	DET	27	75	32.9	.505	.273	.804	8.7	2.1	0.9	1.3	12.5	14.4	.539
1982-83	DET	28	21	28.5	.467	0.000	.760	7.4	2.3	0.7	0.8	9.9	13.2	.510
1983-84	DET	29	82	21.1	.550	0.000	.822	5.0	1.6	0.9	0.6	7.1	14.0	.584
1984-85	DET	30	72	19.5	.506	0.000	.809	4.5	1.3	0.7	0.6	6.6	12.6	.545
1985-86	DET	31	72	18.7	.484	.500	.795	5.2	1.1	0.8	0.7	6.5	13.8	.519
1986-87	UTA	32	73	12.3	.443	.286	.810	3.2	0.5	0.5	0.4	4.5	11.7	.482
1987-88	CLE	33	2	6.0	1.000	—	.500	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.5	11.8	.868

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1977-78	MIL	69	—	1,288	220	473	.465	—	—	92	141	295	99	69	54	119	532
1978-79	MIL	82	—	2,132	413	798	.518	—	—	180	245	584	204	89	81	156	1,006
1979-80	2TM	73	—	1,891	299	618	.484	1	5	99	141	453	178	73	92	157	698
	MIL	56	—	1,389	213	431	.494	0	1	66	97	333	127	54	74	106	492
	DET	17	—	502	86	187	.460	1	4	33	44	120	51	19	18	51	206
1980-81	DET	59	—	1,956	364	770	.473	0	4	196	254	400	172	72	67	190	924
1981-82	DET	75	72	2,467	405	802	.505	3	11	127	158	653	159	66	98	160	940
1982-83	DET	21	15	599	85	182	.467	0	1	38	50	155	49	14	17	35	208
1983-84	DET	82	58	1,734	248	451	.550	0	1	83	101	409	130	71	53	79	579
1984-85	DET	72	35	1,401	201	397	.506	0	3	76	94	324	93	53	44	68	478
1985-86	DET	72	51	1,344	201	415	.484	1	2	66	83	376	80	58	51	58	469
1986-87	UTA	73	2	895	140	316	.443	2	7	47	58	231	39	39	28	45	329
1987-88	CLE	2	0	12	2	2	1.000	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	2	5
Career		680	—	—	2,578	5,224	.493	7	34	1005	1327	3881	1203	605	586	1069	6,168

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1977-78	MIL	69	18.7	6.1	13.2	.465	—	—	2.6	3.9	8.2	2.8	1.9	1.5	3.3	14.9
1978-79	MIL	82	26.0	7.0	13.5	.518	—	—	3.0	4.1	9.9	3.4	1.5	1.4	2.6	17.0
1979-80	2TM	73	25.9	5.7	11.8	.484	0.0	0.1	1.9	2.7	8.6	3.4	1.4	1.8	3.0	13.3
	MIL	56	24.8	5.5	11.2	.494	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.5	8.6	3.3	1.4	1.9	2.7	12.8
	DET	17	29.5	6.2	13.4	.460	0.1	0.3	2.4	3.2	8.6	3.7	1.4	1.3	3.7	14.8
1980-81	DET	59	33.2	6.7	14.2	.473	0.0	0.1	3.6	4.7	7.4	3.2	1.3	1.2	3.5	17.0
1981-82	DET	75	32.9	5.9	11.7	.505	0.0	0.2	1.9	2.3	9.5	2.3	1.0	1.4	2.3	13.7
1982-83	DET	21	28.5	5.1	10.9	.467	0.0	0.1	2.3	3.0	9.3	2.9	0.8	1.0	2.1	12.5
1983-84	DET	82	21.1	5.1	9.4	.550	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.1	8.5	2.7	1.5	1.1	1.6	12.0
1984-85	DET	72	19.5	5.2	10.2	.506	0.0	0.1	2.0	2.4	8.3	2.4	1.4	1.1	1.7	12.3
1985-86	DET	72	18.7	5.4	11.1	.484	0.0	0.1	1.8	2.2	10.1	2.1	1.6	1.4	1.6	12.6
1986-87	UTA	73	12.3	5.6	12.7	.443	0.1	0.3	1.9	2.3	9.3	1.6	1.6	1.1	1.8	13.2
1987-88	CLE	2	6.0	6.0	6.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	3.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	6.0	15.0

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1977-78	MIL	69	1,288	13.2	.497	19.3	0.2	1.5	1.7	.064	-1.8	+0.6	-1.2	+0.3
1978-79	MIL	82	2,132	17.3	.555	19.3	3.5	2.9	6.4	.143	+0.6	+0.8	+1.4	+1.8
1979-80	2TM	73	1,891	13.1	.513	17.4	0.4	2.7	3.2	.080	-1.6	+1.4	-0.3	+0.8
	MIL	56	1,389	13.3	.519	16.6	0.6	2.3	2.9	.100	-1.4	+1.8	+0.5	+0.9
	DET	17	502	12.4	.499	19.7	-0.2	0.4	0.3	.026	-2.3	+0.1	-2.2	+0.0
1980-81	DET	59	1,956	15.1	.524	22.2	0.6	2.5	3.1	.075	-0.3	+0.4	+0.1	+1.0
1981-82	DET	75	2,467	14.4	.539	16.3	2.2	3.0	5.2	.101	+0.0	+0.4	+0.4	+1.5
1982-83	DET	21	599	13.2	.510	15.4	0.6	0.6	1.1	.092	-0.5	-0.1	-0.6	+0.2
1983-84	DET	82	1,734	14.0	.584	12.8	2.5	2.2	4.7	.131	-0.1	+1.6	+1.5	+1.5
1984-85	DET	72	1,401	12.6	.545	13.9	1.5	1.9	3.3	.113	-1.3	+1.6	+0.2	+0.8
1985-86	DET	72	1,344	13.8	.519	14.8	1.4	1.9	3.2	.116	-1.0	+1.1	+0.2	+0.7
1986-87	UTA	73	895	11.7	.482	17.1	0.1	1.6	1.7	.089	-3.0	+1.2	-1.8	+0.0
1987-88	CLE	2	12	11.8	.868	17.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	.015	-6.3	+2.4	-3.9	+0.0
Career		680	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.6	—	—	—	—	+8.6

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1977-78	9	11.4	3.1	1.7	0.3	0.6	0.3	.478	—	.503
1983-84	5	25.8	7.6	6.0	1.4	1.0	1.4	.432	—	.459
1984-85	9	15.8	7.0	4.0	0.4	0.9	0.2	.543	—	.599
1985-86	4	13.8	2.0	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.5	.400	—	.400
1986-87	2	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	—	—
Career	29	14.9	4.7	3.2	0.5	0.6	0.5	.483	—	.520

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	350	9.2	5.9	1.8	223–127
Away	329	9.0	5.5	1.7	119–210
In wins	342	9.0	5.8	1.8	342–0
In losses	337	9.1	5.6	1.8	0–337

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	41	9.7	6.8	2.5	22–19
BOS Boston Celtics	38	9.1	4.8	1.6	10–28
BKN Brooklyn Nets	40	9.3	6.0	1.5	17–23
CHI Chicago Bulls	42	9.8	5.8	2.2	31–11
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	39	9.7	6.5	2.2	27–12
DAL Dallas Mavericks	15	7.1	4.3	1.3	11–4
DEN Denver Nuggets	25	7.2	4.5	1.5	13–12
DET Detroit Pistons	10	10.5	5.4	1.4	5–5
GSW Golden State Warriors	22	7.0	4.6	1.7	13–9
HOU Houston Rockets	25	9.1	5.7	1.8	13–12
IND Indiana Pacers	42	8.7	6.3	1.8	28–14
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	23	9.8	4.7	1.4	13–10
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	23	10.7	5.7	2.0	9–14
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	28	8.9	6.0	1.7	13–15
NYK New York Knicks	40	10.4	6.3	1.6	20–20
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	37	9.6	6.2	1.6	12–25
PHX Phoenix Suns	27	7.8	4.6	1.6	9–18
POR Portland Trail Blazers	26	8.4	5.7	1.9	13–13
SAC Sacramento Kings	24	7.8	5.0	1.6	14–10
SAS San Antonio Spurs	22	7.6	4.6	1.1	8–14
UTA Utah Jazz	19	11.3	7.4	2.0	11–8

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Kent Benson plays C for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Kent Benson has averaged 9.1 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 1.8 APG over 11 seasons (1977-78–1987-88).

Kent Benson is 6-11 (245 lb).

Kent Benson was drafted in 1977, round 1, pick 1, by the Milwaukee Bucks.