John Block

Seasons 1966-67–1975-76 · 10 on record · Ht 6-9 · b. 1944

All-Star

Player info

Nickname	GG, Gentle Giant
Position	PF
Number	#34 (also #35)
Team	Chicago Bulls
Height	6-9
Weight	207 lb
Born	1944-04-16
College	USC
Drafted	1966 · Round 3, Pick 27 · Los Angeles Lakers
Seasons	1966-67–1975-76 (10)

11.9 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 1.3 APG · 597 games · .433 FG% · — 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1966-67	LAL	22	22	5.4	.385	—	.706	2.0	0.2	—	—	2.9	15.1	.478
1967-68	SDR	23	52	34.7	.423	—	.802	11.0	1.4	—	—	20.2	17.1	.505
1968-69	SDR	24	78	31.9	.422	—	.748	9.0	1.8	—	—	15.3	14.5	.483
1969-70	SDR	25	82	26.2	.442	—	.782	7.4	1.7	—	—	14.5	15.5	.503
1970-71	SDR	26	73	20.1	.420	—	.785	6.1	1.3	—	—	9.6	15.2	.499
1971-72	MIL	27	79	19.3	.440	—	.749	5.2	1.2	—	—	8.5	14.3	.516
1972-73	2TM	28	73	28.0	.441	—	.794	7.7	1.5	—	—	14.8	16.7	.514
	PHI	28	48	32.5	.441	—	.781	9.2	2.0	—	—	17.9	17.6	.511
	KCO	28	25	19.3	.444	—	.842	4.8	0.8	—	—	9.0	13.9	.525
1973-74	KCO	29	82	21.7	.434	—	.796	4.7	1.1	0.8	0.4	8.7	13.2	.493
1974-75	2TM	30	54	17.4	.460	—	.792	4.3	0.9	0.8	0.6	8.0	17.0	.528
	NOJ	30	4	14.3	.310	—	.900	4.5	1.8	1.0	0.3	6.8	15.2	.404
	CHI	30	50	17.6	.473	—	.784	4.3	0.9	0.8	0.6	8.1	17.2	.539
1975-76	CHI	31	2	3.5	.500	—	0.000	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.0	12.9	.410

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1966-67	LAL	22	—	118	20	52	.385	—	—	24	34	45	5	—	—	—	64
1967-68	SDR	52	—	1,805	366	865	.423	—	—	316	394	571	71	—	—	—	1,048
1968-69	SDR	78	—	2,489	448	1,061	.422	—	—	299	400	703	141	—	—	—	1,195
1969-70	SDR	82	—	2,152	453	1,025	.442	—	—	287	367	609	137	—	—	—	1,193
1970-71	SDR	73	—	1,464	245	584	.420	—	—	212	270	442	98	—	—	—	702
1971-72	MIL	79	—	1,524	233	530	.440	—	—	206	275	410	95	—	—	—	672
1972-73	2TM	73	48	2,041	391	886	.441	—	—	300	378	562	113	—	—	—	1,082
	PHI	48	48	1,558	311	706	.441	—	—	236	302	442	94	—	—	—	858
	KCO	25	—	483	80	180	.444	—	—	64	76	120	19	—	—	—	224
1973-74	KCO	82	—	1,777	275	634	.434	—	—	164	206	389	94	68	35	—	714
1974-75	2TM	54	—	939	159	346	.460	—	—	114	144	232	51	42	32	—	432
	NOJ	4	—	57	9	29	.310	—	—	9	10	18	7	4	1	—	27
	CHI	50	—	882	150	317	.473	—	—	105	134	214	44	38	31	—	405
1975-76	CHI	2	—	7	2	4	.500	—	—	0	2	2	0	1	0	—	4
Career		597	—	—	2,592	5,987	.433	0	0	1922	2470	3965	805	111	67	0	7,106

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1966-67	LAL	22	5.4	6.1	15.9	.385	—	—	7.3	10.4	13.7	1.5	—	—	—	19.5
1967-68	SDR	52	34.7	7.3	17.3	.423	—	—	6.3	7.9	11.4	1.4	—	—	—	20.9
1968-69	SDR	78	31.9	6.5	15.3	.422	—	—	4.3	5.8	10.2	2.0	—	—	—	17.3
1969-70	SDR	82	26.2	7.6	17.1	.442	—	—	4.8	6.1	10.2	2.3	—	—	—	20.0
1970-71	SDR	73	20.1	6.0	14.4	.420	—	—	5.2	6.6	10.9	2.4	—	—	—	17.3
1971-72	MIL	79	19.3	5.5	12.5	.440	—	—	4.9	6.5	9.7	2.2	—	—	—	15.9
1972-73	2TM	73	28.0	6.9	15.6	.441	—	—	5.3	6.7	9.9	2.0	—	—	—	19.1
	PHI	48	32.5	7.2	16.3	.441	—	—	5.5	7.0	10.2	2.2	—	—	—	19.8
	KCO	25	19.3	6.0	13.4	.444	—	—	4.8	5.7	8.9	1.4	—	—	—	16.7
1973-74	KCO	82	21.7	5.6	12.8	.434	—	—	3.3	4.2	7.9	1.9	1.4	0.7	—	14.5
1974-75	2TM	54	17.4	6.1	13.3	.460	—	—	4.4	5.5	8.9	2.0	1.6	1.2	—	16.6
	NOJ	4	14.2	5.7	18.3	.310	—	—	5.7	6.3	11.4	4.4	2.5	0.6	—	17.1
	CHI	50	17.6	6.1	12.9	.473	—	—	4.3	5.5	8.7	1.8	1.6	1.3	—	16.5
1975-76	CHI	2	3.5	10.3	20.6	.500	—	—	0.0	10.3	10.3	0.0	5.1	0.0	—	20.6

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
1966-67	LAL	22	118	15.1	.478	—	0.1	0.1	0.2	.079	—	—	—	—
1967-68	SDR	52	1,805	17.1	.505	—	2.5	1.6	4.1	.109	—	—	—	—
1968-69	SDR	78	2,489	14.5	.483	—	2.0	3.5	5.5	.107	—	—	—	—
1969-70	SDR	82	2,152	15.5	.503	—	1.9	3.1	5.1	.113	—	—	—	—
1970-71	SDR	73	1,464	15.2	.499	—	1.5	2.6	4.1	.133	—	—	—	—
1971-72	MIL	79	1,524	14.3	.516	—	1.9	2.2	4.2	.131	—	—	—	—
1972-73	2TM	73	2,041	16.7	.514	—	3.2	0.9	4.2	.099	—	—	—	—
	PHI	48	1,558	17.6	.511	—	2.5	0.9	3.4	.104	—	—	—	—
	KCO	25	483	13.9	.525	—	0.8	0.0	0.8	.082	—	—	—	—
1973-74	KCO	82	1,777	13.2	.493	—	0.8	1.5	2.3	.062	-1.5	-0.5	-2.0	+0.0
1974-75	2TM	54	939	17.0	.528	—	1.4	1.7	3.1	.159	+0.3	+1.1	+1.4	+0.8
	NOJ	4	57	15.2	.404	—	-0.1	0.1	0.0	.002	-3.5	+0.2	-3.3	+0.0
	CHI	50	882	17.2	.539	—	1.5	1.6	3.1	.170	+0.5	+1.2	+1.7	+0.8
1975-76	CHI	2	7	12.9	.410	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	-.121	-4.7	+0.2	-4.6	+0.0
Career		597	—	—	—	—	—	—	32.8	—	—	—	—	+0.8

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	FG%	3P%	TS%
1966-67	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	—	—
1968-69	5	11.8	12.4	2.8	0.6	0.0	.533	—	.586
1971-72	11	14.2	5.0	5.0	0.5	0.0	.385	—	.459
1974-75	4	8.5	3.2	1.5	0.0	0.2	.400	—	.398
Career	21	11.9	6.2	3.6	0.4	0.0	.446	—	.503

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	305	12.2	6.3	1.3	172–133
Away	292	11.6	5.9	1.1	89–203
In wins	261	11.9	5.6	1.3	261–0
In losses	336	11.9	6.4	1.2	0–336

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	41	13.5	6.8	1.2	19–22
BOS Boston Celtics	41	10.4	6.4	1.2	10–31
CHI Chicago Bulls	43	11.7	4.8	1.1	18–25
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	18	11.7	6.2	1.4	13–5
DET Detroit Pistons	43	11.4	4.1	1.1	19–24
GSW Golden State Warriors	46	10.9	5.8	1.2	21–25
HOU Houston Rockets	17	11.9	3.5	1.0	11–6
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	40	10.6	6.5	1.4	11–29
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	33	10.4	6.5	1.2	5–28
NYK New York Knicks	38	11.3	5.8	0.8	11–27
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	33	13.7	7.2	1.2	12–21
PHX Phoenix Suns	40	12.3	6.2	1.5	21–19
POR Portland Trail Blazers	23	8.7	4.4	1.3	17–6
SAC Sacramento Kings	10	14.9	7.9	1.7	3–7
UTA Utah Jazz	4	5.2	3.2	1.2	4–0

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

John Block plays PF for the Chicago Bulls.

John Block has averaged 11.9 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 1.3 APG over 10 seasons (1966-67–1975-76).

John Block is 6-9 (207 lb).

John Block was drafted in 1966, round 3, pick 27, by the Los Angeles Lakers.