Don Buse

PG · KCK

Seasons 1972-73–1984-85 · 13 on record · Ht 6-4 · b. 1950

2× All-Star6× All-Defense

Player info

7.1 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 4.6 APG · 966 games · .440 FG% · .330 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1972-73	INA	22	77	19.3	.453	.208	.752	2.7	2.9	1.4	0.1	5.4	15.1	.506
1973-74	INA	23	77	24.4	.398	.336	.686	3.3	3.4	1.9	0.3	5.5	12.9	.463
1974-75	INA	24	80	29.6	.432	.309	.797	3.4	4.2	2.1	0.2	6.5	11.7	.491
1975-76	INA	25	84	40.2	.451	.346	.814	3.8	8.2	4.1	0.4	12.5	16.7	.534
1976-77	IND	26	81	36.4	.416	—	.786	3.3	8.5	3.5	0.2	8.0	14.1	.460
1977-78	PHX	27	82	31.1	.458	—	.824	3.0	4.8	2.3	0.2	8.4	12.5	.500
1978-79	PHX	28	82	31.0	.495	—	.769	2.6	4.3	1.9	0.2	7.8	11.5	.519
1979-80	PHX	29	81	30.9	.443	.241	.664	2.9	4.0	1.6	0.1	7.7	10.7	.485
1980-81	IND	30	58	18.9	.397	.328	.769	1.4	2.4	1.3	0.1	5.1	11.7	.471
1981-82	IND	31	82	30.8	.455	.386	.813	2.7	5.0	2.0	0.3	9.7	14.8	.539
1982-83	POR	32	41	15.7	.396	.257	.891	1.3	2.8	1.1	0.0	4.7	13.8	.480
1983-84	KCK	33	76	17.5	.426	.305	.788	1.5	4.0	1.1	0.0	5.0	13.4	.492
1984-85	KCK	34	65	14.4	.404	.356	.767	0.9	3.1	0.6	0.0	3.4	10.5	.504

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1972-73	INA	77	13	1,484	163	360	.453	5	24	82	109	210	223	107	8	66	413
1973-74	INA	77	41	1,877	170	427	.398	36	107	48	70	254	258	146	20	75	424
1974-75	INA	80	63	2,369	216	500	.432	38	123	47	59	272	335	166	15	95	517
1975-76	INA	84	84	3,380	400	887	.451	72	208	179	220	322	689	346	31	159	1,051
1976-77	IND	81	76	2,947	266	639	.416	—	—	114	145	270	685	281	16	—	646
1977-78	PHX	82	82	2,547	287	626	.458	—	—	112	136	249	391	185	14	124	686
1978-79	PHX	82	82	2,544	285	576	.495	—	—	70	91	217	356	156	18	96	640
1979-80	PHX	81	—	2,499	261	589	.443	19	79	85	128	233	320	132	10	91	626
1980-81	IND	58	4	1,095	114	287	.397	19	58	50	65	84	140	74	8	38	297
1981-82	IND	82	78	2,529	312	685	.455	73	189	100	123	223	407	164	27	95	797
1982-83	POR	41	1	643	72	182	.396	9	35	41	46	54	115	44	2	25	194
1983-84	KCK	76	10	1,327	150	352	.426	18	59	63	80	116	303	86	1	87	381
1984-85	KCK	65	14	939	82	203	.404	31	87	23	30	61	203	38	1	45	218
Career		966	—	—	2,778	6,313	.440	320	969	1014	1302	2565	4425	1925	171	996	6,890

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1972-73	INA	77	19.3	4.0	8.7	.453	0.1	0.6	2.0	2.6	5.1	5.4	2.6	0.2	1.6	10.0
1973-74	INA	77	24.4	3.3	8.2	.398	0.7	2.1	0.9	1.3	4.9	4.9	2.8	0.4	1.4	8.1
1974-75	INA	80	29.6	3.3	7.6	.432	0.6	1.9	0.7	0.9	4.1	5.1	2.5	0.2	1.4	7.9
1975-76	INA	84	40.2	4.3	9.4	.451	0.8	2.2	1.9	2.3	3.4	7.3	3.7	0.3	1.7	11.2
1976-77	IND	81	36.4	3.2	7.8	.416	—	—	1.4	1.8	3.3	8.4	3.4	0.2	—	7.9
1977-78	PHX	82	31.1	4.1	8.8	.458	—	—	1.6	1.9	3.5	5.5	2.6	0.2	1.8	9.7
1978-79	PHX	82	31.0	4.0	8.2	.495	—	—	1.0	1.3	3.1	5.0	2.2	0.3	1.4	9.1
1979-80	PHX	81	30.9	3.8	8.5	.443	0.3	1.1	1.2	1.8	3.4	4.6	1.9	0.1	1.3	9.0
1980-81	IND	58	18.9	3.7	9.4	.397	0.6	1.9	1.6	2.1	2.8	4.6	2.4	0.3	1.2	9.8
1981-82	IND	82	30.8	4.4	9.8	.455	1.0	2.7	1.4	1.8	3.2	5.8	2.3	0.4	1.4	11.3
1982-83	POR	41	15.7	4.0	10.2	.396	0.5	2.0	2.3	2.6	3.0	6.4	2.5	0.1	1.4	10.9
1983-84	KCK	76	17.5	4.1	9.5	.426	0.5	1.6	1.7	2.2	3.1	8.2	2.3	0.0	2.4	10.3
1984-85	KCK	65	14.4	3.1	7.8	.404	1.2	3.3	0.9	1.2	2.3	7.8	1.5	0.0	1.7	8.4

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
1972-73	INA	77	1,484	15.1	.506	12.0	0.5	2.1	2.6	.084	—	—	—	—
1973-74	INA	77	1,877	12.9	.463	11.1	1.6	2.8	4.4	.113	-0.7	+3.4	+2.7	+2.2
1974-75	INA	80	2,369	11.7	.491	9.9	2.4	2.2	4.6	.094	-1.1	+2.1	+0.9	+1.8
1975-76	INA	84	3,380	16.7	.534	12.5	6.0	4.6	10.6	.150	+0.9	+3.4	+4.4	+5.4
1976-77	IND	81	2,947	14.1	.460	—	1.5	3.1	4.7	.076	-0.3	+1.9	+1.6	+2.7
1977-78	PHX	82	2,547	12.5	.500	11.8	2.4	3.6	6.0	.113	-1.1	+2.1	+1.0	+1.9
1978-79	PHX	82	2,544	11.5	.519	10.8	2.6	2.8	5.4	.101	-0.9	+1.7	+0.8	+1.8
1979-80	PHX	81	2,499	10.7	.485	11.7	1.7	2.9	4.6	.088	-1.1	+1.2	+0.2	+1.4
1980-81	IND	58	1,095	11.7	.471	12.9	0.9	1.2	2.0	.089	-1.2	+1.7	+0.5	+0.7
1981-82	IND	82	2,529	14.8	.539	13.7	3.7	3.4	7.1	.135	+0.3	+2.3	+2.6	+2.9
1982-83	POR	41	643	13.8	.480	14.4	0.9	0.7	1.7	.124	-0.2	+1.7	+1.5	+0.6
1983-84	KCK	76	1,327	13.4	.492	14.4	0.8	1.4	2.2	.080	+0.0	+1.0	+1.0	+1.0
1984-85	KCK	65	939	10.5	.504	11.0	1.0	0.2	1.3	.064	+0.2	-0.1	+0.0	+0.5
Career		966	—	—	—	—	—	—	57.2	—	—	—	—	+22.9

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	2	38.0	4.0	2.5	2.0	2.0	0.0	.364	—	.364
1978-79	15	34.1	7.9	3.7	3.5	1.5	0.3	.405	—	.452
1979-80	8	29.5	8.5	2.6	5.5	0.8	0.0	.438	.385	.494
1980-81	2	17.5	2.5	2.5	3.5	1.5	0.0	.125	.250	.282
1982-83	5	6.2	1.4	0.4	1.4	0.0	0.0	.250	—	.359
1983-84	3	16.7	7.0	1.0	3.7	0.3	0.3	.438	.500	.563
Career	35	26.9	6.5	2.6	3.6	1.1	0.1	.399	.391	.458

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	322	7.3	2.4	4.7	227–95
Away	325	6.6	2.2	4.3	113–212
In wins	340	7.3	2.5	4.6	340–0
In losses	307	6.6	2.1	4.4	0–307

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	27	5.7	2.2	4.1	15–12
BOS Boston Celtics	26	7.2	2.5	4.2	13–13
BKN Brooklyn Nets	28	8.6	2.6	4.8	18–10
CHI Chicago Bulls	32	8.3	2.7	4.9	18–14
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	27	6.3	2.1	4.5	19–8
DAL Dallas Mavericks	16	3.9	1.5	2.9	6–10
DEN Denver Nuggets	35	7.5	2.2	5.7	16–19
DET Detroit Pistons	28	8.5	2.9	5.2	19–9
GSW Golden State Warriors	31	5.9	2.6	4.2	14–17
HOU Houston Rockets	31	6.3	2.2	3.6	14–17
IND Indiana Pacers	15	6.5	3.1	4.5	11–4
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	24	6.9	1.7	3.2	15–9
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	34	6.2	1.7	4.5	10–24
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	31	8.0	2.6	4.3	11–20
NYK New York Knicks	27	8.0	2.8	4.7	15–12
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	27	6.4	2.0	5.0	9–18
PHX Phoenix Suns	18	5.7	1.9	4.7	8–10
POR Portland Trail Blazers	31	6.2	2.0	4.0	15–16
SAC Sacramento Kings	25	5.6	2.4	4.2	18–7
SAS San Antonio Spurs	29	7.2	1.9	5.0	18–11
UTA Utah Jazz	35	8.1	2.8	4.7	23–12

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Don Buse has averaged 7.1 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 4.6 APG over 13 seasons (1972-73–1984-85).

Don Buse is 6-4 (190 lb).

Don Buse was drafted in 1972, round 3, pick 34, by the Phoenix Suns.