Austin Carr

SG · 2TM

Seasons 1971-72–1980-81 · 10 on record · Ht 6-4 · b. 1948

All-Star

Player info

Nickname	Mr. Cavalier, A.C.
Position	SG
Number	#34 (also #22)
Height	6-4
Weight	200 lb
Born	1948-03-10
College	Notre Dame
Drafted	1971 · Round 1, Pick 1 · Cleveland Cavaliers
Seasons	1971-72–1980-81 (10)

15.4 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 2.8 APG · 682 games · .449 FG% · .154 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1971-72	CLE	23	43	35.8	.426	—	.760	3.5	3.4	—	—	21.2	14.5	.465
1972-73	CLE	24	82	37.8	.446	—	.822	4.5	3.4	—	—	20.5	15.4	.488
1973-74	CLE	25	81	38.3	.445	—	.856	3.6	3.8	1.1	0.2	21.9	15.8	.486
1974-75	CLE	26	41	26.4	.468	—	.840	2.6	3.8	1.2	0.0	14.5	18.9	.507
1975-76	CLE	27	65	19.7	.442	—	.791	2.0	1.9	0.6	0.0	10.1	15.2	.481
1976-77	CLE	28	82	29.4	.457	—	.795	2.9	2.7	0.7	0.1	16.2	15.3	.496
1977-78	CLE	29	82	26.7	.438	—	.813	2.3	2.7	0.8	0.2	12.3	13.6	.484
1978-79	CLE	30	82	33.1	.475	—	.816	3.5	2.6	0.9	0.2	17.0	15.4	.529
1979-80	CLE	31	77	20.7	.465	.333	.738	2.1	1.9	0.5	0.0	11.8	14.3	.497
1980-81	2TM	32	47	14.0	.372	0.000	.630	1.3	1.2	0.3	0.0	4.4	6.2	.403
	DAL	32	8	9.6	.250	—	.500	1.1	1.1	0.1	0.0	2.0	-1.9	.269
	WSB	32	39	14.9	.388	0.000	.640	1.3	1.3	0.4	0.1	4.9	7.2	.421

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1971-72	CLE	43	—	1,539	381	894	.426	—	—	149	196	150	148	—	—	—	911
1972-73	CLE	82	—	3,097	702	1,575	.446	—	—	281	342	369	279	—	—	—	1,685
1973-74	CLE	81	—	3,100	748	1,682	.445	—	—	279	326	289	305	92	14	—	1,775
1974-75	CLE	41	—	1,081	252	538	.468	—	—	89	106	107	154	48	2	—	593
1975-76	CLE	65	—	1,282	276	625	.442	—	—	106	134	132	122	37	2	—	658
1976-77	CLE	82	67	2,409	558	1,221	.457	—	—	213	268	240	220	57	10	—	1,329
1977-78	CLE	82	—	2,186	414	945	.438	—	—	183	225	187	225	68	19	146	1,011
1978-79	CLE	82	—	2,714	551	1,161	.475	—	—	292	358	290	217	77	14	175	1,394
1979-80	CLE	77	—	1,595	390	839	.465	2	6	127	172	165	150	39	3	108	909
1980-81	2TM	47	—	657	87	234	.372	0	7	34	54	61	58	15	2	41	208
	DAL	8	—	77	7	28	.250	0	0	2	4	9	9	1	0	9	16
	WSB	39	—	580	80	206	.388	0	7	32	50	52	49	14	2	32	192
Career		682	—	—	4,359	9,714	.449	2	13	1753	2181	1990	1878	433	66	470	10,473

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1971-72	CLE	43	35.8	8.9	20.9	.426	—	—	3.5	4.6	3.5	3.5	—	—	—	21.3
1972-73	CLE	82	37.8	8.2	18.3	.446	—	—	3.3	4.0	4.3	3.2	—	—	—	19.6
1973-74	CLE	81	38.3	8.7	19.5	.445	—	—	3.2	3.8	3.4	3.5	1.1	0.2	—	20.6
1974-75	CLE	41	26.4	8.4	17.9	.468	—	—	3.0	3.5	3.6	5.1	1.6	0.1	—	19.7
1975-76	CLE	65	19.7	7.8	17.6	.442	—	—	3.0	3.8	3.7	3.4	1.0	0.1	—	18.5
1976-77	CLE	82	29.4	8.3	18.2	.457	—	—	3.2	4.0	3.6	3.3	0.9	0.1	—	19.9
1977-78	CLE	82	26.7	6.8	15.6	.438	—	—	3.0	3.7	3.1	3.7	1.1	0.3	2.4	16.6
1978-79	CLE	82	33.1	7.3	15.4	.475	—	—	3.9	4.7	3.8	2.9	1.0	0.2	2.3	18.5
1979-80	CLE	77	20.7	8.8	18.9	.465	0.0	0.1	2.9	3.9	3.7	3.4	0.9	0.1	2.4	20.5
1980-81	2TM	47	14.0	4.8	12.8	.372	0.0	0.4	1.9	3.0	3.3	3.2	0.8	0.1	2.2	11.4
	DAL	8	9.6	3.3	13.1	.250	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.9	4.2	4.2	0.5	0.0	4.2	7.5
	WSB	39	14.9	5.0	12.8	.388	0.0	0.4	2.0	3.1	3.2	3.0	0.9	0.1	2.0	11.9

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
1971-72	CLE	43	1,539	14.5	.465	—	0.0	1.0	1.0	.030	—	—	—	—
1972-73	CLE	82	3,097	15.4	.488	—	2.9	2.9	5.9	.091	—	—	—	—
1973-74	CLE	81	3,100	15.8	.486	—	4.5	0.9	5.4	.084	+1.3	-1.5	-0.2	+1.4
1974-75	CLE	41	1,081	18.9	.507	—	2.1	0.8	2.9	.127	+2.9	-0.5	+2.4	+1.2
1975-76	CLE	65	1,282	15.2	.481	—	1.7	0.9	2.6	.097	+0.9	-1.1	-0.2	+0.6
1976-77	CLE	82	2,409	15.3	.496	—	3.9	1.4	5.3	.105	+0.9	-1.3	-0.4	+1.0
1977-78	CLE	82	2,186	13.6	.484	21.6	1.8	1.6	3.4	.074	-0.4	-0.6	-1.0	+0.5
1978-79	CLE	82	2,714	15.4	.529	21.9	4.5	0.5	5.0	.088	+1.0	-1.7	-0.7	+0.9
1979-80	CLE	77	1,595	14.3	.497	24.6	1.3	0.6	2.0	.059	+0.1	-1.8	-1.7	+0.1
1980-81	2TM	47	657	6.2	.403	18.4	-0.9	0.5	-0.4	-.029	-4.3	-0.4	-4.7	-0.6
	DAL	8	77	-1.9	.269	21.0	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	-.236	-5.8	-1.5	-7.3	-0.2
	WSB	39	580	7.2	.421	18.0	-0.5	0.5	0.0	-.001	-4.1	-0.2	-4.4	-0.3
Career		682	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.1	—	—	—	—	+5.1

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%
1975-76	13	21.0	11.8	1.8	2.0	0.5	0.2	.478	—	.501
1976-77	3	27.7	7.7	3.3	3.3	0.7	0.3	.282	—	.285
1977-78	2	34.5	17.5	4.0	2.5	1.0	0.5	.370	—	.514
Career	18	23.6	11.8	2.3	2.3	0.6	0.3	.426	—	.465

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	345	15.8	3.0	2.9	206–139
Away	337	14.9	2.7	2.4	104–233
In wins	310	15.5	2.8	2.7	310–0
In losses	372	15.2	2.8	2.6	0–372

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	47	17.1	2.1	2.3	23–24
BOS Boston Celtics	43	16.8	3.4	3.0	17–26
BKN Brooklyn Nets	21	10.4	2.1	2.0	15–6
CHI Chicago Bulls	30	13.0	2.3	2.3	10–20
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	2	13.5	2.5	2.0	1–1
DEN Denver Nuggets	16	11.8	2.6	2.4	9–7
DET Detroit Pistons	36	19.2	3.4	2.7	18–18
GSW Golden State Warriors	30	16.2	2.2	2.8	12–18
HOU Houston Rockets	46	15.4	2.7	3.0	23–23
IND Indiana Pacers	17	13.6	2.3	2.5	7–10
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	7	14.6	1.9	1.3	4–3
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	33	12.3	2.9	2.4	15–18
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	30	13.7	2.8	2.5	14–16
NYK New York Knicks	39	15.7	3.5	2.2	15–24
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	40	16.6	3.3	2.7	21–19
PHX Phoenix Suns	28	14.4	3.2	3.0	11–17
POR Portland Trail Blazers	31	14.7	2.6	2.8	11–20
SAC Sacramento Kings	30	14.9	2.5	2.3	12–18
SAS San Antonio Spurs	19	11.8	2.4	2.4	7–12
UTA Utah Jazz	28	13.1	2.6	3.0	16–12

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Austin Carr has averaged 15.4 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 2.8 APG over 10 seasons (1971-72–1980-81).

Austin Carr is 6-4 (200 lb).

Austin Carr was drafted in 1971, round 1, pick 1, by the Cleveland Cavaliers.