Maurice Cheeks

PG · NJN

Seasons 1978-79–1992-93 · 15 on record · Ht 6-1 · b. 1956

★ Hall of Fame4× All-Star5× All-Defense

Player info

11.1 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 6.7 APG · 1101 games · .523 FG% · .255 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1978-79	PHI	22	82	29.4	.510	—	.721	3.1	5.3	2.1	0.1	8.4	12.6	.541
1979-80	PHI	23	79	33.2	.540	.444	.779	3.5	7.0	2.3	0.4	11.4	15.9	.589
1980-81	PHI	24	81	29.8	.534	.375	.787	3.0	6.9	2.4	0.5	9.4	16.4	.579
1981-82	PHI	25	79	31.6	.521	.273	.777	3.1	8.4	2.6	0.4	11.2	18.3	.570
1982-83	PHI	26	79	31.2	.542	.167	.754	2.6	6.9	2.3	0.4	12.5	18.6	.582
1983-84	PHI	27	75	33.3	.550	.400	.733	2.7	6.4	2.3	0.3	12.7	16.4	.591
1984-85	PHI	28	78	33.5	.570	.231	.879	2.8	6.4	2.2	0.3	13.1	17.6	.619
1985-86	PHI	29	82	39.9	.537	.235	.842	2.9	9.2	2.5	0.3	15.4	17.9	.597
1986-87	PHI	30	68	38.6	.527	.235	.777	3.2	7.9	2.6	0.2	15.6	18.3	.579
1987-88	PHI	31	79	36.3	.495	.136	.825	3.2	8.0	2.1	0.3	13.7	18.0	.551
1988-89	PHI	32	71	32.4	.483	.077	.774	2.6	7.8	1.5	0.2	11.6	16.5	.527
1989-90	2TM	33	81	31.1	.504	.250	.847	3.0	5.6	1.5	0.1	9.7	14.9	.565
	SAS	33	50	35.3	.478	.111	.832	3.3	6.0	1.6	0.1	10.9	13.9	.534
	NYK	33	31	24.3	.579	.429	.877	2.4	4.9	1.4	0.2	7.9	17.1	.650
1990-91	NYK	34	76	28.3	.499	.250	.814	2.3	5.7	1.7	0.1	7.8	14.2	.548
1991-92	ATL	35	56	19.4	.462	.500	.605	1.7	3.3	1.5	0.0	4.6	12.6	.483
1992-93	NJN	36	35	14.6	.548	0.000	.889	1.2	3.1	0.9	0.1	3.6	13.9	.601

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1978-79	PHI	82	82	2,409	292	572	.510	—	—	101	140	254	431	174	12	193	685
1979-80	PHI	79	79	2,623	357	661	.540	4	9	180	231	274	556	183	32	216	898
1980-81	PHI	81	81	2,415	310	581	.534	3	8	140	178	245	560	193	39	174	763
1981-82	PHI	79	79	2,498	352	676	.521	6	22	171	220	248	667	209	33	184	881
1982-83	PHI	79	79	2,465	404	745	.542	1	6	181	240	209	543	184	31	179	990
1983-84	PHI	75	75	2,494	386	702	.550	8	20	170	232	205	478	171	20	182	950
1984-85	PHI	78	78	2,616	422	741	.570	6	26	175	199	217	497	169	24	155	1,025
1985-86	PHI	82	82	3,270	490	913	.537	4	17	282	335	235	753	207	27	238	1,266
1986-87	PHI	68	68	2,624	415	788	.527	4	17	227	292	215	538	180	15	173	1,061
1987-88	PHI	79	79	2,871	428	865	.495	3	22	227	275	253	635	167	22	160	1,086
1988-89	PHI	71	70	2,298	336	696	.483	1	13	151	195	183	554	105	17	116	824
1989-90	2TM	81	62	2,519	307	609	.504	4	16	171	202	240	453	124	10	121	789
	SAS	50	49	1,766	215	450	.478	1	9	114	137	167	302	82	5	85	545
	NYK	31	13	753	92	159	.579	3	7	57	65	73	151	42	5	36	244
1990-91	NYK	76	64	2,147	241	483	.499	5	20	105	129	173	435	128	10	108	592
1991-92	ATL	56	0	1,086	115	249	.462	3	6	26	43	95	185	83	0	36	259
1992-93	NJN	35	0	510	51	93	.548	0	2	24	27	42	107	33	2	33	126
Career		1101	—	—	4,906	9,374	.523	52	204	2331	2938	3088	7392	2310	294	2268	12,195

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1978-79	PHI	82	29.4	4.4	8.5	.510	—	—	1.5	2.1	3.8	6.4	2.6	0.2	2.9	10.2
1979-80	PHI	79	33.2	4.9	9.1	.540	0.1	0.1	2.5	3.2	3.8	7.6	2.5	0.4	3.0	12.3
1980-81	PHI	81	29.8	4.6	8.7	.534	0.0	0.1	2.1	2.7	3.7	8.3	2.9	0.6	2.6	11.4
1981-82	PHI	79	31.6	5.1	9.7	.521	0.1	0.3	2.5	3.2	3.6	9.6	3.0	0.5	2.7	12.7
1982-83	PHI	79	31.2	5.9	10.9	.542	0.0	0.1	2.6	3.5	3.1	7.9	2.7	0.5	2.6	14.5
1983-84	PHI	75	33.3	5.6	10.1	.550	0.1	0.3	2.5	3.3	3.0	6.9	2.5	0.3	2.6	13.7
1984-85	PHI	78	33.5	5.8	10.2	.570	0.1	0.4	2.4	2.7	3.0	6.8	2.3	0.3	2.1	14.1
1985-86	PHI	82	39.9	5.4	10.1	.537	0.0	0.2	3.1	3.7	2.6	8.3	2.3	0.3	2.6	13.9
1986-87	PHI	68	38.6	5.7	10.8	.527	0.1	0.2	3.1	4.0	2.9	7.4	2.5	0.2	2.4	14.6
1987-88	PHI	79	36.3	5.4	10.8	.495	0.0	0.3	2.8	3.4	3.2	8.0	2.1	0.3	2.0	13.6
1988-89	PHI	71	32.4	5.3	10.9	.483	0.0	0.2	2.4	3.1	2.9	8.7	1.6	0.3	1.8	12.9
1989-90	2TM	81	31.1	4.4	8.7	.504	0.1	0.2	2.4	2.9	3.4	6.5	1.8	0.1	1.7	11.3
	SAS	50	35.3	4.4	9.2	.478	0.0	0.2	2.3	2.8	3.4	6.2	1.7	0.1	1.7	11.1
	NYK	31	24.3	4.4	7.6	.579	0.1	0.3	2.7	3.1	3.5	7.2	2.0	0.2	1.7	11.7
1990-91	NYK	76	28.2	4.0	8.1	.499	0.1	0.3	1.8	2.2	2.9	7.3	2.1	0.2	1.8	9.9
1991-92	ATL	56	19.4	3.8	8.3	.462	0.1	0.2	0.9	1.4	3.1	6.1	2.8	0.0	1.2	8.6
1992-93	NJN	35	14.6	3.6	6.6	.548	0.0	0.1	1.7	1.9	3.0	7.6	2.3	0.1	2.3	8.9

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
1978-79	PHI	82	2,409	12.6	.541	13.4	1.3	3.6	4.9	.097	-1.4	+2.1	+0.7	+1.6
1979-80	PHI	79	2,623	15.9	.589	14.9	3.8	4.1	7.9	.145	+0.5	+2.0	+2.4	+2.9
1980-81	PHI	81	2,415	16.4	.579	13.9	4.0	4.5	8.5	.169	+0.9	+3.1	+4.0	+3.7
1981-82	PHI	79	2,498	18.3	.570	16.0	4.6	4.0	8.6	.166	+1.8	+2.4	+4.2	+3.9
1982-83	PHI	79	2,465	18.6	.582	16.6	5.6	3.8	9.4	.183	+2.4	+2.3	+4.7	+4.2
1983-84	PHI	75	2,494	16.4	.591	16.3	3.9	3.4	7.3	.141	+0.7	+1.6	+2.3	+2.7
1984-85	PHI	78	2,616	17.6	.619	15.1	6.2	2.8	9.0	.165	+2.2	+1.5	+3.7	+3.8
1985-86	PHI	82	3,270	17.9	.597	16.0	7.2	3.4	10.6	.155	+2.6	+1.0	+3.6	+4.6
1986-87	PHI	68	2,624	18.3	.579	17.4	5.2	2.7	7.9	.145	+2.1	+1.0	+3.2	+3.4
1987-88	PHI	79	2,871	18.0	.551	16.9	6.1	2.2	8.3	.138	+2.6	+0.8	+3.4	+3.9
1988-89	PHI	71	2,298	16.5	.527	16.2	4.3	1.0	5.3	.110	+2.1	-0.3	+1.8	+2.2
1989-90	2TM	81	2,519	14.9	.565	13.5	4.2	2.9	7.1	.135	+0.7	+1.2	+1.9	+2.5
	SAS	50	1,766	13.9	.534	14.0	2.3	2.1	4.4	.119	+0.3	+1.0	+1.3	+1.5
	NYK	31	753	17.1	.650	12.4	1.9	0.8	2.7	.172	+1.8	+1.5	+3.2	+1.0
1990-91	NYK	76	2,147	14.2	.548	13.2	2.8	2.4	5.2	.117	-0.4	+1.7	+1.3	+1.7
1991-92	ATL	56	1,086	12.6	.483	11.6	1.0	1.1	2.1	.094	-2.0	+2.6	+0.5	+0.7
1992-93	NJN	35	510	13.9	.601	11.3	0.6	0.7	1.3	.127	-1.2	+2.2	+1.0	+0.4
Career		1101	—	—	—	—	—	—	103.4	—	—	—	—	+42.2

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%
1978-79	9	36.7	18.8	3.9	7.0	4.1	0.4	.545	—	.580
1979-80	18	37.5	11.6	4.1	6.2	0.8	0.2	.511	.200	.542
1980-81	16	32.1	10.5	3.2	7.2	1.8	0.8	.544	0.000	.585
1981-82	21	36.4	14.3	3.0	8.2	1.3	0.3	.472	.111	.513
1982-83	13	37.2	16.3	3.0	7.0	2.0	0.2	.503	.500	.549
1983-84	5	34.2	16.6	2.4	3.8	2.6	0.0	.522	0.000	.564
1984-85	13	37.2	15.2	3.5	5.2	2.4	0.4	.529	0.000	.577
1985-86	12	43.2	20.8	4.7	7.1	1.1	0.2	.516	0.000	.584
1986-87	5	42.0	17.6	2.6	8.8	1.8	0.8	.530	0.000	.585
1988-89	3	42.7	17.7	3.7	13.0	2.3	0.3	.512	0.000	.567
1989-90	10	38.8	12.8	3.9	8.5	1.7	0.2	.481	0.000	.544
1990-91	3	33.7	10.0	3.0	5.3	1.0	0.3	.609	.333	.628
1992-93	5	16.4	4.4	1.2	2.8	1.2	0.2	.478	—	.469
Career	133	36.5	14.4	3.4	6.9	1.7	0.3	.512	.098	.557

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	559	11.3	2.9	7.6	413–146
Away	542	10.9	2.7	5.8	260–282
In wins	673	11.3	3.0	7.3	673–0
In losses	428	10.8	2.6	5.7	0–428

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	67	11.3	2.6	5.9	31–36
BOS Boston Celtics	72	11.6	2.4	6.8	31–41
BKN Brooklyn Nets	70	11.4	3.0	6.7	48–22
CHA Charlotte Hornets	17	8.6	2.9	5.4	13–4
CHI Chicago Bulls	67	11.1	2.9	7.5	37–30
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	72	11.3	2.8	7.0	44–28
DAL Dallas Mavericks	25	10.7	2.8	6.7	17–8
DEN Denver Nuggets	30	12.0	2.8	6.3	18–12
DET Detroit Pistons	67	12.2	2.9	6.9	37–30
GSW Golden State Warriors	29	12.5	2.6	7.1	18–11
HOU Houston Rockets	35	10.5	3.2	7.0	26–9
IND Indiana Pacers	69	11.0	2.8	7.2	53–16
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	29	10.5	3.1	7.3	26–3
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	32	11.2	2.8	6.4	14–18
MIA Miami Heat	14	7.4	2.2	5.9	10–4
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	62	9.9	2.6	6.7	31–31
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	6	4.8	2.2	5.5	4–2
NYK New York Knicks	67	11.0	2.7	6.4	46–21
ORL Orlando Magic	9	6.7	2.2	5.4	2–7
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	16	8.4	2.1	5.3	10–6
PHX Phoenix Suns	30	10.1	2.9	6.7	17–13
POR Portland Trail Blazers	26	11.2	2.5	5.8	12–14
SAC Sacramento Kings	28	9.8	2.9	6.8	22–6
SAS San Antonio Spurs	32	12.2	2.4	8.7	18–14
UTA Utah Jazz	27	11.7	3.8	6.5	20–7

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Nominal salaries; tracked coverage is limited to seasons in the current dataset.

Maurice Cheeks has averaged 11.1 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 6.7 APG over 15 seasons (1978-79–1992-93).

Maurice Cheeks's salary is $600,000 for the 1992-93 season, with career earnings of about $2.6M.

Maurice Cheeks is 6-1 (180 lb).

Maurice Cheeks was drafted in 1978, round 2, pick 36, by the Philadelphia 76ers.