Jim Chones

C · WSB

Seasons 1972-73–1981-82 · 10 on record · Ht 6-11 · b. 1949

Player info

Nickname	Bunny, Aircraft Carrier
Position	C
Number	#22 (also #53, #9)
Height	6-11
Weight	220 lb
Born	1949-11-30
College	Marquette
Drafted	1973 · Round 2, Pick 31 · Los Angeles Lakers
Seasons	1972-73–1981-82 (10)

12.5 PPG, 8.2 RPG, 1.6 APG · 788 games · .478 FG% · 0.000 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1972-73	NYA	23	82	26.3	.514	0.000	.592	7.1	1.2	—	—	11.4	11.4	.533
1973-74	CAR	24	83	28.8	.526	0.000	.615	7.8	1.4	0.7	1.6	14.8	16.7	.543
1974-75	CLE	25	72	33.7	.487	—	.679	9.4	1.8	0.7	1.7	14.5	16.1	.515
1975-76	CLE	26	82	33.4	.448	—	.662	9.0	2.0	0.5	1.1	15.8	15.5	.473
1976-77	CLE	27	82	29.0	.463	—	.731	8.4	1.3	0.4	0.9	12.9	14.8	.495
1977-78	CLE	28	82	35.4	.472	—	.720	10.3	1.6	0.6	0.7	15.0	14.9	.503
1978-79	CLE	29	82	34.8	.440	—	.735	10.3	2.2	0.6	1.2	13.4	13.7	.472
1979-80	LAL	30	82	29.2	.489	0.000	.740	6.9	1.8	0.7	0.8	10.6	11.3	.521
1980-81	LAL	31	82	31.2	.503	0.000	.653	8.0	1.9	0.5	1.2	10.8	11.8	.528
1981-82	WSB	32	59	14.7	.433	—	.783	3.1	1.1	0.3	0.5	3.1	8.6	.481

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1972-73	NYA	82	—	2,153	395	769	.514	0	1	142	240	586	95	—	—	213	932
1973-74	CAR	83	—	2,387	535	1,017	.526	0	2	155	252	645	118	59	131	206	1,225
1974-75	CLE	72	—	2,427	446	916	.487	—	—	152	224	677	132	49	120	—	1,044
1975-76	CLE	82	82	2,741	563	1,258	.448	—	—	172	260	739	163	42	93	—	1,298
1976-77	CLE	82	69	2,378	450	972	.463	—	—	155	212	688	104	32	77	—	1,055
1977-78	CLE	82	82	2,906	525	1,113	.472	—	—	180	250	844	131	52	58	184	1,230
1978-79	CLE	82	82	2,850	472	1,073	.440	—	—	158	215	842	181	47	102	187	1,102
1979-80	LAL	82	—	2,394	372	760	.489	0	2	125	169	564	151	56	65	175	869
1980-81	LAL	82	—	2,562	378	751	.503	0	4	126	193	657	153	39	96	159	882
1981-82	WSB	59	13	867	74	171	.433	0	0	36	46	185	64	15	32	41	184
Career		788	—	—	4,210	8,800	.478	0	9	1401	2061	6427	1292	391	774	1165	9,821

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1972-73	NYA	82	26.3	6.6	12.9	.514	0.0	0.0	2.4	4.0	9.8	1.6	—	—	3.6	15.6
1973-74	CAR	83	28.8	8.1	15.3	.526	0.0	0.0	2.3	3.8	9.7	1.8	0.9	2.0	3.1	18.5
1974-75	CLE	72	33.7	6.6	13.6	.487	—	—	2.3	3.3	10.0	2.0	0.7	1.8	—	15.5
1975-76	CLE	82	33.4	7.4	16.5	.448	—	—	2.3	3.4	9.7	2.1	0.6	1.2	—	17.0
1976-77	CLE	82	29.0	6.8	14.7	.463	—	—	2.3	3.2	10.4	1.6	0.5	1.2	—	16.0
1977-78	CLE	82	35.4	6.5	13.8	.472	—	—	2.2	3.1	10.5	1.6	0.6	0.7	2.3	15.2
1978-79	CLE	82	34.8	6.0	13.6	.440	—	—	2.0	2.7	10.6	2.3	0.6	1.3	2.4	13.9
1979-80	LAL	82	29.2	5.6	11.4	.489	0.0	0.0	1.9	2.5	8.5	2.3	0.8	1.0	2.6	13.1
1980-81	LAL	82	31.2	5.3	10.6	.503	0.0	0.1	1.8	2.7	9.2	2.1	0.5	1.3	2.2	12.4
1981-82	WSB	59	14.7	3.1	7.1	.433	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.9	7.7	2.7	0.6	1.3	1.7	7.6

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
1972-73	NYA	82	2,153	11.4	.533	20.7	2.4	0.2	2.6	.058	—	—	—	—
1973-74	CAR	83	2,387	16.7	.543	21.9	2.6	3.2	5.8	.117	-0.3	-0.1	-0.4	+0.9
1974-75	CLE	72	2,427	16.1	.515	—	2.8	3.5	6.2	.123	+0.2	+0.5	+0.8	+1.7
1975-76	CLE	82	2,741	15.5	.473	—	2.3	3.6	6.0	.105	+0.3	-0.3	+0.1	+1.4
1976-77	CLE	82	2,378	14.8	.495	—	2.9	3.0	5.9	.119	-0.2	-0.4	-0.6	+0.8
1977-78	CLE	82	2,906	14.9	.503	19.2	2.6	3.8	6.4	.105	-0.2	-0.4	-0.6	+1.0
1978-79	CLE	82	2,850	13.7	.472	18.9	1.0	2.3	3.3	.056	-0.8	-1.0	-1.8	+0.1
1979-80	LAL	82	2,394	11.3	.521	16.9	0.7	2.8	3.5	.071	-2.0	-0.3	-2.4	-0.2
1980-81	LAL	82	2,562	11.8	.528	15.6	1.5	3.2	4.7	.088	-2.0	-0.1	-2.1	-0.1
1981-82	WSB	59	867	8.6	.481	11.2	0.0	1.4	1.4	.076	-3.1	+2.2	-0.9	+0.2
Career		788	—	—	—	—	—	—	45.8	—	—	—	—	+5.8

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	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1975-76	7	34.6	15.0	7.1	0.9	0.1	0.9	.412	—	.431
1976-77	3	33.0	13.0	10.3	1.0	0.0	0.3	.593	—	.648
1977-78	2	41.0	15.0	7.5	3.5	1.0	0.5	.481	—	.491
1979-80	16	27.4	7.4	6.5	1.8	0.4	0.3	.407	—	.448
1980-81	3	22.3	8.0	5.7	0.3	0.3	1.3	.588	—	.585
1981-82	5	6.0	1.0	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	.222	—	.242
Career	36	26.6	8.9	6.2	1.3	0.3	0.5	.436	—	.465

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	314	12.8	8.8	1.8	216–98
Away	309	11.8	7.8	1.7	132–177
In wins	348	12.5	8.2	1.7	348–0
In losses	275	12.1	8.4	1.7	0–275

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	31	13.1	8.3	1.6	19–12
BOS Boston Celtics	30	10.4	6.9	1.9	13–17
BKN Brooklyn Nets	18	11.8	10.1	1.6	14–4
CHI Chicago Bulls	34	10.3	6.7	1.1	21–13
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	9	7.2	5.9	0.8	7–2
DAL Dallas Mavericks	7	6.6	5.4	1.9	6–1
DEN Denver Nuggets	24	10.2	7.7	1.8	13–11
DET Detroit Pistons	26	11.8	7.0	1.4	14–12
GSW Golden State Warriors	32	12.0	9.8	2.1	20–12
HOU Houston Rockets	34	13.3	8.8	1.7	17–17
IND Indiana Pacers	18	10.7	8.0	1.6	12–6
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	17	12.6	7.5	1.9	11–6
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	21	15.2	10.5	1.9	10–11
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	31	12.6	7.9	1.9	17–14
NYK New York Knicks	29	13.4	8.2	1.9	19–10
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	28	13.3	9.1	2.2	11–17
PHX Phoenix Suns	32	12.1	7.9	1.9	14–18
POR Portland Trail Blazers	32	12.4	8.2	1.5	13–19
SAC Sacramento Kings	33	12.5	8.5	1.7	20–13
SAS San Antonio Spurs	20	13.6	9.8	1.9	7–13
UTA Utah Jazz	39	12.4	8.5	1.8	26–13

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Jim Chones has averaged 12.5 PPG, 8.2 RPG, 1.6 APG over 10 seasons (1972-73–1981-82).

Jim Chones is 6-11 (220 lb).

Jim Chones was drafted in 1973, round 2, pick 31, by the Los Angeles Lakers.