Wayne Cooper

Seasons 1978-79–1991-92 · 14 on record · Ht 6-10 · b. 1956

Player info

Nickname	Coop
Position	C
Number	#42 (also #43, #40)
Team	Portland Trail Blazers
Height	6-10
Weight	220 lb
Born	1956-11-16
College	New Orleans
Drafted	1978 · Round 2, Pick 40 · Golden State Warriors
Seasons	1978-79–1991-92 (14)

7.9 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 0.9 APG · 984 games · .457 FG% · .146 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1978-79	GSW	22	65	12.2	.437	—	.672	4.3	0.3	0.1	0.7	4.6	12.5	.464
1979-80	GSW	23	79	22.5	.489	.250	.751	6.4	0.5	0.3	1.0	11.0	14.8	.525
1980-81	UTA	24	71	20.0	.452	.333	.689	6.2	0.7	0.3	0.7	6.9	12.2	.479
1981-82	DAL	25	76	23.9	.420	.125	.744	7.2	1.5	0.5	1.4	9.0	13.8	.461
1982-83	POR	26	80	26.2	.443	0.000	.685	7.6	1.5	0.3	1.7	9.7	12.4	.479
1983-84	POR	27	81	20.5	.459	0.000	.804	5.9	0.9	0.3	1.3	9.8	15.8	.519
1984-85	DEN	28	80	25.4	.472	0.000	.685	7.9	1.1	0.4	2.5	12.1	15.1	.505
1985-86	DEN	29	78	27.1	.466	.429	.795	7.8	1.0	0.5	2.9	13.1	16.3	.509
1986-87	DEN	30	69	22.6	.448	0.000	.725	6.9	1.0	0.2	1.5	8.0	11.3	.480
1987-88	DEN	31	45	19.2	.437	0.000	.746	6.0	0.7	0.3	2.1	6.4	11.7	.477
1988-89	DEN	32	79	23.6	.495	.250	.745	7.8	1.0	0.5	2.7	6.6	13.6	.530
1989-90	POR	33	79	14.9	.454	0.000	.641	4.3	0.6	0.2	1.2	3.8	10.6	.469
1990-91	POR	34	67	11.1	.393	0.000	.786	2.8	0.3	0.1	0.9	2.2	8.3	.450
1991-92	POR	35	35	9.8	.427	—	.636	2.9	0.6	0.1	0.8	2.2	10.2	.443

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1978-79	GSW	65	—	795	128	293	.437	—	—	41	61	280	21	7	44	52	297
1979-80	GSW	79	—	1,781	367	750	.489	1	4	136	181	507	42	20	79	140	871
1980-81	UTA	71	—	1,420	213	471	.452	1	3	62	90	440	52	18	51	77	489
1981-82	DAL	76	38	1,818	281	669	.420	1	8	119	160	550	115	37	106	88	682
1982-83	POR	80	60	2,099	320	723	.443	0	5	135	197	611	116	27	136	162	775
1983-84	POR	81	38	1,662	304	663	.459	0	7	185	230	476	76	26	106	110	793
1984-85	DEN	80	78	2,031	404	856	.472	0	2	161	235	631	86	28	197	149	969
1985-86	DEN	78	78	2,112	422	906	.466	3	7	174	219	610	81	42	227	117	1,021
1986-87	DEN	69	64	1,561	235	524	.448	0	3	79	109	473	68	13	101	78	549
1987-88	DEN	45	32	865	118	270	.437	0	1	50	67	270	30	12	94	59	286
1988-89	DEN	79	72	1,864	220	444	.495	1	4	79	106	619	78	36	211	73	520
1989-90	POR	79	0	1,176	138	304	.454	0	3	25	39	339	44	18	95	39	301
1990-91	POR	67	1	746	57	145	.393	0	1	33	42	188	22	7	61	22	147
1991-92	POR	35	0	344	35	82	.427	0	0	7	11	101	21	4	27	15	77
Career		984	—	—	3,242	7,100	.457	7	48	1286	1747	6095	852	295	1535	1181	7,777

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1978-79	GSW	65	12.2	5.8	13.3	.437	—	—	1.9	2.8	12.7	1.0	0.3	2.0	2.4	13.4
1979-80	GSW	79	22.5	7.4	15.2	.489	0.0	0.1	2.7	3.7	10.2	0.8	0.4	1.6	2.8	17.6
1980-81	UTA	71	20.0	5.4	11.9	.452	0.0	0.1	1.6	2.3	11.2	1.3	0.5	1.3	2.0	12.4
1981-82	DAL	76	23.9	5.6	13.2	.420	0.0	0.2	2.4	3.2	10.9	2.3	0.7	2.1	1.7	13.5
1982-83	POR	80	26.2	5.5	12.4	.443	0.0	0.1	2.3	3.4	10.5	2.0	0.5	2.3	2.8	13.3
1983-84	POR	81	20.5	6.6	14.4	.459	0.0	0.2	4.0	5.0	10.3	1.6	0.6	2.3	2.4	17.2
1984-85	DEN	80	25.4	7.2	15.2	.472	0.0	0.0	2.9	4.2	11.2	1.5	0.5	3.5	2.6	17.2
1985-86	DEN	78	27.1	7.2	15.4	.466	0.1	0.1	3.0	3.7	10.4	1.4	0.7	3.9	2.0	17.4
1986-87	DEN	69	22.6	5.4	12.1	.448	0.0	0.1	1.8	2.5	10.9	1.6	0.3	2.3	1.8	12.7
1987-88	DEN	45	19.2	4.9	11.2	.437	0.0	0.0	2.1	2.8	11.2	1.2	0.5	3.9	2.5	11.9
1988-89	DEN	79	23.6	4.2	8.6	.495	0.0	0.1	1.5	2.0	12.0	1.5	0.7	4.1	1.4	10.0
1989-90	POR	79	14.9	4.2	9.3	.454	0.0	0.1	0.8	1.2	10.4	1.3	0.6	2.9	1.2	9.2
1990-91	POR	67	11.1	2.8	7.0	.393	0.0	0.0	1.6	2.0	9.1	1.1	0.3	2.9	1.1	7.1
1991-92	POR	35	9.8	3.7	8.6	.427	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.2	10.6	2.2	0.4	2.8	1.6	8.1

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	GSW	65	795	12.5	.464	18.9	0.0	1.2	1.2	.073	-2.9	-0.5	-3.4	-0.3
1979-80	GSW	79	1,781	14.8	.525	22.4	1.1	1.6	2.8	.074	-1.6	-1.8	-3.5	-0.7
1980-81	UTA	71	1,420	12.2	.479	17.8	0.5	1.0	1.5	.051	-2.5	-2.0	-4.5	-0.9
1981-82	DAL	76	1,818	13.8	.461	18.7	0.9	1.9	2.9	.076	-1.8	-0.2	-2.0	+0.0
1982-83	POR	80	2,099	12.4	.479	18.8	0.1	2.8	2.9	.067	-2.6	+0.0	-2.6	-0.3
1983-84	POR	81	1,662	15.8	.519	21.2	2.0	2.0	4.1	.118	-1.0	-0.6	-1.6	+0.2
1984-85	DEN	80	2,031	15.1	.505	20.6	0.9	2.6	3.5	.082	-2.1	-0.3	-2.4	-0.2
1985-86	DEN	78	2,112	16.3	.509	20.4	1.6	3.5	5.1	.116	-1.5	+1.0	-0.5	+0.8
1986-87	DEN	69	1,561	11.3	.480	16.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	.060	-3.4	-0.8	-4.1	-0.8
1987-88	DEN	45	865	11.7	.477	16.1	-0.2	1.4	1.2	.068	-3.9	+0.7	-3.2	-0.3
1988-89	DEN	79	1,864	13.6	.530	11.6	1.9	3.1	5.0	.128	-1.9	+1.7	-0.2	+0.9
1989-90	POR	79	1,176	10.6	.469	12.0	0.6	2.1	2.7	.112	-3.0	+2.0	-1.0	+0.3
1990-91	POR	67	746	8.3	.450	10.1	0.2	1.2	1.4	.092	-4.1	+1.5	-2.6	-0.1
1991-92	POR	35	344	10.2	.443	12.1	0.1	0.6	0.7	.096	-3.3	+1.5	-1.7	+0.0
Career		984	—	—	—	—	—	—	37.0	—	—	—	—	-1.4

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%
1982-83	7	32.6	12.4	8.0	1.3	0.3	1.1	.486	—	.534
1983-84	5	20.8	4.8	4.0	0.8	0.2	0.8	.370	—	.393
1984-85	15	21.4	10.9	6.2	1.3	0.5	2.4	.469	—	.511
1985-86	8	19.2	7.9	5.0	0.9	0.2	0.6	.429	0.000	.480
1986-87	3	13.7	4.0	5.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	.417	—	.466
1987-88	9	10.7	2.0	3.7	0.7	0.3	0.9	.348	—	.377
1988-89	3	14.7	4.0	4.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	.500	—	.500
1989-90	18	13.8	2.7	3.9	0.3	0.3	1.6	.404	—	.434
1990-91	3	4.3	0.7	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	.500	—	.500
1991-92	3	9.0	1.3	2.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	.500	—	.500
Career	74	17.2	5.9	4.8	0.8	0.3	1.3	.445	0.000	.484

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	498	8.3	6.5	0.8	351–147
Away	486	7.5	5.9	0.9	185–301
In wins	536	7.8	6.1	0.9	536–0
In losses	448	8.0	6.2	0.8	0–448

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	26	9.6	7.3	1.0	14–12
BOS Boston Celtics	26	6.9	6.1	0.7	11–15
BKN Brooklyn Nets	27	8.8	7.3	1.0	21–6
CHA Charlotte Hornets	10	2.5	3.7	0.7	10–0
CHI Chicago Bulls	30	7.0	5.3	0.7	12–18
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	23	9.0	6.8	1.0	10–13
DAL Dallas Mavericks	53	7.5	6.5	1.1	33–20
DEN Denver Nuggets	39	7.5	5.8	0.8	21–18
DET Detroit Pistons	28	5.6	5.8	0.8	14–14
GSW Golden State Warriors	50	8.4	6.7	0.7	28–22
HOU Houston Rockets	63	7.1	5.7	0.7	37–26
IND Indiana Pacers	27	8.0	5.9	0.9	19–8
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	59	8.6	6.4	1.1	36–23
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	60	8.2	5.3	1.2	23–37
MIA Miami Heat	12	6.3	6.9	0.8	11–1
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	29	8.8	6.9	0.7	10–19
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	10	1.6	2.6	0.2	9–1
NYK New York Knicks	23	7.6	5.7	1.0	14–9
ORL Orlando Magic	6	1.0	3.2	0.0	6–0
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	26	7.3	6.3	1.0	11–15
PHX Phoenix Suns	55	7.4	5.9	0.7	25–30
POR Portland Trail Blazers	38	8.8	6.2	0.8	20–18
SAC Sacramento Kings	61	9.3	6.4	0.6	36–25
SAS San Antonio Spurs	59	8.4	6.7	1.0	31–28
UTA Utah Jazz	59	9.0	6.8	1.0	29–30

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Wayne Cooper plays C for the Portland Trail Blazers.

Wayne Cooper has averaged 7.9 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 0.9 APG over 14 seasons (1978-79–1991-92).

Wayne Cooper is 6-10 (220 lb).

Wayne Cooper was drafted in 1978, round 2, pick 40, by the Golden State Warriors.