Mel Counts

C · NOJ

Seasons 1964-65–1975-76 · 12 on record · Ht 7-0 · b. 1941

Player info

8.3 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 1.4 APG · 789 games · .435 FG% · — 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1964-65	BOS	23	54	10.6	.368	—	.784	4.9	0.4	—	—	4.8	13.5	.424
1965-66	BOS	24	67	15.2	.403	—	.828	6.4	0.7	—	—	8.4	16.4	.459
1966-67	2TM	25	56	15.4	.422	—	.734	6.1	0.9	—	—	7.6	13.9	.459
	BAL	25	25	13.7	.389	—	.725	6.2	1.2	—	—	6.4	13.9	.431
	LAL	25	31	16.7	.444	—	.741	6.1	0.7	—	—	8.5	13.8	.479
1967-68	LAL	26	82	21.2	.475	—	.748	8.9	1.7	—	—	11.7	18.4	.521
1968-69	LAL	27	77	24.2	.450	—	.805	7.8	1.4	—	—	12.4	16.5	.497
1969-70	LAL	28	81	27.1	.427	—	.776	8.4	2.0	—	—	12.6	13.9	.463
1970-71	PHX	29	80	20.9	.457	—	.753	6.3	1.7	—	—	11.0	15.8	.496
1971-72	PHX	30	76	11.9	.427	—	.721	3.4	1.3	—	—	5.2	13.8	.487
1972-73	2TM	31	66	10.0	.449	—	.672	3.8	1.0	—	—	4.6	16.3	.474
	PHI	31	7	6.7	.313	—	—	2.3	0.4	—	—	1.4	6.2	.313
	LAL	31	59	10.4	.457	—	.672	4.0	1.1	—	—	5.0	17.1	.483
1973-74	LAL	32	45	11.1	.365	—	.727	3.2	1.2	0.4	0.5	3.2	11.4	.402
1974-75	NOJ	33	75	18.9	.438	—	.761	5.9	2.4	0.7	0.6	6.9	14.8	.477
1975-76	NOJ	34	30	10.6	.407	—	.762	3.3	1.3	0.5	0.3	3.0	12.2	.449

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1964-65	BOS	54	—	572	100	272	.368	—	—	58	74	265	19	—	—	—	258
1965-66	BOS	67	—	1,021	221	549	.403	—	—	120	145	432	50	—	—	—	562
1966-67	2TM	56	—	860	177	419	.422	—	—	69	94	344	52	—	—	—	423
	BAL	25	—	343	65	167	.389	—	—	29	40	155	30	—	—	—	159
	LAL	31	—	517	112	252	.444	—	—	40	54	189	22	—	—	—	264
1967-68	LAL	82	—	1,739	384	808	.475	—	—	190	254	732	139	—	—	—	958
1968-69	LAL	77	—	1,866	390	867	.450	—	—	178	221	600	109	—	—	—	958
1969-70	LAL	81	—	2,193	434	1,017	.427	—	—	156	201	683	160	—	—	—	1,024
1970-71	PHX	80	—	1,669	365	799	.457	—	—	149	198	503	136	—	—	—	879
1971-72	PHX	76	—	906	147	344	.427	—	—	101	140	257	96	—	—	—	395
1972-73	2TM	66	0	658	132	294	.449	—	—	39	58	253	65	—	—	—	303
	PHI	7	0	47	5	16	.313	—	—	0	0	16	3	—	—	—	10
	LAL	59	—	611	127	278	.457	—	—	39	58	237	62	—	—	—	293
1973-74	LAL	45	—	499	61	167	.365	—	—	24	33	146	54	20	23	—	146
1974-75	NOJ	75	—	1,421	217	495	.438	—	—	86	113	441	182	49	43	—	520
1975-76	NOJ	30	—	319	37	91	.407	—	—	16	21	100	38	16	8	—	90
Career		789	—	—	2,665	6,122	.435	0	0	1186	1552	4756	1100	85	74	0	6,516

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1964-65	BOS	54	10.6	6.3	17.1	.368	—	—	3.7	4.7	16.7	1.2	—	—	—	16.2
1965-66	BOS	67	15.2	7.8	19.4	.403	—	—	4.2	5.1	15.2	1.8	—	—	—	19.8
1966-67	2TM	56	15.4	7.4	17.5	.422	—	—	2.9	3.9	14.4	2.2	—	—	—	17.7
	BAL	25	13.7	6.8	17.5	.389	—	—	3.0	4.2	16.3	3.1	—	—	—	16.7
	LAL	31	16.7	7.8	17.5	.444	—	—	2.8	3.8	13.2	1.5	—	—	—	18.4
1967-68	LAL	82	21.2	7.9	16.7	.475	—	—	3.9	5.3	15.2	2.9	—	—	—	19.8
1968-69	LAL	77	24.2	7.5	16.7	.450	—	—	3.4	4.3	11.6	2.1	—	—	—	18.5
1969-70	LAL	81	27.1	7.1	16.7	.427	—	—	2.6	3.3	11.2	2.6	—	—	—	16.8
1970-71	PHX	80	20.9	7.9	17.2	.457	—	—	3.2	4.3	10.8	2.9	—	—	—	19.0
1971-72	PHX	76	11.9	5.8	13.7	.427	—	—	4.0	5.6	10.2	3.8	—	—	—	15.7
1972-73	2TM	66	10.0	7.2	16.1	.449	—	—	2.1	3.2	13.8	3.6	—	—	—	16.6
	PHI	7	6.7	3.8	12.3	.313	—	—	0.0	0.0	12.3	2.3	—	—	—	7.7
	LAL	59	10.4	7.5	16.4	.457	—	—	2.3	3.4	14.0	3.7	—	—	—	17.3
1973-74	LAL	45	11.1	4.4	12.0	.365	—	—	1.7	2.4	10.5	3.9	1.4	1.7	—	10.5
1974-75	NOJ	75	18.9	5.5	12.5	.438	—	—	2.2	2.9	11.2	4.6	1.2	1.1	—	13.2
1975-76	NOJ	30	10.6	4.2	10.3	.407	—	—	1.8	2.4	11.3	4.3	1.8	0.9	—	10.2

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
1964-65	BOS	54	572	13.5	.424	—	-0.4	1.8	1.5	.123	—	—	—	—
1965-66	BOS	67	1,021	16.4	.459	—	0.3	2.6	2.9	.137	—	—	—	—
1966-67	2TM	56	860	13.9	.459	—	0.1	0.9	1.0	.054	—	—	—	—
	BAL	25	343	13.9	.431	—	-0.2	0.4	0.2	.021	—	—	—	—
	LAL	31	517	13.8	.479	—	0.3	0.5	0.8	.075	—	—	—	—
1967-68	LAL	82	1,739	18.4	.521	—	3.0	2.0	5.0	.139	—	—	—	—
1968-69	LAL	77	1,866	16.5	.497	—	2.3	1.9	4.3	.110	—	—	—	—
1969-70	LAL	81	2,193	13.9	.463	—	-0.5	3.2	2.7	.060	—	—	—	—
1970-71	PHX	80	1,669	15.8	.496	—	1.7	2.5	4.2	.121	—	—	—	—
1971-72	PHX	76	906	13.8	.487	—	0.5	1.4	1.9	.101	—	—	—	—
1972-73	2TM	66	658	16.3	.474	—	0.3	1.2	1.5	.111	—	—	—	—
	PHI	7	47	6.2	.313	—	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-.103	—	—	—	—
	LAL	59	611	17.1	.483	—	0.4	1.2	1.6	.127	—	—	—	—
1973-74	LAL	45	499	11.4	.402	—	-0.4	0.7	0.3	.031	-3.0	+0.8	-2.2	+0.0
1974-75	NOJ	75	1,421	14.8	.477	—	0.2	1.8	2.0	.069	-0.9	+1.1	+0.2	+0.8
1975-76	NOJ	30	319	12.2	.449	—	-0.1	0.6	0.4	.062	-3.6	+1.9	-1.7	+0.0
Career		789	—	—	—	—	—	—	27.7	—	—	—	—	+0.8

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%
1964-65	4	7.5	2.2	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	.267	—	.291
1965-66	10	5.5	4.3	4.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	.359	—	.463
1966-67	3	0.0	4.7	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	.263	—	.337
1967-68	15	11.9	8.6	8.9	1.6	0.0	0.0	.535	—	.560
1968-69	18	24.6	11.2	7.8	1.4	0.0	0.0	.385	—	.453
1969-70	14	15.1	6.1	5.3	1.1	0.0	0.0	.420	—	.453
1972-73	17	19.2	9.1	6.1	1.6	0.0	0.0	.459	—	.510
1973-74	4	8.5	3.0	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.5	.500	—	.500
Career	85	15.0	7.6	6.1	1.2	0.0	0.0	.426	—	.478

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	405	8.4	5.9	1.5	281–124
Away	384	8.2	5.3	1.1	173–211
In wins	454	8.6	5.7	1.3	454–0
In losses	335	7.8	5.5	1.3	0–335

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	68	7.9	5.8	1.2	41–27
BOS Boston Celtics	44	8.3	6.2	1.5	18–26
CHI Chicago Bulls	50	8.7	5.1	1.2	26–24
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	23	5.5	4.6	1.4	12–11
DET Detroit Pistons	65	7.4	4.4	1.0	38–27
GSW Golden State Warriors	62	8.6	6.1	1.2	39–23
HOU Houston Rockets	43	9.3	5.9	1.5	29–14
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	37	7.9	6.2	1.2	19–18
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	37	9.2	5.4	1.4	19–18
NYK New York Knicks	62	8.5	5.2	1.1	36–26
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	58	8.9	6.2	1.3	27–31
PHX Phoenix Suns	29	7.3	5.8	1.9	19–10
POR Portland Trail Blazers	25	7.0	5.6	2.3	20–5
SAC Sacramento Kings	13	1.6	2.3	1.8	9–4

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Mel Counts has averaged 8.3 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 1.4 APG over 12 seasons (1964-65–1975-76).

Mel Counts is 7-0 (230 lb).

Mel Counts was drafted in 1964, round 1, pick 9, by the Boston Celtics.