Walter Davis

Seasons 1977-78–1991-92 · 15 on record · Ht 6-6 · b. 1954

★ Hall of Fame★ Rookie of the Year6× All-Star2× All-NBA

Player info

18.9 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 3.8 APG · 1033 games · .511 FG% · .272 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1977-78	PHX	23	81	32.0	.526	—	.830	6.0	3.4	1.4	0.2	24.2	22.1	.577
1978-79	PHX	24	79	30.8	.561	—	.831	4.7	4.3	1.9	0.3	23.6	23.0	.606
1979-80	PHX	25	75	30.8	.563	0.000	.819	3.6	4.5	1.5	0.3	21.5	21.3	.608
1980-81	PHX	26	78	28.0	.539	.412	.836	2.6	3.9	1.2	0.2	18.0	18.4	.579
1981-82	PHX	27	55	21.5	.523	.188	.820	1.9	2.9	0.8	0.1	14.4	18.3	.553
1982-83	PHX	28	80	31.1	.516	.304	.818	2.5	5.0	1.5	0.2	19.0	19.1	.548
1983-84	PHX	29	78	32.6	.512	.230	.863	2.6	5.5	1.4	0.2	20.0	18.5	.559
1984-85	PHX	30	23	24.8	.450	.300	.877	1.5	4.3	0.8	0.0	15.0	14.9	.506
1985-86	PHX	31	70	32.0	.485	.237	.843	2.9	5.2	1.4	0.0	21.8	18.1	.536
1986-87	PHX	32	79	33.5	.514	.259	.862	3.1	4.6	1.2	0.1	23.6	19.3	.562
1987-88	PHX	33	68	28.7	.473	.375	.887	2.3	4.1	1.3	0.0	17.9	17.8	.537
1988-89	DEN	34	81	22.9	.498	.290	.879	1.9	2.3	0.9	0.1	15.6	16.7	.544
1989-90	DEN	35	69	23.7	.481	.130	.912	2.6	2.2	0.9	0.1	17.5	18.3	.533
1990-91	2TM	36	71	20.9	.468	.306	.915	2.5	1.8	1.1	0.0	13.0	15.5	.506
	DEN	36	39	26.8	.474	.303	.915	3.2	2.2	1.6	0.1	18.7	17.1	.514
	POR	36	32	13.7	.446	.333	.913	1.8	1.3	0.6	0.0	6.1	11.7	.478
1991-92	DEN	37	46	16.1	.459	.313	.872	1.5	1.5	0.6	0.0	9.9	16.6	.514

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1977-78	PHX	81	—	2,590	786	1,494	.526	—	—	387	466	484	273	113	20	283	1,959
1978-79	PHX	79	—	2,437	764	1,362	.561	—	—	340	409	373	339	147	26	293	1,868
1979-80	PHX	75	—	2,309	657	1,166	.563	0	4	299	365	272	337	114	19	242	1,613
1980-81	PHX	78	—	2,182	593	1,101	.539	7	17	209	250	200	302	97	12	222	1,402
1981-82	PHX	55	12	1,182	350	669	.523	3	16	91	111	103	162	46	3	112	794
1982-83	PHX	80	79	2,491	665	1,289	.516	7	23	184	225	197	397	117	12	188	1,521
1983-84	PHX	78	70	2,546	652	1,274	.512	20	87	233	270	202	429	107	12	213	1,557
1984-85	PHX	23	9	570	139	309	.450	3	10	64	73	35	98	18	0	50	345
1985-86	PHX	70	62	2,239	624	1,287	.485	18	76	257	305	203	361	99	3	219	1,523
1986-87	PHX	79	79	2,646	779	1,515	.514	21	81	288	334	244	364	96	5	226	1,867
1987-88	PHX	68	48	1,951	488	1,031	.473	36	96	205	231	159	278	86	3	126	1,217
1988-89	DEN	81	0	1,857	536	1,076	.498	20	69	175	199	151	190	72	5	132	1,267
1989-90	DEN	69	0	1,635	497	1,033	.481	6	46	207	227	179	155	59	9	102	1,207
1990-91	2TM	71	14	1,483	403	862	.468	11	36	107	117	181	125	80	3	88	924
	DEN	39	13	1,044	316	667	.474	10	33	86	94	123	84	62	3	63	728
	POR	32	1	439	87	195	.446	1	3	21	23	58	41	18	0	25	196
1991-92	DEN	46	0	741	185	403	.459	5	16	82	94	70	68	29	1	45	457
Career		1033	—	—	8,118	15,871	.511	157	577	3128	3676	3053	3878	1280	133	2541	19,521

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1977-78	PHX	81	32.0	10.9	20.8	.526	—	—	5.4	6.5	6.7	3.8	1.6	0.3	3.9	27.2
1978-79	PHX	79	30.8	11.3	20.1	.561	—	—	5.0	6.0	5.5	5.0	2.2	0.4	4.3	27.6
1979-80	PHX	75	30.8	10.2	18.2	.563	0.0	0.1	4.7	5.7	4.2	5.3	1.8	0.3	3.8	25.1
1980-81	PHX	78	28.0	9.8	18.2	.539	0.1	0.3	3.4	4.1	3.3	5.0	1.6	0.2	3.7	23.1
1981-82	PHX	55	21.5	10.7	20.4	.523	0.1	0.5	2.8	3.4	3.1	4.9	1.4	0.1	3.4	24.2
1982-83	PHX	80	31.1	9.6	18.6	.516	0.1	0.3	2.7	3.3	2.8	5.7	1.7	0.2	2.7	22.0
1983-84	PHX	78	32.6	9.2	18.0	.512	0.3	1.2	3.3	3.8	2.9	6.1	1.5	0.2	3.0	22.0
1984-85	PHX	23	24.8	8.8	19.5	.450	0.2	0.6	4.0	4.6	2.2	6.2	1.1	0.0	3.2	21.8
1985-86	PHX	70	32.0	10.0	20.7	.485	0.3	1.2	4.1	4.9	3.3	5.8	1.6	0.0	3.5	24.5
1986-87	PHX	79	33.5	10.6	20.6	.514	0.3	1.1	3.9	4.5	3.3	5.0	1.3	0.1	3.1	25.4
1987-88	PHX	68	28.7	9.0	19.0	.473	0.7	1.8	3.8	4.3	2.9	5.1	1.6	0.1	2.3	22.5
1988-89	DEN	81	22.9	10.4	20.9	.498	0.4	1.3	3.4	3.9	2.9	3.7	1.4	0.1	2.6	24.6
1989-90	DEN	69	23.7	10.9	22.7	.481	0.1	1.0	4.6	5.0	3.9	3.4	1.3	0.2	2.2	26.6
1990-91	2TM	71	20.9	9.8	20.9	.468	0.3	0.9	2.6	2.8	4.4	3.0	1.9	0.1	2.1	22.4
	DEN	39	26.8	10.9	23.0	.474	0.3	1.1	3.0	3.2	4.2	2.9	2.1	0.1	2.2	25.1
	POR	32	13.7	7.1	16.0	.446	0.1	0.2	1.7	1.9	4.8	3.4	1.5	0.0	2.1	16.1
1991-92	DEN	46	16.1	9.0	19.6	.459	0.2	0.8	4.0	4.6	3.4	3.3	1.4	0.0	2.2	22.2

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
1977-78	PHX	81	2,590	22.1	.577	28.5	6.7	3.4	10.1	.187	+3.7	-0.4	+3.3	+3.5
1978-79	PHX	79	2,437	23.0	.606	29.0	6.3	3.1	9.4	.184	+3.8	+0.4	+4.2	+3.8
1979-80	PHX	75	2,309	21.3	.608	27.0	5.5	2.8	8.3	.173	+3.4	+0.2	+3.6	+3.3
1980-81	PHX	78	2,182	18.4	.579	25.6	4.0	3.2	7.1	.157	+1.8	+0.1	+1.9	+2.1
1981-82	PHX	55	1,182	18.3	.553	29.0	1.2	1.4	2.7	.109	+1.4	-0.6	+0.8	+0.8
1982-83	PHX	80	2,491	19.1	.548	25.8	4.9	3.2	8.1	.156	+2.3	+0.0	+2.3	+2.7
1983-84	PHX	78	2,546	18.5	.559	25.9	4.2	2.0	6.2	.118	+1.9	-0.8	+1.0	+1.9
1984-85	PHX	23	570	14.9	.506	27.9	0.2	0.4	0.6	.050	-0.6	-2.1	-2.7	-0.1
1985-86	PHX	70	2,239	18.1	.536	29.2	2.5	1.7	4.2	.091	+1.7	-1.3	+0.4	+1.4
1986-87	PHX	79	2,646	19.3	.562	28.9	4.5	1.2	5.8	.105	+2.8	-1.5	+1.4	+2.2
1987-88	PHX	68	1,951	17.8	.537	26.3	3.0	0.9	3.8	.094	+1.8	-1.2	+0.6	+1.3
1988-89	DEN	81	1,857	16.7	.544	26.7	2.1	1.4	3.5	.092	+0.6	-1.2	-0.6	+0.7
1989-90	DEN	69	1,635	18.3	.533	29.6	2.1	1.5	3.6	.105	+1.4	-0.6	+0.8	+1.1
1990-91	2TM	71	1,483	15.5	.506	24.6	1.3	0.6	2.0	.064	-0.6	-1.1	-1.7	+0.1
	DEN	39	1,044	17.1	.514	26.0	1.2	0.1	1.3	.061	+0.1	-1.5	-1.5	+0.1
	POR	32	439	11.7	.478	21.3	0.1	0.5	0.6	.071	-2.2	+0.0	-2.2	+0.0
1991-92	DEN	46	741	16.6	.514	26.8	1.0	0.5	1.5	.095	+0.7	-0.7	+0.1	+0.4
Career		1033	—	—	—	—	—	—	76.9	—	—	—	—	+25.2

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%
1977-78	2	33.0	25.0	8.5	4.0	1.5	0.0	.475	—	.531
1978-79	15	32.7	22.1	4.6	5.3	1.7	0.2	.520	—	.580
1979-80	8	30.6	20.8	2.9	4.4	0.5	0.1	.504	0.000	.540
1980-81	7	28.4	16.0	2.7	3.1	1.0	0.1	.481	0.000	.493
1981-82	7	24.7	18.1	3.1	4.3	0.7	0.1	.448	.333	.502
1982-83	3	37.7	26.0	5.0	4.3	2.0	1.7	.435	.500	.498
1983-84	17	36.6	24.9	2.7	6.4	1.7	0.2	.535	.273	.585
1988-89	3	31.3	25.7	1.7	1.3	1.0	0.0	.517	0.000	.578
1989-90	3	23.3	14.0	3.0	2.0	0.3	0.0	.400	0.000	.441
1990-91	13	8.5	3.3	1.2	0.5	0.3	0.0	.396	0.000	.425
Career	78	28.0	18.6	3.1	4.0	1.1	0.2	.496	.192	.545

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	527	19.5	3.0	4.0	379–148
Away	506	18.3	2.9	3.5	165–341
In wins	544	19.4	3.1	4.1	544–0
In losses	489	18.3	2.8	3.4	0–489

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	25	17.6	3.2	3.3	13–12
BOS Boston Celtics	31	18.8	3.3	3.6	12–19
BKN Brooklyn Nets	28	19.6	2.3	3.2	11–17
CHA Charlotte Hornets	10	16.6	3.1	2.3	8–2
CHI Chicago Bulls	34	20.5	3.3	3.8	20–14
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	29	22.0	2.7	3.5	18–11
DAL Dallas Mavericks	48	17.0	2.8	3.1	19–29
DEN Denver Nuggets	49	20.8	3.4	4.7	24–25
DET Detroit Pistons	31	19.8	3.4	4.5	17–14
GSW Golden State Warriors	68	20.2	3.1	4.1	41–27
HOU Houston Rockets	62	18.3	2.7	3.7	36–26
IND Indiana Pacers	29	19.0	3.1	3.8	14–15
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	58	19.3	2.8	4.3	33–25
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	63	17.0	2.8	3.9	26–37
MIA Miami Heat	9	12.3	3.0	2.6	7–2
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	30	21.9	3.4	4.0	12–18
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	12	12.0	1.7	1.3	10–2
NYK New York Knicks	28	17.8	3.7	4.7	17–11
ORL Orlando Magic	7	15.7	2.1	2.0	6–1
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	30	17.9	3.4	3.1	14–16
PHX Phoenix Suns	16	13.9	1.4	2.1	4–12
POR Portland Trail Blazers	60	19.8	2.9	4.0	28–32
SAC Sacramento Kings	60	20.8	3.2	3.5	40–20
SAS San Antonio Spurs	62	18.3	2.5	3.9	31–31
UTA Utah Jazz	61	18.9	2.8	4.1	35–26

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

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

Season	Salary
1991-92	$215,000
Career earnings	$215,000

Walter Davis plays SF for the Denver Nuggets.

Walter Davis has averaged 18.9 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 3.8 APG over 15 seasons (1977-78–1991-92).

Walter Davis's salary is $215,000 for the 1991-92 season, with career earnings of about $215K.

Walter Davis is 6-6 (193 lb).

Walter Davis was drafted in 1977, round 1, pick 5, by the Phoenix Suns.