Dave DeBusschere

Seasons 1962-63–1973-74 · 12 on record · Ht 6-6 · b. 1940

★ Hall of Fame8× All-StarAll-NBA6× All-Defense

Player info

16.1 PPG, 11.0 RPG, 2.9 APG · 875 games · .432 FG% · — 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1962-63	DET	22	80	29.4	.430	—	.718	8.7	2.6	—	—	12.7	14.5	.476
1963-64	DET	23	15	20.3	.391	—	.581	7.0	1.5	—	—	8.6	13.9	.425
1964-65	DET	24	79	35.1	.425	—	.700	11.1	3.2	—	—	16.7	17.4	.476
1965-66	DET	25	79	34.1	.408	—	.659	11.6	2.6	—	—	16.4	15.7	.447
1966-67	DET	26	78	37.1	.415	—	.705	11.8	2.8	—	—	18.2	16.2	.473
1967-68	DET	27	80	39.1	.442	—	.664	13.5	2.3	—	—	17.9	15.0	.483
1968-69	2TM	28	76	38.7	.444	—	.698	11.7	2.5	—	—	16.3	14.4	.483
	DET	28	29	37.7	.447	—	.723	12.2	2.2	—	—	16.3	14.7	.491
	NYK	28	47	39.4	.442	—	.682	11.4	2.7	—	—	16.4	14.3	.478
1969-70	NYK	29	79	33.3	.451	—	.688	10.0	2.5	—	—	14.6	14.8	.482
1970-71	NYK	30	81	35.7	.421	—	.696	11.1	2.7	—	—	15.6	15.4	.458
1971-72	NYK	31	80	38.4	.427	—	.728	11.3	3.6	—	—	15.4	15.0	.462
1972-73	NYK	32	77	36.7	.435	—	.746	10.2	3.4	—	—	16.3	16.0	.470
1973-74	NYK	33	71	38.0	.461	—	.756	10.7	3.6	0.9	0.5	18.1	16.3	.490

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1962-63	DET	80	—	2,352	406	944	.430	—	—	206	287	694	207	—	—	—	1,018
1963-64	DET	15	—	304	52	133	.391	—	—	25	43	105	23	—	—	—	129
1964-65	DET	79	—	2,769	508	1,196	.425	—	—	306	437	874	253	—	—	—	1,322
1965-66	DET	79	—	2,696	524	1,284	.408	—	—	249	378	916	209	—	—	—	1,297
1966-67	DET	78	—	2,897	531	1,278	.415	—	—	361	512	924	216	—	—	—	1,423
1967-68	DET	80	—	3,125	573	1,295	.442	—	—	289	435	1081	181	—	—	—	1,435
1968-69	2TM	76	—	2,943	506	1,140	.444	—	—	229	328	888	191	—	—	—	1,241
	DET	29	—	1,092	189	423	.447	—	—	94	130	353	63	—	—	—	472
	NYK	47	—	1,851	317	717	.442	—	—	135	198	535	128	—	—	—	769
1969-70	NYK	79	—	2,627	488	1,082	.451	—	—	176	256	790	194	—	—	—	1,152
1970-71	NYK	81	—	2,891	523	1,243	.421	—	—	217	312	901	220	—	—	—	1,263
1971-72	NYK	80	—	3,072	520	1,218	.427	—	—	193	265	901	291	—	—	—	1,233
1972-73	NYK	77	—	2,827	532	1,224	.435	—	—	194	260	787	259	—	—	—	1,258
1973-74	NYK	71	—	2,699	559	1,212	.461	—	—	164	217	757	253	67	39	—	1,282
Career		875	—	—	5,722	13,249	.432	0	0	2609	3730	9618	2497	67	39	0	14,053

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1962-63	DET	80	29.4	6.2	14.4	.430	—	—	3.2	4.4	10.6	3.2	—	—	—	15.6
1963-64	DET	15	20.3	6.2	15.8	.391	—	—	3.0	5.1	12.4	2.7	—	—	—	15.3
1964-65	DET	79	35.1	6.6	15.5	.425	—	—	4.0	5.7	11.4	3.3	—	—	—	17.2
1965-66	DET	79	34.1	7.0	17.1	.408	—	—	3.3	5.0	12.2	2.8	—	—	—	17.3
1966-67	DET	78	37.1	6.6	15.9	.415	—	—	4.5	6.4	11.5	2.7	—	—	—	17.7
1967-68	DET	80	39.1	6.6	14.9	.442	—	—	3.3	5.0	12.5	2.1	—	—	—	16.5
1968-69	2TM	76	38.7	6.2	13.9	.444	—	—	2.8	4.0	10.9	2.3	—	—	—	15.2
	DET	29	37.7	6.2	13.9	.447	—	—	3.1	4.3	11.6	2.1	—	—	—	15.6
	NYK	47	39.4	6.2	13.9	.442	—	—	2.6	3.9	10.4	2.5	—	—	—	15.0
1969-70	NYK	79	33.3	6.7	14.8	.451	—	—	2.4	3.5	10.8	2.7	—	—	—	15.8
1970-71	NYK	81	35.7	6.5	15.5	.421	—	—	2.7	3.9	11.2	2.7	—	—	—	15.7
1971-72	NYK	80	38.4	6.1	14.3	.427	—	—	2.3	3.1	10.6	3.4	—	—	—	14.4
1972-73	NYK	77	36.7	6.8	15.6	.435	—	—	2.5	3.3	10.0	3.3	—	—	—	16.0
1973-74	NYK	71	38.0	7.5	16.2	.461	—	—	2.2	2.9	10.1	3.4	0.9	0.5	—	17.1

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
1962-63	DET	80	2,352	14.5	.476	—	1.3	2.3	3.6	.074	—	—	—	—
1963-64	DET	15	304	13.9	.425	—	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-.003	—	—	—	—
1964-65	DET	79	2,769	17.4	.476	—	2.8	3.7	6.6	.114	—	—	—	—
1965-66	DET	79	2,696	15.7	.447	—	-0.1	3.7	3.7	.065	—	—	—	—
1966-67	DET	78	2,897	16.2	.473	—	1.6	4.3	5.9	.097	—	—	—	—
1967-68	DET	80	3,125	15.0	.483	—	1.8	2.9	4.7	.072	—	—	—	—
1968-69	2TM	76	2,943	14.4	.483	—	2.2	3.0	5.2	.085	—	—	—	—
	DET	29	1,092	14.7	.491	—	1.0	0.5	1.5	.064	—	—	—	—
	NYK	47	1,851	14.3	.478	—	1.2	2.6	3.8	.097	—	—	—	—
1969-70	NYK	79	2,627	14.8	.482	—	0.7	5.8	6.6	.120	—	—	—	—
1970-71	NYK	81	2,891	15.4	.458	—	-0.2	6.4	6.2	.102	—	—	—	—
1971-72	NYK	80	3,072	15.0	.462	—	-0.2	4.9	4.8	.075	—	—	—	—
1972-73	NYK	77	2,827	16.0	.470	—	0.9	5.8	6.6	.113	—	—	—	—
1973-74	NYK	71	2,699	16.3	.490	—	2.4	4.6	7.0	.125	+0.9	+0.7	+1.7	+2.5
Career		875	—	—	—	—	—	—	60.9	—	—	—	—	+2.5

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	FG%	3P%	TS%
1962-63	4	39.8	20.0	15.8	1.5	.424	—	.510
1967-68	6	43.8	19.3	16.2	2.2	.425	—	.461
1968-69	10	41.9	16.3	14.8	3.3	.351	—	.416
1969-70	19	36.9	16.1	11.6	2.4	.421	—	.450
1970-71	12	40.7	16.4	13.0	1.8	.416	—	.445
1971-72	16	38.5	16.6	12.1	2.3	.450	—	.492
1972-73	17	37.2	15.6	10.5	3.4	.442	—	.469
1973-74	12	33.7	12.0	8.2	3.2	.380	—	.403
Career	96	38.4	16.0	12.0	2.6	.416	—	.454

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	427	16.4	9.1	2.2	284–143
Away	449	15.7	9.0	2.2	171–278
In wins	455	17.2	10.1	2.6	455–0
In losses	421	14.8	8.0	1.8	0–421

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	82	15.8	9.6	2.7	30–52
BOS Boston Celtics	86	14.7	6.9	1.5	31–55
CHI Chicago Bulls	40	15.9	6.8	0.9	21–19
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	21	16.6	10.3	3.5	19–2
DET Detroit Pistons	29	15.9	10.9	2.7	21–8
GSW Golden State Warriors	77	16.6	11.7	3.0	42–35
HOU Houston Rockets	40	18.1	9.1	2.7	29–11
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	74	16.2	8.1	2.0	25–49
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	28	15.4	10.2	2.7	19–9
NYK New York Knicks	50	15.4	5.2	1.2	25–25
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	78	16.7	11.4	2.8	32–46
PHX Phoenix Suns	31	16.4	10.4	2.9	22–9
POR Portland Trail Blazers	15	15.9	11.1	3.9	10–5
SAC Sacramento Kings	8	22.8	11.8	2.9	7–1

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Dave DeBusschere plays PF for the New York Knicks.

Dave DeBusschere has averaged 16.1 PPG, 11.0 RPG, 2.9 APG over 12 seasons (1962-63–1973-74).

Dave DeBusschere is 6-6 (220 lb).

Dave DeBusschere was drafted in 1962, round 1, pick 4, by the Detroit Pistons.