James Edwards

Seasons 1977-78–1995-96 · 19 on record · Ht 7-1 · b. 1955

Player info

Nickname	Buddha
Position	C
Number	#53 (also #42, #40)
Team	Chicago Bulls
Height	7-1
Weight	252 lb
Born	1955-11-22
College	Washington
Drafted	1977 · Round 3, Pick 46 · Los Angeles Lakers
Seasons	1977-78–1995-96 (19)

Career averages

12.7 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 1.3 APG · 1168 games · .495 FG% · .048 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1977-78	2TM	22	83	29.0	.453	—	.646	7.4	1.0	0.6	0.9	15.2	14.7	.494
	LAL	22	25	28.9	.459	—	.640	7.2	1.2	0.6	1.1	14.8	14.3	.499
	IND	22	58	29.0	.450	—	.649	7.5	1.0	0.6	0.9	15.4	14.8	.492
1978-79	IND	23	82	31.0	.501	—	.676	8.5	1.1	0.7	1.3	16.7	16.9	.542
1979-80	IND	24	82	28.2	.512	0.000	.681	7.0	1.5	0.7	1.3	15.7	17.6	.545
1980-81	IND	25	81	29.3	.509	0.000	.703	7.0	2.6	0.4	1.6	15.6	18.2	.547
1981-82	CLE	26	77	33.0	.511	0.000	.684	7.5	1.6	0.3	1.5	16.7	15.8	.545
1982-83	2TM	27	31	21.5	.487	—	.639	5.0	1.3	0.4	0.6	10.5	14.5	.523
	CLE	27	15	25.5	.487	—	.623	6.4	0.9	0.5	0.9	12.3	14.7	.520
	PHX	27	16	17.8	.487	—	.660	3.7	1.7	0.3	0.3	8.8	14.4	.527
1983-84	PHX	28	72	26.3	.536	0.000	.720	4.8	2.6	0.3	0.4	14.7	16.2	.570
1984-85	PHX	29	70	25.5	.501	0.000	.746	5.5	2.2	0.4	0.7	14.9	15.8	.562
1985-86	PHX	30	52	25.3	.542	—	.702	5.8	1.4	0.4	0.6	16.3	16.7	.589
1986-87	PHX	31	14	21.7	.518	—	.771	4.3	1.4	0.4	0.5	12.0	17.0	.597
1987-88	2TM	32	69	24.7	.470	0.000	.654	6.0	1.1	0.2	0.5	11.8	12.1	.519
	PHX	32	43	32.0	.469	0.000	.635	7.8	1.7	0.3	0.7	15.7	12.4	.513
	DET	32	26	12.6	.475	—	.738	3.0	0.2	0.1	0.2	5.4	10.7	.551
1988-89	DET	33	76	16.5	.500	0.000	.686	3.0	0.6	0.1	0.4	7.3	11.6	.547
1989-90	DET	34	82	27.8	.498	0.000	.749	4.2	0.8	0.3	0.5	14.5	13.3	.549
1990-91	DET	35	72	26.4	.484	.500	.729	3.8	0.9	0.2	0.4	13.6	12.7	.533
1991-92	LAC	36	72	20.0	.465	0.000	.731	2.8	0.7	0.3	0.5	9.7	11.7	.531
1992-93	LAL	37	52	11.9	.452	—	.712	1.9	0.8	0.2	0.1	6.3	11.2	.509
1993-94	LAL	38	45	10.4	.464	—	.684	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.1	4.7	9.1	.518
1994-95	POR	39	28	9.5	.386	—	.647	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.3	2.7	5.4	.414
1995-96	CHI	40	28	9.8	.373	—	.615	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.3	3.5	3.5	.403

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1977-78	2TM	83	52	2,405	495	1,093	.453	—	—	272	421	615	85	53	78	169	1,262
	LAL	25	—	723	145	316	.459	—	—	80	125	180	29	16	28	57	370
	IND	58	52	1,682	350	777	.450	—	—	192	296	435	56	37	50	112	892
1978-79	IND	82	82	2,546	534	1,065	.501	—	—	298	441	693	92	60	109	162	1,366
1979-80	IND	82	82	2,314	528	1,032	.512	0	1	231	339	578	127	55	104	131	1,287
1980-81	IND	81	80	2,375	511	1,004	.509	0	3	244	347	571	212	32	128	164	1,266
1981-82	CLE	77	75	2,539	528	1,033	.511	0	4	232	339	581	123	24	117	162	1,288
1982-83	2TM	31	9	667	128	263	.487	0	0	69	108	155	40	12	19	49	325
	CLE	15	8	382	73	150	.487	0	0	38	61	96	13	7	14	30	184
	PHX	16	1	285	55	113	.487	0	0	31	47	59	27	5	5	19	141
1983-84	PHX	72	67	1,897	438	817	.536	0	1	183	254	348	184	23	30	140	1,059
1984-85	PHX	70	58	1,787	384	766	.501	0	3	276	370	387	153	26	52	162	1,044
1985-86	PHX	52	51	1,314	318	587	.542	0	0	212	302	301	74	23	29	128	848
1986-87	PHX	14	9	304	57	110	.518	0	0	54	70	60	19	6	7	15	168
1987-88	2TM	69	44	1,705	302	643	.470	0	1	210	321	412	78	16	37	130	814
	PHX	43	42	1,377	254	542	.469	0	1	165	260	335	73	14	32	108	673
	DET	26	2	328	48	101	.475	0	0	45	61	77	5	2	5	22	141
1988-89	DET	76	1	1,254	211	422	.500	0	2	133	194	231	49	11	31	72	555
1989-90	DET	82	70	2,283	462	928	.498	0	3	265	354	345	63	23	37	133	1,189
1990-91	DET	72	70	1,903	383	792	.484	1	2	215	295	277	65	12	30	126	982
1991-92	LAC	72	11	1,437	250	538	.465	0	1	198	271	202	53	24	33	72	698
1992-93	LAL	52	0	617	122	270	.452	0	0	84	118	100	41	10	7	51	328
1993-94	LAL	45	2	469	78	168	.464	0	0	54	79	65	22	4	3	30	210
1994-95	POR	28	0	266	32	83	.386	0	0	11	17	43	8	5	8	14	75
1995-96	CHI	28	0	274	41	110	.373	0	0	16	26	40	11	1	8	21	98
Career		1168	—	—	5,802	11,724	.495	1	21	3257	4666	6004	1499	420	867	1931	14,862

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1977-78	2TM	83	29.0	7.4	16.4	.453	—	—	4.1	6.3	9.2	1.3	0.8	1.2	2.5	18.9
	LAL	25	28.9	7.2	15.7	.459	—	—	4.0	6.2	9.0	1.4	0.8	1.4	2.8	18.4
	IND	58	29.0	7.5	16.6	.450	—	—	4.1	6.3	9.3	1.2	0.8	1.1	2.4	19.1
1978-79	IND	82	31.0	7.6	15.1	.501	—	—	4.2	6.2	9.8	1.3	0.8	1.5	2.3	19.3
1979-80	IND	82	28.2	8.2	16.1	.512	0.0	0.0	3.6	5.3	9.0	2.0	0.9	1.6	2.0	20.0
1980-81	IND	81	29.3	7.7	15.2	.509	0.0	0.0	3.7	5.3	8.7	3.2	0.5	1.9	2.5	19.2
1981-82	CLE	77	33.0	7.5	14.6	.511	0.0	0.1	3.3	4.8	8.2	1.7	0.3	1.7	2.3	18.3
1982-83	2TM	31	21.5	6.9	14.2	.487	0.0	0.0	3.7	5.8	8.4	2.2	0.6	1.0	2.6	17.5
	CLE	15	25.5	6.9	14.1	.487	0.0	0.0	3.6	5.7	9.0	1.2	0.7	1.3	2.8	17.3
	PHX	16	17.8	6.9	14.3	.487	0.0	0.0	3.9	5.9	7.5	3.4	0.6	0.6	2.4	17.8
1983-84	PHX	72	26.3	8.3	15.5	.536	0.0	0.0	3.5	4.8	6.6	3.5	0.4	0.6	2.7	20.1
1984-85	PHX	70	25.5	7.7	15.4	.501	0.0	0.1	5.6	7.5	7.8	3.1	0.5	1.0	3.3	21.0
1985-86	PHX	52	25.3	8.7	16.1	.542	0.0	0.0	5.8	8.3	8.2	2.0	0.6	0.8	3.5	23.2
1986-87	PHX	14	21.7	6.8	13.0	.518	0.0	0.0	6.4	8.3	7.1	2.2	0.7	0.8	1.8	19.9
1987-88	2TM	69	24.7	6.4	13.6	.470	0.0	0.0	4.4	6.8	8.7	1.6	0.3	0.8	2.7	17.2
	PHX	43	32.0	6.6	14.2	.469	0.0	0.0	4.3	6.8	8.8	1.9	0.4	0.8	2.8	17.6
	DET	26	12.6	5.3	11.1	.475	0.0	0.0	4.9	6.7	8.5	0.5	0.2	0.5	2.4	15.5
1988-89	DET	76	16.5	6.1	12.1	.500	0.0	0.1	3.8	5.6	6.6	1.4	0.3	0.9	2.1	15.9
1989-90	DET	82	27.8	7.3	14.6	.498	0.0	0.0	4.2	5.6	5.4	1.0	0.4	0.6	2.1	18.7
1990-91	DET	72	26.4	7.2	15.0	.484	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.6	5.2	1.2	0.2	0.6	2.4	18.6
1991-92	LAC	72	20.0	6.3	13.5	.465	0.0	0.0	5.0	6.8	5.1	1.3	0.6	0.8	1.8	17.5
1992-93	LAL	52	11.9	7.1	15.8	.452	0.0	0.0	4.9	6.9	5.8	2.4	0.6	0.4	3.0	19.1
1993-94	LAL	45	10.4	6.0	12.9	.464	0.0	0.0	4.1	6.1	5.0	1.7	0.3	0.2	2.3	16.1
1994-95	POR	28	9.5	4.3	11.2	.386	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.3	5.8	1.1	0.7	1.1	1.9	10.2
1995-96	CHI	28	9.8	5.4	14.5	.373	0.0	0.0	2.1	3.4	5.3	1.4	0.1	1.1	2.8	12.9

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Advanced stats

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1977-78	2TM	83	2,405	14.7	.494	22.9	2.1	2.3	4.5	.089	-1.0	-1.2	-2.2	-0.1
	LAL	25	723	14.3	.499	23.1	0.4	0.8	1.2	.079	-1.6	-0.9	-2.5	-0.1
	IND	58	1,682	14.8	.492	22.8	1.8	1.5	3.3	.094	-0.7	-1.4	-2.1	+0.0
1978-79	IND	82	2,546	16.9	.542	21.8	3.9	3.2	7.1	.133	-0.3	-0.1	-0.4	+1.0
1979-80	IND	82	2,314	17.6	.545	22.0	4.4	2.4	6.7	.140	+0.2	-0.7	-0.5	+0.9
1980-81	IND	81	2,375	18.2	.547	22.3	4.4	2.6	7.0	.141	+1.2	+0.1	+1.3	+2.0
1981-82	CLE	77	2,539	15.8	.545	21.8	3.0	1.3	4.3	.080	-0.4	-0.8	-1.2	+0.5
1982-83	2TM	31	667	14.5	.523	22.4	0.6	0.7	1.4	.098	-1.5	-0.5	-2.0	+0.0
	CLE	15	382	14.7	.520	22.7	0.2	0.3	0.6	.074	-1.7	-0.8	-2.5	-0.1
	PHX	16	285	14.4	.527	21.9	0.4	0.4	0.8	.131	-1.3	+0.0	-1.4	+0.1
1983-84	PHX	72	1,897	16.2	.570	23.1	3.0	1.4	4.4	.112	+0.5	-1.1	-0.5	+0.7
1984-85	PHX	70	1,787	15.8	.562	24.8	1.7	2.0	3.7	.099	-0.5	-0.2	-0.7	+0.6
1985-86	PHX	52	1,314	16.7	.589	25.7	1.7	1.3	3.0	.110	-0.3	-1.1	-1.3	+0.2
1986-87	PHX	14	304	17.0	.597	20.8	0.8	0.2	1.0	.157	+0.9	-0.3	+0.6	+0.2
1987-88	2TM	69	1,705	12.1	.519	21.9	0.3	1.2	1.5	.042	-2.3	-1.8	-4.1	-0.9
	PHX	43	1,377	12.4	.513	22.6	0.0	0.8	0.8	.029	-2.1	-1.9	-4.0	-0.7
	DET	26	328	10.7	.551	19.0	0.3	0.4	0.7	.098	-3.4	-1.2	-4.6	-0.2
1988-89	DET	76	1,254	11.6	.547	19.8	1.3	1.5	2.8	.109	-3.0	+0.3	-2.6	-0.2
1989-90	DET	82	2,283	13.3	.549	22.9	2.7	2.9	5.6	.117	-1.6	-0.2	-1.7	+0.1
1990-91	DET	72	1,903	12.7	.533	24.2	1.5	2.0	3.5	.088	-2.0	-0.8	-2.7	-0.4
1991-92	LAC	72	1,437	11.7	.531	21.6	1.3	1.5	2.8	.094	-3.2	-0.6	-3.8	-0.7
1992-93	LAL	52	617	11.2	.509	25.8	0.0	0.4	0.4	.030	-3.7	-1.3	-5.0	-0.5
1993-94	LAL	45	469	9.1	.518	20.9	0.1	0.1	0.3	.028	-4.8	-1.9	-6.7	-0.6
1994-95	POR	28	266	5.4	.414	16.6	-0.3	0.3	0.0	.002	-7.1	+0.1	-7.0	-0.3
1995-96	CHI	28	274	3.5	.403	22.9	-0.5	0.4	-0.2	-.028	-10.2	-2.0	-12.2	-0.7
Career		1168	—	—	—	—	—	—	59.8	—	—	—	—	+1.8

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Playoff stats

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1980-81	2	28.0	7.0	7.0	2.5	0.0	0.5	.292	—	.292
1982-83	3	18.0	9.3	6.0	1.3	0.3	0.3	.423	—	.489
1983-84	17	27.2	13.8	5.4	1.6	0.2	0.6	.492	—	.534
1987-88	22	14.0	6.3	3.1	0.5	0.1	0.5	.509	0.000	.543
1988-89	17	18.6	7.1	2.1	0.7	0.1	0.5	.471	0.000	.558
1989-90	20	26.8	14.3	3.6	0.6	0.2	0.6	.494	0.000	.523
1990-91	15	23.0	10.7	2.5	0.6	0.1	0.2	.407	—	.459
1991-92	5	17.4	6.4	2.6	0.6	0.2	0.2	.417	—	.494
1992-93	3	4.7	2.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	.750	—	.750
1994-95	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.000	—	0.000
1995-96	6	4.7	1.8	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	.444	—	.511
Career	111	19.9	9.3	3.2	0.8	0.1	0.4	.468	0.000	.514

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	588	12.4	5.0	1.3	373–215
Away	580	13.1	5.2	1.2	216–364
In wins	589	12.1	4.8	1.3	589–0
In losses	579	13.3	5.5	1.3	0–579

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	56	14.2	6.2	1.1	30–26
BOS Boston Celtics	49	13.7	5.4	1.1	18–31
BKN Brooklyn Nets	57	15.1	6.6	1.1	32–25
CHA Charlotte Hornets	18	9.8	2.8	0.9	13–5
CHI Chicago Bulls	48	10.9	4.6	1.0	24–24
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	53	11.4	4.8	1.5	30–23
DAL Dallas Mavericks	38	11.9	4.3	1.6	23–15
DEN Denver Nuggets	46	12.2	4.9	1.3	24–22
DET Detroit Pistons	42	12.5	5.8	1.5	23–19
GSW Golden State Warriors	45	13.7	4.9	1.3	26–19
HOU Houston Rockets	52	12.0	5.1	1.2	24–28
IND Indiana Pacers	35	12.9	5.5	1.2	21–14
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	49	13.6	5.3	1.4	29–20
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	42	13.7	5.3	1.6	14–28
MIA Miami Heat	14	9.1	3.2	0.6	9–5
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	53	11.5	4.4	1.2	21–32
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	10	9.2	2.6	0.9	10–0
NYK New York Knicks	52	13.2	5.2	1.4	22–30
ORL Orlando Magic	13	10.8	3.2	0.5	11–2
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	53	12.9	5.4	1.4	20–33
PHX Phoenix Suns	36	12.0	4.3	0.8	14–22
POR Portland Trail Blazers	54	14.2	5.2	1.3	22–32
SAC Sacramento Kings	49	12.1	4.4	1.1	26–23
SAS San Antonio Spurs	58	12.8	5.8	1.5	28–30
UTA Utah Jazz	40	12.7	5.6	1.1	20–20

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
1990-91	$935,000
1991-92	$933,000
1992-93	$250,000
1993-94	$1,300,000
1995-96	$225,000
Career earnings	$3,643,000

Frequently asked questions

What team does James Edwards play for?

James Edwards plays C for the Chicago Bulls.

What are James Edwards's career stats?

James Edwards has averaged 12.7 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 1.3 APG over 19 seasons (1977-78–1995-96).

How much does James Edwards make?

James Edwards's salary is $225,000 for the 1995-96 season, with career earnings of about $3.6M.

How tall is James Edwards?

James Edwards is 7-1 (252 lb).

When was James Edwards drafted?

James Edwards was drafted in 1977, round 3, pick 46, by the Los Angeles Lakers.