Wali Jones

PG · 2TM

Seasons 1964-65–1975-76 · 11 on record · Ht 6-2 · b. 1942

Player info

Nickname	Wally, Wally Wonder, Robin, Sugar Bear
Position	PG
Number	#24 (also #23, #12, #11, #9)
Height	6-2
Weight	180 lb
Born	1942-02-14
College	Villanova
Drafted	1964 · Round 3, Pick 20 · Detroit Pistons
Seasons	1964-65–1975-76 (11)

9.8 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 3.1 APG · 678 games · .409 FG% · .240 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1964-65	BAL	22	77	16.2	.375	—	.728	1.8	2.6	—	—	5.3	9.6	.432
1965-66	PHI	23	80	27.5	.370	—	.744	2.1	3.4	—	—	9.0	7.8	.412
1966-67	PHI	24	81	27.8	.431	—	.838	3.3	3.7	—	—	13.2	12.9	.486
1967-68	PHI	25	77	26.7	.397	—	.787	2.8	3.2	—	—	12.8	10.9	.436
1968-69	PHI	26	81	28.9	.430	—	.809	3.1	3.6	—	—	13.2	12.5	.479
1969-70	PHI	27	78	22.3	.430	—	.841	2.2	3.5	—	—	11.8	14.0	.485
1970-71	PHI	28	41	23.5	.402	—	.782	1.6	3.1	—	—	10.1	10.5	.449
1971-72	MIL	29	48	21.5	.407	—	.822	1.6	2.9	—	—	7.5	10.1	.460
1972-73	MIL	30	27	15.5	.407	—	.889	1.1	2.1	—	—	5.0	9.5	.438
1974-75	UTS	32	71	18.9	.405	.240	.823	1.1	2.1	0.6	0.0	7.5	10.2	.460
1975-76	2TM	33	17	10.4	.469	—	.692	0.5	1.9	0.4	0.0	3.2	11.1	.503
	DET	33	1	19.0	.364	—	—	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	8.0	9.9	.364
	PHI	33	16	9.8	.500	—	.692	0.6	1.9	0.3	0.0	2.9	11.2	.538

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1964-65	BAL	77	—	1,250	154	411	.375	—	—	99	136	140	200	—	—	—	407
1965-66	PHI	80	—	2,196	296	799	.370	—	—	128	172	169	273	—	—	—	720
1966-67	PHI	81	—	2,249	423	982	.431	—	—	223	266	265	303	—	—	—	1,069
1967-68	PHI	77	—	2,058	413	1,040	.397	—	—	159	202	219	245	—	—	—	985
1968-69	PHI	81	—	2,340	432	1,005	.430	—	—	207	256	251	292	—	—	—	1,071
1969-70	PHI	78	—	1,740	366	851	.430	—	—	190	226	173	276	—	—	—	922
1970-71	PHI	41	13	962	168	418	.402	—	—	79	101	64	128	—	—	—	415
1971-72	MIL	48	—	1,030	144	354	.407	—	—	74	90	75	141	—	—	—	362
1972-73	MIL	27	—	419	59	145	.407	—	—	16	18	29	56	—	—	—	134
1974-75	UTS	71	—	1,339	212	524	.405	6	25	102	124	77	152	42	3	76	532
1975-76	2TM	17	1	176	23	49	.469	—	—	9	13	9	33	6	0	—	55
	DET	1	—	19	4	11	.364	—	—	0	0	0	2	2	0	—	8
	PHI	16	1	157	19	38	.500	—	—	9	13	9	31	4	0	—	47
Career		678	—	—	2,690	6,578	.409	6	25	1286	1604	1471	2099	48	3	76	6,672

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1964-65	BAL	77	16.2	4.4	11.8	.375	—	—	2.9	3.9	4.0	5.8	—	—	—	11.7
1965-66	PHI	80	27.4	4.9	13.1	.370	—	—	2.1	2.8	2.8	4.5	—	—	—	11.8
1966-67	PHI	81	27.8	6.8	15.7	.431	—	—	3.6	4.3	4.2	4.9	—	—	—	17.1
1967-68	PHI	77	26.7	7.2	18.2	.397	—	—	2.8	3.5	3.8	4.3	—	—	—	17.2
1968-69	PHI	81	28.9	6.6	15.5	.430	—	—	3.2	3.9	3.9	4.5	—	—	—	16.5
1969-70	PHI	78	22.3	7.6	17.6	.430	—	—	3.9	4.7	3.6	5.7	—	—	—	19.1
1970-71	PHI	41	23.5	6.3	15.6	.402	—	—	3.0	3.8	2.4	4.8	—	—	—	15.5
1971-72	MIL	48	21.5	5.0	12.4	.407	—	—	2.6	3.1	2.6	4.9	—	—	—	12.7
1972-73	MIL	27	15.5	5.1	12.5	.407	—	—	1.4	1.5	2.5	4.8	—	—	—	11.5
1974-75	UTS	71	18.9	5.7	14.1	.405	0.2	0.7	2.7	3.3	2.1	4.1	1.1	0.1	2.0	14.3
1975-76	2TM	17	10.4	4.7	10.0	.469	—	—	1.8	2.7	1.8	6.8	1.2	0.0	—	11.2
	DET	1	19.0	7.6	20.8	.364	—	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	3.8	0.0	—	15.2
	PHI	16	9.8	4.4	8.7	.500	—	—	2.1	3.0	2.1	7.1	0.9	0.0	—	10.8

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	BAL	77	1,250	9.6	.432	—	0.0	0.3	0.3	.010	—	—	—	—
1965-66	PHI	80	2,196	7.8	.412	—	-1.5	2.3	0.8	.017	—	—	—	—
1966-67	PHI	81	2,249	12.9	.486	—	1.9	2.0	4.0	.084	—	—	—	—
1967-68	PHI	77	2,058	10.9	.436	—	-1.3	2.5	1.3	.029	—	—	—	—
1968-69	PHI	81	2,340	12.5	.479	—	1.8	2.3	4.0	.082	—	—	—	—
1969-70	PHI	78	1,740	14.0	.485	—	0.8	1.7	2.5	.069	—	—	—	—
1970-71	PHI	41	962	10.5	.449	—	-0.2	0.8	0.5	.026	—	—	—	—
1971-72	MIL	48	1,030	10.1	.460	—	0.0	1.1	1.1	.050	—	—	—	—
1972-73	MIL	27	419	9.5	.438	—	-0.2	0.5	0.3	.038	—	—	—	—
1974-75	UTS	71	1,339	10.2	.460	20.3	0.4	0.8	1.2	.044	-2.9	-0.3	-3.3	-0.4
1975-76	2TM	17	176	11.1	.503	—	0.1	0.1	0.2	.050	-3.3	-0.6	-3.8	-0.1
	DET	1	19	9.9	.364	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	-.030	-4.2	+0.1	-4.1	+0.0
	PHI	16	157	11.2	.538	—	0.1	0.1	0.2	.059	-3.2	-0.6	-3.8	-0.1
Career		678	—	—	—	—	—	—	16.2	—	—	—	—	-0.5

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%
1964-65	10	2.9	7.3	2.0	1.8	.460	—	.508
1965-66	5	12.4	13.0	3.0	3.6	.325	—	.375
1966-67	15	24.2	17.5	2.8	4.1	.447	—	.488
1967-68	13	29.8	14.1	2.4	3.0	.358	—	.420
1968-69	5	20.6	6.4	3.2	1.8	.267	—	.324
1969-70	5	32.0	15.8	2.2	4.8	.523	—	.555
1970-71	7	16.4	6.9	1.7	1.6	.365	—	.416
1971-72	9	22.2	10.0	2.0	2.2	.439	—	.493
1975-76	1	2.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	—	—	—
Career	70	20.3	11.9	2.4	2.9	.406	—	.455

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	309	10.4	2.2	3.3	238–71
Away	298	9.8	2.2	2.7	156–142
In wins	394	10.8	2.3	3.3	394–0
In losses	213	8.9	1.9	2.3	0–213

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	58	9.6	2.6	2.7	36–22
BOS Boston Celtics	59	10.2	1.9	2.2	27–32
CHI Chicago Bulls	34	11.7	2.8	3.1	25–9
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	6	5.7	0.8	3.2	5–1
DET Detroit Pistons	57	8.4	1.6	2.4	42–15
GSW Golden State Warriors	54	12.6	2.5	3.9	38–16
HOU Houston Rockets	23	11.5	2.8	3.6	17–6
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	56	9.6	2.2	2.8	34–22
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	15	14.4	2.3	3.5	8–7
NYK New York Knicks	58	9.8	2.1	2.5	33–25
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	15	6.6	1.9	3.1	8–7
PHX Phoenix Suns	20	10.0	2.1	3.3	13–7
POR Portland Trail Blazers	7	5.0	1.3	2.6	6–1
SAC Sacramento Kings	3	4.7	0.7	1.7	3–0

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Wali Jones has averaged 9.8 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 3.1 APG over 11 seasons (1964-65–1975-76).

Wali Jones is 6-2 (180 lb).

Wali Jones was drafted in 1964, round 3, pick 20, by the Detroit Pistons.