Bernard King

SF · NJN

Seasons 1977-78–1992-93 · 14 on record · Ht 6-7 · b. 1956

★ Hall of Fame★ Scoring champion4× All-Star4× All-NBA

Player info

22.5 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 3.3 APG · 874 games · .518 FG% · .172 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1977-78	NJN	21	79	39.1	.479	—	.677	9.5	2.4	1.5	0.5	24.2	17.3	.511
1978-79	NJN	22	82	34.9	.522	—	.564	8.2	3.6	1.4	0.5	21.6	17.9	.542
1979-80	UTA	23	19	22.1	.518	—	.540	4.6	2.7	0.4	0.2	9.3	11.4	.534
1980-81	GSW	24	81	36.0	.588	.333	.703	6.8	3.5	0.9	0.4	21.9	19.9	.617
1981-82	GSW	25	79	36.2	.566	.200	.705	5.9	3.6	1.0	0.3	23.2	19.8	.600
1982-83	NYK	26	68	32.5	.528	0.000	.722	4.8	2.9	1.3	0.2	21.9	20.3	.566
1983-84	NYK	27	77	34.6	.572	0.000	.779	5.1	2.1	1.0	0.2	26.3	22.7	.619
1984-85	NYK	28	55	37.5	.530	.100	.772	5.8	3.7	1.3	0.3	32.9	25.2	.585
1986-87	NYK	30	6	35.7	.495	—	.744	5.3	3.2	0.3	0.0	22.7	17.7	.549
1987-88	WSB	31	69	29.6	.501	.167	.762	4.1	2.8	0.7	0.1	17.2	15.0	.550
1988-89	WSB	32	81	31.6	.477	.167	.819	4.7	3.6	0.8	0.2	20.7	17.7	.535
1989-90	WSB	33	82	32.8	.487	.130	.803	4.9	4.6	0.6	0.1	22.4	18.8	.545
1990-91	WSB	34	64	37.5	.472	.216	.790	5.0	4.6	0.9	0.3	28.4	19.1	.527
1992-93	NJN	36	32	13.4	.514	.286	.684	2.4	0.6	0.3	0.1	7.0	15.7	.552

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1977-78	NJN	79	—	3,092	798	1,665	.479	—	—	313	462	751	193	122	36	311	1,909
1978-79	NJN	82	—	2,859	710	1,359	.522	—	—	349	619	669	295	118	39	323	1,769
1979-80	UTA	19	—	419	71	137	.518	0	0	34	63	88	52	7	4	50	176
1980-81	GSW	81	—	2,914	731	1,244	.588	2	6	307	437	551	287	72	34	265	1,771
1981-82	GSW	79	77	2,861	740	1,307	.566	1	5	352	499	469	282	78	23	267	1,833
1982-83	NYK	68	68	2,207	603	1,142	.528	0	6	280	388	326	195	90	13	197	1,486
1983-84	NYK	77	76	2,667	795	1,391	.572	0	4	437	561	394	164	75	17	197	2,027
1984-85	NYK	55	55	2,063	691	1,303	.530	1	10	426	552	317	204	71	15	204	1,809
1986-87	NYK	6	4	214	52	105	.495	0	0	32	43	32	19	2	0	15	136
1987-88	WSB	69	38	2,044	470	938	.501	1	6	247	324	280	192	49	10	211	1,188
1988-89	WSB	81	81	2,559	654	1,371	.477	5	30	361	441	384	294	64	13	227	1,674
1989-90	WSB	82	82	2,687	711	1,459	.487	3	23	412	513	404	376	51	7	248	1,837
1990-91	WSB	64	64	2,401	713	1,511	.472	8	37	383	485	319	292	56	16	255	1,817
1992-93	NJN	32	2	430	91	177	.514	2	7	39	57	76	18	11	3	21	223
Career		874	—	—	7,830	15,109	.518	23	134	3972	5444	5060	2863	866	230	2791	19,655

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1977-78	NJN	79	39.1	9.3	19.4	.479	—	—	3.6	5.4	8.7	2.2	1.4	0.4	3.6	22.2
1978-79	NJN	82	34.9	8.9	17.1	.522	—	—	4.4	7.8	8.4	3.7	1.5	0.5	4.1	22.3
1979-80	UTA	19	22.1	6.1	11.8	.518	0.0	0.0	2.9	5.4	7.6	4.5	0.6	0.3	4.3	15.1
1980-81	GSW	81	36.0	9.0	15.4	.588	0.0	0.1	3.8	5.4	6.8	3.5	0.9	0.4	3.3	21.9
1981-82	GSW	79	36.2	9.3	16.4	.566	0.0	0.1	4.4	6.3	5.9	3.5	1.0	0.3	3.4	23.1
1982-83	NYK	68	32.5	9.8	18.6	.528	0.0	0.1	4.6	6.3	5.3	3.2	1.5	0.2	3.2	24.2
1983-84	NYK	77	34.6	10.7	18.8	.572	0.0	0.1	5.9	7.6	5.3	2.2	1.0	0.2	2.7	27.4
1984-85	NYK	55	37.5	12.1	22.7	.530	0.0	0.2	7.4	9.6	5.5	3.6	1.2	0.3	3.6	31.6
1986-87	NYK	6	35.7	8.7	17.7	.495	0.0	0.0	5.4	7.2	5.4	3.2	0.3	0.0	2.5	22.9
1987-88	WSB	69	29.6	8.3	16.5	.501	0.0	0.1	4.4	5.7	4.9	3.4	0.9	0.2	3.7	20.9
1988-89	WSB	81	31.6	9.2	19.3	.477	0.1	0.4	5.1	6.2	5.4	4.1	0.9	0.2	3.2	23.5
1989-90	WSB	82	32.8	9.5	19.5	.487	0.0	0.3	5.5	6.9	5.4	5.0	0.7	0.1	3.3	24.6
1990-91	WSB	64	37.5	10.7	22.7	.472	0.1	0.6	5.7	7.3	4.8	4.4	0.8	0.2	3.8	27.2
1992-93	NJN	32	13.4	7.6	14.8	.514	0.2	0.6	3.3	4.8	6.4	1.5	0.9	0.3	1.8	18.7

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	NJN	79	3,092	17.3	.511	26.0	2.6	3.3	5.9	.092	+1.0	-0.9	+0.1	+1.6
1978-79	NJN	82	2,859	17.9	.542	25.6	2.8	3.6	6.5	.109	+1.6	-0.2	+1.3	+2.4
1979-80	UTA	19	419	11.4	.534	22.0	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-.002	-2.6	-1.6	-4.2	-0.2
1980-81	GSW	81	2,914	19.9	.617	23.2	7.7	1.4	9.1	.150	+3.5	-0.7	+2.8	+3.6
1981-82	GSW	79	2,861	19.8	.600	25.3	6.6	2.2	8.7	.147	+2.9	-0.6	+2.2	+3.1
1982-83	NYK	68	2,207	20.3	.566	29.1	4.0	3.5	7.5	.163	+2.8	+0.7	+3.5	+3.1
1983-84	NYK	77	2,667	22.7	.619	28.7	8.6	3.5	12.1	.218	+4.6	-0.2	+4.5	+4.3
1984-85	NYK	55	2,063	25.2	.585	35.1	5.7	1.5	7.1	.166	+6.1	-1.0	+5.1	+3.6
1986-87	NYK	6	214	17.7	.549	27.1	0.3	0.0	0.4	.087	+2.4	-3.5	-1.1	+0.0
1987-88	WSB	69	2,044	15.0	.550	26.1	1.2	1.6	2.8	.066	-0.1	-1.2	-1.3	+0.3
1988-89	WSB	81	2,559	17.7	.535	28.1	3.3	1.7	4.9	.092	+1.7	-1.3	+0.5	+1.6
1989-90	WSB	82	2,687	18.8	.545	29.4	4.1	1.4	5.5	.099	+2.3	-1.9	+0.5	+1.7
1990-91	WSB	64	2,401	19.1	.527	34.4	1.9	1.6	3.5	.070	+2.8	-1.7	+1.1	+1.8
1992-93	NJN	32	430	15.7	.552	21.8	0.7	0.4	1.2	.134	-0.2	-0.8	-1.0	+0.1
Career		874	—	—	—	—	—	—	75.2	—	—	—	—	+27.0

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%
1978-79	2	40.5	26.0	5.5	3.5	2.0	0.0	.500	—	.495
1982-83	6	30.7	23.5	4.0	2.2	0.3	0.0	.577	.333	.627
1983-84	12	39.8	34.8	6.2	3.0	1.2	0.5	.574	0.000	.620
1987-88	5	33.6	13.8	2.2	1.8	0.6	0.0	.491	—	.554
1992-93	3	8.0	2.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	.571	—	.571
Career	28	33.4	24.5	4.3	2.3	0.9	0.2	.559	.250	.602

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	444	23.2	5.9	3.4	263–181
Away	431	21.7	5.6	3.1	121–310
In wins	384	23.7	6.0	3.3	384–0
In losses	491	21.5	5.5	3.2	0–491

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	42	21.5	5.9	2.7	19–23
BOS Boston Celtics	49	22.6	4.7	3.1	20–29
BKN Brooklyn Nets	37	25.7	4.9	3.7	24–13
CHA Charlotte Hornets	12	21.8	4.2	4.0	9–3
CHI Chicago Bulls	44	23.6	4.7	3.0	21–23
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	46	22.3	5.8	3.2	22–24
DAL Dallas Mavericks	21	20.3	4.3	3.1	13–8
DEN Denver Nuggets	33	22.4	6.1	3.3	12–21
DET Detroit Pistons	50	22.8	5.6	3.0	19–31
GSW Golden State Warriors	22	23.0	7.9	3.5	12–10
HOU Houston Rockets	31	22.5	5.7	3.6	14–17
IND Indiana Pacers	41	24.5	6.1	3.1	24–17
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	31	22.6	5.8	3.3	19–12
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	35	20.6	6.2	3.3	11–24
MIA Miami Heat	13	18.8	3.4	4.2	8–5
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	46	19.2	6.0	3.4	14–32
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	3	24.3	8.3	5.0	2–1
NYK New York Knicks	34	25.3	6.4	3.4	11–23
ORL Orlando Magic	8	23.0	3.4	4.6	6–2
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	50	23.7	6.1	3.5	15–35
PHX Phoenix Suns	34	21.3	6.6	3.7	14–20
POR Portland Trail Blazers	35	20.4	5.3	3.2	9–26
SAC Sacramento Kings	29	24.5	6.2	3.1	17–12
SAS San Antonio Spurs	31	24.2	6.5	3.5	11–20
UTA Utah Jazz	31	21.6	6.2	3.4	14–17

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

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

Bernard King has averaged 22.5 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 3.3 APG over 14 seasons (1977-78–1992-93).

Bernard King's salary is $2,500,000 for the 1992-93 season, with career earnings of about $6.6M.

Bernard King is 6-7 (205 lb).

Bernard King was drafted in 1977, round 1, pick 7.