Bill Laimbeer

Seasons 1980-81–1993-94 · 14 on record · Ht 6-11 · b. 1957

4× All-Star

Player info

Position	C
Number	#40 (also #41)
Team	Detroit Pistons
Height	6-11
Weight	245 lb
Born	1957-05-19
College	Notre Dame
Drafted	1979 · Round 3, Pick 65 · Cleveland Cavaliers
Seasons	1980-81–1993-94 (14)

12.9 PPG, 9.7 RPG, 2.0 APG · 1068 games · .498 FG% · .326 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1980-81	CLE	23	81	30.4	.503	—	.765	8.6	2.7	0.7	1.0	9.8	14.2	.536
1981-82	2TM	24	80	22.9	.494	.308	.793	7.7	1.3	0.5	0.8	9.0	15.4	.563
	CLE	24	50	17.9	.470	.500	.775	5.5	0.9	0.4	0.6	6.7	14.2	.546
	DET	24	30	31.2	.516	.143	.813	11.3	1.8	0.6	1.1	12.8	16.5	.578
1982-83	DET	25	82	35.0	.497	.154	.790	12.1	3.2	0.6	1.4	13.6	16.6	.552
1983-84	DET	26	82	34.9	.530	0.000	.866	12.2	1.8	0.6	1.0	17.3	19.2	.590
1984-85	DET	27	82	35.3	.506	.222	.797	12.4	1.9	0.8	0.9	17.5	18.0	.548
1985-86	DET	28	82	35.3	.492	.286	.834	13.1	1.8	0.7	0.8	16.6	17.6	.545
1986-87	DET	29	82	34.8	.501	.286	.894	11.6	1.8	0.9	0.8	15.4	17.4	.559
1987-88	DET	30	82	35.3	.493	.333	.874	10.1	2.4	0.8	1.0	13.5	15.1	.546
1988-89	DET	31	81	32.6	.499	.349	.840	9.6	2.2	0.6	1.2	13.7	16.6	.557
1989-90	DET	32	81	33.0	.484	.361	.854	9.6	2.1	0.7	1.0	12.1	15.8	.564
1990-91	DET	33	82	32.5	.478	.296	.837	9.0	1.9	0.5	0.7	11.0	14.2	.536
1991-92	DET	34	81	27.6	.470	.376	.893	5.6	2.0	0.6	0.7	9.7	12.6	.515
1992-93	DET	35	79	24.5	.509	.370	.894	5.3	1.6	0.6	0.5	8.7	14.3	.554
1993-94	DET	36	11	22.5	.522	.333	.846	5.1	1.3	0.5	0.4	9.8	15.6	.564

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1980-81	CLE	81	—	2,460	337	670	.503	0	0	117	153	693	216	56	78	132	791
1981-82	2TM	80	34	1,829	265	536	.494	4	13	184	232	617	100	39	64	121	718
	CLE	50	4	894	119	253	.470	3	6	93	120	277	45	22	30	61	334
	DET	30	30	935	146	283	.516	1	7	91	112	340	55	17	34	60	384
1982-83	DET	82	82	2,871	436	877	.497	2	13	245	310	993	263	51	118	176	1,119
1983-84	DET	82	82	2,864	553	1,044	.530	0	11	316	365	1003	149	49	84	151	1,422
1984-85	DET	82	82	2,892	595	1,177	.506	4	18	244	306	1013	154	69	71	129	1,438
1985-86	DET	82	82	2,891	545	1,107	.492	4	14	266	319	1075	146	59	65	133	1,360
1986-87	DET	82	82	2,854	506	1,010	.501	6	21	245	274	955	151	72	69	120	1,263
1987-88	DET	82	82	2,897	455	923	.493	13	39	187	214	832	199	66	78	136	1,110
1988-89	DET	81	81	2,640	449	900	.499	30	86	178	212	776	177	51	100	129	1,106
1989-90	DET	81	81	2,675	380	785	.484	57	158	164	192	780	171	57	84	98	981
1990-91	DET	82	81	2,668	372	778	.478	37	125	123	147	737	157	38	56	98	904
1991-92	DET	81	46	2,234	342	727	.470	32	85	67	75	451	160	51	54	102	783
1992-93	DET	79	41	1,933	292	574	.509	10	27	93	104	419	127	46	40	59	687
1993-94	DET	11	5	248	47	90	.522	3	9	11	13	56	14	6	4	10	108
Career		1068	—	—	5,574	11,198	.498	202	619	2440	2916	10400	2184	710	965	1594	13,790

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1980-81	CLE	81	30.4	4.9	9.8	.503	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.2	10.1	3.2	0.8	1.1	1.9	11.6
1981-82	2TM	80	22.9	5.2	10.6	.494	0.1	0.3	3.6	4.6	12.1	2.0	0.8	1.3	2.4	14.1
	CLE	50	17.9	4.8	10.2	.470	0.1	0.2	3.7	4.8	11.2	1.8	0.9	1.2	2.5	13.4
	DET	30	31.2	5.6	10.9	.516	0.0	0.3	3.5	4.3	13.1	2.1	0.7	1.3	2.3	14.8
1982-83	DET	82	35.0	5.5	11.0	.497	0.0	0.2	3.1	3.9	12.5	3.3	0.6	1.5	2.2	14.0
1983-84	DET	82	34.9	7.0	13.1	.530	0.0	0.1	4.0	4.6	12.6	1.9	0.6	1.1	1.9	17.9
1984-85	DET	82	35.3	7.4	14.7	.506	0.0	0.2	3.0	3.8	12.6	1.9	0.9	0.9	1.6	17.9
1985-86	DET	82	35.3	6.8	13.8	.492	0.0	0.2	3.3	4.0	13.4	1.8	0.7	0.8	1.7	16.9
1986-87	DET	82	34.8	6.4	12.7	.501	0.1	0.3	3.1	3.5	12.0	1.9	0.9	0.9	1.5	15.9
1987-88	DET	82	35.3	5.7	11.5	.493	0.2	0.5	2.3	2.7	10.3	2.5	0.8	1.0	1.7	13.8
1988-89	DET	81	32.6	6.1	12.3	.499	0.4	1.2	2.4	2.9	10.6	2.4	0.7	1.4	1.8	15.1
1989-90	DET	81	33.0	5.1	10.6	.484	0.8	2.1	2.2	2.6	10.5	2.3	0.8	1.1	1.3	13.2
1990-91	DET	82	32.5	5.0	10.5	.478	0.5	1.7	1.7	2.0	9.9	2.1	0.5	0.8	1.3	12.2
1991-92	DET	81	27.6	5.5	11.7	.470	0.5	1.4	1.1	1.2	7.3	2.6	0.8	0.9	1.6	12.6
1992-93	DET	79	24.5	5.4	10.7	.509	0.2	0.5	1.7	1.9	7.8	2.4	0.9	0.7	1.1	12.8
1993-94	DET	11	22.5	6.8	13.1	.522	0.4	1.3	1.6	1.9	8.1	2.0	0.9	0.6	1.5	15.7

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
1980-81	CLE	81	2,460	14.2	.536	14.2	3.4	2.0	5.4	.104	-0.3	+0.3	+0.0	+1.3
1981-82	2TM	80	1,829	15.4	.563	16.6	2.8	1.9	4.7	.122	-0.6	-0.4	-1.0	+0.5
	CLE	50	894	14.2	.546	16.9	1.1	0.6	1.8	.094	-1.6	-0.8	-2.4	-0.1
	DET	30	935	16.5	.578	16.4	1.6	1.3	2.9	.149	+0.4	+0.0	+0.4	+0.6
1982-83	DET	82	2,871	16.6	.552	16.0	4.9	3.6	8.5	.142	+0.8	+0.5	+1.3	+2.4
1983-84	DET	82	2,864	19.2	.590	18.2	7.3	3.5	10.8	.181	+2.5	-0.7	+1.8	+2.7
1984-85	DET	82	2,892	18.0	.548	19.1	5.6	4.1	9.8	.162	+1.3	-0.1	+1.3	+2.4
1985-86	DET	82	2,891	17.6	.545	18.7	5.4	3.8	9.2	.153	+1.3	-0.7	+0.6	+1.9
1986-87	DET	82	2,854	17.4	.559	17.7	5.6	4.9	10.5	.176	+1.4	+0.8	+2.3	+3.0
1987-88	DET	82	2,897	15.1	.546	16.5	3.8	5.0	8.8	.146	+0.5	+1.7	+2.2	+3.1
1988-89	DET	81	2,640	16.6	.557	18.2	4.0	5.0	9.0	.164	+1.1	+2.1	+3.2	+3.4
1989-90	DET	81	2,675	15.8	.564	15.6	4.7	5.4	10.1	.182	+0.9	+2.4	+3.3	+3.6
1990-91	DET	82	2,668	14.2	.536	15.5	3.6	4.4	8.0	.144	+0.2	+1.3	+1.5	+2.3
1991-92	DET	81	2,234	12.6	.515	16.9	1.6	3.3	4.9	.105	-1.5	+1.5	+0.0	+1.1
1992-93	DET	79	1,933	14.3	.554	15.1	3.3	2.1	5.4	.133	-0.5	+1.3	+0.8	+1.4
1993-94	DET	11	248	15.6	.564	18.7	0.4	0.2	0.5	.106	-0.5	+0.4	-0.1	+0.1
Career		1068	—	—	—	—	—	—	105.6	—	—	—	—	+29.2

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%
1983-84	5	33.0	15.2	12.4	2.4	0.8	0.6	.569	—	.635
1984-85	9	36.1	14.7	10.7	1.7	0.8	0.8	.449	0.000	.510
1985-86	4	42.0	22.5	14.0	0.2	0.5	0.8	.500	1.000	.576
1986-87	15	36.2	12.3	10.4	2.5	1.0	0.8	.515	.200	.530
1987-88	23	33.9	11.9	9.6	1.9	0.8	0.8	.456	.294	.506
1988-89	17	29.2	10.1	8.2	1.8	0.4	0.5	.465	.357	.553
1989-90	20	33.4	11.1	10.6	1.4	1.2	0.9	.457	.349	.524
1990-91	15	29.7	10.9	8.1	1.3	0.3	0.8	.446	.294	.507
1991-92	5	29.0	8.2	6.6	1.6	0.8	0.2	.370	.200	.425
Career	113	33.1	12.0	9.7	1.7	0.7	0.7	.468	.321	.526

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	539	13.4	10.2	2.0	373–166
Away	529	12.4	9.3	2.1	228–301
In wins	601	13.8	10.2	2.1	601–0
In losses	467	11.7	9.1	2.0	0–467

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	75	12.8	10.5	1.9	48–27
BOS Boston Celtics	65	12.3	9.3	1.7	24–41
BKN Brooklyn Nets	65	12.4	9.4	2.1	39–26
CHA Charlotte Hornets	21	12.0	6.0	1.6	15–6
CHI Chicago Bulls	71	13.5	9.4	2.0	40–31
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	63	13.3	10.3	2.0	45–18
DAL Dallas Mavericks	26	14.9	11.4	2.2	19–7
DEN Denver Nuggets	26	13.1	10.6	2.7	16–10
DET Detroit Pistons	9	7.0	6.9	1.9	4–5
GSW Golden State Warriors	27	15.3	10.6	2.0	16–11
HOU Houston Rockets	26	12.8	10.1	2.0	16–10
IND Indiana Pacers	76	13.4	10.8	2.2	46–30
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	27	12.0	8.3	2.0	17–10
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	24	13.5	9.9	2.0	10–14
MIA Miami Heat	18	10.6	7.2	1.9	11–7
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	71	12.6	9.2	2.0	29–42
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	9	10.3	8.4	1.7	7–2
NYK New York Knicks	65	12.8	9.2	2.5	33–32
ORL Orlando Magic	16	12.6	7.2	1.8	15–1
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	67	13.1	9.5	2.4	31–36
PHX Phoenix Suns	24	13.8	12.0	2.3	13–11
POR Portland Trail Blazers	25	11.6	10.0	2.1	12–13
SAC Sacramento Kings	26	13.6	10.2	1.4	16–10
SAS San Antonio Spurs	28	13.0	11.0	2.2	12–16
UTA Utah Jazz	26	13.3	9.3	1.8	11–15

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

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

Bill Laimbeer plays C for the Detroit Pistons.

Bill Laimbeer has averaged 12.9 PPG, 9.7 RPG, 2.0 APG over 14 seasons (1980-81–1993-94).

Bill Laimbeer's salary is $1,300,000 for the 1993-94 season, with career earnings of about $5.5M.

Bill Laimbeer is 6-11 (245 lb).

Bill Laimbeer was drafted in 1979, round 3, pick 65, by the Cleveland Cavaliers.