Don Nelson

Seasons 1962-63–1975-76 · 14 on record · Ht 6-6 · b. 1940

★ Hall of Fame

Player info

10.3 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 1.4 APG · 1053 games · .480 FG% · — 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1962-63	CHZ	22	62	17.3	.440	—	.729	4.5	1.2	—	—	6.8	13.8	.537
1963-64	LAL	23	80	17.6	.418	—	.741	4.0	1.0	—	—	5.2	10.6	.509
1964-65	LAL	24	39	6.1	.424	—	.769	1.9	0.6	—	—	2.4	14.0	.477
1965-66	BOS	25	75	23.5	.439	—	.684	5.4	1.1	—	—	10.2	13.3	.502
1966-67	BOS	26	79	15.2	.446	—	.742	3.7	0.8	—	—	7.5	14.3	.502
1967-68	BOS	27	82	18.3	.494	—	.728	5.3	1.3	—	—	10.0	18.2	.546
1968-69	BOS	28	82	21.6	.485	—	.776	5.6	1.1	—	—	11.6	17.5	.536
1969-70	BOS	29	82	27.1	.501	—	.775	7.3	1.8	—	—	15.4	18.5	.566
1970-71	BOS	30	82	27.5	.468	—	.744	6.9	1.9	—	—	13.9	15.9	.534
1971-72	BOS	31	82	25.4	.480	—	.788	5.5	2.3	—	—	13.8	17.7	.561
1972-73	BOS	32	72	19.8	.476	—	.846	4.4	1.4	—	—	10.8	16.8	.531
1973-74	BOS	33	82	21.3	.508	—	.788	4.2	2.0	0.2	0.2	11.5	16.1	.563
1974-75	BOS	34	79	26.0	.539	—	.827	5.9	2.3	0.4	0.2	14.0	18.1	.600
1975-76	BOS	35	75	12.6	.462	—	.789	2.4	1.0	0.2	0.1	6.4	15.1	.530

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1962-63	CHZ	62	—	1,071	129	293	.440	—	—	161	221	279	72	—	—	—	419
1963-64	LAL	80	—	1,406	135	323	.418	—	—	149	201	323	76	—	—	—	419
1964-65	LAL	39	—	238	36	85	.424	—	—	20	26	73	24	—	—	—	92
1965-66	BOS	75	—	1,765	271	618	.439	—	—	223	326	403	79	—	—	—	765
1966-67	BOS	79	—	1,202	227	509	.446	—	—	141	190	295	65	—	—	—	595
1967-68	BOS	82	—	1,498	312	632	.494	—	—	195	268	431	103	—	—	—	819
1968-69	BOS	82	—	1,773	374	771	.485	—	—	201	259	458	92	—	—	—	949
1969-70	BOS	82	—	2,224	461	920	.501	—	—	337	435	601	148	—	—	—	1,259
1970-71	BOS	82	—	2,254	412	881	.468	—	—	317	426	565	153	—	—	—	1,141
1971-72	BOS	82	—	2,086	389	811	.480	—	—	356	452	453	192	—	—	—	1,134
1972-73	BOS	72	—	1,425	309	649	.476	—	—	159	188	315	102	—	—	—	777
1973-74	BOS	82	—	1,748	364	717	.508	—	—	215	273	345	162	19	13	—	943
1974-75	BOS	79	—	2,052	423	785	.539	—	—	263	318	469	181	32	15	—	1,109
1975-76	BOS	75	—	943	175	379	.462	—	—	127	161	182	77	14	7	—	477
Career		1053	—	—	4,017	8,373	.480	0	0	2864	3744	5192	1526	65	35	0	10,898

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1962-63	CHZ	62	17.3	4.3	9.8	.440	—	—	5.4	7.4	9.4	2.4	—	—	—	14.1
1963-64	LAL	80	17.6	3.5	8.3	.418	—	—	3.8	5.1	8.3	1.9	—	—	—	10.7
1964-65	LAL	39	6.1	5.4	12.9	.424	—	—	3.0	3.9	11.0	3.6	—	—	—	13.9
1965-66	BOS	75	23.5	5.5	12.6	.439	—	—	4.5	6.6	8.2	1.6	—	—	—	15.6
1966-67	BOS	79	15.2	6.8	15.2	.446	—	—	4.2	5.7	8.8	1.9	—	—	—	17.8
1967-68	BOS	82	18.3	7.5	15.2	.494	—	—	4.7	6.4	10.4	2.5	—	—	—	19.7
1968-69	BOS	82	21.6	7.6	15.7	.485	—	—	4.1	5.3	9.3	1.9	—	—	—	19.3
1969-70	BOS	82	27.1	7.5	14.9	.501	—	—	5.5	7.0	9.7	2.4	—	—	—	20.4
1970-71	BOS	82	27.5	6.6	14.1	.468	—	—	5.1	6.8	9.0	2.4	—	—	—	18.2
1971-72	BOS	82	25.4	6.7	14.0	.480	—	—	6.1	7.8	7.8	3.3	—	—	—	19.6
1972-73	BOS	72	19.8	7.8	16.4	.476	—	—	4.0	4.7	8.0	2.6	—	—	—	19.6
1973-74	BOS	82	21.3	7.5	14.8	.508	—	—	4.4	5.6	7.1	3.3	0.4	0.3	—	19.4
1974-75	BOS	79	26.0	7.4	13.8	.539	—	—	4.6	5.6	8.2	3.2	0.6	0.3	—	19.5
1975-76	BOS	75	12.6	6.7	14.5	.462	—	—	4.8	6.1	6.9	2.9	0.5	0.3	—	18.2

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	CHZ	62	1,071	13.8	.537	—	1.8	0.3	2.1	.094	—	—	—	—
1963-64	LAL	80	1,406	10.6	.509	—	1.5	0.8	2.3	.080	—	—	—	—
1964-65	LAL	39	238	14.0	.477	—	0.2	0.2	0.4	.080	—	—	—	—
1965-66	BOS	75	1,765	13.3	.502	—	2.3	3.1	5.4	.146	—	—	—	—
1966-67	BOS	79	1,202	14.3	.502	—	1.5	1.8	3.3	.131	—	—	—	—
1967-68	BOS	82	1,498	18.2	.546	—	3.6	2.6	6.1	.197	—	—	—	—
1968-69	BOS	82	1,773	17.5	.536	—	4.2	3.3	7.5	.203	—	—	—	—
1969-70	BOS	82	2,224	18.5	.566	—	5.7	2.6	8.3	.180	—	—	—	—
1970-71	BOS	82	2,254	15.9	.534	—	4.2	3.2	7.4	.157	—	—	—	—
1971-72	BOS	82	2,086	17.7	.561	—	5.4	3.4	8.8	.202	—	—	—	—
1972-73	BOS	72	1,425	16.8	.531	—	3.0	2.8	5.8	.194	—	—	—	—
1973-74	BOS	82	1,748	16.1	.563	—	4.0	1.9	5.9	.162	+1.1	-0.2	+0.8	+1.3
1974-75	BOS	79	2,052	18.1	.600	—	6.2	2.5	8.7	.204	+2.2	+0.2	+2.4	+2.3
1975-76	BOS	75	943	15.1	.530	—	1.7	0.9	2.6	.134	+0.4	-0.4	+0.0	+0.5
Career		1053	—	—	—	—	—	—	74.6	—	—	—	—	+4.1

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%
1963-64	5	11.2	3.4	2.6	0.4	0.0	0.0	.538	—	.594
1964-65	11	9.4	6.1	5.4	1.7	0.0	0.0	.453	—	.520
1965-66	17	12.6	8.4	5.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	.424	—	.504
1966-67	9	15.8	7.1	4.7	1.0	0.0	0.0	.458	—	.481
1967-68	19	24.6	12.5	7.5	1.7	0.0	0.0	.520	—	.571
1968-69	18	19.3	12.4	4.6	1.2	0.0	0.0	.518	—	.577
1971-72	11	28.0	13.2	5.5	1.9	0.0	0.0	.525	—	.604
1972-73	13	23.4	11.0	2.9	1.2	0.0	0.0	.465	—	.569
1973-74	18	25.9	11.4	5.4	1.9	0.1	0.0	.500	—	.547
1974-75	11	24.9	15.4	4.1	2.4	0.1	0.1	.564	—	.626
1975-76	18	17.5	9.1	2.9	0.9	0.1	0.0	.481	—	.593
Career	150	20.0	10.5	4.8	1.4	0.0	0.0	.498	—	.566

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	526	10.7	4.8	1.3	385–141
Away	526	10.0	3.8	1.1	268–258
In wins	653	10.7	4.4	1.4	653–0
In losses	399	9.7	4.1	1.0	0–399

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	92	8.4	4.2	1.0	50–42
BOS Boston Celtics	23	4.1	1.7	0.4	8–15
CHI Chicago Bulls	52	9.6	3.7	1.1	36–16
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	29	12.0	4.0	1.6	22–7
DET Detroit Pistons	86	10.3	2.7	0.7	59–27
GSW Golden State Warriors	85	8.3	4.4	1.1	48–37
HOU Houston Rockets	50	13.1	5.0	1.2	40–10
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	67	10.8	5.3	1.3	37–30
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	38	13.2	4.5	1.8	18–20
NYK New York Knicks	103	9.0	3.6	1.0	66–37
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	93	11.3	5.4	1.5	59–34
PHX Phoenix Suns	38	13.6	6.1	1.8	26–12
POR Portland Trail Blazers	23	14.4	6.1	2.4	19–4
SAC Sacramento Kings	15	12.5	4.5	1.4	9–6
UTA Utah Jazz	8	11.0	4.0	1.9	7–1

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Don Nelson plays SF for the Boston Celtics.

Don Nelson has averaged 10.3 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 1.4 APG over 14 seasons (1962-63–1975-76).

Don Nelson is 6-6 (210 lb).

Don Nelson was drafted in 1962, round 3, pick 19.