Willie Norwood

SF · 2TM

Seasons 1971-72–1977-78 · 7 on record · Ht 6-7 · b. 1947

Player info

7.5 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 0.8 APG · 430 games · .488 FG% · — 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1971-72	DET	24	78	16.3	.505	—	.651	4.1	0.6	—	—	7.5	13.4	.546
1972-73	DET	25	79	16.2	.494	—	.684	4.1	0.7	—	—	8.3	15.8	.541
1973-74	DET	26	74	15.9	.510	—	.664	3.1	0.8	0.8	0.1	8.0	15.8	.538
1974-75	DET	27	24	14.5	.520	—	.738	3.7	0.7	1.0	0.0	6.6	17.3	.562
1975-76	SEA	28	64	15.7	.485	—	.749	3.6	0.9	0.7	0.1	6.9	15.4	.569
1976-77	SEA	29	76	21.7	.469	—	.733	3.8	1.3	0.8	0.1	7.7	12.0	.528
1977-78	2TM	30	35	17.5	.409	—	.667	3.4	0.9	0.9	0.1	5.7	8.2	.463
	DET	30	16	16.3	.415	—	.690	3.4	0.9	0.8	0.2	5.5	10.4	.464
	POR	30	19	18.5	.404	—	.652	3.4	1.0	0.9	0.0	5.8	6.6	.461

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1971-72	DET	78	—	1,272	222	440	.505	—	—	140	215	316	43	—	—	—	584
1972-73	DET	79	—	1,282	249	504	.494	—	—	154	225	324	56	—	—	—	652
1973-74	DET	74	—	1,178	247	484	.510	—	—	95	143	229	58	60	9	—	589
1974-75	DET	24	—	347	64	123	.520	—	—	31	42	88	16	23	0	—	159
1975-76	SEA	64	—	1,004	146	301	.485	—	—	152	203	229	59	42	4	—	444
1976-77	SEA	76	—	1,647	216	461	.469	—	—	151	206	292	99	62	6	—	583
1977-78	2TM	35	—	611	74	181	.409	—	—	50	75	119	33	31	3	56	198
	DET	16	—	260	34	82	.415	—	—	20	29	54	14	13	3	17	88
	POR	19	—	351	40	99	.404	—	—	30	46	65	19	18	0	39	110
Career		430	—	—	1,218	2,494	.488	0	0	773	1109	1597	364	218	22	56	3,209

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1971-72	DET	78	16.3	6.3	12.5	.505	—	—	4.0	6.1	8.9	1.2	—	—	—	16.5
1972-73	DET	79	16.2	7.0	14.2	.494	—	—	4.3	6.3	9.1	1.6	—	—	—	18.3
1973-74	DET	74	15.9	7.5	14.8	.510	—	—	2.9	4.4	7.0	1.8	1.8	0.3	—	18.0
1974-75	DET	24	14.5	6.6	12.8	.520	—	—	3.2	4.4	9.1	1.7	2.4	0.0	—	16.5
1975-76	SEA	64	15.7	5.2	10.8	.485	—	—	5.5	7.3	8.2	2.1	1.5	0.1	—	15.9
1976-77	SEA	76	21.7	4.7	10.1	.469	—	—	3.3	4.5	6.4	2.2	1.4	0.1	—	12.7
1977-78	2TM	35	17.5	4.4	10.7	.409	—	—	2.9	4.4	7.0	1.9	1.8	0.2	3.3	11.7
	DET	16	16.2	4.7	11.4	.415	—	—	2.8	4.0	7.5	1.9	1.8	0.4	2.4	12.2
	POR	19	18.5	4.1	10.2	.404	—	—	3.1	4.7	6.7	1.9	1.8	0.0	4.0	11.3

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
1971-72	DET	78	1,272	13.4	.546	—	2.4	0.2	2.6	.097	—	—	—	—
1972-73	DET	79	1,282	15.8	.541	—	2.7	1.0	3.8	.141	—	—	—	—
1973-74	DET	74	1,178	15.8	.538	—	1.8	1.8	3.5	.144	+0.2	+0.5	+0.7	+0.8
1974-75	DET	24	347	17.3	.562	—	0.6	0.4	1.1	.146	+0.0	+0.4	+0.3	+0.2
1975-76	SEA	64	1,004	15.4	.569	—	2.0	0.9	3.0	.141	+0.2	-0.4	-0.2	+0.5
1976-77	SEA	76	1,647	12.0	.528	—	1.8	1.5	3.3	.095	-1.1	-0.3	-1.3	+0.3
1977-78	2TM	35	611	8.2	.463	17.2	-0.3	0.8	0.5	.037	-3.6	+0.0	-3.5	-0.3
	DET	16	260	10.4	.464	16.4	0.1	0.2	0.4	.070	-2.3	-0.1	-2.3	+0.0
	POR	19	351	6.6	.461	17.8	-0.4	0.5	0.1	.012	-4.5	+0.1	-4.4	-0.2
Career		430	—	—	—	—	—	—	17.8	—	—	—	—	+1.5

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	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1973-74	5	6.2	3.6	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	.636	—	.705
1975-76	6	35.8	9.8	6.3	1.3	1.2	0.2	.414	—	.448
1977-78	3	14.7	5.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.3	.583	—	.603
Career	14	20.7	6.6	3.2	0.9	0.5	0.1	.469	—	.505

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	214	7.9	3.4	0.8	129–85
Away	215	7.1	3.2	0.7	72–143
In wins	201	7.8	3.4	0.8	201–0
In losses	228	7.2	3.2	0.7	0–228

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	22	9.9	3.1	0.8	13–9
BOS Boston Celtics	21	5.7	2.4	0.5	5–16
BKN Brooklyn Nets	5	7.2	3.8	1.6	4–1
CHI Chicago Bulls	27	10.6	4.4	0.6	12–15
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	18	7.1	4.1	0.9	8–10
DEN Denver Nuggets	7	11.3	5.0	1.9	2–5
DET Detroit Pistons	8	8.2	4.6	1.0	4–4
GSW Golden State Warriors	30	7.3	3.2	0.8	12–18
HOU Houston Rockets	24	7.9	1.2	0.5	10–14
IND Indiana Pacers	4	6.8	2.5	2.0	2–2
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	28	5.9	4.0	0.8	13–15
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	32	7.2	3.3	0.7	12–20
NYK New York Knicks	22	4.4	2.4	0.6	9–13
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	23	8.5	3.2	0.6	10–13
PHX Phoenix Suns	28	7.7	3.1	0.7	14–14
POR Portland Trail Blazers	28	9.2	4.4	1.2	18–10
SAC Sacramento Kings	17	10.1	4.2	0.6	10–7
SAS San Antonio Spurs	5	3.8	2.8	1.2	0–5
UTA Utah Jazz	10	6.6	4.6	0.2	6–4

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Willie Norwood has averaged 7.5 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 0.8 APG over 7 seasons (1971-72–1977-78).

Willie Norwood is 6-7 (220 lb).

Willie Norwood was drafted in 1969, round 2, pick 19, by the Detroit Pistons.