Michael Ray Richardson

PG · NJN

Seasons 1978-79–1985-86 · 8 on record · Ht 6-5 · b. 1955

4× All-Star2× All-Defense

Player info

14.8 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 7.0 APG · 556 games · .457 FG% · .220 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1978-79	NYK	23	72	16.9	.414	—	.539	3.2	3.0	1.4	0.3	6.5	12.4	.435
1979-80	NYK	24	82	37.3	.472	.245	.660	6.6	10.1	3.2	0.4	15.3	17.8	.517
1980-81	NYK	25	79	40.2	.469	.225	.663	6.9	7.9	2.9	0.4	16.4	17.1	.511
1981-82	NYK	26	82	37.1	.461	.188	.700	6.9	7.0	2.6	0.5	17.9	17.7	.498
1982-83	2TM	27	64	32.4	.425	.157	.650	4.6	6.8	2.8	0.4	12.6	13.9	.454
	GSW	27	33	32.5	.412	.129	.632	4.4	7.4	3.1	0.3	12.5	13.6	.442
	NJN	27	31	32.3	.438	.200	.671	4.8	6.0	2.6	0.5	12.7	14.2	.469
1983-84	NJN	28	48	26.8	.460	.241	.704	3.6	4.5	2.1	0.4	12.0	15.1	.500
1984-85	NJN	29	82	38.1	.469	.252	.767	5.6	8.2	3.0	0.3	20.1	19.8	.513
1985-86	NJN	30	47	34.1	.448	.148	.788	5.3	7.2	2.7	0.2	15.7	16.9	.498

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1978-79	NYK	72	—	1,218	200	483	.414	—	—	69	128	233	213	100	18	141	469
1979-80	NYK	82	82	3,060	502	1,063	.472	27	110	223	338	539	832	265	35	359	1,254
1980-81	NYK	79	—	3,175	523	1,116	.469	23	102	224	338	545	627	232	35	302	1,293
1981-82	NYK	82	79	3,044	619	1,343	.461	19	101	212	303	565	572	213	41	291	1,469
1982-83	2TM	64	51	2,076	346	815	.425	8	51	106	163	295	432	182	24	244	806
	GSW	33	25	1,074	176	427	.412	4	31	55	87	145	245	101	9	137	411
	NJN	31	26	1,002	170	388	.438	4	20	51	76	150	187	81	15	107	395
1983-84	NJN	48	25	1,285	243	528	.460	14	58	76	108	172	214	103	20	118	576
1984-85	NJN	82	82	3,127	690	1,470	.469	29	115	240	313	457	669	243	22	249	1,649
1985-86	NJN	47	39	1,604	296	661	.448	4	27	141	179	250	340	125	11	150	737
Career		556	—	—	3,419	7,479	.457	124	564	1291	1870	3056	3899	1463	206	1854	8,253

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1978-79	NYK	72	16.9	5.9	14.3	.414	—	—	2.0	3.8	6.9	6.3	3.0	0.5	4.2	13.9
1979-80	NYK	82	37.3	5.9	12.5	.472	0.3	1.3	2.6	4.0	6.3	9.8	3.1	0.4	4.2	14.8
1980-81	NYK	79	40.2	5.9	12.7	.469	0.3	1.2	2.5	3.8	6.2	7.1	2.6	0.4	3.4	14.7
1981-82	NYK	82	37.1	7.3	15.9	.461	0.2	1.2	2.5	3.6	6.7	6.8	2.5	0.5	3.4	17.4
1982-83	2TM	64	32.4	6.0	14.1	.425	0.1	0.9	1.8	2.8	5.1	7.5	3.2	0.4	4.2	14.0
	GSW	33	32.5	5.9	14.3	.412	0.1	1.0	1.8	2.9	4.9	8.2	3.4	0.3	4.6	13.8
	NJN	31	32.3	6.1	13.9	.438	0.1	0.7	1.8	2.7	5.4	6.7	2.9	0.5	3.8	14.2
1983-84	NJN	48	26.8	6.8	14.8	.460	0.4	1.6	2.1	3.0	4.8	6.0	2.9	0.6	3.3	16.1
1984-85	NJN	82	38.1	7.9	16.9	.469	0.3	1.3	2.8	3.6	5.3	7.7	2.8	0.3	2.9	19.0
1985-86	NJN	47	34.1	6.6	14.8	.448	0.1	0.6	3.2	4.0	5.6	7.6	2.8	0.2	3.4	16.5

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
1978-79	NYK	72	1,218	12.4	.435	21.9	-1.4	1.7	0.3	.013	-2.7	+1.6	-1.1	+0.3
1979-80	NYK	82	3,060	17.8	.517	19.7	2.4	3.7	6.0	.094	+1.7	+1.3	+3.1	+3.9
1980-81	NYK	79	3,175	17.1	.511	20.0	2.2	4.7	6.9	.104	+1.4	+1.9	+3.2	+4.2
1981-82	NYK	82	3,044	17.7	.498	23.9	1.6	3.8	5.5	.086	+1.3	+1.4	+2.7	+3.6
1982-83	2TM	64	2,076	13.9	.454	21.4	-1.1	3.2	2.0	.047	-1.2	+1.6	+0.4	+1.3
	GSW	33	1,074	13.6	.442	22.0	-1.1	1.2	0.1	.006	-1.7	+0.9	-0.8	+0.3
	NJN	31	1,002	14.2	.469	20.7	0.0	1.9	1.9	.092	-0.6	+2.3	+1.7	+0.9
1983-84	NJN	48	1,285	15.1	.500	21.5	0.3	2.1	2.4	.090	-0.4	+2.2	+1.8	+1.2
1984-85	NJN	82	3,127	19.8	.513	24.0	4.5	4.2	8.7	.134	+2.5	+1.6	+4.1	+4.8
1985-86	NJN	47	1,604	16.9	.498	22.1	1.0	2.3	3.3	.099	+0.8	+2.1	+2.8	+1.9
Career		556	—	—	—	—	—	—	35.1	—	—	—	—	+21.2

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Michael Ray Richardson has averaged 14.8 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 7.0 APG over 8 seasons (1978-79–1985-86).

Michael Ray Richardson is 6-5 (189 lb).

Michael Ray Richardson was drafted in 1978, round 1, pick 4, by the New York Knicks.