Paul Silas

PF · SEA

Seasons 1964-65–1979-80 · 16 on record · Ht 6-7 · b. 1943

2× All-Star5× All-Defense

Player info

9.4 PPG, 9.9 RPG, 2.1 APG · 1254 games · .432 FG% · — 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1964-65	STL	21	79	15.7	.373	—	.506	7.3	0.6	—	—	4.6	12.3	.406
1965-66	STL	22	46	12.7	.405	—	.574	5.1	0.5	—	—	3.8	11.4	.438
1966-67	STL	23	77	20.4	.429	—	.531	8.7	1.0	—	—	6.8	12.9	.458
1967-68	STL	24	82	32.3	.458	—	.705	11.7	2.0	—	—	13.4	15.9	.519
1968-69	ATL	25	79	23.5	.419	—	.613	9.4	1.8	—	—	8.7	15.4	.475
1969-70	PHX	26	78	36.4	.464	—	.607	11.7	2.7	—	—	12.8	12.8	.505
1970-71	PHX	27	81	36.3	.428	—	.685	12.5	3.0	—	—	11.9	14.1	.494
1971-72	PHX	28	80	38.5	.470	—	.773	11.9	4.3	—	—	17.5	18.3	.549
1972-73	BOS	29	80	32.7	.470	—	.700	13.0	3.1	—	—	13.3	17.9	.523
1973-74	BOS	30	82	31.7	.440	—	.783	11.2	2.3	0.8	0.2	11.5	14.5	.513
1974-75	BOS	31	82	32.5	.417	—	.709	12.5	2.7	0.7	0.3	10.6	14.6	.482
1975-76	BOS	32	81	32.9	.426	—	.709	12.7	2.5	0.7	0.4	10.7	14.6	.488
1976-77	DEN	33	81	24.2	.360	—	.667	7.5	1.6	0.7	0.3	7.2	10.8	.425
1977-78	SEA	34	82	26.5	.397	—	.586	8.1	1.8	0.8	0.2	5.8	10.2	.437
1978-79	SEA	35	82	23.9	.423	—	.598	7.0	1.4	0.4	0.2	5.6	10.4	.468
1979-80	SEA	36	82	19.5	.378	—	.654	5.3	0.8	0.3	0.1	3.8	8.2	.439

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1964-65	STL	79	—	1,243	140	375	.373	—	—	83	164	576	48	—	—	—	363
1965-66	STL	46	—	586	70	173	.405	—	—	35	61	236	22	—	—	—	175
1966-67	STL	77	—	1,570	207	482	.429	—	—	113	213	669	74	—	—	—	527
1967-68	STL	82	—	2,652	399	871	.458	—	—	299	424	958	162	—	—	—	1,097
1968-69	ATL	79	—	1,853	241	575	.419	—	—	204	333	745	140	—	—	—	686
1969-70	PHX	78	—	2,836	373	804	.464	—	—	250	412	916	214	—	—	—	996
1970-71	PHX	81	—	2,944	338	789	.428	—	—	285	416	1015	247	—	—	—	961
1971-72	PHX	80	—	3,082	485	1,031	.470	—	—	433	560	955	343	—	—	—	1,403
1972-73	BOS	80	—	2,618	400	851	.470	—	—	266	380	1039	251	—	—	—	1,066
1973-74	BOS	82	—	2,599	340	772	.440	—	—	264	337	915	186	63	20	—	944
1974-75	BOS	82	—	2,661	312	749	.417	—	—	244	344	1025	224	60	22	—	868
1975-76	BOS	81	—	2,662	315	740	.426	—	—	236	333	1025	203	56	33	—	866
1976-77	DEN	81	—	1,959	206	572	.360	—	—	170	255	606	132	58	23	—	582
1977-78	SEA	82	—	2,172	184	464	.397	—	—	109	186	666	145	65	16	152	477
1978-79	SEA	82	—	1,957	170	402	.423	—	—	116	194	575	115	31	19	98	456
1979-80	SEA	82	—	1,595	113	299	.378	0	0	89	136	436	66	25	5	83	315
Career		1254	—	—	4,293	9,949	.432	0	0	3196	4748	12357	2572	358	138	333	11,782

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1964-65	STL	79	15.7	4.1	10.9	.373	—	—	2.4	4.7	16.7	1.4	—	—	—	10.5
1965-66	STL	46	12.7	4.3	10.6	.405	—	—	2.2	3.7	14.5	1.4	—	—	—	10.8
1966-67	STL	77	20.4	4.7	11.1	.429	—	—	2.6	4.9	15.3	1.7	—	—	—	12.1
1967-68	STL	82	32.3	5.4	11.8	.458	—	—	4.1	5.8	13.0	2.2	—	—	—	14.9
1968-69	ATL	79	23.5	4.7	11.2	.419	—	—	4.0	6.5	14.5	2.7	—	—	—	13.3
1969-70	PHX	78	36.4	4.7	10.2	.464	—	—	3.2	5.2	11.6	2.7	—	—	—	12.6
1970-71	PHX	81	36.3	4.1	9.6	.428	—	—	3.5	5.1	12.4	3.0	—	—	—	11.8
1971-72	PHX	80	38.5	5.7	12.0	.470	—	—	5.1	6.5	11.2	4.0	—	—	—	16.4
1972-73	BOS	80	32.7	5.5	11.7	.470	—	—	3.7	5.2	14.3	3.5	—	—	—	14.7
1973-74	BOS	82	31.7	4.7	10.7	.440	—	—	3.7	4.7	12.7	2.6	0.9	0.3	—	13.1
1974-75	BOS	82	32.5	4.2	10.1	.417	—	—	3.3	4.7	13.9	3.0	0.8	0.3	—	11.7
1975-76	BOS	81	32.9	4.3	10.0	.426	—	—	3.2	4.5	13.9	2.7	0.8	0.4	—	11.7
1976-77	DEN	81	24.2	3.8	10.5	.360	—	—	3.1	4.7	11.1	2.4	1.1	0.4	—	10.7
1977-78	SEA	82	26.5	3.0	7.7	.397	—	—	1.8	3.1	11.0	2.4	1.1	0.3	2.5	7.9
1978-79	SEA	82	23.9	3.1	7.4	.423	—	—	2.1	3.6	10.6	2.1	0.6	0.3	1.8	8.4
1979-80	SEA	82	19.5	2.6	6.7	.378	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.1	9.8	1.5	0.6	0.1	1.9	7.1

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
1964-65	STL	79	1,243	12.3	.406	—	-0.9	2.1	1.2	.046	—	—	—	—
1965-66	STL	46	586	11.4	.438	—	-0.1	0.6	0.5	.040	—	—	—	—
1966-67	STL	77	1,570	12.9	.458	—	0.1	1.7	1.8	.054	—	—	—	—
1967-68	STL	82	2,652	15.9	.519	—	3.5	3.4	6.9	.125	—	—	—	—
1968-69	ATL	79	1,853	15.4	.475	—	1.0	2.3	3.3	.085	—	—	—	—
1969-70	PHX	78	2,836	12.8	.505	—	1.8	1.5	3.3	.056	—	—	—	—
1970-71	PHX	81	2,944	14.1	.494	—	1.9	4.8	6.7	.110	—	—	—	—
1971-72	PHX	80	3,082	18.3	.549	—	6.1	5.0	11.0	.172	—	—	—	—
1972-73	BOS	80	2,618	17.9	.523	—	3.8	7.6	11.5	.210	—	—	—	—
1973-74	BOS	82	2,599	14.5	.513	—	3.6	4.0	7.7	.141	+0.3	+0.2	+0.4	+1.6
1974-75	BOS	82	2,661	14.6	.482	—	2.9	4.3	7.2	.130	+0.5	+0.1	+0.6	+1.7
1975-76	BOS	81	2,662	14.6	.488	—	3.2	3.9	7.2	.129	+0.8	+0.2	+1.0	+2.0
1976-77	DEN	81	1,959	10.8	.425	—	-0.2	2.8	2.5	.062	-1.7	-0.7	-2.4	-0.2
1977-78	SEA	82	2,172	10.2	.437	12.2	0.0	3.0	3.1	.067	-1.3	+0.1	-1.2	+0.4
1978-79	SEA	82	1,957	10.4	.468	11.7	1.3	2.6	3.9	.096	-1.0	-0.2	-1.2	+0.4
1979-80	SEA	82	1,595	8.2	.439	10.9	0.2	2.0	2.2	.066	-2.0	-0.9	-2.9	-0.4
Career		1254	—	—	—	—	—	—	80.0	—	—	—	—	+5.5

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%
1964-65	4	10.5	2.8	4.5	0.2	0.0	0.0	.400	—	.468
1965-66	7	11.4	2.6	4.9	0.3	0.0	0.0	.278	—	.394
1966-67	8	15.2	3.6	6.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	.250	—	.324
1967-68	6	29.7	11.8	9.5	3.5	0.0	0.0	.431	—	.524
1968-69	11	14.8	5.5	8.4	1.9	0.0	0.0	.362	—	.411
1969-70	7	40.9	16.1	15.9	4.3	0.0	0.0	.422	—	.459
1972-73	13	39.3	9.6	15.1	3.0	0.0	0.0	.392	—	.440
1973-74	18	31.9	8.0	10.6	2.6	0.4	0.1	.397	—	.482
1974-75	11	36.8	9.1	11.8	3.6	0.1	0.1	.457	—	.485
1975-76	18	41.2	10.8	13.7	2.3	0.9	0.2	.448	—	.526
1976-77	6	23.5	6.8	6.7	2.7	0.3	0.7	.424	—	.471
1977-78	22	27.5	4.9	8.5	1.6	0.5	0.3	.351	—	.444
1978-79	17	24.6	4.3	5.8	1.1	0.4	0.2	.389	—	.492
1979-80	15	17.1	2.5	5.0	1.0	0.2	0.1	.302	—	.380
Career	163	27.7	6.9	9.4	2.1	0.3	0.1	.397	—	.464

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	630	9.4	9.9	2.0	476–154
Away	624	9.4	9.6	2.1	302–322
In wins	778	9.7	10.2	2.1	778–0
In losses	476	8.8	9.1	1.9	0–476

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	49	11.5	11.6	2.3	34–15
BOS Boston Celtics	68	8.7	9.0	1.8	32–36
BKN Brooklyn Nets	14	5.3	8.2	1.0	10–4
CHI Chicago Bulls	77	10.1	9.6	2.0	47–30
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	43	9.7	10.3	2.4	30–13
DEN Denver Nuggets	14	5.2	8.4	1.3	9–5
DET Detroit Pistons	86	9.1	9.0	2.0	63–23
GSW Golden State Warriors	87	8.4	10.0	1.6	56–31
HOU Houston Rockets	64	11.1	10.4	2.4	49–15
IND Indiana Pacers	13	7.0	6.9	1.4	11–2
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	10	5.0	7.2	0.8	5–5
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	90	8.8	9.5	2.0	49–41
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	57	8.8	9.3	2.5	30–27
NYK New York Knicks	99	9.0	10.1	1.9	59–40
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	93	10.5	10.4	1.9	46–47
PHX Phoenix Suns	40	7.6	9.0	2.2	30–10
POR Portland Trail Blazers	43	9.9	9.7	2.9	34–9
SAC Sacramento Kings	34	9.0	9.4	1.8	21–13
SAS San Antonio Spurs	13	6.5	6.7	1.3	6–7
UTA Utah Jazz	26	7.0	8.7	1.6	21–5

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Paul Silas has averaged 9.4 PPG, 9.9 RPG, 2.1 APG over 16 seasons (1964-65–1979-80).

Paul Silas is 6-7 (220 lb).

Paul Silas was drafted in 1964, round 2, pick 12.