Ralph Simpson

SG · NJN

Seasons 1970-71–1979-80 · 10 on record · Ht 6-5 · b. 1949

5× All-Star

Player info

16.7 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 3.3 APG · 705 games · .449 FG% · .190 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1970-71	DNR	21	81	22.5	.415	.283	.754	2.9	2.1	—	—	14.2	14.4	.467
1971-72	DNR	22	84	35.8	.460	.136	.805	4.7	3.1	—	—	27.4	20.0	.511
1972-73	DNR	23	81	32.0	.438	.208	.757	4.6	2.7	1.6	0.1	23.3	19.2	.494
1973-74	DNR	24	75	29.9	.428	.083	.754	4.3	2.5	1.4	0.2	18.7	15.4	.463
1974-75	DNA	25	82	34.9	.505	.083	.754	4.8	5.4	2.0	0.2	20.6	17.3	.545
1975-76	DNA	26	84	37.2	.511	.167	.780	5.4	7.1	1.8	0.3	18.0	15.7	.555
1976-77	DET	27	77	20.7	.427	—	.708	2.4	2.3	0.9	0.1	11.0	14.4	.462
1977-78	2TM	28	64	20.7	.375	—	.817	2.5	2.5	1.2	0.1	8.1	10.1	.416
	DET	28	32	23.1	.413	—	.844	2.6	2.7	1.0	0.1	10.6	11.7	.454
	DEN	28	32	18.3	.317	—	.775	2.3	2.3	1.3	0.1	5.5	8.1	.357
1978-79	2TM	29	69	14.2	.402	—	.685	1.4	1.8	0.5	0.1	6.1	9.7	.440
	PHI	29	37	12.2	.444	—	.700	0.9	1.6	0.7	0.0	5.5	11.2	.473
	NJN	29	32	16.5	.367	—	.676	1.9	2.1	0.4	0.1	6.9	8.4	.414
1979-80	NJN	30	8	10.1	.383	0.000	.500	1.4	1.8	1.1	0.0	5.1	12.6	.399

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1970-71	DNR	81	—	1,820	460	1,108	.415	17	60	215	285	231	168	—	—	186	1,152
1971-72	DNR	84	—	3,006	920	2,000	.460	3	22	457	568	398	258	—	—	266	2,300
1972-73	DNR	81	—	2,589	732	1,670	.438	5	24	421	556	371	222	127	11	283	1,890
1973-74	DNR	75	—	2,244	597	1,395	.428	2	24	208	276	326	191	103	12	196	1,404
1974-75	DNA	82	—	2,863	694	1,374	.505	1	12	303	402	391	442	166	19	314	1,692
1975-76	DNA	84	—	3,121	619	1,211	.511	4	24	273	350	454	597	153	23	360	1,515
1976-77	DET	77	—	1,597	356	834	.427	—	—	138	195	181	180	68	5	—	850
1977-78	2TM	64	—	1,323	216	576	.375	—	—	85	104	157	159	75	7	126	517
	DET	32	—	739	143	346	.413	—	—	54	64	82	87	32	3	78	340
	DEN	32	—	584	73	230	.317	—	—	31	40	75	72	43	4	48	177
1978-79	2TM	69	0	979	174	433	.402	—	—	76	111	96	126	37	5	100	424
	PHI	37	0	452	87	196	.444	—	—	28	40	35	58	25	1	47	202
	NJN	32	—	527	87	237	.367	—	—	48	71	61	68	12	4	53	222
1979-80	NJN	8	—	81	18	47	.383	0	2	5	10	11	14	9	0	12	41
Career		705	—	—	4,786	10,648	.449	32	168	2181	2857	2616	2357	738	82	1843	11,785

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1970-71	DNR	81	22.5	9.1	21.9	.415	0.3	1.2	4.3	5.6	4.6	3.3	—	—	3.7	22.8
1971-72	DNR	84	35.8	11.0	24.0	.460	0.0	0.3	5.5	6.8	4.8	3.1	—	—	3.2	27.5
1972-73	DNR	81	32.0	10.2	23.2	.438	0.1	0.3	5.9	7.7	5.2	3.1	1.8	0.2	3.9	26.3
1973-74	DNR	75	29.9	9.6	22.4	.428	0.0	0.4	3.3	4.4	5.2	3.1	1.7	0.2	3.1	22.5
1974-75	DNA	82	34.9	8.7	17.3	.505	0.0	0.2	3.8	5.1	4.9	5.6	2.1	0.2	3.9	21.3
1975-76	DNA	84	37.2	7.1	14.0	.511	0.0	0.3	3.1	4.0	5.2	6.9	1.8	0.3	4.2	17.5
1976-77	DET	77	20.7	8.0	18.8	.427	—	—	3.1	4.4	4.1	4.1	1.5	0.1	—	19.2
1977-78	2TM	64	20.7	5.9	15.7	.375	—	—	2.3	2.8	4.3	4.3	2.0	0.2	3.4	14.1
	DET	32	23.1	7.0	16.9	.413	—	—	2.6	3.1	4.0	4.2	1.6	0.1	3.8	16.6
	DEN	32	18.2	4.5	14.2	.317	—	—	1.9	2.5	4.6	4.4	2.7	0.2	3.0	10.9
1978-79	2TM	69	14.2	6.4	15.9	.402	—	—	2.8	4.1	3.5	4.6	1.4	0.2	3.7	15.6
	PHI	37	12.2	6.9	15.6	.444	—	—	2.2	3.2	2.8	4.6	2.0	0.1	3.7	16.1
	NJN	32	16.5	5.9	16.2	.367	—	—	3.3	4.9	4.2	4.6	0.8	0.3	3.6	15.2
1979-80	NJN	8	10.1	8.0	20.9	.383	0.0	0.9	2.2	4.4	4.9	6.2	4.0	0.0	5.3	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
1970-71	DNR	81	1,820	14.4	.467	27.3	-0.3	1.4	1.1	.029	—	—	—	—
1971-72	DNR	84	3,006	20.0	.511	31.4	4.0	3.2	7.2	.115	—	—	—	—
1972-73	DNR	81	2,589	19.2	.494	32.7	0.8	3.4	4.2	.078	—	—	—	—
1973-74	DNR	75	2,244	15.4	.463	29.4	0.3	2.0	2.3	.050	-0.3	-0.5	-0.8	+0.7
1974-75	DNA	82	2,863	17.3	.545	24.7	3.8	3.4	7.2	.120	+1.4	+0.0	+1.4	+2.4
1975-76	DNA	84	3,121	15.7	.555	20.5	3.4	3.0	6.3	.097	+1.1	-0.4	+0.7	+2.1
1976-77	DET	77	1,597	14.4	.462	—	0.4	0.8	1.2	.037	-0.6	-1.5	-2.1	+0.0
1977-78	2TM	64	1,323	10.1	.416	21.6	-1.3	1.1	-0.2	-.007	-2.8	-0.7	-3.4	-0.5
	DET	32	739	11.7	.454	23.4	-0.3	0.5	0.2	.012	-1.8	-1.3	-3.2	-0.2
	DEN	32	584	8.1	.357	19.3	-1.0	0.6	-0.4	-.032	-3.9	+0.2	-3.7	-0.3
1978-79	2TM	69	979	9.7	.440	22.7	-1.1	0.9	-0.2	-.010	-2.7	-1.3	-4.0	-0.5
	PHI	37	452	11.2	.473	22.5	-0.3	0.5	0.2	.021	-2.2	-0.5	-2.7	-0.1
	NJN	32	527	8.4	.414	22.9	-0.8	0.4	-0.4	-.036	-3.1	-2.0	-5.1	-0.4
1979-80	NJN	8	81	12.6	.399	30.2	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-.064	-3.1	+0.2	-2.9	+0.0
Career		705	—	—	—	—	—	—	29.0	—	—	—	—	+4.2

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%
1976-77	2	8.5	0.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.000	—	0.000
1977-78	13	17.3	7.8	1.5	2.9	0.3	0.2	.453	—	.485
1978-79	2	5.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	.400	—	.400
Career	17	14.8	6.2	1.4	2.4	0.2	0.1	.413	—	.445

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	114	8.9	2.1	2.4	79–35
Away	103	7.9	1.9	1.9	34–69
In wins	113	8.9	2.1	2.3	113–0
In losses	104	8.0	2.0	2.0	0–104

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	13	7.8	1.7	1.8	9–4
BOS Boston Celtics	14	5.8	2.0	2.3	8–6
BKN Brooklyn Nets	9	12.0	2.2	2.6	6–3
CHI Chicago Bulls	11	8.9	1.8	2.1	6–5
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	10	9.4	1.6	1.7	5–5
DEN Denver Nuggets	7	11.3	1.7	2.9	2–5
DET Detroit Pistons	6	3.7	0.8	1.2	5–1
GSW Golden State Warriors	12	11.8	2.6	3.2	6–6
HOU Houston Rockets	8	7.8	1.5	2.2	5–3
IND Indiana Pacers	11	6.5	2.7	1.7	5–6
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	4	2.8	1.8	0.2	3–1
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	8	6.2	0.9	1.9	4–4
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	11	10.5	2.6	2.8	7–4
NYK New York Knicks	11	10.7	2.7	1.7	3–8
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	9	6.7	1.3	2.3	4–5
PHX Phoenix Suns	10	8.2	2.0	2.2	5–5
POR Portland Trail Blazers	12	10.1	2.8	1.7	6–6
SAC Sacramento Kings	11	8.5	1.8	2.2	8–3
SAS San Antonio Spurs	8	12.1	2.9	3.6	2–6
UTA Utah Jazz	8	7.5	3.5	3.4	7–1

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Ralph Simpson has averaged 16.7 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 3.3 APG over 10 seasons (1970-71–1979-80).

Ralph Simpson is 6-5 (200 lb).

Ralph Simpson was drafted in 1972, round 1, pick 11, by the Chicago Bulls.