Brian Taylor

PG · SDC

Seasons 1972-73–1981-82 · 10 on record · Ht 6-2 · b. 1951

2× All-Star3× All-Defense

Player info

13.1 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 4.1 APG · 601 games · .493 FG% · .356 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1972-73	NYA	21	63	32.3	.515	.160	.743	3.2	2.8	—	—	15.3	13.2	.555
1973-74	NYA	22	75	33.4	.476	.276	.699	2.9	4.5	2.1	0.3	11.1	12.7	.506
1974-75	NYA	23	79	33.1	.513	.217	.765	2.9	3.6	2.8	0.3	14.0	16.0	.549
1975-76	NYA	24	54	32.1	.489	.421	.792	3.0	3.8	2.3	0.4	16.7	17.2	.555
1976-77	KCK	25	72	34.6	.504	—	.818	3.3	4.4	2.8	0.2	17.0	17.6	.550
1977-78	DEN	26	39	31.3	.452	—	.765	2.5	3.4	1.8	0.2	11.6	11.6	.498
1978-79	SDC	27	20	10.6	.361	—	.889	1.3	1.0	1.2	0.0	3.8	11.1	.418
1979-80	SDC	28	78	35.3	.467	.377	.802	2.4	4.3	1.9	0.3	13.5	13.9	.546
1980-81	SDC	29	80	28.9	.525	.383	.789	1.9	5.5	1.5	0.3	10.1	15.9	.602
1981-82	SDC	30	41	31.1	.503	.365	.818	2.3	5.6	1.1	0.2	10.8	13.7	.588

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1972-73	NYA	63	—	2,038	395	767	.515	4	25	168	226	203	175	—	—	137	962
1973-74	NYA	75	—	2,505	363	762	.476	8	29	100	143	214	341	154	22	164	834
1974-75	NYA	79	—	2,611	472	920	.513	10	46	150	196	232	282	221	26	152	1,104
1975-76	NYA	54	—	1,733	354	724	.489	32	76	164	207	162	204	125	22	153	904
1976-77	KCK	72	—	2,488	501	995	.504	—	—	225	275	238	320	199	16	—	1,227
1977-78	DEN	39	—	1,222	182	403	.452	—	—	88	115	98	132	71	9	77	452
1978-79	SDC	20	—	212	30	83	.361	—	—	16	18	26	20	24	0	17	76
1979-80	SDC	78	—	2,754	418	895	.467	90	239	130	162	188	335	147	25	141	1,056
1980-81	SDC	80	—	2,312	310	591	.525	44	115	146	185	151	440	118	23	111	810
1981-82	SDC	41	40	1,274	165	328	.503	23	63	90	110	96	229	47	9	82	443
Career		601	—	—	3,190	6,468	.493	211	593	1277	1637	1608	2478	1106	152	1034	7,868

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1972-73	NYA	63	32.3	7.0	13.5	.515	0.1	0.4	3.0	4.0	3.6	3.1	—	—	2.4	17.0
1973-74	NYA	75	33.4	5.2	11.0	.476	0.1	0.4	1.4	2.1	3.1	4.9	2.2	0.3	2.4	12.0
1974-75	NYA	79	33.1	6.5	12.7	.513	0.1	0.6	2.1	2.7	3.2	3.9	3.0	0.4	2.1	15.2
1975-76	NYA	54	32.1	7.4	15.0	.489	0.7	1.6	3.4	4.3	3.4	4.2	2.6	0.5	3.2	18.8
1976-77	KCK	72	34.6	7.2	14.4	.504	—	—	3.3	4.0	3.4	4.6	2.9	0.2	—	17.8
1977-78	DEN	39	31.3	5.4	11.9	.452	—	—	2.6	3.4	2.9	3.9	2.1	0.3	2.3	13.3
1978-79	SDC	20	10.6	5.1	14.1	.361	—	—	2.7	3.1	4.4	3.4	4.1	0.0	2.9	12.9
1979-80	SDC	78	35.3	5.5	11.7	.467	1.2	3.1	1.7	2.1	2.5	4.4	1.9	0.3	1.8	13.8
1980-81	SDC	80	28.9	4.8	9.2	.525	0.7	1.8	2.3	2.9	2.4	6.9	1.8	0.4	1.7	12.6
1981-82	SDC	41	31.1	4.7	9.3	.503	0.6	1.8	2.5	3.1	2.7	6.5	1.3	0.3	2.3	12.5

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
1972-73	NYA	63	2,038	13.2	.555	20.2	3.5	0.1	3.6	.085	—	—	—	—
1973-74	NYA	75	2,505	12.7	.506	15.3	2.0	3.3	5.3	.102	-1.0	+1.6	+0.6	+1.6
1974-75	NYA	79	2,611	16.0	.549	17.7	3.6	4.7	8.3	.153	-0.2	+2.9	+2.6	+3.0
1975-76	NYA	54	1,733	17.2	.555	21.3	2.7	2.1	4.8	.133	+1.3	+1.3	+2.6	+2.0
1976-77	KCK	72	2,488	17.6	.550	—	5.1	2.8	7.9	.152	+1.5	+1.5	+3.0	+3.1
1977-78	DEN	39	1,222	11.6	.498	16.6	0.9	0.9	1.8	.071	-1.8	+0.3	-1.4	+0.2
1978-79	SDC	20	212	11.1	.418	19.3	-0.1	0.2	0.1	.032	-3.8	+1.9	-1.9	+0.0
1979-80	SDC	78	2,754	13.9	.546	16.1	4.6	1.0	5.6	.098	+0.2	+0.2	+0.4	+1.7
1980-81	SDC	80	2,312	15.9	.602	13.8	5.6	1.4	7.1	.146	+1.7	+0.6	+2.3	+2.5
1981-82	SDC	41	1,274	13.7	.588	14.7	2.3	0.0	2.3	.085	+0.9	-1.1	-0.2	+0.6
Career		601	—	—	—	—	—	—	46.8	—	—	—	—	+14.7

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	172	12.7	2.7	4.8	110–62
Away	158	11.9	2.1	4.1	49–109
In wins	159	13.9	2.5	4.6	159–0
In losses	171	10.9	2.3	4.3	0–171

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	11	11.3	2.1	3.8	7–4
BOS Boston Celtics	10	11.8	3.2	3.2	3–7
BKN Brooklyn Nets	11	13.7	1.8	4.5	9–2
CHI Chicago Bulls	15	12.6	1.8	4.6	6–9
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	11	12.7	2.9	3.9	5–6
DAL Dallas Mavericks	9	14.4	2.3	6.2	6–3
DEN Denver Nuggets	20	12.4	2.4	4.4	7–13
DET Detroit Pistons	10	14.2	2.7	4.0	3–7
GSW Golden State Warriors	21	13.6	2.0	5.3	13–8
HOU Houston Rockets	16	13.1	2.4	4.5	9–7
IND Indiana Pacers	11	10.0	2.6	4.4	6–5
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	22	11.7	1.9	5.0	9–13
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	15	12.1	2.7	4.7	7–8
NYK New York Knicks	10	12.0	3.0	3.2	5–5
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	9	14.1	2.7	5.6	3–6
PHX Phoenix Suns	22	10.7	1.9	3.9	10–12
POR Portland Trail Blazers	20	10.4	2.5	4.8	8–12
SAC Sacramento Kings	16	10.5	2.9	4.6	6–10
SAS San Antonio Spurs	12	13.6	2.4	5.0	4–8
UTA Utah Jazz	21	12.0	1.9	3.9	13–8

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Brian Taylor has averaged 13.1 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 4.1 APG over 10 seasons (1972-73–1981-82).

Brian Taylor is 6-2 (185 lb).

Brian Taylor was drafted in 1972, round 2, pick 23.