Dick Van Arsdale

Seasons 1965-66–1976-77 · 12 on record · Ht 6-5 · b. 1943

3× All-StarAll-Defense

Player info

Nickname	The Original Sun, The Flying Dutchman
Position	SG
Number	#5
Team	Phoenix Suns
Height	6-5
Weight	210 lb
Born	1943-02-22
College	Indiana
Drafted	1965 · Round 2, Pick 13 · New York Knicks
Seasons	1965-66–1976-77 (12)

16.4 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 3.3 APG · 921 games · .464 FG% · — 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1965-66	NYK	22	79	29.0	.428	—	.715	4.8	2.3	—	—	12.3	11.7	.488
1966-67	NYK	23	79	36.6	.449	—	.729	7.0	3.1	—	—	15.1	13.3	.524
1967-68	NYK	24	78	30.1	.436	—	.670	5.4	2.9	—	—	11.0	11.7	.491
1968-69	PHX	25	80	42.4	.442	—	.705	6.9	4.8	—	—	21.0	15.1	.503
1969-70	PHX	26	77	38.5	.508	—	.798	3.4	4.4	—	—	21.3	16.0	.579
1970-71	PHX	27	81	39.0	.452	—	.811	3.9	4.1	—	—	21.9	16.5	.538
1971-72	PHX	28	82	37.8	.463	—	.845	4.1	3.6	—	—	19.7	16.0	.557
1972-73	PHX	29	81	36.8	.476	—	.859	4.0	3.3	—	—	18.4	15.4	.558
1973-74	PHX	30	78	36.3	.500	—	.853	2.8	4.2	1.2	0.2	17.8	15.5	.572
1974-75	PHX	31	70	34.6	.470	—	.832	2.7	2.8	1.2	0.2	16.1	14.3	.538
1975-76	PHX	32	58	32.2	.484	—	.830	2.4	2.4	0.9	0.2	12.9	12.4	.555
1976-77	PHX	33	78	19.7	.456	—	.873	1.5	1.5	0.4	0.1	7.7	11.1	.524

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1965-66	NYK	79	—	2,289	359	838	.428	—	—	251	351	376	184	—	—	—	969
1966-67	NYK	79	—	2,892	410	913	.449	—	—	371	509	555	247	—	—	—	1,191
1967-68	NYK	78	—	2,348	316	725	.436	—	—	227	339	424	230	—	—	—	859
1968-69	PHX	80	—	3,388	612	1,386	.442	—	—	454	644	548	385	—	—	—	1,678
1969-70	PHX	77	—	2,966	592	1,166	.508	—	—	459	575	264	338	—	—	—	1,643
1970-71	PHX	81	—	3,157	609	1,346	.452	—	—	553	682	316	329	—	—	—	1,771
1971-72	PHX	82	—	3,096	545	1,178	.463	—	—	529	626	334	297	—	—	—	1,619
1972-73	PHX	81	—	2,979	532	1,118	.476	—	—	426	496	326	268	—	—	—	1,490
1973-74	PHX	78	—	2,832	514	1,028	.500	—	—	361	423	221	324	96	17	—	1,389
1974-75	PHX	70	—	2,419	421	895	.470	—	—	282	339	189	195	81	11	—	1,124
1975-76	PHX	58	—	1,870	276	570	.484	—	—	195	235	137	140	52	11	—	747
1976-77	PHX	78	—	1,535	227	498	.456	—	—	145	166	117	120	35	5	—	599
Career		921	—	—	5,413	11,661	.464	0	0	4253	5385	3807	3057	264	44	0	15,079

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1965-66	NYK	79	29.0	5.6	13.2	.428	—	—	3.9	5.5	5.9	2.9	—	—	—	15.2
1966-67	NYK	79	36.6	5.1	11.4	.449	—	—	4.6	6.3	6.9	3.1	—	—	—	14.8
1967-68	NYK	78	30.1	4.8	11.1	.436	—	—	3.5	5.2	6.5	3.5	—	—	—	13.2
1968-69	PHX	80	42.4	6.5	14.7	.442	—	—	4.8	6.8	5.8	4.1	—	—	—	17.8
1969-70	PHX	77	38.5	7.2	14.2	.508	—	—	5.6	7.0	3.2	4.1	—	—	—	19.9
1970-71	PHX	81	39.0	6.9	15.3	.452	—	—	6.3	7.8	3.6	3.8	—	—	—	20.2
1971-72	PHX	82	37.8	6.3	13.7	.463	—	—	6.2	7.3	3.9	3.5	—	—	—	18.8
1972-73	PHX	81	36.8	6.4	13.5	.476	—	—	5.1	6.0	3.9	3.2	—	—	—	18.0
1973-74	PHX	78	36.3	6.5	13.1	.500	—	—	4.6	5.4	2.8	4.1	1.2	0.2	—	17.7
1974-75	PHX	70	34.6	6.3	13.3	.470	—	—	4.2	5.0	2.8	2.9	1.2	0.2	—	16.7
1975-76	PHX	58	32.2	5.3	11.0	.484	—	—	3.8	4.5	2.6	2.7	1.0	0.2	—	14.4
1976-77	PHX	78	19.7	5.3	11.7	.456	—	—	3.4	3.9	2.7	2.8	0.8	0.1	—	14.0

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
1965-66	NYK	79	2,289	11.7	.488	—	2.1	0.5	2.6	.055	—	—	—	—
1966-67	NYK	79	2,892	13.3	.524	—	4.3	1.0	5.2	.087	—	—	—	—
1967-68	NYK	78	2,348	11.7	.491	—	1.7	2.1	3.8	.077	—	—	—	—
1968-69	PHX	80	3,388	15.1	.503	—	4.7	1.0	5.6	.080	—	—	—	—
1969-70	PHX	77	2,966	16.0	.579	—	8.0	0.9	9.0	.145	—	—	—	—
1970-71	PHX	81	3,157	16.5	.538	—	7.1	3.1	10.2	.155	—	—	—	—
1971-72	PHX	82	3,096	16.0	.557	—	7.4	3.0	10.4	.161	—	—	—	—
1972-73	PHX	81	2,979	15.4	.558	—	7.4	1.4	8.7	.141	—	—	—	—
1973-74	PHX	78	2,832	15.5	.572	—	6.6	0.5	7.0	.119	+0.9	-1.1	-0.2	+1.3
1974-75	PHX	70	2,419	14.3	.538	—	4.6	1.2	5.9	.116	+0.0	-0.5	-0.5	+0.9
1975-76	PHX	58	1,870	12.4	.555	—	3.1	0.9	4.0	.102	-0.4	-1.0	-1.3	+0.3
1976-77	PHX	78	1,535	11.1	.524	—	1.7	1.1	2.7	.086	-1.2	-0.8	-1.9	+0.0
Career		921	—	—	—	—	—	—	75.1	—	—	—	—	+2.5

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%
1966-67	4	38.2	11.5	6.2	3.5	0.0	0.0	.319	—	.406
1967-68	4	22.0	3.2	4.0	3.2	0.0	0.0	.227	—	.274
1969-70	7	36.4	16.4	2.6	4.1	0.0	0.0	.430	—	.502
1975-76	19	24.8	8.5	1.2	2.0	0.6	0.1	.488	—	.558
Career	34	28.5	9.9	2.4	2.8	0.4	0.1	.422	—	.494

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	456	16.3	3.6	3.3	265–191
Away	465	16.5	3.9	3.0	142–323
In wins	407	17.3	3.7	3.2	407–0
In losses	514	15.7	3.8	3.0	0–514

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	65	15.6	4.4	2.8	28–37
BOS Boston Celtics	66	16.4	3.7	3.0	16–50
BKN Brooklyn Nets	3	16.3	3.0	2.3	2–1
CHI Chicago Bulls	63	17.4	3.2	3.2	28–35
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	23	18.0	2.9	4.0	16–7
DEN Denver Nuggets	4	7.2	1.2	2.2	1–3
DET Detroit Pistons	71	16.0	3.3	2.6	35–36
GSW Golden State Warriors	76	15.8	4.4	3.4	37–39
HOU Houston Rockets	45	17.8	4.3	3.6	27–18
IND Indiana Pacers	4	10.2	3.5	2.0	2–2
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	77	15.0	3.6	3.0	31–46
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	50	16.9	4.0	3.8	14–36
NYK New York Knicks	39	17.0	3.8	3.2	11–28
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	64	15.5	4.7	3.1	25–39
POR Portland Trail Blazers	35	18.0	2.2	2.8	22–13
SAC Sacramento Kings	22	15.3	2.8	2.7	8–14
SAS San Antonio Spurs	3	7.0	1.7	2.0	1–2
UTA Utah Jazz	12	14.0	2.2	2.0	7–5

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Dick Van Arsdale plays SG for the Phoenix Suns.

Dick Van Arsdale has averaged 16.4 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 3.3 APG over 12 seasons (1965-66–1976-77).

Dick Van Arsdale is 6-5 (210 lb).

Dick Van Arsdale was drafted in 1965, round 2, pick 13, by the New York Knicks.