Walt Wesley

Seasons 1966-67–1975-76 · 10 on record · Ht 6-11 · b. 1945

Player info

Nickname	Quiet Giant, Wonderful Walt, Big Shorty
Position	C
Number	#44 (also #13, #20, #31, #28, #21)
Team	Los Angeles Lakers
Height	6-11
Weight	220 lb
Born	1945-01-25
College	Kansas
Drafted	1966 · Round 1, Pick 6 · CIN
Seasons	1966-67–1975-76 (10)

8.5 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 0.7 APG · 590 games · .434 FG% · — 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1966-67	CIN	22	64	14.2	.393	—	.423	5.1	0.3	—	—	4.9	8.6	.406
1967-68	CIN	23	66	13.9	.465	—	.500	4.3	0.5	—	—	6.8	12.6	.480
1968-69	CIN	24	82	16.3	.459	—	.647	4.9	0.6	—	—	7.6	13.6	.499
1969-70	CHI	25	72	19.5	.417	—	.662	6.3	0.9	—	—	9.5	13.2	.460
1970-71	CLE	26	82	29.6	.455	—	.687	8.7	1.0	—	—	17.7	17.1	.502
1971-72	CLE	27	82	26.6	.410	—	.674	8.7	0.9	—	—	12.4	13.2	.450
1972-73	2TM	28	57	8.3	.381	—	.565	2.6	0.5	—	—	3.2	10.3	.405
	CLE	28	12	9.2	.298	—	.667	3.2	0.6	—	—	3.0	7.8	.344
	PHX	28	45	8.1	.406	—	.529	2.5	0.5	—	—	3.2	11.1	.424
1973-74	CAP	29	39	10.3	.470	—	.605	3.5	0.4	0.2	0.5	4.3	15.1	.494
1974-75	2TM	30	45	5.5	.452	—	.593	1.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	2.2	12.0	.477
	PHI	30	4	8.3	.556	—	.500	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	3.0	10.7	.558
	MIL	30	41	5.2	.440	—	.609	1.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	2.1	12.2	.467
1975-76	LAL	31	1	7.0	.500	—	.500	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	13.3	.532

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1966-67	CIN	64	—	909	131	333	.393	—	—	52	123	329	19	—	—	—	314
1967-68	CIN	66	—	918	188	404	.465	—	—	76	152	281	34	—	—	—	452
1968-69	CIN	82	—	1,334	245	534	.459	—	—	134	207	403	47	—	—	—	624
1969-70	CHI	72	—	1,407	270	648	.417	—	—	145	219	455	68	—	—	—	685
1970-71	CLE	82	—	2,425	565	1,241	.455	—	—	325	473	713	83	—	—	—	1,455
1971-72	CLE	82	—	2,185	412	1,006	.410	—	—	196	291	711	76	—	—	—	1,020
1972-73	2TM	57	—	474	77	202	.381	—	—	26	46	151	31	—	—	—	180
	CLE	12	—	110	14	47	.298	—	—	8	12	38	7	—	—	—	36
	PHX	45	—	364	63	155	.406	—	—	18	34	113	24	—	—	—	144
1973-74	CAP	39	—	400	71	151	.470	—	—	26	43	136	14	9	20	—	168
1974-75	2TM	45	0	247	42	93	.452	—	—	16	27	63	12	7	5	—	100
	PHI	4	0	33	5	9	.556	—	—	2	4	8	1	0	0	—	12
	MIL	41	—	214	37	84	.440	—	—	14	23	55	11	7	5	—	88
1975-76	LAL	1	—	7	1	2	.500	—	—	2	4	1	1	0	0	—	4
Career		590	—	—	2,002	4,614	.434	0	0	998	1585	3243	385	16	25	0	5,002

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1966-67	CIN	64	14.2	5.2	13.2	.393	—	—	2.1	4.9	13.0	0.8	—	—	—	12.4
1967-68	CIN	66	13.9	7.4	15.8	.465	—	—	3.0	6.0	11.0	1.3	—	—	—	17.7
1968-69	CIN	82	16.3	6.6	14.4	.459	—	—	3.6	5.6	10.9	1.3	—	—	—	16.8
1969-70	CHI	72	19.5	6.9	16.6	.417	—	—	3.7	5.6	11.6	1.7	—	—	—	17.5
1970-71	CLE	82	29.6	8.4	18.4	.455	—	—	4.8	7.0	10.6	1.2	—	—	—	21.6
1971-72	CLE	82	26.6	6.8	16.6	.410	—	—	3.2	4.8	11.7	1.3	—	—	—	16.8
1972-73	2TM	57	8.3	5.8	15.3	.381	—	—	2.0	3.5	11.5	2.4	—	—	—	13.7
	CLE	12	9.2	4.6	15.4	.298	—	—	2.6	3.9	12.4	2.3	—	—	—	11.8
	PHX	45	8.1	6.2	15.3	.406	—	—	1.8	3.4	11.2	2.4	—	—	—	14.2
1973-74	CAP	39	10.3	6.4	13.6	.470	—	—	2.3	3.9	12.2	1.3	0.8	1.8	—	15.1
1974-75	2TM	45	5.5	6.1	13.6	.452	—	—	2.3	3.9	9.2	1.7	1.0	0.7	—	14.6
	PHI	4	8.2	5.5	9.8	.556	—	—	2.2	4.4	8.7	1.1	0.0	0.0	—	13.1
	MIL	41	5.2	6.2	14.1	.440	—	—	2.4	3.9	9.3	1.9	1.2	0.8	—	14.8
1975-76	LAL	1	7.0	5.1	10.3	.500	—	—	10.3	20.6	5.1	5.1	0.0	0.0	—	20.6

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
1966-67	CIN	64	909	8.6	.406	—	-1.1	0.6	-0.4	-.022	—	—	—	—
1967-68	CIN	66	918	12.6	.480	—	0.5	0.2	0.7	.037	—	—	—	—
1968-69	CIN	82	1,334	13.6	.499	—	1.5	0.2	1.7	.063	—	—	—	—
1969-70	CHI	72	1,407	13.2	.460	—	-0.5	1.7	1.2	.041	—	—	—	—
1970-71	CLE	82	2,425	17.1	.502	—	3.2	0.9	4.1	.082	—	—	—	—
1971-72	CLE	82	2,185	13.2	.450	—	-1.1	2.3	1.2	.026	—	—	—	—
1972-73	2TM	57	474	10.3	.405	—	-0.7	0.4	-0.3	-.026	—	—	—	—
	CLE	12	110	7.8	.344	—	-0.4	0.2	-0.2	-.082	—	—	—	—
	PHX	45	364	11.1	.424	—	-0.3	0.3	-0.1	-.010	—	—	—	—
1973-74	CAP	39	400	15.1	.494	—	0.3	0.7	1.0	.121	-1.9	+0.1	-1.9	+0.0
1974-75	2TM	45	247	12.0	.477	—	-0.1	0.3	0.2	.046	-4.0	-0.1	-4.1	-0.1
	PHI	4	33	10.7	.558	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	.065	-4.0	-0.3	-4.4	+0.0
	MIL	41	214	12.2	.467	—	-0.1	0.3	0.2	.043	-4.0	-0.1	-4.1	-0.1
1975-76	LAL	1	7	13.3	.532	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	.042	-4.6	+0.0	-4.6	+0.0
Career		590	—	—	—	—	—	—	9.4	—	—	—	—	-0.1

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	FG%	3P%	TS%
1966-67	3	0.0	1.3	3.0	0.0	.200	—	.200
1969-70	4	14.8	9.5	4.8	0.5	.516	—	.524
1973-74	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	—	—
Career	8	7.5	5.2	3.5	0.2	.439	—	.454

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	307	8.5	5.4	0.6	161–146
Away	283	8.4	5.4	0.5	81–202
In wins	242	7.5	4.9	0.5	242–0
In losses	348	9.2	5.7	0.6	0–348

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	41	9.6	5.2	0.6	15–26
BOS Boston Celtics	47	7.9	5.7	0.5	14–33
CHI Chicago Bulls	37	6.8	3.8	0.2	14–23
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	6	4.5	3.5	0.8	5–1
DET Detroit Pistons	49	6.9	4.4	0.2	25–24
GSW Golden State Warriors	38	6.6	4.7	0.8	19–19
HOU Houston Rockets	31	9.1	5.4	0.6	13–18
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	36	7.1	4.9	0.5	9–27
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	26	8.8	5.1	0.5	8–18
NYK New York Knicks	43	8.2	5.3	0.5	17–26
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	44	7.2	4.6	0.6	18–26
PHX Phoenix Suns	28	10.7	6.2	1.0	10–18
POR Portland Trail Blazers	27	13.5	7.6	0.9	12–15
SAC Sacramento Kings	10	3.0	2.8	0.4	6–4
UTA Utah Jazz	3	3.0	1.0	0.0	2–1

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Walt Wesley plays C for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Walt Wesley has averaged 8.5 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 0.7 APG over 10 seasons (1966-67–1975-76).

Walt Wesley is 6-11 (220 lb).

Walt Wesley was drafted in 1966, round 1, pick 6.