Buck Williams

Seasons 1981-82–1997-98 · 17 on record · Ht 6-8 · b. 1960

★ Rookie of the Year3× All-StarAll-NBA4× All-Defense

Player info

12.8 PPG, 10.0 RPG, 1.3 APG · 1307 games · .549 FG% · .167 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1981-82	NJN	21	82	34.5	.582	0.000	.624	12.3	1.3	1.0	1.0	15.5	17.2	.603
1982-83	NJN	22	82	36.1	.588	0.000	.620	12.5	1.5	1.1	1.3	17.0	18.6	.611
1983-84	NJN	23	81	37.1	.535	0.000	.570	12.3	1.6	1.0	1.5	15.7	15.8	.556
1984-85	NJN	24	82	38.8	.530	.250	.625	12.3	2.0	0.8	1.3	18.2	16.7	.562
1985-86	NJN	25	82	37.4	.523	0.000	.676	12.0	1.6	0.9	1.2	15.9	15.1	.565
1986-87	NJN	26	82	36.3	.557	0.000	.731	12.5	1.6	1.0	1.1	18.0	17.6	.616
1987-88	NJN	27	70	37.7	.560	1.000	.668	11.9	1.6	1.0	0.6	18.3	18.2	.603
1988-89	NJN	28	74	33.1	.531	0.000	.666	9.4	1.1	0.8	0.5	13.0	14.6	.569
1989-90	POR	29	82	34.2	.548	0.000	.706	9.8	1.4	0.8	0.5	13.6	14.3	.597
1990-91	POR	30	80	32.3	.602	—	.705	9.4	1.2	0.6	0.6	11.7	14.3	.639
1991-92	POR	31	80	31.5	.604	0.000	.754	8.8	1.4	0.8	0.5	11.3	15.0	.651
1992-93	POR	32	82	30.5	.511	0.000	.645	8.4	0.9	1.0	0.7	8.3	11.9	.545
1993-94	POR	33	81	32.5	.555	0.000	.679	10.4	1.0	0.7	0.6	9.7	14.0	.598
1994-95	POR	34	82	29.5	.512	.500	.673	8.2	1.0	0.8	0.8	9.2	13.6	.545
1995-96	POR	35	70	23.9	.500	.667	.668	5.8	0.6	0.6	0.7	7.3	12.3	.548
1996-97	NYK	36	74	20.2	.537	0.000	.642	5.4	0.7	0.5	0.5	6.3	13.9	.574
1997-98	NYK	37	41	18.0	.503	—	.732	4.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	4.9	12.3	.560

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1981-82	NJN	82	82	2,825	513	881	.582	0	1	242	388	1005	107	84	84	235	1,268
1982-83	NJN	82	82	2,961	536	912	.588	0	4	324	523	1027	125	91	110	246	1,396
1983-84	NJN	81	81	3,003	495	926	.535	0	4	284	498	1000	130	81	125	237	1,274
1984-85	NJN	82	82	3,182	577	1,089	.530	1	4	336	538	1005	167	63	110	238	1,491
1985-86	NJN	82	82	3,070	500	956	.523	0	2	301	445	986	131	73	96	244	1,301
1986-87	NJN	82	82	2,976	521	936	.557	0	1	430	588	1023	129	78	91	280	1,472
1987-88	NJN	70	70	2,637	466	832	.560	1	1	346	518	834	109	68	44	189	1,279
1988-89	NJN	74	72	2,446	373	702	.531	0	3	213	320	696	78	61	36	142	959
1989-90	POR	82	82	2,801	413	754	.548	0	1	288	408	800	116	69	39	168	1,114
1990-91	POR	80	80	2,582	358	595	.602	0	0	217	308	751	97	47	47	137	933
1991-92	POR	80	80	2,519	340	563	.604	0	1	221	293	704	108	62	41	130	901
1992-93	POR	82	82	2,498	270	528	.511	0	1	138	214	690	75	81	61	101	678
1993-94	POR	81	81	2,636	291	524	.555	0	1	201	296	843	80	58	47	111	783
1994-95	POR	82	82	2,422	309	604	.512	1	2	138	205	669	78	67	69	119	757
1995-96	POR	70	10	1,672	192	384	.500	2	3	125	187	404	42	40	47	90	511
1996-97	NYK	74	4	1,496	175	326	.537	0	1	115	179	397	53	40	38	79	465
1997-98	NYK	41	6	738	75	149	.503	0	0	52	71	183	21	17	15	38	202
Career		1307	—	—	6,404	11,661	.549	5	30	3971	5979	13017	1646	1080	1100	2784	16,784

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1981-82	NJN	82	34.5	6.5	11.2	.582	0.0	3.1	4.9	12.8	1.4	1.1	1.1	3.0	16.2
1982-83	NJN	82	36.1	6.5	11.1	.588	0.0	3.9	6.4	12.5	1.5	1.1	1.3	3.0	17.0
1983-84	NJN	81	37.1	5.9	11.1	.535	0.0	3.4	6.0	12.0	1.6	1.0	1.5	2.8	15.3
1984-85	NJN	82	38.8	6.5	12.3	.530	0.0	3.8	6.1	11.4	1.9	0.7	1.2	2.7	16.9
1985-86	NJN	82	37.4	5.9	11.2	.523	0.0	3.5	5.2	11.6	1.5	0.9	1.1	2.9	15.3
1986-87	NJN	82	36.3	6.3	11.3	.557	0.0	5.2	7.1	12.4	1.6	0.9	1.1	3.4	17.8
1987-88	NJN	70	37.7	6.4	11.4	.560	0.0	4.7	7.1	11.4	1.5	0.9	0.6	2.6	17.5
1988-89	NJN	74	33.1	5.5	10.3	.531	0.0	3.1	4.7	10.2	1.1	0.9	0.5	2.1	14.1
1989-90	POR	82	34.2	5.3	9.7	.548	0.0	3.7	5.2	10.3	1.5	0.9	0.5	2.2	14.3
1990-91	POR	80	32.3	5.0	8.3	.602	0.0	3.0	4.3	10.5	1.4	0.7	0.7	1.9	13.0
1991-92	POR	80	31.5	4.9	8.0	.604	0.0	3.2	4.2	10.1	1.5	0.9	0.6	1.9	12.9
1992-93	POR	82	30.5	3.9	7.6	.511	0.0	2.0	3.1	9.9	1.1	1.2	0.9	1.5	9.8
1993-94	POR	81	32.5	4.0	7.2	.555	0.0	2.7	4.0	11.5	1.1	0.8	0.6	1.5	10.7
1994-95	POR	82	29.5	4.6	9.0	.512	0.0	2.1	3.0	9.9	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.8	11.3
1995-96	POR	70	23.9	4.1	8.3	.500	0.1	2.7	4.0	8.7	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.9	11.0
1996-97	NYK	74	20.2	4.2	7.8	.537	0.0	2.8	4.3	9.6	1.3	1.0	0.9	1.9	11.2
1997-98	NYK	41	18.0	3.7	7.3	.503	0.0	2.5	3.5	8.9	1.0	0.8	0.7	1.9	9.9

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
1981-82	NJN	82	2,825	17.2	.603	18.2	3.6	5.3	8.9	.152	+0.7	+0.0	+0.7	+1.9
1982-83	NJN	82	2,961	18.6	.611	18.4	5.5	5.9	11.4	.185	+1.6	+0.4	+2.0	+3.0
1983-84	NJN	81	3,003	15.8	.556	18.3	2.4	4.9	7.3	.117	+0.0	-0.2	-0.1	+1.4
1984-85	NJN	82	3,182	16.7	.562	19.8	3.7	4.0	7.7	.116	+0.4	-0.6	-0.3	+1.4
1985-86	NJN	82	3,070	15.1	.565	18.1	2.8	4.0	6.8	.106	-0.1	-0.4	-0.6	+1.1
1986-87	NJN	82	2,976	17.6	.616	20.0	4.3	3.6	7.9	.127	+0.9	-0.5	+0.5	+1.9
1987-88	NJN	70	2,637	18.2	.603	20.0	4.8	2.8	7.6	.138	+1.3	-1.1	+0.2	+1.5
1988-89	NJN	74	2,446	14.6	.569	16.5	3.0	2.1	5.2	.101	-0.5	-0.8	-1.2	+0.5
1989-90	POR	82	2,801	14.3	.597	15.5	4.3	4.3	8.7	.149	+0.1	+0.6	+0.7	+1.9
1990-91	POR	80	2,582	14.3	.639	13.7	4.6	3.9	8.5	.158	+0.2	+0.3	+0.5	+1.6
1991-92	POR	80	2,519	15.0	.651	13.3	5.4	3.8	9.2	.175	+0.7	+0.5	+1.2	+2.0
1992-93	POR	82	2,498	11.9	.545	11.9	2.3	3.8	6.1	.117	-1.8	+0.8	-1.0	+0.6
1993-94	POR	81	2,636	14.0	.598	11.8	4.7	3.2	7.9	.143	-0.2	-0.4	-0.6	+0.9
1994-95	POR	82	2,422	13.6	.545	14.2	2.5	3.6	6.1	.121	-1.3	+0.5	-0.8	+0.7
1995-96	POR	70	1,672	12.3	.548	14.6	1.4	2.6	3.9	.113	-2.4	+1.0	-1.4	+0.3
1996-97	NYK	74	1,496	13.9	.574	14.9	2.1	2.8	4.8	.155	-1.0	+1.1	+0.1	+0.8
1997-98	NYK	41	738	12.3	.560	13.9	0.9	1.2	2.1	.135	-1.7	+0.5	-1.2	+0.2
Career		1307	—	—	—	—	—	—	120.1	—	—	—	—	+21.7

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%
1981-82	2	39.5	17.5	10.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	.538	—	.537
1982-83	2	42.5	19.0	11.5	2.0	1.0	1.0	.500	—	.617
1983-84	11	43.0	15.5	14.1	1.5	1.4	1.5	.485	—	.516
1984-85	3	41.0	24.7	10.7	0.3	1.0	1.7	.650	—	.695
1985-86	3	42.0	20.7	10.3	0.7	2.0	0.3	.724	—	.767
1989-90	21	37.0	13.0	9.2	1.9	0.6	0.3	.508	—	.557
1990-91	16	35.8	10.3	8.9	0.9	0.6	0.2	.500	—	.530
1991-92	21	36.1	9.6	8.5	1.0	1.3	0.8	.508	—	.591
1992-93	4	29.8	8.8	7.2	0.2	0.2	0.8	.478	—	.558
1993-94	4	31.2	12.8	8.8	0.5	1.0	0.5	.679	—	.737
1994-95	3	34.3	8.3	6.3	0.3	1.3	0.7	.600	—	.630
1995-96	5	26.6	4.8	5.0	0.2	0.2	0.8	.391	.500	.460
1996-97	10	18.7	4.3	4.0	0.6	0.3	0.4	.486	—	.506
1997-98	10	14.7	1.4	1.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	.444	—	.559
Career	115	34.3	10.5	8.2	1.0	0.8	0.6	.520	.500	.571

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	660	13.1	10.1	1.3	441–219
Away	668	12.1	9.5	1.1	282–386
In wins	723	12.8	9.9	1.3	723–0
In losses	605	12.4	9.7	1.2	0–605

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	64	13.7	10.3	1.3	26–38
BOS Boston Celtics	68	13.8	10.3	1.5	26–42
BKN Brooklyn Nets	18	9.2	8.5	0.7	13–5
CHA Charlotte Hornets	28	8.9	9.0	0.8	19–9
CHI Chicago Bulls	64	13.9	9.6	1.2	32–32
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	61	13.3	9.2	1.6	37–24
DAL Dallas Mavericks	47	12.0	9.7	1.2	31–16
DEN Denver Nuggets	48	12.1	10.3	1.0	29–19
DET Detroit Pistons	61	15.7	11.5	1.5	30–31
GSW Golden State Warriors	49	12.6	10.8	1.2	30–19
HOU Houston Rockets	47	11.2	9.3	1.2	25–22
IND Indiana Pacers	63	14.5	11.2	1.5	36–27
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	48	11.5	9.6	1.2	34–14
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	52	12.1	8.5	1.3	27–25
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	6	5.7	3.2	1.0	5–1
MIA Miami Heat	22	8.8	8.2	0.6	17–5
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	63	13.4	9.8	1.3	25–38
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	31	9.5	7.8	0.8	27–4
NYK New York Knicks	59	15.4	10.9	1.6	39–20
ORL Orlando Magic	23	9.4	8.0	0.9	15–8
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	68	13.7	10.0	1.0	32–36
PHX Phoenix Suns	53	12.0	9.3	1.2	27–26
POR Portland Trail Blazers	18	13.1	10.4	1.1	5–13
SAC Sacramento Kings	51	12.3	9.6	1.1	33–18
SAS San Antonio Spurs	45	11.2	9.9	1.3	17–28
TOR Toronto Raptors	9	5.0	3.8	1.1	8–1
UTA Utah Jazz	43	10.9	8.8	1.5	19–24
WAS Washington Wizards	3	7.3	4.3	0.0	1–2

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Darker = a larger share of this player’s shots came from that range; the number is field-goal % from there.

Average shot distance 7.0 ft · 3% of attempts were dunks

Nominal salaries; tracked coverage is limited to seasons in the current dataset.

Buck Williams plays PF for the New York Knicks.

Buck Williams has averaged 12.8 PPG, 10.0 RPG, 1.3 APG over 17 seasons (1981-82–1997-98).

Buck Williams's salary is $1,670,000 for the 1998-99 season, with career earnings of about $4.3M.

Buck Williams is 6-8 (215 lb).

Buck Williams was drafted in 1981, round 1, pick 3.