Herb Williams

Seasons 1981-82–1998-99 · 18 on record · Ht 6-11 · b. 1958

Player info

Position	C
Number	#32
Team	New York Knicks
Height	6-11
Weight	260 lb
Born	1958-02-16
College	Ohio State
Drafted	1981 · Round 1, Pick 14 · Indiana Pacers
Seasons	1981-82–1998-99 (18)

Career averages

10.8 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 1.7 APG · 1102 games · .467 FG% · .095 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1981-82	IND	23	82	27.8	.477	.286	.670	7.4	1.7	0.6	2.2	11.5	16.1	.503
1982-83	IND	24	78	32.2	.499	0.000	.705	7.5	3.4	0.7	2.2	16.9	17.4	.522
1983-84	IND	25	69	33.0	.478	0.000	.702	8.0	3.1	0.9	1.6	14.9	14.8	.520
1984-85	IND	26	75	34.1	.475	.111	.657	8.5	3.4	0.7	1.8	18.3	15.5	.505
1985-86	IND	27	78	35.5	.492	.083	.730	9.1	2.2	0.6	2.4	19.9	17.9	.533
1986-87	IND	28	74	34.1	.480	0.000	.740	7.3	2.4	0.8	1.3	14.9	14.1	.521
1987-88	IND	29	75	26.2	.425	0.000	.737	6.3	1.3	0.5	1.9	10.0	12.0	.463
1988-89	2TM	30	76	32.5	.436	0.000	.686	7.8	1.6	0.6	1.8	10.2	10.6	.471
	IND	30	46	34.1	.450	0.000	.714	8.6	1.9	0.7	1.7	12.6	11.8	.484
	DAL	30	30	30.1	.396	0.000	.632	6.6	1.2	0.5	1.8	6.6	8.6	.438
1989-90	DAL	31	81	27.1	.444	.222	.679	4.8	1.5	0.6	1.3	8.6	10.4	.476
1990-91	DAL	32	60	30.5	.507	0.000	.638	6.0	1.6	0.5	1.5	12.5	13.1	.524
1991-92	DAL	33	75	27.2	.431	.167	.725	6.1	1.3	0.5	1.3	11.5	12.6	.464
1992-93	NYK	34	55	10.4	.411	—	.667	2.7	0.3	0.4	0.5	2.9	10.1	.429
1993-94	NYK	35	70	11.1	.442	0.000	.643	2.6	0.4	0.3	0.6	3.3	10.4	.463
1994-95	NYK	36	56	13.3	.456	—	.622	2.4	0.5	0.2	0.8	3.3	7.7	.476
1995-96	2TM	37	44	13.0	.408	.250	.650	2.0	0.6	0.3	0.8	3.1	8.0	.429
	TOR	37	1	31.0	.375	—	—	8.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	6.0	8.7	.375
	NYK	37	43	12.6	.410	.250	.650	1.9	0.6	0.3	0.7	3.1	7.9	.432
1996-97	NYK	38	21	8.8	.391	0.000	.750	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.9	7.0	.408
1997-98	NYK	39	27	6.6	.419	—	.125	1.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	1.4	6.1	.398
1998-99	NYK	40	6	5.7	.500	—	1.000	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.7	12.2	.563

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1981-82	IND	82	75	2,277	407	854	.477	2	7	126	188	605	139	53	178	137	942
1982-83	IND	78	74	2,513	580	1,163	.499	0	7	155	220	583	262	54	171	229	1,315
1983-84	IND	69	53	2,279	411	860	.478	0	4	207	295	554	215	60	108	207	1,029
1984-85	IND	75	70	2,557	575	1,211	.475	1	9	224	341	634	252	54	134	265	1,375
1985-86	IND	78	74	2,770	627	1,275	.492	1	12	294	403	710	174	50	184	210	1,549
1986-87	IND	74	67	2,526	451	939	.480	0	9	199	269	543	174	59	93	145	1,101
1987-88	IND	75	37	1,966	311	732	.425	0	6	126	171	469	98	37	146	119	748
1988-89	2TM	76	66	2,470	322	739	.436	0	5	133	194	593	124	46	134	149	777
	IND	46	46	1,567	244	542	.450	0	3	90	126	396	88	31	80	108	578
	DAL	30	20	903	78	197	.396	0	2	43	68	197	36	15	54	41	199
1989-90	DAL	81	19	2,199	295	665	.444	2	9	108	159	391	119	51	106	106	700
1990-91	DAL	60	36	1,832	332	655	.507	0	4	83	130	357	95	30	88	113	747
1991-92	DAL	75	26	2,040	367	851	.431	1	6	124	171	454	94	35	98	114	859
1992-93	NYK	55	0	571	72	175	.411	0	0	14	21	146	19	21	28	22	158
1993-94	NYK	70	3	774	103	233	.442	0	1	27	42	182	28	18	43	39	233
1994-95	NYK	56	3	743	82	180	.456	0	0	23	37	132	27	13	45	40	187
1995-96	2TM	44	2	571	62	152	.408	1	4	13	20	90	27	14	33	22	138
	TOR	1	0	31	3	8	.375	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	2	0	6
	NYK	43	2	540	59	144	.410	1	4	13	20	82	27	13	31	22	132
1996-97	NYK	21	2	184	18	46	.391	0	1	3	4	31	5	4	5	5	39
1997-98	NYK	27	0	178	18	43	.419	0	0	1	8	29	4	6	9	5	37
1998-99	NYK	6	0	34	4	8	.500	0	0	2	2	6	0	0	2	2	10
Career		1102	—	—	5,037	10,781	.467	8	84	1862	2675	6509	1856	605	1605	1929	11,944

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1981-82	IND	82	27.8	6.4	13.5	.477	0.0	0.1	2.0	3.0	9.6	2.2	0.8	2.8	2.2	14.9
1982-83	IND	78	32.2	8.3	16.7	.499	0.0	0.1	2.2	3.2	8.4	3.8	0.8	2.4	3.3	18.8
1983-84	IND	69	33.0	6.5	13.6	.478	0.0	0.1	3.3	4.7	8.8	3.4	0.9	1.7	3.3	16.3
1984-85	IND	75	34.1	8.1	17.0	.475	0.0	0.1	3.2	4.8	8.9	3.5	0.8	1.9	3.7	19.4
1985-86	IND	78	35.5	8.1	16.6	.492	0.0	0.2	3.8	5.2	9.2	2.3	0.6	2.4	2.7	20.1
1986-87	IND	74	34.1	6.4	13.4	.480	0.0	0.1	2.8	3.8	7.7	2.5	0.8	1.3	2.1	15.7
1987-88	IND	75	26.2	5.7	13.4	.425	0.0	0.1	2.3	3.1	8.6	1.8	0.7	2.7	2.2	13.7
1988-89	2TM	76	32.5	4.7	10.8	.436	0.0	0.1	1.9	2.8	8.6	1.8	0.7	2.0	2.2	11.3
	IND	46	34.1	5.6	12.5	.450	0.0	0.1	2.1	2.9	9.1	2.0	0.7	1.8	2.5	13.3
	DAL	30	30.1	3.1	7.9	.396	0.0	0.1	1.7	2.7	7.9	1.4	0.6	2.2	1.6	7.9
1989-90	DAL	81	27.1	4.8	10.9	.444	0.0	0.1	1.8	2.6	6.4	1.9	0.8	1.7	1.7	11.5
1990-91	DAL	60	30.5	6.5	12.9	.507	0.0	0.1	1.6	2.6	7.0	1.9	0.6	1.7	2.2	14.7
1991-92	DAL	75	27.2	6.5	15.0	.431	0.0	0.1	2.2	3.0	8.0	1.7	0.6	1.7	2.0	15.2
1992-93	NYK	55	10.4	4.5	11.0	.411	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.3	9.2	1.2	1.3	1.8	1.4	10.0
1993-94	NYK	70	11.1	4.8	10.8	.442	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.0	8.5	1.3	0.8	2.0	1.8	10.8
1994-95	NYK	56	13.3	4.0	8.7	.456	0.0	0.0	1.1	1.8	6.4	1.3	0.6	2.2	1.9	9.1
1995-96	2TM	44	13.0	3.9	9.6	.408	0.1	0.3	0.8	1.3	5.7	1.7	0.9	2.1	1.4	8.7
	TOR	1	31.0	3.5	9.3	.375	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.3	0.0	1.2	2.3	0.0	7.0
	NYK	43	12.6	3.9	9.6	.410	0.1	0.3	0.9	1.3	5.5	1.8	0.9	2.1	1.5	8.8
1996-97	NYK	21	8.8	3.5	9.0	.391	0.0	0.2	0.6	0.8	6.1	1.0	0.8	1.0	1.0	7.6
1997-98	NYK	27	6.6	3.6	8.7	.419	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.6	5.9	0.8	1.2	1.8	1.0	7.5
1998-99	NYK	6	5.7	4.2	8.5	.500	0.0	0.0	2.1	2.1	6.4	0.0	0.0	2.1	2.1	10.6

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Advanced stats

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1981-82	IND	82	2,277	16.1	.503	19.7	0.8	3.8	4.6	.097	-0.5	+1.3	+0.8	+1.6
1982-83	IND	78	2,513	17.4	.522	23.3	1.7	1.8	3.5	.067	+0.6	+0.2	+0.8	+1.8
1983-84	IND	69	2,279	14.8	.520	21.7	-0.3	3.1	2.8	.059	-0.8	+0.4	-0.4	+0.9
1984-85	IND	75	2,557	15.5	.505	25.0	-1.0	3.1	2.2	.041	-0.4	+0.4	+0.0	+1.3
1985-86	IND	78	2,770	17.9	.533	24.6	2.0	4.2	6.2	.107	+0.7	+0.7	+1.4	+2.4
1986-87	IND	74	2,526	14.1	.521	19.9	1.3	3.4	4.7	.090	-0.7	+0.6	-0.2	+1.1
1987-88	IND	75	1,966	12.0	.463	19.9	-1.1	2.9	1.8	.044	-3.2	+1.1	-2.1	+0.0
1988-89	2TM	76	2,470	10.6	.471	16.6	-1.2	2.6	1.4	.027	-2.7	+0.4	-2.3	-0.2
	IND	46	1,567	11.8	.484	18.8	-0.6	1.6	0.9	.029	-2.1	+0.4	-1.8	+0.1
	DAL	30	903	8.6	.438	12.8	-0.6	1.0	0.5	.025	-3.6	+0.5	-3.1	-0.3
1989-90	DAL	81	2,199	10.4	.476	16.8	-0.6	2.8	2.2	.048	-3.1	+1.1	-2.0	+0.0
1990-91	DAL	60	1,832	13.1	.524	19.9	0.1	1.6	1.7	.045	-2.1	-0.1	-2.1	-0.1
1991-92	DAL	75	2,040	12.6	.464	21.9	-1.0	1.9	0.8	.020	-2.6	-0.2	-2.8	-0.4
1992-93	NYK	55	571	10.1	.429	15.6	-0.3	1.4	1.1	.095	-3.7	+2.4	-1.3	+0.1
1993-94	NYK	70	774	10.4	.463	16.4	-0.2	1.7	1.6	.098	-4.3	+1.6	-2.7	-0.1
1994-95	NYK	56	743	7.7	.476	14.6	-0.7	1.3	0.6	.041	-5.3	+2.0	-3.3	-0.2
1995-96	2TM	44	571	8.0	.429	14.9	-0.6	0.9	0.4	.033	-5.3	+1.7	-3.6	-0.2
	TOR	1	31	8.7	.375	11.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	.033	-5.2	-1.3	-6.5	+0.0
	NYK	43	540	7.9	.432	15.1	-0.5	0.9	0.4	.033	-5.3	+1.8	-3.4	-0.2
1996-97	NYK	21	184	7.0	.408	13.2	-0.1	0.3	0.2	.051	-4.1	+0.6	-3.5	-0.1
1997-98	NYK	27	178	6.1	.398	13.6	-0.2	0.3	0.2	.041	-6.7	+2.6	-4.2	-0.1
1998-99	NYK	6	34	12.2	.563	15.4	0.0	0.0	0.1	.094	-0.6	-1.0	-1.5	+0.0
Career		1102	—	—	—	—	—	—	36.1	—	—	—	—	+7.8

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

Playoff stats

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1986-87	4	33.5	11.8	5.0	1.8	0.0	0.2	.588	—	.592
1989-90	3	27.0	13.7	4.3	1.7	0.3	0.7	.609	—	.682
1992-93	7	9.9	2.0	2.0	0.3	0.1	0.6	.357	—	.444
1993-94	19	6.7	1.5	1.1	0.2	0.2	0.6	.419	—	.433
1994-95	8	6.9	1.0	0.9	0.0	0.6	0.6	.231	—	.288
1995-96	5	6.6	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	.600	—	.666
1996-97	10	7.0	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.400	—	.400
1998-99	20	1.4	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	.200	—	.200
Career	76	9.3	2.0	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.3	.469	—	.515

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	636	9.7	5.5	1.6	379–257
Away	621	9.3	4.8	1.4	193–428
In wins	572	8.1	4.6	1.3	572–0
In losses	685	10.6	5.7	1.7	0–685

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	68	10.9	5.6	1.7	21–47
BOS Boston Celtics	70	10.8	5.5	1.4	32–38
BKN Brooklyn Nets	72	9.3	5.4	1.3	38–34
CHA Charlotte Hornets	30	5.2	3.2	0.4	15–15
CHI Chicago Bulls	67	11.0	5.4	1.6	28–39
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	71	8.9	5.4	1.8	34–37
DAL Dallas Mavericks	23	10.7	6.0	2.0	10–13
DEN Denver Nuggets	39	10.5	6.1	1.6	22–17
DET Detroit Pistons	68	10.2	5.6	1.7	29–39
GSW Golden State Warriors	36	11.1	5.9	1.6	20–16
HOU Houston Rockets	39	9.8	5.7	1.1	15–24
IND Indiana Pacers	27	4.6	2.7	0.6	19–8
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	34	10.7	6.1	1.3	21–13
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	38	10.7	5.7	1.7	13–25
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	6	1.3	0.8	0.0	5–1
MIA Miami Heat	33	4.5	3.3	0.7	20–13
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	67	10.0	5.6	1.8	24–43
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	21	5.7	3.4	1.0	14–7
NYK New York Knicks	49	14.2	6.9	2.3	19–30
ORL Orlando Magic	35	3.5	1.7	0.4	19–16
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	74	10.3	4.8	1.7	27–47
PHX Phoenix Suns	36	9.2	4.7	1.6	16–20
POR Portland Trail Blazers	31	9.0	5.6	1.5	7–24
SAC Sacramento Kings	39	8.6	4.6	1.3	20–19
SAS San Antonio Spurs	36	10.0	5.0	1.6	16–20
TOR Toronto Raptors	12	1.8	1.7	0.1	9–3
UTA Utah Jazz	36	9.1	5.5	1.4	11–25
WAS Washington Wizards	7	0.0	0.0	0.0	3–4

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 1998-99

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

Range	% of shots	FG%
At the rim (0-3 ft)	12%	1.000
In the paint (3-10 ft)	38%	.667
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	25%	0.000
Long two (16 ft-3P)	25%	.500
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	0%	—

Average shot distance 10.3 ft · 0% of attempts were dunks

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
1990-91	$1,000,000
1991-92	$1,183,000
1992-93	$430,000
1993-94	$1,600,000
1994-95	$1,000,000
1995-96	$1,300,000
1996-97	$757,000
1997-98	$766,667
1998-99	$1,000,000
Career earnings	$9,036,667

Frequently asked questions

What team does Herb Williams play for?

Herb Williams plays C for the New York Knicks.

What are Herb Williams's career stats?

Herb Williams has averaged 10.8 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 1.7 APG over 18 seasons (1981-82–1998-99).

How much does Herb Williams make?

Herb Williams's salary is $1,000,000 for the 1998-99 season, with career earnings of about $9.0M.

How tall is Herb Williams?

Herb Williams is 6-11 (260 lb).

When was Herb Williams drafted?

Herb Williams was drafted in 1981, round 1, pick 14, by the Indiana Pacers.