Hot Rod Williams

Seasons 1986-87–1998-99 · 13 on record · Ht 6-11 · b. 1962

Player info

Position	C
Number	#18
Team	Dallas Mavericks
Height	6-11
Weight	215 lb
Born	1962-08-09
College	Tulane
Drafted	1985 · Round 2, Pick 45 · Cleveland Cavaliers
Seasons	1986-87–1998-99 (13)

11.0 PPG, 6.8 RPG, 1.8 APG · 887 games · .480 FG% · .105 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1986-87	CLE	24	80	33.9	.485	0.000	.745	7.9	1.9	0.7	2.1	14.6	16.2	.544
1987-88	CLE	25	77	27.4	.477	0.000	.756	6.6	1.3	0.8	1.9	10.9	15.8	.536
1988-89	CLE	26	82	25.9	.509	.250	.748	5.8	1.3	0.9	1.6	11.6	17.6	.566
1989-90	CLE	27	82	33.9	.493	—	.739	8.1	2.0	1.0	2.0	16.8	19.0	.546
1990-91	CLE	28	43	30.1	.463	0.000	.652	6.7	2.3	0.8	1.6	11.7	14.9	.503
1991-92	CLE	29	80	30.4	.503	0.000	.752	7.6	2.5	0.8	2.3	11.9	18.6	.569
1992-93	CLE	30	67	30.7	.470	—	.716	6.2	2.3	0.7	1.6	11.0	13.7	.535
1993-94	CLE	31	76	35.0	.478	—	.728	7.6	2.5	1.0	1.7	13.7	16.2	.532
1994-95	CLE	32	74	35.7	.452	.200	.685	6.9	2.6	1.1	1.4	12.6	14.6	.496
1995-96	PHX	33	62	26.6	.453	0.000	.731	6.0	1.0	0.7	1.5	7.3	12.4	.501
1996-97	PHX	34	68	31.4	.490	0.000	.672	8.3	1.5	1.0	1.3	8.0	13.8	.538
1997-98	PHX	35	71	18.8	.470	—	.699	4.4	0.7	0.5	0.8	3.6	11.5	.525
1998-99	DAL	36	25	16.1	.333	—	.700	3.3	0.6	0.5	0.7	1.2	7.4	.388

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1986-87	CLE	80	80	2,714	435	897	.485	0	1	298	400	629	154	58	167	139	1,168
1987-88	CLE	77	50	2,106	316	663	.477	0	1	211	279	506	103	61	145	104	843
1988-89	CLE	82	10	2,125	356	700	.509	1	4	235	314	477	108	77	134	102	948
1989-90	CLE	82	29	2,776	528	1,070	.493	0	0	325	440	663	168	86	167	143	1,381
1990-91	CLE	43	14	1,293	199	430	.463	0	1	107	164	290	100	36	69	63	505
1991-92	CLE	80	12	2,432	341	678	.503	0	4	270	359	607	196	60	182	83	952
1992-93	CLE	67	13	2,055	263	560	.470	0	0	212	296	415	152	48	105	116	738
1993-94	CLE	76	72	2,660	394	825	.478	0	0	252	346	575	193	78	130	139	1,040
1994-95	CLE	74	73	2,641	366	810	.452	1	5	196	286	507	192	83	101	149	929
1995-96	PHX	62	58	1,652	180	397	.453	0	1	95	130	372	62	46	90	62	455
1996-97	PHX	68	66	2,137	204	416	.490	0	2	133	198	562	100	67	88	66	541
1997-98	PHX	71	30	1,333	95	202	.470	0	0	65	93	312	49	33	60	29	255
1998-99	DAL	25	11	403	11	33	.333	0	0	7	10	83	15	13	18	13	29
Career		887	—	—	3,688	7,681	.480	2	19	2406	3315	5998	1592	746	1456	1208	9,784

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1986-87	CLE	80	33.9	5.8	11.9	.485	0.0	4.0	5.3	8.3	2.0	0.8	2.2	1.8	15.5
1987-88	CLE	77	27.4	5.4	11.3	.477	0.0	3.6	4.8	8.6	1.8	1.0	2.5	1.8	14.4
1988-89	CLE	82	25.9	6.0	11.9	.509	0.1	4.0	5.3	8.1	1.8	1.3	2.3	1.7	16.1
1989-90	CLE	82	33.9	6.8	13.9	.493	0.0	4.2	5.7	8.6	2.2	1.1	2.2	1.9	17.9
1990-91	CLE	43	30.1	5.5	12.0	.463	0.0	3.0	4.6	8.1	2.8	1.0	1.9	1.8	14.1
1991-92	CLE	80	30.4	5.0	10.0	.503	0.1	4.0	5.3	9.0	2.9	0.9	2.7	1.2	14.1
1992-93	CLE	67	30.7	4.6	9.8	.470	0.0	3.7	5.2	7.3	2.7	0.8	1.8	2.0	12.9
1993-94	CLE	76	35.0	5.3	11.2	.478	0.0	3.4	4.7	7.8	2.6	1.1	1.8	1.9	14.1
1994-95	CLE	74	35.7	5.0	11.0	.452	0.1	2.7	3.9	6.9	2.6	1.1	1.4	2.0	12.7
1995-96	PHX	62	26.6	3.9	8.7	.453	0.0	2.1	2.8	8.1	1.4	1.0	2.0	1.4	9.9
1996-97	PHX	68	31.4	3.4	7.0	.490	0.0	2.2	3.3	9.5	1.7	1.1	1.5	1.1	9.1
1997-98	PHX	71	18.8	2.6	5.5	.470	0.0	1.8	2.5	8.4	1.3	0.9	1.6	0.8	6.9
1998-99	DAL	25	16.1	1.0	2.9	.333	0.0	0.6	0.9	7.4	1.3	1.2	1.6	1.2	2.6

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
1986-87	CLE	80	2,714	16.2	.544	17.9	3.8	3.7	7.5	.132	+0.5	+0.9	+1.4	+2.3
1987-88	CLE	77	2,106	15.8	.536	18.0	2.4	3.3	5.7	.130	-0.4	+1.1	+0.8	+1.5
1988-89	CLE	82	2,125	17.6	.566	18.8	3.8	3.8	7.7	.173	+0.7	+1.5	+2.2	+2.3
1989-90	CLE	82	2,776	19.0	.546	21.9	4.6	4.1	8.7	.150	+1.0	+1.1	+2.1	+2.9
1990-91	CLE	43	1,293	14.9	.503	19.1	1.0	1.4	2.4	.090	-0.7	+0.5	-0.2	+0.6
1991-92	CLE	80	2,432	18.6	.569	16.5	6.0	3.2	9.2	.181	+2.2	+1.4	+3.5	+3.4
1992-93	CLE	67	2,055	13.7	.535	17.4	1.7	2.8	4.5	.105	-1.0	+0.8	-0.1	+0.9
1993-94	CLE	76	2,660	16.2	.532	18.8	3.8	3.6	7.4	.134	+0.6	+0.9	+1.5	+2.4
1994-95	CLE	74	2,641	14.6	.496	19.7	0.9	4.4	5.3	.096	-0.8	+1.7	+0.8	+1.9
1995-96	PHX	62	1,652	12.4	.501	13.9	1.0	1.7	2.8	.080	-2.0	+0.3	-1.6	+0.2
1996-97	PHX	68	2,137	13.8	.538	12.0	2.8	2.5	5.3	.119	-0.6	+0.6	+0.0	+1.0
1997-98	PHX	71	1,333	11.5	.525	9.2	1.7	2.1	3.7	.135	-1.6	+1.3	-0.2	+0.6
1998-99	DAL	25	403	7.4	.388	5.7	0.0	0.3	0.4	.045	-3.1	+1.5	-1.6	+0.0
Career		887	—	—	—	—	—	—	70.6	—	—	—	—	+20.0

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%
1987-88	5	26.6	9.2	5.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	.500	—	.503
1988-89	5	32.2	11.0	6.8	2.0	0.4	1.4	.467	—	.520
1989-90	5	34.8	19.0	9.2	2.2	0.4	1.0	.557	—	.596
1991-92	17	33.4	15.0	7.6	2.5	1.4	1.0	.545	—	.631
1992-93	9	26.3	9.0	4.6	1.9	0.6	1.6	.400	—	.464
1994-95	4	36.0	6.8	6.2	2.8	2.2	0.8	.286	0.000	.297
1995-96	4	28.8	9.0	6.5	0.2	0.0	1.8	.438	—	.483
1996-97	5	20.0	4.0	4.6	0.6	0.4	1.6	.533	—	.515
1997-98	4	10.3	1.5	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.5	.286	—	.361
Career	58	29.2	10.7	6.2	1.7	0.8	1.2	.479	0.000	.537

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	464	10.6	6.5	1.8	343–121
Away	460	10.5	6.4	1.6	183–277
In wins	526	10.8	6.5	1.8	526–0
In losses	398	10.3	6.4	1.6	0–398

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	48	11.4	6.6	1.8	28–20
BOS Boston Celtics	42	13.0	6.6	2.1	22–20
BKN Brooklyn Nets	41	10.8	6.3	1.6	29–12
CHA Charlotte Hornets	32	11.6	7.0	2.2	22–10
CHI Chicago Bulls	47	11.6	5.5	1.9	23–24
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	5	4.6	4.4	1.0	1–4
DAL Dallas Mavericks	27	9.3	7.0	1.3	19–8
DEN Denver Nuggets	30	8.9	6.4	1.4	17–13
DET Detroit Pistons	50	12.3	7.3	1.8	22–28
GSW Golden State Warriors	32	10.3	6.2	1.5	22–10
HOU Houston Rockets	28	8.4	6.2	1.4	11–17
IND Indiana Pacers	48	12.0	7.3	1.8	30–18
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	29	9.4	6.2	1.6	19–10
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	26	8.5	5.7	1.8	10–16
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	13	4.2	3.2	1.1	11–2
MIA Miami Heat	28	10.6	6.2	1.7	17–11
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	47	11.6	6.5	1.8	29–18
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	23	6.6	5.1	1.1	12–11
NYK New York Knicks	43	11.3	7.3	1.9	22–21
ORL Orlando Magic	26	10.7	6.1	2.0	15–11
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	43	12.1	6.8	2.0	31–12
PHX Phoenix Suns	19	11.4	5.7	1.5	9–10
POR Portland Trail Blazers	30	10.0	6.4	1.8	12–18
SAC Sacramento Kings	30	10.4	6.7	1.5	22–8
SAS San Antonio Spurs	31	9.1	6.8	1.5	16–15
TOR Toronto Raptors	6	6.2	5.5	1.3	4–2
UTA Utah Jazz	28	6.5	5.8	1.0	9–19
WAS Washington Wizards	2	2.0	7.0	0.0	1–1

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 9.3 ft · 6% of attempts were dunks

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

Hot Rod Williams plays C for the Dallas Mavericks.

Hot Rod Williams has averaged 11.0 PPG, 6.8 RPG, 1.8 APG over 13 seasons (1986-87–1998-99).

Hot Rod Williams's salary is $1,750,000 for the 1998-99 season, with career earnings of about $33.5M.

Hot Rod Williams is 6-11 (215 lb).

Hot Rod Williams was drafted in 1985, round 2, pick 45, by the Cleveland Cavaliers.