Kevin Willis

Seasons 1984-85–2006-07 · 21 on record · Ht 7-0 · b. 1962

All-StarAll-NBA

Player info

Nickname	Devo, Fresh, T-Rex, Big Smoothie, Motown
Position	PF
Number	#42 (also #41, #43, #45)
Team	Dallas Mavericks
Height	7-0
Weight	220 lb
Born	1962-09-06
College	Michigan State
Drafted	1984 · Round 1, Pick 11 · Atlanta Hawks
Seasons	1984-85–2006-07 (21)

Career averages

12.1 PPG, 8.4 RPG, 0.9 APG · 1424 games · .487 FG% · .211 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1984-85	ATL	22	82	21.8	.467	.222	.657	6.4	0.4	0.4	0.6	9.3	12.9	.497
1985-86	ATL	23	82	28.0	.517	0.000	.654	8.6	0.5	0.8	0.5	12.3	14.1	.545
1986-87	ATL	24	81	32.4	.536	.250	.709	10.5	0.8	0.8	0.8	16.1	17.4	.570
1987-88	ATL	25	75	27.9	.518	0.000	.649	7.3	0.4	0.9	0.5	11.6	14.0	.548
1989-90	ATL	27	81	28.1	.519	.286	.683	8.0	0.7	0.8	0.6	12.4	15.7	.551
1990-91	ATL	28	80	29.7	.504	.400	.668	8.8	1.2	0.8	0.5	13.1	15.3	.533
1991-92	ATL	29	81	36.6	.483	.162	.804	15.5	2.1	0.9	0.7	18.3	19.7	.535
1992-93	ATL	30	80	36.0	.506	.241	.653	12.9	2.1	0.9	0.5	17.9	17.4	.531
1993-94	ATL	31	80	35.8	.499	.375	.713	12.0	1.9	1.0	0.5	19.1	19.4	.538
1994-95	2TM	32	67	35.7	.466	.200	.690	10.9	1.3	0.9	0.5	17.2	16.1	.504
	ATL	32	2	44.5	.390	0.000	.667	18.0	1.5	0.5	1.5	21.0	15.2	.441
	MIA	32	65	35.4	.469	.214	.691	10.7	1.3	0.9	0.5	17.1	16.1	.506
1995-96	2TM	33	75	28.5	.456	.111	.708	8.5	0.7	0.4	0.5	10.6	11.7	.496
	MIA	33	47	28.9	.473	0.000	.712	8.9	0.7	0.4	0.5	10.2	12.1	.513
	GSW	33	28	27.8	.433	.250	.701	7.8	0.7	0.5	0.6	11.3	10.9	.472
1996-97	HOU	34	75	26.2	.481	.143	.693	7.5	0.9	0.6	0.4	11.2	14.3	.515
1997-98	HOU	35	81	31.2	.510	.143	.793	8.4	1.0	0.7	0.5	16.1	18.3	.555
1998-99	TOR	36	42	29.0	.418	0.000	.839	8.3	1.6	0.7	0.7	12.0	15.6	.489
1999-00	TOR	37	79	21.3	.415	.333	.799	6.1	0.6	0.5	0.6	7.6	12.3	.471
2000-01	2TM	38	78	23.5	.441	.167	.769	6.8	0.6	0.7	0.7	9.3	14.6	.478
	TOR	38	35	22.0	.461	0.000	.753	6.4	0.6	0.5	0.6	8.8	15.3	.507
	DEN	38	43	24.6	.428	.250	.788	7.2	0.7	0.9	0.7	9.6	14.1	.459
2001-02	HOU	39	52	16.6	.440	0.000	.747	5.8	0.3	0.5	0.4	6.1	16.1	.489
2002-03	SAS	40	71	11.8	.479	0.000	.614	3.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	4.2	12.5	.506
2003-04	SAS	41	48	7.8	.467	0.000	.615	2.0	0.2	0.4	0.2	3.4	14.9	.491
2004-05	ATL	42	29	11.9	.389	0.000	.739	2.6	0.3	0.3	0.2	3.0	8.0	.434
2006-07	DAL	44	5	8.6	.385	—	1.000	1.6	0.2	0.4	0.2	2.4	6.3	.432

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1984-85	ATL	82	19	1,785	322	690	.467	2	9	119	181	522	36	31	49	104	765
1985-86	ATL	82	59	2,300	419	811	.517	0	6	172	263	704	45	66	44	177	1,010
1986-87	ATL	81	81	2,626	538	1,003	.536	1	4	227	320	849	62	65	61	173	1,304
1987-88	ATL	75	55	2,091	356	687	.518	0	2	159	245	547	28	68	41	138	871
1989-90	ATL	81	51	2,273	418	805	.519	2	7	168	246	645	57	63	47	144	1,006
1990-91	ATL	80	80	2,373	444	881	.504	4	10	159	238	704	99	60	40	153	1,051
1991-92	ATL	81	80	2,962	591	1,224	.483	6	37	292	363	1258	173	72	54	197	1,480
1992-93	ATL	80	80	2,878	616	1,218	.506	7	29	196	300	1028	165	68	41	213	1,435
1993-94	ATL	80	80	2,867	627	1,257	.499	9	24	268	376	963	150	79	38	188	1,531
1994-95	2TM	67	63	2,390	473	1,015	.466	3	15	205	297	732	86	60	36	162	1,154
	ATL	2	2	89	16	41	.390	0	1	10	15	36	3	1	3	7	42
	MIA	65	61	2,301	457	974	.469	3	14	195	282	696	83	59	33	155	1,112
1995-96	2TM	75	60	2,135	325	712	.456	1	9	143	202	638	53	32	41	161	794
	MIA	47	42	1,357	195	412	.473	0	5	89	125	420	34	19	25	99	479
	GSW	28	18	778	130	300	.433	1	4	54	77	218	19	13	16	62	315
1996-97	HOU	75	32	1,964	350	728	.481	2	14	140	202	561	71	42	32	119	842
1997-98	HOU	81	74	2,528	531	1,041	.510	1	7	242	305	679	78	55	38	170	1,305
1998-99	TOR	42	38	1,216	187	447	.418	0	2	130	155	350	67	28	28	86	504
1999-00	TOR	79	1	1,679	236	569	.415	1	3	131	164	482	49	36	48	98	604
2000-01	2TM	78	22	1,830	304	690	.441	1	6	113	147	532	50	57	52	87	722
	TOR	35	9	771	124	269	.461	0	2	61	81	223	21	19	21	40	309
	DEN	43	13	1,059	180	421	.428	1	4	52	66	309	29	38	31	47	413
2001-02	HOU	52	5	865	125	284	.440	0	1	65	87	299	14	25	23	41	315
2002-03	SAS	71	6	840	123	257	.479	0	2	51	83	226	24	20	20	60	297
2003-04	SAS	48	0	373	70	150	.467	0	1	24	39	98	11	21	9	32	164
2004-05	ATL	29	5	344	35	90	.389	0	2	17	23	76	9	8	7	15	87
2006-07	DAL	5	0	43	5	13	.385	0	0	2	2	8	1	2	1	2	12
Career		1424	—	—	7,095	14,572	.487	40	190	3023	4238	11901	1328	958	750	2520	17,253

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1984-85	ATL	82	21.8	6.5	13.9	.467	0.0	0.2	2.4	3.7	10.5	0.7	0.6	1.0	2.1	15.4
1985-86	ATL	82	28.0	6.6	12.7	.517	0.0	0.1	2.7	4.1	11.0	0.7	1.0	0.7	2.8	15.8
1986-87	ATL	81	32.4	7.4	13.8	.536	0.0	0.1	3.1	4.4	11.6	0.8	0.9	0.8	2.4	17.9
1987-88	ATL	75	27.9	6.1	11.8	.518	0.0	0.0	2.7	4.2	9.4	0.5	1.2	0.7	2.4	15.0
1989-90	ATL	81	28.1	6.6	12.7	.519	0.0	0.1	2.7	3.9	10.2	0.9	1.0	0.7	2.3	15.9
1990-91	ATL	80	29.7	6.7	13.4	.504	0.1	0.2	2.4	3.6	10.7	1.5	0.9	0.6	2.3	15.9
1991-92	ATL	81	36.6	7.2	14.9	.483	0.1	0.4	3.5	4.4	15.3	2.1	0.9	0.7	2.4	18.0
1992-93	ATL	80	36.0	7.7	15.2	.506	0.1	0.4	2.5	3.8	12.9	2.1	0.9	0.5	2.7	17.9
1993-94	ATL	80	35.8	7.9	15.8	.499	0.1	0.3	3.4	4.7	12.1	1.9	1.0	0.5	2.4	19.2
1994-95	2TM	67	35.7	7.1	15.3	.466	0.0	0.2	3.1	4.5	11.0	1.3	0.9	0.5	2.4	17.4
	ATL	2	44.5	6.5	16.6	.390	0.0	0.4	4.0	6.1	14.6	1.2	0.4	1.2	2.8	17.0
	MIA	65	35.4	7.1	15.2	.469	0.0	0.2	3.1	4.4	10.9	1.3	0.9	0.5	2.4	17.4
1995-96	2TM	75	28.5	5.5	12.0	.456	0.0	0.2	2.4	3.4	10.8	0.9	0.5	0.7	2.7	13.4
	MIA	47	28.9	5.2	10.9	.473	0.0	0.1	2.4	3.3	11.1	0.9	0.5	0.7	2.6	12.7
	GSW	28	27.8	6.0	13.9	.433	0.0	0.2	2.5	3.6	10.1	0.9	0.6	0.7	2.9	14.6
1996-97	HOU	75	26.2	6.4	13.3	.481	0.0	0.3	2.6	3.7	10.3	1.3	0.8	0.6	2.2	15.4
1997-98	HOU	81	31.2	7.6	14.8	.510	0.0	0.1	3.4	4.3	9.7	1.1	0.8	0.5	2.4	18.6
1998-99	TOR	42	29.0	5.5	13.2	.418	0.0	0.1	3.8	4.6	10.4	2.0	0.8	0.8	2.5	14.9
1999-00	TOR	79	21.3	5.1	12.2	.415	0.0	0.1	2.8	3.5	10.3	1.1	0.8	1.0	2.1	13.0
2000-01	2TM	78	23.5	6.0	13.6	.441	0.0	0.1	2.2	2.9	10.5	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.7	14.2
	TOR	35	22.0	5.8	12.6	.461	0.0	0.1	2.8	3.8	10.4	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.9	14.4
	DEN	43	24.6	6.1	14.3	.428	0.0	0.1	1.8	2.2	10.5	1.0	1.3	1.1	1.6	14.0
2001-02	HOU	52	16.6	5.2	11.8	.440	0.0	0.0	2.7	3.6	12.4	0.6	1.0	1.0	1.7	13.1
2002-03	SAS	71	11.8	5.3	11.0	.479	0.0	0.1	2.2	3.6	9.7	1.0	0.9	0.9	2.6	12.7
2003-04	SAS	48	7.8	6.8	14.5	.467	0.0	0.1	2.3	3.8	9.5	1.1	2.0	0.9	3.1	15.8
2004-05	ATL	29	11.9	3.7	9.4	.389	0.0	0.2	1.8	2.4	8.0	0.9	0.8	0.7	1.6	9.1
2006-07	DAL	5	8.6	4.2	10.9	.385	0.0	0.0	1.7	1.7	6.7	0.8	1.7	0.8	1.7	10.0

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
1984-85	ATL	82	1,785	12.9	.497	20.2	0.4	2.2	2.7	.072	-2.3	-1.4	-3.8	-0.8
1985-86	ATL	82	2,300	14.1	.545	19.6	1.4	3.3	4.7	.099	-1.3	-0.6	-1.9	+0.0
1986-87	ATL	81	2,626	17.4	.570	20.6	4.4	4.2	8.6	.156	+0.8	-0.5	+0.3	+1.5
1987-88	ATL	75	2,091	14.0	.548	18.8	1.7	2.5	4.2	.095	-1.1	-1.0	-2.1	-0.1
1989-90	ATL	81	2,273	15.7	.551	19.5	3.0	1.7	4.7	.098	+0.0	-1.8	-1.7	+0.1
1990-91	ATL	80	2,373	15.3	.533	19.8	2.3	2.0	4.4	.089	-0.3	-1.5	-1.8	+0.1
1991-92	ATL	81	2,962	19.7	.535	22.0	4.7	4.1	8.8	.143	+1.6	-1.4	+0.2	+1.7
1992-93	ATL	80	2,878	17.4	.531	22.5	3.0	3.0	6.0	.099	+0.1	-1.7	-1.5	+0.3
1993-94	ATL	80	2,867	19.4	.538	24.1	5.1	5.1	10.2	.170	+1.3	-0.9	+0.4	+1.7
1994-95	2TM	67	2,390	16.1	.504	24.2	0.9	2.8	3.6	.073	-0.8	-1.8	-2.6	-0.4
	ATL	2	89	15.2	.441	27.8	-0.1	0.2	0.1	.038	-2.6	-1.9	-4.5	+0.0
	MIA	65	2,301	16.1	.506	24.1	1.0	2.6	3.6	.075	-0.7	-1.8	-2.6	-0.3
1995-96	2TM	75	2,135	11.7	.496	20.1	-0.7	2.9	2.2	.050	-3.5	-1.3	-4.8	-1.5
	MIA	47	1,357	12.1	.513	19.0	-0.1	2.3	2.1	.076	-2.8	-0.6	-3.4	-0.5
	GSW	28	778	10.9	.472	22.2	-0.6	0.6	0.1	.006	-4.5	-2.6	-7.1	-1.0
1996-97	HOU	75	1,964	14.3	.515	21.7	0.8	3.0	3.8	.093	-2.5	-0.9	-3.5	-0.7
1997-98	HOU	81	2,528	18.3	.555	24.1	4.3	1.7	6.0	.114	+0.3	-2.3	-1.9	+0.0
1998-99	TOR	42	1,216	15.6	.489	22.4	1.1	1.2	2.4	.093	-0.9	-1.5	-2.4	-0.1
1999-00	TOR	79	1,679	12.3	.471	19.5	0.7	1.6	2.3	.066	-3.5	-2.1	-5.6	-1.5
2000-01	2TM	78	1,830	14.6	.478	20.5	1.1	2.0	3.1	.081	-1.8	-1.0	-2.8	-0.4
	TOR	35	771	15.3	.507	20.0	0.8	0.9	1.7	.106	-0.9	-0.8	-1.8	+0.0
	DEN	43	1,059	14.1	.459	20.9	0.3	1.1	1.4	.063	-2.4	-1.1	-3.5	-0.4
2001-02	HOU	52	865	16.1	.489	19.5	0.8	0.9	1.7	.096	-1.6	-1.4	-3.0	-0.2
2002-03	SAS	71	840	12.5	.506	19.5	0.2	1.3	1.6	.091	-3.1	-0.6	-3.7	-0.4
2003-04	SAS	48	373	14.9	.491	24.7	-0.1	1.0	0.9	.111	-3.4	+1.5	-1.9	+0.0
2004-05	ATL	29	344	8.0	.434	15.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	.004	-4.8	-1.9	-6.6	-0.4
2006-07	DAL	5	43	6.3	.432	17.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	.048	-8.9	+0.4	-8.5	-0.1
Career		1424	—	—	—	—	—	—	81.9	—	—	—	—	-1.2

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%
1985-86	9	31.1	13.9	7.2	0.6	0.8	0.9	.561	—	.578
1986-87	9	39.6	15.7	9.2	0.7	0.9	0.8	.522	—	.548
1987-88	12	38.5	16.2	8.8	0.9	0.8	0.8	.580	0.000	.606
1990-91	5	31.8	15.4	9.0	1.0	0.6	0.2	.403	.667	.480
1992-93	3	34.3	16.7	8.7	1.0	0.7	0.0	.467	0.000	.489
1993-94	11	32.9	12.2	10.8	1.0	0.7	0.5	.457	0.000	.485
1996-97	16	17.7	6.4	4.7	0.7	0.6	0.2	.400	0.000	.456
1997-98	5	33.2	11.2	10.6	1.0	1.6	0.6	.400	0.000	.451
1999-00	3	25.3	13.0	8.7	0.3	0.7	0.0	.364	—	.467
2002-03	24	4.6	1.9	1.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	.525	1.000	.557
2003-04	10	3.1	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	.375	0.000	.355
2006-07	4	nan	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	—	—
Career	111	24.0	8.7	5.7	0.5	0.5	0.4	.484	.214	.521

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	784	11.9	8.3	0.9	506–278
Away	744	10.7	7.2	0.8	313–431
In wins	819	11.7	8.0	0.9	819–0
In losses	709	10.9	7.5	0.8	0–709

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	26	9.7	6.8	1.0	13–13
BOS Boston Celtics	69	13.4	9.2	0.8	34–35
BKN Brooklyn Nets	69	12.9	8.4	0.7	40–29
CHA Charlotte Hornets	49	12.7	8.3	1.3	22–27
CHI Chicago Bulls	72	11.7	7.6	1.0	33–39
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	79	10.1	7.5	1.0	42–37
DAL Dallas Mavericks	50	11.7	7.7	0.8	31–19
DEN Denver Nuggets	46	12.0	7.7	0.8	29–17
DET Detroit Pistons	76	11.6	8.6	1.0	34–42
GSW Golden State Warriors	47	10.5	8.1	0.9	33–14
HOU Houston Rockets	39	10.3	7.7	1.0	25–14
IND Indiana Pacers	81	12.4	8.7	0.8	43–38
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	47	11.1	7.2	1.1	36–11
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	49	10.6	6.9	0.8	17–32
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	30	8.4	5.3	0.4	17–13
MIA Miami Heat	38	12.1	8.4	0.7	22–16
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	70	11.0	8.3	0.9	39–31
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	40	10.9	7.3	0.8	22–18
NYK New York Knicks	72	10.9	7.2	0.6	40–32
ORL Orlando Magic	45	12.9	8.6	1.1	23–22
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	67	11.5	8.2	1.1	32–35
PHX Phoenix Suns	50	9.7	6.6	0.9	22–28
POR Portland Trail Blazers	50	9.9	6.4	0.7	20–30
SAC Sacramento Kings	50	10.7	7.1	0.7	29–21
SAS San Antonio Spurs	42	12.6	8.2	0.7	20–22
TOR Toronto Raptors	13	7.1	6.0	0.5	9–4
UTA Utah Jazz	45	9.6	6.4	0.8	25–20
WAS Washington Wizards	21	7.9	5.1	0.9	11–10

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2006-07

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)	38%	.600
In the paint (3-10 ft)	23%	.333
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	15%	0.000
Long two (16 ft-3P)	23%	.333
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	0%	—

Average shot distance 8.0 ft · 0% of attempts were dunks

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
1990-91	$685,000
1991-92	$725,000
1992-93	$2,425,000
1993-94	$2,625,000
1994-95	$2,975,000
1995-96	$3,650,000
1996-97	$1,500,000
1997-98	$1,800,000
1998-99	$2,100,000
2000-01	$2,700,000
2001-02	$3,000,000
2002-03	$1,000,000
Career earnings	$25,185,000

Frequently asked questions

What team does Kevin Willis play for?

Kevin Willis plays PF for the Dallas Mavericks.

What are Kevin Willis's career stats?

Kevin Willis has averaged 12.1 PPG, 8.4 RPG, 0.9 APG over 21 seasons (1984-85–2006-07).

How much does Kevin Willis make?

Kevin Willis's salary is $1,000,000 for the 2002-03 season, with career earnings of about $25.2M.

How tall is Kevin Willis?

Kevin Willis is 7-0 (220 lb).

When was Kevin Willis drafted?

Kevin Willis was drafted in 1984, round 1, pick 11, by the Atlanta Hawks.