James Worthy

Seasons 1982-83–1993-94 · 12 on record · Ht 6-9 · b. 1961

★ Hall of Fame★ Finals MVP7× All-Star2× All-NBA

Player info

Nickname	Big Game James
Position	SF
Number	#42 (also #00)
Team	Los Angeles Lakers
Height	6-9
Weight	225 lb
Born	1961-02-27
College	UNC
Drafted	1982 · Round 1, Pick 1 · Los Angeles Lakers
Seasons	1982-83–1993-94 (12)

17.6 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 3.0 APG · 926 games · .521 FG% · .241 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1982-83	LAL	21	77	25.6	.579	.250	.624	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	13.4	17.4	.594
1983-84	LAL	22	82	29.5	.556	0.000	.759	6.3	2.5	0.9	0.9	14.5	16.5	.591
1984-85	LAL	23	80	33.7	.572	0.000	.776	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	17.6	17.0	.601
1985-86	LAL	24	75	32.7	.579	0.000	.771	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	20.0	20.4	.613
1986-87	LAL	25	82	34.4	.539	0.000	.751	5.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	19.4	18.4	.578
1987-88	LAL	26	75	35.4	.531	.125	.796	5.0	3.9	1.0	0.7	19.7	18.2	.571
1988-89	LAL	27	81	36.5	.548	.087	.782	6.0	3.6	1.3	0.7	20.5	19.0	.582
1989-90	LAL	28	80	37.0	.548	.306	.782	6.0	3.6	1.2	0.6	21.1	19.8	.586
1990-91	LAL	29	78	38.6	.492	.289	.797	4.6	3.5	1.3	0.4	21.4	18.1	.531
1991-92	LAL	30	54	39.0	.447	.209	.814	5.6	4.7	1.4	0.4	19.9	16.7	.490
1992-93	LAL	31	82	28.8	.447	.270	.810	3.0	3.4	1.1	0.3	14.9	15.6	.494
1993-94	LAL	32	80	20.0	.406	.288	.741	2.3	1.9	0.6	0.2	10.2	12.8	.452

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1982-83	LAL	77	1	1,970	447	772	.579	1	4	138	221	399	132	91	64	178	1,033
1983-84	LAL	82	53	2,415	495	890	.556	0	6	195	257	515	207	77	70	181	1,185
1984-85	LAL	80	76	2,696	610	1,066	.572	0	7	190	245	511	201	87	67	198	1,410
1985-86	LAL	75	73	2,454	629	1,086	.579	0	13	242	314	387	201	82	77	149	1,500
1986-87	LAL	82	82	2,819	651	1,207	.539	0	13	292	389	466	226	108	83	168	1,594
1987-88	LAL	75	72	2,655	617	1,161	.531	2	16	242	304	374	289	72	55	155	1,478
1988-89	LAL	81	81	2,960	702	1,282	.548	2	23	251	321	489	288	108	56	182	1,657
1989-90	LAL	80	80	2,960	711	1,298	.548	15	49	248	317	478	288	99	49	160	1,685
1990-91	LAL	78	74	3,008	716	1,455	.492	26	90	212	266	356	275	104	35	127	1,670
1991-92	LAL	54	54	2,108	450	1,007	.447	9	43	166	204	305	252	76	23	127	1,075
1992-93	LAL	82	69	2,359	510	1,142	.447	30	111	171	211	247	278	92	27	137	1,221
1993-94	LAL	80	2	1,597	340	838	.406	32	111	100	135	181	154	45	18	97	812
Career		926	—	—	6,878	13,204	.521	117	486	2447	3184	4708	2791	1041	624	1859	16,320

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1982-83	LAL	77	25.6	8.2	14.1	.579	0.0	0.1	2.5	4.0	7.3	2.4	1.7	1.2	3.3	18.9
1983-84	LAL	82	29.5	7.4	13.3	.556	0.0	0.1	2.9	3.8	7.7	3.1	1.1	1.0	2.7	17.7
1984-85	LAL	80	33.7	8.1	14.2	.572	0.0	0.1	2.5	3.3	6.8	2.7	1.2	0.9	2.6	18.8
1985-86	LAL	75	32.7	9.2	15.9	.579	0.0	0.2	3.6	4.6	5.7	2.9	1.2	1.1	2.2	22.0
1986-87	LAL	82	34.4	8.3	15.4	.539	0.0	0.2	3.7	5.0	6.0	2.9	1.4	1.1	2.1	20.4
1987-88	LAL	75	35.4	8.4	15.7	.531	0.0	0.2	3.3	4.1	5.1	3.9	1.0	0.7	2.1	20.0
1988-89	LAL	81	36.5	8.5	15.6	.548	0.0	0.3	3.1	3.9	5.9	3.5	1.3	0.7	2.2	20.2
1989-90	LAL	80	37.0	8.6	15.8	.548	0.2	0.6	3.0	3.9	5.8	3.5	1.2	0.6	1.9	20.5
1990-91	LAL	78	38.6	8.6	17.4	.492	0.3	1.1	2.5	3.2	4.3	3.3	1.2	0.4	1.5	20.0
1991-92	LAL	54	39.0	7.7	17.2	.447	0.2	0.7	2.8	3.5	5.2	4.3	1.3	0.4	2.2	18.4
1992-93	LAL	82	28.8	7.8	17.4	.447	0.5	1.7	2.6	3.2	3.8	4.2	1.4	0.4	2.1	18.6
1993-94	LAL	80	20.0	7.7	18.9	.406	0.7	2.5	2.3	3.0	4.1	3.5	1.0	0.4	2.2	18.3

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
1982-83	LAL	77	1,970	17.4	.594	21.0	3.0	2.1	5.1	.125	+1.0	-0.1	+0.8	+1.4
1983-84	LAL	82	2,415	16.5	.591	19.7	3.8	2.7	6.5	.129	+0.7	+0.2	+0.9	+1.8
1984-85	LAL	80	2,696	17.0	.601	20.6	4.6	2.9	7.5	.134	+1.7	-0.1	+1.6	+2.5
1985-86	LAL	75	2,454	20.4	.613	22.6	6.7	2.7	9.5	.185	+3.5	+0.3	+3.9	+3.6
1986-87	LAL	82	2,819	18.4	.578	22.3	5.9	3.4	9.3	.158	+2.3	+0.3	+2.6	+3.3
1987-88	LAL	75	2,655	18.2	.571	22.8	5.5	2.4	7.9	.143	+2.6	-0.2	+2.3	+2.9
1988-89	LAL	81	2,960	19.0	.582	22.4	6.6	3.1	9.7	.158	+2.9	+0.0	+3.0	+3.7
1989-90	LAL	80	2,960	19.8	.586	23.0	7.5	3.1	10.6	.172	+3.6	+0.2	+3.8	+4.3
1990-91	LAL	78	3,008	18.1	.531	24.6	5.5	3.5	9.0	.143	+2.2	+0.3	+2.5	+3.4
1991-92	LAL	54	2,108	16.7	.490	25.4	1.4	1.6	3.1	.070	+1.5	-0.4	+1.1	+1.6
1992-93	LAL	82	2,359	15.6	.494	24.9	1.4	1.6	3.0	.060	+0.8	-1.0	-0.2	+1.0
1993-94	LAL	80	1,597	12.8	.452	26.2	-0.5	0.5	0.1	.002	-0.6	-2.3	-2.9	-0.4
Career		926	—	—	—	—	—	—	81.3	—	—	—	—	+29.1

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	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1983-84	21	33.7	17.7	5.0	2.7	1.3	0.5	.599	.500	.609
1984-85	19	32.9	21.5	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.7	.622	.500	.646
1985-86	14	38.5	19.6	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	.558	0.000	.576
1986-87	18	37.8	23.6	5.6	3.5	1.6	1.2	.591	0.000	.624
1987-88	24	37.3	21.1	5.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	.523	.111	.567
1988-89	15	40.0	24.8	6.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	.567	.375	.609
1989-90	9	40.7	24.2	5.6	3.0	1.6	0.3	.497	.250	.545
1990-91	18	40.7	21.1	4.1	3.9	1.1	0.1	.465	.167	.502
1992-93	5	29.6	13.8	3.4	2.6	1.0	0.0	.372	.250	.391
Career	143	37.0	21.1	5.2	3.2	1.2	0.7	.544	.209	.578

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	467	17.5	5.2	3.2	358–109
Away	459	17.7	5.0	2.8	264–195
In wins	622	18.2	5.2	3.1	622–0
In losses	304	16.5	4.8	2.8	0–304

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	21	19.0	4.9	2.6	16–5
BOS Boston Celtics	23	18.8	5.0	3.3	12–11
BKN Brooklyn Nets	21	16.8	4.7	3.1	14–7
CHA Charlotte Hornets	13	19.8	3.7	3.5	9–4
CHI Chicago Bulls	23	20.3	4.8	2.5	16–7
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	22	15.8	4.6	2.9	15–7
DAL Dallas Mavericks	51	16.0	4.5	2.9	37–14
DEN Denver Nuggets	51	19.5	5.3	3.2	36–15
DET Detroit Pistons	23	19.7	5.6	2.7	14–9
GSW Golden State Warriors	66	16.8	5.4	2.8	43–23
HOU Houston Rockets	52	17.0	5.6	3.0	35–17
IND Indiana Pacers	23	15.6	5.5	3.7	18–5
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	63	16.7	4.8	3.1	49–14
MIA Miami Heat	14	13.5	3.2	2.5	11–3
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	24	16.8	4.8	3.0	14–10
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	19	15.6	4.7	3.4	15–4
NYK New York Knicks	23	18.8	5.1	2.8	14–9
ORL Orlando Magic	12	16.5	3.4	3.6	10–2
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	22	19.2	5.7	3.0	15–7
PHX Phoenix Suns	61	18.1	5.3	2.9	37–24
POR Portland Trail Blazers	59	19.4	4.9	3.4	39–20
SAC Sacramento Kings	52	19.3	4.9	3.4	43–9
SAS San Antonio Spurs	50	18.2	5.7	3.2	29–21
UTA Utah Jazz	52	16.5	5.4	2.4	32–20

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

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

James Worthy plays SF for the Los Angeles Lakers.

James Worthy has averaged 17.6 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 3.0 APG over 12 seasons (1982-83–1993-94).

James Worthy's salary is $1,800,000 for the 1993-94 season, with career earnings of about $7.0M.

James Worthy is 6-9 (225 lb).

James Worthy was drafted in 1982, round 1, pick 1, by the Los Angeles Lakers.