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Game state source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 5:36 pm EDTNBA legend. Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Biography, honors and career statistics below.
Arnie Risen
Career at a glance
Arnie Risen played 10 NBA regular seasons between 1948 and 1958, appearing in 637 games and averaging 12.0 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. He played for 2 teams: Rochester (1948–55, 463 games), Boston (1955–58, 174 games). His best scoring season was 1948–49 with Rochester: 16.6 points per game over 60 games.
He rebounded best in 1951–52 at 12.7 per game. The season table marks him as the league leader in field-goal percentage once. Championship seasons: 1950–51 (Rochester), 1956–57 (Boston).
In the playoffs he appeared in 10 postseason runs (61 games, 13.0 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 7,600 regular-season points (an estimate from per-game figures, not an official total).
whynba analysis of the season-by-season statistics below (Wikipedia revision, CC BY-SA 4.0). Totals are estimates from per-game averages.
About Arnie Risen
Arnold Denny "Stilts" Risen (October 9, 1924 – August 4, 2012) was an American professional basketball player.
A 6-foot-9-inch (2.06m)center, he led the Ohio State UniversityBuckeyes to two straight Final Four appearances. Risen had transferred to Ohio State from Eastern Kentucky State Teacher's College.
Risen played professionally in the NBA for ten seasons (1948–1958) as a member of the Rochester Royals and Boston Celtics. Risen was a four-time All-Star and two-time NBA Champion, and he scored 7,633 points in his NBA career. He was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998, Ohio State's Varsity "O" Hall of Fame in 2004, the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006, and the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008. Because he settled in Beachwood, Ohio, after his professional career, he was also inducted into the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.
- Born
- October 9, 1924 Williamstown, Kentucky, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
- Listed weight
- 200 lb (91 kg)
- Position
- Center
- High school
- Williamstown (Williamstown, Kentucky)
- College
- Eastern Kentucky (1942–1943) Ohio State (1943–1945)
- Playing career
- 1945–1958
Career highlights and awards
- 2× NBA champion (1951, 1957)
- 4× NBA All-Star (1952–1955)
- All-BAA Second Team (1949)
- All-NBL Second Team (1947)
- Second-team All-American – Helms, Converse (1945)
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948–49 | Rochester | 60 | – | .423* | .660 | – | 1.7 | 16.6 |
| 1949–50 | Rochester | 62 | – | .344 | .664 | – | 1.5 | 10.1 |
| 1950–51† | Rochester | 66 | – | .401 | .734 | 12.0 | 2.4 | 16.3 |
| 1951–52 | Rochester | 66 | 36.3 | .394 | .701 | 12.7 | 2.3 | 15.6 |
| 1952–53 | Rochester | 68 | 33.6 | .368 | .685 | 11.0 | 2.0 | 13.0 |
| 1953–54 | Rochester | 72 | 33.1 | .368 | .714 | 10.1 | 1.7 | 13.2 |
| 1954–55 | Rochester | 69 | 28.6 | .371 | .744 | 10.2 | 1.6 | 11.6 |
| 1955–56 | Boston | 68 | 23.5 | .383 | .708 | 8.1 | 1.3 | 8.1 |
| 1956–57† | Boston | 43 | 21.7 | .388 | .679 | 6.7 | 1.2 | 8.0 |
| 1957–58 | Boston | 63 | 17.8 | .338 | .683 | 5.7 | 0.8 | 6.1 |
| Career | 637 | 28.3 | .381 | .699 | 9.7 | 1.7 | 12.0 | |
| All-Star | 3 | 19.3 | .375 | .200 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 6.3 |
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Rochester | 4 | – | .415 | .667 | – | 2.5 | 16.5 |
| 1950 | Rochester | 2 | – | .368 | .600 | – | 2.0 | 11.5 |
| 1951† | Rochester | 14 | – | .389 | .644 | 14.0 | 2.4 | 19.5 |
| 1952 | Rochester | 6 | 38.2 | .407 | .700 | 12.5 | 1.5 | 15.7 |
| 1953 | Rochester | 3 | 36.3 | .289 | .708 | 11.7 | 0.7 | 13.0 |
| 1954 | Rochester | 6 | 33.3 | .418 | .750 | 9.0 | 0.7 | 14.8 |
| 1955 | Rochester | 3 | 25.7 | .447 | .737 | 12.3 | 1.7 | 16.0 |
| 1956 | Boston | 3 | 29.3 | .353 | .722 | 14.7 | 0.7 | 12.3 |
| 1957† | Boston | 10 | 15.2 | .444 | .655 | 5.8 | 0.8 | 7.5 |
| 1958 | Boston | 10 | 16.8 | .231 | .667 | 6.2 | 0.9 | 4.6 |
| Career | 61 | 25.0 | .385 | .677 | 10.2 | 1.4 | 13.0 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 9″
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Position
- Center
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- Not listed
- Draft pick
- Undrafted / not listed
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