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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.
Bobby Jones
Career at a glance
Bobby Jones played 12 professional regular seasons (2 in the ABA, 10 in the NBA) between 1974 and 1986. He played for 3 teams: Denver (ABA) (1974–76, 167 games), Denver (NBA) (1976–78, 157 games), Philadelphia (NBA) (1978–86, 617 games). His best scoring season was 1976–77 with Denver (NBA): 15.1 points per game over 82 games.
He rebounded best in 1975–76 at 9.5 per game. The season table marks him as the league leader in field-goal percentage twice. Championship season: 1982–83 (Philadelphia (NBA)).
In the playoffs he appeared in 12 postseason runs. Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 11,400 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 Bobby Jones
Robert Clyde Jones (born December 18, 1951) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Denver Nuggets in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the Philadelphia 76ers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Secretary of Defense", Jones won an NBA championship with the 76ers in 1983, was a four-time NBA All-Star, a nine-time member of the NBA All-Defensive Team, and was the NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 1983. In 2019, Jones was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
- Born
- December 18, 1951 (age 74) Akron, Ohio, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
- Listed weight
- 210 lb (95 kg)
- Position
- Power forward
- High school
- South Mecklenburg (Charlotte, North Carolina)
- College
- North Carolina (1971–1974)
- NBA draft
- 1974: 1st round, 5th overall pick
- Playing career
- 1974–1986
Career highlights and awards
- NBA champion (1983)
- 4× NBA All-Star (1977, 1978, 1981, 1982)
- 8× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1977–1984)
- NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1985)
- NBA Sixth Man of the Year (1983)
- ABA All-Star (1976)
- All-ABA Second Team (1976)
- 2× ABA All-Defensive First Team (1975, 1976)
- ABA All-Rookie First Team (1975)
- No. 24 retired by Philadelphia 76ers
- Consensus second-team All-American (1974)
- First-team All-ACC (1974)
- Second-team All-ACC (1973)
- No. 34 honored by North Carolina Tar Heels
- Coach Wooden "Keys to Life" Award (2005)
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974–75 | Denver (ABA) | 84* | — | 32.2 | .604‡ | .000 | .695 | 8.2 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 14.8 |
| 1975–76 | Denver (ABA) | 83 | — | 34.3 | .581* | — | .698 | 9.5 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 14.9 |
| 1976–77 | Denver (NBA) | 82 | 82 | 29.5 | .570 | — | .717 | 8.3 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 15.1 |
| 1977–78 | Denver (NBA) | 75 | — | 32.5 | .578* | — | .751 | 8.5 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 14.5 |
| 1978–79 | Philadelphia (NBA) | 80 | 78 | 28.8 | .537 | — | .755 | 6.6 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 12.1 |
| 1979–80 | Philadelphia (NBA) | 81 | 3 | 26.2 | .532 | .000 | .781 | 5.6 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 13.0 |
| 1980–81 | Philadelphia (NBA) | 81 | 0 | 25.3 | .539 | .000 | .813 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 1.2 | .9 | 13.5 |
| 1981–82 | Philadelphia (NBA) | 76 | 73 | 28.7 | .564 | .000 | .790 | 5.2 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 14.4 |
| 1982–83† | Philadelphia (NBA) | 74 | 0 | 23.6 | .543 | .000 | .793 | 4.6 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 9.0 |
| 1983–84 | Philadelphia (NBA) | 75 | 0 | 23.5 | .523 | .000 | .784 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 8.3 |
| 1984–85 | Philadelphia (NBA) | 80 | 8 | 20.4 | .538 | .000 | .861 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 1.1 | .6 | 7.5 |
| 1985–86 | Philadelphia (NBA) | 70 | 42 | 21.7 | .559 | .000 | .786 | 2.4 | 1.8 | .7 | .7 | 7.0 |
| Career ABA | 167 | 33.2 | .592‡ | .000 | .697 | 8.9 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 14.9 | ||
| Career NBA | 774 | 286 | 26.1 | .550 | .000 | .780 | 5.5 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 11.5 | |
| Career total | 941 | 286 | 27.3 | .560 | .000 | .766 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 12.1 | |
| All-Star NBA | 4 | 1 | 22.8 | .486 | .000 | .714 | 8.0 | 2.3 | .5 | .8 | 11.0 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974–75 | Denver (ABA) | 13 | — | 32.9 | .535 | .000 | .775 | 8.5 | 2.9 | .9 | .9 | 13.0 |
| 1975–76 | Denver (ABA) | 13 | — | 33.2 | .583 | — | .732 | 8.6 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 13.7 |
| 1976–77 | Denver (NBA) | 6 | — | 31.2 | .484 | — | .588 | 5.8 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 12.0 |
| 1977–78 | Denver (NBA) | 13 | — | 30.0 | .569 | — | .739 | 7.8 | 2.7 | 1.2 | .7 | 12.8 |
| 1978–79 | Philadelphia (NBA) | 9 | — | 28.9 | .552 | — | .846 | 4.8 | 2.1 | .6 | .4 | 13.1 |
| 1979–80 | Philadelphia (NBA) | 18 | — | 26.1 | .523 | .000 | .855 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 12.9 |
| 1980–81 | Philadelphia (NBA) | 16 | — | 27.7 | .506 | — | .830 | 5.5 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 14.7 |
| 1981–82 | Philadelphia (NBA) | 21 | — | 28.0 | .540 | — | .840 | 4.7 | 2.5 | .7 | 1.0 | 12.2 |
| 1982–83† | Philadelphia (NBA) | 12 | — | 27.0 | .551 | .000 | .850 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 8.6 |
| 1983–84 | Philadelphia (NBA) | 5 | — | 26.0 | .484 | — | .947 | 4.6 | 1.8 | .6 | 1.4 | 9.6 |
| 1984–85 | Philadelphia (NBA) | 13 | 11 | 23.8 | .590 | — | .700 | 3.7 | 1.2 | .9 | 1.5 | 8.2 |
| 1985–86 | Philadelphia (NBA) | 12 | 5 | 27.4 | .527 | .000 | .760 | 2.7 | 2.8 | .8 | 1.3 | 9.7 |
| Career ABA | 26 | 33.0 | .559 | .000 | .753 | 8.6 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 13.3 | ||
| Career NBA | 125 | 16 | 27.4 | .535 | .000 | .809 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 11.6 | |
| Career total | 151 | 16 | 28.4 | .540 | .000 | .800 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 11.9 |
Per-game averages. † won an ABA or NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ league record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 9″
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Position
- Power forward
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1974
- Draft pick
- Round 1 · Pick 5
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