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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.
Chet Walker
Career at a glance
Chet Walker played 13 NBA regular seasons between 1962 and 1975, appearing in 1,032 games and averaging 18.2 points, 7.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. He played for 3 teams: Syracuse (1962–63, 78 games), Philadelphia (1963–69, 480 games), Chicago (1969–75, 474 games). His best scoring season was 1970–71 with Chicago: 22.0 points per game over 81 games.
He rebounded best in 1963–64 at 10.3 per game. Championship season: 1966–67 (Philadelphia). In the playoffs he appeared in 13 postseason runs (105 games, 18.2 points per game).
Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 18,800 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 Chet Walker
Chester Walker (February 22, 1940 – June 8, 2024) was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and was selected in 2012 to become a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He was a seven-time NBA All-Star. He played 13 seasons in the NBA, seven with the Philadelphia 76ers, and he helped lead the 76ers to an NBA championship in 1967, on a team that has been considered among the best in NBA history. He played his last six seasons for the Chicago Bulls from 1969 to 1975, helping the team reach the playoffs every season he played for Chicago; eventually becoming an inaugural member of the Bulls' Ring of Honor. Walker's teams made the playoffs every season of his career, and he never missed a playoff game; and never missed more than six games during any regular season of his NBA career (playing in over 1,000 games).
Walker played college basketball for the Bradley Braves, twice earning first-team consensus All-American honors, after being named a second-team All-American as a sophomore. Walker was famously "hijacked" by disc jockey Al Benson to attend Bradley, keeping him from attending the University of Nebraska instead. Walker played on the Bradley team that won the 1960 National Invitation Tournament. He became known as "Chet the Jet" at Bradley. Walker also won an Emmy award as a television producer.
- Born
- February 22, 1940 Bethlehem, Mississippi, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
- Listed weight
- 212 lb (96 kg)
- Position
- Small forward
- High school
- Benton Harbor (Benton Harbor, Michigan)
- College
- Bradley (1959–1962)
- NBA draft
- 1962: 2nd round, 12th overall pick
- Playing career
- 1962–1975
Career highlights and awards
- NBA champion (1967)
- 7× NBA All-Star (1964, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974)
- NBA All-Rookie First Team (1963)
- 2× Consensus first-team All-American (1961, 1962)
- Second-team All-American – AP, NABC, UPI (1960)
- 3× First-team All-MVC (1960–1962)
- No. 31 retired by Bradley Braves
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962–63 | Syracuse | 78 | – | 25.5 | .469 | – | .699 | 7.2 | 1.1 | – | – | 12.3 |
| 1963–64 | Philadelphia | 76 | – | 36.5 | .440 | – | .711 | 10.3 | 1.6 | – | – | 17.3 |
| 1964–65 | Philadelphia | 79 | – | 27.7 | .403 | – | .742 | 6.7 | 1.7 | – | – | 13.2 |
| 1965–66 | Philadelphia | 80 | – | 32.5 | .451 | – | .716 | 8.0 | 2.5 | – | – | 15.3 |
| 1966–67† | Philadelphia | 81 | – | 33.2 | .488 | – | .766 | 8.1 | 2.3 | – | – | 19.3 |
| 1967–68 | Philadelphia | 82 | – | 32.0 | .460 | – | .726 | 7.4 | 1.9 | – | – | 17.9 |
| 1968–69 | Philadelphia | 82 | – | 33.6 | .484 | – | .804 | 7.8 | 1.8 | – | – | 18.0 |
| 1969–70 | Chicago | 78 | – | 34.9 | .477 | – | .850 | 7.7 | 2.5 | – | – | 21.5 |
| 1970–71 | Chicago | 81 | – | 36.1 | .465 | – | .859* | 7.3 | 2.2 | – | – | 22.0 |
| 1971–72 | Chicago | 78 | – | 33.2 | .505 | – | .847 | 6.1 | 2.3 | – | – | 22.0 |
| 1972–73 | Chicago | 79 | – | 31.1 | .478 | – | .832 | 5.0 | 2.3 | – | – | 19.9 |
| 1973–74 | Chicago | 82 | – | 32.5 | .486 | – | .875 | 5.0 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 19.3 |
| 1974–75 | Chicago | 76 | – | 32.3 | .487 | – | .860 | 5.7 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 19.2 |
| Career | 1,032 | – | 32.4 | .470 | – | .796 | 7.1 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 18.2 | |
| All-Star | 7 | 1 | 17.9 | .435 | – | .850 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.1 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Syracuse | 5 | – | 26.0 | .509 | – | .733 | 9.4 | 1.8 | – | – | 15.2 |
| 1964 | Philadelphia | 5 | – | 38.0 | .390 | – | .739 | 10.4 | 2.6 | – | – | 18.8 |
| 1965 | Philadelphia | 11 | – | 42.6 | .480 | – | .760 | 7.2 | 1.6 | – | – | 20.3 |
| 1966 | Philadelphia | 5 | – | 36.2 | .375 | – | .806 | 7.4 | 3.0 | – | – | 14.6 |
| 1967† | Philadelphia | 15 | – | 36.7 | .467 | – | .807 | 7.6 | 2.1 | – | – | 21.7 |
| 1968 | Philadelphia | 13 | – | 37.3 | .410 | – | .679 | 7.4 | 1.8 | – | – | 19.1 |
| 1969 | Philadelphia | 4 | – | 27.3 | .535 | – | .667 | 5.8 | 2.0 | – | – | 13.5 |
| 1970 | Chicago | 5 | – | 35.6 | .422 | – | .818 | 8.4 | 2.2 | – | – | 19.4 |
| 1971 | Chicago | 7 | – | 33.4 | .440 | – | .708 | 7.1 | 3.1 | – | – | 15.0 |
| 1972 | Chicago | 4 | – | 24.3 | .421 | – | .813 | 3.5 | 1.0 | – | – | 11.3 |
| 1973 | Chicago | 7 | – | 32.7 | .347 | – | .892 | 8.9 | 2.0 | – | – | 16.7 |
| 1974 | Chicago | 11 | – | 36.6 | .509 | – | .861 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 20.9 |
| 1975 | Chicago | 13 | – | 33.2 | .494 | – | .880 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 17.5 |
| Career | 105 | – | 35.1 | .449 | – | .787 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 18.2 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 7″
- Weight
- 212 lb
- Position
- Small forward
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1962
- Draft pick
- Round 2 · Pick 12
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