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Game state source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 5:36 pm EDTNBA legend. Named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Biography, honors and career statistics below.
Dolph Schayes
Career at a glance
Dolph Schayes played 15 NBA regular seasons between 1949 and 1964, appearing in 996 games and averaging 18.5 points, 12.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game. He played for 2 teams: Syracuse (1949–63, 972 games), Philadelphia (1963–64, 24 games). His best scoring season was 1957–58 with Syracuse: 24.9 points per game over 72 games.
He rebounded best in 1950–51 at 16.4 per game. The season table marks him as the league leader in rebounding once. Championship season: 1954–55 (Syracuse).
In the playoffs he appeared in 14 postseason runs (97 games, 19.5 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 18,400 regular-season points (an estimate from per-game figures, not an official total). Among the 404 players with at least 200 NBA games profiled on whynba, Schayes ranks No. 16 in rebounds per game.
whynba analysis of the season-by-season statistics below (Wikipedia revision, CC BY-SA 4.0). Totals are estimates from per-game averages.
About Dolph Schayes
Adolph Schayes (/ˈʃeɪz/SHAYZ; May 19, 1928 – December 10, 2015) was an American professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A top scorer and rebounder, he was a 12-time NBA All-Star and a 12-time All-NBA selection. Schayes won an NBA championship with the Syracuse Nationals in 1955. He was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, and was also named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1973.
Schayes played his entire career with the Nationals and their successor, the Philadelphia 76ers, from 1948 to 1964. In his 16-year career, he led his team into the playoffs 15 times. After the Nationals moved to Philadelphia, Schayes became player-coach of the newly minted 76ers. He ended his playing career after the 1963–64 season and stayed on as coach for two more seasons, earning NBA Coach of the Year honors in 1966. He briefly coached with the Buffalo Braves.
- Born
- May 19, 1928 The Bronx, New York, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
- Listed weight
- 220 lb (100 kg)
- Position
- Power forward
- High school
- DeWitt Clinton (The Bronx, New York)
- College
- NYU (1944–1948)
- Playing career
- 1948–1964
Career highlights and awards
- NBA champion (1955)
- 12× NBA All-Star (1951–1962)
- 6× All-NBA First Team (1952–1955, 1957, 1958)
- 6× All-NBA Second Team (1950, 1951, 1956, 1959–1961)
- NBA rebounding leader (1951)
- NBA anniversary team (25th, 50th, 75th)
- NBL Rookie of the Year (1949)
- No. 4 retired by Philadelphia 76ers
- Haggerty Award (1948)
- NBA Coach of the Year (1966)
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949–50 | Syracuse | 64 | — | .385 | .774 | — | 4.0 | 16.8 |
| 1950–51 | Syracuse | 66 | — | .357 | .752 | 16.4* | 3.8 | 17.0 |
| 1951–52 | Syracuse | 63 | 31.8 | .355 | .807 | 12.3 | 2.9 | 13.8 |
| 1952–53 | Syracuse | 71 | 37.6 | .374 | .827 | 13.0 | 3.2 | 17.8 |
| 1953–54 | Syracuse | 72 | 36.9 | .380 | .827 | 12.1 | 3.0 | 17.1 |
| 1954–55† | Syracuse | 72 | 35.1 | .383 | .833 | 12.3 | 3.0 | 18.5 |
| 1955–56 | Syracuse | 72 | 35.0 | .387 | .858 | 12.4 | 2.8 | 20.4 |
| 1956–57 | Syracuse | 72 | 39.6* | .379 | .904 | 14.0 | 3.2 | 22.5 |
| 1957–58 | Syracuse | 72 | 40.5* | .398 | .904* | 14.2 | 3.1 | 24.9 |
| 1958–59 | Syracuse | 72 | 36.7 | .387 | .864 | 13.4 | 2.5 | 21.3 |
| 1959–60 | Syracuse | 75 | 36.5 | .401 | .893* | 12.8 | 3.4 | 22.5 |
| 1960–61 | Syracuse | 79 | 38.1 | .372 | .868 | 12.2 | 3.7 | 23.6 |
| 1961–62 | Syracuse | 56 | 26.4 | .357 | .897* | 7.8 | 2.1 | 14.7 |
| 1962–63 | Syracuse | 66 | 21.8 | .388 | .879 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 9.5 |
| 1963–64 | Philadelphia | 24 | 14.6 | .308 | .807 | 4.6 | 2.0 | 5.6 |
| Career | 996 | 34.4 | .380 | .849 | 12.1 | 3.1 | 18.5 | |
| All-Star | 11 | 22.5 | .440 | .840 | 9.5 | 1.5 | 12.5 |
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Syracuse | 11 | — | .385 | .733 | — | 2.5 | 17.1 |
| 1951 | Syracuse | 7 | — | .448 | .766 | 14.6 | 2.9 | 20.4 |
| 1952 | Syracuse | 7 | 35.4 | .451 | .769 | 12.9 | 2.1 | 20.3 |
| 1953 | Syracuse | 2 | 29.0 | .250 | .769 | 8.5 | 0.5 | 9.0 |
| 1954 | Syracuse | 13 | 28.8 | .457 | .741 | 10.5 | 1.8 | 16.0 |
| 1955† | Syracuse | 11 | 33.0 | .359 | .840 | 12.8 | 3.6 | 19.0 |
| 1956 | Syracuse | 8 | 38.8 | .366 | .880 | 13.9 | 3.4 | 22.1 |
| 1957 | Syracuse | 5 | 43.0 | .305 | .891 | 18.0 | 2.8 | 21.4 |
| 1958 | Syracuse | 3 | 43.7 | .391 | .833 | 15.0 | 3.1 | 26.7 |
| 1959 | Syracuse | 9 | 39.0 | .400 | .916 | 13.0 | 4.6 | 28.2 |
| 1960 | Syracuse | 3 | 42.0 | .455 | .933 | 16.0 | 2.7 | 29.3 |
| 1961 | Syracuse | 8 | 38.5 | .336 | .900 | 11.4 | 2.6 | 20.6 |
| 1962 | Syracuse | 5 | 19.0 | .364 | .692 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 11.4 |
| 1963 | Syracuse | 5 | 21.6 | .455 | .917 | 5.6 | 1.4 | 10.2 |
| Career | 97 | 34.0 | .390 | .825 | 12.2 | 2.6 | 19.5 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 8″
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Position
- Power forward
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- Not listed
- Draft pick
- Undrafted / not listed
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