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Game state source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 6:37 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.
Dominique Wilkins
Career at a glance
Dominique Wilkins played 15 NBA regular seasons between 1982 and 1999, appearing in 1,074 games and averaging 24.8 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. He played for 5 teams: Atlanta (1982–94, 882 games), L.A. Clippers (1993–94, 25 games), Boston (1994–95, 77 games), San Antonio (1996–97, 63 games), Orlando (1998–99, 27 games). His best scoring season was 1987–88 with Atlanta: 30.7 points per game over 78 games.
He rebounded best in 1990–91 at 9.0 per game. The season table marks him as the league leader in scoring once. In the playoffs he appeared in 10 postseason runs (56 games, 25.4 points per game).
Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 26,700 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, Wilkins ranks No. 17 in points 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 Dominique Wilkins
Jacques Dominique Wilkins (born January 12, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player who primarily played for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Wilkins is a nine-time NBA All-Star, a seven-time All-NBA Team member and is widely viewed as one of the most acrobatic slam dunkers in NBA history, earning the nickname "the Human Highlight Film". In October 2021, he was honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. Wilkins is the leader in most years with the Hawks, 12 seasons, the most games played in Hawks franchise history, with 882, the most minutes played with 32,545, the most career points with 23,292, and the most points per game, with 26.4 points per game.
Wilkins led the NBA in scoring in the 1985–86 season. In 2006, Wilkins was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
In addition to his 11 seasons with the Hawks, Wilkins had short stints with the Los Angeles Clippers, the Boston Celtics, Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League, with whom he won his first titles (the FIBA European League and the Greek Cup), Fortitudo Bologna of Lega Basket Serie A, the San Antonio Spurs, and the Orlando Magic before he retired in 1999. As a member of the U.S. men's national team, Wilkins won gold at the 1994 FIBA World Championship.
- Born
- January 12, 1960 (age 66) Paris, France
- Listed height
- 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
- Listed weight
- 230 lb (104 kg)
- Position
- Small forward
- High school
- Washington (Washington, North Carolina)
- College
- Georgia (1979–1982)
- NBA draft
- 1982: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
- Playing career
- 1982–1999
Career highlights and awards
- 9× NBA All Star (1986–1994)
- All-NBA First Team (1986)
- 4× All-NBA Second Team (1987, 1988, 1991, 1993)
- 2× All-NBA Third Team (1989, 1994)
- NBA All-Rookie First Team (1983)
- NBA scoring champion (1986)
- 2× NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion (1985, 1990)
- NBA 75th Anniversary Team
- No. 21 retired by Atlanta Hawks
- EuroLeague champion (1996)
- EuroLeague Final Four MVP (1996)
- Greek League All-Star (1996 I)
- Greek All-Star Game MVP (1996 I)
- Greek Cup winner (1996)
- Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer (1996)
- Greek Cup Finals MVP (1996)
- Greek League Hall of Fame (2022)
- Italian League All-Star (1997)
- Italian Cup winner (1998)
- Second-team All-American – NABC, UPI (1982)
- Third-team All-American – AP (1982)
- 2× First-team All-SEC (1981, 1982)
- SEC tournament MVP (1981)
- McDonald's All-American (1979)
- First-team Parade All-American (1979)
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982–83 | Atlanta | 82* | 82* | 32.9 | .493 | .182 | .682 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 | .8 | 17.5 |
| 1983–84 | Atlanta | 81 | 81 | 36.6 | .479 | .000 | .770 | 7.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 21.6 |
| 1984–85 | Atlanta | 81 | 81 | 37.3 | .451 | .309 | .806 | 6.9 | 2.5 | 1.7 | .7 | 27.4 |
| 1985–86 | Atlanta | 78 | 78 | 39.1 | .468 | .186 | .818 | 7.8 | 2.6 | 1.8 | .6 | 30.3* |
| 1986–87 | Atlanta | 79 | 79 | 37.6 | .463 | .292 | .818 | 6.3 | 3.3 | 1.5 | .6 | 29.0 |
| 1987–88 | Atlanta | 78 | 76 | 37.8 | .464 | .295 | .826 | 6.4 | 2.9 | 1.3 | .6 | 30.7 |
| 1988–89 | Atlanta | 80 | 80 | 37.5 | .464 | .276 | .844 | 6.9 | 2.6 | 1.5 | .7 | 26.2 |
| 1989–90 | Atlanta | 80 | 79 | 36.1 | .484 | .322 | .807 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 1.6 | .6 | 26.7 |
| 1990–91 | Atlanta | 81 | 81 | 38.0 | .470 | .341 | .829 | 9.0 | 3.3 | 1.5 | .8 | 25.9 |
| 1991–92 | Atlanta | 42 | 42 | 38.1 | .464 | .289 | .835 | 7.0 | 3.8 | 1.2 | .6 | 28.1 |
| 1992–93 | Atlanta | 71 | 70 | 37.3 | .468 | .380 | .828 | 6.8 | 3.2 | 1.0 | .4 | 29.9 |
| 1993–94 | Atlanta | 49 | 49 | 34.4 | .432 | .308 | .854 | 6.2 | 2.3 | 1.3 | .4 | 24.4 |
| 1993–94 | L.A. Clippers | 25 | 25 | 37.9 | .453 | .247 | .835 | 7.0 | 2.2 | 1.2 | .3 | 29.1 |
| 1994–95 | Boston | 77 | 64 | 31.5 | .424 | .388 | .782 | 5.2 | 2.2 | .8 | .2 | 17.8 |
| 1996–97 | San Antonio | 63 | 26 | 30.9 | .417 | .293 | .803 | 6.4 | 1.9 | .6 | .5 | 18.2 |
| 1998–99 | Orlando | 27 | 2 | 9.3 | .379 | .263 | .690 | 2.6 | .6 | .1 | .0 | 5.1 |
| Career | 1,074 | 995 | 35.5 | .461 | .319 | .811 | 6.7 | 2.5 | 1.3 | .6 | 24.8 | |
| All-Star | 8 | 3 | 22.7 | .400 | .250 | .737 | 3.8 | 2.1 | .8 | .5 | 15.1 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Atlanta | 3 | 3 | 36.3 | .405 | 1.000 | .857 | 5.0 | .3 | .7 | .3 | 15.7 |
| 1984 | Atlanta | 5 | 5 | 34.4 | .417 | .000 | .839 | 8.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | .2 | 19.2 |
| 1986 | Atlanta | 9 | 9 | 40.0 | .433 | .439 | .861 | 6.0 | 2.8 | 1.0 | .2 | 28.6 |
| 1987 | Atlanta | 9 | 9 | 40.0 | .410 | .415 | .892 | 7.8 | 2.8 | 1.8 | .9 | 26.8 |
| 1988 | Atlanta | 12 | 12 | 39.4 | .457 | .222 | .768 | 6.4 | 2.8 | 1.3 | .5 | 31.2 |
| 1989 | Atlanta | 5 | 5 | 42.4 | .448 | .294 | .711 | 5.4 | 3.4 | .8 | 1.6 | 27.2 |
| 1991 | Atlanta | 5 | 5 | 39.0 | .372 | .133 | .914 | 6.4 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 20.8 |
| 1993 | Atlanta | 3 | 3 | 37.7 | .427 | .250 | .767 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 1.0 | .3 | 30.0 |
| 1995 | Boston | 4 | 4 | 37.5 | .426 | .471 | .889 | 10.8 | 2.0 | .5 | .8 | 19.0 |
| 1999 | Orlando | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | .500 | .000 | .000 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 2.0 |
| Career | 56 | 55 | 39.6 | .429 | .281 | .824 | 6.7 | 2.6 | 1.3 | .6 | 25.4 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 8″
- Weight
- 230 lb
- Position
- Small forward
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- France
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1982
- Draft pick
- Round 1 · Pick 3
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