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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.
Jack Sikma
Career at a glance
Jack Sikma played 14 NBA regular seasons between 1977 and 1991, appearing in 1,107 games and averaging 15.6 points, 9.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. He played for 2 teams: Seattle (1977–86, 715 games), Milwaukee (1986–91, 392 games). His best scoring season was 1981–82 with Seattle: 19.6 points per game over 82 games.
He rebounded best in 1981–82 at 12.7 per game. Championship season: 1978–79 (Seattle). In the playoffs he appeared in 11 postseason runs (102 games, 14.3 points per game).
Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 17,300 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 Jack Sikma
Jack Wayne Sikma (born November 14, 1955) is an American former professional basketballcenter. He was a seven-time NBA All-Star with the Seattle SuperSonics, who drafted him in the first round with the eighth overall pick of the 1977 NBA draft. In 1979, he won an NBA championship with Seattle. Sikma finished his playing career with the Milwaukee Bucks. He was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.
He was known for his trademark reverse pivot and step back behind-the-head jumper, coined as the "Sikma move", along with his distinctive blond hair during his playing days, which he wore in a pageboy early in his career and in a perm later on. During his thirteen-year career, he reached the playoffs eleven times and established himself as an accurate outside-shooting center at a time when big men played in the paint. Sikma scored 17,287 points in his NBA career.
- Born
- November 14, 1955 (age 70) Kankakee, Illinois, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
- Listed weight
- 230 lb (104 kg)
- Position
- Center / power forward
- High school
- St. Anne (St. Anne, Illinois)
- College
- Illinois Wesleyan (1973–1977)
- NBA draft
- 1977: 1st round, 8th overall pick
- Playing career
- 1977–1991
Career highlights and awards
- NBA champion (1979)
- 7× NBA All-Star (1979–1985)
- NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1982)
- NBA All-Rookie First Team (1978)
- No. 43 retired by Seattle SuperSonics
- 2× First-team NCAA Division IIIAll-American (1976, 1977)
- Third-team NCAA Division III All-American (1975)
- 3× CCIW Player of the Year (1975–1977)
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977–78 | Seattle | 82 | – | 27.3 | .455 | – | .777 | 8.3 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 10.7 |
| 1978–79† | Seattle | 82 | – | 36.1 | .460 | – | .814 | 12.4 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 15.6 |
| 1979–80 | Seattle | 82 | – | 34.1 | .475 | .000 | .805 | 11.1 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 14.3 |
| 1980–81 | Seattle | 82 | – | 35.6 | .454 | .000 | .823 | 10.4 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 18.7 |
| 1981–82 | Seattle | 82 | 82 | 37.2 | .479 | .154 | .855 | 12.7 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 19.6 |
| 1982–83 | Seattle | 75 | 71 | 34.2 | .464 | .000 | .837 | 11.4 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 18.2 |
| 1983–84 | Seattle | 82 | 82 | 36.5 | .499 | .000 | .856 | 11.1 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 19.1 |
| 1984–85 | Seattle | 68 | 68 | 35.3 | .489 | .200 | .852 | 10.6 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 18.5 |
| 1985–86 | Seattle | 80 | 78 | 34.9 | .462 | .000 | .864 | 9.4 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 17.1 |
| 1986–87 | Milwaukee | 82 | 82 | 30.9 | .463 | .000 | .847 | 10.0 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 12.7 |
| 1987–88 | Milwaukee | 82 | 82 | 35.6 | .486 | .214 | .922* | 8.6 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 16.5 |
| 1988–89 | Milwaukee | 80 | 80 | 32.3 | .431 | .380 | .905 | 7.8 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 13.4 |
| 1989–90 | Milwaukee | 71 | 70 | 31.7 | .416 | .342 | .885 | 6.9 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 13.9 |
| 1990–91 | Milwaukee | 77 | 44 | 25.2 | .427 | .341 | .843 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 10.4 |
| Career | 1,107 | 739 | 33.4 | .464 | .328 | .849 | 9.8 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 15.6 | |
| All-Star | 7 | 0 | 21.0 | .471 | .000 | .875 | 6.0 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 7 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Seattle | 22 | – | 31.9 | .466 | – | .780 | 8.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 13.7 |
| 1979† | Seattle | 17 | – | 38.5 | .455 | – | .787 | 11.7 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 14.8 |
| 1980 | Seattle | 15 | – | 35.6 | .399 | .000 | .852 | 8.4 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 11.7 |
| 1982 | Seattle | 8 | – | 39.4 | .445 | – | .862 | 12.1 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 20.5 |
| 1983 | Seattle | 2 | – | 37.5 | .355 | .000 | .667 | 13.0 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| 1984 | Seattle | 5 | – | 38.6 | .500 | .000 | .857 | 10.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 22.0 |
| 1987 | Milwaukee | 12 | 12 | 35.5 | .487 | .000 | .980 | 10.8 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 16.2 |
| 1988 | Milwaukee | 5 | 5 | 38.0 | .461 | .000 | .833 | 12.4 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 19.0 |
| 1989 | Milwaukee | 9 | 9 | 33.4 | .394 | .286 | .821 | 5.6 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 11.7 |
| 1990 | Milwaukee | 4 | 4 | 29.3 | .261 | .286 | .750 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 1991 | Milwaukee | 3 | 0 | 17.0 | .400 | .500 | .500 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 4.7 |
| Career | 102 | 30 | 34.9 | .445 | .244 | .830 | 9.3 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 14.3 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 11″
- Weight
- 230 lb
- Position
- Center / power forward
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1977
- Draft pick
- Round 1 · Pick 8
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