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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.
Jo Jo White
Career at a glance
Jo Jo White played 12 NBA regular seasons between 1969 and 1981, appearing in 837 games and averaging 17.2 points, 4.0 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game. He played for 3 teams: Boston (1969–79, 717 games), Golden State (1978–80, 107 games), Kansas City (1980–81, 13 games). His best scoring season was 1971–72 with Boston: 23.1 points per game over 79 games.
Championship seasons: 1973–74 (Boston), 1975–76 (Boston). In the playoffs he appeared in 6 postseason runs (80 games, 21.5 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 14,400 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 Jo Jo White
Joseph Henry White (November 16, 1946 – January 16, 2018) was an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks, where he was named a second-team All-American twice. White was part of the U.S. men's basketball team during the 1968 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal with the team.
In the 1969 NBA draft, White was drafted ninth overall by the Boston Celtics, with whom he would play for ten seasons, winning the NBA Finals in 1974 and 1976 and being named Finals MVP the latter year. A seven-time NBA All-Star, White set a Celtics record with 488 consecutive games played. White's No. 10 jersey was retired by the Celtics in 1982. In 2015, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
- Born
- November 16, 1946 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
- Listed weight
- 190 lb (86 kg)
- Position
- Point guard
- High school
- McKinley (St. Louis, Missouri)
- College
- Kansas (1965–1969)
- NBA draft
- 1969: 1st round, 9th overall pick
- Playing career
- 1969–1981, 1987
Career highlights and awards
- 2× NBA champion (1974, 1976)
- NBA Finals MVP (1976)
- 7× NBA All-Star (1971–1977)
- 2× All-NBA Second Team (1975, 1977)
- NBA All-Rookie First Team (1970)
- No. 10 retired by Boston Celtics
- 2× Consensus second-team All-American (1968, 1969)
- No. 15 jersey retired by Kansas Jayhawks
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969–70 | Boston | 60 | – | 22.1 | .452 | – | .822 | 2.8 | 2.4 | – | – | 12.2 |
| 1970–71 | Boston | 75 | – | 37.2 | .464 | – | .799 | 5.0 | 4.8 | – | – | 21.3 |
| 1971–72 | Boston | 79 | – | 41.3 | .431 | – | .831 | 5.6 | 5.3 | – | – | 23.1 |
| 1972–73 | Boston | 82* | – | 39.6 | .431 | – | .781 | 5.0 | 6.1 | – | – | 19.7 |
| 1973–74† | Boston | 82* | – | 39.5 | .449 | – | .837 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 18.1 |
| 1974–75 | Boston | 82 | – | 39.3 | .457 | – | .834 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 18.3 |
| 1975–76† | Boston | 82 | – | 39.7 | .449 | – | .838 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 18.9 |
| 1976–77 | Boston | 82 | – | 40.6 | .429 | – | .869 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 19.6 |
| 1977–78 | Boston | 46 | – | 35.7 | .419 | – | .858 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 14.8 |
| 1978–79 | Boston | 47 | – | 31.0 | .428 | – | .888 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 12.5 |
| 1978–79 | Golden State | 29 | – | 30.4 | .475 | – | .870 | 2.5 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 12.3 |
| 1979–80 | Golden State | 78 | – | 26.3 | .476 | .167 | .851 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 9.9 |
| 1980–81 | Kansas City | 13 | – | 18.2 | .439 | – | .611 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 6.4 |
| Career | 837 | – | 35.8 | .444 | .167 | .834 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 17.2 | |
| All-Star | 7 | 0 | 17.7 | .483 | – | .545 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 9.1 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Boston | 11 | – | 39.3 | .495 | – | .833 | 5.4 | 5.3 | – | – | 23.5 |
| 1973 | Boston | 13 | – | 44.8 | .450 | – | .907 | 4.2 | 6.4 | – | – | 24.5 |
| 1974† | Boston | 18 | – | 42.5 | .426 | – | .739 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 16.6 |
| 1975 | Boston | 11 | – | 42.0 | .441 | – | .818 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 20.6 |
| 1976† | Boston | 18 | – | 43.9 | .445 | – | .821 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 22.7 |
| 1977 | Boston | 9 | – | 43.9 | .453 | – | .848 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 23.3 |
| Career | 80 | – | 42.9 | .449 | – | .828 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 21.5 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965–66 | Kansas | 9 | — | — | .393 | — | .538 | 7.6 | — | — | — | 11.3 |
| 1966–67 | Kansas | 27 | — | — | .409 | .819 | 5.6 | — | — | — | 14.8 | |
| 1967–68 | Kansas | 30 | — | — | .407 | — | .722 | 3.6 | — | — | — | 15.3 |
| 1968–69 | Kansas | 18 | — | — | .469 | — | .734 | 4.7 | — | — | — | 18.1 |
| Career | 84 | — | — | .420 | — | .733 | 4.9 | — | — | — | 15.3 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 3″
- Weight
- 190 lb
- Position
- Point guard
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1969
- Draft pick
- Round 1 · Pick 9
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