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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.
Pete Maravich
Career at a glance
Pete Maravich played 10 NBA regular seasons between 1970 and 1980, appearing in 658 games and averaging 24.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game. He played for 4 teams: Atlanta (1970–74, 302 games), New Orleans (1974–79, 313 games), Utah (1979–80, 17 games), Boston (1979–80, 26 games). His best scoring season was 1976–77 with New Orleans: 31.1 points per game over 73 games.
The season table marks him as the league leader in scoring once. In the playoffs he appeared in 4 postseason runs (26 games, 18.7 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 15,900 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, Maravich ranks No. 24 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 Pete Maravich
Peter Press Maravich (/ˈmɛərəˌvɪtʃ/MAIR-ə-vitch; June 22, 1947 – January 5, 1988), also known by his nickname "Pistol Pete", was an American professional basketball player.
Maravich starred in college for Louisiana State University's Tigers basketball team, which was coached by his father, Press Maravich. He is the all-time top scorer in NCAA Division I men's basketball, having scored 3,667 points at an average of 44.2 per game. He accomplished this before the adoption of the three-point line and shot clock, and before freshmen were allowed to play varsity by the NCAA.
Maravich was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the 1970 NBA draft. He played four seasons in Atlanta, then was traded to the expansion New Orleans Jazz, where he spent five seasons and part of a sixth. He played his final part-season for the Boston Celtics, then retired due to injuries. During his 10-year career, he was named an All-Star five times and All-NBA four times.
- Born
- June 22, 1947 Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
- Listed weight
- 197 lb (89 kg)
- Position
- Shooting guard
- High school
- D. W. Daniel (Central, South Carolina) Broughton (Raleigh, North Carolina) Edwards Military Institute (Salemburg, North Carolina)
- College
- LSU (1967–1970)
- NBA draft
- 1970: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
- Playing career
- 1970–1980
Career highlights and awards
- 5× NBA All-Star (1973, 1974, 1977–1979)
- 2× All-NBA First Team (1976, 1977)
- 2× All-NBA Second Team (1973, 1978)
- NBA All-Rookie First Team (1971)
- NBA scoring champion (1977)
- NBA anniversary team (50th, 75th)
- No. 44 retired by Atlanta Hawks
- No. 7 retired by Utah Jazz
- No. 7 retired by New Orleans Pelicans
- National college player of the year (1970)
- 2× USBWA Player of the Year (1969, 1970)
- 3× Consensus first-team All-American (1968–1970)
- 3× NCAA scoring champion (1968–1970)
- 3× SEC Player of the Year (1968–1970)
- NCAA Division I Men’s all-time scoring leader
- No. 23 retired by LSU Tigers
- First-team Parade All-American (1965)
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970–71 | Atlanta | 81 | — | 36.1 | .458 | — | .800 | 3.7 | 4.4 | — | — | 23.2 |
| 1971–72 | Atlanta | 66 | — | 34.9 | .427 | — | .811 | 3.9 | 6.0 | — | — | 19.3 |
| 1972–73 | Atlanta | 79 | — | 39.1 | .441 | — | .800 | 4.4 | 6.9 | — | — | 26.1 |
| 1973–74 | Atlanta | 76 | — | 38.2 | .457 | — | .826 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 1.5 | .2 | 27.7 |
| 1974–75 | New Orleans | 79 | — | 36.1 | .419 | — | .811 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 1.5 | .2 | 21.5 |
| 1975–76 | New Orleans | 62 | — | 38.3 | .459 | — | .811 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 1.4 | .4 | 25.9 |
| 1976–77 | New Orleans | 73 | — | 41.7 | .433 | — | .835 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 1.2 | .3 | 31.1* |
| 1977–78 | New Orleans | 50 | — | 40.8 | .444 | — | .870 | 3.6 | 6.7 | 2.0 | .2 | 27.0 |
| 1978–79 | New Orleans | 49 | — | 37.2 | .421 | — | .841 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 1.2 | .4 | 22.6 |
| 1979–80 | Utah | 17 | — | 30.7 | .412 | .636 | .820 | 2.4 | 3.2 | .9 | .2 | 17.1 |
| 1979–80 | Boston | 26 | 4 | 17.0 | .494 | .750 | .909 | 1.5 | 1.1 | .3 | .1 | 11.5 |
| Career | 658 | — | 37.0 | .441 | .667 | .820 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 1.4 | .3 | 24.2 | |
| All-Star | 4 | 4 | 19.8 | .409 | — | .778 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 10.8 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Atlanta | 5 | — | 39.8 | .377 | — | .692 | 5.2 | 4.8 | — | — | 22.0 |
| 1972 | Atlanta | 6 | — | 36.5 | .446 | — | .817 | 5.3 | 4.7 | — | — | 27.7 |
| 1973 | Atlanta | 6 | — | 39.0 | .419 | — | .794 | 4.8 | 6.7 | — | — | 26.2 |
| 1980 | Boston | 9 | — | 11.6 | .490 | .333 | .667 | .9 | .7 | .3 | .0 | 6.0 |
| Career | 26 | — | 29.1 | .423 | .333 | .784 | 3.6 | 3.8 | .3 | .0 | 18.7 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 5″
- Weight
- 197 lb
- Position
- Shooting guard
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1970
- Draft pick
- Round 1 · Pick 3
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