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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.
Sidney Moncrief
Career at a glance
Sidney Moncrief played 11 NBA regular seasons between 1979 and 1991, appearing in 767 games and averaging 15.6 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game. He played for 2 teams: Milwaukee (1979–89, 695 games), Atlanta (1990–91, 72 games). His best scoring season was 1982–83 with Milwaukee: 22.5 points per game over 76 games.
In the playoffs he appeared in 11 postseason runs (93 games, 16.0 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 11,900 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 Sidney Moncrief
Sidney Alvin Moncrief (born September 21, 1957) is an American former professional basketball player. As an NCAA college basketball player from 1975 to 1979, Moncrief played for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks, leading them to the 1978 Final Four and a win in the NCAA Consolation Game versus #6 Notre Dame. Nicknamed Sid the Squid, Sir Sid, and El Sid, Moncrief went on to play 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association, including ten seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks. He was a five-time NBA All-Star and won the first two NBA Defensive Player of the Year awards in 1983 and 1984. He was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.
- Born
- September 21, 1957 (age 69) Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
- Listed weight
- 180 lb (82 kg)
- Position
- Shooting guard
- High school
- Hall (Little Rock, Arkansas)
- College
- Arkansas (1975–1979)
- NBA draft
- 1979: 1st round, 5th overall pick
- Playing career
- 1979–1991
Career highlights and awards
- 5× NBA All-Star (1982–1986)
- All-NBA First Team (1983)
- 4× All-NBA Second Team (1982, 1984–1986)
- 2× NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1983, 1984)
- 4× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1983–1986)
- NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1982)
- No. 4 retired by Milwaukee Bucks
- Consensus first-team All-American (1979)
- Second-team All-American – UPI (1978)
- Third-team All-American – AP, NABC (1978)
- SWC Player of the Year (1979)
- First-team All-SWC (1979)
- No. 32 retired by Arkansas Razorbacks
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979–80 | Milwaukee | 77 | — | 20.2 | .468 | .000 | .795 | 4.4 | 1.7 | .9 | .2 | 8.5 |
| 1980–81 | Milwaukee | 80 | — | 30.2 | .541 | .222 | .804 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 1.1 | .5 | 14.0 |
| 1981–82 | Milwaukee | 80 | 80 | 37.3 | .523 | .071 | .817 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 1.7 | .3 | 19.8 |
| 1982–83 | Milwaukee | 76 | 76 | 35.7 | .524 | .100 | .826 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 1.5 | .3 | 22.5 |
| 1983–84 | Milwaukee | 79 | 79 | 38.9 | .498 | .278 | .848 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 1.4 | .3 | 20.9 |
| 1984–85 | Milwaukee | 73 | 72 | 37.5 | .483 | .273 | .828 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 1.6 | .5 | 21.7 |
| 1985–86 | Milwaukee | 73 | 72 | 35.2 | .489 | .320 | .859 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 1.4 | .2 | 20.2 |
| 1986–87 | Milwaukee | 39 | 30 | 25.4 | .488 | .258 | .840 | 3.3 | 3.1 | .7 | .3 | 11.8 |
| 1987–88 | Milwaukee | 56 | 51 | 25.5 | .489 | .161 | .837 | 3.2 | 3.6 | .7 | .3 | 10.8 |
| 1988–89 | Milwaukee | 62 | 50 | 25.7 | .491 | .342 | .865 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 1.0 | .2 | 12.1 |
| 1990–91 | Atlanta | 72 | 3 | 15.2 | .488 | .328 | .781 | 1.8 | 1.4 | .7 | .1 | 4.7 |
| Career | 767 | 513 | 30.2 | .502 | .284 | .831 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 1.2 | .3 | 15.6 | |
| All-Star | 5 | 2 | 23.8 | .404 | 1.000 | .864 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | .4 | 11.6 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Milwaukee | 7 | — | 26.0 | .588 | .000 | .871 | 4.4 | 1.6 | .7 | .1 | 12.4 |
| 1981 | Milwaukee | 7 | — | 39.6 | .435 | .000 | .745 | 6.7 | 2.9 | 1.7 | .4 | 14.0 |
| 1982 | Milwaukee | 6 | — | 42.0 | .419 | .000 | .789 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 1.5 | .3 | 15.3 |
| 1983 | Milwaukee | 9 | — | 41.9 | .437 | .000 | .754 | 6.7 | 3.7 | 2.0 | .3 | 18.9 |
| 1984 | Milwaukee | 16 | — | 38.6 | .518 | .250 | .791 | 6.9 | 4.3 | 1.8 | .6 | 19.1 |
| 1985 | Milwaukee | 8 | 7 | 39.9 | .556 | .400 | .933 | 4.3 | 5.0 | .6 | .5 | 23.0 |
| 1986 | Milwaukee | 9 | 9 | 36.3 | .426 | .286 | .698 | 4.6 | 4.9 | .6 | .6 | 16.9 |
| 1987 | Milwaukee | 12 | 10 | 35.5 | .473 | .286 | .811 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 1.1 | .5 | 19.4 |
| 1988 | Milwaukee | 5 | 5 | 34.6 | .480 | 1.000 | .963 | 3.8 | 5.2 | .6 | .2 | 15.0 |
| 1989 | Milwaukee | 9 | 9 | 20.4 | .396 | .286 | .938 | 2.9 | 1.4 | .6 | .2 | 6.1 |
| 1991 | Atlanta | 5 | 0 | 18.2 | .500 | .167 | .813 | 3.2 | .4 | .6 | .0 | 7.2 |
| Career | 93 | 40 | 34.7 | .475 | .293 | .811 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 1.1 | .4 | 16.0 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 4″
- Weight
- 180 lb
- Position
- Shooting guard
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1979
- Draft pick
- Round 1 · Pick 5
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