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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.
Walt Frazier
Career at a glance
Walt Frazier played 13 NBA regular seasons between 1967 and 1980, appearing in 825 games and averaging 18.9 points, 5.9 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game. He played for 2 teams: New York (1967–77, 759 games), Cleveland (1977–80, 66 games). His best scoring season was 1971–72 with New York: 23.2 points per game over 77 games.
Championship seasons: 1969–70 (New York), 1972–73 (New York). In the playoffs he appeared in 8 postseason runs (93 games, 20.7 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 15,600 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 Walt Frazier
Walter "Clyde" Frazier Jr. (born March 29, 1945) is an American former professional basketball player of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As their floor general and top perimeter defender, he led the New York Knicks to the franchise's first two championships (1970 and 1973), and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987. In 1996, Frazier was honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 50th Anniversary Team. In 2021, he was again honored by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.
Upon his retirement from basketball, Frazier went into broadcasting; he is currently a color commentator for telecasts of Knicks games on the MSG Network alongside Mike Breen.
- Born
- March 29, 1945 (age 81) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
- Listed weight
- 200 lb (91 kg)
- Position
- Point guard
- High school
- David T. Howard (Atlanta, Georgia)
- College
- Southern Illinois (1963–1967)
- NBA draft
- 1967: 1st round, 5th overall pick
- Playing career
- 1967–1979
Career highlights and awards
- 2× NBA champion (1970, 1973)
- 7× NBA All-Star (1970–1976)
- NBA All-Star Game MVP (1975)
- 4× All-NBA First Team (1970, 1972, 1974, 1975)
- 2× All-NBA Second Team (1971, 1973)
- 7× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1969–1975)
- NBA All-Rookie First Team (1968)
- NBA anniversary team (50th, 75th)
- No. 10 retired by New York Knicks
- NIT champion (1967)
- NIT MVP (1967)
- No. 52 retired by Southern Illinois Salukis
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967–68 | New York | 74 | — | 21.5 | .451 | — | .655 | 4.2 | 4.1 | — | — | 9.0 |
| 1968–69 | New York | 80 | — | 36.9 | .505 | — | .746 | 6.2 | 7.9 | — | — | 17.5 |
| 1969–70† | New York | 77 | — | 39.5 | .518 | — | .748 | 6.0 | 8.2 | — | — | 20.9 |
| 1970–71 | New York | 80 | — | 43.2 | .494 | — | .779 | 6.8 | 6.7 | — | — | 21.7 |
| 1971–72 | New York | 77 | — | 40.6 | .512 | — | .808 | 6.7 | 5.8 | — | — | 23.2 |
| 1972–73† | New York | 78 | — | 40.8 | .490 | — | .817 | 7.3 | 5.9 | — | — | 21.1 |
| 1973–74 | New York | 80 | — | 41.7 | .472 | — | .838 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 2.0 | .2 | 20.5 |
| 1974–75 | New York | 78 | — | 41.1 | .483 | — | .828 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 2.4 | .2 | 21.5 |
| 1975–76 | New York | 59 | — | 41.1 | .485 | — | .823 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 1.8 | .2 | 19.1 |
| 1976–77 | New York | 76 | — | 35.4 | .489 | — | .771 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 1.7 | .1 | 17.4 |
| 1977–78 | Cleveland | 51 | — | 32.6 | .471 | — | .850 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 1.5 | .3 | 16.2 |
| 1978–79 | Cleveland | 12 | — | 23.3 | .443 | — | .778 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 1.1 | .2 | 10.8 |
| 1979–80 | Cleveland | 3 | — | 9.0 | .364 | .000 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 2.7 | .7 | .3 | 3.3 |
| Career | 825 | — | 37.5 | .490 | .000 | .786 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 1.9 | .2 | 18.9 | |
| All-Star | 7 | 7 | 26.1 | .449 | — | .857 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 1.3 | .0 | 12.6 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | New York | 4 | — | 29.8 | .364 | — | .778 | 5.5 | 6.3 | — | — | 9.5 |
| 1969 | New York | 10 | — | 41.5 | .503 | — | .596 | 7.4 | 9.1 | — | — | 21.2 |
| 1970† | New York | 19 | — | 43.9 | .478 | — | .764 | 7.8 | 8.2 | — | — | 16.0 |
| 1971 | New York | 12 | — | 41.8 | .529 | — | .733 | 5.8 | 4.5 | — | — | 22.6 |
| 1972 | New York | 16 | — | 44.0 | .536 | — | .736 | 7.0 | 6.1 | — | — | 24.3 |
| 1973† | New York | 17 | — | 45.0 | .514 | — | .777 | 7.3 | 6.2 | — | — | 21.9 |
| 1974 | New York | 12 | — | 40.9 | .502 | — | .898 | 7.9 | 4.0 | 1.8 | .3 | 22.5 |
| 1975 | New York | 3 | — | 41.3 | .630 | — | .813 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 3.7 | .0 | 23.7 |
| Career | 93 | — | 42.5 | .511 | — | .751 | 7.2 | 6.4 | 2.1 | .3 | 20.7 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 4″
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Position
- Point guard
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1967
- Draft pick
- Round 1 · Pick 5
Height, Weight, Position, Country, Draft year, Draft pick: blank in the NBA.com profile, filled from the Wikipedia infobox credited in the About section above.
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