The Basketball Almanac · No. 24 · 2023-24

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Alex English

Denver Nuggets · 1976-77–1990-91

3 All-NBA8 All-Star

Scoring

86th

Efficiency

67th

Playmaking

74th

Rebounding

72nd

Defense

66th

54

Career-high PTS

33

40-pt games

5

Triple-Dbls

1193

Games

Per Game

	Games		Field Goals			3-Pointers			Shooting	Free Throws			Rebounds			Playmaking					Scoring	Awards
Season	GP	MIN	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1976-77	60	10.7	2.2	4.6	48.0%	—	—	—	—	0.8	1	76.7%	0.4	0.5	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.3	—	1.3	5.2
1977-78	82	18.9	4.2	7.7	54.0%	—	—	—	—	1.3	1.7	72.7%	0.6	0.9	4.8	1.6	0.5	0.6	0.9	2.2	9.6
1978-79	81	33.3	7.0	13.6	51.1%	—	—	—	—	2.1	2.8	75.2%	1.2	2.0	8.1	3.3	0.6	0.7	1.7	2.6	16.0
2TM1979-80	78	30.8	7.1	14.3	49.7%	0.0	0.1	50.0%	49.8%	2.7	3.4	78.9%	1.8	2.2	7.8	2.9	0.7	0.6	1.8	2.6	16.9
1980-81	81	38.2	9.5	19.2	49.4%	0.0	0.1	60.0%	49.5%	4.8	5.7	85.0%	3.3	4.5	8.0	3.6	1.3	1.2	3.0	3.1	23.8
1981-82	82	36.8	10.4	18.9	55.1%	0	0.1	0.0%	55.1%	4.5	5.4	84.0%	2.6	4.2	6.8	5.3	1.1	1.5	3.2	3.2	25.4	NBA2 AS
1982-83	82	36.4	11.7	22.6	51.6%	0.0	0.1	18.2%	51.7%	5.0	6.0	82.9%	2.4	2.9	7.3	4.9	1.1	1.4	3.2	2.9	28.4	NBA2 AS
1983-84	82	35	11.1	20.9	52.9%	0.0	0.1	14.3%	52.9%	4.3	5.2	82.4%	2.6	3.0	5.7	5.0	1.0	1.2	2.7	3.1	26.4	AS
1984-85	81	35.6	11.6	22.4	51.8%	0.0	0.1	20.0%	51.9%	4.7	5.7	82.9%	2.5	3.0	5.6	4.2	1.2	0.6	3.0	3.1	28.0	AS
1985-86	81	37.3	11.7	23.3	50.4%	0.0	0.1	20.0%	50.4%	6.3	7.3	86.2%	2.4	2.6	5	4.0	0.9	0.4	3.1	2.9	29.8	NBA2 AS
1986-87	82	37.5	11.8	23.4	50.2%	0.0	0.2	26.7%	50.3%	5.0	5.9	84.4%	1.8	2.4	4.2	5.1	0.9	0.3	2.6	2.6	28.6	AS
1987-88	80	35.2	10.5	21.3	49.5%	0	0.1	0.0%	49.5%	3.9	4.7	82.8%	2.1	2.6	4.7	4.7	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.4	25	AS
1988-89	82	36.5	11.3	22.9	49.1%	0.0	0.1	25.0%	49.2%	4.0	4.6	85.8%	1.8	2.2	4.0	4.7	0.8	0.1	2.4	2.1	26.5	AS
1989-90	80	27.6	7.9	16.2	49.1%	0.0	0.1	40.0%	49.2%	2.0	2.3	88.0%	1.5	2.1	3.6	2.8	0.6	0.3	1.2	1.6	17.9
1990-91	79	22.1	4.1	9.3	43.9%	0	0.0	0.0%	43.9%	1.5	1.8	85.0%	1.4	1.8	3.2	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.3	1.8	9.7
Career	1193	31.9	8.9	17.6	50.7%	0.0	0.1	22.5%	50.6%	3.6	4.3	83.2%	1.9	2.5	5.5	3.6	0.8	0.7	2.2	2.5	21.5
2 yrs	142	15.5	3.3	6.4	52.2%	—	—	—	—	1.1	1.4	73.9%	0.5	0.8	4.0	1.1	0.4	0.5	0.5	1.8	7.7
2 yrs	135	31.3	6.7	13.2	50.8%	0	0.0	0.0%	50.4%	2.1	2.7	77.6%	1.0	1.5	7.7	3.1	0.5	0.6	1.4	2.5	15.6
11 yrs	837	35.7	10.7	21.0	50.9%	0.0	0.1	23.1%	50.9%	4.4	5.3	84.0%	2.4	3.0	5.6	4.4	1.0	0.7	2.7	2.7	25.9
1 yrs	79	22.1	4.1	9.3	43.9%	0	0.0	0.0%	43.9%	1.5	1.8	85.0%	1.4	1.8	3.2	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.3	1.8	9.7

Advanced

	Shooting				Usage			Rebound %			Value						Impact		Clutch
Season	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	USG%	AST%	TOV%	OREB%	DREB%	TRB%	PER	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP	PIE	On/Off	+/-	Clutch PTS	Clutch TS%
1976-77	51.4%	—	—	0.2	—	5.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1977-78	56.6%	—	—	0.2	—	11.3%	16.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1978-79	54.0%	—	—	0.2	—	14.5%	16.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2TM1979-80	53.6%	49.8%	0.0	0.2	—	13.9%	15.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1980-81	54.9%	49.5%	0.0	0.3	—	13.4%	12.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1981-82	59.6%	55.1%	0.0	0.3	20.6%	20.0%	13.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1982-83	56.1%	51.7%	0.0	0.3	27.3%	19.5%	11.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983-84	57.0%	52.9%	0.0	0.2	26.4%	20.9%	10.5%	2.8%	4.4%	3.7%	23.4	—	—	—	—	740.7%	—	—	—	—
1984-85	56.1%	51.9%	0.0	0.3	29.3%	18.0%	11.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1985-86	56.2%	50.4%	0.0	0.3	30.5%	17.0%	10.3%	6.3%	7.7%	7.0%	21.7	9.6	0.2	3.0	3.9	11.2%	—	—	—	—
1986-87	54.9%	50.3%	0.0	0.3	29.4%	21.6%	9.0%	4.8%	7.2%	5.9%	20.5	8.0	0.1	2.2	3.2	10.7%	—	—	—	—
1987-88	53.5%	49.5%	0.0	0.2	28.5%	20.6%	8.8%	6.0%	8.0%	7.0%	19.8	7.4	0.1	1.9	2.8	9.3%	—	—	—	—
1988-89	53.1%	49.2%	0.0	0.2	28.8%	19.7%	8.8%	4.8%	6.6%	5.6%	18.9	6.6	0.1	1.0	2.3	9.4%	—	—	—	—
1989-90	52.2%	49.2%	0.0	0.1	26.1%	15.6%	6.3%	5.3%	8.4%	6.8%	17.9	5.0	0.1	0.8	1.6	6.8%	—	—	—	—
1990-91	48.0%	43.9%	0.0	0.2	22.7%	9.4%	11.3%	7.1%	9.4%	8.3%	12.1	0.5	0.0	-3.7	-0.8	3.3%	—	—	—	—
Career	55.0%	50.6%	0.0	0.2	28.2%	17.1%	10.8%	5.6%	7.7%	6.6%	19.7	37.2	0.1	1.2	13.0	18.5%	—	—	—	—

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