The Basketball Almanac · No. 24 · 2023-24

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JW

Jerry West

Los Angeles Lakers · 1960-61–1973-74

×1FMVP

12 All-NBA14 All-Star5 All-Def1 ASG MVP

Scoring

96th

Efficiency

71st

Playmaking

95th

Rebounding

66th

Defense

3rd

63

Career-high PTS

66

40-pt games

16

Triple-Dbls

932

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
1960-61	79	5.6	6.7	10.0	43.0%	—	—	—	—	4.2	6.3	66.5%	—	—	5.5	1.6	—	—	—	2.6	17.6	AS
1961-62	75	8.4	10.7	17.2	44.7%	—	—	—	—	9.5	12.3	77.1%	—	—	5.9	2.1	—	—	—	2.2	30.8	NBA1 AS
1962-63	55	11.7	10.2	16.5	47.7%	—	—	—	—	6.8	8.7	78.2%	—	—	4.9	2.5	—	—	—	2.6	27.2	NBA1 AS
1963-64	72	14.5	10.3	17.1	49.1%	—	—	—	—	8.1	9.8	83.1%	—	—	4.8	3.1	—	—	—	2.8	28.7	NBA1 AS
1964-65	74	13.3	11.1	18.6	50.1%	—	—	—	—	8.8	10.8	80.9%	—	—	5.1	4.1	—	—	—	2.3	31.0	NBA1 AS
1965-66	79	17.5	10.4	21.0	46.8%	—	—	—	—	10.6	12.4	86.1%	—	—	7.0	6.1	—	—	—	2.9	31.3	NBA1 AS
1966-67	66	12.2	9.8	16.3	47.1%	—	—	—	—	9.1	10.4	87.9%	—	—	4.9	5.8	—	—	—	2.0	28.7	NBA1 AS
1967-68	51	23.4	9.3	16.4	51.7%	—	—	—	—	7.7	9.5	81.1%	—	—	4.9	5.5	—	—	—	3.0	26.3	NBA2 AS
1968-69	61	17.1	8.9	16.8	47.0%	—	—	—	—	8.0	9.8	82.2%	—	—	3.9	6.1	—	—	—	2.5	25.9	FMVP NBA2 AS DEF2
1969-70	74	40.1	11.2	22.1	49.7%	—	—	—	—	8.7	10.6	82.5%	—	—	4.5	7.3	—	—	—	2.2	31.2	NBA1 AS DEF1
1970-71	69	40.0	9.7	19.2	49.5%	—	—	—	—	7.6	9.1	83.5%	—	—	4.6	9.4	—	—	—	2.6	26.9	NBA1 AS DEF1
1971-72	77	38.6	9.5	20.1	47.6%	—	—	—	—	6.7	8.2	81.4%	—	—	4.2	9.7	—	—	—	2.7	25.8	NBA1 AS DEF1 ASMVP
1972-73	69	33.5	9.0	18.5	47.8%	—	—	—	—	4.9	6.1	80.5%	—	—	4.1	8.7	—	—	—	1.9	22.8	NBA1 AS DEF1
1973-74	31	31.0	7.5	16.7	44.7%	—	—	—	—	5.4	6.4	83.8%	0.1	1.0	3.7	6.5	1.3	0.1	—	2.6	20.3	AS
Career	932	21.6	9.7	17.7	47.8%	—	—	—	—	7.7	9.5	81.3%	0.0	0.0	4.9	5.6	0.0	0.0	—	2.5	27.0
14 yrs	932	21.6	9.7	17.7	47.8%	—	—	—	—	7.7	9.5	81.3%	0.0	0.0	4.9	5.6	0.0	0.0	—	2.5	27.0

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%
1960-61	47.0%	—	—	0.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1961-62	52.2%	—	—	0.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1962-63	53.7%	—	—	0.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1963-64	56.6%	—	—	0.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1964-65	57.4%	—	—	0.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1965-66	57.0%	—	—	0.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1966-67	57.2%	—	—	0.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1967-68	59.6%	—	—	0.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1968-69	55.6%	—	—	0.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1969-70	57.3%	—	—	0.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1970-71	57.2%	—	—	0.5	—	31.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1971-72	54.5%	—	—	0.4	—	33.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1972-73	53.3%	—	—	0.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1973-74	52.0%	—	—	0.4	—	32.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career	55.4%	—	—	0.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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