The Basketball Almanac · No. 24 · 2023-24

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Paul Westphal

Phoenix Suns · 1972-73–1983-84

4 All-NBA5 All-Star

Scoring

72nd

Efficiency

73rd

Playmaking

82nd

Rebounding

22nd

Defense

59th

49

Career-high PTS

6

40-pt games

0

Triple-Dbls

823

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
1972-73	60	7.4	1.5	3.3	41.4%	—	—	—	—	1.1	1.4	77.9%	—	—	1.1	1.1	—	—	—	1.3	4.1
1973-74	82	14.1	2.9	5.8	50.1%	—	—	—	—	1.4	1.9	73.2%	0.0	0.1	1.7	2.1	0.0	0.0	—	2.1	7.2
1974-75	82	19.3	4.2	8.2	51.0%	—	—	—	—	1.5	1.9	76.3%	0.1	0.3	2.0	2.9	0.2	0.1	—	2.2	9.8
1975-76	82	36.1	8.0	16.2	49.4%	—	—	—	—	4.5	5.4	83.0%	0.9	2.2	3.2	5.4	2.5	0.5	—	2.7	20.5
1976-77	81	32.1	8.4	16.3	51.8%	—	—	—	—	4.5	5.4	82.5%	0.6	1.5	2.3	5.7	1.5	0.3	—	2.1	21.3	NBA1 AS
1977-78	80	31.0	10.1	19.6	51.6%	—	—	—	—	5.0	6.1	81.3%	0.5	1.5	2.0	5.5	1.7	0.4	3.5	2.0	25.2	NBA2 AS
1978-79	81	32.6	9.9	18.5	53.5%	—	—	—	—	4.2	5	83.7%	0.4	1.4	2.0	6.5	1.4	0.3	2.9	2.0	24.0	NBA1 AS
1979-80	82	32.5	8.4	16.0	52.6%	0.3	1.1	28.0%	53.6%	4.7	5.4	86.2%	0.3	0.6	2.3	5.1	1.5	0.4	2.5	2.0	21.9	NBA1 AS
1980-81	36	29.9	6.1	13.9	44.2%	0.2	0.7	24.0%	44.8%	4.3	5.1	83.2%	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.1	0.6	0.3	2.2	1.9	16.7	AS
1981-82	18	25.1	4.8	10.8	44.3%	0.1	0.1	0.0%	44.8%	2	2.6	76.6%	0	0	1.2	5.6	0	0.2	0.1	3.4	11.7
1982-83	80	24.8	4.0	8.7	45.9%	0.2	0.4	36.4%	46.9%	1.9	2.3	80.4%	0.2	0.7	1.4	5.5	0.8	0.1	1.8	2.2	10.0
1983-84	59	14.7	2.4	5.3	46.0%	0.1	0.4	28.0%	47.1%	2.0	2.4	82.4%	0.1	0.6	0.7	2.5	0.7	0.1	1.3	1.2	7.0
Career	823	25.4	6.2	12.2	50.4%	0.1	0.2	28.7%	49.4%	3.2	3.8	82.0%	0.3	0.9	1.9	4.4	1.0	0.2	1.2	2.0	15.6
3 yrs	224	14.2	3.0	6.0	49.3%	—	—	—	—	1.3	1.8	75.4%	0.0	0.2	1.6	2.1	0.1	0.0	—	1.9	7.3
6 yrs	465	30.6	8.1	15.8	51.6%	0.1	0.3	28.0%	52.3%	4.2	5.1	83.2%	0.5	1.3	2.2	5.2	1.6	0.3	1.7	2.0	20.6
1 yrs	36	29.9	6.1	13.9	44.2%	0.2	0.7	24.0%	44.8%	4.3	5.1	83.2%	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.1	0.6	0.3	2.2	1.9	16.7
2 yrs	98	24.9	4.1	9.1	45.5%	0.2	0.4	34.3%	46.4%	1.9	2.4	79.7%	0.1	0.6	1.4	5.5	0.7	0.2	1.4	2.4	10.3

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%
1972-73	49.2%	—	—	0.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1973-74	54.2%	—	—	0.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1974-75	54.4%	—	—	0.2	—	21.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1975-76	55.1%	—	—	0.3	—	23.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1976-77	57.1%	—	—	0.3	—	29.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1977-78	56.5%	—	—	0.3	—	28.5%	13.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1978-79	58.0%	—	—	0.3	—	30.1%	12.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1979-80	59.3%	53.6%	0.1	0.3	—	24.3%	12.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1980-81	51.7%	44.8%	0.1	0.4	—	22.3%	11.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1981-82	48.9%	44.8%	0.0	0.2	—	31.2%	22.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1982-83	51.6%	46.9%	0.1	0.3	16.4%	33.2%	19.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983-84	54.9%	47.1%	0.1	0.5	17.2%	22.9%	16.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career	55.8%	49.4%	0.1	0.3	16.7%	—	13.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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