The Basketball Almanac · No. 24 · 2023-24

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Walter Davis

Phoenix Suns · 1977-78–1991-92

2 All-NBA6 All-Star1 ROY1 All-Rk

Scoring

87th

Efficiency

72nd

Playmaking

78th

Rebounding

42nd

Defense

65th

45

Career-high PTS

10

40-pt games

0

Triple-Dbls

1033

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
1977-78	81	32.0	9.7	18.4	52.6%	—	—	—	—	4.8	5.8	83.0%	1.9	4	6.0	3.4	1.4	0.2	3.5	3.0	24.2	NBA2 AS ROY R1
1978-79	79	30.8	9.7	17.2	56.1%	—	—	—	—	4.3	5.2	83.5%	1.3	3.1	4.7	4.3	1.9	0.3	3.7	3.2	23.6	NBA2 AS
1979-80	75	30.8	8.8	15.5	56.4%	0	0.1	0.0%	56.4%	4.0	4.9	82.1%	0.3	1.0	3.6	4.5	1.5	0.2	3.2	2.7	21.5	AS
1980-81	78	28.0	7.6	14.1	53.9%	0.1	0.2	41.2%	54.2%	2.7	3.2	83.6%	0.8	1.7	2.6	3.9	1.3	0.2	2.8	2.5	18.0	AS
1981-82	55	21.5	6.4	12.2	52.3%	0.1	0.3	18.8%	52.5%	1.7	2.0	82.0%	0.3	1.4	1.9	2.9	0.8	0.1	2.0	1.9	14.4
1982-83	80	31.1	8.3	16.1	51.6%	0.1	0.3	30.4%	51.9%	2.3	2.8	81.8%	0.6	1.1	2.5	5.0	1.5	0.1	2.3	2.4	19.0
1983-84	78	32.6	8.4	16.3	51.2%	0.3	1.1	23.3%	52.0%	3.0	3.5	86.3%	0.5	2.1	2.6	5.5	1.4	0.2	2.7	2.6	20.0	AS
1984-85	23	24.8	6.0	13.4	45.0%	0.1	0.5	27.3%	45.5%	2.8	3.2	87.7%	0.3	1.3	1.5	4.3	0.8	0	2.2	1.8	15
1985-86	70	32.0	8.9	18.4	48.5%	0.3	1.1	23.7%	49.2%	3.7	4.4	84.3%	0.8	2.1	2.9	5.1	1.4	0.0	3.1	2.2	21.8
1986-87	79	33.5	9.9	19.1	51.7%	0.3	1.0	25.9%	52.4%	3.6	4.2	86.2%	1.1	1.9	3.1	4.6	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.3	23.6	AS
1987-88	68	28.7	7.2	15.2	47.3%	0.5	1.4	37.5%	49.1%	3.0	3.4	88.7%	0.5	1.9	2.3	4.1	1.3	0.0	1.9	1.9	17.9
1988-89	81	22.9	6.6	13.3	49.8%	0.2	0.9	29.0%	50.7%	2.2	2.5	87.9%	0.5	1.4	1.9	2.3	0.9	0.1	1.6	2.3	15.6
1989-90	69	23.7	7.2	15.0	48.1%	0.1	0.7	13.0%	48.4%	3	3.3	91.2%	0.7	1.9	2.6	2.2	0.9	0.1	1.5	2.3	17.5
2TM1990-91	71	20.9	5.7	12.1	46.8%	0.2	0.5	30.6%	47.4%	1.5	1.6	91.5%	1	1.5	2.5	1.8	1.1	0.0	1.2	2.1	13.0
1991-92	46	16.1	4.0	8.8	45.9%	0.1	0.3	31.3%	46.5%	1.8	2.0	87.2%	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.5	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.5	9.9
Career	1033	27.9	7.9	15.4	51.2%	0.2	0.6	27.2%	51.1%	3.0	3.6	85.2%	0.8	1.9	3.0	3.8	1.2	0.1	2.5	2.4	18.9
11 yrs	766	30.2	8.5	16.3	52.0%	0.2	0.5	28.0%	52.0%	3.3	4.0	84.2%	0.8	2.0	3.2	4.4	1.4	0.1	2.8	2.5	20.5
4 yrs	235	22.5	6.5	13.5	48.3%	0.2	0.7	25.0%	48.9%	2.3	2.6	89.6%	0.7	1.5	2.2	2.1	0.9	0.1	1.5	2.2	15.6
1 yrs	32	13.7	2.7	6.1	44.6%	0.0	0.1	33.3%	44.9%	0.7	0.7	91.3%	0.6	1.2	1.8	1.3	0.6	0	0.8	1.3	6.1

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%
1977-78	57.7%	—	—	0.3	—	16.5%	14.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1978-79	60.6%	—	—	0.3	—	21.0%	16.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1979-80	60.9%	56.4%	0.0	0.3	—	23.2%	15.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1980-81	57.9%	54.2%	0.0	0.2	—	21.8%	15.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1981-82	55.3%	52.5%	0.0	0.2	27.9%	22.6%	13.5%	0.0%	7.8%	3.7%	13.0	—	—	—	—	337.5%	—	—	—	—
1982-83	54.8%	51.9%	0.0	0.2	27.3%	25.2%	11.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983-84	55.9%	52.0%	0.1	0.2	23.5%	25.0%	13.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984-85	50.6%	45.5%	0.0	0.2	—	24.0%	12.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1985-86	53.6%	49.2%	0.1	0.2	29.1%	26.3%	13.4%	2.9%	7.3%	5.2%	18.0	4.1	0.1	1.0	1.7	8.8%	—	—	—	—
1986-87	56.5%	52.4%	0.1	0.2	28.9%	22.9%	12.0%	3.9%	6.4%	5.2%	19.3	5.8	0.1	1.5	2.3	9.1%	—	—	—	—
1987-88	53.7%	49.1%	0.1	0.2	26.5%	21.8%	10.0%	1.9%	7.5%	4.7%	17.8	3.7	0.1	1.1	1.6	7.1%	—	—	—	—
1988-89	54.4%	50.7%	0.1	0.2	26.7%	15.3%	10.2%	2.1%	6.5%	4.2%	16.6	3.4	0.1	-0.6	0.7	4.9%	—	—	—	—
1989-90	53.3%	48.4%	0.0	0.2	29.6%	14.9%	8.3%	2.8%	9.2%	5.8%	18.3	3.5	0.1	0.2	0.9	5.8%	—	—	—	—
2TM1990-91	50.6%	47.4%	0.0	0.1	24.6%	11.8%	8.8%	4.4%	7.8%	6.0%	15.5	1.9	0.1	-1.3	0.3	4.0%	—	—	—	—
1991-92	51.4%	46.5%	0.0	0.2	27.5%	15.8%	9.2%	2.8%	7.6%	5.1%	16.7	1.4	0.1	0.1	0.4	3.6%	—	—	—	—
Career	55.9%	51.1%	0.0	0.2	27.7%	20.9%	12.7%	3.0%	7.3%	5.1%	17.3	23.9	0.1	0.4	7.8	14.1%	—	—	—	—

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