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Bob Wilkerson

Age 71 · USA · 198 cm (6'6") · 88 kg · Born Aug 15, 1954 · Indiana

10.7 PPG 4.3 RPG 3.6 APG 458 games 6 seasons
Bob Wilkerson

Career snapshot

6seasons
458games
4,901career pts
11.2PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Denver Nuggets · 236 games · 1977-78–1979-80

Position rank · 1982-83

#66PPG rank
#57PER rank
#87WS rank
Among 90 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 13.8 1979-80 · DEN
RPG 5.9 1977-78 · DEN
APG 5.4 1977-78 · DEN
PER 12.5 1981-82 · CLE
WS 3.2 1980-81 · CHI

Draft

1976
Round 1 · Pick 11
from Indiana

Career by team

Cleveland Cavaliers
1981-82 – 1982-83 · 2 seasons
8.7 PPG 3.4 RPG 3.0 APG
142 games
Chicago Bulls
1980-81 – 1980-81 · 1 seasons
10.0 PPG 3.5 RPG 3.4 APG
80 games
Denver Nuggets
1977-78 – 1979-80 · 3 seasons
12.2 PPG 5.1 RPG 4.1 APG
236 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1977-78 DEN 81 0 34.3 11.4 5.9 5.4 1.6 0.3 40.8 0.0 74.8 10.0 0.7
1978-79 DEN 80 0 30.3 11.4 5.2 3.6 1.5 0.3 45.6 0.0 68.8 12.0 2.9
1979-80 DEN 75 0 31.7 13.8 4.2 3.2 1.2 0.4 41.7 20.6 74.8 10.9 0.2
1980-81 CHI 80 0 28.0 10.0 3.5 3.4 1.3 0.3 46.2 10.0 84.0 12.3 3.2
1981-82 CLE 65 38 27.8 11.0 3.8 3.6 1.4 0.4 41.8 16.7 78.4 12.5 0.7
1982-83 CLE 77 11 22.1 6.7 3.1 2.5 0.9 0.2 41.7 0.0 75.0 9.2 -0.3

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1981 Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers
Jul 1980 Denver Nuggets Chicago Bulls

All entries are season change.

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Born on August 15

Ed Stanczak 1921 Chuck Grigsby 1928 · New York Knicks John Arthurs 1947 · Milwaukee Bucks Darrell Elston 1952 Kenny Carr 1955 · Portland Trail Blazers Jasmin Hukic 1979 Ian Hanavan 1980 David Harrison 1982 · Indiana Pacers

About Bob Wilkerson

Robert Lee Wilkerson is an American former professional basketball player.