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Chet Walker
Forward ·Philadelphia 76ers ·NBA ·#25

Chet Walker

Age86 BornFeb 22, 1940 FromUSA Height201 cm (6'7") Weight96 kg CollegeBradley Draft1962 · #12
Career averages
17.8PPG
7.0RPG
2.0APG
870 games · 11 seasons

At a glance

PHI hub
Career snapshot
11Seasons
870Games
15,491Career points
17.6PER average
Most-played franchise: Philadelphia 76ers · 477 games · 1962-63 to 1968-69
Honors and awards8 total
7×
All-Star Selection1973, 1972, 1970, 1969, 1966, 1965, 1963
1×
All-Rookie Team1962
All awards
Career highsSingle season
22.0PPG · 1971-72 · CHI
10.3RPG · 1963-64 · PHI
2.5APG · 1965-66 · PHI
21.8PER · 1971-72 · CHI
14.5Win shares · 1971-72 · CHI
Draft1962
2Round
12Overall pick
From Bradley
Position rank1974-75
#9PPG rank
#4PER rank
#2Win shares rank
ForwardPosition
Among 63 Forward players with 41+ games

Career by team

Chicago Bulls
1969-70 - 1974-75 · 5 seasons
20.4 PPG 5.9 RPG 2.3 APG
393 games
Philadelphia 76ers
1962-63 - 1968-69 · 6 seasons
15.7 PPG 7.9 RPG 1.8 APG
477 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1962-63 PHI 78 0 25.5 12.3 7.2 1.1 0.0 0.0 46.9 0.0 69.9 - -
1963-64 PHI 76 0 36.5 17.3 10.3 1.6 0.0 0.0 44.0 0.0 71.1 15.2 5.4
1964-65 PHI 79 0 27.7 13.2 6.7 1.7 0.0 0.0 40.3 0.0 74.2 14.3 3.7
1965-66 PHI 80 0 32.5 15.3 8.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 45.1 0.0 71.6 15.3 7.8
1967-68 PHI 82 0 32.0 17.9 7.4 1.9 0.0 0.0 46.0 0.0 72.6 15.9 8.2
1968-69 PHI 82 0 33.6 18.0 7.8 1.8 0.0 0.0 48.4 0.0 80.4 16.7 9.8
1969-70 CHI 78 0 34.9 21.5 7.7 2.5 0.0 0.0 47.7 0.0 85.0 18.8 9.8
1971-72 CHI 78 0 33.2 22.0 6.1 2.3 0.0 0.0 50.5 0.0 84.7 21.8 14.5
1972-73 CHI 79 0 31.1 19.9 5.0 2.3 0.0 0.0 47.8 0.0 83.2 20.3 10.9
1973-74 CHI 82 0 32.5 19.3 5.0 2.4 0.8 0.0 48.6 0.0 87.5 18.5 10.6
1974-75 CHI 76 0 32.3 19.2 5.7 2.2 0.6 0.1 48.7 0.0 86.0 19.5 10.5

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1969 Philadelphia 76ers Chicago Bulls

All entries are season change.

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About Chet Walker

Chester Walker was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and was selected in 2012 to become a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He was a seven-time NBA All-Star. He played 13 seasons in the NBA, seven with the Philadelphia 76ers, and he helped lead the 76ers to an NBA championship in 1967. He played his last six seasons for the Chicago Bulls from 1969 to 1975. He played college basketball for the Bradley Braves, twice earning first-team consensus All-American honors, and was famously "hijacked" to Bradley to keep him fro