Connie Hawkins
Career averages
16.5PPG
8.0RPG
4.5APG
433 games · 5 seasons
At a glance
LAL hubCareer snapshot
5Seasons
433Games
7,134Career points
14.3PER average
Most-played franchise: Los Angeles Lakers · 114 games · 1973-74 to 1974-75
Honors and awards10 total
6×
All-Star Selection1972, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967
1×
All-NBA Team1969
2×
All-ABA Team1968, 1967
1×
ABA Most Valuable Player1967
Career highsSingle season
24.6PPG · 1969-70 · -
10.4RPG · 1969-70 · -
5.3APG · 1973-74 · LAL
15.5PER · 1973-74 · LAL
6.7Win shares · 1973-74 · LAL
Position rank1974-75
#12PPG rank
#8PER rank
#9Win shares rank
Small ForwardPosition
Among 20 Small Forward players with 41+ games
Stats by season
| Season | Team | G | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% | PER | WS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969-70 | NBA | 81 | 0 | 40.9 | 24.6 | 10.4 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 49.0 | 0.0 | 77.9 | - | - |
| 1971-72 | NBA | 76 | 0 | 36.8 | 21.0 | 8.3 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 45.9 | 0.0 | 80.7 | - | - |
| 1972-73 | NBA | 75 | 0 | 36.9 | 16.1 | 8.5 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 47.9 | 0.0 | 79.7 | - | - |
| 1973-74 | NBA | 8 | 0 | 27.9 | 11.3 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 48.6 | 0.0 | 66.7 | - | - |
| 1973-74 | NBA | 79 | 0 | 34.9 | 12.6 | 7.2 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 50.1 | 0.0 | 76.1 | - | - |
| 1973-74 | LAL | 71 | 0 | 35.7 | 12.8 | 7.4 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 50.2 | 0.0 | 77.2 | 15.5 | 6.7 |
| 1974-75 | LAL | 43 | 0 | 23.9 | 8.0 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 42.9 | 0.0 | 68.7 | 13.0 | 1.1 |
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Born on July 17
About Connie Hawkins
Cornelius Lance "Connie" Hawkins was an American professional basketball player. A New York City playground legend, "the Hawk" was to play basketball for the Iowa Hawkeyes but was unjustly implicated in a point-shaving scandal that saw him kicked out of school as a freshman and essentially blackballed from the NBA. Hawkins found refuge with the Pittsburgh Rens of the American Basketball League, where he won the 1961 league MVP before the league folded. He played four years for the famed exhibition team Harlem Globetrotters before getting to play in the American Basketball Association with the