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Jack Sikma
Center ·Oklahoma City Thunder ·NBA ·#43

Jack Sikma

Age70 BornNov 14, 1955 FromUSA Height211 cm (6'11") Weight104 kg CollegeIllinois Wesleyan Draft1977 · #8
Career averages
15.6PPG
9.8RPG
3.2APG
1,107 games · 14 seasons

At a glance

OKC hub
Career snapshot
14Seasons
1,107Games
17,281Career points
15.5PER average
Most-played franchise: Oklahoma City Thunder · 715 games · 1977-78 to 1985-86
Honors and awards9 total
7×
All-Star Selection1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978
1×
All-Defense Team1981
1×
All-Rookie Team1977
All awards
Career highsSingle season
19.6PPG · 1981-82 · OKC
12.7RPG · 1981-82 · OKC
4.2APG · 1984-85 · OKC
17.4PER · 1987-88 · MIL
9.4Win shares · 1987-88 · MIL
Draft1977
1Round
8Overall pick
From Illinois Wesleyan
Position rank1990-91
#25PPG rank
#19PER rank
#20Win shares rank
CenterPosition
Among 65 Center players with 41+ games

Career by team

Milwaukee Bucks
1986-87 - 1990-91 · 5 seasons
13.4 PPG 7.9 RPG 2.9 APG
392 games
Oklahoma City Thunder
1977-78 - 1985-86 · 9 seasons
16.8 PPG 10.8 RPG 3.3 APG
715 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1977-78 OKC 82 0 27.3 10.7 8.3 1.6 0.8 0.5 45.5 0.0 77.7 - -
1978-79 OKC 82 82 36.1 15.6 12.4 3.2 1.0 0.8 46.0 0.0 81.4 - -
1979-80 OKC 82 82 34.1 14.3 11.1 3.4 0.8 0.9 47.5 0.0 80.5 - -
1980-81 OKC 82 82 35.6 18.7 10.4 3.0 1.0 1.1 45.4 0.0 82.3 - -
1981-82 OKC 82 82 37.2 19.6 12.7 3.4 1.2 1.3 47.9 15.4 85.5 - -
1982-83 OKC 75 71 34.2 18.2 11.4 3.1 1.2 0.9 46.4 0.0 83.7 - -
1983-84 OKC 82 82 36.5 19.1 11.1 4.0 1.2 1.1 49.9 0.0 85.6 - -
1984-85 OKC 68 68 35.3 18.5 10.6 4.2 1.2 1.3 48.9 20.0 85.2 - -
1985-86 OKC 80 78 34.9 17.1 9.4 3.8 1.2 0.9 46.2 0.0 86.4 - -
1986-87 MIL 82 82 30.9 12.7 10.0 2.5 1.1 1.1 46.3 0.0 84.7 16.0 7.4
1987-88 MIL 82 82 35.6 16.5 8.6 3.4 1.1 1.0 48.6 21.4 92.2 17.4 9.4
1988-89 MIL 80 80 32.3 13.4 7.8 3.6 1.1 0.8 43.1 38.0 90.5 15.8 8.1
1989-90 MIL 71 70 31.7 13.9 6.9 3.2 1.1 0.7 41.6 34.2 88.5 14.7 5.0
1990-91 MIL 77 44 25.2 10.4 5.7 1.9 0.8 0.8 42.7 34.1 84.3 13.7 3.5

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1986 Oklahoma City Thunder Milwaukee Bucks

All entries are season change.

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About Jack Sikma

Jack Wayne Sikma is an American former professional basketball center. He was a seven-time NBA All-Star with the Seattle SuperSonics, who drafted him in the first round with the eighth overall pick of the 1977 NBA draft. In 1979, he won an NBA championship with Seattle. Sikma finished his playing career with the Milwaukee Bucks. He was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.