Kenny Sailors
Guard
Career
380 games · 5 seasons
11.8PPG
0.6RPG
2.6APG
Career snapshot
5seasons
380games
4,494career pts
0.0PER (avg)
Most-played franchise:
Boston Celtics
· 10 games · 1950-51–1950-51
Position rank · 1950-51
#11PPG rank
#11PER rank
#15WS rank
Among 29 Guard players (min. 41 games)
Career highs (single season)
PPG
17.3
1949-50 · —
RPG
2.3
1950-51 · —
APG
4.0
1949-50 · —
Honors & awards
1×
All-BAA Team
1948
Stats by season
| Season | Team | G | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% | PER | WS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946-47 | NBA | 58 | 0 | 0.0 | 9.9 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30.9 | 0.0 | 59.5 | — | — |
| 1947-48 | NBA | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30.0 | 0.0 | 69.2 | — | — |
| 1947-48 | NBA | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — |
| 1947-48 | NBA | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 11.9 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30.0 | 0.0 | 69.2 | — | — |
| 1947-48 | GSW | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — |
| 1948-49 | NBA | 57 | 0 | 0.0 | 15.8 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34.1 | 0.0 | 76.6 | — | — |
| 1949-50 | NBA | 57 | 0 | 0.0 | 17.3 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34.9 | 0.0 | 72.1 | — | — |
| 1950-51 | NBA | 50 | 0 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34.8 | 0.0 | 73.8 | — | — |
| 1950-51 | NBA | 60 | 0 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34.0 | 0.0 | 72.8 | — | — |
| 1950-51 | BOS | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.0 | 0.0 | 62.5 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
Transfers & team changes
Derived from season-by-season team membership.
| Date | Move | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1950 | Golden State Warriors | Boston Celtics | From 1947-48 to 1950-51 | |
All entries are offseason.
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About Kenny Sailors
Kenneth Lloyd Sailors was an American professional basketball player and played in the 1940s and early 1950s. A 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) point guard, he is regarded as being one of the players who developed the jump shot as an alternative to the two-handed, flat-footed set shot. After being named All-American in college basketball for Wyoming in 1942 and 1943, Sailors served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II and returned to play for the Cowboys after the war again winning All-American honors in 1946. Sailors played pro basketball for several teams, then moved to Alaska with his