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Mike Riordan

Age 80 · USA · 193 cm (6'4") · 91 kg · Born Jul 9, 1945 · Providence

11.8 PPG 3.2 RPG 2.9 APG 488 games 6 seasons
Mike Riordan

Career snapshot

6seasons
488games
5,758career pts
7.0PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Washington Wizards · 291 games · 1971-72–1974-75

Position rank · 1974-75

#15PPG rank
#43PER rank
#43WS rank
Among 63 Forward players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 18.1 1972-73 · WAS
RPG 4.9 1972-73 · WAS
APG 5.2 1972-73 · WAS
PER 11.5 1969-70 · NYK
WS 3.8 1969-70 · NYK

Draft

1967
Round 12 · Pick 128
from Providence

Honors & awards

1×
All-Defense Team
1972

Career by team

Washington Wizards
1971-72 – 1974-75 · 4 seasons
15.3 PPG 4.1 RPG 3.5 APG
291 games
New York Knicks
1968-69 – 1971-72 · 3 seasons
5.4 PPG 1.8 RPG 1.8 APG
139 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1968-69 NYK 54 0 7.4 2.3 1.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 34.0 0.0 66.7 6.2 -0.1
1969-70 NYK 81 0 20.7 7.7 2.4 2.5 0.0 0.0 46.4 0.0 69.1 11.5 3.8
1971-72 NBA 58 0 23.7 9.5 2.2 2.2 0.0 0.0 46.7 0.0 67.7 — —
1971-72 NYK 4 0 8.3 2.0 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 36.4 0.0 0.0 3.2 -0.1
1971-72 WAS 54 0 24.9 10.0 2.4 2.3 0.0 0.0 46.9 0.0 68.3 — —
1972-73 WAS 82 0 42.3 18.1 4.9 5.2 0.0 0.0 51.0 0.0 82.1 — —
1973-74 WAS 81 0 39.9 15.9 4.7 3.3 1.3 0.2 47.2 0.0 78.2 — —
1974-75 WAS 74 0 29.6 15.4 3.8 2.7 1.0 0.1 49.2 0.0 83.8 — —

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1972 New York Knicks Washington Wizards

All entries are season change.

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Born on July 9

Jim Pollard 1922 · Los Angeles Lakers Joe Dolhon 1927 Al Butler 1938 · Washington Wizards Tom Black 1941 Major Jones 1953 · Detroit Pistons Bob Miller 1956 · San Antonio Spurs Jim Paxson 1957 · Portland Trail Blazers Ronnie Grandison 1964

About Mike Riordan

Michael W. Riordan is an American former professional basketball player who played nine seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Providence Friars.