Ray Scott
Career averages
14.9PPG
10.3RPG
2.5APG
537 games · 7 seasons
At a glance
DET hubCareer snapshot
7Seasons
537Games
8,022Career points
16.0PER average
Most-played franchise: Detroit Pistons · 301 games · 1962-63 to 1965-66
Career highsSingle season
17.9PPG · 1965-66 · DET
13.7RPG · 1967-68 · WAS
3.6APG · 1964-65 · DET
17.1PER · 1965-66 · DET
5.3Win shares · 1965-66 · DET
Draft1961
1Round
4Overall pick
From Portland
Position rank1969-70
#30PPG rank
#37PER rank
#36Win shares rank
ForwardPosition
Among 49 Forward players with 41+ games
Stats by season
| Season | Team | G | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% | PER | WS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962-63 | DET | 76 | 0 | 33.4 | 16.2 | 10.2 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 41.4 | 0.0 | 67.4 | 15.1 | 3.5 |
| 1963-64 | DET | 80 | 0 | 37.1 | 17.6 | 13.5 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 41.2 | 0.0 | 71.9 | 16.9 | 3.4 |
| 1964-65 | DET | 66 | 0 | 32.8 | 15.5 | 9.6 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36.8 | 0.0 | 70.1 | 15.0 | 1.3 |
| 1965-66 | DET | 79 | 0 | 33.6 | 17.9 | 9.6 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 41.6 | 0.0 | 74.3 | 17.1 | 5.3 |
| 1967-68 | WAS | 81 | 0 | 36.1 | 16.4 | 13.7 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 41.2 | 0.0 | 77.9 | - | - |
| 1968-69 | WAS | 82 | 0 | 26.4 | 11.8 | 8.8 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 41.6 | 0.0 | 75.9 | - | - |
| 1969-70 | WAS | 73 | 0 | 19.1 | 8.9 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 42.5 | 0.0 | 80.3 | - | - |
Transfers & team changes
Derived from season-by-season team membership.
| Date | Move | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1967 | Detroit Pistons | Washington Wizards | From 1965-66 to 1967-68 | |
All entries are offseason.
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About Ray Scott
John Raymond Scott is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played twelve seasons in professional basketball, ten in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Detroit Pistons and Baltimore Bullets, and two with the Virginia Squires of the American Basketball Association (ABA). After he retired from playing basketball, he was selected an assistant coach of the Pistons by Earl Lloyd. Seven games into the 1972–73 season, Lloyd was fired, and Scott was chosen to replace him as the head coach. In his first full season in 1973–74, the Pistons won 52 games that saw