Skip to content
Players › New York Knicks › Ray Williams

Ray Williams

Guard  at New York Knicks
Age71
NationalityUSA
Height191 cm (6'3")
Weight85 kg
BornOct 14, 1954
CollegeMinnesota
Career
15.0PPG
3.5RPG
5.7APG
702 games · 10 seasons

Career snapshot

10seasons
702games
10,507career pts
16.1PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: New York Knicks · 399 games · 1977-78–1983-84

Position rank · 1985-86

#55PPG rank
#73PER rank
#71WS rank
Among 79 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 20.9 1979-80 · NYK
RPG 5.0 1979-80 · NYK
APG 7.9 1982-83 · SAC
PER 21.6 1979-80 · NYK
WS 8.2 1979-80 · NYK

Draft

1977
Round 1 · Pick 10
from Minnesota

Career by team

Brooklyn Nets
1981-82 – 1986-87 · 3 seasons
17.0 PPG 3.4 RPG 5.8 APG
119 games
Atlanta Hawks
1985-86 – 1985-86 · 1 seasons
8.4 PPG 2.4 RPG 3.5 APG
19 games
San Antonio Spurs
1985-86 – 1985-86 · 1 seasons
7.1 PPG 1.6 RPG 4.8 APG
23 games
Boston Celtics
1984-85 – 1984-85 · 1 seasons
6.4 PPG 2.5 RPG 3.9 APG
23 games
New York Knicks
1977-78 – 1983-84 · 5 seasons
16.4 PPG 3.8 RPG 5.7 APG
399 games
Sacramento Kings
1982-83 – 1982-83 · 1 seasons
15.4 PPG 4.5 RPG 7.9 APG
72 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1977-78 NYK 81 0 19.1 9.3 2.6 4.5 1.3 0.2 44.3 0.0 70.5 14.5 1.0
1978-79 NYK 81 0 29.3 17.3 3.6 6.2 1.6 0.2 45.7 0.0 80.2 17.7 3.9
1979-80 NYK 82 82 31.5 20.9 5.0 6.2 2.0 0.3 49.6 18.9 78.7 21.6 8.2
1980-81 NYK 79 0 34.7 19.7 4.1 5.5 2.3 0.5 46.1 23.5 81.7 19.0 7.2
1981-82 BKN 82 69 33.3 20.4 4.0 6.0 2.4 0.5 46.2 16.7 83.2 — —
1982-83 SAC 72 68 30.1 15.4 4.5 7.9 1.7 0.4 39.2 20.3 76.9 — —
1983-84 NYK 76 63 29.3 14.8 3.5 5.9 2.1 0.3 44.5 30.9 82.7 17.4 6.2
1984-85 BOS 23 5 20.0 6.4 2.5 3.9 1.3 0.2 38.5 26.1 67.4 10.9 0.4
1985-86 NBA 47 21 17.6 7.6 1.8 4.0 1.3 0.1 38.2 31.6 91.3 — —
1985-86 ATL 19 13 19.3 8.4 2.4 3.5 1.5 0.1 39.9 36.4 85.4 13.7 0.5
1985-86 BKN 5 0 12.6 6.4 0.8 1.8 1.0 0.0 31.3 0.0 85.7 — —
1985-86 SAS 23 8 17.3 7.1 1.6 4.8 1.2 0.1 38.2 33.3 96.9 14.2 0.6
1986-87 BKN 32 14 25.0 9.9 2.3 5.8 1.2 0.3 45.2 25.0 81.7 — —

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Jul 1986 San Antonio Spurs Brooklyn Nets season change
Jul 1986 Atlanta Hawks Brooklyn Nets season change
Oct 1985 Brooklyn Nets San Antonio Spurs mid season trade From 1985-86 to 1985-86
Jul 1985 Boston Celtics San Antonio Spurs season change
Jul 1985 Boston Celtics Brooklyn Nets season change
Jul 1985 Boston Celtics Atlanta Hawks season change
Jul 1984 New York Knicks Boston Celtics season change
Jul 1983 Sacramento Kings New York Knicks season change
Jul 1982 Brooklyn Nets Sacramento Kings season change
Jul 1981 New York Knicks Brooklyn Nets season change

Similar players

Ricky Pierce Ricky Pierce Guard · Milwaukee Bucks 15.1 career PPG Phil Chenier Phil Chenier Guard · Washington Wizards 15.3 career PPG Eddie Johnson Eddie Johnson Guard · Atlanta Hawks 15.3 career PPG Dale Ellis Dale Ellis Guard · New Orleans Pelicans 15.4 career PPG Brian Winters Brian Winters Guard · Milwaukee Bucks 15.4 career PPG Paul Westphal Paul Westphal Guard · Phoenix Suns 14.3 career PPG Freeman Williams Freeman Williams Guard · Los Angeles Clippers 14.3 career PPG Norm Nixon Norm Nixon Guard · Los Angeles Lakers 15.7 career PPG

Born on October 14

Dave Schellhase 1944 · Chicago Bulls Skip Harlicka 1946 · Atlanta Hawks Dwayne Schintzius 1968 · Brooklyn Nets P.J. Brown 1969 · New Orleans Pelicans Jim Jackson 1970 · Dallas Mavericks DeJuan Wheat 1973 · Memphis Grizzlies Horace Jenkins 1974 · Detroit Pistons Guillem Rubio 1982

About Ray Williams

Thomas Ray Williams was an American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1977 to 1987. Born in Mount Vernon, New York, he was the younger brother of Gus Williams, who also played in the NBA.