Tom Hawkins
Career averages
8.6PPG
6.0RPG
1.2APG
531 games · 7 seasons
At a glance
LAL hubCareer snapshot
7Seasons
531Games
4,562Career points
10.2PER average
Most-played franchise: Sacramento Kings · 310 games · 1962-63 to 1965-66
Career highsSingle season
11.6PPG · 1967-68 · LAL
7.3RPG · 1965-66 · SAC
1.5APG · 1967-68 · LAL
10.3PER · 1967-68 · LAL
4.1Win shares · 1967-68 · LAL
Position rank1968-69
#12PPG rank
#6PER rank
#4Win shares rank
Power ForwardPosition
Among 14 Power Forward players with 41+ games
Stats by season
| Season | Team | G | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% | PER | WS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959-60 | LAL | 69 | 0 | 21.3 | 7.9 | 6.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 38.0 | 0.0 | 64.6 | - | - |
| 1962-63 | SAC | 79 | 0 | 21.8 | 9.4 | 6.9 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 47.1 | 0.0 | 61.0 | - | - |
| 1963-64 | SAC | 73 | 0 | 24.2 | 8.6 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 44.1 | 0.0 | 60.1 | - | - |
| 1964-65 | SAC | 79 | 0 | 23.6 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 40.9 | 0.0 | 56.9 | - | - |
| 1965-66 | SAC | 79 | 0 | 26.9 | 8.4 | 7.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 45.2 | 0.0 | 55.5 | - | - |
| 1967-68 | LAL | 78 | 0 | 31.6 | 11.6 | 5.9 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 49.9 | 0.0 | 54.6 | 10.3 | 4.1 |
| 1968-69 | LAL | 74 | 0 | 20.4 | 7.1 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 49.9 | 0.0 | 41.1 | 10.1 | 2.3 |
Transfers & team changes
Derived from season-by-season team membership.
| Date | Move | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1967 | Sacramento Kings | Los Angeles Lakers | From 1965-66 to 1967-68 | |
| Oct 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers | Sacramento Kings | From 1959-60 to 1962-63 | |
All entries are offseason.
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About Tom Hawkins
Thomas Jerome "Tommy" Hawkins was an American professional basketball player. He played ten seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers and Cincinnati Royals, often in the role of sixth man. His teams reached the NBA playoffs every season of his career, and went to the NBA Finals three times. While still playing professional basketball, in 1966 he founded Athletes for a Better America, in Los Angeles.