James Worthy 
#52 SF | 6-9, 245lbs | Trailblazers | Experience: 6 years
Born: 2/27/1961 (28) | College: North Carolina

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 91 86 69 35 49 49 64 55 62 62 73 63 69 94 77 87  
 Potential: A A B D C C B C B B B B          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995 
 Value: $1,819,908  $1,902,631  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 6                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1988 NPBSL POR 82 82 34.9 22.1 2.1 5.5 3.8 2.8 1.36 1.6 0.7 2.3 .521 .805 .236  
 1987 NPBSL POR 58 58 35.3 25.4 1.9 5.3 3.1 2.6 1.20 1.4 0.7 2.3 .516 .824 .290  
 1986 NPBSL POR 82 82 35.3 22.4 2.5 5.4 3.0 2.6 1.17 1.4 0.8 2.0 .523 .767 .227  
 1985 NPBSL POR 82 82 32.3 27.9 1.8 4.4 2.6 2.4 1.07 1.1 0.8 2.6 .562 .756 .200  
 1984 NPBSL POR 82 0 37.2 19.5 1.9 4.9 3.0 2.6 1.12 1.0 0.7 2.5 .487 .795 .111  
 1983 NPBSL POR 82 52 35.2 18.5 2.2 4.6 3.2 2.5 1.30 1.5 0.7 2.0 .504 .786 .097  
 1982 NPBSL POR 82 82 34.9 16.8 2.4 5.1 3.2 2.8 1.15 1.5 0.6 2.2 .503 .749 .182  
 Career     550 438 35.0 21.7 2.1 5.0 3.1 2.6 1.20 1.3 0.7 2.3 .518 .780 .199  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1988 NPBSL POR 8.2 15.8 .521 5.5 6.8 .805 4.9 7.3 .673 3.2 7.9 .404 0.2 0.7 .236  
 1987 NPBSL POR 9.6 18.7 .516 6.0 7.3 .824 6.1 9.6 .638 3.3 8.5 .391 0.2 0.5 .290  
 1986 NPBSL POR 8.7 16.7 .523 4.9 6.4 .767 5.7 8.7 .655 2.9 7.4 .389 0.1 0.5 .227  
 1985 NPBSL POR 10.6 18.9 .562 6.7 8.8 .756 7.8 11.9 .654 2.8 6.7 .415 0.1 0.3 .200  
 1984 NPBSL POR 7.8 16.0 .487 3.8 4.8 .795 4.3 6.5 .657 3.5 9.1 .379 0.0 0.3 .111  
 1983 NPBSL POR 7.3 14.5 .504 3.9 5.0 .786 3.6 5.1 .702 3.7 9.0 .410 0.0 0.4 .097  
 1982 NPBSL POR 6.1 12.2 .503 4.5 6.0 .749 4.0 6.2 .637 2.1 5.5 .374 0.1 0.4 .182  
 Career     8.3 16.0 .518 5.0 6.4 .780 5.1 7.8 .658 3.0 7.7 .395 0.1 0.4 .199  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1988 82 82 2862 676 1298 449 558 13 55 1814 170 619 314 130 231 130 57 187 995 
 1987 58 58 2050 558 1082 350 425 9 31 1475 111 416 181 80 151 80 38 131 296 
 1986 82 82 2892 714 1366 401 523 10 44 1839 205 645 249 111 212 111 63 168 798 
 1985 82 82 2645 869 1547 548 725 5 25 2291 145 509 210 88 197 88 66 214 713 
 1984 82 0 3049 639 1312 314 395 3 27 1595 156 555 244 86 217 86 58 202 530 
 1983 82 52 2883 598 1186 320 407 3 31 1519 180 555 265 119 204 119 58 166 553 
 1982 82 82 2860 501 997 370 494 6 33 1378 200 618 263 121 228 121 46 178 636 
 Career 550 438 19241 4555 8788 2752 3527 49 246 11911 1167 3917 1726 735 1440 735 386 1246 4521 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1988 NPBSL POR .587 1.40 15.0 11.1 25.2 6.8 15.0 11.2 22.7 522.6 17.4 12.1 111.8 96.9  
 1987 NPBSL POR .582 1.36 11.3 9.4 27.9 6.0 15.3 10.8 24.5 427.2 14.2 5.1 106.2 99.9  
 1986 NPBSL POR .576 1.35 12.1 10.3 25.2 7.7 14.9 11.5 21.7 481.4 16.0 9.7 111.0 99.1  
 1985 NPBSL POR .614 1.48 9.2 8.7 31.1 6.1 14.2 10.3 28.1 656.3 21.9 8.7 111.9 100.0  
 1984 NPBSL POR .537 1.22 12.5 11.1 22.7 5.6 13.8 9.8 16.3 262.1 8.7 6.5 108.8 102.0  
 1983 NPBSL POR .557 1.28 14.4 11.1 22.0 7.2 14.2 10.8 18.6 347.8 11.6 6.7 112.2 104.4  
 1982 NPBSL POR .568 1.38 15.4 13.4 20.4 7.9 15.1 11.7 18.6 345.4 11.5 7.8 109.7 100.5  
 Career     .576 1.36 12.8 10.7 24.7 6.8 14.6 10.9 21.2 3042.7 101.4 8.2 110.4 100.5  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1988 NPBSL POR 11 11 39.9 25.0 2.4 4.5 5.5 3.6 1.53 1.7 1.0 3.2 .489 .830 .308  
 1987 NPBSL POR 10 10 33.8 19.6 2.4 4.1 3.8 3.1 1.23 1.3 0.4 2.3 .464 .757 .000  
 1986 NPBSL POR 2 2 32.5 18.5 1.0 4.5 3.5 3.0 1.17 1.5 0.5 1.5 .382 .846 .000  
 1985 NPBSL POR 11 11 32.8 26.5 2.3 4.5 2.7 3.6 0.75 1.0 0.9 2.9 .537 .733 .000  
 1984 NPBSL POR 20 16 32.2 17.3 1.6 3.9 2.8 2.6 1.08 0.9 0.4 2.4 .547 .867 .250  
 1983 NPBSL POR 22 0 35.5 17.8 2.2 3.9 3.1 2.5 1.25 1.3 0.5 3.1 .500 .713 .222  
 1982 NPBSL POR 9 9 35.2 16.7 2.1 3.9 2.4 2.8 0.88 1.7 0.7 3.0 .571 .787 .167  
 Career     85 59 34.6 19.8 2.1 4.1 3.3 2.9 1.14 1.3 0.6 2.8 .511 .768 .188  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1988 NPBSL POR 10.5 21.5 .489 3.5 4.3 .830 6.5 9.8 .667 3.6 10.5 .345 0.4 1.2 .308  
 1987 NPBSL POR 8.4 18.1 .464 2.8 3.7 .757 5.1 8.2 .622 3.3 9.3 .355 0.0 0.6 .000  
 1986 NPBSL POR 6.5 17.0 .382 5.5 6.5 .846 5.0 9.5 .526 1.5 7.5 .200 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1985 NPBSL POR 9.9 18.5 .537 6.7 9.2 .733 8.0 12.3 .652 1.9 5.6 .339 0.0 0.5 .000  
 1984 NPBSL POR 7.3 13.4 .547 2.6 3.0 .867 3.3 4.6 .725 3.9 8.4 .464 0.1 0.4 .250  
 1983 NPBSL POR 6.9 13.7 .500 4.0 5.5 .713 3.5 5.3 .658 3.3 8.0 .409 0.1 0.4 .222  
 1982 NPBSL POR 6.2 10.9 .571 4.1 5.2 .787 4.2 5.9 .717 1.9 4.3 .436 0.1 0.7 .167  
 Career     7.9 15.6 .511 3.9 5.0 .768 4.7 7.1 .664 3.1 7.9 .395 0.1 0.6 .188  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1988 11 11 439 116 237 39 47 4 13 275 26 76 61 19 40 19 11 35 47 
 1987 10 10 338 84 181 28 37 0 6 196 24 65 38 13 31 13 4 23 -23 
 1986 2 2 65 13 34 11 13 0 0 37 2 11 7 3 6 3 1 3 -1 
 1985 11 11 361 109 203 74 101 0 6 292 25 75 30 11 40 11 10 32 7 
 1984 20 16 643 146 267 52 60 2 8 346 32 109 56 18 52 18 7 48 99 
 1983 22 0 780 151 302 87 122 2 9 391 49 135 69 29 55 29 10 69 9 
 1982 9 9 317 56 98 37 47 1 6 150 19 54 22 15 25 15 6 27 24 
 Career 85 59 2943 675 1322 328 427 9 48 1687 177 525 283 108 249 108 49 237 162 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1988 NPBSL POR .535 1.16 17.0 11.1 25.2 5.9 11.7 8.8 16.3 37.9 1.3 4.3 108.8 104.4  
 1987 NPBSL POR .497 1.08 14.3 11.7 26.9 6.7 12.2 9.4 15.1 23.1 0.8 -2.3 102.2 103.6  
 1986 NPBSL POR .450 1.09 13.2 11.3 29.0 3.2 14.5 8.8 13.0 2.4 0.1 -0.5 107.6 109.0  
 1985 NPBSL POR .591 1.44 9.5 12.6 32.2 7.0 14.5 10.7 20.6 49.4 1.6 0.6 106.3 104.8  
 1984 NPBSL POR .590 1.30 14.0 13.0 21.4 5.5 12.9 9.2 14.6 39.7 1.3 5.0 112.7 105.7  
 1983 NPBSL POR .551 1.29 14.4 11.5 21.9 6.9 12.4 9.6 12.9 27.6 0.9 0.4 108.8 107.8  
 1982 NPBSL POR .630 1.53 13.3 15.1 18.5 6.7 11.8 9.3 15.2 22.2 0.7 2.7 102.8 99.7  
 Career     .559 1.28 13.9 12.2 20.1 6.3 12.6 9.5 15.2 202.3 6.7 1.9 107.9 105.1  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1981 - 38 0 34.0 21.2 2.5 4.2 2.9 1.9 1.51 1.2 0.6 1.9 .516 .748 .000  
 Total   38 0 34.0 21.2 2.5 4.2 2.9 1.9 1.51 1.2 0.6 1.9 .516 .748 .000  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1981 38 0 1291 347 672 110 147 0 1 804 94 253 109 47 72 47 24 72 0 
 Career 38 0 1291 347 672 110 147 0 1 804 94 253 109 47 72 47 24 72 0 

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 38 7 14 8 6 3 8 16 31 20 25 2 4  
 Playoff 43 8 15 8 5 3 7 16 31 12 15 1 3  
 Career 52 9 20 8 6 4 9 20 34 20 25 3 4  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/18 KCK L 45 13 35 8 8 0 3 34 3 8 5 3 1 0 3 -6
 10/21 GSW W 46 11 27 4 6 0 0 26 4 12 5 4 1 0 3 11
 10/24 SAS L 45 19 34 3 4 3 4 44 3 7 2 5 0 2 4 -11
 10/27 UTA W 43 15 36 5 5 0 1 35 6 10 5 1 2 1 2 12
 10/29 DEN W 34 7 12 5 8 0 1 19 4 11 7 3 1 0 1 28
 10/30 IND W 34 10 19 6 8 0 1 26 2 4 7 3 0 0 0 24
 11/1 SDC W 34 8 14 4 5 0 0 20 0 5 7 1 0 1 1 24
 11/2 ATL W 40 10 16 6 8 0 0 26 0 4 4 4 0 0 4 6
 11/6 CHA L 41 15 31 8 11 0 0 38 3 9 5 2 1 3 5 -3
 11/8 NYK W 39 8 13 8 10 0 0 24 1 6 8 3 1 1 2 6
 11/10 SEA W 40 9 14 8 10 0 0 26 1 8 2 3 1 1 3 11
 11/11 HOU L 40 8 22 7 8 1 3 24 4 8 7 5 0 1 0 10
 11/14 DAL W 22 3 5 9 10 0 0 15 0 3 2 1 0 0 4 16
 11/15 SDC W 28 7 16 20 25 0 1 34 6 9 2 4 1 0 2 28
 11/18 SEA L 29 4 10 10 12 0 1 18 1 6 1 0 1 0 5 2
 11/19 UTA W 28 10 17 2 2 0 0 22 1 9 2 2 1 2 1 27
 11/22 MIL L 33 10 25 7 9 2 4 29 1 6 1 3 1 1 1 -19
 11/24 UTA W 35 8 11 9 10 0 0 25 3 11 4 3 1 1 2 18
 11/26 PHX W 42 11 18 5 6 0 1 27 2 8 2 3 2 0 2 14
 11/28 CHI W 41 10 23 10 10 0 1 30 1 6 4 3 4 0 4 -5
 11/30 SEA L 41 8 15 0 0 0 1 16 3 10 6 3 2 1 3 7
 12/1 IND W 36 7 13 1 2 0 1 15 0 10 3 4 1 2 3 17
 12/4 LAL W 41 11 21 2 5 0 2 24 3 8 3 3 2 2 2 17
 12/5 CHA W 40 14 24 5 6 0 1 33 1 4 6 2 2 0 1 2
 12/8 SDC W 39 16 24 4 4 0 0 36 2 7 0 6 0 0 1 12
 12/9 KCK W 37 14 20 2 4 0 0 30 5 8 7 2 4 0 1 10
 12/13 BOS W 42 9 21 6 8 0 0 24 1 6 8 3 2 1 1 -4
 12/14 ATL W 31 9 15 9 10 0 0 27 3 12 6 4 0 0 4 21
 12/16 PHX W 34 11 20 3 4 1 1 26 4 10 5 2 0 0 1 26
 12/18 KCK W 30 6 13 2 2 0 1 14 3 9 2 3 2 0 1 26
 12/19 SAS W 31 6 14 0 0 0 1 12 6 11 2 5 3 1 3 0
 12/22 SDC W 40 10 18 5 6 0 0 25 4 6 5 2 3 1 4 -1
 12/23 GSW W 32 6 13 5 8 0 1 17 0 7 2 2 4 0 3 30
 12/27 DEN W 40 8 14 9 10 0 0 25 2 8 3 1 2 0 1 15
 12/29 HOU W 28 8 13 2 2 0 0 18 2 7 6 1 2 1 1 21
 12/31 DET W 36 10 17 7 7 0 0 27 1 5 1 5 2 2 2 20
 1/3 DAL W 42 16 24 4 6 0 1 36 2 10 5 3 3 0 2 17
 1/4 SEA W 39 7 12 9 10 0 0 23 2 3 3 2 2 2 4 4
 1/6 CLE W 28 6 12 3 4 0 1 15 4 9 2 1 1 0 2 26
 1/9 GSW L 42 8 24 9 9 0 0 25 7 13 1 2 2 1 3 4
 1/10 SAS W 40 9 13 4 4 1 1 23 2 10 6 8 1 2 4 13
 1/12 PHX L 11 2 4 2 2 0 0 6 1 3 1 2 3 0 0 -5
 1/14 SDC W 29 4 5 11 11 0 0 19 3 8 4 1 2 0 1 40
 1/18 DEN W 42 6 15 9 10 0 0 21 2 10 5 3 1 0 1 4
 1/19 IND W 35 7 16 8 10 0 1 22 3 8 4 3 2 1 2 26
 1/23 SAS W 39 8 19 2 6 0 0 18 6 10 4 7 3 0 5 -13
 1/24 WAS W 37 9 11 3 3 0 1 21 1 6 6 5 2 0 2 15
 1/26 GSW W 40 11 16 4 4 0 1 26 2 8 5 6 2 0 2 29
 1/28 GSW W 36 12 19 4 4 0 0 28 2 8 3 3 0 0 1 43
 1/30 KCK L 43 7 22 3 8 0 1 17 1 5 1 2 2 0 5 -13
 1/31 SEA L 39 6 11 3 3 0 0 15 1 3 4 3 4 0 1 1
 2/4 SAS L 38 5 16 3 4 0 1 13 1 7 7 5 1 1 2 -19
 2/5 CLE W 29 10 17 5 5 1 1 26 3 10 4 4 2 1 4 8
 2/8 DEN W 32 8 17 8 10 0 0 24 2 6 4 0 3 1 2 27
 2/9 HOU L 40 11 28 4 6 1 3 27 3 9 7 3 1 0 4 -7
 2/12 EAS L 24 6 10 0 0 0 1 12 3 4 4 1 1 1 1 -9
 2/14 DAL W 27 5 12 6 7 0 0 16 2 12 4 3 0 0 1 36
 2/15 HOU W 40 10 21 2 4 0 1 22 1 7 7 0 2 2 2 15
 2/18 SDC W 29 12 20 4 6 1 1 29 5 14 4 5 0 0 2 23
 2/19 NJN L 42 10 18 4 8 0 1 24 1 10 7 3 1 3 1 -4
 2/22 UTA L 38 10 19 2 3 0 0 22 3 8 2 6 2 1 3 -18
 2/23 GSW W 28 4 7 6 7 0 1 14 1 6 3 0 1 1 0 42
 2/26 SAS W 39 9 17 5 6 1 2 24 2 6 4 5 3 1 0 17
 2/27 DEN W 29 4 8 10 12 0 0 18 0 5 3 3 3 0 1 25
 3/1 LAL W 39 9 19 11 12 0 1 29 4 8 7 1 0 1 0 17
 3/3 PHI W 34 11 16 8 11 0 0 30 1 12 4 1 1 1 2 9
 3/5 KCK L 34 4 12 2 4 0 2 10 1 5 5 4 1 1 2 -14
 3/7 SEA W 24 7 13 6 6 0 0 20 0 2 2 2 1 0 5 12
 3/8 LAL L 31 4 9 4 6 0 0 12 0 3 1 6 1 1 5 -16
 3/12 PHX W 27 7 14 2 3 0 1 16 2 3 2 2 3 1 1 15
 3/13 UTA W 28 5 6 2 4 0 0 12 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 19
 3/16 UTA L 37 5 19 0 0 0 1 10 2 5 3 0 2 0 3 -13
 3/17 CHI W 28 11 13 2 2 0 0 24 0 3 3 2 0 0 1 32
 3/20 KCK L 29 4 12 6 6 0 1 14 2 6 3 1 2 0 5 -5
 3/22 DAL W 26 6 8 5 7 0 0 17 0 4 1 3 0 1 3 21
 3/23 NJN W 39 6 16 5 6 0 1 17 1 5 3 5 4 0 0 -4
 3/27 BOS W 41 8 17 4 4 0 1 20 0 7 3 2 1 0 3 10
 3/28 PHX W 40 8 14 11 14 1 2 28 1 7 3 6 3 0 3 17
 3/31 NYK W 26 4 9 4 4 0 0 12 3 6 7 2 1 1 4 32
 4/2 PHX W 29 9 14 5 6 1 1 24 2 9 5 3 0 2 1 31
 4/3 LAL L 40 11 23 3 6 1 2 26 4 12 2 3 1 1 3 8
 4/7 WAS W 39 9 14 10 12 1 2 29 3 14 6 2 1 0 4 21
 4/8 LAL W 29 6 12 11 14 0 0 23 2 12 3 1 0 1 1 24
 4/10 DET W 42 7 20 5 6 0 1 19 5 9 6 3 6 2 2 8
 4/13 DEN W 35 8 16 11 14 0 1 27 3 8 1 2 0 0 2 21
 4/15 PHI W 32 11 16 7 9 0 0 29 1 11 3 3 2 0 1 25
 4/17 GSW W 35 15 23 2 2 0 0 32 3 7 6 2 1 3 5 6
 4/19 LAL W 37 9 15 3 5 0 0 21 1 6 4 0 2 1 2 23
 4/20 MIL W 38 2 15 8 9 0 0 12 2 12 4 0 2 1 3 6
 5/4 SEA W 41 8 19 2 2 0 0 18 1 5 6 4 2 0 4 3
 5/5 SEA W 40 5 11 0 0 1 2 11 1 6 7 5 1 2 2 4
 5/7 SEA W 39 10 24 7 8 1 2 28 2 3 5 1 0 3 2 16
 5/8 SEA W 37 10 15 7 10 0 1 27 2 9 7 2 1 0 4 15
 5/16 SAS W 44 9 20 6 8 0 2 24 2 8 8 6 2 2 4 4
 5/17 SAS W 37 9 22 6 6 0 1 24 1 6 8 2 0 0 2 20
 5/19 SAS W 41 16 25 3 4 1 1 36 4 6 4 4 0 1 2 14
 5/20 SAS L 42 11 27 3 4 0 0 25 3 7 6 5 3 1 3 -17
 5/22 SAS L 41 8 21 3 3 0 2 19 4 9 4 2 5 1 4 -3
 5/24 SAS L 35 15 26 0 0 1 1 31 4 8 2 5 2 0 3 -13
 5/26 SAS L 42 15 27 2 2 0 1 32 2 9 4 4 3 1 5 4

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 138
 Total Player of the Week: 3
 Total All-Star Appearances: 4
 Total All-League Third Team: 1
 Total All-Defensive First Team: 1
 Total All-Defensive Second Team: 1
 Total Sixth Man of the Year: 1
 Total Championships: 1
 1982 NPSBL Rookie Game Participant
 1982 NPSBL All-Rookie First Team
 1982 NPSBL All-Defensive Second Team
 1983 NPSBL Rookie Game Participant
 1983 NPSBL All-Defensive First Team
 1984 NPSBL Sixth Man of the Year
 1984 New Peoples Sim Basketball League Champion
 1985 NPBSL All-Star
 1985 NPBSL All-League Third Team
 1986 NPBSL All-Star
 1987 NPBSL All-Star
 1988 NPBSL All-Star

 Transactions
 Date Action
 6/30/1982 Drafted by the Trailblazers with pick #5 of round 1.

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