DON NELSON

GENERAL STATS

COUNTRY

USA

SCHOOL

Iowa

BIRTHDAY

1940-05-15

HEIGHT

6'6"
1.98m

WEIGHT

210lbs
95.25kg

DRAFTED

Round 3, Pick 17 (1962)

TOTAL AWARDS

CHAMP
5x

Regular Season Totals

Season Age Team League G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1962-63 23 CHZ NBA 62 0 1071 129 293 44.0 0 0 0.0 161 221 72.9 0 0 279 72 0 0 0 136 419
1963-64 24 LAL NBA 80 0 1406 135 323 41.8 0 0 0.0 149 201 74.1 0 0 323 76 0 0 0 181 419
1964-65 25 LAL NBA 39 0 238 36 85 42.4 0 0 0.0 20 26 76.9 0 0 73 24 0 0 0 40 92
1965-66 26 BOS NBA 75 0 1765 271 618 43.9 0 0 0.0 223 326 68.4 0 0 403 79 0 0 0 187 765
1966-67 27 BOS NBA 79 0 1202 227 509 44.6 0 0 0.0 141 190 74.2 0 0 295 65 0 0 0 143 595
1967-68 28 BOS NBA 82 0 1498 312 632 49.4 0 0 0.0 195 268 72.8 0 0 431 103 0 0 0 178 819
1968-69 29 BOS NBA 82 0 1773 374 771 48.5 0 0 0.0 201 259 77.6 0 0 458 92 0 0 0 198 949
1969-70 30 BOS NBA 82 0 2224 461 920 50.1 0 0 0.0 337 435 77.5 0 0 601 148 0 0 0 238 1259
1970-71 31 BOS NBA 82 0 2254 412 881 46.8 0 0 0.0 317 426 74.4 0 0 565 153 0 0 0 232 1141
1971-72 32 BOS NBA 82 0 2086 389 811 48.0 0 0 0.0 356 452 78.8 0 0 453 192 0 0 0 220 1134
1972-73 33 BOS NBA 72 0 1425 309 649 47.6 0 0 0.0 159 188 84.6 0 0 315 102 0 0 0 155 777
1973-74 34 BOS NBA 82 0 1748 364 717 50.8 0 0 0.0 215 273 78.8 90 255 345 162 19 13 0 189 943
1974-75 35 BOS NBA 79 0 2052 423 785 53.9 0 0 0.0 263 318 82.7 127 342 469 181 32 15 0 239 1109
1975-76 36 BOS NBA 75 0 943 175 379 46.2 0 0 0.0 127 161 78.9 56 126 182 77 14 7 0 115 477
Career Total 1053 0 21685 4017 8373 0 0 2864 3744 273 723 5192 1526 65 35 0 2451 10898
BOS (11 Yrs) 872 0 18970 3717 7672 0 0 2534 3296 273 723 4517 1354 65 35 0 2094 9968
CHZ (1 Yrs) 62 0 1071 129 293 0 0 161 221 0 0 279 72 0 0 0 136 419
LAL (2 Yrs) 119 0 1644 171 408 0 0 169 227 0 0 396 100 0 0 0 221 511

Per Game

Season Age Team League G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1962-63 23 CHZ NBA 62 0 17.3 2.1 4.7 44.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.6 72.9 0.0 0.0 4.5 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 6.8
1963-64 24 LAL NBA 80 0 17.6 1.7 4.0 41.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.5 74.1 0.0 0.0 4.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 5.2
1964-65 25 LAL NBA 39 0 6.1 0.9 2.2 42.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.7 76.9 0.0 0.0 1.9 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.4
1965-66 26 BOS NBA 75 0 23.5 3.6 8.2 43.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.3 68.4 0.0 0.0 5.4 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 10.2
1966-67 27 BOS NBA 79 0 15.2 2.9 6.4 44.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.4 74.2 0.0 0.0 3.7 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 7.5
1967-68 28 BOS NBA 82 0 18.3 3.8 7.7 49.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.4 3.3 72.8 0.0 0.0 5.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 10.0
1968-69 29 BOS NBA 82 0 21.6 4.6 9.4 48.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.2 77.6 0.0 0.0 5.6 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.4 11.6
1969-70 30 BOS NBA 82 0 27.1 5.6 11.2 50.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.1 5.3 77.5 0.0 0.0 7.3 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.9 15.4
1970-71 31 BOS NBA 82 0 27.5 5.0 10.7 46.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.9 5.2 74.4 0.0 0.0 6.9 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.8 13.9
1971-72 32 BOS NBA 82 0 25.4 4.7 9.9 48.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.3 5.5 78.8 0.0 0.0 5.5 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.7 13.8
1972-73 33 BOS NBA 72 0 19.8 4.3 9.0 47.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 2.6 84.6 0.0 0.0 4.4 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 10.8
1973-74 34 BOS NBA 82 0 21.3 4.4 8.7 50.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.3 78.8 1.1 3.1 4.2 2.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 2.3 11.5
1974-75 35 BOS NBA 79 0 26.0 5.4 9.9 53.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 4.0 82.7 1.6 4.3 5.9 2.3 0.4 0.2 0.0 3.0 14.0
1975-76 36 BOS NBA 75 0 12.6 2.3 5.1 46.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.1 78.9 0.7 1.7 2.4 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 1.5 6.4

Postseason Totals

Season Age Team League G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1963-64 24 LAL NBA 5 0 56 7 13 53.8 0 0 0.0 3 3 100.0 0 0 13 2 0 0 0 11 17
1964-65 25 LAL NBA 11 0 212 24 53 45.3 0 0 0.0 19 25 76.0 0 0 59 19 0 0 0 31 67
1965-66 26 BOS NBA 17 0 316 50 118 42.4 0 0 0.0 42 52 80.8 0 0 85 13 0 0 0 50 142
1966-67 27 BOS NBA 9 0 142 27 59 45.8 0 0 0.0 10 17 58.8 0 0 42 9 0 0 0 12 64
1967-68 28 BOS NBA 19 0 468 91 175 52.0 0 0 0.0 55 74 74.3 0 0 143 32 0 0 0 49 237
1968-69 29 BOS NBA 18 0 348 87 168 51.8 0 0 0.0 50 60 83.3 0 0 83 21 0 0 0 51 224
1971-72 32 BOS NBA 11 0 308 52 99 52.5 0 0 0.0 41 48 85.4 0 0 61 21 0 0 0 30 145
1972-73 33 BOS NBA 13 0 303 47 101 46.5 0 0 0.0 49 56 87.5 0 0 38 15 0 0 0 29 143
1973-74 34 BOS NBA 18 0 467 82 164 50.0 0 0 0.0 41 53 77.4 25 72 97 35 8 3 0 54 205
1974-75 35 BOS NBA 11 0 274 66 117 56.4 0 0 0.0 37 41 90.2 18 27 45 26 2 2 0 36 169
1975-76 36 BOS NBA 18 0 315 52 108 48.1 0 0 0.0 60 69 87.0 17 36 53 17 3 2 0 46 164
Career Total 150 0 3209 585 1175 0 0 407 3744 60 135 719 210 13 7 0 399 1577
BOS (9 Yrs) 134 0 2941 554 1109 0 0 385 470 60 135 647 189 13 7 0 357 1493
LAL (2 Yrs) 16 0 268 31 66 0 0 22 28 0 0 72 21 0 0 0 42 84

Postseason Per Game

Season Age Team League G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1963-64 24 LAL NBA 5 0 11.2 1.4 2.6 53.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.6 100.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 3.4
1964-65 25 LAL NBA 11 0 19.3 2.2 4.8 45.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.3 76.0 0.0 0.0 5.4 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.8 6.1
1965-66 26 BOS NBA 17 0 18.6 2.9 6.9 42.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.1 80.8 0.0 0.0 5.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.9 8.4
1966-67 27 BOS NBA 9 0 15.8 3.0 6.6 45.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.9 58.8 0.0 0.0 4.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 7.1
1967-68 28 BOS NBA 19 0 24.6 4.8 9.2 52.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.9 3.9 74.3 0.0 0.0 7.5 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 12.5
1968-69 29 BOS NBA 18 0 19.3 4.8 9.3 51.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.8 3.3 83.3 0.0 0.0 4.6 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.8 12.4
1971-72 32 BOS NBA 11 0 28.0 4.7 9.0 52.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.7 4.4 85.4 0.0 0.0 5.5 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.7 13.2
1972-73 33 BOS NBA 13 0 23.3 3.6 7.8 46.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.8 4.3 87.5 0.0 0.0 2.9 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 11.0
1973-74 34 BOS NBA 18 0 25.9 4.6 9.1 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 2.9 77.4 1.4 4.0 5.4 1.9 0.4 0.2 0.0 3.0 11.4
1974-75 35 BOS NBA 11 0 24.9 6.0 10.6 56.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.4 3.7 90.2 1.6 2.5 4.1 2.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 3.3 15.4
1975-76 36 BOS NBA 18 0 17.5 2.9 6.0 48.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 3.8 87.0 0.9 2.0 2.9 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.0 2.6 9.1

Awards by Year

Season Awards
1965-66 CHAMP
1967-68 CHAMP
1968-69 CHAMP
1973-74 CHAMP
1975-76 CHAMP