Dave DeBusschere F

Height: 6-6 (198cm)

Weight: 220 lbs (100kg)

Born: Oct 16, 1940 (Passed away May 14, 2003, aged 62)

Hometown: Detroit, Michigan

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1962 1962 Territorial Pick, Detroit Pistons

Pre-Draft Team: Detroit-Mercy (Sr)

High School: Austin Catholic High School (Detroit, Michigan)

NBA's Top 50, NBA's Top 75, Hall of Fame Player, 2x NBA Champion, 6x All-NBA Defensive 1st, 8x All-Star, #22 retired by NYK

Dave DeBusschere Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS
4/24/1974	Celtics	2
4/21/1974	Celtics	12
4/19/1974	Celtics	10
4/16/1974	Celtics	8
4/14/1974	Celtics	15

NBA Career
NCAA Career

NBA Career

12 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1962-63	22	DET	80	29.4	12.7	8.7	2.6	-	-	-	.430	-	.718
1963-64	23	DET	15	20.3	8.6	7.0	1.5	-	-	-	.391	-	.581
1964-65	24	DET	79	35.1	16.7	11.1	3.2	-	-	-	.425	-	.700
1965-66 ☆	25	DET	79	34.1	16.4	11.6	2.6	-	-	-	.408	-	.659
1966-67 ☆	26	DET	78	37.1	18.2	11.8	2.8	-	-	-	.415	-	.705
1967-68 ☆	27	DET	80	39.1	17.9	13.5	2.3	-	-	-	.442	-	.664
1968-69	28	NYK, DET	76	38.7	16.3	11.7	2.5	-	-	-	.444	-	.698
1969-70 ☆	29	NYK	79	33.3	14.6	10.0	2.5	-	-	-	.451	-	.688
1970-71 ☆	29	NYK	81	35.7	15.6	11.1	2.7	-	-	-	.421	-	.696
1971-72 ☆	30	NYK	80	38.4	15.4	11.3	3.6	-	-	-	.427	-	.728
1972-73 ☆	31	NYK	77	36.7	16.3	10.2	3.4	-	-	-	.435	-	.746
1973-74 ☆	32	NYK	71	38.0	18.1	10.7	3.6	0.9	0.5	-	.461	-	.756
CAREER			875	35.7	16.1	11.0	2.9	0.9	0.5	-	.432	-	.699

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1962-63	22	DET	80	-	29.4	12.7	5.1	11.8	.430	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.718	-	-	8.7	2.6	-	-	-	3.1
1963-64	23	DET	15	-	20.3	8.6	3.5	8.9	.391	-	-	-	1.7	2.9	.581	-	-	7.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.1
1964-65	24	DET	79	-	35.1	16.7	6.4	15.1	.425	-	-	-	3.9	5.5	.700	-	-	11.1	3.2	-	-	-	3.1
1965-66 ☆	25	DET	79	-	34.1	16.4	6.6	16.3	.408	-	-	-	3.2	4.8	.659	-	-	11.6	2.6	-	-	-	3.2
1966-67 ☆	26	DET	78	-	37.1	18.2	6.8	16.4	.415	-	-	-	4.6	6.6	.705	-	-	11.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.8
1967-68 ☆	27	DET	80	-	39.1	17.9	7.2	16.2	.442	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	.664	-	-	13.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.8
1968-69 *	28	All Teams	76	-	38.7	16.3	6.7	15.0	.444	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.698	-	-	11.7	2.5	-	-	-	3.8
1968-69 *	28	NYK	47	-	39.4	16.4	6.7	15.3	.442	-	-	-	2.9	4.2	.682	-	-	11.4	2.7	-	-	-	3.8
1968-69 *	28	DET	29	-	37.7	16.3	6.5	14.6	.447	-	-	-	3.2	4.5	.723	-	-	12.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.8
1969-70 ☆	29	NYK	79	-	33.3	14.6	6.2	13.7	.451	-	-	-	2.2	3.2	.688	-	-	10.0	2.5	-	-	-	3.1
1970-71 ☆	29	NYK	81	-	35.7	15.6	6.5	15.3	.421	-	-	-	2.7	3.9	.696	-	-	11.1	2.7	-	-	-	2.9
1971-72 ☆	30	NYK	80	-	38.4	15.4	6.5	15.2	.427	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.728	-	-	11.3	3.6	-	-	-	2.7
1972-73 ☆	31	NYK	77	-	36.7	16.3	6.9	15.9	.435	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.746	-	-	10.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.8
1973-74 ☆	32	NYK	71	-	38.0	18.1	7.9	17.1	.461	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	.756	1.9	8.8	10.7	3.6	0.9	0.5	-	3.1
CAREER			875	-	35.7	16.1	6.5	15.1	.432	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.699	1.9	8.8	11.0	2.9	0.9	0.5	-	3.2

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1962-63	22	DET	80	-	2,352	1,018	406	944	.430	-	-	-	206	287	.718	-	-	694	207	-	-	-	247
1963-64	23	DET	15	-	304	129	52	133	.391	-	-	-	25	43	.581	-	-	105	23	-	-	-	32
1964-65	24	DET	79	-	2,769	1,322	508	1,196	.425	-	-	-	306	437	.700	-	-	874	253	-	-	-	242
1965-66 ☆	25	DET	79	-	2,696	1,297	524	1,284	.408	-	-	-	249	378	.659	-	-	916	209	-	-	-	252
1966-67 ☆	26	DET	78	-	2,897	1,423	531	1,278	.415	-	-	-	361	512	.705	-	-	924	216	-	-	-	297
1967-68 ☆	27	DET	80	-	3,125	1,435	573	1,295	.442	-	-	-	289	435	.664	-	-	1,081	181	-	-	-	304
1968-69 *	28	All Teams	76	-	2,943	1,241	506	1,140	.444	-	-	-	229	328	.698	-	-	888	191	-	-	-	290
1968-69 *	28	NYK	47	-	1,851	769	317	717	.442	-	-	-	135	198	.682	-	-	535	128	-	-	-	179
1968-69 *	28	DET	29	-	1,092	472	189	423	.447	-	-	-	94	130	.723	-	-	353	63	-	-	-	111
1969-70 ☆	29	NYK	79	-	2,627	1,152	488	1,082	.451	-	-	-	176	256	.688	-	-	790	194	-	-	-	244
1970-71 ☆	29	NYK	81	-	2,891	1,263	523	1,243	.421	-	-	-	217	312	.696	-	-	901	220	-	-	-	237
1971-72 ☆	30	NYK	80	-	3,072	1,233	520	1,218	.427	-	-	-	193	265	.728	-	-	901	291	-	-	-	219
1972-73 ☆	31	NYK	77	-	2,827	1,258	532	1,224	.435	-	-	-	194	260	.746	-	-	787	259	-	-	-	215
1973-74 ☆	32	NYK	71	-	2,699	1,282	559	1,212	.461	-	-	-	164	217	.756	134	623	757	253	67	39	-	222
CAREER			875	-	31,202	14,053	5,722	13,249	.432	-	-	-	2,609	3,730	.699	134	623	9,618	2,497	67	39	-	2,801

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1962-63	22	DET	80	-	.476	.430	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	114.8	-	1.1	-	-	17.7
1963-64	23	DET	15	-	.425	.391	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	97.2	-	1.0	-	-	14.3
1964-65	24	DET	79	-	.476	.425	-	-	-	12.8	-	-	-	-	112.5	-	1.1	-	-	17.0
1965-66 ☆	25	DET	79	-	.447	.408	-	-	-	10.9	-	-	-	-	106.7	-	1.0	-	-	15.3
1966-67 ☆	26	DET	78	-	.473	.415	-	-	-	10.4	-	-	-	-	112.1	-	1.1	-	-	15.8
1967-68 ☆	27	DET	80	-	.483	.442	-	-	-	7.6	-	-	-	-	110.7	-	1.1	-	-	16.1
1968-69 *	28	All Teams	76	-	.483	.444	-	-	-	8.8	-	-	-	-	114.2	-	1.1	-	-	14.4
1968-69 *	28	NYK	47	-	.478	.442	-	-	-	9.4	-	-	-	-	112.4	-	1.1	-	-	15.8
1968-69 *	28	DET	29	-	.491	.447	-	-	-	7.8	-	-	-	-	117.0	-	1.1	-	-	15.1
1969-70 ☆	29	NYK	79	-	.482	.451	-	-	-	9.5	-	-	-	-	113.9	-	1.1	-	-	14.9
1970-71 ☆	29	NYK	81	-	.458	.421	-	-	-	10.3	-	-	-	-	111.6	-	1.0	-	-	16.5
1971-72 ☆	30	NYK	80	-	.462	.427	-	-	-	13.2	-	-	-	-	115.5	-	1.0	-	-	16.1
1972-73 ☆	31	NYK	77	-	.470	.435	-	-	-	12.5	-	-	-	-	118.1	-	1.0	-	-	17.0
1973-74 ☆	32	NYK	71	-	.490	.461	5.2	24.2	14.8	13.9	-	1.2	0.8	-	121.7	-	1.1	-	92.5	17.4
CAREER			875	-	.472	.432	5.2	24.2	14.8	10.9	-	1.2	0.8	-	113.1	-	1.1	-	92.5	15.3

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	40 Pts	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1962-63	22	DET	80	-	0	0	.173	-	-	0.3	34	45	.430	1.3	2.3	3.6
1963-64	23	DET	15	-	0	0	.022	-	-	0.3	4	11	.267	-0.2	0.2	-
1964-65	24	DET	79	-	0	0	.219	-	-	0.4	31	48	.392	2.8	3.7	6.6
1965-66 ☆	25	DET	79	-	0	1	.211	-	-	0.3	22	57	.278	-0.1	3.7	3.7
1966-67 ☆	26	DET	78	-	0	0	.212	-	-	0.4	30	48	.385	1.6	4.3	5.9
1967-68 ☆	27	DET	80	-	0	0	.201	-	-	0.3	38	42	.475	1.8	2.9	4.7
1968-69 *	28	All Teams	76	-	0	0	.209	-	-	0.3	47	29	.618	2.2	3.0	5.2
1968-69 *	28	NYK	47	-	0	0	.124	-	-	0.3	36	11	.766	1.2	2.6	3.8
1968-69 *	28	DET	29	-	0	0	.070	-	-	0.3	11	18	.379	1.0	0.5	1.5
1969-70 ☆	29	NYK	79	-	0	0	.179	-	-	0.2	57	22	.722	0.7	5.8	6.6
1970-71 ☆	29	NYK	81	-	0	0	.205	-	-	0.3	52	29	.642	-0.2	6.4	6.2
1971-72 ☆	30	NYK	80	-	0	0	.230	-	-	0.2	47	33	.588	-0.2	4.9	4.8
1972-73 ☆	31	NYK	77	-	1	0	.218	-	-	0.2	52	25	.675	0.9	5.8	6.6
1973-74 ☆	32	NYK	71	-	0	1	.233	-	-	0.2	41	30	.577	2.4	4.6	7.0
CAREER			875	-	1	2	.177	-	-	0.3	455	419	.521	10.8	44.6	55.7

☆ All-Star Season

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NBA Playoff Stats

Summary
Per Game
Totals
Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1962-63	22	DET	4	39.8	20.0	15.8	1.5	-	-	-	.424	-	.682
1967-68	27	DET	6	43.8	19.3	16.2	2.2	-	-	-	.425	-	.578
1968-69	28	NYK	10	41.9	16.3	14.8	3.3	-	-	-	.351	-	.820
1969-70	29	NYK	19	36.9	16.1	11.6	2.4	-	-	-	.421	-	.662
1970-71	29	NYK	12	40.7	16.4	13.0	1.8	-	-	-	.416	-	.659
1971-72	30	NYK	16	38.5	16.6	12.1	2.3	-	-	-	.450	-	.750
1972-73	31	NYK	17	37.2	15.6	10.5	3.4	-	-	-	.442	-	.775
1973-74	32	NYK	12	33.7	12.0	8.2	3.2	0.6	0.3	-	.380	-	.621
CAREER			96	38.4	16.0	12.0	2.6	0.6	0.3	-	.416	-	.698

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1962-63	22	DET	4	-	39.8	20.0	6.2	14.8	.424	-	-	-	7.5	11.0	.682	-	-	15.8	1.5	-	-	-	3.5
1967-68	27	DET	6	-	43.8	19.3	7.5	17.7	.425	-	-	-	4.3	7.5	.578	-	-	16.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.8
1968-69	28	NYK	10	-	41.9	16.3	6.1	17.4	.351	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	.820	-	-	14.8	3.3	-	-	-	4.3
1969-70	29	NYK	19	-	36.9	16.1	6.8	16.3	.421	-	-	-	2.4	3.6	.662	-	-	11.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3
1970-71	29	NYK	12	-	40.7	16.4	7.0	16.8	.416	-	-	-	2.4	3.7	.659	-	-	13.0	1.8	-	-	-	3.3
1971-72	30	NYK	16	-	38.5	16.6	6.8	15.1	.450	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.750	-	-	12.1	2.3	-	-	-	3.2
1972-73	31	NYK	17	-	37.2	15.6	6.9	15.6	.442	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.775	-	-	10.5	3.4	-	-	-	3.4
1973-74	32	NYK	12	-	33.7	12.0	5.2	13.8	.380	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	.621	2.1	6.2	8.2	3.2	0.6	0.3	-	3.0
CAREER			96	-	38.4	16.0	6.6	15.9	.416	-	-	-	2.8	4.0	.698	2.1	6.2	12.0	2.6	0.6	0.3	-	3.4

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1962-63	22	DET	4	-	159	80	25	59	.424	-	-	-	30	44	.682	-	-	63	6	-	-	-	14
1967-68	27	DET	6	-	263	116	45	106	.425	-	-	-	26	45	.578	-	-	97	13	-	-	-	23
1968-69	28	NYK	10	-	419	163	61	174	.351	-	-	-	41	50	.820	-	-	148	33	-	-	-	43
1969-70	29	NYK	19	-	701	305	130	309	.421	-	-	-	45	68	.662	-	-	220	46	-	-	-	63
1970-71	29	NYK	12	-	488	197	84	202	.416	-	-	-	29	44	.659	-	-	156	22	-	-	-	40
1971-72	30	NYK	16	-	616	266	109	242	.450	-	-	-	48	64	.750	-	-	193	37	-	-	-	51
1972-73	31	NYK	17	-	632	265	117	265	.442	-	-	-	31	40	.775	-	-	179	58	-	-	-	57
1973-74	32	NYK	12	-	404	144	63	166	.380	-	-	-	18	29	.621	25	74	99	38	7	4	-	36
CAREER			96	-	3,682	1,536	634	1,523	.416	-	-	-	268	384	.698	25	74	1,155	253	7	4	-	327

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1962-63	22	DET	4	-	.510	.424	-	-	-	5.9	-	-	-	-	110.6	-	1.4	-	-	18.7
1967-68	27	DET	6	-	.461	.425	-	-	-	6.8	-	-	-	-	100.2	-	1.1	-	-	15.8
1968-69	28	NYK	10	-	.416	.351	-	-	-	10.7	-	-	-	-	117.1	-	0.9	-	-	15.2
1969-70	29	NYK	19	-	.450	.421	-	-	-	8.7	-	-	-	-	108.2	-	1.0	-	-	14.3
1970-71	29	NYK	12	-	.445	.416	-	-	-	6.5	-	-	-	-	107.5	-	1.0	-	-	15.0
1971-72	30	NYK	16	-	.492	.450	-	-	-	8.8	-	-	-	-	120.0	-	1.1	-	-	16.8
1972-73	31	NYK	17	-	.469	.442	-	-	-	12.8	-	-	-	-	121.7	-	1.0	-	-	16.9
1973-74	32	NYK	12	-	.403	.380	6.2	20.5	13.0	14.4	-	0.8	0.6	-	100.0	-	0.9	-	98.2	12.7
CAREER			96	-	.454	.416	6.2	20.5	13.0	9.9	-	0.8	0.6	-	111.4	-	1.0	-	98.2	14.4

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1962-63	22	DET	4	-	.201	-	-	0.7	1	3	.250	0.2	0.3	0.5
1967-68	27	DET	6	-	.223	-	-	0.4	2	4	.333	-	0.5	0.5
1968-69	28	NYK	10	-	.223	-	-	0.3	6	4	.600	-0.3	0.6	0.4
1969-70	29	NYK	19	-	.201	-	-	0.2	12	7	.632	-0.2	1.3	1.1
1970-71	29	NYK	12	-	.213	-	-	0.2	7	5	.583	-0.1	0.8	0.7
1971-72	30	NYK	16	-	.218	-	-	0.3	9	7	.563	0.5	0.8	1.3
1972-73	31	NYK	17	-	.235	-	-	0.2	12	5	.706	0.3	0.7	1.0
1973-74	32	NYK	12	-	.215	-	-	0.2	5	7	.417	-0.3	0.3	-
CAREER			96	-	.216	-	-	0.3	54	42	.563	0.4	4.7	5.1

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Mar 26, 1962	The Detroit Pistons selected Dave DeBusschere with a Territorial Pick in the 1962 NBA Draft.
Sep 1, 1962	Dave DeBusschere signed a multi-year contract with the Detroit Pistons.
Dec 19, 1968	Dave DeBusschere was acquired by the New York Knicks from the Detroit Pistons in a trade.
Jul 1, 1974	Dave DeBusschere, previously with the New York Knicks, became a free agent.
May 14, 2003	Dave DeBusschere passed away. He was 62 years old at the time of his death.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x Top 50 Greatest Player	1996
1x Top 75 Greatest Player	2021
2x NBA Champion	1970, 1973
1x All-NBA Second Team	1969
6x All-NBA Defensive First Team	1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974
1x All-Rookie First Team	1963
8x All-Star	1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974
1x Eastern All-Star Fan Vote Selection	1973
5x Eastern All-Star Coaches Selection	1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974
2x Western All-Star Coaches Selection	1966, 1967

NBA All-Star Game Stats

Summary
Totals

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1966	25	West	1	22.0	4.0	6.0	1.0	-	-	-	.071	-	1.000
1967	26	West	1	25.0	22.0	6.0	0.0	-	-	-	.647	-	.000
1968	27	East	1	12.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	-	-	-	.000	-	.000
1970	29	East	1	14.0	10.0	7.0	2.0	-	-	-	.500	-	.000
1971	29	East	1	19.0	8.0	7.0	3.0	-	-	-	.571	-	.000
1972	30	East	1	26.0	8.0	11.0	0.0	-	-	-	.500	-	.000
1973	31	East	1	25.0	9.0	7.0	2.0	-	-	-	.500	-	.500
1974	32	East	1	24.0	16.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	-	.571	-	.000
CAREER			8	20.9	9.6	6.4	1.4	0.1	0.0	-	.457	-	.750

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1966	25	West	1	-	22	4	1	14	.071	-	-	-	2	2	1.000	-	-	6	1	-	-	-	1
1967	26	West	1	-	25	22	11	17	.647	-	-	-	0	0	.000	-	-	6	0	-	-	-	1
1968	27	East	1	-	12	0	0	3	.000	-	-	-	0	0	.000	-	-	4	0	-	-	-	1
1970	29	East	1	-	14	10	5	10	.500	-	-	-	0	0	.000	-	-	7	2	-	-	-	1
1971	29	East	1	-	19	8	4	7	.571	-	-	-	0	0	.000	-	-	7	3	-	-	-	3
1972	30	East	1	-	26	8	4	8	.500	-	-	-	0	0	.000	-	-	11	0	-	-	-	2
1973	31	East	1	-	25	9	4	8	.500	-	-	-	1	2	.500	-	-	7	2	-	-	-	1
1974	32	East	1	-	24	16	8	14	.571	-	-	-	0	0	.000	2	1	3	3	1	0	-	2
CAREER			8	-	167	77	37	81	.457	-	-	-	3	4	.750	2	49	51	11	1	0	-	12

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College: Detroit-Mercy (1962)

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Award	Date
1x NABC All-American Second Team	1961
1x NABC All-American Third Team	1962
1x AP All-American Third Team	1962
3x UPI All-American Third Team	1960, 1961, 1962
1x NEA All-American First Team	1960
2x NEA All-American Second Team	1961, 1962

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PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
16.1	11.0	2.9	0.9	0.5

FG%	3P%	FT%
43.2%	.0%	69.9%