John Long career points
12,131Career Regular Season
John Long has scored 12,131 points over 14 regular seasons, 290th among 4,630 NBA players on file.
| PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | FG%: Share of shots from the floor that went in. League average sits near 47%. | 3P%: Share of three-point attempts that went in. League average sits near 36%. | FT%: Share of free throws that went in. League average sits near 78%. | TS%: Scoring per shot with threes and free throws counted: PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)). League average sits near 58%. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978-79 |  DET | 1,319 | 266 | 121 | 102 | 19 | 46.9 | 0.0 | 82.6 | 49.8 |
| 1979-80 | DET | 1,337 | 337 | 206 | 129 | 26 | 50.5 | 8.3 | 82.5 | 53.5 |
| 1980-81 | DET | 1,044 | 197 | 106 | 95 | 22 | 46.1 | 18.2 | 87.0 | 50.3 |
| 1981-82 | DET | 1,514 | 257 | 148 | 65 | 25 | 49.2 | 13.3 | 86.5 | 53.5 |
| 1982-83 | DET | 737 | 180 | 105 | 44 | 12 | 45.1 | 28.6 | 76.0 | 48.7 |
| 1983-84 | DET | 1,334 | 289 | 205 | 93 | 18 | 47.2 | 20.0 | 88.4 | 52.3 |
| 1984-85 | DET | 973 | 190 | 130 | 71 | 14 | 48.7 | 33.3 | 86.2 | 51.8 |
| 1985-86 | DET | 620 | 98 | 82 | 41 | 13 | 48.2 | 18.8 | 85.6 | 52.2 |
| 1986-87 |  IND | 1,218 | 217 | 258 | 96 | 8 | 41.9 | 28.4 | 89.0 | 47.6 |
| 1987-88 | IND | 1,034 | 229 | 173 | 84 | 11 | 47.4 | 44.2 | 90.7 | 53.9 |
| 1988-89 | DET/IND | 372 | 77 | 80 | 29 | 3 | 40.9 | 40.0 | 92.1 | 47.4 |
| 1989-90 |  ATL | 404 | 83 | 85 | 45 | 5 | 45.3 | 34.5 | 83.6 | 49.5 |
| 1990-91 | DET | 96 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 41.2 | 33.3 | 96.0 | 50.0 |
| 1996-97 |  TOR | 129 | 40 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 39.3 | 35.3 | 89.3 | 49.9 |
What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · FG% · 3P% · FT% · TS%
- Best season on file: 1,514 in 1981-82.
- Most recent: 129 in 1996-97.
Sum of 14 regular seasons, 1978-79 through 1996-97. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on October 24, 2026.