NBA players born in 1940

29 NBA players on file were born in 1940. John Havlicek leads them with 26,395 career points. The first born in 1940 to play in the NBA were John Havlicek, Chet Walker, Dave DeBusschere, and Kevin Loughery and 16 more, in 1962-63. Rosters are on file in full from 1993-94; before that only some of the stars are.

Former NBA players born in 1940 (29)

Former NBA players born in 1940
Player	Pos	Years	Seasons	Career	Born
John Havlicek	—	1962–1978	16	1,270 GP · 26,395 PTS · 7,183 REB · 6,114 AST	Martins Ferry, OH
Chet Walker	SF	1962–1975	13	1,032 GP · 18,831 PTS · 7,314 REB · 2,126 AST	Benton Harbor, MI
Dave DeBusschere	—	1962–1974	12	846 GP · 13,581 PTS · 9,464 REB · 2,434 AST	Detroit, MI
Jerry Lucas	C	1963–1974	11	766 GP · 13,084 PTS · 12,942 REB · 2,564 AST	Middletown, OH
Kevin Loughery	G	1962–1973	11	755 GP · 11,575 PTS · 2,254 REB · 2,803 AST	—
Don Nelson	SF	1962–1976	14	1,053 GP · 10,898 PTS · 5,192 REB · 1,526 AST	Muskegon, MI
Leroy Ellis	F	1962–1976	14	1,048 GP · 10,176 PTS · 8,709 REB · 1,405 AST	—
Terry Dischinger	SF	1962–1973	9	652 GP · 9,012 PTS · 3,646 REB · 1,151 AST	Terre Haute, IN
Eddie Miles	G	1963–1972	9	605 GP · 8,120 PTS · 1,860 REB · 1,225 AST	—
Charles Vaughn	G	1962–1967	5	326 GP · 2,921 PTS · 733 REB · 753 AST	—
Wayne Hightower	F	1962–1967	5	316 GP · 2,848 PTS · 1,876 REB · 337 AST	—
Freddie Crawford	G	1966–1971	5	297 GP · 2,031 PTS · 746 REB · 610 AST	—
Joe Strawder	C	1965–1968	3	231 GP · 1,977 PTS · 2,296 REB · 245 AST	—
Enoch Olsen	F	1962–1969	7	358 GP · 1,571 PTS · 1,084 REB · 287 AST	—
John Rudometkin	F	1962–1965	3	131 GP · 822 PTS · 412 REB · 72 AST	—
Paul Hogue	C	1962–1964	2	65 GP · 409 PTS · 461 REB · 48 AST	—
Bob Duffy	G	1962–1965	3	94 GP · 400 PTS · 104 REB · 167 AST	—
Hubie White	G	1962–1964	2	52 GP · 171 PTS · 77 REB · 40 AST	—
Howie Montgomery	F	1962–1963	1	20 GP · 144 PTS · 69 REB · 21 AST	—
Porter Meriwether	G	1962–1963	1	31 GP · 119 PTS · 29 REB · 43 AST	—
Dan Tieman	G	1962–1963	1	29 GP · 34 PTS · 22 REB · 27 AST	—
Jerry Harkness	G	1963–1964	1	5 GP · 29 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST	—
John Windsor	F	1963–1964	1	11 GP · 27 PTS · 26 REB · 2 AST	—
Danny Doyle	F	1962–1963	1	4 GP · 16 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST	—
Jerry Grote	G	1964–1965	1	11 GP · 14 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST	—
Mel Gibson	G	1963–1964	1	9 GP · 13 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST	—
Dave Fedor	F	1962–1963	1	7 GP · 6 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST	—
Ralph Wells	G	1962–1963	1	3 GP · 2 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST	—
Roger Strickland	F	1963–1964	1	1 GP · 2 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST	—

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Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: points in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.