Herb Williams vs Sam Bowie

Herb WilliamsSam Bowie

Herb Williams and Sam Bowie compared on their NBA careers: Herb Williams played 18 seasons, 1981-82 to 1998-99, Sam Bowie 10 seasons, 1984-85 to 1994-95. Herb Williams averaged 10.8 points a game to Sam Bowie's 10.9.

Who has the better career numbers?

Herb Williams and Sam Bowie career per game
1,102GP511
25.8MIN27.6
10.8PTS10.9
5.9REB7.5
1.7AST2.1
0.5STL0.5
1.5BLK1.8
46.7FG%45.2
9.53P%30.2
69.6FT%74.8
49.9TS%51

Career totals

Herb Williams and Sam Bowie career totals
11,944PTS5,564
6,509REB3,845
1,856AST1,075
605STL263
1,605BLK909
46.7FG%45.2
9.53P%30.2
69.6FT%74.8
49.9TS%51

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Herb Williams and Sam Bowie postseason
57GP29
9.4MIN22.2
2.7PTS5.7
1.4REB5.5
0.3AST1.3
0.2STL0.5
0.4BLK1.4
46.9FG%40.3
03P%50
73.8FT%67.3
51.5TS%45.4

Where each stands all time

Herb Williams and Sam Bowie all-time places
239th (11,944)Points—
111th (6,509)Rebounds—
33rd (1,605)Blocks109th (909)

Among the NBA players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Herb Williams: 0 championships; none on file
  • Sam Bowie: 0 championships; All-Rookie First Team

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Herb Williams and Sam Bowie season by season
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.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.
1st1981-8211.57.41.71984-85108.62.8
2nd1982-8316.97.53.41985-8611.88.62.6
3rd1983-8414.983.11986-87166.61.8
4th1984-8518.38.53.41988-898.65.31.8
5th1985-8619.99.12.21989-9014.710.11.3
6th1986-8714.97.32.41990-9112.97.72.4
7th1987-88106.31.31991-92158.12.6
8th1988-8910.27.81.61992-939.171.6
9th1989-908.64.81.51993-948.95.21.9
10th1990-9112.561.61994-954.64.31.8
11th1991-9211.56.11.3————
12th1992-932.92.70.3————
13th1993-943.32.60.4————
14th1994-953.32.40.5————
15th1995-963.11.90.6————
16th1996-971.91.50.2————
17th1997-981.41.10.1————
18th1998-991.710————

What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST