Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Alex English and John Salley

This is the detail of NBA games in which Alex English and John Salley played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 9 times in NBA games. John Salley has a 7-2 winning record over Alex English. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Alex English:
1976-77 to 1990-91
John Salley:
1986-87 to 1999-00
9 Games played
9 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Alex English
2
2
0
John Salley
7
7
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Alex English 21.7 4.2 3.4 1.10.0
John Salley 6.8 4.3 1.00.81.3
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Alex English 36 10 7 30
John Salley 12 8 3 23
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Alex English 8

games
3

games
6

games
5

games
0

games
John Salley 1

game
5

games
0

games
2

games
6

games
Both had same stat 0

games
1

game
3

games
2

games
3

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1986-87 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 06, 1986
1. Nuggets 113   Alex English 36 5 6 1 0 4 4 36 16-29 .552 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Pistons 128   John Salley 4 3 0 0 0 0 5 11 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mar. 28, 1987
2. Nuggets 109   Alex English 30 3 4 1 0 3 3 44 10-23 .435 0-1 .000 10-12 .833
Pistons 121   John Salley 6 3 0 0 0 1 3 16 2-4 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1987-88 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 02, 1988
3. Nuggets 151   Alex English 34 3 4 3 0 3 4 37 13-20 .650 0-0 - 8-8 1.000
Pistons 142   John Salley 12 5 3 2 1 3 3 32 5-6 .833 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Jan. 18, 1988
4. Nuggets 116   Alex English 32 9 7 2 0 4 4 40 12-23 .522 0-0 - 8-11 .727
Pistons 123   John Salley 8 8 2 1 3 2 4 32 3-7 .429 0-0 - 2-3 .667
1988-89 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 20, 1989
5. Nuggets 103   Alex English 30 3 5 1 0 0 2 31 14-24 .583 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Pistons 101   John Salley 7 4 0 0 1 1 2 21 2-2 1.000 0-0 - 3-4 .750
1989-90 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 12, 1989
6. Nuggets 108   Alex English 8 3 1 1 0 1 0 25 4-13 .308 0-0 - 0-0 -
Pistons 121   John Salley 6 4 1 1 2 0 4 25 3-4 .750 0-0 - 0-4 .000
Feb. 13, 1990
7. Nuggets 96   Alex English 18 1 3 1 0 1 1 26 7-14 .500 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Pistons 106   John Salley 10 7 3 2 3 0 3 25 2-5 .400 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
1990-91 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 14, 1991
8. Mavericks 81   Alex English 5 10 1 0 0 2 2 29 1-7 .143 0-0 - 3-6 .500
Pistons 89   John Salley 4 3 0 0 0 2 4 13 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Jan. 25, 1991
9. Mavericks 82   Alex English 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 08 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Pistons 84   John Salley 4 2 0 1 2 1 1 23 1-5 .200 0-0 - 2-2 1.000