Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Dale Ellis and James Worthy

This is the detail of NBA games in which Dale Ellis and James Worthy 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 61 times in NBA games. James Worthy has a 39-22 winning record over Dale Ellis, including a 15-2 record in Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Dale Ellis
vs.
James Worthy
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Dale Ellis:
1983-84 to 1999-00
James Worthy:
1982-83 to 1993-94
61 Games played
44 in Regular Season
17 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Dale Ellis
22
20
2
James Worthy
39
24
15

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dale Ellis 16.5 4.2 1.5 1.10.2
James Worthy 18.2 4.9 2.71.00.6
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dale Ellis 42 12 6 41
James Worthy 39 12 7 52
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dale Ellis 25

games		 23

games		 15

games		 26

games		5

games
James Worthy 34

games 		28

games		 36

games		 19

games		21

games
Both had same stat 2

games		 10

games		 10

games		 16

games		35

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1983-84 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 05, 1983
1. Mavericks 107   Dale Ellis 14 6 1 1 0 3 2 26 7-14 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 102   James Worthy 14 2 1 0 1 1 5 23 6-12 .500 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Nov. 09, 1983
2. Mavericks 106   Dale Ellis 17 12 1 0 1 1 2 32 6-14 .429 0-2 .000 5-6 .833
Lakers 120   James Worthy 12 7 2 0 1 2 4 30 6-8 .750 0-0 - 0-0 -
Dec. 02, 1983
3. Mavericks 133   Dale Ellis 9 2 4 0 0 2 2 18 4-6 .667 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Lakers 118   James Worthy 6 3 3 2 2 1 4 27 3-7 .429 0-0 - 0-0 -
1984 Playoffs - Western Conference Semifinals
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 28, 1984
4. Mavericks 91   Dale Ellis 5 1 0 2 0 1 2 22 2-10 .200 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Lakers 134   James Worthy 10 1 3 0 0 2 3 16 5-6 .833 0-0 - 0-0 -
May. 01, 1984
5. Mavericks 101   Dale Ellis 4 8 2 3 1 1 4 27 1-11 .091 0-4 .000 2-2 1.000
Lakers 117   James Worthy 10 3 3 1 0 2 2 28 3-8 .375 0-0 - 4-7 .571
May. 04, 1984
6. Mavericks 125   Dale Ellis 16 4 0 1 0 1 3 21 8-10 .800 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 115   James Worthy 13 4 1 0 0 1 4 29 6-10 .600 0-0 - 1-3 .333
May. 06, 1984
7. Mavericks 115   Dale Ellis 10 6 1 4 0 1 3 31 4-9 .444 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
OT Lakers 122   James Worthy 19 5 3 0 0 3 4 41 6-12 .500 0-0 - 7-7 1.000
May. 08, 1984
8. Mavericks 99   Dale Ellis 10 10 1 0 0 1 2 37 4-14 .286 1-3 .333 1-2 .500
Lakers 115   James Worthy 10 4 3 3 0 0 0 23 5-6 .833 0-0 - 0-0 -
1984-85 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 28, 1984
9. Mavericks 107   Dale Ellis 10 6 0 0 0 1 2 19 4-9 .444 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Lakers 96   James Worthy 12 4 2 0 2 2 4 35 5-13 .385 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Jan. 11, 1985
10. Mavericks 102   Dale Ellis 11 4 2 0 0 0 2 26 5-13 .385 1-4 .250 0-0 -
Lakers 121   James Worthy 8 4 2 0 1 4 2 38 3-8 .375 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Jan. 18, 1985
11. Mavericks 92   Dale Ellis 3 4 2 0 0 1 2 22 1-5 .200 1-2 .500 0-0 -
Lakers 110   James Worthy 19 6 1 1 0 2 3 32 9-15 .600 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Mar. 02, 1985
12. Mavericks 106   Dale Ellis 13 4 0 1 0 0 2 17 4-10 .400 1-4 .250 4-8 .500
Lakers 125   James Worthy 6 3 0 1 2 3 4 23 3-7 .429 0-0 - 0-0 -
1985-86 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 29, 1985
13. Mavericks 115   Dale Ellis 10 2 0 0 0 1 1 15 4-6 .667 1-1 1.000 1-2 .500
Lakers 133   James Worthy 21 2 4 1 2 3 3 33 9-12 .750 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Dec. 08, 1985
14. Mavericks 119   Dale Ellis 7 1 2 2 0 0 2 15 3-5 .600 1-1 1.000 0-0 -
Lakers 125   James Worthy 20 5 4 1 0 1 1 35 10-15 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 04, 1986
15. Mavericks 102   Dale Ellis 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 15 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000
Lakers 110   James Worthy 18 4 1 1 1 1 4 30 9-13 .692 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 13, 1986
16. Mavericks 127   Dale Ellis 13 5 0 1 0 2 1 24 6-12 .500 1-6 .167 0-0 -
Lakers 104   James Worthy 15 3 3 0 1 1 3 20 6-12 .500 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
1986 Playoffs - Western Conference Semifinals
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 27, 1986
17. Mavericks 116   Dale Ellis 16 3 1 2 0 2 1 17 5-7 .714 3-3 1.000 3-3 1.000
Lakers 130   James Worthy 23 6 6 0 0 4 3 36 10-15 .667 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Apr. 30, 1986
18. Mavericks 113   Dale Ellis 6 0 1 0 1 0 4 20 2-6 .333 2-3 .667 0-0 -
Lakers 117   James Worthy 23 9 2 1 1 0 2 45 9-16 .563 0-0 - 5-9 .556
May. 02, 1986
19. Mavericks 110   Dale Ellis 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 05 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Lakers 108   James Worthy 20 5 2 0 1 1 5 42 10-15 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -
May. 06, 1986
20. Mavericks 113   Dale Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 116   James Worthy 19 4 2 0 0 2 5 31 9-17 .529 0-0 - 1-2 .500
1986-87 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 04, 1986
21. Supersonics 96   Dale Ellis 19 4 1 4 0 2 3 33 7-15 .467 2-3 .667 3-4 .750
Lakers 110   James Worthy 26 9 2 1 1 5 4 36 8-17 .471 0-0 - 10-10 1.000
Nov. 12, 1986
22. Supersonics 97   Dale Ellis 7 3 3 1 0 4 0 22 3-10 .300 0-1 .000 1-3 .333
Lakers 122   James Worthy 20 4 3 1 1 1 1 33 7-14 .500 0-0 - 6-7 .857
Jan. 28, 1987
23. Supersonics 125   Dale Ellis 25 6 3 3 0 3 4 41 11-22 .500 2-4 .500 1-2 .500
Lakers 101   James Worthy 20 5 1 1 1 3 2 37 8-17 .471 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Mar. 04, 1987
24. Supersonics 124   Dale Ellis 32 6 4 0 0 2 1 41 14-22 .636 1-2 .500 3-4 .750
Lakers 138   James Worthy 26 4 7 0 0 2 4 41 10-18 .556 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
Apr. 02, 1987
25. Supersonics 114   Dale Ellis 27 7 3 1 0 3 5 40 11-24 .458 3-6 .500 2-2 1.000
Lakers 117   James Worthy 29 8 2 2 2 4 3 45 13-19 .684 0-0 - 3-6 .500
Apr. 19, 1987
26. Supersonics 110   Dale Ellis 24 2 1 0 1 3 3 34 12-23 .522 0-3 .000 0-0 -
Lakers 104   James Worthy 12 7 6 1 1 0 1 37 4-13 .308 0-0 - 4-6 .667
1987 Playoffs - Western Conference Finals
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
May. 16, 1987
27. Supersonics 87   Dale Ellis 11 7 4 0 1 3 2 35 3-13 .231 0-2 .000 5-7 .714
Lakers 92   James Worthy 27 5 1 3 1 2 4 39 11-19 .579 0-0 - 5-6 .833
May. 19, 1987
28. Supersonics 104   Dale Ellis 22 2 3 0 1 4 5 38 9-16 .563 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Lakers 112   James Worthy 30 5 2 2 0 2 2 42 12-19 .632 0-0 - 6-7 .857
May. 23, 1987
29. Supersonics 121   Dale Ellis 19 3 1 2 0 0 4 33 8-18 .444 0-1 .000 3-4 .750
Lakers 122   James Worthy 39 5 5 2 1 2 3 42 16-25 .640 0-0 - 7-9 .778
May. 25, 1987
30. Supersonics 102   Dale Ellis 12 6 2 2 1 3 4 36 5-18 .278 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000
Lakers 133   James Worthy 26 8 1 2 0 1 2 33 10-19 .526 0-0 - 6-8 .750
1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 06, 1987
31. Supersonics 109   Dale Ellis 18 6 0 1 0 2 4 31 9-19 .474 0-1 .000 0-1 .000
Lakers 113   James Worthy 14 6 3 0 2 3 5 34 6-14 .429 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Nov. 24, 1987
32. Supersonics 103   Dale Ellis 18 1 0 1 0 1 5 27 8-12 .667 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000
Lakers 85   James Worthy 0 2 1 0 0 4 2 17 0-4 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Dec. 20, 1987
33. Supersonics 94   Dale Ellis 24 6 3 2 0 4 4 41 9-21 .429 0-2 .000 6-6 1.000
Lakers 103   James Worthy 19 6 1 1 2 2 1 27 9-15 .600 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Jan. 24, 1988
34. Supersonics 109   Dale Ellis 14 3 2 1 0 4 2 40 5-21 .238 2-5 .400 2-4 .500
Lakers 116   James Worthy 24 12 7 0 0 3 1 43 10-19 .526 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Mar. 01, 1988
35. Supersonics 114   Dale Ellis 26 6 3 1 0 2 4 34 11-21 .524 1-4 .250 3-4 .750
Lakers 100   James Worthy 20 3 3 2 0 3 1 42 9-19 .474 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1988-89 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 11, 1988
36. Supersonics 103   Dale Ellis 15 1 2 0 0 4 1 28 5-12 .417 1-2 .500 4-6 .667
Lakers 114   James Worthy 27 5 2 2 1 6 0 38 11-18 .611 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Nov. 17, 1988
37. Supersonics 101   Dale Ellis 27 2 1 1 0 0 3 32 8-20 .400 1-2 .500 10-11 .909
Lakers 98   James Worthy 14 9 2 0 1 2 3 42 5-16 .313 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Nov. 30, 1988
38. Supersonics 106   Dale Ellis 36 5 1 1 0 3 2 43 15-22 .682 2-3 .667 4-4 1.000
Lakers 110   James Worthy 8 1 5 0 0 1 4 34 2-7 .286 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Jan. 03, 1989
39. Supersonics 116   Dale Ellis 42 6 1 3 0 3 3 46 16-24 .667 4-5 .800 6-6 1.000
Lakers 106   James Worthy 24 4 0 3 0 3 4 41 12-19 .632 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 04, 1989
40. Supersonics 97   Dale Ellis 23 5 1 0 0 0 3 44 9-19 .474 0-1 .000 5-6 .833
Lakers 115   James Worthy 19 7 4 0 0 1 5 28 9-16 .563 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Apr. 23, 1989
41. Supersonics 117   Dale Ellis 27 1 2 3 0 2 3 36 11-23 .478 2-5 .400 3-5 .600
Lakers 121   James Worthy 24 8 5 1 0 3 3 39 11-21 .524 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1989 Playoffs - Western Conference Semifinals
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
May. 07, 1989
42. Supersonics 102   Dale Ellis 19 1 3 0 0 6 3 42 6-15 .400 2-3 .667 5-5 1.000
Lakers 113   James Worthy 28 12 2 2 1 2 2 41 9-20 .450 0-0 - 10-11 .909
May. 10, 1989
43. Supersonics 108   Dale Ellis 14 0 1 0 0 2 1 28 5-12 .417 2-5 .400 2-2 1.000
Lakers 130   James Worthy 30 7 1 2 1 1 3 41 13-16 .813 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000
May. 12, 1989
44. Supersonics 86   Dale Ellis 30 8 0 2 1 7 1 41 13-27 .481 1-5 .200 3-5 .600
Lakers 91   James Worthy 20 6 1 1 1 4 1 40 10-16 .625 0-0 - 0-0 -
May. 14, 1989
45. Supersonics 95   Dale Ellis 28 7 1 2 0 1 3 42 9-24 .375 2-7 .286 8-11 .727
Lakers 97   James Worthy 33 7 1 1 0 0 3 42 15-19 .789 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000
1989-90 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 25, 1990
46. Supersonics 94   Dale Ellis 13 3 1 1 0 2 3 30 5-9 .556 0-2 .000 3-6 .500
Lakers 116   James Worthy 16 8 4 0 0 2 3 33 6-9 .667 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Apr. 17, 1990
47. Supersonics 101   Dale Ellis 28 5 3 1 0 1 0 44 13-22 .591 2-2 1.000 0-1 .000
Lakers 102   James Worthy 22 4 6 1 0 0 4 34 9-18 .500 2-4 .500 2-2 1.000
1990-91 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 08, 1991
48. Supersonics 96   Dale Ellis 12 4 2 3 0 2 1 32 6-16 .375 0-4 .000 0-0 -
Lakers 88   James Worthy 21 2 3 0 0 1 3 39 10-21 .476 1-1 1.000 0-0 -
Jan. 18, 1991
49. Supersonics 96   Dale Ellis 20 6 6 2 0 2 0 35 9-15 .600 0-1 .000 2-4 .500
Lakers 105   James Worthy 14 3 7 0 0 2 0 41 6-16 .375 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Mar. 07, 1991
50. Bucks 99   Dale Ellis 9 4 3 2 1 1 2 27 4-12 .333 1-3 .333 0-0 -
Lakers 94   James Worthy 26 5 2 2 1 1 0 41 11-21 .524 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000
Mar. 22, 1991
51. Bucks 99   Dale Ellis 30 2 1 0 0 2 2 30 11-21 .524 1-2 .500 7-7 1.000
Lakers 92   James Worthy 34 9 6 5 0 2 2 44 11-25 .440 1-3 .333 11-12 .917
1991-92 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 24, 1991
52. Bucks 97   Dale Ellis 8 5 2 0 0 0 3 16 3-7 .429 1-2 .500 1-2 .500
Lakers 102   James Worthy 12 6 2 2 1 0 0 39 5-13 .385 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Dec. 03, 1991
53. Bucks 126   Dale Ellis 15 2 1 0 0 1 1 18 5-8 .625 0-1 .000 5-5 1.000
Lakers 94   James Worthy 20 2 3 1 0 3 1 37 6-14 .429 0-0 - 8-9 .889
1992-93 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 15, 1992
54. Spurs 101   Dale Ellis 17 3 1 2 0 5 1 36 7-13 .538 3-6 .500 0-0 -
Lakers 107   James Worthy 12 3 3 0 0 1 0 27 5-10 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Dec. 26, 1992
55. Spurs 104   Dale Ellis 27 5 1 1 1 0 2 43 11-22 .500 2-5 .400 3-4 .750
Lakers 92   James Worthy 13 3 7 2 0 1 1 31 6-15 .400 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Mar. 15, 1993
56. Spurs 87   Dale Ellis 4 4 1 1 0 1 1 30 2-7 .286 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Lakers 92   James Worthy 24 3 2 2 0 0 1 41 10-20 .500 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000
Mar. 17, 1993
57. Spurs 101   Dale Ellis 16 5 1 1 0 0 1 30 6-9 .667 1-1 1.000 3-3 1.000
Lakers 100   James Worthy 18 2 6 0 0 2 3 42 7-10 .700 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000
1993-94 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 02, 1994
58. Spurs 94   Dale Ellis 6 3 2 1 0 1 1 31 3-10 .300 0-3 .000 0-0 -
Lakers 92   James Worthy 10 3 0 1 0 0 1 20 5-13 .385 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Jan. 09, 1994
59. Spurs 95   Dale Ellis 19 7 1 0 0 1 1 34 8-15 .533 3-5 .600 0-0 -
Lakers 89   James Worthy 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 08 0-3 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 01, 1994
60. Spurs 112   Dale Ellis 32 10 1 1 1 1 0 39 13-23 .565 4-6 .667 2-2 1.000
Lakers 97   James Worthy 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 21 3-13 .231 0-3 .000 0-0 -
Feb. 25, 1994
61. Spurs 126   Dale Ellis 11 1 0 1 0 2 0 29 4-7 .571 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000
Lakers 110   James Worthy 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 08 2-5 .400 0-0 - 0-0 -
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