Jerry West

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Jerry West Career Stats: All-Time NBA Rankings

Explore how Jerry West statistics rank in NBA history. See his all-time rankings in the key categories for both total numbers and per game averages across his entire NBA career, including regular season and playoffs performance.

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In his 14 seasons playing in the NBA—from 1961 to 1974—Jerry West placed himself among the league's all-time leaders in many statistical categories, even reaching the top 10 in some of them.

Here you can take a look at a summary of how he ranks in NBA history in the main categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks. Then you can explore in detail all his stats and their rankings.

Jerry West Career Stats Rankings Summary

NBA Career
Totals Stats Per Game Stats
Season Playoffs Season Playoffs
Points
27th
9th
7th
5th
Rebounds
244th
72nd
+300th
+300th
Assists
37th
17th
43rd
44th
Steals
+300th
+300th
+300th
+300th
Blocks
+300th
+300th
+300th
+300th

n/a = The 3-point shot was implemented in the 1979-80 season. This player doesn't have data for this stat.
* Steals, blocks, offensive and defensive rebounds started to be recorded in the 1973-74 season. Some years on this player's career don't have data for these stats.

Note: per game rankings include players with a minimum of games played.

Jerry West Career Totals,
Regular Season Rankings

Stats Rankings:

27th
in points (25,192 pts)
244th
in rebounds (5,366 trb)
37th
in assists (6,238 ast)
+300th
in steals (81 stl)
+300th
in blocks (23 blk)
+300th
in offensive rebounds (30 orb)
+300th
in defensive rebounds (86 drb)
25th
in field goals made (9,016 fgm)
27th
in field goals attempted (19,032 fga)
n/a
in 3-pointers made (-)
n/a
in 3-pointers attempted (-)
10th
in free throws made (7,160 ftm)
11th
in free throws attempted (8,801 fta)

Games and Years:

225th
in games played (932 games)
194th
in seasons (14 years)

Triple-Doubles:

41st
in triple-doubles (16 games)

Rankings by Points Scored:

14th
in 40+ point games (66 games)
23rd
in 50+ point games (5 games)
11th
in 60+ point games (1 game)
-
in 70+ point games (0 games)

Jerry West Career Totals,
Playoffs Rankings

Stats Rankings:

9th
in points (4,457 pts)
72nd
in rebounds (855 trb)
17th
in assists (970 ast)
+300th
in steals (0 stl)
+300th
in blocks (0 blk)
+300th
in offensive rebounds (0 orb)
+300th
in defensive rebounds (2 drb)
9th
in field goals made (1,622 fgm)
10th
in field goals attempted (3,460 fga)
n/a
in 3-pointers made (-)
n/a
in 3-pointers attempted (-)
7th
in free throws made (1,213 ftm)
8th
in free throws attempted (1,506 fta)

Games and Years:

44th
in games played (153 games)
45th
in Playoffs (13 years)

Triple-Doubles:

38th
in triple-doubles (1 game)

Rankings by Points Scored:

3rd
in 40+ point games (20 games)
5th
in 50+ point games (2 games)
-
in 60+ point games (0 games)

Jerry West Career Per Game Data,
Regular Season Rankings

Stats Rankings:

7th
in points per game (27.0 pts)
+300th
in rebounds per game (5.8 trb)
43rd
in assists per game (6.7 ast)
+300th
in steals per game (2.6 stl)
+300th
in blocks per game (0.7 blk)
+300th
in offensive rebounds per game (1.0 orb)
+300th
in defensive rebounds per game (2.8 drb)
8th
in field goals made per game (9.7 fgm)
8th
in field goals attempted per game (20.4 fga)
n/a
in 3-pointers made per game (-)
n/a
in 3-pointers attempted per game (-)
3rd
in free throws made per game (7.7 ftm)
4th
in free throws attempted per game (9.4 fta)

Jerry West Career Per Game Data,
Playoffs Rankings

Stats Rankings:

5th
in points per game (29.1 pts)
+300th
in rebounds per game (5.6 trb)
44th
in assists per game (6.3 ast)
+300th
in steals per game (0.0 stl)
+300th
in blocks per game (0.0 blk)
+300th
in offensive rebounds per game (0.0 orb)
+300th
in defensive rebounds per game (2.0 drb)
5th
in field goals made per game (10.6 fgm)
9th
in field goals attempted per game (22.6 fga)
n/a
in 3-pointers made per game (-)
n/a
in 3-pointers attempted per game (-)
6th
in free throws made per game (7.9 ftm)
9th
in free throws attempted per game (9.8 fta)

Note: the per game rankings on this page respect the minimums usually applied by the NBA for all-time leaders, 400 games for regular season stats unless the player reached these thresholds before: 10,000 points; 4,000 rebounds; 2,000 assists; 625 steals; 500 blocks; 250 3-pointers made. Also 3 minimum games for the Playoffs are applied.