Los Angeles Lakers 1964-65 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1964-65 NBA Regular Season and the 1965 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The Los Angeles Lakers used 14 players in the 1964-65 Regular Season and 12 in the 1965 Playoffs.

LeRoy Ellis and Gene Wiley are the players from this roster with the most regular season games played, with 80.

Note: Here you have the complete list of players that played in at least 1 game in 1965, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 49-31 (.613), 1st in Western Division
Playoffs: 5-6 (.455), Lost NBA Finals

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
25	LeRoy Ellis Center / Forward 6-10 born Mar. 10, 1940 drafted 6th in 1962 (by the Lakers)	80 games 10.3 pts 8.2 reb 0.6 ast	11 games 14.4 pts 12.1 reb 0.6 ast
12	Gene Wiley Center 6-10 born Nov. 12, 1937 drafted 15th in 1962 (by the Lakers)	80 games 5.1 pts 8.6 reb 1.3 ast	11 games 7.0 pts 14.4 reb 2.1 ast
21	Jim King Guard 6-2 born Feb. 7, 1941 drafted 13th in 1963 (by the Lakers)	77 games 6.3 pts 2.8 reb 2.3 ast	11 games 6.5 pts 3.3 reb 2.2 ast
35	Rudy LaRusso Forward / Center 6-7 born Nov. 11, 1937 drafted 10th in 1959 (by the Lakers)	77 games 14.1 pts 9.4 reb 2.6 ast	11 games 15.0 pts 8.1 reb 2.6 ast
14	Darrall Imhoff Center 6-10 born Oct. 11, 1938 drafted 3rd in 1960 (by the Knicks)	76 games 5.0 pts 6.6 reb 1.1 ast	11 games 3.0 pts 3.9 reb 1.2 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
5	Dick Barnett Guard / Forward 6-4 born Oct. 2, 1936 drafted 4th in 1959 (by the Nationals)	74 games 13.8 pts 2.7 reb 2.1 ast	10 games 17.5 pts 3.0 reb 3.3 ast
22	Elgin Baylor Forward 6-5 born Sep. 16, 1934 drafted 1st in 1958 (by the Lakers)	74 games 27.1 pts 12.8 reb 3.8 ast	1 game 0.0 pts 0.0 reb 1.0 ast
44	Jerry West Guard 6-3 born May. 28, 1938 drafted 2nd in 1960 (by the Lakers)	74 games 31.0 pts 6.0 reb 4.9 ast	11 games 40.6 pts 5.7 reb 5.3 ast
42	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman Guard 6-2 born Apr. 15, 1942 drafted with a territorial pick in 1964 (by the Lakers)	66 games 4.2 pts 1.7 reb 2.1 ast	7 games 7.6 pts 2.6 reb 4.3 ast
20	Don Nelson Forward 6-6 born May. 15, 1940 drafted 17th in 1962 (by the Zephyrs)	39 games 2.4 pts 1.9 reb 0.6 ast	11 games 6.1 pts 5.4 reb 1.7 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
33	Cotton Nash Forward 6-5 born Jul. 24, 1942 drafted 12th in 1964 (by the Lakers)	25 games 2.1 pts 1.4 reb 0.4 ast
32	Jerry Grote Guard 6-4 born Dec. 28, 1940 drafted 28th in 1962 (by the Hawks)	11 games 1.3 pts 0.4 reb 0.4 ast
40	Bill McGill Center / Forward 6-9 born Sep. 16, 1939 drafted 1st in 1962 (by the Zephyrs)	8 games 1.9 pts 1.5 reb 0.4 ast	5 games 2.2 pts 1.8 reb 0.4 ast