Cleveland Cavaliers 1971-72 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1971-72 NBA Regular Season and the 1972 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The Cleveland Cavaliers used 15 players in the 1971-72 Regular Season.

John Johnson, Bingo Smith and Walt Wesley are the players from this roster with the most regular season games played, with 82.

Note: Here you have the complete list of players that played in at least 1 game in 1972, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 23-59 (.280), 7th in Eastern Conference
Playoffs: DNQ

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
32	John Johnson Forward 6-7 born Oct. 18, 1947 drafted 7th in 1970 (by the Cavaliers)	82 games 17.0 pts 7.7 reb 5.1 ast
7	Bingo Smith Forward / Guard 6-5 born Feb. 26, 1946 drafted 6th in 1969 (by the Rockets)	82 games 15.0 pts 6.1 reb 3.0 ast
44	Walt Wesley Center 6-11 born Jan. 25, 1945 drafted 6th in 1966 (by the Royals)	82 games 12.4 pts 8.7 reb 0.9 ast
15	Dave Sorenson Forward 6-8 born Jul. 8, 1948 drafted 26th in 1970 (by the Cavaliers)	76 games 7.0 pts 4.0 reb 1.1 ast
17	Bobby Washington Guard 5-11 born Jul. 11, 1947	69 games 5.1 pts 1.9 reb 3.2 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
21	Butch Beard Guard 6-3 born May. 4, 1947 drafted 10th in 1969 (by the Hawks)	68 games 15.4 pts 4.1 reb 6.7 ast
11	John Warren Guard / Forward 6-3 born Jul. 7, 1947 drafted 11th in 1969 (by the Knicks)	68 games 5.0 pts 2.0 reb 1.3 ast
50	Steve Patterson Center 6-9 born Jun. 24, 1948 drafted 129th in 1970 (by the Suns)	65 games 3.2 pts 3.5 reb 0.8 ast
30	Rick Roberson Center / Forward 6-9 born Jul. 7, 1947 drafted 15th in 1969 (by the Lakers)	63 games 13.1 pts 12.7 reb 1.7 ast
18	Charlie Davis Guard 6-2 born Sep. 7, 1949 drafted 120th in 1971 (by the Cavaliers)	61 games 9.8 pts 1.5 reb 2.0 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
40	Greg Howard Forward / Center 6-9 born Jan. 8, 1948 drafted 10th in 1970 (by the Suns)	48 games 2.9 pts 2.3 reb 0.6 ast
22	Austin Carr Guard 6-4 born Mar. 10, 1948 drafted 1st in 1971 (by the Cavaliers)	43 games 21.2 pts 3.5 reb 3.4 ast
23	Jackie Ridgle Guard 6-4 born Feb. 13, 1948 drafted 41st in 1971 (by the Cavaliers)	32 games 1.8 pts 0.5 reb 0.2 ast
45	Luther Rackley Center 6-10 born Jun. 11, 1946 drafted 37th in 1969 (by the Royals)	9 games 2.6 pts 2.3 reb 0.3 ast