Los Angeles Lakers 1971-72 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Los Angeles Lakers 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 Los Angeles Lakers used 13 players in the 1971-72 Regular Season and 10 in the 1972 Playoffs.

Wilt Chamberlain and Gail Goodrich 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: 69-13 (.841), 1st in Western Conference
Playoffs: 12-3 (.800), NBA Champions

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
13	Wilt Chamberlain Center 7-1 born Aug. 21, 1936 drafted with a territorial pick in 1959 (by the Warriors)	82 games 14.8 pts 19.2 reb 4.0 ast	15 games 14.7 pts 21.0 reb 3.3 ast
25	Gail Goodrich Guard 6-1 born Apr. 23, 1943 drafted with a territorial pick in 1965 (by the Lakers)	82 games 25.9 pts 3.6 reb 4.5 ast	15 games 23.8 pts 2.5 reb 3.3 ast
52	Happy Hairston Forward 6-7 born May. 31, 1942 drafted 33rd in 1964 (by the Royals)	80 games 13.1 pts 13.1 reb 2.4 ast	15 games 13.5 pts 13.1 reb 2.1 ast
5	Jim McMillian Forward 6-5 born Mar. 11, 1948 drafted 13th in 1970 (by the Lakers)	80 games 18.8 pts 6.5 reb 2.6 ast	15 games 19.1 pts 5.7 reb 1.5 ast
44	Jerry West Guard 6-3 born May. 28, 1938 drafted 2nd in 1960 (by the Lakers)	77 games 25.8 pts 4.2 reb 9.7 ast	15 games 22.9 pts 4.9 reb 8.9 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
14	LeRoy Ellis Center / Forward 6-10 born Mar. 10, 1940 drafted 6th in 1962 (by the Lakers)	74 games 4.6 pts 4.2 reb 0.6 ast	13 games 3.0 pts 3.2 reb 0.8 ast
12	Pat Riley Guard / Forward 6-4 born Mar. 20, 1945 drafted 7th in 1967 (by the Rockets)	67 games 6.7 pts 1.9 reb 1.1 ast	15 games 5.2 pts 1.9 reb 0.9 ast
21	Flynn Robinson Guard 6-1 born Apr. 28, 1941 drafted 15th in 1965 (by the Royals)	64 games 9.9 pts 1.8 reb 2.2 ast	7 games 6.4 pts 1.9 reb 0.7 ast
31	John Trapp Forward 6-7 born Oct. 2, 1945 drafted 15th in 1968 (by the Rockets)	58 games 5.7 pts 3.1 reb 0.7 ast	10 games 2.0 pts 1.6 reb 0.5 ast
11	Jim Cleamons Guard 6-3 born Sep. 13, 1949 drafted 13th in 1971 (by the Lakers)	38 games 2.6 pts 1.0 reb 0.9 ast	6 games 1.3 pts 0.7 reb 0.7 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
24	Keith Erickson Forward / Guard 6-5 born Apr. 19, 1944 drafted 18th in 1965 (by the Warriors)	15 games 5.7 pts 2.6 reb 2.3 ast
22	Elgin Baylor Forward 6-5 born Sep. 16, 1934 drafted in 1956 (by the Lakers)	9 games 11.8 pts 6.3 reb 2.0 ast