Cleveland Cavaliers 1978-79 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1978-79 NBA Regular Season and the 1979 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The Cleveland Cavaliers used 14 players in the 1978-79 Regular Season.

Austin Carr and Jim Chones 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 1979, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 30-52 (.366), 9th in Eastern Conference
Playoffs: DNQ

1979 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster

Jersey
Player
SeasonPlayoffs
34
  • Guard
  • 6-4
  • born Mar. 10, 1948
  • drafted 1st in 1971 (by the Cavaliers)

82 games

17.0 pts
3.5 reb
2.6 ast

22
  • Center / Forward
  • 6-11
  • born Nov. 30, 1949
  • drafted 31st in 1973 (by the Lakers)

82 games

13.4 pts
10.3 reb
2.2 ast

30
  • Forward
  • 6-7
  • born Jan. 1, 1956
  • drafted 15th in 1978 (by the Cavaliers)

80 games

10.7 pts
4.1 reb
0.8 ast

20
  • Forward
  • 6-8
  • born Jan. 12, 1952
  • drafted 8th in 1974 (by the Cavaliers)

74 games

21.9 pts
6.8 reb
4.7 ast

7
  • Forward / Guard
  • 6-5
  • born Feb. 26, 1946
  • drafted 6th in 1969 (by the Rockets)

72 games

11.2 pts
2.9 reb
1.7 ast

Jersey
Player
SeasonPlayoffs
24
  • Center / Forward
  • 6-10
  • born Jan. 14, 1953
  • drafted 15th in 1975 (by the Cavaliers)

70 games

4.7 pts
4.1 reb
0.6 ast

1
  • Guard
  • 6-0
  • born Jan. 31, 1955

68 games

5.0 pts
1.5 reb
2.1 ast

52
  • Forward / Center
  • 6-9
  • born Dec. 3, 1951
  • drafted 2nd in 1973 (by the Cavaliers)

55 games

4.6 pts
6.7 reb
1.3 ast

14
  • Guard
  • 6-0
  • born May. 21, 1951
  • drafted 38th in 1974 (by the Cavaliers)

55 games

10.1 pts
3.6 reb
5.8 ast

25
  • Guard / Forward
  • 6-4
  • born Oct. 18, 1954
  • drafted 12th in 1976 (by the 76ers)

49 games

13.3 pts
2.0 reb
2.1 ast

Jersey
Player
SeasonPlayoffs
40
  • Forward
  • 6-7
  • born Jan. 27, 1956
  • drafted 33rd in 1978 (by the Cavaliers)

40 games

4.1 pts
1.7 reb
0.4 ast

15
  • Guard
  • 6-0
  • born Dec. 5, 1956
  • drafted 10th in 1978 (by the Hawks)

33 games

11.5 pts
2.0 reb
3.8 ast

3
  • Center
  • 7-0
  • born May. 9, 1949
  • drafted 3rd in 1971 (by the Braves)

24 games

6.5 pts
4.4 reb
0.5 ast

11
  • Guard
  • 6-4
  • born Mar. 29, 1945
  • drafted 5th in 1967 (by the Knicks)

12 games

10.8 pts
1.7 reb
2.7 ast