Gus Williams G

Current Team: N/A

Born: Oct 10, 1953 (70 years old)

Birthplace/Hometown: Mount Vernon, New York

Nationality: United States

Height: 6-2 (188cm)     Weight: 175 (79kg)

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

Draft Entry: 1975 NBA Draft

Drafted: Round 2, Pick 2, Golden State Warriors

Pre-Draft Team: USC (Sr)

High School: Mount Vernon High School [Mount Vernon, New York]

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Gus Williams Player Profile

NBA Career

11 Years Of Service - NBA Champion, All-NBA 1st, 2x All-Star, #1 retired by OKC

NBA Regular Season Stats - Per Game

Season Team GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1975-76 GOS 77 - 22.4 11.73 4.74 11.08 .428 - - - 2.25 3.03 .742 0.81 1.26 2.06 3.12 1.82 0.34 - 1.86
1976-77 GOS 82 - 23.5 9.29 3.96 8.55 .464 - - - 1.37 1.83 .747 0.88 1.96 2.84 3.56 1.48 0.23 - 2.66
1977-78 SEA 79 - 32.6 18.11 7.62 16.90 .451 - - - 2.87 3.52 .817 1.05 2.19 3.24 3.72 2.34 0.52 2.39 2.51
1978-79 SEA 76 - 29.8 19.17 7.97 16.11 .495 - - - 3.22 4.16 .775 1.46 1.76 3.22 4.04 2.08 0.38 2.50 2.13
1979-80 SEA 82 - 36.2 22.15 9.01 18.70 .482 0.09 0.44 .194 4.04 5.12 .788 1.55 1.80 3.35 4.84 2.44 0.45 2.21 1.95
1981-82 SEA 80 80 36.0 23.44 9.66 19.90 .486 0.11 0.50 .225 4.00 5.45 .734 1.15 1.90 3.05 6.86 2.15 0.45 2.46 2.04
1982-83 SEA 80 80 34.5 20.00 8.25 17.30 .477 0.03 0.54 .047 3.48 4.62 .751 0.90 1.66 2.56 8.04 2.27 0.33 2.88 1.46
1983-84 SEA 80 80 35.2 18.71 7.47 16.32 .458 0.05 0.31 .160 3.71 4.95 .750 0.84 1.71 2.55 8.44 2.36 0.31 2.90 1.89
1984-85 WAS 79 78 37.5 19.97 8.08 18.77 .430 0.65 2.23 .290 3.18 4.38 .725 0.91 1.56 2.47 7.70 2.25 0.41 2.70 2.01
1985-86 WAS 77 67 29.6 13.45 5.64 13.16 .428 0.39 1.51 .259 1.79 2.44 .734 0.68 1.48 2.16 5.88 1.25 0.19 2.08 1.47
1986-87 ATL 33 0 14.6 4.18 1.61 4.42 .363 0.15 0.52 .294 0.82 1.21 .675 0.24 0.97 1.21 4.21 0.52 0.18 1.64 1.61
CAREER   825 385 31.1 17.08 7.02 15.24 .461 0.21 0.89 .238 2.91 3.85 .756 0.99 1.70 2.69 5.57 1.99 0.35 2.47 1.98

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NBA Regular Season Stats - Totals

Season Team GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1975-76 GOS 77 - 1,728 903 365 853 .428 - - - 173 233 .742 62 97 159 240 140 26 - 143
1976-77 GOS 82 - 1,930 762 325 701 .464 - - - 112 150 .747 72 161 233 292 121 19 - 218
1977-78 SEA 79 - 2,572 1,431 602 1,335 .451 - - - 227 278 .817 83 173 256 294 185 41 189 198
1978-79 SEA 76 - 2,266 1,457 606 1,224 .495 - - - 245 316 .775 111 134 245 307 158 29 190 162
1979-80 SEA 82 - 2,969 1,816 739 1,533 .482 7 36 .194 331 420 .788 127 148 275 397 200 37 181 160
1981-82 SEA 80 80 2,876 1,875 773 1,592 .486 9 40 .225 320 436 .734 92 152 244 549 172 36 197 163
1982-83 SEA 80 80 2,761 1,600 660 1,384 .477 2 43 .047 278 370 .751 72 133 205 643 182 26 230 117
1983-84 SEA 80 80 2,818 1,497 598 1,306 .458 4 25 .160 297 396 .750 67 137 204 675 189 25 232 151
1984-85 WAS 79 78 2,960 1,578 638 1,483 .430 51 176 .290 251 346 .725 72 123 195 608 178 32 213 159
1985-86 WAS 77 67 2,282 1,036 434 1,013 .428 30 116 .259 138 188 .734 52 114 166 453 96 15 160 113
1986-87 ATL 33 0 481 138 53 146 .363 5 17 .294 27 40 .675 8 32 40 139 17 6 54 53
CAREER   825 385 25,643 14,093 5,793 12,570 .461 108 453 .238 2,399 3,173 .756 818 1,404 2,222 4,597 1,638 292 1,646 1,637

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NBA Regular Season Stats - Misc Stats

Season Team GP GS Dbl Dbl Tpl Dbl 40 Pts 20 Reb 20 Ast Techs HOB Ast/TO Stl/TO FT/FGA W's L's Win % OWS DWS WS
1975-76 GOS 77 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .164 - - 0.27 55 22 .714 1.60 2.60 4.20
1976-77 GOS 82 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .166 - - 0.21 46 36 .561 1.60 1.90 3.60
1977-78 SEA 79 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260 1.56 0.98 0.21 46 33 .582 3.80 3.90 7.70
1978-79 SEA 76 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 1.62 0.83 0.26 50 26 .658 4.70 3.50 8.30
1979-80 SEA 82 - 0 0 1 0 0 0 .320 2.19 1.10 0.27 56 26 .683 7.20 4.40 11.60
1981-82 SEA 80 80 0 0 3 0 0 0 .377 2.79 0.87 0.27 51 29 .638 5.90 4.30 10.20
1982-83 SEA 80 80 24 0 0 0 0 0 .362 2.80 0.79 0.27 46 34 .575 5.20 3.30 8.50
1983-84 SEA 80 80 25 0 0 0 1 0 .368 2.91 0.81 0.30 41 39 .513 3.00 2.90 5.90
1984-85 WAS 79 78 20 0 0 0 0 0 .353 2.85 0.84 0.23 37 42 .468 1.20 3.90 5.10
1985-86 WAS 77 67 8 0 0 0 0 0 .285 2.83 0.60 0.19 35 42 .455 0.56 2.17 2.73
1986-87 ATL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .141 2.57 0.31 0.27 19 14 .576 -0.52 0.50 -0.03
CAREER   825 385 77 0 4 0 1 0 .285 2.47 0.84 0.25 482 343 .584 34.24 33.36 67.80

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NBA Regular Season Stats - Advanced Stats

Season Team GP GS TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% TOV% STL% BLK% USG% Total S % PPR PPS ORtg DRtg PER
1975-76 GOS 77 - .473 .428 3.49 5.30 4.41 19.31 - 3.59 0.77 - 117.04 - 1.06 - 94.9 16.96
1976-77 GOS 82 - .497 .464 3.75 8.47 6.10 19.57 - 2.79 0.51 - 121.03 - 1.09 - 99.9 14.19
1977-78 SEA 79 - .491 .451 3.15 7.15 5.06 17.95 11.48 3.30 0.85 24.38 126.75 0.28 1.07 102.7 97.3 18.17
1978-79 SEA 76 - .534 .495 5.14 6.24 5.69 21.87 12.23 3.24 0.67 26.86 127.04 0.66 1.19 108.4 99.9 21.22
1979-80 SEA 82 - .529 .484 4.48 5.27 4.87 20.66 9.53 3.17 0.69 25.23 146.46 2.85 1.18 113.1 101.9 20.71
1981-82 SEA 80 80 .526 .488 3.60 5.54 4.60 31.04 9.95 2.86 0.69 28.55 144.45 5.93 1.18 110.5 103.3 21.89
1982-83 SEA 80 80 .517 .478 2.91 4.91 3.96 34.81 12.94 3.07 0.50 25.77 127.47 7.19 1.16 108.1 103.8 20.52
1983-84 SEA 80 80 .506 .459 2.71 5.50 4.11 36.16 13.55 3.24 0.49 25.23 136.79 7.87 1.15 105.9 107.6 18.98
1984-85 WAS 79 78 .482 .447 2.62 4.70 3.63 30.46 11.52 2.89 0.62 25.99 144.54 6.62 1.06 101.8 105.0 17.22
1985-86 WAS 77 67 .473 .443 2.47 5.37 3.92 30.83 12.74 2.05 0.37 23.03 142.11 6.41 1.02 100.7 108.3 14.93
1986-87 ATL 33 0 .422 .380 1.72 7.25 4.41 38.66 24.82 1.74 0.76 18.51 133.21 8.28 0.95 91.2 108.7 9.65
CAREER   825 385 .505 .465 3.36 5.76 4.57 26.97 11.85 2.99 0.62 25.51 145.53 4.87 1.12 106.5 102.3 18.55

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NBA Transactions

May 29, 1975 - The Golden State Warriors selected Gus Williams in Round 2 with Pick 2 in the 1975 NBA Draft.
Jul 29, 1975 - Gus Williams signed a multi-year contract with the Golden State Warriors.
Jun 30, 1977 - The Golden State Warriors tendered a Qualifying Offer to make Gus Williams a Restricted FA.
Jul 1, 1977 - Gus Williams, previously with the Golden State Warriors, became a free agent.
Oct 15, 1977 - Gus Williams signed a multi-year offer sheet with the Seattle SuperSonics. Since he is a restricted free agent, the Golden State Warriors can match.
Oct 17, 1977 - Gus Williams signed a multi-year contract with the Seattle SuperSonics.
Jun 30, 1980 - The Seattle SuperSonics tendered a Qualifying Offer to make Gus Williams a Restricted FA.
Jul 1, 1980 - Gus Williams, previously with the Seattle SuperSonics, became a free agent.
May 28, 1981 - Gus Williams signed a multi-year contract with the Seattle SuperSonics.
Jun 19, 1984 - Gus Williams was acquired by the Washington Bullets from the Seattle SuperSonics in a trade.
Jun 30, 1986 - The Washington Bullets tendered a Qualifying Offer to make Gus Williams a Restricted FA.
Jul 1, 1986 - Gus Williams, previously with the Washington Bullets, became a free agent.
Jan 5, 1987 - Gus Williams signed a multi-year offer sheet with the Atlanta Hawks. Since he is a restricted free agent, the Washington Bullets can match.
Jan 6, 1987 - Gus Williams signed a contract with the Atlanta Hawks.
Jul 1, 1987 - Gus Williams, previously with the Atlanta Hawks, became a free agent.
Jul 1, 1990 - The Atlanta Hawks renounced their free-agent exception rights to Gus Williams.

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NBA Awards & Honors

NBA Champion - 1979
All-NBA First Team - 1982
All-NBA Second Team - 1980
Player Of The Week - 1/10/1982, 3/20/1983
All-Rookie First Team - 1976
NBA & ABA Comeback Player of the Year - 1982

* Since the 1946-1947 season

NBA Playoff Stats - Per Game

Season Team GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1975-76 GOS 11 - 16.2 6.73 2.73 7.73 .353 - - - 1.27 1.91 .667 0.45 0.82 1.27 2.36 1.00 0.00 - 2.00
1976-77 GOS 10 - 18.4 8.80 3.50 7.00 .500 - - - 1.80 2.10 .857 0.90 0.60 1.50 2.50 0.80 0.10 - 3.00
1977-78 SEA 22 - 31.9 18.32 7.41 15.55 .477 - - - 3.50 4.82 .726 1.36 2.55 3.91 4.00 2.05 0.55 2.45 3.18
1978-79 SEA 17 - 36.4 26.71 10.71 22.47 .476 - - - 5.29 7.47 .709 2.12 2.00 4.12 3.71 2.00 0.65 2.47 2.47
1979-80 SEA 15 - 37.6 23.67 9.73 18.93 .514 0.07 0.33 .200 4.13 5.73 .721 2.00 2.00 4.00 5.60 2.27 0.47 3.13 2.53
1981-82 SEA 8 0 39.4 26.25 10.25 23.25 .441 0.25 0.75 .333 5.50 7.00 .786 1.50 1.75 3.25 8.12 1.62 0.62 2.25 1.62
1982-83 SEA 2 0 40.5 32.50 13.00 23.50 .553 0.00 1.00 .000 6.50 7.50 .867 2.00 1.50 3.50 4.00 2.50 0.00 3.00 2.50
1983-84 SEA 5 0 43.0 23.40 10.00 19.60 .510 0.40 1.20 .333 3.00 4.20 .714 0.40 2.00 2.40 11.40 1.60 0.60 2.80 1.40
1984-85 WAS 4 4 39.8 18.00 7.50 17.75 .423 0.75 2.50 .300 2.25 3.00 .750 1.00 1.00 2.00 5.00 1.25 0.25 3.25 1.25
1985-86 WAS 5 5 39.8 18.20 7.60 15.80 .481 0.20 2.00 .100 2.80 3.60 .778 0.80 1.20 2.00 6.60 2.20 0.00 1.40 2.20
CAREER   99 9 32.5 19.48 7.90 16.61 .476 0.23 1.00 .231 3.60 4.88 .737 1.37 1.74 3.11 4.74 1.76 0.40 2.58 2.45

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NBA Playoff Stats - Totals

Season Team GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1975-76 GOS 11 - 178 74 30 85 .353 - - - 14 21 .667 5 9 14 26 11 0 - 22
1976-77 GOS 10 - 184 88 35 70 .500 - - - 18 21 .857 9 6 15 25 8 1 - 30
1977-78 SEA 22 - 701 403 163 342 .477 - - - 77 106 .726 30 56 86 88 45 12 54 70
1978-79 SEA 17 - 619 454 182 382 .476 - - - 90 127 .709 36 34 70 63 34 11 42 42
1979-80 SEA 15 - 564 355 146 284 .514 1 5 .200 62 86 .721 30 30 60 84 34 7 47 38
1981-82 SEA 8 0 315 210 82 186 .441 2 6 .333 44 56 .786 12 14 26 65 13 5 18 13
1982-83 SEA 2 0 81 65 26 47 .553 0 2 .000 13 15 .867 4 3 7 8 5 0 6 5
1983-84 SEA 5 0 215 117 50 98 .510 2 6 .333 15 21 .714 2 10 12 57 8 3 14 7
1984-85 WAS 4 4 159 72 30 71 .423 3 10 .300 9 12 .750 4 4 8 20 5 1 13 5
1985-86 WAS 5 5 199 91 38 79 .481 1 10 .100 14 18 .778 4 6 10 33 11 0 7 11
CAREER   99 9 3,215 1,929 782 1,644 .476 9 39 .231 356 483 .737 136 172 308 469 174 40 201 243

NBA Playoff Stats - Misc Stats

Season Team GP GS Dbl Dbl Tpl Dbl 40 Pts 20 Reb 20 Ast Techs HOB Ast/TO Stl/TO FT/FGA W's L's Win % OWS DWS WS
1975-76 GOS 11 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .095 - - 0.25 7 4 .636 -0.20 0.10 -0.10
1976-77 GOS 10 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .137 - - 0.30 5 5 .500 0.40 0.10 0.50
1977-78 SEA 22 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287 1.63 0.83 0.31 13 9 .591 1.40 0.90 2.30
1978-79 SEA 17 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .341 1.50 0.81 0.33 12 5 .706 2.00 0.70 2.70
1979-80 SEA 15 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 1.79 0.72 0.30 7 8 .467 1.40 0.60 2.00
1981-82 SEA 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .480 3.61 0.72 0.30 3 5 .375 0.70 0.40 1.10
1982-83 SEA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .430 1.33 0.83 0.32 0 2 .000 0.30 - 0.40
1983-84 SEA 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .512 4.07 0.57 0.21 2 3 .400 0.50 0.20 0.70
1984-85 WAS 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .311 1.54 0.38 0.17 1 3 .250 -0.10 0.10 -
1985-86 WAS 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .355 4.71 1.57 0.23 2 3 .400 0.32 0.16 0.48
CAREER   99 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 .299 2.08 0.77 0.29 52 47 .525 6.72 3.26 10.08

NBA Playoff Stats - Advanced Stats

Season Team GP GS TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% TOV% STL% BLK% USG% Total S % PPR PPS ORtg DRtg PER
1975-76 GOS 11 - .393 .353 2.85 5.36 4.08 19.35 - 2.86 - - 101.96 - 0.87 - 102.1 11.47
1976-77 GOS 10 - .555 .500 4.53 3.32 3.95 18.81 - 2.03 0.30 - 135.71 - 1.26 - 103.5 15.83
1977-78 SEA 22 - .518 .477 4.32 8.22 6.25 21.23 12.20 3.07 0.89 25.44 120.30 0.71 1.18 107.2 100.9 21.28
1978-79 SEA 17 - .518 .476 6.33 6.09 6.22 17.86 8.75 2.63 0.97 31.07 118.51 - 1.19 111.7 101.8 23.90
1979-80 SEA 15 - .552 .516 5.74 5.91 5.83 25.90 12.74 2.96 0.70 26.89 143.50 1.69 1.25 111.5 103.9 21.79
1981-82 SEA 8 0 .498 .446 4.05 4.54 4.30 38.46 7.87 2.10 0.88 30.70 155.99 8.57 1.13 110.6 105.7 22.78
1982-83 SEA 2 0 .606 .553 4.20 4.00 4.11 19.68 10.07 3.06 - 29.43 141.99 -0.88 1.38 120.9 109.4 27.83
1983-84 SEA 5 0 .546 .520 1.05 4.85 3.03 42.73 11.55 1.99 0.81 25.65 155.78 12.51 1.19 113.6 108.1 23.09
1984-85 WAS 4 4 .472 .444 2.70 3.02 2.85 19.36 14.56 1.56 0.38 23.63 147.25 0.22 1.01 96.3 112.5 11.42
1985-86 WAS 5 5 .523 .487 2.06 3.40 2.70 25.81 7.45 2.81 - 19.97 135.88 8.01 1.15 115.2 113.1 17.74
CAREER   99 9 .520 .478 4.37 5.72 5.03 23.88 10.67 2.62 0.68 27.15 144.35 2.84 1.17 110.3 103.9 21.09

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NBA All-Star Weekend Competitions

Western All-Star Fan Vote Selection - 1982
Western All-Star Coaches Selection - 1983

* Since the 1946-1947 season

NBA All-Star Game Stats - Totals

Season Team GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1982 West 1 1 26 22 9 19 .474 0 1 .000 4 4 1.000 2 0 2 9 1 0 2 1
1983 West 1 0 15 6 3 9 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 4 1 0 3 1
TOTAL   2 1 41 28 12 28 .429 0 1 .000 4 4 1.000 3 0 3 13 2 0 5 2
AVERAGES   2 1 20.5 14.00 6.00 14.00 .429 0.00 0.50 .000 2.00 2.00 1.000 1.50 0.00 1.50 6.50 1.00 0.00 2.50 1.00

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NCAA Career

College: USC (1975)

NCAA Season Stats - Per Game

Season School Class GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1971-72 USC Fr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1972-73 USC So - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1973-74 USC Jr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1974-75 USC Sr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

NCAA Awards & Honors

Consensus All-American Second Team - 1975
NABC All-American Second Team - 1975
AP All-American Second Team - 1975
USBWA All-American Second Team - 1975
UPI All-American Third Team - 1975


Frequently Asked Questions

What is the age of Gus Williams?

Gus Williams is 70 years old.

What is the height of Gus Williams?

Gus Williams is 6-2 (188cm) tall.

What is the weight of Gus Williams?

Gus Williams is 175 lbs (79kg).

What is the birthday of Gus Williams?

Gus Williams was born on Oct 10, 1953.

What position does Gus Williams play?

Gus Williams plays the G position.

What was the pre-draft team of Gus Williams?

Gus Williams was drafted out of USC.

What high school did Gus Williams attend?

Gus Williams attended Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, New York.

What nationality is Gus Williams?

Gus Williams has a United States nationality.

Where was Gus Williams born?

Gus Williams was born in Mount Vernon, New York.

How many NBA seasons has Gus Williams played?

Gus Williams played 11 seasons in the NBA.

What are the career averages of Gus Williams?

Gus Williams had career averages 17.1 points, 2.7 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 2.0 steals in 825 games.

What are the career totals of Gus Williams?

Gus Williams had career totals of 14,093 points, 2,222 rebounds, 4,597 assists, 292 blocks, 1,638 steals in 825 games.

How many teams has Gus Williams been on?

Gus Williams played for 4 NBA teams in his career - Atlanta Hawks, Golden State Warriors, Seattle SuperSonics, Washington Wizards.

When was Gus Williams drafted?

Gus Williams was drafted in the 2nd round (#23 overall) of the 1975 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors.

What is Gus Williams' career high in points?

Gus Williams averaged a career high 23.4 points per game in 1981-1982.

What is Gus Williams' career high in rebounds?

Gus Williams averaged a career high 3.4 rebounds per game in 1979-1980.

What is Gus Williams' career high in assists?

Gus Williams averaged a career high 8.4 assists per game in 1983-1984.

What is the career PER of Gus Williams'?

Gus Williams had a career PER of 18.6.

How many championships has Gus Williams won?

Gus Williams has won 1 NBA championships.

How many times did Gus Williams win All-NBA First Team?

Gus Williams won All-NBA 1st 1 time.

How many All-Star teams has Gus Williams been on?

Gus Williams is a 2x All-Star.

Is Gus Williams' jersey retired?

Gus Williams' #1 jersey was retired by the Oklahoma City Thunder.