Jerry West Profile: Information, Highlights and Stats with the Lakers

Lakers players: Jerry West basketball profile with complete information including full name, position, height, weight, years as a Laker, career stats, NBA titles won and more.

Jerry West Profile

NBA Career:

Seasons Games Titles
NBA 14 Season
932
Playoffs
153
NBA Titles1
Points Rebounds Assists
Season 27.0 5.8 6.7
Playoffs 29.1 5.6 6.3

Lakers Career:

Seasons Games Titles
LAL 14 Season
932
Playoffs
153
NBA Trophy1
Points Rebounds Assists
Season 27.0 5.8 6.7
Playoffs 29.1 5.6 6.3

* Stats updated on Mar 29, 2024 *

Full Name: Jerry Alan West
Jerry West Profile
Jerry West
Position: Guard
Jersey Number: 44 (Lakers)
Height: 6-3 / 1.91 mt
Weight: 175 lbs / 79 kg
Nickname: The Logo
All-Star: 14 times (played 12 times) - 1 MVP
Born: May 28, 1938 in Chelyan, West Virginia, USA
High-School: East Bank in East Bank, West Virginia
College: West Virginia University
Drafted: by the Los Angeles Lakers with No. 2 overall pick, in round 1 of the 1960 NBA Draft
NBA Teams: Los Angeles Lakers, 1960-61 to 1973-74
Lakers Seasons: 1960-61 to 1973-74

Jerry West in Lakers History - Timeline

Jerry West

1949
2024
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Jerry West Highlights

NBA Championships Details:
NBA Champion
1971-72 with Los Angeles Lakers

Career Totals:

Points Rebounds Assists
Season 25,192 5,366 6,238
Playoffs 4,457 855 970

- Jerry West is almost a synonymous of the Lakers franchise. He was drafted in 1960 and spent the next 14 seasons as one of the NBA's biggest stars, so big that the league logo includes his left-handed dribbling silhouette. He was a member of the legendary 1971-72 team that also included Wilt Chamberlain and Gail Goodrich and set a record of 33 consecutive victories before winning his first NBA Championship after years of suffering Bill Russell and his Celtics in the Finals.

- Jerry West retired as the NBA's leading playoff scorer and the Lakers all-time leader in scoring, assists, field goals made, free throws made and minutes played.

- In his first season as Laker coach in 1976-77 he had an NBA-best 53-29 record to take the team to the playoffs for the first time in 3 years. He had an overall record of 145-101 (.589) in 3 seasons.

- From 1979 to 2000 West occupied different positions in the Lakers front office: consultant, scout, General Manager and Executive Vice President. He was the General Manager in the years of the Showtime (since 1982) and the main architect of the Lakers roster that included Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal and gave the franchise 3 titles.

- Among an immense list of honors and awards, Jerry West was the only player in the losing team to get a Finals MVP trophy, was selected 10 times for the All-NBA 1st Team, 4 times for the NBA All-Defensive 1st Team and 14 times for the All-Star Game, once led the lead in scoring (1969-70) and once in assists (1971-72). He was also awarded as the 1994-95 Executive of the Year and selected as on of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996.

Jerry West Career Stats

Season by season statistics including his numbers with the Lakers.

Season Stats:

Season
Team Gm GS Min FG% 3P% FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
1960-61Lakers79 35.4 .419 .666 7.7 4.2 2.7 17.6
1961-62Lakers75 41.2 .445 .769 7.9 5.4 2.3 30.8
1962-63Lakers55 39.3 .461 .778 7.0 5.6 2.7 27.1
1963-64Lakers72 40.4 .484 .832 6.0 5.6 2.8 28.7
1964-65Lakers74 41.4 .497 .821 6.0 4.9 3.0 31.0
1965-66Lakers79 40.7 .473 .860 7.1 6.1 3.1 31.3
1966-67Lakers66 40.5 .464 .878 5.9 6.8 2.4 28.7
1967-68Lakers51 37.6 .514 .811 5.8 6.1 3.0 26.3
1968-69Lakers61 39.2 .471 .821 4.3 6.9 2.6 25.9
1969-70Lakers74 42.0 .497 .824 4.6 7.5 2.2 31.2
1970-71Lakers69 41.2 .494 .832 4.6 9.5 2.6 26.9
1971-72Lakers77 38.6 .477 .814 4.2 9.7 2.7 25.8
1972-73Lakers69 35.7 .479 .805 4.2 8.8 2.0 22.8
1973-74Lakers31 31.2 .447 .833 1.0 2.8 3.7 6.6 2.6 0.7 2.6 20.3
Career: 932 39.2 .474 - .814 1.0 2.8 5.8 6.7 2.6 0.7 - 2.6 27.0

Playoffs Stats:

Playoffs Team Gm Min FG% 3P% FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
1961Lakers12 38.4 .490 .726 8.7 5.3 3.3 22.9
1962Lakers13 42.8 .465 .807 6.8 4.4 2.9 31.5
1963Lakers13 41.4 .503 .740 8.2 4.7 2.6 27.8
1964Lakers5 41.2 .496 .792 7.2 3.4 4.0 31.2
1965Lakers11 42.7 .442 .890 5.7 5.3 3.4 40.6
1966Lakers14 44.2 .518 .872 6.3 5.6 2.9 34.2
1967Lakers1 1.0 - - 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1968Lakers15 41.5 .527 .781 5.4 5.5 3.1 30.8
1969Lakers18 42.1 .463 .804 3.9 7.5 2.9 30.9
1970Lakers18 46.1 .469 .802 3.7 8.4 3.1 31.2
1972Lakers15 40.5 .376 .830 4.9 8.9 2.6 22.9
1973Lakers17 37.5 .449 .780 4.5 7.8 2.9 23.6
1974Lakers1 14.0 .222 - 0.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 4.0
Career: 153 41.3 .469 - .805 0.0 2.0 5.6 6.3 0.0 0.0 - 2.9 29.1

* Stats updated on Mar 29, 2024 *

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