Buck Williams
- Seasons
- 1981-82 to 1997-98
- Position
- F-C
- Height
- 6′8″
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Born
- Mar 8, 1960
- College
- Maryland
- Draft
- 1981, round 1, pick 3
1All-League teams
3All-Star selections
Career totals
| Seasons | Games | Points | PPG | RPG | APG | Win shares | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular season | 17 | 1,307 | 16,784 | 12.8 | 10.0 | 1.3 | 120.1 |
| Playoffs | 14 | 108 | 1,211 | 11.2 | 8.7 | 1.0 | – |
Rebounds weren't tracked before 1950-51, and steals and blocks before 1973-74, so early totals undercount.
Season by season
Highlighted rows are championship seasons.
| Season | Team | G | PPG | RPG | APG | Team record | Team result | Playoff PPG | Honors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981-82 | NJN | 82 | 15.5 | 12.3 | 1.3 | 44-38 | Lost conf. finals | 17.5 | All-Star, Rookie of the Year |
| 1982-83 | NJN | 82 | 17.0 | 12.5 | 1.5 | 49-33 | Lost conf. finals | 19.0 | All-League 2nd, All-Star |
| 1983-84 | NJN | 81 | 15.7 | 12.3 | 1.6 | 45-37 | Lost conf. finals | 15.5 | |
| 1984-85 | NJN | 82 | 18.2 | 12.3 | 2.0 | 42-40 | Lost conf. finals | 24.7 | |
| 1985-86 | NJN | 82 | 15.9 | 12.0 | 1.6 | 39-43 | Lost 2nd round | 20.7 | All-Star |
| 1986-87 | NJN | 82 | 18.0 | 12.5 | 1.6 | 24-58 | Missed playoffs | – | |
| 1987-88 | NJN | 70 | 18.3 | 11.9 | 1.6 | 19-63 | Missed playoffs | – | All-Defense 2nd |
| 1988-89 | NJN | 74 | 13.0 | 9.4 | 1.1 | 26-56 | Missed playoffs | – | |
| 1989-90 | POR | 82 | 13.6 | 9.8 | 1.4 | 59-23 | Lost Finals | 13.0 | All-Defense 1st |
| 1990-91 | POR | 80 | 11.7 | 9.4 | 1.2 | 63-19 | Lost conf. finals | 10.3 | All-Defense 1st |
| 1991-92 | POR | 80 | 11.3 | 8.8 | 1.4 | 57-25 | Lost Finals | 9.6 | All-Defense 2nd |
| 1992-93 | POR | 82 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 0.9 | 51-31 | Lost conf. finals | 8.8 | |
| 1993-94 | POR | 81 | 9.7 | 10.4 | 1.0 | 47-35 | Lost 1st round | 12.8 | |
| 1994-95 | POR | 82 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 1.0 | 44-38 | Lost conf. finals | 8.3 | |
| 1995-96 | POR | 70 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 0.6 | 44-38 | Lost 2nd round | 4.8 | |
| 1996-97 | NYK | 74 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 57-25 | Lost conf. finals | 4.3 | |
| 1997-98 | NYK | 41 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 43-39 | Lost conf. finals | 4.7 |