John Long
- Seasons
- 1978-79 to 1996-97
- Position
- G-F
- Height
- 6′5″
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Born
- Aug 28, 1956
- College
- Detroit Mercy
- Draft
- 1978, round 2, pick 29
1Championships
Career totals
| Seasons | Games | Points | PPG | RPG | APG | Win shares | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular season | 14 | 893 | 12,131 | 13.6 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 32.1 |
| Playoffs | 5 | 23 | 223 | 9.7 | 1.5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978-79 | DET | 82 | 16.1 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 30-52 | Missed playoffs | – | |
| 1979-80 | DET | 69 | 19.4 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 16-66 | Missed playoffs | – | |
| 1980-81 | DET | 59 | 17.7 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 21-61 | Missed playoffs | – | |
| 1981-82 | DET | 69 | 21.9 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 39-43 | Missed playoffs | – | |
| 1982-83 | DET | 70 | 10.5 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 37-45 | Missed playoffs | – | |
| 1983-84 | DET | 82 | 16.3 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 49-33 | Lost conf. finals | 11.0 | |
| 1984-85 | DET | 66 | 14.7 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 46-36 | Lost conf. finals | 12.4 | |
| 1985-86 | DET | 62 | 10.0 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 46-36 | Lost conf. finals | 7.0 | |
| 1986-87 | IND | 80 | 15.2 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 41-41 | Lost conf. finals | 11.0 | |
| 1987-88 | IND | 81 | 12.8 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 38-44 | Missed playoffs | – | |
| 1988-89 | IND | 44 | 7.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 28-54 | Missed playoffs | – | |
| 1988-89 | DET | 24 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 63-19 | Won title | 1.3 | |
| 1989-90 | ATL | 48 | 8.4 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 41-41 | Missed playoffs | – | |
| 1990-91 | DET | 25 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 50-32 | Lost conf. finals | – | |
| 1996-97 | TOR | 32 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 30-52 | Missed playoffs | – |