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Chet Walker

Chet Walker stats, teams and career impact

#102 all-timeCareer averages · 18.2 PPG · 7.1 RPG · 2.1 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Small forward
Final NBA team: Chicago Bulls
Height / weight: 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) · 212 lb (96 kg)
Born: February 22, 1940
Died: June 8, 2024 (84 yrs old)
College: Bradley
NBA seasons: 13 seasons · 1962–63 to 1974–75

Career or season view

Career summaryChet Walker was a small forward who played 13 NBA seasons, from 1962–63 through 1974–75.

Career PPG: 18.2
Career RPG: 7.1
Career APG: 2.1; #6 in 1971–72; #102 all-time

Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Career overview

Why Chet Walker ranks #102 all time

Chet Walker ranks #102 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #11.7. His full-career value ranks #126, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity.

Peak#6 in 1971–72

Best league finish

Sustained excellence1 top-ten finish

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth13 seasons

1,032 games · Career Value Rank #126

NBA honors7× All-StarContext only; honors are not model inputs.

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Syracuse Nationals, Philadelphia 76ers, and Chicago Bulls
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Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 47.0%FG%
Three-point: —3P%
Free throw: 79.6%FT%

1,032 career games · 33,433 minutes

Sources and updateConventional stats and measurements: Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 13, 2026. hussEyquation ranking data through 2025–26. Life dates: Wikidata; conflicting dates checked against Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 17, 2026.

Traditional box score

Chet Walker stats by season

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1974–75	19.2	5.7	2.2	+2.33	CHI	76	0	32.3	48.7%	—	86.0%	#17	220.5
1973–74	19.3	5.0	2.4	+2.03	CHI	82	0	32.5	48.6%	—	87.5%	#19	234.4
1972–73	19.9	5.0	2.3	+2.79	CHI	79	0	31.1	47.8%	—	83.2%	#14	255.8
1971–72	22.0	6.1	2.3	+4.05	CHI	78	0	33.2	50.5%	—	84.7%	#6	354.3
1970–71	22.0	7.3	2.2	+1.54	CHI	81	0	36.1	46.5%	—	85.9%	#26	236.9
1969–70	21.5	7.7	2.5	+2.10	CHI	78	0	34.9	47.7%	—	85.0%	#15	271.4
1968–69	18.0	7.8	1.8	+0.68	PHI	82	0	33.6	48.4%	—	80.4%	#32	184.8
1967–68	17.9	7.4	1.9	+0.03	PHI	82	0	32.0	46.0%	—	72.6%	#51	137.8
1966–67	19.3	8.1	2.3	+0.73	PHI	81	0	33.2	48.8%	—	76.6%	#23	188.2
1965–66	15.3	8.0	2.5	+0.35	PHI	80	0	32.5	45.1%	—	71.6%	#30	156.7
1964–65	13.2	6.7	1.7	-0.75	PHI	79	0	27.7	40.3%	—	74.2%	#48	67.6
1963–64	17.3	10.3	1.6	+0.13	PHI	76	0	36.5	44.0%	—	71.1%	#25	147.0
1962–63	12.3	7.2	1.1	-0.69	SYR	78	0	25.5	46.9%	—	69.9%	#38	66.9
Career	18.2	7.1	2.1	—	CHI/PHI/SYR	1032	—	32.4	47.0%	—	79.6%	—	—

Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.

Film evidence

Chet Walker highlights

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Archive highlights

Chet Walker career highlights

The archive shows Walker's strong drives, foul drawing and midrange scoring across productive years in Philadelphia and Chicago.

What these measures mean

Era-centered box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average.
Impact Rate Rank: The player's place among qualified players in one season.
Value contribution / Season Value: Completed seasons use a fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. The live season instead uses Season Value, combining that season's impact with workload.
Career Impact Rank: An all-time rank weighted toward the player's best three, five, and ten seasons.

Career Impact Rank#102

14.2 composite · lower is better

Best 5#117

14.2 average league finish

Career Value Rank#126

2,522 total value

Career standing

How Chet Walker ranks all time

These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.

Number-one seasons0

Best in the league

Top-five seasons0

Elite finishes

Top-ten seasons1

Upper-tier finishes

Top-10 Impact Margin2.0

Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons

Career Composite Score14.2

Best 3, Best 5, and Best 10 average league finishes receive 50%, 30%, and 20% window weights. Missing seasons receive a replacement finish just below the player's typical qualified field. Lower is better.

Best 3 effective weight: 74%
Missing-season finish: 135.0
Qualified seasons: 13
All-time rank: #102

Strongest seasons

Every season

Chet Walker advanced stats by season

Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.

More advanced statsAge, minutes, impact, rank, value and data coverage


1974–75Historical Defense Estimate	CHI	34	76	2,452	+2.33	91.4	#17	220.5	91st	Broad
1973–74Historical Defense Estimate	CHI	33	82	2,661	+2.03	89.8	#19	234.4	90th	Broad
1972–73Historical Defense Estimate	CHI	32	79	2,455	+2.79	92.4	#14	255.8	88th	Modeled
1971–72Historical Defense Estimate	CHI	31	78	2,588	+4.05	97.0	#6	354.3	94th	Modeled
1970–71Historical Defense Estimate	CHI	30	81	2,927	+1.54	85.0	#26	236.9	87th	Modeled
1969–70Historical Defense Estimate	CHI	29	78	2,726	+2.10	90.1	#15	271.4	90th	Modeled
1968–69Historical Defense Estimate	PHI	28	82	2,753	+0.68	76.7	#32	184.8	77th	Modeled
1967–68Historical Defense Estimate	PHI	27	82	2,623	+0.03	58.3	#51	137.8	70th	Modeled
1966–67Historical Defense Estimate	PHI	26	81	2,691	+0.73	78.0	#23	188.2	79th	Modeled
1965–66Historical Defense Estimate	PHI	25	80	2,603	+0.35	68.8	#30	156.7	78th	Modeled
1964–65Historical Defense Estimate	PHI	24	79	2,187	-0.75	47.2	#48	67.6	56th	Modeled
1963–64Historical Defense Estimate	PHI	23	76	2,775	+0.13	73.9	#25	147.0	79th	Modeled
1962–63Historical Defense Estimate	SYR	22	78	1,992	-0.69	59.3	#38	66.9	63rd	Modeled

Career movement

Chet Walker's career impact by season

Peak +4.05 in 1971–72 · 13 seasons · 33,433 minutes

The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. The vertical scale adapts to this player's range and always includes zero.

Era-centered box impactMinutesModeled estimate

Player-specific impact scaleWorkload

Career comparison

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Era-centered box impactEstimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average · dashed marker means the player did not play

Chet Walker and CJ McCollum era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Chet Walker	CJ McCollum
1	-0.7	-4.3
2	0.1	-0.8
3	-0.8	1.0
4	0.4	2.0
5	0.7	0.8
6	0.0	-0.1
7	0.7	-0.1
8	2.1	3.7
9	1.5	2.9
10	4.1	0.6
11	2.8	2.9
12	2.0	1.2
13	2.3	0.6

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The career-similarity score compares era-centered box impact, peak, prime, workload, career length, position, and experience-aligned trajectory. It describes career shape, not playing style, equal ability, or probability.

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career similarity score

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career similarity score

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career similarity score

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How to read this page

Impact Rate shows how strong a player was compared with everyone else that season. Season Value adds how much he played; completed player-profile rows instead show each season's fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. Career Impact Rank rewards a high peak, a long prime, and repeated seasons near the top. Older seasons use clearly labeled estimates where the NBA did not record today's full set of statistics. Read how every ranking works →