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Dave Greenwood

Dave Greenwood stats, teams and career impact

#919 all-timeCareer averages · 10.2 PPG · 7.9 RPG · 2.0 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Power forward
Final NBA team: San Antonio Spurs
Height / weight: 6 ft 9 in (206 cm) · 222 lb (101 kg)
Born: May 27, 1957
Died: June 8, 2025 (68 yrs old)
College: UCLA
NBA seasons: 12 seasons · 1979–80 to 1990–91

Career or season view

Career summaryDave Greenwood was a power forward who played 12 NBA seasons, from 1979–80 through 1990–91.

Career PPG: 10.2
Career RPG: 7.9
Career APG: 2.0; #46 in 1986–87; #919 all-time

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

Career overview

Why Dave Greenwood ranks #919 all time

Dave Greenwood ranks #919 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #73.3. His full-career value ranks #640, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.

Peak#46 in 1986–87

Best league finish

Sustained excellence11 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth12 seasons

823 games · Career Value Rank #640

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Chicago Bulls, San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets, and Detroit Pistons
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Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 47.7%FG%
Three-point: 13.8%3P%
Free throw: 76.5%FT%

823 career games · 23,370 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

Dave Greenwood stats by season

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1990–91	3.8	3.5	0.8	-3.17	SAS	63	11	16.2	50.3%	0.0%	73.4%	#242	-24.4
1989–90	1.6	2.1	0.3	-5.35	DET	37	0	5.5	42.3%	—	55.2%	—	-13.5
1988–89	7.0	6.0	1.4	-1.26	DEN/SAS	67	18	20.9	42.3%	—	75.0%	#154	22.8
1987–88	8.6	6.7	2.2	-2.16	SAS	45	40	27.5	46.0%	0.0%	74.8%	#186	-4.3
1986–87	11.6	9.9	3.0	+1.23	SAS	79	78	32.7	51.3%	50.0%	78.5%	#46	177.1
1985–86	7.9	7.8	1.3	-1.60	SAS	68	24	28.1	51.0%	0.0%	77.2%	#171	16.6
1984–85	6.1	6.4	1.3	-2.73	CHI	61	28	25.0	45.8%	0.0%	71.3%	#202	-23.0
1983–84	12.2	10.1	1.8	+0.05	CHI	78	76	34.8	49.0%	0.0%	73.7%	#96	115.7
1982–83	10.0	9.7	1.9	-1.08	CHI	79	61	29.8	45.5%	0.0%	70.8%	#149	47.9
1981–82	14.6	9.6	3.2	+0.25	CHI	82	82	35.5	47.3%	0.0%	82.5%	#88	135.3
1980–81	14.4	8.8	2.7	+0.45	CHI	82	82	33.0	48.6%	0.0%	74.8%	#86	139.0
1979–80	16.3	9.4	2.2	-0.49	CHI	82	82	34.0	47.4%	14.3%	81.0%	#116	89.3
Career	10.2	7.9	2.0	—	CHI/DEN/DET/SAS	823	—	28.4	47.7%	13.8%	76.5%	—	—

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

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#919

88.5 composite · lower is better

Best 5#911

86.4 average league finish

Career Value Rank#640

678 total value

Career standing

How Dave Greenwood 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 seasons0

Upper-tier finishes

Top-10 Impact Margin0.0

Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons

Career Composite Score88.5

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: 255.0
Qualified seasons: 11
All-time rank: #919

Strongest seasons

Every season

Dave Greenwood 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


1990–91Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	33	63	1,018	-3.17	17.2	#242	-24.4	18th	Broad
1989–90Historical Defense Estimate	DET	32	37	205	-5.35	—	—	-13.5	—	Limited
1988–89Historical Defense Estimate	DEN/SAS	31	67	1,403	-1.26	41.8	#154	22.8	43rd	Broad
1987–88Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	30	45	1,236	-2.16	26.0	#186	-4.3	25th	Broad
1986–87Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	29	79	2,587	+1.23	82.4	#46	177.1	85th	Broad
1985–86Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	28	68	1,910	-1.60	33.1	#171	16.6	36th	Broad
1984–85Historical Defense Estimate	CHI	27	61	1,523	-2.73	20.6	#202	-23.0	17th	Broad
1983–84Historical Defense Estimate	CHI	26	78	2,718	+0.05	61.7	#96	115.7	72nd	Broad
1982–83Historical Defense Estimate	CHI	25	79	2,355	-1.08	41.5	#149	47.9	53rd	Broad
1981–82Historical Defense Estimate	CHI	24	82	2,914	+0.25	65.7	#88	135.3	81st	Broad
1980–81Historical Defense Estimate	CHI	23	82	2,710	+0.45	65.7	#86	139.0	75th	Broad
1979–80Historical Defense Estimate	CHI	22	82	2,791	-0.49	50.2	#116	89.3	61st	Broad

Career movement

Dave Greenwood's career impact by season

Peak +1.23 in 1986–87 · 12 seasons · 23,370 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 impactMinutes

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

Dave Greenwood and Maurice Lucas era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Dave Greenwood	Maurice Lucas
1	-0.5	0.3
2	0.4	0.2
3	0.3	0.8
4	-1.1	-0.7
5	0.0	-0.6
6	-2.7	0.9
7	-1.6	0.1
8	1.2	0.7
9	-2.2	-0.9
10	-1.3	-3.1
11	-5.4	-2.2
12	-3.2	-2.7

NBA season number

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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 →