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Gus Williams

Gus Williams stats, teams and career impact

#60 all-timeCareer averages · 17.1 PPG · 2.7 RPG · 5.6 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Point guard
Final NBA team: Atlanta Hawks
Height / weight: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) · 175 lb (79 kg)
Born: October 10, 1953
Died: January 15, 2025 (71 yrs old)
College: USC
NBA seasons: 11 seasons · 1975–76 to 1986–87

Career or season view

Career summaryGus Williams was a point guard who played 11 NBA seasons, from 1975–76 through 1986–87.

Career PPG: 17.1
Career RPG: 2.7
Career APG: 5.6; #4 in 1981–82; #60 all-time

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

Career overview

Why Gus Williams ranks #60 all time

Gus Williams ranks #60 all time. 4 top-ten finishes give him a sustained run near the top of the league. His full-career value ranks #84, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity.

Peak#3 in 1978–79

Best league finish

Sustained excellence3 top-five finishes

4 top-ten finishes

Career breadth11 seasons

825 games · Career Value Rank #84

NBA honors2× All-Star · 2× All-NBAContext only; honors are not model inputs.

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Golden State Warriors, Seattle SuperSonics, Washington Bullets, and Atlanta Hawks
Greatest Hawks →Greatest Warriors →Greatest Thunder →Greatest Wizards →

Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 46.1%FG%
Three-point: 23.8%3P%
Free throw: 75.6%FT%

825 career games · 25,645 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

Gus Williams stats by season

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1986–87	4.2	1.2	4.2	-3.23	ATL	33	0	14.6	36.3%	27.8%	67.5%	#220	-12.0
1985–86	13.5	2.2	5.9	+1.01	WSB	77	67	29.7	42.8%	25.9%	73.4%	#65	141.9
1984–85	20.0	2.5	7.7	+3.27	WSB	79	78	37.5	43.0%	29.0%	72.5%	#20	325.9
1983–84	18.7	2.5	8.4	+3.60	SEA	80	80	35.2	45.8%	16.0%	75.0%	#12	327.7
1982–83	20.0	2.6	8.0	+4.43	SEA	80	80	34.5	47.7%	4.7%	75.1%	#9	381.9
1981–82	23.4	3.0	6.9	+5.69	SEA	80	80	36.0	48.6%	22.5%	73.4%	#4	460.9
1979–80	22.1	3.4	4.8	+5.09	SEA	82	82	36.2	48.2%	19.4%	78.8%	#4	446.2
1978–79	19.2	3.2	4.0	+5.38	SEA	76	0	29.8	49.5%	—	77.5%	#3	360.2
1977–78	18.1	3.2	3.7	+3.61	SEA	79	0	32.6	45.1%	—	81.7%	#14	315.1
1976–77	9.3	2.8	3.6	+0.44	GSW	82	0	23.5	46.4%	—	74.7%	#80	105.7
1975–76	11.7	2.1	3.1	+2.33	GSW	77	0	22.4	42.8%	—	74.2%	#22	168.8
Career	17.1	2.7	5.6	—	ATL/GSW/SEA/WSB	825	—	31.1	46.1%	23.8%	75.6%	—	—

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#60

8.4 composite · lower is better

Best 5#55

6.4 average league finish

Career Value Rank#84

3,022 total value

Career standing

How Gus Williams 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 seasons3

Elite finishes

Top-ten seasons4

Upper-tier finishes

Top-10 Impact Margin9.6

Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons

Career Composite Score8.4

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: 250.0
Qualified seasons: 11
All-time rank: #60

Strongest seasons

Every season

Gus Williams 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


1986–87Historical Defense Estimate	ATL	33	33	481	-3.23	14.5	#220	-12.0	23rd	Standard
1985–86Historical Defense Estimate	WSB	32	77	2,284	+1.01	74.8	#65	141.9	78th	Broad
1984–85Historical Defense Estimate	WSB	31	79	2,960	+3.27	92.5	#20	325.9	94th	Broad
1983–84Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	30	80	2,818	+3.60	95.6	#12	327.7	96th	Broad
1982–83Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	29	80	2,761	+4.43	96.8	#9	381.9	98th	Broad
1981–82Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	28	80	2,876	+5.69	98.8	#4	460.9	98th	Broad
1979–80Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	26	82	2,969	+5.09	98.7	#4	446.2	99th	Broad
1978–79Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	25	76	2,266	+5.38	99.1	#3	360.2	98th	Broad
1977–78Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	24	79	2,572	+3.61	94.5	#14	315.1	94th	Broad
1976–77Historical Defense Estimate	GSW	23	82	1,930	+0.44	67.5	#80	105.7	67th	Broad
1975–76Historical Defense Estimate	GSW	22	77	1,728	+2.33	88.8	#22	168.8	79th	Broad

Career movement

Gus Williams's career impact by season

Peak +5.69 in 1981–82 · 11 seasons · 25,645 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

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Player-specific impact scaleWorkload

Career comparison

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Gus WilliamsSidney Moncrief

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

Gus Williams and Sidney Moncrief era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Gus Williams	Sidney Moncrief
1	2.3	2.1
2	0.4	3.9
3	3.6	4.8
4	5.4	5.6
5	5.1	4.2
6	5.7	4.4
7	4.4	4.2
8	3.6	1.7
9	3.3	1.5
10	1.0	2.1
11	-3.2	-0.8

NBA season number

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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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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 →