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Retired#18Center1968–1977

Tom Boerwinkle

Tom Boerwinkle scored 4,596 points in 635 games. His best scoring season was 1970-71 at 10.8 points a game. He earned 0 RimBlaze badges.

Height / Weight7′ 0″ / 265 lb
Age81
PositionCenter
BornAug 23, 1945
HometownCleveland, Ohio
Experience1968–1977
CollegeUniversity of Tennessee
Draft1968 · round 1, pick 4
High schoolMillersburg Military Institute Kentucky, Kentucky
TeamsChicago Bulls 1968–1977
Career points
4,596
635 games · 7.2 per game
Triple-doubles
—
Counted since 1996-97, when NBA.com game logs begin
All-time points
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Outside the top 1,000
NBA dataCareer 1968–1977. Game-by-game feats count games since 1996-97, when NBA.com game logs begin.
0 rare
LOGO RANGE · 30 FT HALF COURT · 47 FT
No rare buckets tracked in 1977-78.

1977-78 season

CHI · 22 games
Points562.5 per game
Rebounds2.759 total
Assists2.044 total
Triple-doubles—— double-doubles
40-point games00 big nights
Rare buckets0Logo 3s, buzzer-beaters, daggers

Player’s Vault

0 badges earned
0Unicorn
0Rare Air
0Legend
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Tom Boerwinkle career arc

By season · tap a barSelected seasonPeak: 1970-71 · 10.8 points per game

Tom Boerwinkle milestones

Career · regular season
4,596 career points
Retired.
5K10K
Career marks
Rebounds5,745Past 5,000 · 218th all-time

Tom Boerwinkle career highs

Game logs begin in 1996-97, after his career

Biggest nights

Ranked by rarity
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Deepest makes

0 rare buckets tracked
No rare buckets tracked yet.

Tom Boerwinkle stats by season

Regular season · tap a row
SeasonTeamGPPTSPPGRPGAPGFG%3P%FT%3PMTDDDRare
1977-78CHI22562.52.72.0.460—.769————
1976-77CHI823023.73.82.3.491—.540————
1975-76CHI746488.810.73.8.500—.667————
1974-75CHI803374.24.83.4.487—.768————
1973-74CHI461583.44.62.0.487—.700————
1972-73CHI8303.86.85.0.375—.600————
1971-72CHI805567.011.23.5.438—.656————
1970-71CHI8288210.813.84.8.485—.724————
1969-70CHI8184610.412.52.8.449—.664————
1968-69CHI807819.811.12.2.383—.653————
Career10 seasons6354,5967.29.03.2.453—.6750——0

Tom Boerwinkle splits

Career · points per game
No game-by-game logs for his career. NBA.com’s logs begin in 1996-97.

How he scores

Share of points · rare bucket mix
Career
Twos
81%
Threes
0%
Free throws
19%

Every big night · 0

No big nights yet.

Quick answers

Tom Boerwinkle facts
How many career points did Tom Boerwinkle score?

Tom Boerwinkle scored 4,596 career regular-season points in 635 games, 7.2 per game.

What was Tom Boerwinkle’s best season?

His best scoring season was 1970-71 with CHI: 10.8 points, 13.8 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game.

Where is Tom Boerwinkle from?

Tom Boerwinkle is from Cleveland, Ohio. He played high school ball at Millersburg Military Institute in Kentucky, Kentucky. He played college ball at University of Tennessee.

What teams did Tom Boerwinkle play for?

Chicago Bulls (1968–1977).