Last Updated on January 6, 2026 by Mat Diekhake
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Here’s the Chicago Bulls 1986–87 Roster and Regular Season Player Statistics:
Chicago Bulls 1986–87 Roster
| No. | Player | Pos | Height | Weight | Age | College/From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | John Paxson | G | 6’2″ | 185 lbs | 26 | Notre Dame |
| 5 | Pete Myers | G | 6’6″ | 180 lbs | 23 | Arkansas–Little Rock |
| 10 | Brad Sellers | F | 7’0″ | 210 lbs | 24 | Ohio State |
| 11 | Ennis Whatley | G | 6’3″ | 177 lbs | 24 | Alabama |
| 12 | Elston Turner | G | 6’5″ | 190 lbs | 27 | Mississippi |
| 13 | Mike Brown | C | 6’9″ | 245 lbs | 24 | George Washington |
| 15 | Earl Cureton | F | 6’9″ | 210 lbs | 29 | Detroit Mercy |
| 20 | Sedale Threatt | G | 6’2″ | 175 lbs | 25 | West Virginia Tech |
| 21 | Charles Oakley | F | 6’8″ | 225 lbs | 23 | Virginia Union |
| 23 | Michael Jordan | G | 6’6″ | 198 lbs | 23 | North Carolina |
| 32 | Gene Banks | F | 6’7″ | 215 lbs | 27 | Duke |
| 33 | Ben Poquette | F/C | 6’9″ | 235 lbs | 32 | Central Michigan |
| 34 | Dave Corzine | C | 6’11” | 250 lbs | 30 | DePaul |
1986–87 Regular Season Per Game
| PLR | POS | AGE | GP | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | FGA | FGM | FG% | 3PA | 3PM | 3P% | FTA | FTM | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Jordan | SG | 23 | 82 | 82 | 40.0 | 37.1 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 27.8 | 13.4 | .482 | 0.8 | 0.1 | .182 | 11.9 | 10.2 | .857 |
| Charles Oakley | PF | 23 | 82 | 81 | 36.3 | 14.5 | 13.1 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 12.8 | 5.7 | .445 | 0.4 | 0.1 | .367 | 4.4 | 3.0 | .686 |
| John Paxson | PG | 26 | 82 | 64 | 32.8 | 11.3 | 1.7 | 5.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 9.7 | 4.7 | .487 | 1.7 | 0.6 | .371 | 1.6 | 1.3 | .809 |
| Gene Banks | SF | 27 | 63 | 39 | 28.9 | 9.7 | 4.9 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 7.3 | 4.0 | .539 | 0.1 | 0.0 | .000 | 2.3 | 1.8 | .767 |
| Brad Sellers | PF | 24 | 80 | 17 | 21.9 | 8.5 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 7.6 | 3.5 | .455 | 0.1 | 0.0 | .200 | 2.2 | 1.6 | .728 |
| Dave Corzine | C | 30 | 82 | 39 | 27.9 | 8.3 | 6.6 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 7.5 | 3.6 | .475 | 0.1 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.6 | 1.2 | .736 |
| Sedale Threatt | PG | 25 | 40 | 0 | 19.5 | 7.9 | 1.3 | 4.4 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 6.8 | 3.3 | .480 | 0.4 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.7 | 1.3 | .803 |
| Earl Cureton | C | 29 | 43 | 36 | 25.7 | 6.9 | 5.3 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 6.4 | 3.0 | .467 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.7 | 0.9 | .534 |
| Steve Colter | PG | 24 | 27 | 18 | 17.5 | 4.9 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 5.3 | 1.8 | .345 | 0.3 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.4 | 1.2 | .846 |
| Mike Brown | C | 23 | 62 | 3 | 13.2 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 1.7 | .527 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.7 | .639 | |
| Elston Turner | SF | 27 | 70 | 4 | 13.4 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 1.6 | .444 | 0.1 | 0.0 | .125 | 0.4 | 0.3 | .742 |
| Ben Poquette | PF | 31 | 21 | 1 | 8.0 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 1.0 | .525 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0.4 | .818 |
| Pete Myers | SG | 23 | 29 | 0 | 5.3 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 0.7 | .365 | 0.2 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.5 | 1.0 | .651 |
| Granville Waiters | C | 26 | 44 | 26 | 12.1 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 0.9 | .430 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.2 | 0.1 | .556 |
| Perry Young | SG | 23 | 5 | 0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | .500 | |
| Fred Cofield | PG | 25 | 5 | 0 | 5.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 0.4 | .182 | 0.2 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Darren Daye | SF | 26 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |||
| TEAM TOTALS | 82 | 82 | 241.8 | 104.8 | 44.5 | 26.1 | 8.3 | 5.3 | 15.3 | 87.3 | 41.2 | .473 | 3.6 | 1.0 | .261 | 27.5 | 21.4 | .778 |
1986–87 Playoff Per Game
| PLR | POS | AGE | GP | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | FGA | FGM | FG% | 3PA | 3PM | 3P% | FTA | FTM | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Jordan | SG | 23 | 3 | 3 | 42.7 | 35.7 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 28.0 | 11.7 | .417 | 1.7 | 0.7 | .400 | 13.0 | 11.7 | .897 |
| Charles Oakley | PF | 23 | 3 | 3 | 43.0 | 20.0 | 15.3 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 16.7 | 6.3 | .380 | 1.3 | 0.7 | .500 | 8.0 | 6.7 | .833 |
| Gene Banks | SF | 27 | 3 | 3 | 26.3 | 10.3 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 7.3 | 4.3 | .591 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 1.7 | .625 | |
| Dave Corzine | C | 30 | 3 | 3 | 40.7 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 7.3 | 3.3 | .455 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 2.3 | .778 | |
| John Paxson | PG | 26 | 3 | 3 | 29.0 | 8.7 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 7.3 | 3.7 | .500 | 2.3 | 1.0 | .429 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.000 |
| Sedale Threatt | PG | 25 | 3 | 0 | 23.3 | 6.7 | 1.7 | 5.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 5.7 | 2.7 | .471 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.000 | |
| Brad Sellers | PF | 24 | 3 | 0 | 22.7 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 6.3 | 2.0 | .316 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.000 | |
| Elston Turner | SF | 27 | 3 | 0 | 8.3 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.3 | .800 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Granville Waiters | C | 26 | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Mike Brown | C | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Pete Myers | SG | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| TEAM TOTALS | 3 | 3 | 240.0 | 98.0 | 38.0 | 21.3 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 11.7 | 81.0 | 35.3 | .436 | 5.3 | 2.3 | .438 | 25.0 | 25.0 | .852 |
1986–87 Regular Season Totals
| PLR | POS | AGE | GP | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | FGA | FGM | FG% | 3PA | 3PM | 3P% | FTA | FTM | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Jordan | SG | 23 | 82 | 82 | 3281 | 3041 | 430 | 377 | 236 | 125 | 272 | 2279 | 1098 | .482 | 66 | 12 | .182 | 972 | 833 | .857 |
| Charles Oakley | PF | 23 | 82 | 81 | 2980 | 1192 | 1074 | 296 | 85 | 36 | 299 | 1052 | 468 | .445 | 30 | 11 | .367 | 357 | 245 | .686 |
| John Paxson | PG | 26 | 82 | 64 | 2689 | 930 | 139 | 467 | 66 | 8 | 105 | 793 | 386 | .487 | 140 | 52 | .371 | 131 | 106 | .809 |
| Dave Corzine | C | 30 | 82 | 39 | 2287 | 683 | 540 | 209 | 38 | 87 | 114 | 619 | 294 | .475 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 129 | 95 | .736 |
| Brad Sellers | PF | 24 | 80 | 17 | 1751 | 680 | 373 | 102 | 44 | 68 | 84 | 606 | 276 | .455 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 173 | 126 | .728 |
| Gene Banks | SF | 27 | 63 | 39 | 1822 | 610 | 308 | 170 | 52 | 17 | 113 | 462 | 249 | .539 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 146 | 112 | .767 |
| Sedale Threatt | PG | 25 | 40 | 0 | 778 | 315 | 51 | 177 | 42 | 9 | 42 | 273 | 131 | .480 | 16 | 0 | .000 | 66 | 53 | .803 |
| Earl Cureton | C | 29 | 43 | 36 | 1105 | 297 | 227 | 70 | 15 | 26 | 45 | 276 | 129 | .467 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 73 | 39 | .534 |
| Mike Brown | C | 23 | 62 | 3 | 818 | 258 | 214 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 59 | 201 | 106 | .527 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 46 | .639 | |
| Elston Turner | SF | 27 | 70 | 4 | 936 | 248 | 115 | 102 | 30 | 4 | 31 | 252 | 112 | .444 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 31 | 23 | .742 |
| Granville Waiters | C | 26 | 44 | 26 | 534 | 85 | 87 | 22 | 10 | 31 | 16 | 93 | 40 | .430 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 49 | 5 | .556 |
| Pete Myers | SG | 23 | 29 | 0 | 155 | 66 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 52 | 19 | .365 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 43 | 28 | .651 |
| Ben Poquette | PF | 31 | 21 | 1 | 167 | 51 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 40 | 21 | .525 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 11 | 9 | .818 |
| Perry Young | SG | 23 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .500 | |
| Fred Cofield | PG | 25 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darren Daye | SF | 26 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| TEAM TOTALS | 82 | 82 | 19830 | 8596 | 3648 | 2143 | 677 | 438 | 1229 | 7155 | 3382 | .473 | 299 | 78 | .261 | 2254 | 1754 | .778 |
1986–87 Playoff Totals
| PLR | POS | AGE | GP | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | FGA | FGM | FG% | 3PA | 3PM | 3P% | FTA | FTM | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Jordan | SG | 23 | 3 | 3 | 128 | 107 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 84 | 35 | .417 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 39 | 35 | .897 |
| Charles Oakley | PF | 23 | 3 | 3 | 129 | 60 | 46 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 50 | 19 | .380 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 24 | 20 | .833 |
| Gene Banks | SF | 27 | 3 | 3 | 79 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 13 | .591 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | .625 | |
| Dave Corzine | C | 30 | 3 | 3 | 122 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 10 | .455 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .778 | |
| John Paxson | PG | 26 | 3 | 3 | 87 | 26 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 11 | .500 | 7 | 3 | .429 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 |
| Sedale Threatt | PG | 25 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 20 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | .471 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | |
| Brad Sellers | PF | 24 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | .316 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | |
| Elston Turner | SF | 27 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Granville Waiters | C | 26 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mike Brown | C | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Myers | SG | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TEAM TOTALS | 3 | 3 | 720 | 294 | 114 | 64 | 17 | 13 | 34 | 243 | 106 | .436 | 16 | 7 | .438 | 88 | 75 | .852 |
Team Impact Spotlight
| Player Name | Role Tier* | MPG | Usage Tier† | PPG | RPG | APG | STK (SPG+BPG) | Impact Index* | Notes | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Jordan | “Alpha-Engine” | 40.0 | High | 37.1 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.4 (2.9+1.5) | ≈ 25.7 | As team’s undisputed focal point — led the NBA in scoring and steals, drove nearly 40% of team offense while anchoring perimeter defense. | MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, All-NBA 1st, All-Defensive 1st |
| Charles Oakley | “Enforcer / Board-Boss” | 36.3 | Medium-High | 14.5 | 13.1 | 3.6 | 1.4 (1.0+0.4) | ≈ 16.3 | Led league in total rebounds — provided the physical backbone and second-effort defense/rebounding; often cleaned up missed shots to compensate for a thin supporting roster. | — |
| John Paxson | “Steady Floor-Runner” | 32.8 | Medium | 11.3 | 1.7 | 5.7 | 0.9 (0.8+0.1) | ≈ 9.8 | Served as primary ball-mover when Jordan rested — offered reliable outside shooting and distribution, helping maintain offensive flow at second-unit level. | — |
| Gene Banks | “3-and-D / Role Wing” | 28.9 | Medium | 9.7 | 4.9 | 2.7 | 1.1 (0.8+0.3) | ≈ 9.2 | Provided perimeter spacing (high FG% on limited 3PA) and modest rebounding — useful as a complementary wing though limited overall burden. | — |
| Dave Corzine | “Backup Big / Minutes Filler” | 27.9 | Medium-Low | 8.3 | 6.6 | 2.5 | 1.6 (0.5+1.1) | ≈ 9.5 | Offered size minutes off the bench, contributing inside presence and modest defense — served to preserve starter health without big drop-off. | — |
| Brad Sellers | “Stretch-4 / Spot Minutes” | 21.9 | Low-Medium | 8.5 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 1.5 (0.6+0.9) | ≈ 7.5 | Provided occasional scoring punch and floor spacing in limited minutes — useful depth but limited consistency or defensive impact. | — |
| Earl Cureton | “Deep Bench Big” | 25.7 | Low | 6.9 | 5.3 | 1.6 | 0.9 (0.3+0.6) | ≈ 7.4 | Offered rotational depth at center — modest rebounding/defense, but limited offensive role and usage. | — |
| Sedale Threatt | “Swing-Guard Backup” | 19.5 | Low | 7.9 | 1.3 | 4.4 | 1.3 (1.1+0.2) | ≈ 7.4 | Served as a change-of-pace guard off the bench; provided some ball-handling & secondary creation though minutes and role were limited. | — |
| Steve Colter | “Short-Stint Reserve PG” | 17.5 | Low | 4.9 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 0.9 (0.7+0.2) | ≈ 5.5 | Saw spot minutes at point guard — limited impact due to small sample size, more depth-than-substantial. | — |
| Elston Turner | “Deep-Reserve Wing” | 13.4 | Low | 3.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.5 (0.4+0.1) | ≈ 3.5 | Minimal contribution — primarily bowl-cleaning minutes, little offensive or defensive influence. | — |
| Mike Brown | “Spot Center / Garbage Time” | 13.2 | Low | 4.2 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 (0.3+0.1) | ≈ 4.8 | Sparse minutes, limited role — provided occasional size off bench but inconsistent impact. | — |
| Granville Waiters | “Marginal Reserve C” | 12.1 | Very Low | 1.9 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 (0.2+0.7) | ≈ 3.2 | Saw very limited action — role marginal, used mainly in mop-up or low-leverage minutes. | — |
| Ben Poquette | “Occasional Spot-Minutes PF” | 8.0 | Very Low | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 (0.1+0.6) | ≈ 2.1 | Very small sample size and negligible impact; occasional floor time but no consistent contribution. | — |
| Darren Daye | “Unused Reserve” | 7.0 | Very Low | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 (0.0+1.0) | ≈ 1.5 | Practically no role — negligible contribution in both offense and defense. | — |
| Fred Cofield | “Deep-Bench Guard” | 5.4 | Very Low | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 (0.4+0.0) | ≈ 2.0 | Minimal minutes and negligible usage — depth only. | — |
| Pete Myers | “End-of-Bench Guard” | 5.3 | Very Low | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 (0.5+0.1) | ≈ 2.8 | Very limited but slightly more floor time than lowest reserves — occasional garbage-time contributions. | — |
| Perry Young | “Minute-Filler SG” | 4.0 | Very Low | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 (0.2+0.0) | ≈ 1.2 | Practically no meaningful role — marginal usage and minimal impact. | — |