Last Updated on November 24, 2025 by Mat Diekhake
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Here is the Denver Nuggets 1986–87 NBA Season roster and regular season player statistics.
Roster
| No. |
Player |
Pos |
Ht |
Wt |
Birth Date |
College |
| 1 |
Fat Lever |
G |
6-3 |
170 |
Aug 18, 1960 |
Arizona State |
| 2 |
Alex English |
F |
6-7 |
190 |
Jan 5, 1954 |
South Carolina |
| 3 |
Danny Schayes |
C |
6-11 |
235 |
May 10, 1959 |
Syracuse |
| 5 |
Mike Evans |
G |
6-1 |
175 |
Apr 19, 1955 |
Kansas State |
| 10 |
Darrell Walker |
G |
6-4 |
180 |
Mar 9, 1961 |
Arkansas |
| 14 |
Bill Hanzlik |
G/F |
6-7 |
185 |
Dec 6, 1957 |
Notre Dame |
| 20 |
Blair Rasmussen |
C |
7-0 |
250 |
Nov 13, 1962 |
Oregon |
| 21 |
Calvin Natt |
F |
6-6 |
220 |
Jan 8, 1957 |
Northeast Louisiana |
| 22 |
Wayne Cooper |
C |
6-10 |
220 |
Nov 16, 1956 |
New Orleans |
| 23 |
T.R. Dunn |
G/F |
6-4 |
192 |
Feb 1, 1955 |
Alabama |
| 32 |
Mark Alarie |
F |
6-8 |
217 |
Dec 11, 1963 |
Duke |
| 33 |
Maurice Martin |
F |
6-6 |
200 |
Jul 2, 1964 |
Saint Joseph’s |
| 34 |
Otis Smith |
G/F |
6-5 |
205 |
Jan 30, 1964 |
Jacksonville |
| 35 |
Pete Williams |
F |
6-7 |
210 |
Jul 29, 1963 |
Arizona |
1986-87 Regular Season Per Game
| Name |
Pos |
Age |
G |
GS |
MPG |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
BPG |
TOV |
FGA |
FG% |
3PA |
3P% |
FTA |
FT% |
| Alex English |
SF |
33 |
82 |
82 |
37.6 |
28.6 |
4.2 |
5.1 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
2.6 |
23.4 |
.503 |
0.2 |
.267 |
5.9 |
.844 |
| Fat Lever |
PG |
26 |
82 |
82 |
37.2 |
18.9 |
8.9 |
8.0 |
2.5 |
0.4 |
2.0 |
16.7 |
.469 |
1.1 |
.239 |
3.8 |
.782 |
| Bill Hanzlik |
PF |
29 |
73 |
10 |
27.3 |
13.0 |
3.5 |
3.8 |
1.2 |
0.4 |
1.8 |
10.2 |
.412 |
1.1 |
.275 |
5.5 |
.786 |
| Darrell Walker |
PG |
25 |
81 |
25 |
24.9 |
12.2 |
4.0 |
3.5 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
2.3 |
9.2 |
.482 |
0.0 |
.000 |
4.5 |
.745 |
| T.R. Dunn |
SG |
31 |
81 |
53 |
23.9 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
1.8 |
1.2 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
3.4 |
.428 |
0.0 |
.000 |
0.7 |
.655 |
| Wayne Cooper |
C |
30 |
69 |
64 |
22.6 |
8.0 |
6.9 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
1.5 |
1.1 |
7.6 |
.448 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.6 |
.725 |
| Danny Schayes |
C |
27 |
76 |
41 |
20.5 |
8.5 |
5.0 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
5.3 |
.519 |
0.0 |
|
3.9 |
.779 |
| Calvin Natt |
PF |
30 |
1 |
1 |
20.0 |
10.0 |
5.0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
10.0 |
.400 |
0.0 |
|
2.0 |
1.000 |
| Mike Evans |
SG |
31 |
81 |
4 |
19.3 |
10.1 |
1.6 |
2.3 |
1.0 |
0.1 |
1.3 |
9.0 |
.458 |
2.1 |
.314 |
1.5 |
.780 |
| Blair Rasmussen |
C |
24 |
74 |
23 |
19.2 |
9.5 |
6.3 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
7.7 |
.470 |
0.0 |
|
3.1 |
.732 |
| Mark Alarie |
PF |
23 |
64 |
25 |
17.3 |
7.9 |
3.3 |
1.2 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.9 |
6.9 |
.490 |
0.1 |
.222 |
1.6 |
.663 |
| Maurice Martin |
SF |
22 |
43 |
0 |
6.7 |
3.4 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.8 |
3.1 |
.378 |
0.3 |
.200 |
1.5 |
.636 |
| Otis Smith |
SG |
23 |
28 |
0 |
6.0 |
2.8 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
2.8 |
.418 |
0.1 |
.000 |
0.8 |
.571 |
| Pete Williams |
PF |
21 |
5 |
0 |
2.0 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
.500 |
0.0 |
|
0.0 |
|
| Team Totals |
— |
— |
82 |
82 |
241.2 |
116.7 |
44.7 |
28.3 |
9.2 |
5.1 |
14.8 |
97.0 |
.471 |
4.8 |
.271 |
31.3 |
.769 |
1986-87 Playoff Per Game
| Name |
Pos |
Age |
G |
GS |
MPG |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
BPG |
TOV |
FGA |
FG% |
3PA |
3P% |
FTA |
FT% |
| Fat Lever |
PG |
26 |
3 |
3 |
33.0 |
15.3 |
6.0 |
7.3 |
2.3 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
16.7 |
.380 |
2.7 |
.250 |
3.0 |
.667 |
| Blair Rasmussen |
C |
24 |
3 |
3 |
30.7 |
16.3 |
7.7 |
2.3 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
1.7 |
15.0 |
.489 |
0.0 |
|
3.3 |
.500 |
| Alex English |
SF |
33 |
3 |
3 |
25.3 |
18.7 |
4.7 |
3.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
2.7 |
16.3 |
.510 |
0.0 |
|
2.3 |
.857 |
| Bill Hanzlik |
PF |
29 |
3 |
2 |
25.3 |
8.3 |
2.0 |
2.3 |
1.3 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
8.3 |
.320 |
0.7 |
.000 |
5.0 |
.600 |
| Danny Schayes |
C |
27 |
3 |
0 |
25.0 |
10.0 |
5.7 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
5.7 |
.706 |
0.0 |
|
3.0 |
.667 |
| Darrell Walker |
PG |
25 |
3 |
3 |
22.7 |
8.7 |
3.3 |
1.7 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
1.3 |
11.3 |
.324 |
0.0 |
|
2.3 |
.571 |
| Mike Evans |
SG |
31 |
3 |
0 |
19.0 |
6.0 |
2.3 |
2.7 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
6.3 |
.368 |
2.3 |
.286 |
0.7 |
1.000 |
| Maurice Martin |
SF |
22 |
3 |
0 |
18.0 |
10.3 |
3.0 |
3.3 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
1.7 |
9.7 |
.414 |
0.3 |
.000 |
4.0 |
.583 |
| Mark Alarie |
PF |
23 |
3 |
0 |
13.7 |
6.7 |
1.7 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
1.3 |
5.0 |
.600 |
0.0 |
|
0.7 |
1.000 |
| Wayne Cooper |
C |
30 |
3 |
1 |
13.7 |
4.0 |
5.7 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
4.0 |
.417 |
0.0 |
|
0.7 |
1.000 |
| T.R. Dunn |
SG |
31 |
3 |
0 |
7.3 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
1.3 |
.250 |
0.0 |
|
0.0 |
|
| Otis Smith |
SG |
23 |
3 |
0 |
6.3 |
3.3 |
1.7 |
1.3 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
1.3 |
2.0 |
.333 |
0.0 |
|
3.0 |
.667 |
| Team Totals |
— |
— |
3 |
3 |
240.0 |
108.3 |
44.7 |
26.7 |
7.3 |
3.7 |
14.7 |
101.7 |
.436 |
6.0 |
.222 |
28.0 |
.655 |
1986-87 Regular Season Totals
| Ply |
Pos |
Age |
GP |
GS |
Min |
PTS |
REB |
AST |
STL |
BLK |
TOV |
FGA |
FGM |
3PA |
3PM |
FTA |
FTM |
| Alex English |
|
33 |
82 |
82 |
3085 |
2345 |
344 |
422 |
73 |
21 |
214 |
1920 |
965 |
15 |
4 |
487 |
411 |
| Fat Lever |
|
26 |
82 |
82 |
3054 |
1552 |
729 |
654 |
201 |
34 |
167 |
1370 |
643 |
92 |
22 |
312 |
244 |
| Darrell Walker |
|
25 |
81 |
25 |
2020 |
988 |
327 |
282 |
120 |
37 |
187 |
742 |
358 |
4 |
0 |
365 |
272 |
| Bill Hanzlik |
|
29 |
73 |
10 |
1990 |
952 |
256 |
280 |
87 |
28 |
132 |
746 |
307 |
80 |
22 |
402 |
316 |
| T.R. Dunn |
|
31 |
81 |
53 |
1932 |
272 |
265 |
147 |
100 |
21 |
33 |
276 |
118 |
2 |
0 |
55 |
36 |
| Mike Evans |
|
31 |
81 |
4 |
1567 |
817 |
128 |
185 |
79 |
12 |
107 |
729 |
334 |
169 |
53 |
123 |
96 |
| Wayne Cooper |
|
30 |
69 |
64 |
1561 |
549 |
473 |
68 |
13 |
101 |
78 |
524 |
235 |
3 |
0 |
109 |
79 |
| Danny Schayes |
|
27 |
76 |
41 |
1556 |
649 |
380 |
85 |
20 |
74 |
95 |
405 |
210 |
0 |
0 |
294 |
229 |
| Blair Rasmussen |
|
24 |
74 |
23 |
1421 |
705 |
465 |
60 |
24 |
58 |
79 |
570 |
268 |
0 |
0 |
231 |
169 |
| Mark Alarie |
|
23 |
64 |
25 |
1110 |
503 |
214 |
74 |
22 |
28 |
56 |
443 |
217 |
9 |
2 |
101 |
67 |
| Maurice Martin |
|
22 |
43 |
0 |
286 |
147 |
41 |
35 |
13 |
6 |
33 |
135 |
51 |
15 |
3 |
66 |
42 |
| Otis Smith |
|
23 |
28 |
0 |
168 |
78 |
34 |
22 |
1 |
1 |
19 |
79 |
33 |
2 |
0 |
21 |
12 |
| Calvin Natt |
|
30 |
1 |
1 |
20 |
10 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Pete Williams |
|
21 |
5 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Team Totals |
|
|
82 |
82 |
19780 |
9569 |
3662 |
2317 |
754 |
421 |
1202 |
7951 |
3744 |
391 |
106 |
2568 |
1975 |
1986-87 Playoff Totals
| Ply |
Pos |
Age |
GP |
GS |
Min |
PTS |
REB |
AST |
STL |
BLK |
TOV |
FGA |
FGM |
3PA |
3PM |
FTA |
FTM |
| Fat Lever |
|
26 |
3 |
3 |
99 |
46 |
18 |
22 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
50 |
19 |
8 |
2 |
9 |
6 |
| Blair Rasmussen |
|
24 |
3 |
3 |
92 |
49 |
23 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
45 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
5 |
| Alex English |
|
33 |
3 |
3 |
76 |
56 |
14 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
49 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
6 |
| Bill Hanzlik |
|
29 |
3 |
2 |
76 |
25 |
6 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
25 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
15 |
9 |
| Danny Schayes |
|
27 |
3 |
0 |
75 |
30 |
17 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
17 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
6 |
| Darrell Walker |
|
25 |
3 |
3 |
68 |
26 |
10 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
34 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
4 |
| Mike Evans |
|
31 |
3 |
0 |
57 |
18 |
7 |
8 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
19 |
7 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Maurice Martin |
|
22 |
3 |
0 |
54 |
31 |
9 |
10 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
29 |
12 |
1 |
0 |
12 |
7 |
| Mark Alarie |
|
23 |
3 |
0 |
41 |
20 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
15 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Wayne Cooper |
|
30 |
3 |
1 |
41 |
12 |
17 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| T.R. Dunn |
|
31 |
3 |
0 |
22 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Otis Smith |
|
23 |
3 |
0 |
19 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
6 |
| Team Totals |
|
|
3 |
3 |
720 |
325 |
134 |
80 |
22 |
11 |
43 |
305 |
133 |
18 |
4 |
84 |
55 |
Team Impact Index
| Player Name |
Role Tier |
MPG |
Usage Tier |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
STK |
Impact Index* |
Notes |
Awards |
| Alex English |
Primary Scorer |
37.6 |
High Usage |
28.6 |
4.2 |
5.1 |
1.2 |
19.55 |
The go-to offensive option, consistent mid-range shooter, led team in scoring. |
MVP-14, AS |
| Fat Lever |
Facilitator/Two-Way |
37.2 |
High Usage |
18.9 |
8.9 |
8.0 |
2.9 |
19.35 |
Playmaker and defensive catalyst, filled stat sheet across points, boards, assists. |
MVP-9, DPOY-8, NBA2 |
| Bill Hanzlik |
Defensive Wing |
27.3 |
Moderate Usage |
13.0 |
3.5 |
3.8 |
1.6 |
10.95 |
Strong perimeter defender, contributed offensively in spurts, reliable rotation piece. |
DPOY-8 |
| Darrell Walker |
Secondary Playmaker |
24.9 |
Moderate Usage |
12.2 |
4.0 |
3.5 |
2.0 |
10.85 |
Agile guard, contributed in transition, versatile in defense and passing. |
|
| T.R. Dunn |
Defensive Specialist |
23.9 |
Low Usage |
3.4 |
3.3 |
1.8 |
1.5 |
4.0 |
Lockdown defender, limited offensive role, key in guarding top opponents. |
DPOY-8 |
| Wayne Cooper |
Rim Protector |
22.6 |
Low Usage |
8.0 |
6.9 |
1.0 |
1.7 |
8.8 |
Anchored paint defense, solid rebounder, modest offensive contributions. |
|
| Danny Schayes |
Stretch Big |
20.5 |
Low Usage |
8.5 |
5.0 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
7.95 |
Reliable post scorer, smart rotation player, occasional rim presence on defense. |
|
| Calvin Natt |
Injury-Limited Role |
20.0 |
Low Usage |
10.0 |
5.0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
9.0 |
Played only one game, strong efficiency in limited action. |
|
| Mike Evans |
Bench Scorer |
19.3 |
Moderate Usage |
10.1 |
1.6 |
2.3 |
1.1 |
7.55 |
Provided scoring punch off the bench, capable of spacing the floor. |
|
| Blair Rasmussen |
Backup Big |
19.2 |
Low Usage |
9.5 |
6.3 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
8.85 |
Energetic rebounder, played minutes behind starters, solid role in rotations. |
|
| Mark Alarie |
Role PF |
17.3 |
Low Usage |
7.9 |
3.3 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
6.1 |
Stretch forward with occasional scoring bursts, contributed in rotation. |
|
| Maurice Martin |
Deep Bench |
6.7 |
Minimal Usage |
3.4 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
2.8 |
Spot minutes, low usage, developmental contributor. |
|
| Otis Smith |
Development SG |
6.0 |
Minimal Usage |
2.8 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
2.4 |
Limited court time, primarily for depth and training purposes. |
|
| Pete Williams |
Rookie PF |
2.0 |
Minimal Usage |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
Extremely limited minutes, developmental focus only. |
|
*Impact Index = (PPG + RPG + APG + STK) ÷ 2
