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Here is the Golden State Warriors 1988–89 roster and regular season player statistics.

The 1988–89 Golden State Warriors were driven by the dynamic backcourt of Mitch Richmond and rookie Tim Hardaway, whose scoring and playmaking fueled an aggressive, fast-paced offense. Chris Mullin added efficient scoring and versatile all-around production, while Rod Higgins provided valuable secondary scoring. The Warriors relied on balanced perimeter firepower and strong ball movement to generate offense, with their backcourt leading the team’s overall identity.

Roster

No. Player Pos Height Weight Birthdate College/From
4 Terry Teagle SG 6’5″ 195 lb Apr 10, 1960 Baylor
5 Sarunas Marciulionis SG 6’5″ 200 lb Jun 13, 1964 Lithuania
10 Winston Garland PG 6’2″ 170 lb Dec 19, 1964 Missouri State
11 Manute Bol C 7’7″ 200 lb Oct 16, 1962 Bridgeport
14 Larry Smith PF 6’8″ 215 lb Jan 18, 1958 Alcorn State
17 Mitch Richmond SG 6’5″ 215 lb Jun 30, 1965 Kansas State
20 Otis Smith SF 6’5″ 205 lb Jan 30, 1964 Jacksonville
23 Rod Higgins SF 6’7″ 200 lb Jan 31, 1960 Fresno State
24 Chris Mullin SF 6’6″ 200 lb Jul 30, 1963 St. John’s (NY)
25 Joe Barry Carroll C 7’0″ 225 lb Jul 24, 1958 Purdue
32 Larry Smith PF 6’8″ 215 lb Jan 18, 1958 Alcorn State
34 Ralph Sampson C 7’4″ 228 lb Jul 7, 1960 Virginia
40 Jim Petersen PF 6’10” 235 lb Feb 22, 1962 Minnesota
50 Uwe Blab C 7’1″ 252 lb Mar 26, 1962 Indiana

Note: Some players may have played only part of the season due to trades or other roster moves.

Regular Season Per Game

Player Pos Age G GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TOV FGA FG% 3PA 3P% FTA FT%
Chris Mullin SF 25 82 82 37.7 26.5 5.9 5.1 2.1 0.5 3.6 19.9 .509 1.2 .230 6.7 .892
Mitch Richmond SG 23 79 79 34.4 22.0 5.9 4.2 1.0 0.2 3.4 17.5 .468 1.1 .367 6.4 .810
Winston Garland PG 24 79 79 33.7 14.5 4.2 6.4 2.2 0.2 2.4 13.6 .434 0.5 .233 3.2 .809
Terry Teagle SF 28 66 41 23.8 15.2 4.0 1.5 1.2 0.3 1.8 13.0 .476 0.2 .167 3.4 .809
Larry Smith PF 31 80 78 23.7 5.7 8.2 1.5 0.8 0.7 1.4 5.0 .552 0.0 — 0.7 .310
Rod Higgins PF 29 81 1 23.3 10.6 4.6 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.9 7.8 .476 2.1 .393 2.8 .821
Manute Bol C 26 80 4 22.1 3.9 5.8 0.3 0.1 4.3 1.0 4.3 .369 1.1 .220 0.8 .606
Otis Smith SG 25 80 5 20.0 10.0 4.1 1.8 1.1 0.5 1.6 8.9 .435 0.5 .189 2.7 .798
Ralph Sampson C 28 61 36 17.8 6.4 5.0 1.3 0.5 1.1 1.5 6.0 .449 0.1 .375 1.6 .653
Steve Alford PG 24 57 3 15.2 6.3 1.2 1.5 0.8 0.1 0.8 5.5 .463 0.9 .377 1.0 .831
Ben McDonald PF 26 11 0 9.4 3.2 1.1 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.3 1.7 .684 0.0 — 1.4 .600
John Starks SG 23 36 0 8.8 4.1 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.1 1.1 3.5 .408 0.7 .385 1.4 .654
Jerome Whitehead C 32 5 0 8.4 1.4 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.4 1.2 .500 0.0 — 0.4 .500
Tellis Frank PF 23 32 2 7.7 3.3 1.9 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.9 2.8 .374 0.0 .000 1.6 .765
Shelton Jones SF 22 2 0 6.5 3.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.0 0.5 2.5 .600 0.0 — 0.0 —
John Stroeder PF 30 4 0 5.0 1.0 3.5 0.8 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.3 .400 0.0 — 0.0 —
Orlando Graham PF 23 7 0 3.1 1.1 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.4 .300 0.0 — 0.6 .500
Team Totals — — 82 82 242.7 116.6 47.4 24.5 10.1 7.8 18.1 97.3 .468 7.7 .308 29.1 .799

Playoff Per Game

Player Pos Age G GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TOV FGA FG% 3PA 3P% FTA FT%
Chris Mullin SF 25 8 8 42.6 29.4 5.9 4.5 1.8 1.4 4.0 20.4 .540 1.0 .125 8.4 .866
Mitch Richmond SG 23 8 8 39.3 20.1 7.3 4.4 1.8 0.1 3.0 16.9 .459 2.0 .188 4.8 .895
Winston Garland PG 24 8 8 33.8 13.4 4.1 3.6 1.6 0.3 1.9 12.3 .418 0.4 .333 3.5 .857
Rod Higgins PF 29 8 7 33.4 14.9 7.4 2.5 1.6 0.9 1.4 10.3 .488 4.4 .286 4.3 .853
Terry Teagle SF 28 8 0 30.0 19.8 4.6 1.3 1.0 0.4 1.6 17.6 .496 0.3 .000 2.8 .818
Manute Bol C 26 8 0 18.5 2.3 3.9 0.1 0.3 3.6 0.4 4.5 .194 2.8 .091 0.9 .286
Larry Smith PF 31 8 8 18.5 1.0 5.0 2.0 0.8 1.4 0.8 2.0 .250 0.0 — 0.0 —
Ralph Sampson C 28 3 1 14.3 6.7 4.7 0.3 0.3 0.7 1.3 7.3 .409 1.3 .000 1.3 .500
Otis Smith SG 25 4 0 12.3 4.8 3.3 1.5 0.5 0.3 0.5 6.0 .375 0.0 — 0.5 .500
Steve Alford PG 24 6 0 8.7 4.2 0.7 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.2 3.7 .409 1.5 .444 0.7 .750
Ben McDonald PF 26 5 0 8.0 1.2 1.6 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.8 2.0 .200 0.6 .000 0.8 .500
Orlando Graham PF 23 2 0 4.0 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 .500 0.0 — 1.0 .500
Team Totals — — 8 8 240.0 109.9 43.1 20.0 9.8 8.5 14.5 93.9 .455 12.8 .206 26.5 .821

Regular Season Totals

Player Pos Age GP GS Min Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGA FG 3PA 3P FTA FT
Chris Mullin SF 25 82 82 3093 2176 483 415 176 39 296 1630 830 100 23 553 493
Mitch Richmond SG 23 79 79 2717 1741 468 334 82 13 269 1386 649 90 33 506 410
Winston Garland PG 24 79 79 2661 1145 328 505 175 14 187 1074 466 43 10 251 203
Larry Smith PF 31 80 78 1897 456 652 118 61 54 110 397 219 0 0 58 18
Rod Higgins PF 29 81 1 1887 856 376 160 39 42 76 633 301 168 66 229 188
Manute Bol C 26 80 4 1769 314 462 27 11 345 79 344 127 91 20 66 40
Otis Smith SG 25 80 5 1597 803 330 140 88 40 129 715 311 37 7 218 174
Terry Teagle SF 28 66 41 1569 1002 263 96 79 17 116 859 409 12 2 225 182
Ralph Sampson C 28 61 36 1086 393 307 77 31 65 90 365 164 8 3 95 62
Steve Alford PG 24 57 3 868 359 69 83 44 3 44 313 145 53 20 59 49
John Starks SG 23 36 0 316 146 41 27 23 3 39 125 51 26 10 52 34
Tellis Frank PF 23 32 2 245 107 61 15 14 6 29 91 34 1 0 51 39
Ben McDonald PF 26 11 0 103 35 12 5 4 0 3 19 13 0 0 15 9
Jerome Whitehead C 32 5 0 42 7 5 2 1 0 2 6 3 0 0 2 1
Orlando Graham PF 23 7 0 22 8 11 0 0 0 2 10 3 0 0 4 2
John Stroeder PF 30 4 0 20 4 14 3 0 2 2 5 2 0 0 0 0
Shelton Jones SF 22 2 0 13 6 2 2 3 0 1 5 3 0 0 0 0
Team Totals — — 82 82 19905 9558 3884 2009 831 643 1474 7977 3730 629 194 2384 1904

Playoff Totals

Player Pos Age GP GS Min Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGA FG 3PA 3P FTA FT
Chris Mullin SF 25 8 8 341 235 47 36 14 11 32 163 88 8 1 67 58
Mitch Richmond SG 23 8 8 314 161 58 35 14 1 24 135 62 16 3 38 34
Winston Garland PG 24 8 8 270 107 33 29 13 2 15 98 41 3 1 28 24
Rod Higgins PF 29 8 7 267 119 59 20 13 7 11 82 40 35 10 34 29
Terry Teagle SF 28 8 0 240 158 37 10 8 3 13 141 70 2 0 22 18
Manute Bol C 26 8 0 148 18 31 1 2 29 3 36 7 22 2 7 2
Larry Smith PF 31 8 8 148 8 40 16 6 11 6 16 4 0 0 0 0
Steve Alford PG 24 6 0 52 25 4 5 2 0 1 22 9 9 4 4 3
Otis Smith SG 25 4 0 49 19 13 6 2 1 2 24 9 0 0 2 1
Ralph Sampson C 28 3 1 43 20 14 1 1 2 4 22 9 4 0 4 2
Ben McDonald PF 26 5 0 40 6 8 1 3 1 4 10 2 3 0 4 2
Orlando Graham PF 23 2 0 8 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1
Team Totals — — 8 8 1920 879 345 160 78 68 116 751 342 102 21 212 174

HeatingUp Impact Index: Team Impact Spotlight

Player Name Role Tier MPG Usage Tier PPG RPG APG STK Impact Index* Notes
Chris Mullin Alpha Scorer 37.7 High 26.5 5.9 5.1 2.6 20.05 Team offensive engine; elite efficiency; contributes across all facets; MVP-caliber performance.
Mitch Richmond Alpha Scorer 34.4 High 22.0 5.9 4.2 1.2 16.65 Secondary scoring leader; strong offensive efficiency; emerging two-way presence; ROY impact.
Winston Garland Primary Playmaker 33.7 High 14.5 4.2 6.4 2.4 13.75 Facilitator-led PG role; balanced scoring/assisting; defensive activity contributes to Impact Index*.
Terry Teagle Secondary Scorer 23.8 Medium 15.2 4.0 1.5 1.5 10.1 Reliable scorer off-ball; moderate usage; efficiency and defensive contributions provide value.
Rod Higgins 3&D / Role Forward 23.3 Medium 10.6 4.6 2.0 1.0 9.1 Versatile forward; solid defensive stats; efficient spacing and bench scoring role.
Larry Smith Defensive/Energy PF 23.7 Low 5.7 8.2 1.5 1.5 8.45 Board-crashing specialist; contributes defensively; scoring limited but role impactful.
Manute Bol Rim Protector 22.1 Low 3.9 5.8 0.3 4.4 7.2 Elite shot-blocking specialist; offensive impact minimal; DPOY-level rim presence.
Otis Smith Bench Shooter 20.0 Medium 10.0 4.1 1.8 1.6 8.75 Spot scoring and defensive energy; high efficiency for minutes played; bench growth potential.
Ralph Sampson Backup C 17.8 Low 6.4 5.0 1.3 0.6 6.65 Backup big; moderate scoring; defensive presence; limited usage off the bench.
Steve Alford Backup PG 15.2 Low 6.3 1.2 1.5 0.9 4.95 Spot minutes facilitator; scoring efficiency moderate; low defensive contribution.
Ben McDonald Deep Reserve PF 9.4 Very Low 3.2 1.1 0.5 0.4 2.6 Limited minutes; occasional scoring; developmental role.
John Starks Bench SG 8.8 Very Low 4.1 1.1 0.8 0.7 3.35 Limited minutes; scoring potential; developing defensive activity.
Jerome Whitehead Deep Reserve C 8.4 Very Low 1.4 1.0 0.4 0.2 1.5 Minimal impact; depth center; negligible offensive contribution.
Tellis Frank Spot PF 7.7 Very Low 3.3 1.9 0.5 0.6 3.15 Limited role; shows minor defensive and rebounding contributions.
Shelton Jones Deep Bench SF 6.5 Very Low 3.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 Small sample; spot scoring; negligible defensive impact.
John Stroeder Deep Reserve PF 5.0 Very Low 1.0 3.5 0.8 0.5 2.9 Energy minutes; rebounding focus; low scoring/impact otherwise.
Orlando Graham Deep Reserve PF 3.1 Very Low 1.1 1.6 0.0 0.0 1.35 Garbage-time minutes; minimal impact across all categories.