Last Updated on January 15, 2026 by Mat Diekhake
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Here is the New York Knicks 1950–51 roster and their regular season player statistics. This season was significant for the Knicks as they reached the NBA Finals for the first time, ultimately losing to the Rochester Royals in seven games. Their regular-season record was 36–30.
New York Knicks 1950–51 Roster
| No. | Player | Pos | Height | Weight | Birthdate | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Carl Braun | G | 6’5″ | 180 lb | Sep 25, 1927 | Colgate |
| 5 | Vince Boryla | F | 6’5″ | 200 lb | Mar 11, 1927 | Denver |
| 6 | Harry Gallatin | F | 6’6″ | 210 lb | Apr 26, 1927 | Truman State |
| 7 | Dick McGuire | G | 6’0″ | 180 lb | Jan 25, 1926 | St. John’s |
| 8 | Ray Lumpp | G | 6’0″ | 175 lb | Jul 11, 1923 | NYU |
| 9 | Nat Clifton | F/C | 6’8″ | 235 lb | Oct 13, 1922 | Xavier (New Orleans) |
| 10 | Connie Simmons | C | 6’8″ | 222 lb | Mar 15, 1925 | None (HS direct) |
| 11 | Ernie Vandeweghe | G/F | 6’3″ | 195 lb | Sep 12, 1928 | Colgate |
| — | Jim Luisi | G | 6’2″ | 180 lb | Nov 2, 1928 | St. John’s |
| — | Al Cervi | G | 5’11” | 185 lb | Feb 12, 1917 | None |
Regular Season Per Game
| PLR | POS | AGE | G | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | FGA | FGM | FG% | 3PA | 3PM | 3P% | FTA | FTM | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Boryla | SF | 23 | 66 | 14.9 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 13.1 | 5.3 | .406 | 5.0 | 4.2 | .837 | ||||||||
| Harry Gallatin | 23 | 66 | 12.8 | 12.1 | 2.7 | 10.7 | 4.4 | .416 | 5.4 | 3.9 | .732 | |||||||||
| Max Zaslofsky | SG | 25 | 66 | 12.7 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 12.9 | 4.6 | .354 | 4.5 | 3.5 | .775 | ||||||||
| Connie Simmons | 25 | 66 | 9.2 | 6.5 | 1.8 | 9.3 | 3.5 | .374 | 3.2 | 2.2 | .702 | |||||||||
| Nat Clifton | PF | 28 | 65 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 2.5 | 10.1 | 3.2 | .322 | 4.0 | 2.2 | .532 | ||||||||
| Dick McGuire | PG | 25 | 64 | 8.4 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 2.8 | .371 | 4.3 | 2.8 | .649 | ||||||||
| Ernie Vandeweghe | 22 | 44 | 7.7 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 7.6 | 3.1 | .402 | 2.2 | 1.5 | .701 | |||||||||
| Ray Lumpp | 27 | 64 | 6.7 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 5.9 | 2.4 | .404 | 2.5 | 1.9 | .775 | |||||||||
| George Kaftan | SF | 22 | 61 | 4.9 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 4.7 | 1.8 | .388 | 2.0 | 1.3 | .624 | ||||||||
| Tex Ritter | 26 | 34 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 1.1 | .379 | 2.1 | 1.4 | .690 | |||||||||
| Tony Lavelli | 24 | 30 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 1.1 | .344 | 1.4 | 1.2 | .854 | |||||||||
| Ray Ellefson | 28 | 3 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.000 | |||||||||
| Gene James | 25 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | .333 | 0.3 | 0.2 | .500 | |||||||||
| Totals | 66 | 85.8 | 51.8 | 23.5 | 81.5 | 30.9 | .379 | 33.8 | 24.1 | .714 |
Playoff Per Game
| PLR | POS | AGE | G | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | FGA | FGM | FG% | 3PA | 3PM | 3P% | FTA | FTM | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Zaslofsky | SG | 25 | 14 | 17.9 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 15.5 | 6.3 | .406 | 7.1 | 5.3 | .740 | ||||||||
| Vince Boryla | SF | 23 | 14 | 15.5 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 13.8 | 5.9 | .430 | 4.0 | 3.6 | .911 | ||||||||
| Harry Gallatin | 23 | 14 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 1.9 | 10.0 | 3.5 | .350 | 6.2 | 4.8 | .770 | |||||||||
| Connie Simmons | 25 | 14 | 10.9 | 6.7 | 1.7 | 10.8 | 3.9 | .364 | 4.9 | 3.0 | .618 | |||||||||
| Ernie Vandeweghe | 22 | 14 | 7.2 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 6.5 | 2.6 | .407 | 2.6 | 1.9 | .730 | |||||||||
| Nat Clifton | PF | 28 | 14 | 7.1 | 9.8 | 3.3 | 8.4 | 2.9 | .347 | 3.3 | 1.3 | .391 | ||||||||
| Dick McGuire | PG | 25 | 14 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 1.8 | .313 | 3.8 | 1.7 | .453 | ||||||||
| Ray Lumpp | 27 | 13 | 5.2 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 5.2 | 1.8 | .358 | 1.8 | 1.5 | .870 | |||||||||
| Tony Lavelli | 24 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | .200 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.000 | |||||||||
| George Kaftan | SF | 22 | 8 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 0.8 | .333 | 0.4 | 0.1 | .333 | ||||||||
| Tex Ritter | 26 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.3 | .200 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.000 | |||||||||
| Totals | 14 | 81.9 | 53.1 | 22.1 | 77.5 | 29.3 | .378 | 34.0 | 23.4 | .687 |
Regular Season Totals
| PLR | POS | AGE | GP | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | FGA | FGM | FG% | 3PA | 3PM | 3P% | FTA | FTM | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Boryla | 23 | 66 | 982 | 249 | 182 | 867 | 352 | .406 | 332 | 278 | .837 | |||||||||
| Harry Gallatin | 23 | 66 | 845 | 800 | 180 | 705 | 293 | .416 | 354 | 259 | .732 | |||||||||
| Max Zaslofsky | 25 | 66 | 835 | 228 | 136 | 853 | 302 | .354 | 298 | 231 | .775 | |||||||||
| Connie Simmons | 25 | 66 | 604 | 426 | 117 | 613 | 229 | .374 | 208 | 146 | .702 | |||||||||
| Nat Clifton | 28 | 65 | 562 | 491 | 162 | 656 | 211 | .322 | 263 | 140 | .532 | |||||||||
| Dick McGuire | 25 | 64 | 537 | 334 | 400 | 482 | 179 | .371 | 276 | 179 | .649 | |||||||||
| Ray Lumpp | 27 | 64 | 430 | 125 | 115 | 379 | 153 | .404 | 160 | 124 | .775 | |||||||||
| Ernie Vandeweghe | 22 | 44 | 338 | 195 | 121 | 336 | 135 | .402 | 97 | 68 | .701 | |||||||||
| George Kaftan | 22 | 61 | 300 | 153 | 74 | 286 | 111 | .388 | 125 | 78 | .624 | |||||||||
| Tex Ritter | 26 | 34 | 127 | 65 | 37 | 103 | 39 | .379 | 71 | 49 | .690 | |||||||||
| Tony Lavelli | 24 | 30 | 99 | 59 | 23 | 93 | 32 | .344 | 41 | 35 | .854 | |||||||||
| Ray Ellefson | 28 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | |||||||||
| Gene James | 25 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 2 | 1 | .500 | |||||||||
| Totals | 66 | 5666 | 3137 | 1551 | 5380 | 2037 | .379 | 2231 | 1592 | .714 |
Playoff Totals
| PLR | POS | AGE | GP | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | FGA | FGM | FG% | 3PA | 3PM | 3P% | FTA | FTM | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Zaslofsky | 25 | 14 | 250 | 58 | 38 | 217 | 88 | .406 | 100 | 74 | .740 | |||||||||
| Vince Boryla | 23 | 14 | 217 | 52 | 37 | 193 | 83 | .430 | 56 | 51 | .911 | |||||||||
| Harry Gallatin | 23 | 14 | 165 | 163 | 26 | 140 | 49 | .350 | 87 | 67 | .770 | |||||||||
| Connie Simmons | 25 | 14 | 152 | 94 | 24 | 151 | 55 | .364 | 68 | 42 | .618 | |||||||||
| Ernie Vandeweghe | 22 | 14 | 101 | 66 | 34 | 91 | 37 | .407 | 37 | 27 | .730 | |||||||||
| Nat Clifton | 28 | 14 | 100 | 137 | 46 | 118 | 41 | .347 | 46 | 18 | .391 | |||||||||
| Dick McGuire | 25 | 14 | 74 | 83 | 78 | 80 | 25 | .313 | 53 | 24 | .453 | |||||||||
| Ray Lumpp | 27 | 13 | 68 | 20 | 23 | 67 | 24 | .358 | 23 | 20 | .870 | |||||||||
| George Kaftan | 22 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 6 | .333 | 3 | 1 | .333 | |||||||||
| Tony Lavelli | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | |||||||||
| Tex Ritter | 26 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | |||||||||
| Totals | 14 | 1147 | 682 | 309 | 1085 | 410 | .378 | 476 | 327 | .687 |