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Here is the 1977–78 Washington Bullets roster and regular season player statistics. This was the championship season for the Bullets, as they won the NBA title that year.

Washington Bullets 1977–78 Roster

No. Player Pos Height Weight Birthdate College
11 Phil Chenier G 6’3″ 180 lbs Oct 30, 1950 California
25 Larry Wright G 6’1″ 160 lbs Nov 23, 1954 Grambling State
41 Wes Unseld C 6’7″ 245 lbs Mar 14, 1946 Louisville
20 Kevin Grevey G/F 6’5″ 200 lbs May 12, 1953 Kentucky
10 Tom Henderson G 6’3″ 190 lbs Jan 26, 1952 Hawaii
33 Elvin Hayes F/C 6’9″ 235 lbs Nov 17, 1945 Houston
00 Mitch Kupchak F/C 6’9″ 230 lbs May 24, 1954 North Carolina
15 Bob Dandridge F 6’6″ 195 lbs Nov 15, 1947 Norfolk State
43 Charles Johnson G 6’0″ 170 lbs Dec 19, 1949 California
44 Greg Ballard F 6’7″ 215 lbs Jan 29, 1955 Oregon
32 Dave Corzine C 6’11” 250 lbs Apr 25, 1956 DePaul

1977-78 Regular Season Per Game

Player Name POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Elvin Hayes PF 32 81 81 40.1 19.7 13.3 1.8 1.2 2.0 2.8 17.4 7.9 .451 – – – 6.3 4.0 .634
Bob Dandridge SF 30 75 75 37.0 19.3 5.9 3.8 1.3 0.6 3.2 15.9 7.5 .471 – – – 5.6 4.4 .788
Wes Unseld C 31 80 80 33.1 7.6 11.9 4.1 1.2 0.6 2.2 6.1 3.2 .523 – – – 2.2 1.2 .538
Tom Henderson PG 26 75 75 30.9 11.4 2.6 5.4 1.2 0.2 2.6 10.5 4.5 .432 – – – 3.2 2.4 .746
Mitch Kupchak PF 23 67 67 26.3 15.9 6.9 1.1 0.4 0.6 2.7 11.5 5.9 .512 – – – 6.0 4.2 .697
Kevin Grevey SF 24 81 81 26.2 15.5 3.6 1.9 0.8 0.2 2.0 13.9 6.2 .448 – – – 3.8 3.0 .789
Phil Chenier SG 27 36 36 26.0 14.1 2.8 2.0 1.0 0.3 1.9 12.5 5.6 .443 – – – 3.8 3.0 .790
Larry Wright PG 23 70 70 20.9 9.2 1.5 3.7 1.0 0.2 1.9 8.1 4.0 .496 – – – 1.5 1.1 .710
Charles Johnson SG 28 39 39 20.7 8.3 2.4 2.1 0.8 0.0 1.3 8.9 3.6 .408 – – – 1.3 1.1 .824
Greg Ballard SF 23 76 76 12.3 4.9 3.5 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.8 4.4 1.9 .425 – – – 1.5 1.2 .772
Phil Walker SG 21 40 40 9.6 4.5 1.3 1.4 0.4 0.1 1.6 4.0 1.4 .354 – – – 2.4 1.6 .667
Joe Pace C 24 49 49 8.9 3.9 2.7 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.9 2.9 1.4 .479 – – – 1.9 1.2 .613
Team Totals – – 82 – 241.8 110.3 50.8 23.8 8.1 4.7 19.7 94.8 43.7 .461 – – – 32.4 23.0 .711

1977-78 Playoff Per Game

Player Name POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Elvin Hayes PF 32 21 21 41.3 21.8 13.3 2.0 1.5 2.5 2.8 18.3 9.0 .491 – – – 6.3 3.8 .594
Bob Dandridge SF 30 19 19 39.3 21.2 6.5 3.9 1.6 0.7 3.0 18.9 9.1 .479 – – – 4.4 3.1 .690
Wes Unseld C 31 18 18 37.6 9.4 12.0 4.4 0.9 0.4 2.0 7.4 3.9 .530 – – – 2.6 1.5 .587
Tom Henderson PG 26 21 21 28.4 9.6 2.2 5.0 1.3 0.2 1.5 8.2 3.4 .416 – – – 3.8 2.8 .734
Kevin Grevey SF 24 21 21 27.8 15.5 2.9 2.0 0.5 0.1 2.1 13.5 6.0 .444 – – – 4.3 3.5 .811
Mitch Kupchak PF 23 21 21 24.0 10.1 6.0 1.0 0.2 0.1 2.0 9.5 4.0 .422 – – – 3.3 2.1 .652
Charles Johnson SG 28 21 21 20.2 10.2 2.5 2.3 1.4 0.0 1.2 10.9 4.4 .406 – – – 1.8 1.4 .784
Larry Wright PG 23 21 21 19.1 8.1 1.5 3.2 0.8 0.1 1.2 7.8 3.6 .466 – – – 1.2 0.9 .760
Greg Ballard SF 23 19 19 12.8 3.9 4.2 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.7 3.3 1.1 .333 – – – 2.2 1.7 .780
Joe Pace C 24 9 9 5.8 2.8 2.2 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.6 1.1 0.8 .700 – – – 1.7 1.2 .733
Phil Walker SG 21 4 4 4.3 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.8 2.0 0.3 .125 – – – 1.3 1.0 .800
Team Totals – – 21 – 243.6 107.6 49.4 23.9 8.5 4.5 16.5 95.6 43.4 .454 – – – 29.7 20.7 .697

1977-78 Regular Season Totals

Player POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Elvin Hayes PF 32 81 – 3246 1598 1075 149 96 159 229 1409 636 .451 – – – 514 326 .634
Bob Dandridge SF 30 75 – 2777 1450 442 287 101 44 241 1190 560 .471 – – – 419 330 .788
Wes Unseld C 31 80 – 2644 607 955 326 98 45 173 491 257 .523 – – – 173 93 .538
Tom Henderson PG 26 75 – 2315 857 193 406 93 15 195 784 339 .432 – – – 240 179 .746
Kevin Grevey SF 24 81 – 2121 1253 290 155 61 17 159 1128 505 .448 – – – 308 243 .789
Mitch Kupchak PF 23 67 – 1759 1066 460 71 28 42 184 768 393 .512 – – – 402 280 .697
Larry Wright PG 23 70 – 1466 642 102 260 68 15 134 570 283 .496 – – – 107 76 .710
Phil Chenier SG 27 36 – 937 509 102 73 36 9 67 451 200 .443 – – – 138 109 .790
Greg Ballard SF 23 76 – 936 372 266 62 30 13 64 334 142 .425 – – – 114 88 .772
Charles Johnson SG 28 39 – 807 324 93 82 31 1 50 346 141 .408 – – – 51 42 .824
Joe Pace C 24 49 – 438 191 134 23 12 21 44 140 67 .479 – – – 93 57 .613
Phil Walker SG 21 40 – 384 178 52 54 14 5 62 161 57 .354 – – – 96 64 .667
Team Totals – – 82 – 19830 9047 4164 1948 668 386 1602 7772 3580 .461 – – – 2655 1887 .711

1977-78 Playoff Totals

Player POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Elvin Hayes PF 32 21 – 868 457 279 43 32 52 58 385 189 .491 – – – 133 79 .594
Bob Dandridge SF 30 19 – 746 402 123 74 30 14 57 359 172 .479 – – – 84 58 .690
Wes Unseld C 31 18 – 677 169 216 79 17 7 36 134 71 .530 – – – 46 27 .587
Tom Henderson PG 26 21 – 597 202 47 106 27 5 31 173 72 .416 – – – 79 58 .734
Kevin Grevey SF 24 21 – 584 325 61 42 11 3 44 284 126 .444 – – – 90 73 .811
Mitch Kupchak PF 23 21 – 504 213 127 22 4 3 42 199 84 .422 – – – 69 45 .652
Charles Johnson SG 28 21 – 425 215 53 48 30 0 26 229 93 .406 – – – 37 29 .784
Larry Wright PG 23 21 – 402 171 31 67 17 2 25 163 76 .466 – – – 25 19 .760
Greg Ballard SF 23 19 – 243 74 79 18 9 3 14 63 21 .333 – – – 41 32 .780
Joe Pace C 24 9 – 52 25 20 1 1 6 5 10 7 .700 – – – 15 11 .733
Phil Walker SG 21 4 – 17 6 2 2 0 0 3 8 1 .125 – – – 5 4 .800
Team Totals – – 21 – 5115 2259 1038 502 178 95 341 2007 912 .454 – – – 624 435 .697

Team Impact Index

Player Name Role Tier MPG Usage Tier PPG RPG APG STK (SPG+BPG) Impact Index* Notes Awards
Elvin Hayes Alpha Scorer / Anchor 40.1 High Usage 19.7 13.3 1.8 3.2 19.0 Team offensive engine and primary rebounder; led the club in scoring and boards and anchored the frontcourt.  AS
Bob Dandridge Secondary Scorer / Two-Way Wing 37.0 High Usage 19.3 5.9 3.8 1.9 15.5 Versatile wing who provided secondary scoring, ball movement and defensive value as a primary perimeter option.  —
Wes Unseld Defensive-Leadership Big 33.1 Moderate Usage 7.6 11.9 4.1 1.8 12.7 Defensive and rebounding anchor; primary interior facilitator and leadership presence, key in playoffs.  Finals MVP (1978)
Tom Henderson Primary Facilitator / Lead Guard 30.9 High Usage 11.4 2.6 5.4 1.4 10.4 Team’s main playmaker and assist leader, ran the offense and created for teammates. —
Mitch Kupchak Complementary Post Scorer 26.3 Moderate Usage 15.9 6.9 1.1 1.0 12.5 Efficient interior scorer and rebounder providing frontcourt depth and secondary scoring. —
Kevin Grevey Role Scorer / Floor Spacer 26.2 Moderate Usage 15.5 3.6 1.9 1.0 11.0 Stepped into scoring role (including after Chenier’s injury), provided perimeter shooting and spacing.  —
Phil Chenier Scoring Guard / Firepower 26.0 Moderate Usage 14.1 2.8 2.0 1.3 10.1 Established scoring guard; season limited by back injury but notable prior production and veteran scoring ability.  —
Larry Wright Secondary Facilitator / Change-of-Pace Guard 20.9 Moderate Usage 9.2 1.5 3.7 1.2 7.8 Provided ball-handling and playmaking relief for starters, preserved offensive flow in relief minutes.  —
Charles Johnson 3-and-D Guard 20.7 Low–Moderate Usage 8.3 2.4 2.1 0.8 6.8 Role wing providing perimeter defense and spot scoring off the bench/rotation.  —
Greg Ballard Energy Forward / Role Player 12.3 Low Usage 4.9 3.5 0.8 0.6 4.9 Hustle rotation big; used in short bursts for defense and rebounding.  —
Phil Walker Depth Guard 9.6 Low Usage 4.5 1.3 1.4 0.5 3.8 Limited minutes as a depth guard providing occasional scoring and relief minutes.  —
Joe Pace Backup Big / Defensive Role 8.9 Low Usage 3.9 2.7 0.5 0.6 3.8 Bench big contributing defense and boards in limited stints; depth preservation for starters.  —

*Impact Index = (PPG + RPG + APG + STK) ÷ 2.