Ollie Johnson (basketball, born 1949)

Ollie Johnson

Personal information
Born	(1949-05-11) May 11, 1949 (age 75) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school	South Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
College	Temple (1969–1972)
NBA draft	1972: 2nd round, 30th overall pick
Drafted by	Portland Trail Blazers
Playing career	1972–1987
Position	Small forward
Number	44, 35, 33, 27, 18
Career history
1972–1974	Portland Trail Blazers
1974–1975	New Orleans Jazz
1975–1977	Kansas City–Omaha / Kansas City Kings
1977–1978	Atlanta Hawks
1978–1980	Chicago Bulls
1980–1982	Philadelphia 76ers
1984–1985	Hobart Devils
1985–1986	Basket Groot Willebroek
1986–1987	West Sydney Westars
Career highlights and awards
MAC University–Eastern Player of the Year (1972) 2× First-team All-MAC University–Eastern (1971, 1972)
Career NBA statistics
Points	5,341 (7.7 ppg)
Rebounds	2,280 (3.3 rpg)
Assists	1,212 (1.8 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Ollie Johnson (born May 11, 1949) is an American former professional basketball player.

A 6'6" forward from Temple University, Johnson played ten seasons (1972–1982) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Portland Trail Blazers, New Orleans Jazz, Kansas City Kings, Atlanta Hawks, Chicago Bulls, and Philadelphia 76ers. He averaged 7.7 points per game in his NBA career. ^[1]

He became director of athletics at the Community College of Philadelphia, retiring in 2011. ^[2]

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

NBA

Source ^[1]

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1972–73	Portland	78		27.4	.497		.757	5.3	2.6			9.9
1973–74	Portland	79		21.7	.482		.819	4.1	2.1	.8	.4	6.3
1974–75	New Orleans	43		27.0	.465		.805	4.1	1.9	1.0	.5	7.9
1974–75	Kansas City–Omaha	30		16.9	.492		.892	2.2	1.0	.6	.4	5.4
1975–76	Kansas City	81		26.5	.513		.839	4.4	1.8	.8	.5	10.1
1976–77	Kansas City	81		17.1	.489		.878	2.6	1.3	.5	.3	6.6
1977–78	Atlanta	82		20.8	.472		.854	3.2	1.5	1.0	.4	8.5
1978–79	Chicago	71	34	24.4	.520		.800	3.2	2.3	.8	.5	9.2
1979–80	Chicago	79	1	19.4	.497	.091	.882	2.1	2.0	.7	.3	7.7
1980–81	Philadelphia	40	0	9.3	.551	.167	.871	1.4	.8	.5	.1	5.1
1981–82	Philadelphia	26	0	5.8	.500	.333	.857	.8	.4	.5	.1	2.3
Career		690	35	21.1	.496	.150	.827	3.3	1.8	.7	.4	7.7

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1975	Kansas City–Omaha	6	27.7	.464		1.000	3.8	1.0	1.2	.7	10.7
1978	Atlanta	2	10.5	.364		–	1.5	1.0	.5	.5	4.0
1981	Philadelphia	8	2.8	.300	.000	–	.6	.3	.3	.1	.8
Career		16	13.1	.429	.000	1.000	1.9	.6	.6	.4	4.9

Notes

1. "Ollie Johnson NBA stats". Basketball Reference . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
2. CCP Athletic Department. Retrieved on July 30, 2016.