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Ken Sears

Ken Sears

1955–1963

Career 529 G · 7,355 PTS · 13.9 PPG · 7.8 RPG · 1.6 APG

Seasons leading the NBA
8
16 Top-5 finishes
4 Title seasons
3 Categories led
1958 Best season

Spanning 1957–1962, peaking at 3 titles in 1958.

Led in True Shooting Percentage for 3 straight seasons (1957–1959) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1951

Among league leaders

  • 45th League titles 8
  • 99th Top-5 finishes 16

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
True Shooting Percentage 4 1st 3 yrs (1957–1959) 1957-1958 53.4% 1958-1959 59.0% 1959-1960 56.7% 1962-1963 59.9% 1956-1957 #3
Effective FG Percentage 2 1st 2 yrs (1958–1959) 1958-1959 49.0% 1959-1960 47.7%
Field Goal Percentage 2 1st 2 yrs (1958–1959) 1958-1959 49.0% 1959-1960 47.7%
Free Throw Percentage — #3 — 1958-1959 #3 1959-1960 #3

Title Seasons

4 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1962-1963 1 TS% 59.9%
1959-1960 3 FG% 47.7% eFG% 47.7% TS% 56.7%
1958-1959 3 FG% 49.0% eFG% 49.0% TS% 59.0%
1957-1958 1 TS% 53.4%

Season Averages

  led the league   8 seasons
Year Team GP MPG PTS PPG REB RPG AST APG STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1955-1956 NYK 70 29.6 896 12.8 616 8.8 114 1.6 — — — 43.8% — 79.6%
1956-1957 NYK 72 34.9 1,069 14.8 614 8.5 101 1.4 — — — 41.8% — 79.0%
1957-1958 NYK 72 37.3 1,342 18.6 785 10.9 126 1.8 — — — 43.9% — 82.2%
1958-1959 NYK 71 35.2 1,488 21.0 658 9.3 136 1.9 — — — 49.0% — 86.1%
1959-1960 NYK 64 32.8 1,187 18.5 876 13.7 127 2.0 — — — 47.7% — 86.8%
1960-1961 NYK 52 26.8 750 14.4 293 5.6 102 2.0 — — — 42.4% — 82.5%
1962-1963 SFW 77 14.8 453 5.9 206 2.7 95 1.2 — — — 53.0% — 78.0%
1963-1964 SFW 51 10.2 170 3.3 94 1.8 42 0.8 — — — 44.2% — 81.0%
Career — 529 28.2 7,355 13.9 4,142 7.8 843 1.6 — — — 45.5% — 82.6%