Alex EnglishDenver Nuggets · #2
Alex English is a retired forward best known with the Denver Nuggets. The 1980s' leading scorer. Career averages: 21.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game.
Alex English — the report card
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Where Alex English stands
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Alex English — every number, three levels deep
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How the model sees Alex English
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Alex English career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976-77 | 60 | 10.8 | 5.2 | 2.8 | 0.4 | .477 | |
| 1977-78 | 82 | 18.9 | 9.6 | 4.8 | 1.6 | .542 | |
| 1978-79 | 81 | 33.3 | 16.0 | 8.1 | 3.3 | .511 | |
| 1979-80 (IND/DEN) | 78 | 30.8 | 16.9 | 7.8 | 2.9 | .497 | .333 |
| 1980-81 | 81 | 38.2 | 23.8 | 8.0 | 3.6 | .494 | .600 |
| 1981-82 | 82 | 36.8 | 25.4 | 6.8 | 5.3 | .551 | .000 |
| 1982-83 | 82 | 36.4 | 28.4 | 7.3 | 4.8 | .516 | .167 |
| 1983-84 | 82 | 35.0 | 26.4 | 5.7 | 5.0 | .529 | .143 |
| 1984-85 | 81 | 36.1 | 27.9 | 5.7 | 4.2 | .518 | .200 |
| 1985-86 | 81 | 37.3 | 29.8 | 5.0 | 4.0 | .504 | .200 |
| 1986-87 | 82 | 37.6 | 28.6 | 4.2 | 5.1 | .503 | .267 |
| 1987-88 | 80 | 35.2 | 25.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | .495 | .000 |
| 1988-89 | 82 | 36.5 | 26.5 | 4.0 | 4.7 | .491 | .250 |
| 1989-90 | 80 | 27.6 | 17.9 | 3.6 | 2.8 | .491 | .400 |
| 1990-91 | 79 | 22.1 | 9.7 | 3.2 | 1.3 | .439 | .000 |
| Career | 1193 | 31.9 | 21.5 | 5.5 | 3.6 |
The Lab
Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.
Are the Denver Nuggets built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
The Ballad of Alex English
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
Turning pro
Drafted 1976 as a Forward.
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For the entire decade of the 1980s, nobody on Earth scored more points than a quiet, poetry-writing forward playing a mile above sea level — and almost nobody outside Denver noticed.
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In the thin air of the Rockies, the Nuggets ran the fastest offense in the league under Doug Moe — up and down until the scoreboard read like a football game — and English was the metronome, that high, feathered jumper falling the same way every night.
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He was never loud about it. Off the floor he published books of poetry and acted in a film; on it he just kept scoring — eight straight All-Star trips, more than 25,000 points, the Nuggets' all-time leader to this day.
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The Hall of Fame came in 1997. What Denver knew, and the coasts took years to learn, is that greatness doesn't have to shout to be great.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 7"
- Weight
- 190 lbs
- NBA debut
- 1976
- Draft
- 1976
- Jersey
- #2
The 1980s' leading scorer.
A retired Hall of Famer and Denver Nuggets name.
Alex English — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Alex English, answered.
