Kiki VandewegheDenver Nuggets · #55
Kiki Vandeweghe is a retired forward best known with the Denver Nuggets. High-volume, efficient scorer. Career averages: 19.7 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game.
Kiki Vandeweghe — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
Where Kiki Vandeweghe stands
Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.
Kiki Vandeweghe — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
How the model sees Kiki Vandeweghe
Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.
Kiki Vandeweghe career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-81 | 51 | 27.0 | 11.5 | 5.3 | 1.8 | .426 | .000 |
| 1981-82 | 82 | 33.8 | 21.5 | 5.6 | 3.0 | .560 | .077 |
| 1982-83 | 82 | 35.5 | 26.7 | 5.3 | 2.5 | .547 | .294 |
| 1983-84 | 78 | 35.1 | 29.4 | 4.8 | 3.1 | .558 | .367 |
| 1984-85 | 72 | 34.8 | 22.4 | 3.2 | 1.5 | .534 | .333 |
| 1985-86 | 79 | 35.3 | 24.8 | 2.7 | 2.4 | .540 | .125 |
| 1986-87 | 79 | 38.3 | 26.9 | 3.2 | 2.8 | .523 | .481 |
| 1987-88 | 37 | 28.1 | 20.2 | 2.9 | 1.9 | .508 | .379 |
| 1988-89 (Portland/New York) | 45 | 20.8 | 11.1 | 1.6 | 1.5 | .469 | .396 |
| 1989-90 | 22 | 25.6 | 11.7 | 2.4 | 1.9 | .442 | .526 |
| 1990-91 | 75 | 32.3 | 16.3 | 2.4 | 1.5 | .494 | .362 |
| 1991-92 | 67 | 14.3 | 7.0 | 1.3 | 0.9 | .491 | .394 |
| 1992-93 | 41 | 12.0 | 6.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | .453 | .324 |
| Career | 810 | 30.3 | 19.7 | 3.4 | 2.1 |
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 Kiki Vandeweghe
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
Turning pro
Drafted 1980 as a Forward.
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In the fastest offense basketball had ever seen, a mile above sea level, Kiki Vandeweghe was the pure scorer who made it sing.
Chapter
Out of a basketball family and UCLA, he became one of the most efficient high-volume scorers of the 1980s — a deadly shooter who could get 25 a night without ever looking rushed, sharing the load with Alex English in Doug Moe's Denver track meet.
Chapter
Two All-Star selections as a player. Then a second act almost no scorer manages: a sharp front-office mind who rose to become one of the most powerful executives in the NBA. The game never left him — he just changed seats.
Where things stand
A retired standout and Denver Nuggets name.
Off the court
- Height
- 6'9"
- Weight
- 225 lb
- Draft
- 1980
- Jersey
- #55
High-volume, efficient scorer.
A retired retired standout and Denver Nuggets name.
Kiki Vandeweghe — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Kiki Vandeweghe, answered.
