Brooklyn Nets accomplishments and records

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The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in Brooklyn, New York. The team plays in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Franchise leaders

Bold denotes still active with the team. Italics denotes still active, but not with the team. "Name*" includes combined statistics for the team from both the ABA and NBA.

;Points scored (regular season) as of the end of the 2023–24 season{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NJN/players.html|title=Nets: Players|publisher=Basketball Reference|access-date=April 10, 2023}}

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  1. Brook Lopez (10,444)
  2. Buck Williams (10,440)
  3. Vince Carter (8,834)
  4. Richard Jefferson (8,507)
  5. Jason Kidd (7,373)
  6. John Williamson* (7,202)
  7. Julius Erving* (7,104)
  8. Kerry Kittles (7,096)
  9. Derrick Coleman (6,930)
  10. Chris Morris (6,762)
  11. Mike Gminski (6,415)
  12. Billy Paultz* (6,297)
  13. Bill Melchionni* (6,230)
  14. Otis Birdsong (5,968)
  15. Keith Van Horn (5,700)
  16. Albert King (5,595)
  17. Joe Harris (5,007)
  18. Spencer Dinwiddle (4,953)
  19. Kendall Gill (4,932)
  20. Darwin Cook (4,699)

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;Other statistics (regular season) as of the end of the 2023–24 season

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class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
colspan="2" style="text-align:center; {{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}};"|Most minutes played
style="text-align:center; {{NBA color cell2|Brooklyn Nets}};"|Player

! style="text-align:center; {{NBA color cell2|Brooklyn Nets}};"|Minutes

Buck Williams23,100
Jason Kidd18,733
Brook Lopez18,118
Richard Jefferson17,499
Kerry Kittles16,686

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class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
colspan="2" style="text-align:center; {{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}};"|Most rebounds
style="text-align:center; {{NBA color cell2|Brooklyn Nets}};"|Player

! style="text-align:center; {{NBA color cell2|Brooklyn Nets}};"|Rebounds

Buck Williams7,576
Billy Paultz*4,544
Brook Lopez4,004
Derrick Coleman3,690
Mike Gminski3,671

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class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
colspan="2" style="text-align:center; {{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}};"|Most assists
style="text-align:center; {{NBA color cell2|Brooklyn Nets}};"|Player

! style="text-align:center; {{NBA color cell2|Brooklyn Nets}};"|Assists

Jason Kidd4,620
Bill Melchionni*3,044
Kenny Anderson2,363
Deron Williams2,078
Spencer Dinwiddle1,985

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class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
colspan="2" style="text-align:center; {{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}};"|Most steals
style="text-align:center; {{NBA color cell2|Brooklyn Nets}};"|Player

! style="text-align:center; {{NBA color cell2|Brooklyn Nets}};"|Steals

Jason Kidd950
Darwin Cook875
Kerry Kittles803
Chris Morris784
Kendall Gill652

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class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
colspan="2" style="text-align:center; {{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}};"|Most blocks
style="text-align:center; {{NBA color cell2|Brooklyn Nets}};"|Player

! style="text-align:center; {{NBA color cell2|Brooklyn Nets}};"|Blocks

Brook Lopez972
George Johnson863
Buck Williams696
Mike Gminski599
Derrick Coleman559

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Accomplishments

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=Basketball Hall of Fame=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Players

! scope="col" style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}}"|No.

! scope="col" style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}}"|Name

! scope="col" style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}}"|Position

! scope="col" style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}}"|Tenure

! scope="col" style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}}"|Inducted

24

! scope="row"|Rick Barry{{cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/rick-barry/|title=Rick Barry|website=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=April 13, 2019}}

| F

1970–19721987
1

! scope="row"|Nate Archibald{{cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/nate-archibald/|title=Nate Archibald|website=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=April 13, 2019}}

| G

1976–19771991
32

! scope="row"|Julius Erving{{cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/julius-erving/|title=Julius Erving|website=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=April 13, 2019}}

| F

1973–19761993
21

! scope="row"|Bob McAdoo{{cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/bob-mcadoo/|title=Bob McAdoo|website=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=April 12, 2019}}

| C

19812000
3

! scope="row"|Dražen Petrović{{cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/drazen-petrovic/|title=Drazen Petrovic|website=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=April 12, 2019}}

| G

1990–19932002
34

! scope="row"|Mel Daniels{{cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/mel-daniels/|title=Mel Daniels|website=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=April 13, 2019}}

| C

19762012
22

! scope="row" rowspan="2"|Bernard King{{cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/bernard-king/|title=Bernard King|website=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=April 12, 2019}}

| rowspan="2"|F

1977–1979rowspan="2"|2013
301992–1993
33

! scope="row"|Alonzo Mourning{{cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/alonzo-mourning/|title=Alonzo Mourning|website=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=April 12, 2019}}

| C

2003–20042014
55

! scope="row"|Dikembe Mutombo{{cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/dikembe-mutombo/|title=Dikembe Mutombo|website=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=April 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006160739/http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/dikembe-mutombo/|archive-date=October 6, 2016|url-status=dead}}

| C

2002–20032015
10

! scope="row"|Maurice Cheeks{{cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/maurice-cheeks/|title=Maurice Cheeks|website=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=April 13, 2019}}

| G

1992–19932018
5

! scope="row"|Jason Kidd{{efn|name=Kidd}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/jason-kidd/|title=Jason Kidd|website=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=April 13, 2019}}

| G

2001–20082018

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|+ Coaches

! scope="col" style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}}"|Name

! scope="col" style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}}"|Position

! scope="col" style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}}"|Tenure

! scope="col" style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}}"|Inducted

scope="row"|Lou Carnesecca{{cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/lou-carnesecca/|title=Lou Carnesecca|website=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=April 13, 2019}}

| Head coach || 1970–1973 || 1992

scope="row"|Chuck Daly{{efn|name=Daly}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/chuck-daly/|title=Chuck Daly|website=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=April 13, 2019}}

| Head coach || 1992–1994 || 1994

scope="row"|Larry Brown{{cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/larry-brown/|title=Larry Brown|website=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=April 13, 2019}}

| Head coach || 1981–1983 || 2002

scope="row"|John Calipari{{cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/john-calipari/|title=John Calipari|website=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=April 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006160811/http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/john-calipari/|archive-date=October 6, 2016|url-status=dead}}

| Head coach || 1996–1999 || 2015

scope="row"|Bill Fitch{{cite news|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/rockets/article/Rockets-Bill-Fitch-2019-Hall-of-Fame-Divac-Sikma-13746994.php|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|first=Dave|last=Campbell|agency=AP|title=Former Rockets coach Bill Fitch to be inducted into 2019 Basketball Hall of Fame|date=April 6, 2019|access-date=April 13, 2019}}

| Head coach || 1989–1992 || 2019

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|+ Contributors

! scope="col" style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}}"|Name

! scope="col" style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}}"|Position

! scope="col" style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}}"|Tenure

! scope="col" style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}}"|Inducted

scope="row" rowspan="2"|Rod Thorn{{cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/rod-thorn/|title=Rod Thorn|website=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=April 13, 2019}}

| Assistant coach || 1973–1975, 1976–1978 ||rowspan="2"| 2018

Executive2000–2010

;Notes

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{{efn|name=Daly|Daly was inducted into the Hall of Fame twice—as coach and as a member of the 1992 Olympic team.}}

{{efn|name=Kidd|Also served as head coach of the team in 2013–2014.}}

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==FIBA Hall of Fame==

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|+ Players

! scope="col" style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}}"|No.

! scope="col" style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}}"|Name

! scope="col" style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}}"|Position

! scope="col" style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}}"|Tenure

! scope="col" style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}}"|Inducted

3

! scope="row"|Dražen Petrović{{cite web|url=http://www.fiba.basketball/hall-of-fame/Drazen-Petrovic|title=Drazen Petrovic|website=FIBA Hall of Fame|access-date=April 13, 2019}}

| G

1991–19932007
33

! scope="row"|Alonzo Mourning

| C

2003–20042019

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=Retired numbers=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Brooklyn Nets retired numbers{{cite web|title=Brooklyn Nets Uniform Numbers|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NJN/numbers.html|publisher=Basketball Reference|accessdate=April 29, 2014}}

! scope="col" style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}}"|No.

! scope="col" style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}}"|Player

! scope="col" style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}}"|Position

! scope="col" style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}}"|Tenure

! scope="col" style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}}"|Date

scope="row"|3

| Dražen Petrović || G || 1990–1993 || November 11, 1993

scope="row"|5

| Jason Kidd || G || 2001–2008 || October 17, 2013

scope="row"|6

| Bill Russell || — || Retired across NBA || August 11, 2022

scope="row"|23

| John Williamson || G || 1973–1980 || December 7, 1990

scope="row"|25

| Bill Melchionni || G || 1969–1976 || September 1976

scope="row"|32

| Julius Erving || F || 1973–1976 || April 3, 1987

scope="row"|52

| Buck Williams || F || 1981–1989 || April 11, 1999

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Individual awards

=NBA=

=ABA=

=NBA All-Star Weekend=

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;NBA All-Star Game Selections{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NJN/all_star.html|title=Brooklyn Nets All-Star Game Selections|date=March 1, 2024|website=Basketball-Reference}}

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;NBA All-Star Game head coaches

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=Playoff appearances=

==ABA==

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==NBA==

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Records

class="toccolours" style="font-size: 90%; white-space: nowrap;"
style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  GP 

| Games played

| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  FGM 

| Field-goals

| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  3PFGM 

| Three-point field goals

| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  FTM 

|Free throw

style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  MP 

| Minutes played

| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  FG% 

| style="padding-right: 8px" | Field goal percentage{{ref label|FGpercent|a|a}}

| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  3P% 

| style="padding-right: 8px" | Three-point field goal percentage{{ref label|FGpercent|a|a}}

| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  FT% 

| Free throw percentage{{ref label|FGpercent|a|a}}

style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  PTS 

| Points

| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  REB 

| Rebounds

| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  AST 

| Assists

| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  PF 

| Personal fouls

style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  PPG 

| Points per game

| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  RPG 

| Rebounds per game

| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  APG 

| Assists per game

| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  OT 

| Overtime

style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  STL 

| Steals

| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  BLK 

| Blocks

| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  TO 

| Turnovers

style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  SPG 

| Steals per game

| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  BPG 

| Blocks per game

=Individual records=

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==Career leaders==

As of the end of the 2023–24 season{{cite web|title=Brooklyn Nets Career Leaders|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NJN/leaders_career.html|publisher=Basketball Reference|accessdate=April 14, 2021}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}};"|Category

! style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}};"|Player

! class="unsortable" style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}};"|Statistics

Games

| {{Sortname|Buck|Williams}}

| 635

Minutes

| {{Sortname|Buck|Williams}}

| 23,100

Number of seasons

| {{Sortname|Brook|Lopez}}

| 9

Points

| {{Sortname|Brook|Lopez}}

| 10,444

Total rebounds

| {{Sortname|Buck|Williams}}

| 7,576

Defensive rebounds

| {{Sortname|Buck|Williams}}

| 4,988

Offensive rebounds

| {{Sortname|Buck|Williams}}

| 2,588

Assists

| {{Sortname|Jason|Kidd}}

| 4,620

Steals

| {{Sortname|Jason|Kidd}}

| 950

Blocks

| {{Sortname|Brook|Lopez}}

| 972

Triple doubles

| {{Sortname|Jason|Kidd}}

| 61

Buzzer beaters

| {{Sortname|Joe|Johnson|Joe Johnson (basketball)}}

| 6

Field goals

| {{Sortname|Brook|Lopez}}

| 4,044

Field goal %

| {{Sortname|Nic|Claxton}}

| .669

3-point field goals

| {{Sortname|Joe|Harris|Joe Harris (basketball)}}

| 984

3-point field goal %

| {{Sortname|Joe|Harris|Joe Harris (basketball)}}

| .440

Free throws

| {{Sortname|Buck|Williams}}

| 2,476

Free throw %

| {{Sortname|Kevin|Durant}}

| .910

Consecutive free throws made

| {{Sortname|Kevin|Durant}}

| 62

Points per game

| {{Sortname|Rick|Barry}}

| 30.6

Minutes per game

| {{Sortname|Rick|Barry}}

| 44.0

Rebounds per game

| {{Sortname|Buck|Williams}}

| 11.9

Assists per game

| {{Sortname|Jason|Kidd}}

| 9.1

Steals per game

| {{Sortname|Micheal Ray|Richardson}}

| 2.7

Blocks per game

| {{Sortname|Shawn|Bradley}}

| 3.8

Personal fouls

| {{Sortname|Buck|Williams}}

| 2,244

Turnovers

| {{Sortname|Buck|Williams}}

| 1,811

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==Season leaders==

As of the end of the 2023–24 season{{cite web|title=Brooklyn Nets Season Leaders|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NJN/leaders_season.html|publisher=Basketball Reference|accessdate=April 24, 2021}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}};"|Category

! style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}};"|Player

! class="unsortable" style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}};"|Statistics

! style="{{NBA color cell|Brooklyn Nets}};"|Season

Minutes

| {{Sortname|Rick|Barry}}

| 3,616

| 1971–72

Points

| {{Sortname|Rick|Barry}}

| 2,518

| 1971–72

Total rebounds

| {{Sortname|Billy|Paultz}}

| 1,035

| 1971–72

Defensive rebounds

| {{Sortname|Billy|Paultz}}

| 772

| 1971–72

Offensive rebounds

| {{Sortname|Jayson|Williams}}

| 443

| 1997–98

Assists

| {{Sortname|Jason|Kidd}}

| 808

| 2001–02

Steals

| {{Sortname|Micheal Ray|Richardson}}

| 243

| 1984–85

Blocks

| {{Sortname|George|Johnson|George T. Johnson}}

| 274

| 1977–78

rowspan="2"|Triple doubles

| {{Sortname|Jason|Kidd}}

| rowspan="2"|12

| 2006–07
2007–08

{{Sortname|James|Harden}}

| 2020–21

Buzzer beaters

| {{sortname|Joe|Johnson|Joe Johnson (basketball)}}

| 2

| 2012–13
2013–14

Field goals

| {{Sortname|Julius|Erving}}

| 949

| 1975–76

Field goal %

| {{Sortname|Nic|Claxton}}

| .705

| 2022–23

3-point field goals

| {{Sortname|D'Angelo|Russell}}

| 234

| 2018–19

3-point field goal %

| {{sortname|Joe|Harris|Joe Harris (basketball)}}

| .475

| 2020–21

Free throws

| {{Sortname|Rick|Barry}}

| 641

| 1971–72

Free throw %

| {{Sortname|Kyrie|Irving}}

| .922

| 2020–21

Points per game

| {{Sortname|Rick|Barry}}

| 31.5

| 1971–72

Rebounds per game

| {{Sortname|Jayson|Williams}}

| 13.6

| 1997–98

Assists per game

| {{sortname|Kevin|Porter|Kevin Porter (basketball, born 1950)}}

| 10.8

| 1977–78

Steals per game

| {{Sortname|Micheal Ray|Richardson}}

| 3.0

| 1984–85

Blocks per game

| {{Sortname|Shawn|Bradley}}

| 4.0

| 1996–97

Personal fouls

| {{Sortname|Darryl|Dawkins}}

| 386

| 1983–84

Turnovers

| {{sortname|Kevin|Porter|Kevin Porter (basketball, born 1950)}}

| 348

| 1977–78

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See also

Notes

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  • {{note label|FGpercent|a|a}} Shooting percentages in basketball are calculated by taking the number of field goals, three-pointers, or free throws attempted, and dividing it by the corresponding number of shots taken.
  • {{note label|3ot|b|b}}A regulation NBA game is 48 minutes long.

References

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accomplishments and records

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