Players Who Played For Northwestern
Stats shown are for the player's NBA & ABA or WNBA career
* indicates a Hall of Famer
(f) includes freshman/JV team stats
bold are active players
* indicates a Hall of Famer
(f) includes freshman/JV team stats
bold are active players
21 NBA/ABA Players
| Draft | Career | Totals | Shooting | Per Game | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Year | Rd | Overall | From | To | G | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| 1 | Don Adams | 1970 | 8 | 120 | 1971 | 1977 | 523 | 13474 | 1823 | 4535 | 0 | 3 | 952 | 1285 | 429 | 2916 | 1011 | 334 | 64 | 79 | 1709 | 4598 | .402 | .741 | 25.8 | 8.8 | 5.6 | 1.9 | |
| 2 | Brooks Barnhizer | 2025 | 2 | 44 | 2026 | 2026 | 40 | 348 | 27 | 71 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 78 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 68 | .380 | .292 | .700 | 8.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 0.6 |
| 3 | Jim Burns | 1967 | 4 | 34 | 1968 | 1968 | 36 | 403 | 54 | 144 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 89 | 62 | 25 | 42 | 53 | 159 | .375 | .573 | 11.2 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 0.7 | ||||
| 4 | Geno Carlisle | 2005 | 2005 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .667 | .667 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||
| 5 | Evan Eschmeyer | 1999 | 2 | 34 | 2000 | 2003 | 153 | 2138 | 158 | 341 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 169 | 220 | 601 | 76 | 69 | 95 | 96 | 399 | 421 | .463 | .621 | 14.0 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 0.5 | |
| 6 | Jake Fendley | 1951 | 3 | 24 | 1952 | 1953 | 103 | 1031 | 86 | 250 | 115 | 155 | 126 | 94 | 200 | 287 | .344 | .742 | 10.0 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | |||||||
| 7 | Reggie Hearn | 2018 | 2018 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .500 | .500 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 8 | Willie Jones | 1960 | 5 | 36 | 1961 | 1965 | 272 | 4568 | 846 | 2153 | 324 | 475 | 767 | 545 | 658 | 2016 | .393 | .682 | 16.8 | 7.4 | 2.8 | 2.0 | |||||||
| 9 | Ron Kozlicki | 1967 | 4 | 41 | 1968 | 1968 | 37 | 354 | 41 | 121 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 34 | 69 | 14 | 19 | 31 | 109 | .339 | .207 | .618 | 9.6 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 0.4 | |||
| 10 | Vic Law | 2020 | 2020 | 8 | 62 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 15 | .333 | .143 | .333 | 7.8 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.4 | |||
| 11 | Nick Mantis | 1959 | 5 | 39 | 1960 | 1963 | 52 | 755 | 104 | 283 | 28 | 51 | 91 | 92 | 102 | 236 | .367 | .549 | 14.5 | 4.5 | 1.8 | 1.8 | |||||||
| 12 | Billy McKinney | 1977 | 6 | 115 | 1979 | 1986 | 476 | 9189 | 1554 | 3154 | 3 | 48 | 712 | 868 | 134 | 677 | 1661 | 353 | 40 | 637 | 860 | 3823 | .493 | .820 | 19.3 | 8.0 | 1.4 | 3.5 | |
| 13 | Max Morris | 1950 | 1950 | 62 | 252 | 694 | 277 | 415 | 194 | 172 | 781 | .363 | .667 | 12.6 | 3.1 | ||||||||||||||
| 14 | Pete Nance | 2024 | 2026 | 68 | 902 | 115 | 232 | 60 | 144 | 5 | 15 | 32 | 149 | 58 | 17 | 16 | 31 | 81 | 295 | .496 | .417 | .333 | 13.3 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 0.9 | |||
| 15 | Ray Ragelis | 1951 | 2 | 18 | 1952 | 1952 | 51 | 337 | 25 | 96 | 18 | 29 | 76 | 31 | 62 | 68 | .260 | .621 | 6.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.6 | |||||||
| 16 | Joe Ruklick | 1959 | 2 | 11 | 1960 | 1962 | 114 | 909 | 176 | 481 | 46 | 75 | 286 | 48 | 164 | 398 | .366 | .613 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 0.4 | |||||||
| 17 | Ben Schadler | 1947 | 2 | 1948 | 1948 | 37 | 23 | 116 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 40 | 56 | .198 | .769 | 1.5 | 0.2 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Mark Sibley | 1973 | 4 | 64 | 1974 | 1974 | 28 | 124 | 20 | 56 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 46 | .357 | .857 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 | ||||
| 19 | Pat Spencer | 2024 | 2026 | 111 | 1505 | 229 | 541 | 65 | 192 | 55 | 72 | 68 | 208 | 285 | 62 | 8 | 104 | 96 | 578 | .423 | .339 | .764 | 13.6 | 5.2 | 1.9 | 2.6 | |||
| 20 | Rex Walters | 1993 | 1 | 16 | 1994 | 2000 | 335 | 4602 | 572 | 1296 | 187 | 518 | 216 | 267 | 81 | 403 | 569 | 129 | 30 | 291 | 439 | 1547 | .441 | .361 | .809 | 13.7 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| Draft | Career | Totals | Shooting | Per Game | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Player | Year | Rd | Overall | From | To | G | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| 21 | Ralph Wells | 1963 | 1963 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | .143 | .000 | 16.0 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.3 | ||||||||||
2 WNBA Players
| Draft | Career | Totals | Shooting | Per Game | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Year | Rd | Overall | From | To | G | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| 1 | Veronica Burton | 2022 | 1 | 7 | 2022 | 2026 | 165 | 3197 | 286 | 774 | 121 | 367 | 315 | 362 | 116 | 405 | 559 | 139 | 66 | 184 | 293 | 1008 | .370 | .330 | .870 | 19.4 | 6.1 | 2.5 | 3.4 |
| 2 | Nia Coffey | 2017 | 1 | 5 | 2017 | 2026 | 275 | 4395 | 493 | 1278 | 190 | 526 | 201 | 303 | 166 | 878 | 257 | 120 | 170 | 288 | 479 | 1377 | .386 | .361 | .663 | 16.0 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 0.9 |

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