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{{short description|American basketball player and coach (1928–2015)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name            = Dolph Schayes
| image           = Dolph Schayes 1955 (2).jpeg
| width           = 
| caption         = Schayes with the [[Philadelphia 76ers|Syracuse Nationals]] in 1955
| height_ft       = 6
| height_in       = 8
| weight_lb       = 220
| birth_date      = {{birth date|1928|05|19}}
| birth_place     = [[The Bronx, New York]], U.S.
| death_date      = {{death date and age|2015|12|10|1928|05|19}}
| death_place     = [[Syracuse, New York]], U.S.
| high_school     = [[DeWitt Clinton High School|DeWitt Clinton]]<br/>(The Bronx, New York)
| college         = [[NYU Violets men's basketball|NYU]] (1944–1948)
| draft_year      = 1948
| draft_league    = BAA
| draft_round     = 1
| draft_pick      = 4
| draft_team      = [[New York Knicks]]
| career_start    = 1948
| career_end      = 1964
| career_number   = 55, 4
| career_position = [[Power forward]]
| coach_start     = 1963
| coach_end       = 1972
| years1          = 1948–{{nbay|1963|end}}
| team1           = [[Philadelphia 76ers|Syracuse Nationals / Philadelphia 76ers]]
| cyears1         = {{nbay|1963|start}}–{{nbay|1965|end}}
| cteam1          = Philadelphia 76ers
| cyears2         = {{nbay|1970|start}}–{{nbay|1971|end}}
| cteam2          = [[Buffalo Braves]]
| highlights      = 
;As player:
* [[NBA champion]] ([[1955 NBA Finals|1955]])
* 12× [[NBA All-Star]] ([[1951 NBA All-Star Game|1951]]–[[1962 NBA All-Star Game|1962]])
* 6× [[All-NBA First Team]] ([[1951–52 NBA season|1952]]–[[1954–55 NBA season|1955]], [[1956–57 NBA season|1957]], [[1957–58 NBA season|1958]])
* 6× [[All-NBA Second Team]] ([[1949–50 NBA season|1950]], [[1950–51 NBA season|1951]], [[1955–56 NBA season|1956]], [[1958–59 NBA season|1959]]–[[1960–61 NBA season|1961]])
* [[List of National Basketball Association annual rebounding leaders|NBA rebounding leader]] ({{nbay|1950|end}})
* [[NBA anniversary team]] ([[NBA 25th Anniversary Team|25th]], [[50 Greatest Players in NBA History|50th]], [[NBA 75th Anniversary Team|75th]])
* [[NBL (United States) Rookie of the Year Award|NBL Rookie of the Year]] (1949)
* No. 4 retired by [[Philadelphia 76ers retired numbers|Philadelphia 76ers]]
* [[Haggerty Award]] (1948)
;As coach:
* [[NBA Coach of the Year Award|NBA Coach of the Year]] ([[1965–66 NBA season|1966]])
| stats_league  = NBA
| stat1label    = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value    = 19,249 (18.2 ppg) (NBL/BAA/NBA) <br> 18,438 (18.5 ppg) (BAA/NBA)
| stat2label    = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value    = 11,256 (12.1 rpg)
| stat3label    = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
| stat3value    = 3,072 (3.1 apg)
| HOF_player     = dolph-schayes
| CBBASKHOF_year = 2006
}}
'''Adolph Schayes''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ʃ|eɪ|z}} {{respelling|SHAYZ}}; May 19, 1928 – December 10, 2015) was an American professional [[basketball]] player and coach in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA). A top scorer and [[rebound (basketball)|rebounder]], he was a 12-time [[NBA All-Star]] and a 12-time [[All-NBA]] selection. Schayes won an [[NBA championship]] with the [[Syracuse Nationals]] in 1955.<ref name="google1">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vHstijamZekC&q=Dolph+Schayes&pg=PA25 |title=Right on the Numbers |author=Nino Frostino|publisher=Trafford Publishing|isbn=1-4120-3305-5 |year=2004 |access-date=February 6, 2011}}</ref> He was named one of the [[50 Greatest Players in NBA History]], and was also named to the [[NBA 75th Anniversary Team]] in 2021. He was inducted into the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] in 1973.

Schayes played his entire career with the Nationals and their successor, the [[Philadelphia 76ers]], from 1948 to 1964.<ref name="google2">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oZxnNt28DhcC&q=Dolph+Schayes&pg=PA35 |title=Jewish sports legends: the International Jewish Hall of Fame |publisher=Brassey's |year=2000 |isbn=9781574882841 |access-date=February 6, 2011}}</ref>  In his 16-year career, he led his team into the [[NBA playoffs|playoffs]]  15 times.<ref name="google3">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2zVP_EdPwWIC&q=Dolph+Schayes&pg=PA198 |title=Salute to the Romanian Jews in America and Canada, 1850–2010  |date= July 22, 2010|isbn=9781453512807 |access-date=February 6, 2011|last1=Wertsman |first1=Vladimir F. |publisher=Xlibris Corporation }}</ref> After the Nationals moved to Philadelphia, Schayes became [[player-coach]] of the newly minted 76ers. He ended his playing career after the 1963–64 season and stayed on as coach for two more seasons, earning [[NBA Coach of the Year]] honors in 1966. He briefly coached with the [[Buffalo Braves]].

==Early life==
Adolph Schayes was born on May 19, 1928, in [[the Bronx, New York City]], the son of Tina (''[[née]]'' Michel), a homemaker, and Carl Schayes, a truck driver for Consolidated Laundries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/schayes-adolph-dolph|title=Schayes, Adolph ("Dolph") &#124; Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com|accessdate=March 11, 2023}}</ref> His parents were [[Romanian-Jewish]] immigrants.<ref name="bookref1">{{cite book|last1=Othello Harris|first1=George Kirsch|last2=Claire Nolte|title=Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the United States|publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]]|date=April 2000|location=Westport, Connecticut|page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofet0000unse_u6f6/page/401 401]|isbn=0-313-29911-0|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofet0000unse_u6f6/page/401}}</ref> He grew up on Davidson Avenue and 183rd Street, near [[Jerome Avenue]] in [[University Heights, Bronx]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/journal/PDF/2009_2_145-162_Gurock.pdf|title=The Depth of Ethnicity: Jewish Identity and Ideology in Interwar New York City|access-date=February 6, 2011|archive-date=July 7, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707044024/http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/journal/PDF/2009_2_145-162_Gurock.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Schayes attended Creston Junior High School 79 and [[DeWitt Clinton High School]] in the Bronx, where he excelled in [[basketball]], playing for the basketball team and led it to a borough championship.<ref name="google3"/><ref name="google5"/> At 6-foot-8, Dolph Schayes was agile and possessed great finesse around the basket. From 1944 to 1948, Schayes popularized the city game while starring under Hall of Fame coach Howard Cann at New York University<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/dolph-schayes/ | title=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame :: Dolph Schayes }}</ref>

==College career==
Schayes played his college basketball at [[New York University]] (NYU) in 1944–48. In 1945, as a 16-year-old freshman, Schayes helped NYU reach the NCAA final.<ref name=goldstein>{{citation |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |title=Dolph Schayes, a Bridge to Modern Basketball, Is Dead at 87 | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 10, 2015 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/11/sports/basketball/dolph-schayes-a-bridge-to-the-modern-nba-is-dead-at-87.html}}</ref> Schayes earned an [[aerospace engineering|aeronautical engineering]] degree, was an All-American in basketball and won the [[Haggerty Award]] in his final year.<ref name="google2"/><ref name=goldstein /><ref name="google6">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9BaqPfGcI84C&q=Dolph+Schayes&pg=PA90 |title=Tall Tales: The Glory Years of the NBA |date= October 2000|isbn=0803287666 |access-date=February 6, 2011|last1=Pluto |first1=Terry |publisher=U of Nebraska Press }}</ref> His NYU coach, [[Howard Cann]], said of him: "He was in the gym practicing every spare minute. We had to chase him out."<ref name="google5"/>

==Professional career==
===Syracuse Nationals / Philadelphia 76ers (1948–1964)===
Schayes was drafted by both the [[New York Knicks]] in the [[1948 BAA draft]] (1st round; 4th pick overall), and by the [[Tri-Cities Blackhawks]] in the [[National Basketball League (United States)|NBL]] draft.<ref name="basketball-reference1">{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/schaydo01.html |title=Dolph Schayes NBA & ABA Statistics |publisher=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=February 6, 2011}}</ref> The Blackhawks traded his rights to the [[Syracuse Nationals]], who then offered him a contract worth $7,500 (worth ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|7500|1948|r=-2}}}} today), 50% more than the Knicks, influencing his decision to go to Syracuse.<ref name="google6"/><ref name="nba.com"/> Schayes played one season in the NBL and was named the league's [[NBL (United States) Rookie of the Year Award|Rookie of the Year]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/awards/roy.html|title=NBL Rookie of the Year Award Winners|work=Basketball-Reference.com|access-date=February 6, 2011}}</ref> The following season ([[1949–50 NBA season|1949–50]]), the Nationals moved to the newly formed [[National Basketball Association]] as part of the merger between the BAA and NBL.

Although tall for his era at {{convert|6|ft|8|in|cm|abbr=on}}, Schayes was especially known for his deadly, high-arcing, outside set-shot. It arced so high that his teammates came to call it the "[[Sputnik]]".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dLdlZT4Tq8kC&q=Dolph+Schayes&pg=PA37 |title=The Philadelphia 76ers |date= August 2007|isbn=9781599531250 |access-date=February 6, 2011|last1=Stewart |first1=Mark |publisher=Norwood House Press }}</ref>  Defenders who attempted to deny him the outside shot were confronted by his powerful drive to the basket.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UcQ0P-6P7q4C&q=Dolph+Schayes&pg=PA319 |title=Kiss 'Em Goodbye: An ESPN Treasury of Failed, Forgotten, and Departed Teams |date= February 23, 2010|isbn=9780345520470 |access-date=February 6, 2011|last1=Purdy |first1=Dennis |publisher=Random House Publishing }}</ref> These two offensive weapons served him well, even as the NBA was transitioning from basketball's traditional [[Glossary of basketball terms#S|set shot]] into a league of [[Glossary of basketball terms#J|jump-shooters]].{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Early in Schayes' career, he broke his right arm and played almost an entire season in a cast. Oddly, this injury became a seminal point in his development: he learned to shoot with his off-hand, making him especially difficult to guard. He was one of the best—and the last—to use a two-handed set-shot with feet planted on the floor, before the game changed to one-handed jump shots.<ref name="nba.com">{{cite web | title=NBA.com Schayes Summary|website=[[NBA.com]] |url=http://www.nba.com/history/players/schayes_bio.html| access-date=August 26, 2007}}</ref><ref name="google7">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z1itO8fkAEwC&q=Dolph+Schayes&pg=PA215 |title=Who's better, who's best in basketball?: Mr. Stats sets the record straight on the top 50 NBA players of all time |publisher=McGraw Hill |year=2003 |isbn=9780071417884 |access-date=February 6, 2011}}</ref>

[[File:Dolph Schayes 1951.jpeg|thumb|upright|left|170px|Schayes in 1951]]
In the 1949–50 season, Schayes was sixth in the league in assists, with 259.<ref name="basketball-reference1"/>  He [[List of National Basketball Association annual rebounding leaders|led the NBA in rebounding]] in 1950–51 (in which he also had 10 of the top 14 individual rebounding games), with 1,080 and a 16.4-per-game average.<ref name="google8">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YJmsqtj-rh4C&q=Dolph+Schayes&pg=PA172 |title=A Basketball Handbook  |date= October 2, 2007|isbn=9781467805728 |access-date=February 6, 2011|last1=Brown |first1=Donald H. |publisher=AuthorHouse }}</ref><ref name="google9">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nbMBf57fgl4C&q=Dolph+Schayes&pg=PA134 |title=Smooth moves: juking, jamming, hooking & slamming: basketball's plays, players, action & style |year= 2003|isbn=9781579122843 |access-date=February 6, 2011|last1=Gentile |first1=Derek |publisher=Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers }}</ref>  He was third in the league in rebounding in 1952–53, with 920.<ref name="basketball-reference1"/>  In 1953–54, his 12.3 rebounds per game were fourth-best in the NBA.<ref name="basketball-reference1"/>

In 1954–55, Schayes led his team to the NBA championship.<ref name="basketball-reference1"/>  In 1956–57, he led the league in minutes-per-game (39.6) and free throws (625), while grabbing 1,008 rebounds (3rd in the league) and averaging 22.6 points per game (4th in the league). In 1957, he set an NBA consecutive free throw record in a single game with 18.<ref name="google4">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aOTWUl-9LQoC&q=Dolph+Schayes&pg=PA12 |title=Day by day in Jewish sports history|year= 2008|isbn=9781602800137|access-date=February 6, 2011|last1=Wechsler|first1=Bob|publisher=KTAV Publishing House }}</ref> In 1957–58 he again led the league in minutes-per-game (40.5), and averaged a career-high 24.9 points per game, second in the league, while averaging 14.2 rebounds per game (fourth in the NBA).<ref name="google1"/><ref name="basketball-reference1"/>

Schayes led the NBA in free throw percentage three times: in 1958 (.904), 1960 (.892) and 1962 (.896).<ref name="google8"/><ref name="google9"/><ref name="basketballReference">{{cite web | title=Basketball-Reference.com: Dolph Schayes|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/schaydo01.html| access-date=August 26, 2007}}</ref>  In 1959, he scored a career-high 50 points in a game against the Celtics.<ref name="google4"/>  In the NBA, he didn't miss a single game from February 17, 1952, to December 26, 1961, an NBA-record streak of 706 games.<ref name="google4"/>  In 1960–61, he again led the league in free throws (with 680).<ref name="basketball-reference1"/>  In 1961, he became the first player in NBA history to amass 30,000 career total PRA (Points + Rebounds + Assists).

===NBA career achievements===
Schayes was the first person in the NBA to ever surpass 15,000 points and 10,000 rebounds.<ref name=goldstein/>
[[file:Dolph Schayes.jpeg|thumb|upright|Schayes ca. 1957]]
A 12-time [[NBA All-Star]], Schayes was a six-time [[All-NBA]] First Team honoree, and was also selected to the All-NBA Second Team six times.<ref name="basketballReference"/>  He came in second in MVP voting in 1958, and 5th in both 1956 and 1957.<ref name="google7"/>  When he retired in 1964, he held the NBA records for games played (996), foul shots made (6,712), attempted (7,904), personal fouls (3,432) and was second to [[Bob Pettit]] in scoring (18,438) and third in rebounds (11,256).{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}

==Coaching career and referee supervisor==
===Philadelphia 76ers (1963–1966)===
When the Nationals moved to Philadelphia in 1963 as the [[Philadelphia 76ers]], Schayes became player-coach. However, his playing career had all but ended; he only played in 24 games, the only time in his career in which he played in fewer than 50 games. He didn't play at all during the playoffs.

Schayes retired as a player after the season but stayed on as coach for three more seasons. He was named [[NBA Coach of the Year Award|NBA Coach of the Year]] in 1966.<ref name="google8"/> That season, he led the Sixers to the Eastern Division regular-season title, ending a nine-year reign by the [[Boston Celtics]]. However, the Celtics ousted the Sixers in a five-game Eastern final, and Schayes was fired.<ref name=goldstein/> He was succeeded by his predecessor with the Nats, [[Alex Hannum]], who led the team to the best record in league history at the time and an NBA title.

From 1966 to 1970, Schayes was the supervisor of NBA referees.<ref name="google2"/><ref name="google10"/>  He was named the first coach of the [[Buffalo Braves]] in 1970,<ref name=goldstein/> but was fired one game into his second season after a 123-90 loss to the [[Seattle SuperSonics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://buffalonews.com/news/local/history/article_3c67ef38-dd69-4e6f-ae59-83d0af2a0634.html|title=We're lucky the Clippers never do to us what the Thunder is doing to Seattle|last=Brady|first=Erik|date=June 5, 2025|work=[[The Buffalo News]]|access-date=June 5, 2025}}</ref>

===Maccabiah Games coach===
Schayes coached the US [[Maccabiah Games]] basketball team to an upset win to take the gold medal in the [[1977 Maccabiah Games]].<ref name="google2"/><ref name="google10"/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qpiphgls99IC&q=Dolph+Schayes&pg=PA41|title=The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame |date=May 19, 1928 |isbn=9781561710287 |access-date=February 6, 2011|last1=Siegman |first1=Joseph M. |publisher=SP Books }}</ref><ref name="google11">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/ellisislandtoebb00levi_0 |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/ellisislandtoebb00levi_0/page/316 316] |quote=Dolph Schayes. |title=Ellis Island to Ebbets Field: Sport and the American Jewish Experience |year=1992 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-505128-5 |access-date=February 6, 2011}}</ref>  He also coached the U.S. Masters basketball team at the [[1993 Maccabiah Games]].<ref name="haaretz1"/> He also played an active role raising money for the Maccabiah Games.<ref name="google10"/><ref name="google11"/>

==Personal life==
Schayes settled in [[Syracuse, New York]], in 1948, where he first played in the NBA, and where he was a real estate developer after his playing days.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tabletmag.com/news-and-politics/51596/the-greatest/ |title=The Greatest – by Marc Tracy  |publisher=Tablet Magazine |date=December 1, 2010 |access-date=February 6, 2011}}</ref>

Schayes' son is retired NBA [[center (basketball)|center]] [[Danny Schayes]], who played for [[Jamesville-DeWitt High School]], in [[DeWitt, New York]]; [[Syracuse Orange men's basketball|Syracuse University]]; and in the NBA for 18 seasons.<ref name="google2"/><ref name="google5">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NACkGVm3C3wC&q=Dolph+Schayes&pg=PA18 |title=Jewish Sports Stars: Athletic Heroes Past and Present|date=January 2006|isbn=9781580131834|access-date=February 6, 2011|last1=Goldman|first1=David J.|publisher=Kar-Ben }}</ref>  His granddaughters Abi, Carla, and Rachel Goettsch won silver medals for the United States volleyball team at the [[2001 Maccabiah Games]], and his grandson Mickey Ferri won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the [[2005 Maccabiah Games]].<ref name="haaretz1">{{cite news|last=Klein |first=Steve |url=https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/nba-hall-of-famer-says-games-in-israel-forged-his-jewish-identity-1.280091 |title=NBA Hall-of-Famer says games in Israel forged his Jewish identity  |work=Haaretz |access-date=February 6, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Araton |first=Harvey |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30E12FB395F0C7A8DDDA00894D9404482 |title=Sports of The Times – Giving In Wasn't The Answer |work=The New York Times|date=September 19, 2001 |access-date=February 6, 2011}}</ref>

Schayes died of cancer on December 10, 2015, at the age of 87.<ref name=goldstein/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syracuse.com/poliquin/index.ssf/2015/12/former_syracuse_nationals_star_dolph_schayes_dies_at_age_87.html#incart_m-rpt-1|title=Former Syracuse Nationals star Dolph Schayes dies at age 87|work=[[The Post-Standard|Syracuse.com]]|date=December 10, 2015 }}</ref> He was [[#External links|buried at Woodlawn Cemetery]] in Syracuse.

==Legacy==
In 1970, Schayes was elected to the [[NBA 25th Anniversary Team]] as one of the top 12 retired players.<ref name="google7"/>

In 1972, Schayes was elected to the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]].<ref name="google2"/>  He is also a member of the [[International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame]], the US [[National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame]], and the National Jewish American Sports Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VUO_J0YzpP0C&q=Dolph+Schayes+&pg=PA85 |title=Hall of fame museums: a reference guide |isbn=9780313300004 |access-date=February 6, 2011|last1=Danilov |first1=Victor J. |year=1997 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic }}</ref>

In 1996, Schayes was selected as one of the [[50 Greatest Players in NBA History]].<ref name="google10">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofet0000unse_u6f6 |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofet0000unse_u6f6/page/402 402] |quote=Dolph Schayes. |title=Encyclopedia of ethnicity and sports in the United States |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=2000|access-date=February 6, 2011}}</ref>

In May 2015, Schayes was inducted into the Bronx Walk of Fame, where he received a street named in his honor, called "Dolph Schayes Street".<ref>{{cite web|last=Goldin |first=Howard |url=http://www.nysportsday.com/2015/05/18/nba-hall-of-famer-adolph-schayes-inducted-into-the-bronx-walk-of-fame/|title=NBA Hall of Famer Adolph Schayes Inducted into the Bronx Walk of Fame |publisher=NY Sports Day|date=May 18, 2015 |access-date=June 10, 2015}}</ref>

The 76ers retired Schayes' jersey on March 12, 2016, while the [[Syracuse Crunch]] retired it on March 26, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Carlson|first1=Chris|title=Dolph Schayes will have his number retired by Philadelphia 76ers|url=http://www.syracuse.com/sports/index.ssf/2016/01/dolph_schayes_will_have_his_number_retired_by_philadelphia_76ers.html|website=Syracuse|date=January 12, 2016 |publisher=Syracuse Media Group|access-date=March 12, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Syracuse Crunch to retire jersey of Hall of Famer and 12-time NBA All-Star Dolph Schayes March 26|url=http://www.syracusecrunch.com/news/2016/2/23/Crunch_0223160317.aspx|publisher=Syracuse Crunch|date=February 23, 2016|access-date=March 3, 2016}}</ref>

In 2021, Schayes was elected to the [[NBA 75th Anniversary Team]].<ref>nba.com/75</ref> To commemorate the NBA's 75th Anniversary ''[[The Athletic]]'' ranked their top 75 players of all time, and named Schayes as the 61st greatest player in NBA history.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2962957/2021/11/19/nba-75-at-no-61-dolph-schayes-was-a-power-forward-forerunner-to-the-modern-game/|title=NBA 75: At No. 61, Dolph Schayes was a power-forward forerunner to the modern game|first=Derek|last=Bodner|work=The Athletic|date=February 7, 2022 |publisher=The New York Times |access-date=March 11, 2023| url-access= subscription}}</ref>

==NBA career statistics==
{{NBA player statistics legend|champion=y|leader=y}}

===Regular season===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
!Year
!Team
!GP
!MPG
!FG%
!FT%
!RPG
!APG
!PPG
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1949–50 NBA season|1949–50]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1949–50 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|64
|{{sort|-|—}}
|.385
|.774
|{{sort|-|—}}
|'''4.0'''
|16.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1950–51 NBA season|1950–51]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1950–51 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|66
|{{sort|-|—}}
|.357
|.752
|style="background:#cfecec;"|'''16.4*'''
|3.8
|17.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1951–52 NBA season|1951–52]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1951–52 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|63
|31.8
|.355
|.807
|12.3
|2.9
|13.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1952–53 NBA season|1952–53]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1952–53 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|71
|37.6
|.374
|.827
|13.0
|3.2
|17.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1953–54 NBA season|1953–54]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1953–54 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|72
|36.9
|.380
|.827
|12.1
|3.0
|17.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;" |[[1954–55 NBA season|1954–55]]†
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1954–55 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|72
|35.1
|.383
|.833
|12.3
|3.0
|18.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1955–56 NBA season|1955–56]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1955–56 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|72
|35.0
|.387
|.858
|12.4
|2.8
|20.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1956–57 NBA season|1956–57]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1956–57 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|72
|style="background:#cfecec;"|39.6*
|.379
|'''.904'''
|14.0
|3.2
|22.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1957–58 NBA season|1957–58]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1957–58 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|72
|style="background:#cfecec;"|'''40.5*'''
|.398
|style="background:#cfecec;"|'''.904*'''
|14.2
|3.1
|'''24.9'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1958–59 NBA season|1958–59]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1958–59 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|72
|36.7
|.387
|.864
|13.4
|2.5
|21.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1959–60 NBA season|1959–60]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1959–60 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|75
|36.5
|'''.401'''
|style="background:#cfecec;"|.893*
|12.8
|3.4
|22.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1960–61 NBA season|1960–61]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1960–61 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|'''79'''
|38.1
|.372
|.868
|12.2
|3.7
|23.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1961–62 NBA season|1961–62]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1961–62 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|56
|26.4
|.357
|style="background:#cfecec;"|.897*
|7.8
|2.1
|14.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1962–63 NBA season|1962–63]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1962–63 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|66
|21.8
|.388
|.879
|5.7
|2.7
|9.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1963–64 NBA season|1963–64]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1963–64 Philadelphia 76ers season|Philadelphia]]
|24
|14.6
|.308
|.807
|4.6
|2.0
|5.6
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Career
|996
|34.4
|.380
|.849
|12.1
|3.1
|18.5
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |All-Star
|11
|22.5
|.440
|.840
|9.5
|1.5
|12.5
|}

===Playoffs===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
!Year
!Team
!GP
!MPG
!FG%
!FT%
!RPG
!APG
!PPG
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1950 NBA Playoffs|1950]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1949–50 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|11
|{{sort|-|—}}
|.385
|.733
|{{sort|-|—}}
|2.5
|17.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1951 NBA Playoffs|1951]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1950–51 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|7
|{{sort|-|—}}
|.448
|.766
|14.6
|2.9
|20.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1952 NBA Playoffs|1952]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1951–52 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|7
|35.4
|.451
|.769
|12.9
|2.1
|20.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1953 NBA Playoffs|1953]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1952–53 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|2
|29.0
|.250
|.769
|8.5
|0.5
|9.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1954 NBA Playoffs|1954]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1953–54 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|'''13'''
|28.8
|'''.457'''
|.741
|10.5
|1.8
|16.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;" |[[1955 NBA Playoffs|1955]]†
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1954–55 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|11
|33.0
|.359
|.840
|12.8
|3.6
|19.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1956 NBA Playoffs|1956]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1955–56 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|8
|38.8
|.366
|.880
|13.9
|3.4
|22.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1957 NBA Playoffs|1957]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1956–57 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|5
|43.0
|.305
|.891
|'''18.0'''
|2.8
|21.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1958 NBA Playoffs|1958]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1957–58 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|3
|'''43.7'''
|.391
|.833
|15.0
|3.1
|26.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1959 NBA Playoffs|1959]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1958–59 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|9
|39.0
|.400
|.916
|13.0
|'''4.6'''
|28.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1960 NBA Playoffs|1960]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1959–60 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|3
|42.0
|.455
|'''.933'''
|16.0
|2.7
|'''29.3'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1961 NBA Playoffs|1961]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1960–61 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|8
|38.5
|.336
|.900
|11.4
|2.6
|20.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1962 NBA Playoffs|1962]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1961–62 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|5
|19.0
|.364
|.692
|7.0
|1.0
|11.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1963 NBA Playoffs|1963]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1962–63 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|5
|21.6
|.455
|.917
|5.6
|1.4
|10.2
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Career
|97
|34.0
|.390
|.825
|12.2
|2.6
|19.5
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Sports}}
*[[List of Jews in sports#Basketball|List of select Jewish basketball players]]
*[[List of NBA annual minutes played leaders]]
*[[List of NBA career rebounding leaders]]
*[[List of NBA career personal fouls leaders]]
*[[List of NBA career free throw scoring leaders]]
*[[List of NBA career playoff free throw scoring leaders]]
*[[List of NBA players who have spent their entire career with one franchise]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|last=Grundman|first=Dolph|title=Dolph Schayes and the Rise of Professional Basketball|year=2014|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=978-0-8156-1040-3}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Dolph Schayes}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170820013252/http://www.nba.com/history/players/schayes_bio.html Dolph Schayes biography] at NBA Encyclopedia
* [https://aftercare.woodlawnsyracuse.org/dolph-schayes-1928-2015-46FpQ Dolph Schayes grave] at Woodlawn Cemetery (Syracuse, New York)

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