The 1987–88 New Jersey Nets season was the Nets' 12th season in the NBA. The Nets had the third pick in the 1987 NBA draft, and selected Dennis Hopson. The team struggled finishing last place in the Eastern Conference with a 19–63 record. The team played under three coaches during the season, Dave Wohl, Bob MacKinnon and Willis Reed.
| Player | G | MP | FG | FG% | FT | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | A | S | B | TO | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Bagley (basketball) | 82 | 2774 | 393 | 0.44 | 148 | 0.82 | 61 | 196 | 257 | 479 | 110 | 10 | 201 | 162 | 981 |
| Otis Birdsong | 67 | 1882 | 337 | 0.46 | 47 | 0.51 | 73 | 94 | 167 | 222 | 54 | 11 | 129 | 143 | 730 |
| Dudley Bradley | 63 | 1432 | 156 | 0.43 | 74 | 0.76 | 25 | 101 | 126 | 150 | 114 | 43 | 88 | 170 | 423 |
| Adrian Branch | 20 | 308 | 56 | 0.42 | 20 | 0.87 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 29 | 41 | 133 |
| Ben Coleman | 27 | 657 | 116 | 0.48 | 65 | 0.77 | 58 | 115 | 173 | 39 | 28 | 16 | 72 | 110 | 297 |
| Dallas Comegys | 75 | 1122 | 156 | 0.43 | 106 | 0.71 | 54 | 164 | 218 | 65 | 36 | 70 | 116 | 175 | 418 |
| Chris Engler | 54 | 399 | 36 | 0.41 | 31 | 0.89 | 32 | 66 | 98 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 73 | 103 |
| Mike Gminski | 34 | 1194 | 215 | 0.45 | 143 | 0.86 | 82 | 238 | 320 | 55 | 28 | 33 | 83 | 78 | 573 |
| Roy Hinson | 48 | 1747 | 330 | 0.50 | 183 | 0.81 | 106 | 242 | 348 | 72 | 45 | 72 | 106 | 185 | 843 |
| Dennis Hopson | 61 | 1365 | 222 | 0.40 | 131 | 0.74 | 63 | 80 | 143 | 118 | 57 | 25 | 119 | 145 | 587 |
| Tim McCormick | 47 | 1513 | 277 | 0.54 | 108 | 0.67 | 97 | 226 | 323 | 92 | 18 | 15 | 76 | 159 | 662 |
| Kevin McKenna | 31 | 393 | 43 | 0.39 | 24 | 0.96 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 19 | 55 | 126 |
| Johnny Moore | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike O'Koren | 4 | 52 | 9 | 0.56 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| Jamie Waller | 9 | 91 | 16 | 0.40 | 10 | 0.56 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 42 |
| Duane Washington | 15 | 156 | 18 | 0.43 | 16 | 0.80 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 34 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 23 | 54 |
| Dwayne Washington | 68 | 1379 | 245 | 0.45 | 132 | 0.70 | 54 | 64 | 118 | 206 | 91 | 4 | 141 | 163 | 633 |
| Buck Williams | 70 | 2637 | 466 | 0.56 | 346 | 0.67 | 298 | 536 | 834 | 109 | 68 | 44 | 189 | 266 | 1279 |
| Ricky Wilson | 6 | 47 | 7 | 0.64 | 6 | 0.55 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 21 |
| Orlando Woolridge | 19 | 622 | 110 | 0.45 | 92 | 0.71 | 31 | 60 | 91 | 71 | 13 | 20 | 48 | 73 | 312 |
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