
#5 WILL RICHARDSON
POSITION: Guard
HEIGHT: 6-5 (195 cm)
WEIGHT: 170 lb (77 kg)
BIRTHDATE: September 3, 1999 (Hinesville, Georgia)
HIGH SCHOOL: Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Virginia)
UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE: Oregon '23
INSTAGRAM: @_will1k
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed as a free agent in July 2025
YEARS PRO: 2
BIO
PROFESSIONAL
2024-25: Averaged 11.0 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists in 27.6 minutes over 37 games with the Grand Rapids Gold in the NBA G League … Scored a season-high 28 points in 40 minutes on February 10, 2025 against the Osceola Magic. Recorded a season-high 14 assists alongside 18 points in 40 minutes on February 24, 2025 against the Delaware Blue Coats. With a 15-19 record, the Grand Rapids Gold finished the regular season in the 12th seed in the Easter Conference and missed the NBA G League playoffs.
2023-24: Averaged 5.9 points, 1.8 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 15.8 minutes over 30 games with the Grand Rapids Gold in the NBA G League … Scored a season-high 23 points and 8 assists in 35 minutes on February 13, 2024 against the Motor City Cruise. With an 11-23 record, the Grand Rapids Gold finished the regular season in the 16th seed in the Easter Conference. They did not make the playoffs.
UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE CAREER
2022-23: Leaves Oregon having played in a program record 148 games … In school history, he ranks 12th all-time in points (1,574), fourth in assists (504), third in steals (190), 10th in three pointers made (184) and second in wins (98) … Recorded the first triple-double by a Ducks player in 20 years, recording 19 points, a career-high 10 rebounds and 11 assists against Nevada on Dec. 10 … Dished out a career-best 12 assists vs. Portland … Finished with 22 double-digit scoring outings, tying his career-high of 28 points on Nov. 26 vs. Michigan State … Five or more assists in 17 games, two-plus steals in 15 games … Averaged 12.2 points, 5.1 assists (second in the Pac-12), 3.6 rebounds and 1.5 steals in 35.7 minutes … started all 33 games played.
2021-22: Averaged a career-best 14.1 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.3 steals per game, shooting 45.4 percent from the floor … Earned second team All-Pac-12 honors … Named to the USBWA District IX All-District Team as well as the NABC District 19 All-District First Team … Became the 37th 1,000-point scorer in program history on 1/23 vs. Washington … Ranks ninth all-time at UO in both assists (336) and steals (141) … Was twice named conference player of the week in January, one after scoring a then-career-high 26 points in a win over Utah and again after the Ducks defeated No. 3 UCLA and No. 5 USC on the road … Scored a career-high 28 points in the win over USC, hitting five three pointers, including four in the first half … Had seven 20 points games and scored in double-digits 22 times … Notched 19 points and seven assists vs. Pepperdine … Had multiple assists in 25-of-30 games, with a season-high of eight on Feb. 26 vs. USC … Scored 10 or more in 14-straight games from mid-December to mid-February … Four-plus three pointers made in seven games, with five threes twice.
2020-21: Played and started in 16 games ... Averaged 11.3 points per game, 3.4 rebounds per game and a team-best 3.9 assists per game ... Shot 40.3 percent from three-point range (25-of-62) ... Solid all-around game in Oregon’s NCAA Second Round win against Iowa with 19 points (7-of-10 shooting), seven assists and six rebounds ... Scored 17 points and tied a career high with nine assists in the Pac-12 Tournament win against Arizona State; also led team with seven rebounds ... Career-high 22 points on 6-of-7 three-pointers March 7 at Oregon State ... 15 points - nine in the second half - in March 3 win against UCLA ... 12 points and five assists March 1 versus Arizona ... Season-high four steals Feb. 22 at USC ... 11 points in Feb. 18 win against Colorado ... For the second year in a row, assisted on the game-winning bucket in Oregon’s win at Arizona ... He found Shakur Juistin for an open lay-in at the end of overtime in 2020; in 2021, he kicked it out to Chris Duarte for an open three ... Scored 15 points Feb. 11 at Arizona State ... Retuned to form with 19 points and five assists Feb. 6 vs. Washington ... Made season debut Feb. 2 and had 10 points, six rebounds and five assists versus Washington State ... Had surgery to repair an injured left thumb on Dec. 2 and missed the first 12 games of the season.
2019-20: One off the most improved players in the Pac-12 led the league in three-point field goal percentage, shooting 46.9 percent on the year (38-of-81) ... That was the fifth-best single-season effort in program history ... Played in all 31 games and started the final 13 ... Third on the team at 11.0 points per game ... Also averaged 3.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game ... Scored in double figures in nine of the last 11 games of the season and averaged 14.2 points per game. Shot 54.5 percent (18-of-33) from three-point range during that span ... Found Skakur Juiston for the game-winning layup with 1.4 seconds remaining in overtime in Oregon’s Feb. 22 win at No. 24 Arizona ... Game-high 18 points and six rebounds Feb. 20 at Arizona State ... Led Oregon with 18 points, six rebounds and six assists Feb. 16 against Utah ... Tied career high with 21 points Feb. 13 versus Colorado where he also recorded a career-high nine rebounds ... Led team with 17 points Feb. 1 at Stanford ... Scored 15 points while going 6-of-10 from the field at California on Jan. 31 ... Finished with 16 points on 5-of-8 shooting against UCLA on Jan. 26 ... Scored a career-high 21 points, including seven in overtime highlighted by the game-winning bucket with :15 remaining against Arizona ... Turned in a 14-point, six-rebound effort along with five assists on 6-of-11 shooting Jan. 4 at Utah ... Had six steals versus Alabama State to go with 10 points and five assists ... Poured in 18 points on 6-of-11 shooting, including 4-of-7 from deep against Texas Southern ... Tied for the team lead with 14 points off the bench while dishing out four assists against Montana ... Finished with 16 points and three assists on 5-of-7 shooting vs. Hawaii ... Scored 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting versus North Carolina in the Battle 4 Atlantis finale ... Scored 10 points off the bench while recording six assists and hitting a key three-pointer to put Oregon up seven late in the game against Memphis.
2018-19: The only Duck freshman to play in all 38 games (12 starts) ... Scored seven points with five rebounds in the NCAA win against Wisconsin … Contributed 10 points and five assists in the Pac-12 Tournament opening round win against Washington State … Scored 11 points off the bench March 6 at Washington State … Netted 12 points versus Arizona on March 1 … Had five assists on Feb. 23 at UCLA … Led UO with four assists versus Stanford … Dished out a season-best nine assists against California … Registered season-highs with 19 points and three blocks versus Utah … Had six assists versus Washington State … Collected four assists and three steals versus Washington … Scored 11 points versus USC … 11 points with six assists versus UCLA … Had 10 points and a season-best four steals at Baylor … Led UO with five rebounds against Boise State … Registered a season-high three steals versus San Diego … Earned season-highs of 16 points and seven rebounds versus Houston … Acquired 13 points and eight rebounds versus Texas Southern … Netted 10 points against Green Bay … Scored seven points in his collegiate debut versus Portland State.
CAREER STATISTICS
PROFESSIONAL AVERAGES
Year | Team | Games | Mins | Points | FG | 3PT | FT | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | ST | BLK | TO | PF |
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2024-25 | Grand Rapids Gold | 28 | 28.6 | 12 | 0.432 | 0.372 | 0.742 | 1 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 2.8 |
2023-24 | Grand Rapids Gold | 20 | 17.8 | 7 | 0.485 | 0.471 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.1 |
AVERAGE | 24 | 23.2 | 9.5 | 0.459 | 0.422 | 0.421 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 2.5 |
PROFESSIONAL TOTALS
Year | Team | G | MIN | PTS | 2FGP | 3FGP | FT | RO | RD | RT | AS | PF | BS | ST | TO |
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2024-25 | Grand Rapids Gold | 28 | 805 | 336 | 75-154 | 51-136 | 23-31 | 28 | 72 | 100 | 128 | 46 | 39 | 8 | 78 |
2023-24 | Grand Rapids Gold | 20 | 356 | 140 | 26-52 | 24-51 | 10-10 | 7 | 35 | 42 | 57 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 42 |
TOTALS: | 48 | 1161 | 476 | 101-206 | 75-187 | 33-41 | 35 | 107 | 142 | 185 | 73 | 54 | 10 | 120 |
COLLEGE TOTALS
Year | Team | G | MIN | PTS | 2FGP | 3FGP | FT | RO | RD | RT | AS | PF | BS | ST | TO |
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2018-19 | Oregon | 38 | 922 | 229 | 80-171 | 15-54 | 54-80 | 24 | 66 | 90 | 95 | 43 | 7 | 64 | 69 |
2019-20 | Oregon | 31 | 942 | 340 | 123-257 | 38-81 | 56-66 | 36 | 79 | 115 | 70 | 42 | 7 | 59 | 68 |
2020-21 | Oregon | 16 | 568 | 180 | 62-140 | 25-62 | 31-42 | 11 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 17 | 1 | 40 | 37 |
2021-22 | Oregon | 30 | 969 | 424 | 148-326 | 57-147 | 71-92 | 23 | 96 | 119 | 108 | 39 | 1 | 63 | 73 |
2022-23 | Oregon | 33 | 1,176 | 401 | 142-331 | 49-145 | 68-84 | 120 | 368 | 488 | 168 | 49 | 4 | 100 | 70 |
TOTALS | 148 | 4577 | 1574 | 555-1,225 | 184-489 | 280-364 | 214 | 652 | 866 | 504 | 190 | 20 | 326 | 317 |
COLLEGE AVERAGES
Year | Team | G | MIN | PTS | 2FGP | 3FGP | FT | RO | RD | RT | AS | PF | BS | ST | TO |
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2018-19 | Oregon | 38 | 24.3 | 6 | 0.468 | 0.278 | 0.675 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
2019-20 | Oregon | 31 | 30.4 | 11 | 0.479 | 0.469 | 0.848 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
2020-21 | Oregon | 16 | 35.5 | 11.2 | 0.443 | 0.403 | 0.738 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 0 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
2021-22 | Oregon | 30 | 32.3 | 14.1 | 0.454 | 0.338 | 0.81 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 0 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
2022-23 | Oregon | 33 | 35.6 | 12.2 | 0.429 | 0.376 | 0.769 | 0.7 | 3 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 3 | 2.1 |
AVERAGE | 29.6 | 31.6 | 10.9 | 0.455 | 0.373 | 0.768 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 |