Kriss
Years ago

Grace Tribute

Go check out nbl.coms tribute to Grace, all the players pay their respect.

Grace has scored 8,787 points in his career, placing him seventh on the NBL's all-time scoring list (Wildcats coach Scott Fisher is fifth with 9,225).

- He has played 479 games, which puts him currently ninth on the NBL's all-time matches played list. He is however just one game behind Bruce Bolden (480) in eighth and two behind Mark Davis (481) in seventh.

- Grace is second on the all-time assists list with 3,458. He trails only the great Andrew Gaze (3,519), who has played 608 games (129 more than Grace).

- He ranks seventh all-time in steals with 732 in his career.

- His current career averages are 18.3 points, 7.2 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 1.5 steals.

- Ricky debuted for the Wildcats, the only NBL team he has ever played for, on 30 March 1990 against the Geelong Supercats. Grace made an immediate impact with 24 points and 10 assists. Perth won the game 100-96 at The Arena in Geelong. Playing for the Wildcats in the match were James Crawford, Mike Ellis and Kendal 'Tiny' Pinder, while the Supercats boasted a line-up that included Shane Heal, Andrew Parkinson and John Dorge.

- He scored a career-high 43 points on 2 March 2002 against the Townsville Crocodiles, also adding nine assists and six rebounds.

- His career-high of 17 assists was set on 5 September 1992 against the Canberra Cannons.

- On 27 April 1990, Grace recorded 10 steals (also against the Cannons) which still sits in equal fifth on the NBL's all-time list of single game performances.

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cairns tiara-pans  
Years ago

having sat in the stands at the dome many times and seen ricky destroy us single handedly - he deserves the plaudits.

I remember him ruining celebrations one sell out game at the powerhouse on a new years eve game several years ago

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Buddha  
Years ago

The bloke could definately play...he was so GRACE-ful (oh god that was terrible)

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