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| Rank | Player | Age | Tm | First | Pts Won | Pts Max | Share | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% | WS | WS/48 |
| 1 | Wilt Chamberlain | 23 | PHW | 49.0 | 270.0 | 375 | 0.720 | 46.4 | 37.6 | 27.0 | 2.3 | .461 | .582 | 17.0 | .245 | |||
| 2 | Bill Russell | 25 | BOS | 15.0 | 186.0 | 375 | 0.496 | 42.5 | 18.2 | 24.0 | 3.7 | .467 | .612 | 13.8 | .211 | |||
| 3 | Bob Pettit | 27 | STL | 3.0 | 106.0 | 375 | 0.283 | 40.2 | 26.1 | 17.0 | 3.6 | .438 | .753 | 11.5 | .191 | |||
| 4 | Bob Cousy | 31 | BOS | 4.0 | 66.0 | 375 | 0.176 | 34.5 | 19.4 | 4.7 | 9.5 | .384 | .792 | 7.8 | .145 | |||
| 5 | Elgin Baylor | 25 | MNL | 2.0 | 40.0 | 375 | 0.107 | 41.0 | 29.6 | 16.4 | 3.5 | .424 | .732 | 11.5 | .192 | |||
| 6 | Jack Twyman | 25 | CIN | 0.0 | 8.0 | 375 | 0.021 | 40.3 | 31.2 | 8.9 | 3.5 | .422 | .785 | 8.3 | .131 | |||
| 7 | Gene Shue | 28 | DET | 0.0 | 7.0 | 375 | 0.019 | 44.5 | 22.8 | 5.5 | 3.9 | .413 | .872 | 8.5 | .122 | |||
| 8T | Tom Gola | 27 | PHW | 1.0 | 6.0 | 375 | 0.016 | 38.3 | 15.0 | 10.4 | 5.5 | .433 | .794 | 9.9 | .166 | |||
| 8T | Dolph Schayes | 31 | SYR | 0.0 | 6.0 | 375 | 0.016 | 36.5 | 22.5 | 12.8 | 3.4 | .401 | .893 | 9.5 | .167 | |||
| 10 | Tom Heinsohn | 25 | BOS | 1.0 | 5.0 | 375 | 0.013 | 32.3 | 21.7 | 10.6 | 2.3 | .423 | .733 | 7.7 | .154 | |||
| 11 | Walter Dukes | 29 | DET | 0.0 | 4.0 | 375 | 0.011 | 32.4 | 15.2 | 13.4 | 1.2 | .361 | .740 | 3.9 | .087 | |||
| 12T | Richie Guerin | 27 | NYK | 0.0 | 3.0 | 375 | 0.008 | 32.8 | 21.8 | 6.8 | 6.3 | .420 | .773 | 7.4 | .146 | |||
| 12T | Willie Naulls | 25 | NYK | 0.0 | 3.0 | 375 | 0.008 | 34.6 | 21.4 | 14.2 | 2.1 | .428 | .836 | 5.3 | .113 | |||
| 14 | Cliff Hagan | 28 | STL | 0.0 | 1.0 | 375 | 0.003 | 37.3 | 24.8 | 10.7 | 4.0 | .464 | .803 | 11.8 | .203 | |||