| Voting | Totals | Shooting | Per Game | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | Player | Age | Tm | First | Pts Won | Pts Max | Share | G | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | STL | BLK |
| 1 | Moses Malone | 27 | PHI | 69.0 | 720.0 | 750 | 0.960 | 78 | 2922 | 1908 | 1194 | 101 | 89 | 157 | .501 | .000 | .761 | 37.5 | 24.5 | 15.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| 2 | Larry Bird | 26 | BOS | 1.0 | 364.0 | 750 | 0.485 | 79 | 2982 | 1867 | 870 | 458 | 148 | 71 | .504 | .286 | .840 | 37.7 | 23.6 | 11.0 | 5.8 | 1.9 | 0.9 |
| 3 | Magic Johnson | 23 | LAL | 2.0 | 304.5 | 750 | 0.406 | 79 | 2907 | 1326 | 683 | 829 | 176 | 47 | .548 | .000 | .800 | 36.8 | 16.8 | 8.6 | 10.5 | 2.2 | 0.6 |
| 4 | Sidney Moncrief | 25 | MIL | 0.0 | 226.0 | 750 | 0.301 | 76 | 2710 | 1712 | 437 | 300 | 113 | 23 | .524 | .100 | .826 | 35.7 | 22.5 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 0.3 |
| 5 | Julius Erving | 32 | PHI | 3.0 | 112.0 | 750 | 0.149 | 72 | 2421 | 1542 | 491 | 263 | 112 | 131 | .517 | .286 | .759 | 33.6 | 21.4 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 6 | Alex English | 29 | DEN | 0.0 | 42.0 | 750 | 0.056 | 82 | 2988 | 2326 | 601 | 397 | 116 | 126 | .516 | .167 | .829 | 36.4 | 28.4 | 7.3 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| 7 | Buck Williams | 22 | NJN | 0.0 | 40.0 | 750 | 0.053 | 82 | 2961 | 1396 | 1027 | 125 | 91 | 110 | .588 | .000 | .620 | 36.1 | 17.0 | 12.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| 8 | Artis Gilmore | 33 | SAS | 0.0 | 33.0 | 750 | 0.044 | 82 | 2797 | 1479 | 984 | 126 | 40 | 192 | .626 | .000 | .740 | 34.1 | 18.0 | 12.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2.3 |
| 9 | George Gervin | 30 | SAS | 0.0 | 30.0 | 750 | 0.040 | 78 | 2830 | 2043 | 357 | 264 | 88 | 67 | .487 | .364 | .853 | 36.3 | 26.2 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| 10 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 35 | LAL | 0.0 | 15.0 | 750 | 0.020 | 79 | 2554 | 1722 | 592 | 200 | 61 | 170 | .588 | .000 | .749 | 32.3 | 21.8 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| 11 | Jack Sikma | 27 | SEA | 0.0 | 13.0 | 750 | 0.017 | 75 | 2564 | 1368 | 858 | 233 | 87 | 65 | .464 | .000 | .837 | 34.2 | 18.2 | 11.4 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| 12 | Jeff Ruland | 24 | WSB | 0.0 | 12.0 | 750 | 0.016 | 79 | 2862 | 1536 | 871 | 234 | 74 | 77 | .552 | .333 | .689 | 36.2 | 19.4 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| 13 | Terry Cummings | 21 | SDC | 0.0 | 10.0 | 750 | 0.013 | 70 | 2531 | 1660 | 744 | 177 | 129 | 62 | .523 | .000 | .709 | 36.2 | 23.7 | 10.6 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.9 |
| 14 | Maurice Lucas | 30 | PHO | 0.0 | 9.0 | 750 | 0.012 | 77 | 2586 | 1269 | 799 | 219 | 56 | 43 | .474 | .333 | .781 | 33.6 | 16.5 | 10.4 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| 15 | Alton Lister | 24 | MIL | 0.0 | 5.0 | 750 | 0.007 | 80 | 1885 | 674 | 568 | 111 | 50 | 177 | .529 | .537 | 23.6 | 8.4 | 7.1 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 2.2 | |
| 16 | Bernard King | 26 | NYK | 0.0 | 4.0 | 750 | 0.005 | 68 | 2207 | 1486 | 326 | 195 | 90 | 13 | .528 | .000 | .722 | 32.5 | 21.9 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 0.2 |
| 16 | Isiah Thomas | 21 | DET | 0.0 | 4.0 | 750 | 0.005 | 81 | 3093 | 1854 | 328 | 634 | 199 | 29 | .472 | .288 | .710 | 38.2 | 22.9 | 4.0 | 7.8 | 2.5 | 0.4 |
| 18 | Larry Drew | 24 | KCK | 0.0 | 3.0 | 750 | 0.004 | 75 | 2690 | 1510 | 207 | 610 | 126 | 10 | .492 | .125 | .820 | 35.9 | 20.1 | 2.8 | 8.1 | 1.7 | 0.1 |
| 18 | Gus Williams | 29 | SEA | 0.0 | 3.0 | 750 | 0.004 | 80 | 2761 | 1600 | 205 | 643 | 182 | 26 | .477 | .047 | .751 | 34.5 | 20.0 | 2.6 | 8.0 | 2.3 | 0.3 |
| 20 | Dan Roundfield | 29 | ATL | 0.0 | 2.0 | 750 | 0.003 | 77 | 2811 | 1464 | 880 | 225 | 60 | 115 | .470 | .185 | .749 | 36.5 | 19.0 | 11.4 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| 21 | Marques Johnson | 26 | MIL | 0.0 | 1.5 | 750 | 0.002 | 80 | 2853 | 1714 | 562 | 363 | 100 | 56 | .509 | .200 | .735 | 35.7 | 21.4 | 7.0 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 0.7 |
| 22 | Norm Nixon | 27 | LAL | 0.0 | 1.0 | 750 | 0.001 | 79 | 2711 | 1191 | 205 | 566 | 104 | 4 | .475 | .000 | .744 | 34.3 | 15.1 | 2.6 | 7.2 | 1.3 | 0.1 |
| 22 | Kiki Vandeweghe | 24 | DEN | 0.0 | 1.0 | 750 | 0.001 | 82 | 2909 | 2186 | 437 | 203 | 66 | 38 | .547 | .294 | .875 | 35.5 | 26.7 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 |