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NBA & ABA Yearly Leaders and Records for Win Shares

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Members of the Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

Season Lg Player WS Tm
2009-10 NBA LeBron James3.74 CLE
2008-09 NBA LeBron James20.25 CLE
2007-08 NBA Chris Paul17.79 NOH
2006-07 NBA Dirk Nowitzki16.34 DAL
2005-06 NBA Dirk Nowitzki17.72 DAL
2004-05 NBA Kevin Garnett16.11 MIN
2003-04 NBA Kevin Garnett18.33 MIN
2002-03 NBA Tim Duncan16.45 SAS
2001-02 NBA Tim Duncan17.81 SAS
2000-01 NBA Shaquille O'Neal14.94 LAL
1999-00 NBA Shaquille O'Neal18.65 LAL
1998-99 NBA Karl Malone9.62 UTA
1997-98 NBA Karl Malone16.35 UTA
1996-97 NBA Michael Jordan*18.30 CHI
1995-96 NBA Michael Jordan*20.43 CHI
1994-95 NBA David Robinson*17.46 SAS
1993-94 NBA David Robinson*19.98 SAS
1992-93 NBA Michael Jordan*17.24 CHI
1991-92 NBA Michael Jordan*17.73 CHI
1990-91 NBA Michael Jordan*20.30 CHI
1989-90 NBA Michael Jordan*18.99 CHI
1988-89 NBA Michael Jordan*19.80 CHI
1987-88 NBA Michael Jordan*21.23 CHI
1986-87 NBA Michael Jordan*16.89 CHI
1985-86 NBA Larry Bird*15.81 BOS
1984-85 NBA Larry Bird*15.67 BOS
1983-84 NBA Adrian Dantley*14.61 UTA
1982-83 NBA Moses Malone*15.10 PHI
1981-82 NBA Moses Malone*15.42 HOU
1980-81 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*14.26 LAL
1979-80 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*14.84 LAL
1978-79 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*14.38 LAL
1977-78 NBA David Thompson*12.70 DEN
1976-77 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*17.81 LAL
1975-76 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*17.01 LAL
  ABA Julius Erving*17.72 NYA
1974-75 NBA Bob McAdoo*17.81 BUF
  ABA Julius Erving*17.58 NYA
1973-74 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*18.45 MIL
  ABA Julius Erving*16.48 NYA
1972-73 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*21.86 MIL
  ABA Artis Gilmore18.49 KEN
1971-72 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*25.37 MIL
  ABA Artis Gilmore19.79 KEN
1970-71 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*22.31 MIL
  ABA Zelmo Beaty16.04 UTS
1969-70 NBA Jerry West*15.15 LAL
  ABA Spencer Haywood17.10 DNR
1968-69 NBA Willis Reed*14.69 NYK
  ABA Jimmy Jones16.09 NOB
1967-68 NBA Wilt Chamberlain*20.38 PHI
  ABA Connie Hawkins*17.87 PTP
1966-67 NBA Wilt Chamberlain*21.87 PHI
1965-66 NBA Wilt Chamberlain*21.42 PHI
1964-65 NBA Oscar Robertson*16.95 CIN
1963-64 NBA Wilt Chamberlain*24.98 SFW
1962-63 NBA Wilt Chamberlain*20.94 SFW
1961-62 NBA Wilt Chamberlain*23.11 PHW
1960-61 NBA Wilt Chamberlain*18.83 PHW
1959-60 NBA Wilt Chamberlain*17.01 PHW
1958-59 NBA Bob Pettit*14.75 STL
1957-58 NBA Dolph Schayes*13.73 SYR
1956-57 NBA Neil Johnston*13.68 PHW
1955-56 NBA Neil Johnston*13.92 PHW
1954-55 NBA Neil Johnston*15.39 PHW
1953-54 NBA Neil Johnston*18.30 PHW
1952-53 NBA Neil Johnston*15.33 PHW
1951-52 NBA Paul Arizin*16.01 PHW