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1960-61 NBA Leaders

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League Champion: Boston Celtics

Most Valuable Player: Bill Russell (16.9/23.9/3.4)
Rookie of the Year: Oscar Robertson (30.5/10.1/9.7)

PPG Leader: Wilt Chamberlain (38.4)
RPG Leader: Wilt Chamberlain (27.2)
APG Leader: Oscar Robertson (9.7)
WS Leader: Wilt Chamberlain (18.8)

League Leaders

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Minutes Played
1. Wilt Chamberlain*-PHW 3773
2. Bill Russell*-BOS 3458
3. Gene Shue-DET 3361
4. Elgin Baylor*-LAL 3133
5. Oscar Robertson*-CIN 3032
6. Bob Pettit*-STL 3027
7. Richie Guerin*-NYK 3023
8. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 3007
9. Willie Naulls-NYK 2976
10. Bailey Howell*-DET 2952
11. Paul Arizin*-PHW 2935
12. Jack Twyman*-CIN 2920
13. Guy Rodgers-PHW 2905
14. Jerry West*-LAL 2797
15. Hal Greer*-SYR 2763
16. Tom Gola*-PHW 2712
17. Cliff Hagan*-STL 2701
18. Red Kerr-SYR 2676
19. Bucky Bockhorn-CIN 2669
20. Rudy LaRusso-LAL 2593
Field Goals
1. Wilt Chamberlain*-PHW 1251
2. Elgin Baylor*-LAL 931
3. Jack Twyman*-CIN 796
4. Bob Pettit*-STL 769
5. Oscar Robertson*-CIN 756
6. Willie Naulls-NYK 737
7. Cliff Hagan*-STL 661
8. Gene Shue-DET 650
  Paul Arizin*-PHW 650
10. Tom Heinsohn*-BOS 627
11. Hal Greer*-SYR 623
12. Richie Guerin*-NYK 612
13. Bailey Howell*-DET 607
14. Clyde Lovellette*-STL 599
15. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 594
16. Dick Barnett-SYR 540
17. Bill Russell*-BOS 532
18. Jerry West*-LAL 529
19. Bob Cousy*-BOS 513
20. Sam Jones*-BOS 480
Field Goal Attempts
1. Wilt Chamberlain*-PHW 2457
2. Elgin Baylor*-LAL 2166
3. Willie Naulls-NYK 1723
4. Bob Pettit*-STL 1720
5. Jack Twyman*-CIN 1632
6. Oscar Robertson*-CIN 1600
7. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 1595
8. Tom Heinsohn*-BOS 1566
9. Richie Guerin*-NYK 1545
  Gene Shue-DET 1545
11. Paul Arizin*-PHW 1529
12. Cliff Hagan*-STL 1490
13. Bob Cousy*-BOS 1382
14. Hal Greer*-SYR 1381
15. Clyde Lovellette*-STL 1321
16. Bailey Howell*-DET 1293
17. Jerry West*-LAL 1264
18. Bill Russell*-BOS 1250
19. Dick Barnett-SYR 1194
20. Frank Ramsey*-BOS 1100
Free Throws
1. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 680
2. Elgin Baylor*-LAL 676
3. Oscar Robertson*-CIN 653
4. Bailey Howell*-DET 601
5. Bob Pettit*-STL 582
6. Paul Arizin*-PHW 532
7. Wilt Chamberlain*-PHW 531
8. Richie Guerin*-NYK 496
9. Gene Shue-DET 465
10. Jack Twyman*-CIN 405
11. Cliff Hagan*-STL 383
12. Willie Naulls-NYK 372
13. Bob Cousy*-BOS 352
14. Jerry West*-LAL 331
15. Tom Heinsohn*-BOS 325
16. Rudy LaRusso-LAL 323
17. Hal Greer*-SYR 305
18. Frank Ramsey*-BOS 295
19. Dave Gambee-SYR 291
20. Walter Dukes-DET 281
Free Throw Attempts
1. Wilt Chamberlain*-PHW 1054
2. Elgin Baylor*-LAL 863
3. Bob Pettit*-STL 804
4. Bailey Howell*-DET 798
5. Oscar Robertson*-CIN 794
6. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 783
7. Paul Arizin*-PHW 639
8. Richie Guerin*-NYK 626
9. Jack Twyman*-CIN 554
10. Gene Shue-DET 543
11. Jerry West*-LAL 497
12. Bill Russell*-BOS 469
13. Cliff Hagan*-STL 467
14. Willie Naulls-NYK 456
15. Bob Cousy*-BOS 452
16. Tom Heinsohn*-BOS 424
17. Rudy LaRusso-LAL 409
18. Walter Dukes-DET 400
19. Hal Greer*-SYR 394
  George Lee-DET 394
Total Rebounds
1. Wilt Chamberlain*-PHW 2149
2. Bill Russell*-BOS 1868
3. Bob Pettit*-STL 1540
4. Elgin Baylor*-LAL 1447
5. Bailey Howell*-DET 1111
6. Willie Naulls-NYK 1055
7. Walter Dukes-DET 1028
8. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 960
9. Red Kerr-SYR 951
10. Wayne Embry-CIN 864
11. Johnny Green-NYK 838
12. Rudy LaRusso-LAL 781
13. Tom Heinsohn*-BOS 732
14. Oscar Robertson*-CIN 716
15. Cliff Hagan*-STL 715
16. Tom Gola*-PHW 692
17. Paul Arizin*-PHW 681
18. Clyde Lovellette*-STL 677
19. Phil Jordon-TOT 674
20. Jack Twyman*-CIN 672
Assists
1. Oscar Robertson*-CIN 690
2. Guy Rodgers-PHW 677
3. Bob Cousy*-BOS 587
4. Gene Shue-DET 530
5. Richie Guerin*-NYK 503
6. Johnny McCarthy-STL 430
7. Larry Costello-SYR 413
8. Cliff Hagan*-STL 381
9. Elgin Baylor*-LAL 371
10. Hot Rod Hundley-LAL 350
11. Bucky Bockhorn-CIN 338
12. Jerry West*-LAL 333
13. Hal Greer*-SYR 302
14. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 296
15. Tom Gola*-PHW 292
16. Chuck Noble-DET 287
17. Bill Russell*-BOS 268
18. Don Ohl-DET 265
19. Bob Pettit*-STL 262
20. Si Green-STL 258
Personal Fouls
1. Paul Arizin*-PHW 335
2. Tom Gola*-PHW 321
3. Walter Dukes-DET 313
4. Richie Guerin*-NYK 310
5. Ray Felix-LAL 302
6. Bailey Howell*-DET 297
7. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 296
8. Cliff Hagan*-STL 286
  Wayne Embry-CIN 286
  Larry Costello-SYR 286
11. Frank Ramsey*-BOS 284
12. Bucky Bockhorn-CIN 282
13. Rudy LaRusso-LAL 280
14. Elgin Baylor*-LAL 279
  Jack Twyman*-CIN 279
16. Dave Gambee-SYR 276
17. Gene Conley-BOS 275
18. Phil Jordon-TOT 273
19. Johnny McCarthy-STL 272
20. Willie Naulls-NYK 268
Points
1. Wilt Chamberlain*-PHW 3033
2. Elgin Baylor*-LAL 2538
3. Oscar Robertson*-CIN 2165
4. Bob Pettit*-STL 2120
5. Jack Twyman*-CIN 1997
6. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 1868
7. Willie Naulls-NYK 1846
8. Paul Arizin*-PHW 1832
9. Bailey Howell*-DET 1815
10. Gene Shue-DET 1765
11. Richie Guerin*-NYK 1720
12. Cliff Hagan*-STL 1705
13. Tom Heinsohn*-BOS 1579
14. Hal Greer*-SYR 1551
15. Clyde Lovellette*-STL 1471
16. Jerry West*-LAL 1389
17. Bob Cousy*-BOS 1378
18. Bill Russell*-BOS 1322
19. Dick Barnett-SYR 1320
20. Frank Ramsey*-BOS 1191
Field Goal Pct
1. Wilt Chamberlain*-PHW .509
2. Jack Twyman*-CIN .488
3. Larry Costello-SYR .482
4. Oscar Robertson*-CIN .472
5. Bailey Howell*-DET .469
6. Barney Cable-SYR .463
7. Clyde Lovellette*-STL .453
8. Dick Barnett-SYR .452
9. Wayne Embry-CIN .451
10. Hal Greer*-SYR .451
11. Bob Ferry-DET .451
12. Sam Jones*-BOS .449
13. Bob Pettit*-STL .447
14. Tom Gola*-PHW .447
15. Cliff Hagan*-STL .444
16. Dick Garmaker-NYK .440
17. Tom Hawkins-LAL .431
18. Johnny Green-NYK .430
19. Elgin Baylor*-LAL .430
20. Shellie McMillon-DET .428
Free Throw Pct
1. Bill Sharman*-BOS .921
2. Dolph Schayes*-SYR .869
3. Gene Shue-DET .856
4. Frank Ramsey*-BOS .833
5. Paul Arizin*-PHW .833
6. Clyde Lovellette*-STL .830
7. Dave Gambee-SYR .827
8. Kenny Sears-NYK .825
9. Oscar Robertson*-CIN .822
10. Cliff Hagan*-STL .820
11. Willie Naulls-NYK .816
12. Larry Costello-SYR .799
13. Richie Guerin*-NYK .792
14. Rudy LaRusso-LAL .790
15. Sam Jones*-BOS .787
16. Elgin Baylor*-LAL .783
17. Bob Cousy*-BOS .779
18. Hal Greer*-SYR .774
19. Dick Garmaker-NYK .768
20. Tom Heinsohn*-BOS .766
Minutes Per Game
1. Wilt Chamberlain*-PHW 47.8
2. Bill Russell*-BOS 44.3
3. Gene Shue-DET 43.1
4. Elgin Baylor*-LAL 42.9
5. Oscar Robertson*-CIN 42.7
6. Bob Pettit*-STL 39.8
7. Bailey Howell*-DET 38.3
8. Richie Guerin*-NYK 38.3
9. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 38.1
10. Willie Naulls-NYK 37.7
11. Guy Rodgers-PHW 37.2
12. Paul Arizin*-PHW 37.2
13. Jack Twyman*-CIN 37.0
14. Tom Gola*-PHW 36.6
15. Jerry West*-LAL 35.4
16. Cliff Hagan*-STL 35.1
17. Hal Greer*-SYR 35.0
18. Red Kerr-SYR 33.9
19. Bucky Bockhorn-CIN 33.8
20. Rudy LaRusso-LAL 32.8
Points Per Game
1. Wilt Chamberlain*-PHW 38.4
2. Elgin Baylor*-LAL 34.8
3. Oscar Robertson*-CIN 30.5
4. Bob Pettit*-STL 27.9
5. Jack Twyman*-CIN 25.3
6. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 23.6
7. Bailey Howell*-DET 23.6
8. Willie Naulls-NYK 23.4
9. Paul Arizin*-PHW 23.2
10. Gene Shue-DET 22.6
11. Cliff Hagan*-STL 22.1
12. Clyde Lovellette*-STL 22.0
13. Richie Guerin*-NYK 21.8
14. Tom Heinsohn*-BOS 21.3
15. Hal Greer*-SYR 19.6
16. Bob Cousy*-BOS 18.1
17. Jerry West*-LAL 17.6
18. Bill Russell*-BOS 16.9
19. Dick Barnett-SYR 16.9
20. Bill Sharman*-BOS 16.0
Rebounds Per Game
1. Wilt Chamberlain*-PHW 27.2
2. Bill Russell*-BOS 23.9
3. Bob Pettit*-STL 20.3
4. Elgin Baylor*-LAL 19.8
5. Bailey Howell*-DET 14.4
6. Walter Dukes-DET 14.1
7. Willie Naulls-NYK 13.4
8. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 12.2
9. Red Kerr-SYR 12.0
10. Wayne Embry-CIN 10.9
11. Johnny Green-NYK 10.7
12. Clyde Lovellette*-STL 10.1
13. Oscar Robertson*-CIN 10.1
14. Tom Heinsohn*-BOS 9.9
15. Rudy LaRusso-LAL 9.9
16. Tom Gola*-PHW 9.4
17. Cliff Hagan*-STL 9.3
18. Paul Arizin*-PHW 8.6
19. Phil Jordon-TOT 8.5
20. Jack Twyman*-CIN 8.5
Assists Per Game
1. Oscar Robertson*-CIN 9.7
2. Guy Rodgers-PHW 8.7
3. Bob Cousy*-BOS 7.7
4. Gene Shue-DET 6.8
5. Richie Guerin*-NYK 6.4
6. Larry Costello-SYR 5.5
7. Johnny McCarthy-STL 5.4
8. Elgin Baylor*-LAL 5.1
9. Cliff Hagan*-STL 4.9
10. Hot Rod Hundley-LAL 4.4
11. Bucky Bockhorn-CIN 4.3
12. Jerry West*-LAL 4.2
13. Tom Gola*-PHW 3.9
14. Chuck Noble-DET 3.8
15. Hal Greer*-SYR 3.8
16. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 3.7
17. Bob Pettit*-STL 3.4
18. Bill Russell*-BOS 3.4
19. Si Green-STL 3.4
20. Don Ohl-DET 3.4
Player Efficiency Rating
1. Elgin Baylor*-LAL 28.2
2. Wilt Chamberlain*-PHW 27.8
3. Oscar Robertson*-CIN 25.9
4. Bob Pettit*-STL 25.2
5. Bailey Howell*-DET 21.2
6. Clyde Lovellette*-STL 20.5
7. Cliff Hagan*-STL 20.1
8. Jack Twyman*-CIN 19.6
9. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 19.2
10. Willie Naulls-NYK 19.1
11. Tom Heinsohn*-BOS 18.4
12. Bill Russell*-BOS 18.1
13. Richie Guerin*-NYK 17.8
14. Sam Jones*-BOS 17.7
15. Bob Cousy*-BOS 17.4
16. Larry Costello-SYR 17.2
17. Paul Arizin*-PHW 17.1
18. Dick Barnett-SYR 17.1
19. Bill Sharman*-BOS 17.0
20. Bob Ferry-DET 16.5
True Shooting Pct
1. Oscar Robertson*-CIN .555
2. Bailey Howell*-DET .552
3. Larry Costello-SYR .546
4. Jack Twyman*-CIN .532
5. Kenny Sears-NYK .527
6. Wilt Chamberlain*-PHW .519
7. Bob Pettit*-STL .511
8. Paul Arizin*-PHW .506
9. Cliff Hagan*-STL .503
10. Dick Garmaker-NYK .502
11. Clyde Lovellette*-STL .502
12. Bob Ferry-DET .500
13. Hal Greer*-SYR .499
14. Elgin Baylor*-LAL .498
15. Gene Shue-DET .495
16. Tom Gola*-PHW .494
17. Sam Jones*-BOS .493
18. Rudy LaRusso-LAL .493
19. Dave Gambee-SYR .492
20. Dick Barnett-SYR .492
Effective Field Goal Pct
1. Wilt Chamberlain*-PHW .509
2. Jack Twyman*-CIN .488
3. Larry Costello-SYR .482
4. Oscar Robertson*-CIN .472
5. Bailey Howell*-DET .469
6. Barney Cable-SYR .463
7. Clyde Lovellette*-STL .453
8. Dick Barnett-SYR .452
9. Wayne Embry-CIN .451
10. Hal Greer*-SYR .451
11. Bob Ferry-DET .451
12. Sam Jones*-BOS .449
13. Bob Pettit*-STL .447
14. Tom Gola*-PHW .447
15. Cliff Hagan*-STL .444
16. Dick Garmaker-NYK .440
17. Tom Hawkins-LAL .431
18. Johnny Green-NYK .430
19. Elgin Baylor*-LAL .430
20. Shellie McMillon-DET .428
Offensive Win Shares
1. Oscar Robertson*-CIN 13.0
2. Wilt Chamberlain*-PHW 12.3
3. Bailey Howell*-DET 10.1
4. Jack Twyman*-CIN 9.4
5. Elgin Baylor*-LAL 9.1
6. Bob Pettit*-STL 8.4
7. Paul Arizin*-PHW 6.7
8. Cliff Hagan*-STL 6.4
9. Larry Costello-SYR 6.3
10. Gene Shue-DET 6.2
11. Hal Greer*-SYR 5.4
12. Clyde Lovellette*-STL 5.1
13. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 5.0
14. Willie Naulls-NYK 4.6
15. Richie Guerin*-NYK 4.3
16. Dick Garmaker-NYK 4.1
17. Dick Barnett-SYR 4.1
18. Sam Jones*-BOS 3.9
19. Rudy LaRusso-LAL 3.8
20. Kenny Sears-NYK 3.6
Defensive Win Shares
1. Bill Russell*-BOS 11.3
2. Bob Pettit*-STL 6.5
3. Wilt Chamberlain*-PHW 6.5
4. Bob Cousy*-BOS 6.3
5. Elgin Baylor*-LAL 5.7
6. Tom Heinsohn*-BOS 5.2
7. Cliff Hagan*-STL 4.4
8. Sam Jones*-BOS 4.2
9. Guy Rodgers-PHW 4.1
10. Frank Ramsey*-BOS 3.8
11. K.C. Jones*-BOS 3.6
12. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 3.5
13. Jerry West*-LAL 3.5
14. Johnny McCarthy-STL 3.4
15. Clyde Lovellette*-STL 3.4
16. Tom Gola*-PHW 3.3
17. Gene Conley-BOS 3.2
18. Red Kerr-SYR 3.1
19. Rudy LaRusso-LAL 3.1
20. Paul Arizin*-PHW 3.0
Win Shares
1. Wilt Chamberlain*-PHW 18.8
2. Bob Pettit*-STL 14.9
3. Elgin Baylor*-LAL 14.8
4. Oscar Robertson*-CIN 13.2
5. Bill Russell*-BOS 13.0
6. Bailey Howell*-DET 11.7
7. Cliff Hagan*-STL 10.8
8. Paul Arizin*-PHW 9.7
9. Jack Twyman*-CIN 9.6
10. Larry Costello-SYR 8.6
11. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 8.5
12. Clyde Lovellette*-STL 8.5
13. Sam Jones*-BOS 8.1
14. Hal Greer*-SYR 7.9
15. Gene Shue-DET 7.6
16. Bob Cousy*-BOS 7.2
17. Rudy LaRusso-LAL 6.9
18. Tom Gola*-PHW 6.8
19. Tom Heinsohn*-BOS 6.6
20. Jerry West*-LAL 6.6
Win Shares Per 48 Minutes
1. Wilt Chamberlain*-PHW .240
2. Bob Pettit*-STL .237
3. Elgin Baylor*-LAL .227
4. Oscar Robertson*-CIN .210
5. Clyde Lovellette*-STL .193
6. Cliff Hagan*-STL .193
7. Sam Jones*-BOS .191
8. Bailey Howell*-DET .190
9. Larry Costello-SYR .190
10. Bill Russell*-BOS .181
11. Bill Sharman*-BOS .169
12. Paul Arizin*-PHW .159
13. Jack Twyman*-CIN .157
14. Frank Ramsey*-BOS .155
15. Tom Heinsohn*-BOS .141
16. Bob Cousy*-BOS .140
17. Hal Greer*-SYR .137
18. Dolph Schayes*-SYR .136
19. Dick Barnett-SYR .135
20. Rudy LaRusso-LAL .128