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1969-70 NBA Leaders

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League Champion: New York Knicks

Most Valuable Player: Willis Reed (21.7/13.9/2.0)
Rookie of the Year: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (28.8/14.5/4.1)

PPG Leader: Jerry West (31.2)
RPG Leader: Elvin Hayes (16.9)
APG Leader: Lenny Wilkens (9.1)
WS Leader: Jerry West (15.2)

League Leaders

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Minutes Played
1. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 3665
2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 3534
3. John Havlicek*-BOS 3369
4. Connie Hawkins*-PHO 3312
5. Bill Bridges-ATL 3269
6. Gail Goodrich*-PHO 3234
  Wes Unseld*-BAL 3234
8. Clem Haskins-CHI 3214
9. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 3194
10. Bob Love-CHI 3123
11. Jerry West*-LAL 3106
12. Lou Hudson-ATL 3091
13. Willis Reed*-NYK 3089
14. Earl Monroe*-BAL 3051
15. Walt Frazier*-NYK 3040
16. Hal Greer*-PHI 3024
17. Jon McGlocklin-MIL 2966
  Dick Van Arsdale-PHO 2966
19. Bob Rule-SEA 2959
20. Jack Marin-BAL 2947
Field Goals
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 938
2. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 914
3. Jerry West*-LAL 831
4. Lou Hudson-ATL 830
5. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 802
6. Bob Rule-SEA 789
7. John Havlicek*-BOS 736
8. Connie Hawkins*-PHO 709
9. Hal Greer*-PHI 705
10. Willis Reed*-NYK 702
11. Earl Monroe*-BAL 695
12. Joe Caldwell-ATL 674
13. Clem Haskins-CHI 668
14. Jack Marin-BAL 666
  Jimmy Walker-DET 666
16. Flynn Robinson-MIL 663
17. Jeff Mullins-SFW 656
18. Oscar Robertson*-CIN 647
19. Bob Love-CHI 640
20. Jon McGlocklin-MIL 639
Field Goal Attempts
1. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 2020
2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 1810
3. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 1710
4. Bob Rule-SEA 1705
5. Jerry West*-LAL 1673
6. John Havlicek*-BOS 1585
7. Lou Hudson-ATL 1564
8. Earl Monroe*-BAL 1557
9. Hal Greer*-PHI 1551
10. Clem Haskins-CHI 1486
11. Connie Hawkins*-PHO 1447
12. Jeff Mullins-SFW 1426
13. Jimmy Walker-DET 1394
14. Flynn Robinson-MIL 1391
15. Willis Reed*-NYK 1385
16. Tom Van Arsdale-CIN 1376
17. Bob Love-CHI 1373
18. Jack Marin-BAL 1363
19. Joe Caldwell-ATL 1329
20. Dave Bing*-DET 1295
Free Throws
1. Jerry West*-LAL 647
2. Connie Hawkins*-PHO 577
3. Earl Monroe*-BAL 532
4. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 510
5. Gail Goodrich*-PHO 488
  John Havlicek*-BOS 488
7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 485
8. Chet Walker*-CHI 483
9. Dick Van Arsdale-PHO 459
10. Dave Bing*-DET 454
  Oscar Robertson*-CIN 454
12. Bob Love-CHI 442
13. Flynn Robinson-MIL 439
14. Lenny Wilkens*-SEA 438
15. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 428
16. Walt Frazier*-NYK 409
17. Bob Rule-SEA 387
18. Tom Van Arsdale-CIN 381
19. Joe Caldwell-ATL 379
20. Lou Hudson-ATL 371
Free Throw Attempts
1. Jerry West*-LAL 785
2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 743
3. Connie Hawkins*-PHO 741
4. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 700
5. Earl Monroe*-BAL 641
6. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 622
7. Gail Goodrich*-PHO 604
8. Dave Bing*-DET 580
9. John Havlicek*-BOS 578
10. Dick Van Arsdale-PHO 575
11. Chet Walker*-CHI 568
12. Oscar Robertson*-CIN 561
13. Lenny Wilkens*-SEA 556
14. Joe Caldwell-ATL 551
15. Walt Frazier*-NYK 547
16. Bob Rule-SEA 542
17. Bob Love-CHI 525
18. Tom Van Arsdale-CIN 492
19. Flynn Robinson-MIL 489
20. Willis Reed*-NYK 464
Total Rebounds
1. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 1386
2. Wes Unseld*-BAL 1370
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 1190
4. Bill Bridges-ATL 1181
5. Willis Reed*-NYK 1126
6. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 1101
7. Gus Johnson*-BAL 1086
8. Tom Boerwinkle-CHI 1016
9. Jerry Lucas*-TOT 951
10. Clyde Lee-SFW 929
11. Paul Silas-PHO 916
12. Otto Moore-DET 900
13. Connie Hawkins*-PHO 846
14. Johnny Green-CIN 841
15. Bob Rule-SEA 825
16. Jim Davis-ATL 796
17. Dave DeBusschere*-NYK 790
18. Happy Hairston-TOT 775
19. Nate Thurmond*-SFW 762
20. Darrall Imhoff-PHI 754
Assists
1. Lenny Wilkens*-SEA 683
2. Walt Frazier*-NYK 629
3. Clem Haskins-CHI 624
4. Gail Goodrich*-PHO 605
5. Mahdi Abdul-Rahman-ATL 561
6. Oscar Robertson*-CIN 558
7. Jerry West*-LAL 554
8. John Havlicek*-BOS 550
9. Art Williams-SDR 503
10. Norm Van Lier-CIN 500
11. Bob Weiss-CHI 474
12. Flynn Robinson-MIL 449
13. Ron Williams-SFW 424
14. Dave Bing*-DET 418
15. Hal Greer*-PHI 405
16. Earl Monroe*-BAL 402
17. Connie Hawkins*-PHO 391
18. Archie Clark-PHI 380
19. Jeff Mullins-SFW 360
20. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 352
Personal Fouls
1. Jim Davis-ATL 335
2. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 331
3. Norm Van Lier-CIN 329
4. Tom Meschery-SEA 317
5. Mel Counts-LAL 304
  Greg Smith-MIL 304
7. Hal Greer*-PHI 300
8. Darrall Imhoff-PHI 294
9. Hank Finkel-BOS 292
  Bill Bridges-ATL 292
11. Willis Reed*-NYK 287
  Connie Hawkins*-PHO 287
  Ron Williams-SFW 287
14. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 283
15. Dick Van Arsdale-PHO 282
16. Joe Ellis-SFW 281
17. Bob Dandridge-MIL 279
18. Bob Rule-SEA 278
19. Dick Snyder-TOT 277
20. John Block-SDR 275
  Connie Dierking-CIN 275
Points
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 2361
2. Jerry West*-LAL 2309
3. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 2256
4. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 2114
5. Lou Hudson-ATL 2031
6. Connie Hawkins*-PHO 1995
7. Bob Rule-SEA 1965
8. John Havlicek*-BOS 1960
9. Earl Monroe*-BAL 1922
10. Flynn Robinson-MIL 1765
11. Hal Greer*-PHI 1762
12. Willis Reed*-NYK 1755
13. Oscar Robertson*-CIN 1748
14. Joe Caldwell-ATL 1727
15. Bob Love-CHI 1722
16. Jimmy Walker-DET 1687
17. Chet Walker*-CHI 1675
18. Clem Haskins-CHI 1668
19. Dick Van Arsdale-PHO 1643
20. Jeff Mullins-SFW 1632
Field Goal Pct
1. Johnny Green-CIN .559
2. Darrall Imhoff-PHI .540
3. Lou Hudson-ATL .531
4. Jon McGlocklin-MIL .530
5. Dick Snyder-TOT .528
6. Jim Fox-PHO .524
7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL .518
  Wes Unseld*-BAL .518
9. Walt Frazier*-NYK .518
10. Dick Van Arsdale-PHO .508
11. Joe Caldwell-ATL .507
12. Willis Reed*-NYK .507
13. Don Nelson-BOS .501
14. Cazzie Russell-NYK .498
15. Jerry West*-LAL .497
16. Happy Hairston-TOT .496
17. Archie Clark-PHI .496
18. Bob Boozer-SEA .490
19. Connie Hawkins*-PHO .490
20. Jack Marin-BAL .489
Free Throw Pct
1. Flynn Robinson-MIL .898
2. Chet Walker*-CHI .850
3. Jeff Mullins-SFW .847
4. John Havlicek*-BOS .844
5. Bob Love-CHI .842
6. Earl Monroe*-BAL .830
7. Lou Hudson-ATL .824
8. Jerry West*-LAL .824
9. Hal Greer*-PHI .815
10. Gail Goodrich*-PHO .808
11. Jimmy Walker-DET .807
12. Dick Van Arsdale-PHO .798
13. Jim Barnett-SDR .790
14. Happy Hairston-TOT .789
15. Lenny Wilkens*-SEA .788
16. Archie Clark-PHI .785
17. Clem Haskins-CHI .783
18. Dave Bing*-DET .783
19. John Block-SDR .782
20. Connie Hawkins*-PHO .779
Minutes Per Game
1. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 44.7
2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 43.1
3. Jerry West*-LAL 42.0
4. John Havlicek*-BOS 41.6
5. Connie Hawkins*-PHO 40.9
6. Gail Goodrich*-PHO 39.9
7. Bill Bridges-ATL 39.9
8. Walt Frazier*-NYK 39.5
9. Wes Unseld*-BAL 39.4
10. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 39.4
11. Clem Haskins-CHI 39.2
12. Jeff Mullins-SFW 38.7
13. Lou Hudson-ATL 38.6
14. Dick Van Arsdale-PHO 38.5
15. Willis Reed*-NYK 38.1
16. Bob Love-CHI 38.1
17. Hal Greer*-PHI 37.8
18. Gus Johnson*-BAL 37.4
19. Lenny Wilkens*-SEA 37.4
20. Earl Monroe*-BAL 37.2
Points Per Game
1. Jerry West*-LAL 31.2
2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 28.8
3. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 27.5
4. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 26.1
5. Lou Hudson-ATL 25.4
6. Connie Hawkins*-PHO 24.6
7. Bob Rule-SEA 24.6
8. John Havlicek*-BOS 24.2
9. Earl Monroe*-BAL 23.4
10. Dave Bing*-DET 22.9
11. Tom Van Arsdale-CIN 22.8
12. Jeff Mullins-SFW 22.1
13. Hal Greer*-PHI 22.0
14. Flynn Robinson-MIL 21.8
15. Willis Reed*-NYK 21.7
16. Chet Walker*-CHI 21.5
17. Dick Van Arsdale-PHO 21.3
18. Joe Caldwell-ATL 21.1
19. Bob Love-CHI 21.0
20. Walt Frazier*-NYK 20.9
Rebounds Per Game
1. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 16.9
2. Wes Unseld*-BAL 16.7
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 14.5
4. Bill Bridges-ATL 14.4
5. Gus Johnson*-BAL 13.9
6. Willis Reed*-NYK 13.9
7. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 13.6
8. Tom Boerwinkle-CHI 12.5
9. Paul Silas-PHO 11.7
10. Clyde Lee-SFW 11.3
11. Otto Moore-DET 11.1
12. Happy Hairston-TOT 11.1
13. Johnny Green-CIN 10.8
14. Connie Hawkins*-PHO 10.4
15. Bob Rule-SEA 10.3
16. Dave DeBusschere*-NYK 10.0
17. Jim Davis-ATL 9.7
18. Darrall Imhoff-PHI 9.5
19. Jim Washington-PHI 9.3
20. Rick Roberson-LAL 9.1
Assists Per Game
1. Lenny Wilkens*-SEA 9.1
2. Walt Frazier*-NYK 8.2
3. Clem Haskins-CHI 7.6
4. Jerry West*-LAL 7.5
5. Gail Goodrich*-PHO 7.5
6. Mahdi Abdul-Rahman-ATL 6.8
7. John Havlicek*-BOS 6.8
8. Art Williams-SDR 6.3
9. Norm Van Lier-CIN 6.2
10. Dave Bing*-DET 6.0
11. Bob Weiss-CHI 5.8
12. Flynn Robinson-MIL 5.5
13. Ron Williams-SFW 5.3
14. Hal Greer*-PHI 5.1
15. Archie Clark-PHI 5.0
16. Earl Monroe*-BAL 4.9
17. Jeff Mullins-SFW 4.9
18. Connie Hawkins*-PHO 4.8
19. Dick Van Arsdale-PHO 4.4
20. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 4.3
Player Efficiency Rating
1. Jerry West*-LAL 24.6
2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 22.5
3. Oscar Robertson*-CIN 21.5
4. Dave Bing*-DET 21.3
5. Walt Frazier*-NYK 21.1
6. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 21.0
7. Elgin Baylor*-LAL 20.8
8. Willis Reed*-NYK 20.3
9. John Havlicek*-BOS 20.0
10. Connie Hawkins*-PHO 19.7
11. Flynn Robinson-MIL 19.3
12. Lou Hudson-ATL 19.0
13. Chet Walker*-CHI 18.8
14. Don Nelson-BOS 18.5
15. Johnny Green-CIN 18.4
16. Happy Hairston-TOT 18.4
17. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 18.3
18. Nate Thurmond*-SFW 18.2
19. Jerry Lucas*-TOT 17.9
20. Wes Unseld*-BAL 17.8
True Shooting Pct
1. Johnny Green-CIN .580
2. Dick Van Arsdale-PHO .579
3. Oscar Robertson*-CIN .577
4. Lou Hudson-ATL .576
5. Walt Frazier*-NYK .575
6. Jim Fox-PHO .572
  Jerry West*-LAL .572
8. Darrall Imhoff-PHI .571
9. Terry Dischinger-DET .567
10. Don Nelson-BOS .566
11. Dick Snyder-TOT .566
12. Connie Hawkins*-PHO .563
13. Jon McGlocklin-MIL .559
14. Happy Hairston-TOT .559
15. Chet Walker*-CHI .559
16. Jerry Lucas*-TOT .554
17. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL .552
18. Willis Reed*-NYK .552
19. Wes Unseld*-BAL .551
20. Joe Caldwell-ATL .549
Effective Field Goal Pct
1. Johnny Green-CIN .559
2. Darrall Imhoff-PHI .540
3. Lou Hudson-ATL .531
4. Jon McGlocklin-MIL .530
5. Dick Snyder-TOT .528
6. Jim Fox-PHO .524
7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL .518
  Wes Unseld*-BAL .518
9. Walt Frazier*-NYK .518
10. Dick Van Arsdale-PHO .508
11. Joe Caldwell-ATL .507
12. Willis Reed*-NYK .507
13. Don Nelson-BOS .501
14. Cazzie Russell-NYK .498
15. Jerry West*-LAL .497
16. Happy Hairston-TOT .496
17. Archie Clark-PHI .496
18. Bob Boozer-SEA .491
19. Connie Hawkins*-PHO .490
20. Jack Marin-BAL .489
Assist Pct
1. Art Williams-SDR 38.1
2. Lenny Wilkens*-SEA 31.3
3. Clem Haskins-CHI 27.8
4. Dave Bing*-DET 27.5
5. Jerry West*-LAL 27.1
6. Walt Frazier*-NYK 27.0
7. Oscar Robertson*-CIN 27.0
8. Mahdi Abdul-Rahman-ATL 25.9
9. Gail Goodrich*-PHO 24.9
10. Ron Williams-SFW 24.5
11. Lucius Allen-SEA 24.5
12. Bob Weiss-CHI 24.4
13. John Havlicek*-BOS 23.2
14. Flynn Robinson-MIL 21.6
15. Norm Van Lier-CIN 20.5
16. Wali Jones-PHI 20.3
17. Art Harris-TOT 20.0
18. Larry Siegfried-BOS 19.5
19. Kevin Loughery-BAL 19.1
20. Elgin Baylor*-LAL 19.0
Offensive Win Shares
1. Jerry West*-LAL 11.5
2. Lou Hudson-ATL 9.8
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 9.3
4. Oscar Robertson*-CIN 8.7
5. Walt Frazier*-NYK 8.6
6. Connie Hawkins*-PHO 8.5
7. Dick Van Arsdale-PHO 8.0
8. Willis Reed*-NYK 7.2
9. Chet Walker*-CHI 7.0
10. Flynn Robinson-MIL 6.9
11. Joe Caldwell-ATL 6.6
12. John Havlicek*-BOS 6.4
13. Jon McGlocklin-MIL 6.2
14. Johnny Green-CIN 5.9
15. Don Nelson-BOS 5.7
16. Bob Love-CHI 5.6
17. Happy Hairston-TOT 5.6
18. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 5.6
19. Archie Clark-PHI 5.5
20. Gail Goodrich*-PHO 5.4
Defensive Win Shares
1. Willis Reed*-NYK 7.5
2. Walt Frazier*-NYK 6.4
3. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 6.2
4. Wes Unseld*-BAL 6.0
5. Dave DeBusschere*-NYK 5.8
6. Gus Johnson*-BAL 5.0
7. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 4.8
8. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 4.5
9. John Havlicek*-BOS 4.2
10. Tom Boerwinkle-CHI 3.7
11. Jerry Lucas*-TOT 3.7
12. Jerry West*-LAL 3.7
13. Dick Barnett-NYK 3.7
14. Clyde Lee-SFW 3.5
15. Clem Haskins-CHI 3.4
16. Bill Bradley*-NYK 3.3
17. Jack Marin-BAL 3.3
18. Art Williams-SDR 3.3
19. Darrall Imhoff-PHI 3.3
20. Elgin Baylor*-LAL 3.3
Win Shares
1. Jerry West*-LAL 15.2
2. Walt Frazier*-NYK 15.0
3. Willis Reed*-NYK 14.6
4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 13.8
5. Oscar Robertson*-CIN 11.4
6. Wes Unseld*-BAL 11.1
7. Lou Hudson-ATL 11.1
8. John Havlicek*-BOS 10.6
9. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 10.3
10. Connie Hawkins*-PHO 10.2
11. Chet Walker*-CHI 9.8
12. Flynn Robinson-MIL 9.3
13. Dick Van Arsdale-PHO 9.0
14. Happy Hairston-TOT 8.8
15. Bob Love-CHI 8.6
16. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 8.5
17. Johnny Green-CIN 8.4
18. Don Nelson-BOS 8.3
19. Jack Marin-BAL 8.3
20. Earl Monroe*-BAL 8.3
Win Shares Per 48 Minutes
1. Walt Frazier*-NYK .236
2. Jerry West*-LAL .234
3. Willis Reed*-NYK .227
4. Oscar Robertson*-CIN .191
5. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL .187
6. Don Nelson-BOS .180
7. Johnny Green-CIN .177
8. Happy Hairston-TOT .174
9. Lou Hudson-ATL .172
10. Chet Walker*-CHI .172
11. Elgin Baylor*-LAL .168
12. Wes Unseld*-BAL .164
13. Flynn Robinson-MIL .162
14. Cazzie Russell-NYK .161
15. Darrall Imhoff-PHI .159
16. Jerry Lucas*-TOT .157
17. Billy Cunningham*-PHI .155
18. John Havlicek*-BOS .151
19. Connie Hawkins*-PHO .147
20. Dick Van Arsdale-PHO .145