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1970-71 NBA Leaders

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League Champion: Milwaukee Bucks

Most Valuable Player: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31.7/16.0/3.3)
Rookie of the Year: Dave Cowens (17.0/15.0/2.8) & Geoff Petrie (24.8/3.4/4.8)

PPG Leader: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31.7)
RPG Leader: Wilt Chamberlain (18.2)
APG Leader: Norm Van Lier (10.1)
WS Leader: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (22.3)

League Leaders

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Minutes Played
1. John Havlicek*-BOS 3678
2. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 3633
3. Wilt Chamberlain*-LAL 3630
4. Bob Love-CHI 3482
5. Walt Frazier*-NYK 3455
6. Nate Thurmond*-SFW 3351
7. Norm Van Lier-CIN 3324
8. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 3288
9. Jerry Lucas*-SFW 3251
10. Archie Clark-PHI 3245
11. Oscar Robertson*-MIL 3194
12. Dick Van Arsdale-PHO 3157
13. Tom Van Arsdale-CIN 3146
14. Jerry Sloan-CHI 3140
  Bill Bridges-ATL 3140
16. Lou Hudson-ATL 3113
17. Stu Lantz-SDR 3102
18. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 3090
19. Dave Cowens*-BOS 3076
20. Dave Bing*-DET 3065
Field Goals
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 1063
2. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 948
3. John Havlicek*-BOS 892
4. Lou Hudson-ATL 829
5. Dave Bing*-DET 799
6. Geoff Petrie-POR 784
7. Bob Love-CHI 765
8. Tom Van Arsdale-CIN 749
9. Pete Maravich*-ATL 738
10. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 702
11. Jo Jo White-BOS 693
12. Wilt Chamberlain*-LAL 668
13. Jerry West*-LAL 667
14. Earl Monroe*-BAL 663
15. Archie Clark-PHI 662
16. Walt Frazier*-NYK 651
17. Chet Walker*-CHI 650
18. Dick Snyder-SEA 645
19. Jeff Mullins-SFW 630
20. Don May-BUF 629
Field Goal Attempts
1. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 2215
2. John Havlicek*-BOS 1982
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 1843
4. Geoff Petrie-POR 1770
5. Lou Hudson-ATL 1713
6. Dave Bing*-DET 1710
  Bob Love-CHI 1710
8. Tom Van Arsdale-CIN 1642
9. Pete Maravich*-ATL 1613
10. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 1519
11. Earl Monroe*-BAL 1501
12. Jo Jo White-BOS 1494
13. Nate Thurmond*-SFW 1401
14. Chet Walker*-CHI 1398
15. Hal Greer*-PHI 1371
16. Jack Marin-BAL 1360
17. Jerry West*-LAL 1351
18. Dick Van Arsdale-PHO 1346
19. Jerry Sloan-CHI 1342
20. Don May-BUF 1336
Free Throws
1. Dave Bing*-DET 615
2. John Havlicek*-BOS 554
3. Dick Van Arsdale-PHO 553
4. Jerry West*-LAL 525
5. Stu Lantz-SDR 519
6. Bob Love-CHI 513
7. Chet Walker*-CHI 480
8. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 470
9. Geoff Petrie-POR 463
10. Lenny Wilkens*-SEA 461
11. Connie Hawkins*-PHO 457
12. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 455
13. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 454
14. Walt Frazier*-NYK 434
15. Archie Clark-PHI 422
16. Earl Monroe*-BAL 406
17. Pete Maravich*-ATL 404
18. Nate Thurmond*-SFW 395
19. Oscar Robertson*-MIL 385
20. Lou Hudson-ATL 381
Free Throw Attempts
1. Dave Bing*-DET 772
2. Dick Van Arsdale-PHO 682
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 681
4. John Havlicek*-BOS 677
5. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 676
6. Wilt Chamberlain*-LAL 669
7. Stu Lantz-SDR 644
8. Jerry West*-LAL 631
9. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 620
10. Bob Love-CHI 619
11. Geoff Petrie-POR 600
12. Lenny Wilkens*-SEA 574
13. Connie Hawkins*-PHO 560
14. Chet Walker*-CHI 559
15. Walt Frazier*-NYK 557
16. Walt Bellamy*-ATL 556
17. Nate Thurmond*-SFW 541
18. Archie Clark-PHI 536
19. Tom Van Arsdale-CIN 523
20. Earl Monroe*-BAL 506
Total Rebounds
1. Wilt Chamberlain*-LAL 1493
2. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 1362
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 1311
4. Jerry Lucas*-SFW 1265
5. Wes Unseld*-BAL 1253
6. Bill Bridges-ATL 1233
7. Dave Cowens*-BOS 1216
8. Tom Boerwinkle-CHI 1133
9. Gus Johnson*-BAL 1128
  Nate Thurmond*-SFW 1128
11. Walt Bellamy*-ATL 1060
12. Paul Silas-PHO 1015
13. Willis Reed*-NYK 1003
14. Pete Cross-SEA 949
15. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 946
16. Sam Lacey-CIN 913
17. Leroy Ellis-POR 907
18. Dave DeBusschere*-NYK 901
19. Bob Kauffman-BUF 837
20. Happy Hairston-LAL 797
Assists
1. Norm Van Lier-CIN 832
2. Oscar Robertson*-MIL 668
3. Jerry West*-LAL 655
4. Lenny Wilkens*-SEA 654
5. John Havlicek*-BOS 607
6. Walt Frazier*-NYK 536
7. Mahdi Abdul-Rahman-ATL 514
8. Ron Williams-SFW 480
9. Tiny Archibald*-CIN 450
10. Archie Clark-PHI 440
11. Dave Bing*-DET 408
12. Tom Boerwinkle-CHI 397
13. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 395
14. Geoff Petrie-POR 390
15. Bob Weiss-CHI 387
16. Clem Haskins-PHO 383
17. Gail Goodrich*-LAL 380
  Rick Adelman-POR 380
19. Hal Greer*-PHI 369
20. Jo Jo White-BOS 361
Personal Fouls
1. Dave Cowens*-BOS 350
2. Don Adams-SDR 344
3. Norm Van Lier-CIN 343
4. John Trapp-SDR 337
5. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 328
6. Bill Bridges-ATL 317
7. Ron Williams-SFW 301
8. John Warren-CLE 299
9. Walt Wesley-CLE 295
10. Tom Van Arsdale-CIN 294
11. Dick Garrett-BUF 290
12. Jerry Sloan-CHI 289
  Hal Greer*-PHI 289
14. Don Chaney-BOS 288
15. Joe Ellis-SFW 287
  Bob Dandridge-MIL 287
17. Greg Smith-MIL 284
  John Hummer-BUF 284
19. Neal Walk-PHO 282
20. Mel Counts-PHO 279
Points
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 2596
2. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 2350
3. John Havlicek*-BOS 2338
4. Dave Bing*-DET 2213
5. Bob Love-CHI 2043
6. Lou Hudson-ATL 2039
7. Geoff Petrie-POR 2031
8. Pete Maravich*-ATL 1880
9. Tom Van Arsdale-CIN 1875
10. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 1859
  Jerry West*-LAL 1859
12. Chet Walker*-CHI 1780
13. Dick Van Arsdale-PHO 1771
14. Archie Clark-PHI 1746
15. Walt Frazier*-NYK 1736
16. Earl Monroe*-BAL 1732
17. Wilt Chamberlain*-LAL 1696
18. Stu Lantz-SDR 1689
19. Nate Thurmond*-SFW 1641
20. Jo Jo White-BOS 1601
Field Goal Pct
1. Johnny Green-CIN .587
2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL .577
3. Wilt Chamberlain*-LAL .545
4. Jon McGlocklin-MIL .535
5. Dick Snyder-SEA .531
6. Greg Smith-MIL .512
7. Bob Dandridge-MIL .509
8. Wes Unseld*-BAL .501
9. Jerry Lucas*-SFW .498
10. Archie Clark-PHI .496
11. Oscar Robertson*-MIL .496
12. Walt Frazier*-NYK .494
13. Jerry West*-LAL .494
14. Walt Bellamy*-ATL .493
15. Tom Boerwinkle-CHI .485
16. Lou Hudson-ATL .484
17. Jeff Mullins-SFW .482
18. Jim Washington-PHI .476
19. Gail Goodrich*-LAL .475
20. Keith Erickson-LAL .471
Free Throw Pct
1. Chet Walker*-CHI .859
2. Oscar Robertson*-MIL .850
3. Ron Williams-SFW .844
4. Jeff Mullins-SFW .844
5. Dick Snyder-SEA .837
6. Stan McKenzie-POR .836
7. Jerry West*-LAL .832
8. Jimmy Walker-DET .831
9. Bob Love-CHI .829
10. Calvin Murphy*-SDR .820
11. John Havlicek*-BOS .818
12. Connie Hawkins*-PHO .816
13. Norm Van Lier-CIN .816
14. Jim Barnett-POR .811
  Dick Van Arsdale-PHO .811
16. Stu Lantz-SDR .806
17. Hal Greer*-PHI .805
18. Lenny Wilkens*-SEA .803
19. Earl Monroe*-BAL .802
20. Pete Maravich*-ATL .800
Minutes Per Game
1. John Havlicek*-BOS 45.4
2. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 44.3
3. Wilt Chamberlain*-LAL 44.3
4. Walt Frazier*-NYK 43.2
5. Bob Love-CHI 43.0
6. Lou Hudson-ATL 41.0
7. Nate Thurmond*-SFW 40.9
8. Jerry Lucas*-SFW 40.6
9. Norm Van Lier-CIN 40.5
10. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 40.1
11. Archie Clark-PHI 39.6
12. Oscar Robertson*-MIL 39.4
13. Jerry Sloan-CHI 39.2
14. Wes Unseld*-BAL 39.2
15. Willis Reed*-NYK 39.1
16. Dick Van Arsdale-PHO 39.0
17. Jeff Mullins-SFW 38.8
18. Tom Van Arsdale-CIN 38.4
19. Bill Bridges-ATL 38.3
20. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 38.1
Points Per Game
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 31.7
2. John Havlicek*-BOS 28.9
3. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 28.7
4. Dave Bing*-DET 27.0
5. Lou Hudson-ATL 26.8
6. Bob Love-CHI 25.2
7. Geoff Petrie-POR 24.8
8. Pete Maravich*-ATL 23.2
9. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 23.0
10. Tom Van Arsdale-CIN 22.9
11. Chet Walker*-CHI 22.0
12. Dick Van Arsdale-PHO 21.9
13. Walt Frazier*-NYK 21.7
14. Earl Monroe*-BAL 21.4
15. Jo Jo White-BOS 21.3
16. Archie Clark-PHI 21.3
17. Willis Reed*-NYK 20.9
18. Connie Hawkins*-PHO 20.9
19. Jeff Mullins-SFW 20.8
20. Wilt Chamberlain*-LAL 20.7
Rebounds Per Game
1. Wilt Chamberlain*-LAL 18.2
2. Wes Unseld*-BAL 16.9
3. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 16.6
4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 16.0
5. Jerry Lucas*-SFW 15.8
6. Bill Bridges-ATL 15.0
7. Dave Cowens*-BOS 15.0
8. Tom Boerwinkle-CHI 13.8
9. Nate Thurmond*-SFW 13.8
10. Willis Reed*-NYK 13.7
11. Walt Bellamy*-ATL 12.9
12. Paul Silas-PHO 12.5
13. Leroy Ellis-POR 12.3
14. Pete Cross-SEA 12.0
15. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 11.7
16. Sam Lacey-CIN 11.3
17. Dave DeBusschere*-NYK 11.1
18. Bob Kauffman-BUF 10.7
19. Happy Hairston-LAL 10.0
20. Jim Washington-PHI 9.6
Assists Per Game
1. Norm Van Lier-CIN 10.1
2. Lenny Wilkens*-SEA 9.2
3. Oscar Robertson*-MIL 8.2
4. John Havlicek*-BOS 7.5
5. Walt Frazier*-NYK 6.7
6. Mahdi Abdul-Rahman-ATL 6.3
7. Ron Williams-SFW 5.9
8. Tiny Archibald*-CIN 5.5
9. Archie Clark-PHI 5.4
10. Dave Bing*-DET 5.0
11. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 4.9
12. Tom Boerwinkle-CHI 4.8
13. Em Bryant-BUF 4.8
14. Jo Jo White-BOS 4.8
15. Gail Goodrich*-LAL 4.8
16. Geoff Petrie-POR 4.8
17. Bob Weiss-CHI 4.7
18. Rick Adelman-POR 4.7
19. Clem Haskins-PHO 4.7
20. Hal Greer*-PHI 4.6
Player Efficiency Rating
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 29.0
2. Jerry West*-LAL 23.5
3. Dave Bing*-DET 22.5
4. Bob Kauffman-BUF 20.9
5. John Havlicek*-BOS 20.8
6. Jerry Lucas*-SFW 20.6
7. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 20.5
8. Tom Boerwinkle-CHI 20.4
9. Wilt Chamberlain*-LAL 20.3
10. Bob Lanier*-DET 20.0
11. Oscar Robertson*-MIL 19.6
12. Jim Fox-CHI 19.5
13. Walt Frazier*-NYK 19.5
14. Johnny Green-CIN 19.4
15. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 19.4
16. Calvin Murphy*-SDR 19.4
17. Willis Reed*-NYK 19.3
18. Connie Hawkins*-PHO 19.0
19. Lenny Wilkens*-SEA 19.0
20. Chet Walker*-CHI 18.9
True Shooting Pct
1. Johnny Green-CIN .607
2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL .606
3. Terry Dischinger-DET .582
4. Dick Snyder-SEA .579
5. Jerry West*-LAL .571
6. Jon McGlocklin-MIL .564
7. Oscar Robertson*-MIL .563
8. Wilt Chamberlain*-LAL .558
9. Archie Clark-PHI .556
10. Walt Frazier*-NYK .556
11. Bob Dandridge-MIL .545
12. Jerry Lucas*-SFW .544
13. Chet Walker*-CHI .541
14. Dave Bing*-DET .540
15. Dick Van Arsdale-PHO .538
16. Jim Davis-ATL .537
17. Greg Smith-MIL .537
18. Jim Washington-PHI .536
19. Walt Bellamy*-ATL .535
20. Wes Unseld*-BAL .535
Effective Field Goal Pct
1. Johnny Green-CIN .587
2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL .577
3. Wilt Chamberlain*-LAL .545
4. Jon McGlocklin-MIL .535
5. Dick Snyder-SEA .531
6. Greg Smith-MIL .512
7. Bob Dandridge-MIL .509
8. Wes Unseld*-BAL .501
9. Jerry Lucas*-SFW .498
10. Archie Clark-PHI .496
11. Oscar Robertson*-MIL .496
12. Walt Frazier*-NYK .494
13. Jerry West*-LAL .494
14. Walt Bellamy*-ATL .493
15. Tom Boerwinkle-CHI .485
16. Lou Hudson-ATL .484
17. Jeff Mullins-SFW .482
18. Jim Washington-PHI .476
19. Gail Goodrich*-LAL .475
20. Keith Erickson-LAL .471
Total Rebound Pct
1. Tom Boerwinkle-CHI 22.6
2. Pete Cross-SEA 19.8
3. Gus Johnson*-BAL 19.6
4. Wes Unseld*-BAL 19.0
5. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 18.9
6. Wilt Chamberlain*-LAL 18.4
7. Bill Bridges-ATL 17.7
8. Otto Moore-DET 17.6
9. Jim Fox-CHI 17.4
10. Jerry Lucas*-SFW 17.1
11. Dave Cowens*-BOS 17.0
12. Walt Bellamy*-ATL 16.5
13. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 16.4
14. Willis Reed*-NYK 16.0
15. Bob Lanier*-DET 15.9
16. Paul Silas-PHO 15.8
17. Sam Lacey-CIN 15.5
18. Leroy Ellis-POR 15.3
19. Neal Walk-PHO 15.2
20. Dale Schlueter-POR 15.0
Assist Pct
1. Lenny Wilkens*-SEA 33.0
2. Jerry West*-LAL 32.3
3. Norm Van Lier-CIN 30.7
4. Oscar Robertson*-MIL 25.5
5. Larry Siegfried-SDR 25.5
6. Calvin Murphy*-SDR 24.5
7. Mahdi Abdul-Rahman-ATL 24.3
8. Ron Williams-SFW 23.6
9. Tom Boerwinkle-CHI 23.1
10. Bob Weiss-CHI 23.0
11. John Havlicek*-BOS 23.0
12. Em Bryant-BUF 22.6
13. Dave Bing*-DET 21.7
14. John Johnson-CLE 21.5
15. Walt Frazier*-NYK 21.2
16. Rick Adelman-POR 21.2
17. Herm Gilliam-BUF 20.5
18. Clem Haskins-PHO 20.3
19. Tiny Archibald*-CIN 19.9
20. Bob Kauffman-BUF 19.8
Offensive Win Shares
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 17.0
2. Jerry West*-LAL 10.2
3. Dave Bing*-DET 9.3
4. Walt Frazier*-NYK 8.9
5. Dick Snyder-SEA 8.8
6. Oscar Robertson*-MIL 8.4
7. Archie Clark-PHI 8.3
8. Wilt Chamberlain*-LAL 8.2
9. Johnny Green-CIN 7.9
10. Chet Walker*-CHI 7.5
11. Dick Van Arsdale-PHO 7.1
12. Lou Hudson-ATL 6.9
13. Jerry Lucas*-SFW 6.8
14. John Havlicek*-BOS 6.6
15. Jon McGlocklin-MIL 6.6
16. Stu Lantz-SDR 6.3
17. Bob Dandridge-MIL 6.2
18. Jeff Mullins-SFW 6.2
19. Bob Love-CHI 6.0
20. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 5.8
Defensive Win Shares
1. Elvin Hayes*-SDR 7.1
2. Walt Frazier*-NYK 6.7
3. Willis Reed*-NYK 6.5
4. Dave DeBusschere*-NYK 6.4
5. John Havlicek*-BOS 5.9
6. Wes Unseld*-BAL 5.9
7. Dave Cowens*-BOS 5.8
8. Tom Boerwinkle-CHI 5.6
9. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 5.3
10. Gus Johnson*-BAL 5.0
11. Paul Silas-PHO 4.8
12. Wilt Chamberlain*-LAL 4.5
13. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 4.2
14. Stu Lantz-SDR 4.2
15. Jerry Sloan-CHI 4.1
16. Oscar Robertson*-MIL 4.0
17. Bob Love-CHI 3.9
18. Connie Hawkins*-PHO 3.9
19. Don Adams-SDR 3.8
20. Jerry Lucas*-SFW 3.8
Win Shares
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL 22.3
2. Walt Frazier*-NYK 15.6
3. Jerry West*-LAL 12.8
4. Wilt Chamberlain*-LAL 12.6
5. John Havlicek*-BOS 12.5
6. Oscar Robertson*-MIL 12.4
7. Dave Bing*-DET 11.7
8. Archie Clark-PHI 11.4
9. Chet Walker*-CHI 10.9
10. Willis Reed*-NYK 10.6
11. Jerry Lucas*-SFW 10.5
12. Stu Lantz-SDR 10.5
13. Dick Van Arsdale-PHO 10.2
14. Wes Unseld*-BAL 10.0
15. Dick Snyder-SEA 10.0
16. Billy Cunningham*-PHI 10.0
17. Bob Love-CHI 9.9
18. Bob Dandridge-MIL 9.5
19. Johnny Green-CIN 9.5
20. Tom Boerwinkle-CHI 9.0
Win Shares Per 48 Minutes
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-MIL .326
2. Walt Frazier*-NYK .217
3. Jerry West*-LAL .215
4. Johnny Green-CIN .212
5. Calvin Murphy*-SDR .191
6. Oscar Robertson*-MIL .186
7. Dave Bing*-DET .183
8. Tom Boerwinkle-CHI .182
9. Jim Fox-CHI .181
10. Willis Reed*-NYK .179
11. Chet Walker*-CHI .178
12. Dick Snyder-SEA .170
13. Archie Clark-PHI .169
14. Wilt Chamberlain*-LAL .167
15. Wes Unseld*-BAL .166
16. John Havlicek*-BOS .164
17. Stu Lantz-SDR .162
18. Bob Dandridge-MIL .160
19. Don Nelson-BOS .157
20. Jerry Lucas*-SFW .156