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1978-79 NBA:

53 Players

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age From To G MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Kim Anderson 23 1979 1979 21 224 63 45 15 4 5 .312 .536 10.7 3.0 2.1 0.7 0.2 0.2
2 Del Beshore 22 1979 1980 69 870 244 63 139 58 5 .352 .385 .667 12.6 3.5 0.9 2.0 0.8 0.1
3 Dennis Boyd 24 1979 1979 5 40 6 2 7 0 0 .250 8.0 1.2 0.4 1.4 0.0 0.0
4 Winford Boynes 21 1979 1981 177 3035 1478 363 207 125 42 .435 .000 .783 17.1 8.4 2.1 1.2 0.7 0.2
5 Ron Brewer 23 1979 1986 501 12892 5971 971 920 480 249 .459 .248 .824 25.7 11.9 1.9 1.8 1.0 0.5
6 Greg Bunch 22 1979 1979 12 97 28 17 4 3 3 .346 .833 8.1 2.3 1.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
7 Marty Byrnes 22 1979 1983 263 4254 1495 586 409 102 34 .463 .326 .736 16.2 5.7 2.2 1.6 0.4 0.1
8 Ron Carter 22 1979 1980 59 449 176 64 34 19 10 .429 .623 7.6 3.0 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.2
9 Maurice Cheeks 22 1979 1993 1101 34845 12195 3088 7392 2310 294 .523 .255 .793 31.6 11.1 2.8 6.7 2.1 0.3
10 Michael Cooper 22 1979 1990 873 23635 7729 2769 3666 1033 523 .469 .340 .833 27.1 8.9 3.2 4.2 1.2 0.6
11 Wayne Cooper 22 1979 1992 984 20274 7777 6095 852 295 1535 .457 .146 .736 20.6 7.9 6.2 0.9 0.3 1.6
12 Dave Corzine 22 1979 1991 891 20772 7615 5262 1477 369 848 .484 .189 .747 23.3 8.5 5.9 1.7 0.4 1.0
13 Geoff Crompton 23 1979 1984 82 495 99 139 28 10 23 .370 .442 6.0 1.2 1.7 0.3 0.1 0.3
14 Harry Davis 23 1979 1980 44 424 175 72 16 14 8 .436 .689 9.6 4.0 1.6 0.4 0.3 0.2
15 Bob Elliott 23 1979 1981 141 2324 980 502 204 69 34 .494 .333 .649 16.5 7.0 3.6 1.4 0.5 0.2
16 Ray Epps 22 1979 1979 13 72 26 5 2 1 0 .435 .750 5.5 2.0 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0
17 Phil Ford 22 1979 1985 482 13503 5594 854 3083 589 29 .467 .210 .820 28.0 11.6 1.8 6.4 1.2 0.1
18 Jack Givens 22 1979 1980 156 2601 1040 456 142 123 36 .401 .000 .791 16.7 6.7 2.9 0.9 0.8 0.2
19 Tommie Green 22 1979 1979 59 809 232 68 140 61 6 .388 .762 13.7 3.9 1.2 2.4 1.0 0.1
20 Lars Hansen 24 1979 1979 15 205 76 59 14 1 1 .509 .581 13.7 5.1 3.9 0.9 0.1 0.1
Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age From To G MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
21 James Hardy 22 1979 1982 249 5379 1410 1312 315 178 235 .481 .333 .700 21.6 5.7 5.3 1.3 0.7 0.9
22 Keith Herron 22 1979 1982 124 2620 1219 242 174 105 30 .438 .167 .858 21.1 9.8 2.0 1.4 0.8 0.2
23 Kenny Higgs 24 1979 1982 216 4435 1470 391 944 239 23 .441 .145 .804 20.5 6.8 1.8 4.4 1.1 0.1
24 Essie Hollis 23 1979 1979 25 154 69 45 6 11 1 .400 .750 6.2 2.8 1.8 0.2 0.4 0.0
25 Otis Howard 22 1979 1979 14 113 59 41 5 2 2 .429 .478 8.1 4.2 2.9 0.4 0.1 0.1
26 Clemon Johnson 22 1979 1988 761 13310 4102 3508 744 349 717 .492 .000 .621 17.5 5.4 4.6 1.0 0.5 0.9
27 George Johnson 22 1979 1986 464 9878 4214 2610 817 432 282 .463 .189 .779 21.3 9.1 5.6 1.8 0.9 0.6
28 Jeff Judkins 22 1979 1983 272 3421 1482 427 282 147 26 .478 .315 .812 12.6 5.4 1.6 1.0 0.5 0.1
29 Joel Kramer 23 1979 1983 328 4184 1257 916 343 140 62 .479 .000 .737 12.8 3.8 2.8 1.0 0.4 0.2
30 Butch Lee 22 1979 1980 96 1834 773 137 307 87 1 .450 .761 19.1 8.1 1.4 3.2 0.9 0.0
31 John Long 22 1979 1997 893 22680 12131 2492 1738 912 180 .467 .322 .862 25.4 13.6 2.8 1.9 1.0 0.2
32 Billy McKinney 23 1979 1986 476 9189 3823 677 1661 353 40 .493 .063 .820 19.3 8.0 1.4 3.5 0.7 0.1
33 Mike Mitchell 23 1979 1988 759 24537 15016 4246 1010 530 400 .493 .216 .779 32.3 19.8 5.6 1.3 0.7 0.5
34 John Olive 23 1979 1980 35 204 44 20 3 4 0 .310 .783 5.8 1.3 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.0
35 Roger Phegley 22 1979 1984 345 5803 3011 702 486 171 40 .470 .253 .834 16.8 8.7 2.0 1.4 0.5 0.1
36 Stan Pietkiewicz 22 1979 1981 96 1070 376 93 174 41 6 .458 .333 .806 11.1 3.9 1.0 1.8 0.4 0.1
37 Wayne Radford 22 1979 1979 52 649 202 68 57 30 1 .474 .800 12.5 3.9 1.3 1.1 0.6 0.0
38 Marlon Redmond 23 1979 1980 77 1057 499 161 77 32 25 .423 .000 .655 13.7 6.5 2.1 1.0 0.4 0.3
39 Micheal Ray Richardson 23 1979 1986 556 18589 8253 3056 3899 1463 206 .457 .220 .690 33.4 14.8 5.5 7.0 2.6 0.4
40 Rick Robey 23 1979 1986 493 8824 3723 2301 611 220 90 .501 .125 .650 17.9 7.6 4.7 1.2 0.4 0.2
Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age From To G MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
41 Jackie Robinson 23 1979 1982 22 185 83 27 13 8 4 .463 .000 .700 8.4 3.8 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.2
42 John Rudd 23 1979 1979 58 723 184 167 35 17 8 .444 .710 12.5 3.2 2.9 0.6 0.3 0.1
43 Frankie Sanders 22 1979 1981 69 665 352 131 69 37 7 .430 .822 9.6 5.1 1.9 1.0 0.5 0.1
44 Purvis Short 21 1979 1990 842 24549 14607 3625 2123 878 178 .474 .282 .824 29.2 17.3 4.3 2.5 1.0 0.2
45 Sam Smith 24 1979 1980 46 621 315 63 58 33 14 .419 .229 .862 13.5 6.8 1.4 1.3 0.7 0.3
46 Reggie Theus 21 1979 1991 1026 34603 19015 3349 6453 1206 236 .471 .252 .826 33.7 18.5 3.3 6.3 1.2 0.2
47 Mychal Thompson 24 1979 1991 935 27764 12810 6951 2141 701 1073 .504 .083 .655 29.7 13.7 7.4 2.3 0.7 1.1
48 Raymond Townsend 23 1979 1982 154 2025 745 157 217 90 10 .411 .171 .703 13.1 4.8 1.0 1.4 0.6 0.1
49 Terry Tyler 22 1979 1989 871 21740 8868 4675 1039 801 1342 .484 .122 .703 25.0 10.2 5.4 1.2 0.9 1.5
50 Andre Wakefield 24 1979 1980 81 633 187 80 73 20 2 .354 .708 7.8 2.3 1.0 0.9 0.2 0.0
51 Jerome Whitehead 22 1979 1989 679 11828 4423 3268 374 251 200 .497 .000 .718 17.4 6.5 4.8 0.6 0.4 0.3
52 Freeman Williams 22 1979 1986 323 6606 4738 510 516 247 18 .467 .331 .824 20.5 14.7 1.6 1.6 0.8 0.1
53 Rick Wilson 22 1979 1980 66 648 194 79 83 34 9 .393 .560 9.8 2.9 1.2 1.3 0.5 0.1