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Minutes Played

1. Magic Johnson*-LAL 643
2. Jamaal Wilkes-LAL 589
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-LAL 588
4. Norm Nixon-LAL 538
5. Moses Malone*-PHI 524
6. Julius Erving*-PHI 493
7. Maurice Cheeks-PHI 483
8. Michael Cooper-LAL 453
9. George Gervin*-SAS 437
10. Mike Mitchell-SAS 422

Field Goals

1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-LAL 163
2. Jamaal Wilkes-LAL 136
3. Moses Malone*-PHI 126
4. Norm Nixon-LAL 113
5. George Gervin*-SAS 108
6. Johnny Moore-SAS 105
7. Mike Mitchell-SAS 102
8. Magic Johnson*-LAL 100
9. Julius Erving*-PHI 95
10. Kiki Vandeweghe-DEN 87
  Andrew Toney-PHI 87

Field Goal Attempts

1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-LAL 287
2. Jamaal Wilkes-LAL 273
3. Norm Nixon-LAL 237
4. Moses Malone*-PHI 235
5. Julius Erving*-PHI 211
6. George Gervin*-SAS 208
7. Magic Johnson*-LAL 206
8. Mike Mitchell-SAS 200
9. Johnny Moore-SAS 197
10. Andrew Toney-PHI 185

Field Goal Pct

1. Jim Paxson-POR .586
2. Bill Cartwright-NYK .581
3. Bernard King-NYK .577
4. Artis Gilmore-SAS .576
5. Bob Lanier*-MIL .573
6. Kurt Rambis-LAL .570
7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-LAL .568
8. Billy McKinney-DEN .565
9. Marc Iavaroni-PHI .558
10. Gus Williams-SEA .553

3-Pt Field Goals

1. Johnny Moore-SAS 9
2. Mike Dunleavy-SAS 8
3. Paul Westphal-NYK 3
  Brian Winters-MIL 3
  Mike Evans-DEN 3
  Norm Nixon-LAL 3
  Roger Phegley-SAS 3
8. Jim Paxson-POR 2
  Bob McAdoo*-LAL 2
  Junior Bridgeman-MIL 2
  Danny Ainge-BOS 2
  Rob Williams-DEN 2

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

1. Mike Dunleavy-SAS 30
2. Johnny Moore-SAS 17
3. Magic Johnson*-LAL 11
  Brian Winters-MIL 11
5. Mike Evans-DEN 10
6. Paul Westphal-NYK 8
7. Norm Nixon-LAL 7
  Michael Cooper-LAL 7
9. Bob McAdoo*-LAL 6
  Tiny Archibald*-BOS 6

3-Pt Field Goal Pct

1. Johnny Moore-SAS .529
2. Mike Dunleavy-SAS .267

Free Throws

1. Moses Malone*-PHI 86
2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-LAL 80
3. Magic Johnson*-LAL 68
4. George Gervin*-SAS 61
5. Andrew Toney-PHI 52
6. Julius Erving*-PHI 49
7. Alex English*-DEN 47
8. Sidney Moncrief-MIL 46
9. Maurice Cheeks-PHI 45
10. Kiki Vandeweghe-DEN 40

Free Throw Attempts

1. Moses Malone*-PHI 120
2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-LAL 106
3. Magic Johnson*-LAL 81
4. Andrew Toney-PHI 69
  George Gervin*-SAS 69
6. Julius Erving*-PHI 68
7. Maurice Cheeks-PHI 64
8. Sidney Moncrief-MIL 61
9. Alex English*-DEN 53
10. Kiki Vandeweghe-DEN 50
  Norm Nixon-LAL 50

Free Throw Pct

1. Danny Schayes-DEN 1.000
  Louis Orr-NYK 1.000
3. Ernie Grunfeld-NYK .947
4. Charlie Criss-MIL .944
5. Junior Bridgeman-MIL .933
6. Alex English*-DEN .887
7. George Gervin*-SAS .884
8. Wayne Cooper-POR .882
9. Gus Williams-SEA .867
10. Dan Issel*-DEN .862

Offensive Rebounds

1. Moses Malone*-PHI 70
2. Magic Johnson*-LAL 51
3. Jamaal Wilkes-LAL 42
4. Artis Gilmore-SAS 37
5. Mike Mitchell-SAS 33
6. Julius Erving*-PHI 32
7. Sidney Moncrief-MIL 28
  Marques Johnson-MIL 28
9. Kurt Rambis-LAL 27
  T.R. Dunn-DEN 27
  Gene Banks-SAS 27

Defensive Rebounds

1. Moses Malone*-PHI 136
2. Artis Gilmore-SAS 105
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-LAL 90
4. Magic Johnson*-LAL 77
5. Mike Mitchell-SAS 72
6. Julius Erving*-PHI 67
7. Kurt Rambis-LAL 63
8. Larry Bird*-BOS 55
9. Robert Parish*-BOS 53
  George Gervin*-SAS 53

Total Rebounds

1. Moses Malone*-PHI 206
2. Artis Gilmore-SAS 142
3. Magic Johnson*-LAL 128
4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-LAL 115
5. Mike Mitchell-SAS 105
6. Julius Erving*-PHI 99
7. Kurt Rambis-LAL 90
  Jamaal Wilkes-LAL 90
9. T.R. Dunn-DEN 78
10. Gene Banks-SAS 76

Assists

1. Magic Johnson*-LAL 192
2. Johnny Moore-SAS 161
3. Maurice Cheeks-PHI 91
4. Norm Nixon-LAL 90
5. Darnell Valentine-POR 61
6. Andrew Toney-PHI 55
7. Jamaal Wilkes-LAL 51
8. Gene Banks-SAS 50
9. Mike Dunleavy-SAS 49
10. Julius Erving*-PHI 44
  Michael Cooper-LAL 44
  Tiny Archibald*-BOS 44

Steals

1. Magic Johnson*-LAL 34
2. Johnny Moore-SAS 28
3. Michael Cooper-LAL 26
  Maurice Cheeks-PHI 26
5. Jamaal Wilkes-LAL 20
6. Moses Malone*-PHI 19
7. Sidney Moncrief-MIL 18
  Norm Nixon-LAL 18
9. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-LAL 17
10. Clint Richardson-PHI 15
  Bobby Jones-PHI 15
  Julius Erving*-PHI 15

Blocks

1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-LAL 55
2. Artis Gilmore-SAS 34
3. Julius Erving*-PHI 27
4. Moses Malone*-PHI 25
5. Mike Mitchell-SAS 19
6. Bobby Jones-PHI 18
7. Kurt Rambis-LAL 16
8. Alton Lister-MIL 15
9. Bob Lanier*-MIL 14
  Edgar Jones-SAS 14

Turnovers

1. Magic Johnson*-LAL 64
2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-LAL 50
3. George Gervin*-SAS 46
4. Andrew Toney-PHI 45
5. Moses Malone*-PHI 40
6. Julius Erving*-PHI 39
7. Norm Nixon-LAL 34
  Maurice Cheeks-PHI 34
9. Jamaal Wilkes-LAL 33
10. Mychal Thompson-POR 28
  Johnny Moore-SAS 28

Personal Fouls

1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-LAL 61
2. Michael Cooper-LAL 54
3. Kurt Rambis-LAL 51
  Jamaal Wilkes-LAL 51
5. Magic Johnson*-LAL 49
6. Artis Gilmore-SAS 46
7. Edgar Jones-SAS 44
8. Andrew Toney-PHI 43
9. Marc Iavaroni-PHI 42
  Julius Erving*-PHI 42

Points

1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-LAL 406
2. Moses Malone*-PHI 338
3. Jamaal Wilkes-LAL 299
4. George Gervin*-SAS 277
5. Magic Johnson*-LAL 268
6. Norm Nixon-LAL 266
7. Johnny Moore-SAS 247
8. Julius Erving*-PHI 239
9. Mike Mitchell-SAS 230
10. Andrew Toney-PHI 226

Minutes Per Game

1. Magic Johnson*-LAL 42.9
2. Marques Johnson-MIL 42.4
3. Sidney Moncrief-MIL 41.9
4. Mychal Thompson-POR 40.6
5. Moses Malone*-PHI 40.3
6. Larry Bird*-BOS 40.0
7. George Gervin*-SAS 39.7
8. Kiki Vandeweghe-DEN 39.6
9. Jamaal Wilkes-LAL 39.3
10. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-LAL 39.2

Points Per Game

1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-LAL 27.1
2. Kiki Vandeweghe-DEN 26.8
3. Moses Malone*-PHI 26.0
4. Alex English*-DEN 25.9
5. George Gervin*-SAS 25.2
6. Bernard King-NYK 23.5
7. Jim Paxson-POR 23.3
8. Johnny Moore-SAS 22.5
9. Marques Johnson-MIL 22.0
10. Mike Mitchell-SAS 20.9

Rebounds Per Game

1. Moses Malone*-PHI 15.8
2. Artis Gilmore-SAS 12.9
3. Larry Bird*-BOS 12.5
4. Truck Robinson-NYK 11.0
5. Robert Parish*-BOS 10.6
6. T.R. Dunn-DEN 9.8
7. Mike Mitchell-SAS 9.5
8. Calvin Natt-POR 9.1
9. Magic Johnson*-LAL 8.5
10. Mychal Thompson-POR 8.0
  Marques Johnson-MIL 8.0
  Wayne Cooper-POR 8.0

Assists Per Game

1. Johnny Moore-SAS 14.6
2. Magic Johnson*-LAL 12.8
3. Johnny Davis-ATL 9.0
4. Darnell Valentine-POR 8.7
5. Maurice Cheeks-PHI 7.0
  Rory Sparrow-NYK 7.0
7. Larry Bird*-BOS 6.8
8. Norm Nixon-LAL 6.4
9. Tiny Archibald*-BOS 6.3
10. Alex English*-DEN 6.0

Steals Per Game

1. Johnny Moore-SAS 2.5
2. Magic Johnson*-LAL 2.3
3. Larry Bird*-BOS 2.2
4. Sidney Moncrief-MIL 2.0
  Maurice Cheeks-PHI 2.0
6. Michael Cooper-LAL 1.7
7. Truck Robinson-NYK 1.7
8. Gerald Henderson-BOS 1.6
9. T.R. Dunn-DEN 1.5
10. Moses Malone*-PHI 1.5

Blocks Per Game

1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-LAL 3.7
2. Tree Rollins-ATL 3.3
3. Artis Gilmore-SAS 3.1
4. Julius Erving*-PHI 2.1
5. Moses Malone*-PHI 1.9
6. Mike Mitchell-SAS 1.7
7. Alton Lister-MIL 1.7
8. Bob Lanier*-MIL 1.6
9. Bobby Jones-PHI 1.5
10. Edgar Jones-SAS 1.3

Player Efficiency Rating

1. Moses Malone*-PHI 25.7
2. Johnny Moore-SAS 25.6
3. Bernard King-NYK 24.0
4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-LAL 22.8
5. Dan Issel*-DEN 22.4
6. Magic Johnson*-LAL 20.6
7. Larry Bird*-BOS 20.3
8. Kiki Vandeweghe-DEN 20.1
9. Jim Paxson-POR 19.0
10. Bob Lanier*-MIL 18.9

True Shooting Pct

1. Bill Cartwright-NYK .636
2. Cedric Maxwell-BOS .627
3. Bernard King-NYK .627
4. Jim Paxson-POR .624
5. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-LAL .608
6. Gus Williams-SEA .606
7. Artis Gilmore-SAS .604
8. Kurt Rambis-LAL .599
9. Bobby Jones-PHI .593
10. Bob Lanier*-MIL .589

Effective Field Goal Pct

1. Jim Paxson-POR .595
2. Bernard King-NYK .582
3. Bill Cartwright-NYK .581
4. Artis Gilmore-SAS .576
5. Bob Lanier*-MIL .573
6. Kurt Rambis-LAL .570
7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-LAL .568
8. Billy McKinney-DEN .565
9. Marc Iavaroni-PHI .558
10. Johnny Moore-SAS .556

Offensive Rebound Pct

1. Moses Malone*-PHI 15.3
2. Mark Landsberger-LAL 15.1
3. Edgar Jones-SAS 12.6
4. Truck Robinson-NYK 12.0
5. Clemon Johnson-PHI 11.9
6. Harvey Catchings-MIL 11.6
7. Wayne Cooper-POR 11.5
8. Alton Lister-MIL 10.9
9. Bob McAdoo*-LAL 10.1
10. Cedric Maxwell-BOS 10.0

Defensive Rebound Pct

1. Dan Roundfield-ATL 29.2
2. Moses Malone*-PHI 28.2
3. Truck Robinson-NYK 25.5
4. Artis Gilmore-SAS 25.1
5. Larry Bird*-BOS 24.7
6. Kenny Carr-POR 23.9
7. Robert Parish*-BOS 22.9
8. Alton Lister-MIL 22.4
9. Bob Lanier*-MIL 21.3
10. Dan Issel*-DEN 20.0

Total Rebound Pct

1. Moses Malone*-PHI 21.9
2. Truck Robinson-NYK 18.8
3. Artis Gilmore-SAS 17.8
4. Larry Bird*-BOS 16.7
5. Kenny Carr-POR 16.6
6. Alton Lister-MIL 16.5
7. Robert Parish*-BOS 15.9
8. Bob Lanier*-MIL 14.0
9. Edgar Jones-SAS 13.8
10. Wayne Cooper-POR 13.7

Assist Pct

1. Johnny Moore-SAS 49.7
2. Darnell Valentine-POR 42.4
3. Johnny Davis-ATL 42.4
4. Tiny Archibald*-BOS 40.6
5. Magic Johnson*-LAL 38.6
6. Rob Williams-DEN 35.5
7. Fat Lever-POR 31.9
8. Paul Westphal-NYK 31.8
9. Mike Dunleavy-SAS 31.0
10. Rory Sparrow-NYK 30.7

Steal Pct

1. Bob McAdoo*-LAL 3.2
2. Johnny Moore-SAS 3.0
3. Gerald Henderson-BOS 2.9
4. Michael Cooper-LAL 2.7
5. Larry Bird*-BOS 2.7
6. Maurice Cheeks-PHI 2.7
7. Magic Johnson*-LAL 2.5
8. Sidney Moncrief-MIL 2.4
9. Truck Robinson-NYK 2.4
10. Darnell Valentine-POR 2.4

Block Pct

1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-LAL 5.1
2. Tree Rollins-ATL 4.7
3. Artis Gilmore-SAS 4.4
4. Alton Lister-MIL 4.2
5. Harvey Catchings-MIL 4.2
6. Edgar Jones-SAS 3.7
7. Bob McAdoo*-LAL 3.3
8. Bob Lanier*-MIL 3.3
9. Bobby Jones-PHI 3.2
10. Julius Erving*-PHI 3.2

Turnover Pct

1. Kiki Vandeweghe-DEN 6.2
2. Dan Issel*-DEN 6.3
3. Calvin Natt-POR 6.8
4. Danny Ainge-BOS 7.2
5. Bernard King-NYK 8.2
6. Marques Johnson-MIL 9.8
7. Bob McAdoo*-LAL 10.0
8. Jamaal Wilkes-LAL 10.1
9. Jim Paxson-POR 10.3
10. Mike Mitchell-SAS 10.4

Usage Pct

1. Andrew Toney-PHI 30.4
2. Bernard King-NYK 28.4
3. Alex English*-DEN 27.9
4. Dan Issel*-DEN 27.1
5. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-LAL 26.6
6. Moses Malone*-PHI 26.0
7. Larry Bird*-BOS 25.8
8. George Gervin*-SAS 24.8
9. Bob McAdoo*-LAL 24.6
10. Tiny Archibald*-BOS 23.9

Offensive Rating

1. Johnny Moore-SAS 126.7
2. Bernard King-NYK 124.1
3. Gus Williams-SEA 120.9
4. Moses Malone*-PHI 117.8
5. Kiki Vandeweghe-DEN 117.5
6. Jim Paxson-POR 116.7
7. Bobby Jones-PHI 116.5
8. Cedric Maxwell-BOS 114.6
9. Magic Johnson*-LAL 114.3
10. Artis Gilmore-SAS 113.8

Defensive Rating

1. Dan Roundfield-ATL 93.0
2. Moses Malone*-PHI 95.8
3. Larry Bird*-BOS 97.0
4. Alton Lister-MIL 97.3
5. Tree Rollins-ATL 98.6
6. Paul Pressey-MIL 99.4
7. Bobby Jones-PHI 99.8
8. Robert Parish*-BOS 100.0
9. Charlie Criss-MIL 100.0
10. Julius Erving*-PHI 100.8

Offensive Win Shares

1. Johnny Moore-SAS 1.8
2. Moses Malone*-PHI 1.6
3. Magic Johnson*-LAL 1.5
4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-LAL 1.4
5. Maurice Cheeks-PHI 0.9
6. Kiki Vandeweghe-DEN 0.8
7. Bernard King-NYK 0.8
8. Marques Johnson-MIL 0.7
9. Norm Nixon-LAL 0.7
10. Artis Gilmore-SAS 0.7

Defensive Win Shares

1. Moses Malone*-PHI 1.2
2. Julius Erving*-PHI 0.8
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-LAL 0.7
4. Maurice Cheeks-PHI 0.6
5. Magic Johnson*-LAL 0.6
6. Artis Gilmore-SAS 0.6
7. Bobby Jones-PHI 0.6
8. Larry Bird*-BOS 0.5
9. Sidney Moncrief-MIL 0.5
10. Clint Richardson-PHI 0.4

Win Shares

1. Moses Malone*-PHI 2.8
2. Johnny Moore-SAS 2.2
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*-LAL 2.1
4. Magic Johnson*-LAL 2.1
5. Maurice Cheeks-PHI 1.6
6. Artis Gilmore-SAS 1.3
7. Julius Erving*-PHI 1.2
8. Marques Johnson-MIL 1.1
9. Bobby Jones-PHI 1.1
10. Jamaal Wilkes-LAL 1.0