Jerry West had 2.6 personal fouls per game between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons.

Interpreted as:

best NBA spg avg by pf by a player 1970s

NAME	PF	SPG	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV
Jerry West	2.6	2.6	31	31.2	20.3	3.7	6.6	0.7	7.5	16.7	44.7	5.3	6.4	83.3	51.9	1.0	2.8		967	629	116	206	81	23
Don Buse	1.7	2.5	245	32.8	8.0	3.0	5.8	0.2	3.4	7.5	45.5	1.2	1.5	79.6	49.2	0.7	2.3	1.3	8,038	1,972	736	1,432	622	48	220
Brian Taylor	2.7	2.2	131	29.9	13.4	2.8	3.6	0.2	5.4	11.3	48.1	2.5	3.1	80.6	52.8	1.0	1.8	1.6	3,922	1,755	362	472	294	25	94
Quinn Buckner	3.3	2.2	242	24.5	8.4	3.0	5.4	0.2	3.6	7.9	45.2	1.2	2.0	60.8	47.6	0.9	2.0	2.7	5,924	2,021	721	1,296	536	57	436
Phil Ford	3.1	2.2	79	34.5	15.9	2.3	8.6	0.1	5.9	12.7	46.5	4.1	5.1	81.3	53.4	0.4	1.9	4.1	2,723	1,260	182	681	174	6	323
Slick Watts	3.0	2.2	437	26.3	8.9	3.2	6.1	0.3	3.7	8.9	41.3	1.6	2.7	59.7	44.4	1.0	2.2	1.8	11,513	3,901	1,398	2,678	961	111	239
Ron Lee	3.2	2.2	224	22.9	10.6	3.2	3.5	0.3	4.4	10.0	43.8	1.8	2.6	70.8	47.5	1.1	2.1	2.7	5,123	2,374	721	773	488	56	386
Jerry Sloan	3.5	2.2	177	34.2	12.4	6.8	1.9	0.2	4.9	11.3	43.9	2.5	3.4	72.6	48.5	2.1	4.8		6,054	2,194	1,210	332	381	32
Mike Gale	2.5	2.1	234	29.1	9.1	2.9	5.2	0.5	3.9	8.3	46.8	1.3	1.6	84.0	50.6	0.6	2.3	2.2	6,810	2,139	682	1,223	502	115	329
Rick Barry	2.7	2.1	482	36.9	22.5	5.5	6.0	0.5	9.2	20.4	45.1	4.1	4.5	91.5	50.4	0.9	4.5	2.6	17,769	10,863	2,640	2,895	1,024	241	422
Maurice Cheeks	2.4	2.1	82	29.4	8.4	3.1	5.3	0.1	3.6	7.0	51.0	1.2	1.7	72.1	54.1	0.8	2.3	2.4	2,409	685	254	431	174	12	193
M.L. Carr	3.4	2.1	241	34.9	14.8	7.4	2.6	0.5	5.9	12.2	48.4	3.0	4.1	73.9	53.0	2.6	4.8	2.9	8,406	3,568	1,777	628	509	131	465
Eddie Jordan	2.0	2.1	155	22.4	10.2	2.2	3.5	0.4	4.0	9.7	41.1	2.2	2.8	78.0	46.6	0.7	1.5	2.3	3,473	1,576	334	542	327	59	350
Norm Nixon	3.1	2.1	163	36.3	15.4	2.9	7.9	0.1	6.9	13.2	52.1	1.7	2.2	74.8	54.4	0.5	2.3	3.0	5,924	2,511	470	1,290	339	24	482
Randy Smith	2.9	2.1	492	37.5	20.1	4.3	5.5	0.1	8.2	17.2	47.5	3.8	4.8	78.8	52.0	1.3	3.1	3.3	18,432	9,907	2,138	2,695	1,018	35	541
George McGinnis	4.0	2.0	310	34.8	21.8	11.5	4.0	0.5	8.1	17.9	45.1	5.7	8.2	69.9	50.9	3.6	7.8	4.3	10,800	6,761	3,552	1,238	627	157	658
Lionel Hollins	3.3	1.9	295	29.9	14.2	2.7	4.5	0.4	5.7	13.1	43.8	2.7	3.6	74.7	48.2	0.7	2.1	3.2	8,823	4,180	811	1,324	568	119	464
Gus Williams	2.3	1.9	314	27.1	14.5	2.8	3.6	0.4	6.0	13.1	46.1	2.4	3.1	77.5	50.1	1.0	1.8	2.4	8,496	4,553	893	1,133	604	115	379
Walt Frazier	2.6	1.9	356	38.2	18.9	5.4	5.7	0.2	7.7	16.1	47.9	3.5	4.3	81.9	52.6	1.1	4.3	2.1	13,599	6,721	1,923	2,020	679	62	135
Chris Ford	2.4	1.8	489	28.8	9.9	3.4	3.8	0.3	4.3	9.4	46.3	1.3	1.7	73.9	49.2	1.3	2.2	2.7	14,077	4,859	1,676	1,873	899	132	442
Julius Erving	2.8	1.8	234	34.9	21.8	7.4	4.0	1.3	8.6	17.3	49.7	4.6	5.9	78.3	54.8	2.4	5.0	3.6	8,171	5,101	1,740	942	427	310	553
Larry Kenon	2.5	1.8	240	36.5	21.5	10.2	3.5	0.4	9.0	18.1	49.5	3.6	4.3	84.0	53.9	3.3	6.9	3.6	8,752	5,168	2,442	832	436	103	579
Bobby Jones	3.0	1.8	237	30.2	13.9	7.8	3.0	1.6	5.6	9.9	56.3	2.8	3.7	74.0	60.2	2.3	5.5	2.3	7,163	3,291	1,845	717	430	384	359
Norm Van Lier	3.5	1.8	424	34.6	11.0	4.3	6.5	0.2	4.1	10.1	40.2	2.9	3.7	77.3	46.8	1.3	3.0	2.1	14,655	4,666	1,809	2,776	767	71	249
Larry Steele	3.1	1.8	456	25.7	9.0	2.9	2.9	0.2	3.6	7.4	48.6	1.8	2.2	80.2	53.5	0.9	1.9	1.2	11,719	4,108	1,300	1,335	821	95	162