best scorers among 1970s nba power forwards

Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Bob Love averaged the most points per game by a power forward, with 23.2 per game.

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	NAME	PPG	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Bob Love B. Love	23.2	467	39.5	7.1	1.7	1.0	0.3	9.1	20.9	43.8	4.9	6.0	82.1	49.4	2.0	4.2		18,439	10,824	3,329	809	147	40		1,424
2	Spencer Haywood S. Haywood	22.0	570	37.2	10.7	2.0	0.7	1.2	8.7	18.8	46.5	4.5	5.6	80.0	51.7	2.9	6.8	2.5	21,195	12,534	6,087	1,164	263	477	340	1,627
3	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	21.9	78	37.6	11.3	2.9	2.1	0.8	9.1	18.4	49.2	3.8	4.6	82.3	53.6	3.6	7.7		2,936	1,705	879	229	167	60		190
4	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	21.8	310	34.8	11.5	4.0	2.0	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	1,241
5	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	21.5	569	40.6	13.4	1.9	1.2	2.5	8.6	18.8	45.9	4.3	6.3	68.1	50.0	3.5	9.7	2.8	23,104	12,253	7,620	1,067	606	1,198	464	1,948
6	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	20.9	140	34.2	8.9	2.2	1.2	1.1	8.4	17.3	48.8	4.0	5.7	70.8	52.8	2.2	6.5	3.6	4,793	2,928	1,248	307	74	67	217	445
7	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	19.1	216	34.5	10.4	2.9	1.0	0.9	7.7	16.5	46.5	3.8	4.9	77.1	51.3	3.0	7.3	3.1	7,444	4,118	2,236	617	210	193	425	769
8	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	19.0	80	37.1	9.9	2.9	1.2	0.9	5.9	10.1	58.4	7.2	9.0	80.2	67.6	3.4	6.5	3.4	2,969	1,518	791	228	98	74	273	266
9	Sidney Wicks S. Wicks	18.7	640	35.2	9.4	3.3	1.0	0.7	7.4	16.0	46.1	4.0	5.7	69.9	50.6	2.8	6.0	2.5	22,533	11,974	5,988	2,113	476	340	406	2,115
10	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	17.3	574	33.8	8.6	2.0	0.7	0.3	7.3	14.7	49.9	2.6	3.5	76.7	53.4	2.2	5.7	1.8	19,389	9,939	4,915	1,133	234	93	176	1,425
11	Jerry Lucas J. Lucas	17.3	147	38.6	15.1	3.2			7.0	13.9	50.2	3.3	4.2	78.6	54.8				5,671	2,545	2,216	466				363
12	Toby Knight T. Knight	16.6	82	32.5	6.7	1.5	0.7	0.7	7.4	14.3	51.9	1.8	2.5	70.4	53.9	2.5	4.2	2.0	2,667	1,363	548	124	61	60	163	309
13	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	16.5	240	32.5	8.2	2.3	1.4	0.3	6.9	15.1	46.1	2.6	3.4	77.1	49.9	2.3	5.9		7,810	3,968	1,969	561	336	69		666
14	Gus Johnson G. Johnson	16.5	165	35.6	14.2	3.0			6.9	15.5	44.7	2.6	3.6	72.9	48.3				5,874	2,718	2,350	487				551
15	Dave DeBusschere D. DeBusschere	15.9	388	36.4	10.7	3.1	0.9	0.5	6.8	15.4	43.9	2.4	3.4	72.1	47.2	1.9	8.8		14,116	6,188	4,136	1,217	67	39		1,137
16	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	15.9	386	31.1	9.8	1.5	0.7	0.9	6.3	13.5	46.7	3.3	4.9	67.4	50.8	2.5	7.2	3.5	12,002	6,141	3,776	579	263	331	534	1,095
17	Mickey Johnson M. Johnson	15.2	281	29.9	8.6	2.2	1.1	0.7	5.8	12.7	45.6	3.6	4.5	79.2	51.6	2.9	5.7	3.3	8,398	4,266	2,418	612	298	209	270	981
18	Steve Mix S. Mix	15.1	128	36.9	10.7	2.0	2.3	0.5	6.1	12.7	47.7	3.0	3.9	78.5	52.6	3.6	7.1		4,717	1,937	1,364	251	291	58		480
19	Happy Hairston H. Hairston	15.0	409	34.1	12.2	2.3	0.8	0.2	5.5	11.3	48.4	4.1	5.2	78.3	55.3	4.2	8.9		13,952	6,152	4,973	931	116	28		1,296
20	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	14.7	73	29.4	8.3	2.4	0.9	1.8	6.3	12.8	49.0	2.1	3.7	57.2	50.8	2.7	5.6	2.8	2,144	1,074	604	176	67	134	205	270
21	Mitch Kupchak M. Kupchak	14.6	66	24.3	6.5	1.3	0.3	0.3	5.6	10.4	53.9	3.4	4.5	74.3	58.8	2.3	4.2	1.8	1,604	961	430	88	23	23	120	141
22	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	14.2	220	30.0	9.9	1.8	1.0	2.1	5.6	11.4	48.8	3.1	4.4	71.1	53.4	3.5	6.4	2.5	6,607	3,132	2,185	396	229	456	403	898
23	Don Nelson D. Nelson	13.9	243	26.3	6.1	2.2	0.4	0.2	5.0	10.2	49.4	3.9	4.9	78.3	56.3	1.6	4.3		6,392	3,384	1,487	526	32	15		691
24	John Shumate J. Shumate	13.9	229	32.0	8.5	2.0	1.1	0.7	4.9	9.5	52.0	4.0	5.6	71.2	57.9	2.0	6.4	2.9	7,337	3,174	1,937	466	262	170	232	556
25	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	13.3	240	27.4	7.0	1.9	1.3	1.2	5.6	11.2	50.4	2.1	2.9	71.4	53.5	2.5	4.5	2.6	6,581	3,197	1,681	454	310	285	416	979

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