most mpg as a 5th year player while playing exactly 78 games

Bill Russell played the most minutes per game by a player with exactly 78 games played in his 5th season with 44.3 minutes per game.

NAME MPG GP SEASON TM PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TPG MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF +/-
1 Bill Russell
B. Russell
44.3
78
1960-61
BOS BOS
16.9
23.9
3.4
6.8
16.0
42.6
3.3
6.0
55.0
45.4
3,458
1,322
1,868
268
155
2 Jimmy Walker
J. Walker
39.5
78
1971-72
DET DET
21.3
3.0
4.0
8.1
17.8
45.7
5.1
6.2
82.7
52.1
3,083
1,665
231
315
198
3 Richard Jefferson
R. Jefferson
39.2
78
2005-06
NJN NJN
19.5
6.8
3.8
0.8
0.2
6.3
12.9
49.3
0.8
2.4
31.9
6.0
7.4
81.2
60.3
1.2
5.6
2.2
3,059
1,521
534
297
59
17
174
193
+241
4 Fred Carter
F. Carter
39.0
78
1973-74
PHI PHI
21.4
4.8
5.7
1.4
0.3
9.1
21.0
43.0
3.3
4.6
70.9
46.3
1.1
3.7
3,044
1,666
371
443
113
23
276
5 Jeff Mullins
J. Mullins
37.4
78
1968-69
SFW SFW
22.8
5.9
4.3
8.9
19.4
45.9
4.9
5.8
84.3
51.7
2,916
1,775
460
339
251
6 Kevin Johnson
K. Johnson
37.2
78
1991-92
PHX PHX
19.7
3.7
10.7
1.5
0.3
6.9
14.4
47.9
0.1
0.6
21.7
5.7
7.1
80.7
56.1
0.8
3.0
3.5
2,899
1,536
292
836
116
23
272
180
7 Dave DeBusschere
D. DeBusschere
37.1
78
1966-67
DET DET
18.2
11.8
2.8
6.8
16.4
41.5
4.6
6.6
70.5
47.3
2,897
1,423
924
216
297
8 Sam Perkins
S. Perkins
36.7
78
1988-89
DAL DAL
15.0
8.8
1.6
1.0
1.2
5.7
12.3
46.4
0.1
0.5
18.4
3.5
4.2
83.3
53.0
3.0
5.8
1.8
2,860
1,171
688
127
76
92
141
224
9 Lenny Wilkens
L. Wilkens
36.6
78
1964-65
STL STL
16.5
4.7
5.5
5.6
13.4
41.4
5.3
7.2
74.6
49.6
2,854
1,284
365
431
283
10 Stephen Curry
S. Curry
36.5
78
2013-14
GSW GSW
24.0
4.3
8.5
1.6
0.2
8.4
17.7
47.1
3.3
7.9
42.4
3.9
4.5
88.5
61.0
0.6
3.7
3.8
2,846
1,873
334
666
128
14
294
194
+573
11 Chris Mullin
C. Mullin
36.3
78
1989-90
GSW GSW
25.1
5.9
4.1
1.6
0.6
8.7
16.3
53.6
1.1
3.0
37.2
6.5
7.3
88.9
64.3
1.7
4.3
3.1
2,830
1,956
463
319
123
45
239
142
12 Elmore Smith
E. Smith
36.0
78
1975-76
MIL MIL
15.6
11.4
1.2
1.0
3.1
6.4
12.3
51.8
2.8
4.5
63.2
54.5
2.6
8.9
2,809
1,218
893
97
78
238
268
13 Sherman Douglas
S. Douglas
35.8
78
1993-94
BOS BOS
13.3
2.5
8.8
1.1
0.1
5.4
11.8
46.2
0.2
0.7
23.2
2.3
3.5
64.1
50.0
0.9
1.6
3.0
2,789
1,040
193
683
89
11
233
171
14 Rickey Green
R. Green
35.7
78
1982-83
UTA UTA
14.3
2.9
8.9
2.8
0.1
5.9
12.1
49.3
0.0
0.2
15.4
2.4
3.0
79.7
53.4
0.8
2.1
2.8
2,783
1,115
223
697
220
4
222
154
15 Bill Bradley
B. Bradley
35.6
78
1971-72
NYK NYK
15.1
3.2
4.0
6.5
13.9
46.5
2.2
2.6
84.9
50.2
2,780
1,177
250
315
254
16 Darrell Griffith
D. Griffith
35.6
78
1984-85
UTA UTA
22.6
4.4
3.1
1.7
0.4
9.3
20.4
45.7
1.2
3.3
35.8
2.8
3.8
72.5
51.2
1.6
2.8
3.2
2,776
1,764
344
243
133
30
247
178
17 Richard Hamilton
R. Hamilton
35.5
78
2003-04
DET DET
17.6
3.6
4.0
1.3
0.2
6.8
14.9
45.5
0.2
0.9
26.5
3.8
4.4
86.8
52.2
1.0
2.6
2.7
2,772
1,375
279
310
103
17
210
222
+394
18 Herb Williams
H. Williams
35.5
78
1985-86
IND IND
19.9
9.1
2.2
0.6
2.4
8.0
16.3
49.2
0.0
0.2
8.3
3.8
5.2
73.0
53.3
2.2
6.9
2.7
2,770
1,549
710
174
50
184
210
244
19 Dave Greenwood
D. Greenwood
34.8
78
1983-84
CHI CHI
12.2
10.1
1.8
0.9
0.9
4.7
9.7
49.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.7
3.7
73.7
54.0
2.7
7.3
1.9
2,718
951
786
139
67
72
149
265
20 Aaron Gordon
A. Gordon
33.8
78
2018-19
ORL ORL
16.0
7.4
3.7
0.7
0.7
6.0
13.4
44.9
1.6
4.4
34.9
2.4
3.2
73.1
53.8
1.7
5.7
2.1
2,633
1,246
574
289
57
56
162
172
+107
21 Dale Davis
D. Davis
33.6
78
1995-96
IND IND
10.3
9.1
1.0
0.7
1.4
4.3
7.7
55.8
0.0
0.0
1.7
3.7
46.7
55.3
3.2
5.9
1.5
2,617
803
709
76
56
112
119
238
22 Cedric Maxwell
C. Maxwell
33.2
78
1981-82
BOS BOS
14.8
6.4
2.3
1.0
0.6
5.1
9.3
54.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.6
6.1
74.7
61.6
2.8
3.6
2.2
2,590
1,151
499
183
79
49
174
263
23 Detlef Schrempf
D. Schrempf
33.0
78
1989-90
IND IND
16.2
7.9
3.2
0.8
0.2
5.4
10.5
51.6
0.2
0.6
35.4
5.2
6.3
82.0
61.1
1.9
6.0
2.3
2,573
1,267
620
247
59
16
180
271
24 Matt Harpring
M. Harpring
32.8
78
2002-03
UTA UTA
17.6
6.6
1.7
0.9
0.2
6.7
13.1
51.1
0.8
2.1
41.3
3.4
4.2
79.2
58.8
2.4
4.2
2.1
2,557
1,370
514
133
73
17
160
217
+265
25 Calvin Murphy
C. Murphy
32.2
78
1974-75
HOU HOU
18.7
2.2
4.9
1.6
0.1
7.1
14.8
48.4
4.4
4.9
88.3
55.0
0.7
1.6
2,513
1,455
173
381
128
4
281
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64
18
.780
2
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61
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1
Thunder Thunder
68
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.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
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50
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.610
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50
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.610
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49
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Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
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.780
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61
21
.744
3.0
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Knicks Knicks
51
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.622
13.0
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50
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.610
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48
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44
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.537
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