Karl Malone put up the most points by a power forward in 1996-97, with 2,249 points.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Karl Malone K. Malone	2,249	1996-97	UTA	82	36.6	27.4	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	10.5	19.2	55.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	6.4	8.4	75.5	60.0	2.4	7.5	2.8	2,998	809	368	113	48	233	217	+768
2	Tom Gugliotta T. Gugliotta	1,672	1996-97	MIN	81	38.7	20.6	8.7	4.1	1.6	1.1	7.3	16.5	44.2	0.3	1.1	25.8	5.7	7.0	82.0	52.6	2.3	6.4	3.6	3,131	702	335	130	89	293	237	-154
3	Vin Baker V. Baker	1,637	1996-97	MIL	78	40.5	21.0	10.3	2.7	1.0	1.4	8.1	16.0	50.5	0.2	0.7	27.8	4.6	6.7	68.7	55.3	3.4	6.9	3.1	3,159	804	211	81	112	245	275	-63
4	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	1,516	1996-97	SEA	81	34.0	18.7	10.0	1.9	1.5	1.0	6.5	12.7	51.0	0.1	0.4	36.4	5.6	7.5	74.2	58.3	3.4	6.6	3.5	2,750	807	156	125	81	280	320	+462
5	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	1,494	1996-97	VAN	80	35.0	18.7	6.9	2.2	1.0	1.0	6.9	15.2	45.3	0.1	0.3	25.9	4.8	6.5	74.6	51.8	2.7	4.2	2.8	2,802	555	175	79	79	225	199	-596
6	Joe Smith J. Smith	1,493	1996-97	GSW	80	38.6	18.7	8.5	1.6	0.9	1.1	7.3	16.2	45.4	0.2	0.6	26.1	3.8	4.7	81.4	51.2	3.3	5.2	2.4	3,086	679	125	74	86	192	244	-217
7	Christian Laettner C. Laettner	1,486	1996-97	ATL	82	38.3	18.1	8.8	2.7	1.2	0.8	6.7	13.8	48.6	0.4	1.1	35.2	4.4	5.4	81.6	56.2	2.6	6.2	2.7	3,140	720	223	102	64	218	277	+582
8	Chris Webber C. Webber	1,445	1996-97	WAS	72	39.0	20.1	10.3	4.6	1.7	1.9	8.4	16.2	51.8	0.8	2.1	39.7	2.5	4.3	56.5	55.4	3.3	7.0	3.2	2,806	743	331	122	137	230	258	+158
9	Antoine Walker A. Walker	1,435	1996-97	BOS	82	36.2	17.5	9.0	3.2	1.3	0.6	7.0	16.5	42.5	0.6	1.9	32.7	2.8	4.5	63.1	47.4	3.5	5.5	2.8	2,970	741	262	105	53	230	271	-559
10	Antonio McDyess A. McDyess	1,352	1996-97	DEN	74	34.7	18.3	7.3	1.4	0.8	1.7	7.2	15.6	46.3	0.1	0.5	17.1	3.7	5.2	70.8	50.9	2.1	5.2	2.7	2,565	537	106	62	126	199	276	-367
11	Loy Vaught L. Vaught	1,220	1996-97	LAC	82	34.6	14.9	10.0	1.3	1.0	0.3	6.6	13.2	50.0	0.0	0.1	16.7	1.6	2.3	70.2	52.2	2.7	7.3	1.7	2,838	817	110	85	25	137	241	-415
12	Anthony Mason A. Mason	1,186	1996-97	CHA	73	43.1	16.2	11.4	5.7	1.0	0.5	5.9	11.3	52.5	0.0	0.0	33.3	4.4	5.9	74.5	58.5	2.5	8.8	2.3	3,143	829	414	76	33	165	202	+118
13	Elden Campbell E. Campbell	1,148	1996-97	LAL	77	32.7	14.9	8.0	1.6	0.6	1.5	5.7	12.2	46.9	0.0	0.1	25.0	3.4	4.8	71.1	52.0	2.7	5.3	1.7	2,516	615	126	46	117	130	276	+170
14	Danny Manning D. Manning	1,040	1996-97	PHX	77	27.7	13.5	6.1	2.2	1.1	1.0	5.5	10.3	53.6	0.1	0.5	19.4	2.4	3.3	72.1	57.4	1.8	4.3	2.1	2,134	469	173	81	74	161	268	+112
15	Derrick Coleman D. Coleman	1,032	1996-97	PHI	57	36.9	18.1	10.1	3.4	0.9	1.3	6.4	14.7	43.5	0.6	2.1	26.9	4.8	6.4	74.5	51.8	2.8	7.3	3.2	2,102	573	193	50	75	184	164	-206
16	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1,016	1996-97	HOU	53	37.9	19.2	13.5	4.7	1.3	0.5	6.3	13.1	48.4	1.1	3.9	28.3	5.4	7.8	69.4	58.1	4.0	9.5	2.8	2,009	716	248	69	25	151	153	+312
17	Rasheed Wallace R. Wallace	938	1996-97	POR	62	30.5	15.1	6.8	1.2	0.8	1.0	6.1	11.0	55.8	0.1	0.5	27.3	2.7	4.3	63.8	58.8	2.0	4.8	1.8	1,892	419	74	48	59	114	198	+327
18	Chris Gatling C. Gatling	891	1996-97	TOT	47	27.3	19.0	7.9	0.6	0.8	0.7	7.0	13.3	52.5	0.0	0.1	16.7	5.0	7.0	71.7	58.0	2.9	5.0	2.6	1,283	370	28	39	31	120	138	-90
19	Gary Trent G. Trent	882	1996-97	POR	82	23.4	10.8	5.2	1.1	0.6	0.4	4.4	8.2	53.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.0	2.8	69.9	56.9	1.9	3.3	1.6	1,918	428	87	48	35	129	186	+75
20	Danny Ferry D. Ferry	870	1996-97	CLE	82	32.1	10.6	4.1	1.8	0.7	0.4	4.2	9.7	42.9	1.4	3.5	40.1	0.9	1.1	85.1	52.3	1.0	3.1	1.1	2,633	337	151	56	32	94	245	+144
21	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	864	1996-97	NYK	80	35.9	10.8	9.8	2.8	1.4	0.3	4.2	8.7	48.8	0.1	0.2	26.3	2.3	2.8	80.8	54.5	3.1	6.7	2.1	2,873	781	221	111	21	171	305	+105
22	Antonio Davis A. Davis	858	1996-97	IND	82	28.5	10.5	7.3	0.8	0.5	1.0	3.8	7.8	48.0	0.0	0.2	7.1	2.9	4.4	66.6	53.6	2.3	5.0	1.7	2,335	598	65	42	84	141	260	+96
23	Terry Mills T. Mills	857	1996-97	DET	79	25.3	10.8	4.8	1.3	0.4	0.3	3.9	8.9	44.4	2.2	5.3	42.2	0.7	0.9	82.9	58.5	0.9	3.9	1.1	1,997	377	99	35	27	85	161	+472
24	Horace Grant H. Grant	845	1996-97	ORL	67	37.3	12.6	9.0	2.4	1.5	1.0	5.3	10.4	51.5	0.0	0.1	16.7	1.9	2.7	71.5	54.6	3.1	5.9	1.5	2,496	600	163	101	65	99	157	+87
25	Kevin Willis K. Willis	842	1996-97	HOU	75	26.2	11.2	7.5	0.9	0.6	0.4	4.7	9.7	48.1	0.0	0.2	14.3	1.9	2.7	69.3	51.5	1.9	5.5	1.6	1,964	561	71	42	32	119	216	+31