Before 1976-77, Bob Pettit scored the most points per game by a power forward, with 26.4 per game.

Interpreted as:

most ppg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a power forward before 1977

	NAME	PPG	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PF
1	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	26.4	792	38.8	16.2	3.0			9.3	21.3	43.6	7.8	10.3	76.1	51.1			30,690	20,880	12,849	2,369			2,529
2	Spencer Haywood S. Haywood	24.0	404	39.7	12.0	2.1	0.8	1.3	9.3	20.3	46.0	5.3	6.6	80.4	51.6	3.4	8.0	16,048	9,680	4,832	861	172	294	1,131
3	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	23.0	77	38.3	12.6	4.7	2.6	0.5	8.4	20.2	41.7	6.2	8.3	74.0	48.2	3.4	9.2	2,946	1,769	967	359	198	41	334
4	Sidney Wicks S. Wicks	22.3	398	38.8	10.3	4.1	1.2	0.8	8.8	19.1	46.0	4.7	6.6	71.3	50.7	2.8	6.8	15,456	8,882	4,086	1,647	275	197	1,192
5	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	21.4	324	41.3	14.0	1.9	1.4	2.6	8.6	19.4	44.4	4.1	5.9	70.0	48.6	3.2	10.5	13,389	6,924	4,522	617	348	629	1,015
6	Bob Love B. Love	19.8	582	34.5	6.4	1.5	1.0	0.3	7.8	17.9	43.7	4.2	5.2	80.9	49.2	2.0	4.2	20,055	11,550	3,736	875	147	40	1,636
7	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	19.6	511	30.3	9.6	1.9			7.7	18.8	40.8	4.3	5.4	78.5	46.3			15,508	10,025	4,890	978			1,934
8	Billy Cunningham B. Cunningham	19.6	162	33.8	10.2	3.0			7.2	17.0	42.6	5.2	7.4	69.9	48.5			5,479	3,177	1,649	494			630
9	Willis Reed W. Reed	19.1	235	35.1	13.2	1.6			7.4	15.5	47.4	4.4	5.9	73.6	52.6			8,240	4,491	3,092	376			959
10	Jerry Lucas J. Lucas	19.1	608	42.1	18.2	3.1			7.7	15.4	49.8	3.8	4.8	78.5	54.6			25,577	11,611	11,047	1,865			1,880
11	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	18.6	924	34.2	12.1	3.1			5.9	15.6	38.0	6.7	7.9	85.1	48.7			27,145	17,210	10,386	2,858			3,200
12	Joe Fulks J. Fulks	18.3	428	30.5	6.5	1.3			6.5	21.3	30.3	5.4	7.1	76.9	37.6			3,989	7,853	1,278	559			1,684
13	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	18.0	80	32.0	9.1	1.7			7.3	16.2	45.2	3.4	4.4	77.4	49.8			2,562	1,441	728	139			256
14	Bailey Howell B. Howell	17.9	315	29.8	9.6	1.5			6.6	13.8	47.9	4.7	6.4	74.4	54.1			9,390	5,646	3,019	477			1,109
15	Gus Johnson G. Johnson	17.2	409	35.6	13.5	2.8			7.1	16.4	43.6	2.9	4.2	70.3	47.2			14,575	7,040	5,516	1,137			1,442
16	Maurice Stokes M. Stokes	16.4	202	37.3	17.3	5.3			6.2	17.7	35.1	4.0	5.8	69.8	40.6			7,544	3,315	3,492	1,062			789
17	Dave DeBusschere D. DeBusschere	16.0	464	36.8	10.8	3.0	0.9	0.5	6.7	15.3	43.9	2.5	3.5	71.6	47.4	1.9	8.8	17,059	7,429	5,024	1,408	67	39	1,427
18	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	16.0	164	31.9	8.5	2.1	1.3	0.3	6.8	15.1	45.3	2.4	3.1	75.6	48.7	2.4	6.1	5,231	2,625	1,391	350	209	53	444
19	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	15.9	396	32.2	8.9	2.0	0.7	0.3	6.7	13.5	49.4	2.5	3.4	75.1	52.9	2.2	5.8	12,769	6,283	3,521	792	118	43	978
20	Willie Naulls W. Naulls	15.8	716	28.8	9.1	1.6			6.3	15.6	40.6	3.1	3.9	81.2	45.7			20,620	11,305	6,508	1,112			2,216
21	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
22	Rudy LaRusso R. LaRusso	15.1	661	32.8	9.5	2.1			5.4	12.4	43.4	4.3	5.7	76.3	50.7			21,705	9,957	6,312	1,397			2,285
23	Jim Pollard J. Pollard	14.8	53			2.7			5.9	14.9	39.6	2.9	4.3	68.7	44.0				784		142			144
24	Chet Walker C. Walker	14.7	154	31.0	8.7	1.3			5.5	12.1	45.2	3.8	5.4	70.6	50.9			4,767	2,271	1,345	207			452
25	Ray Scott R. Scott	14.7	612	30.9	10.4	2.4			5.6	13.9	40.6	3.5	4.8	72.3	46.1			18,893	9,012	6,394	1,458			1,820