Point guards had 1.84 personal fouls per game played in 1996-97.
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NBA 1997 average pf per game by position| POSITION | PF/GP | PF | GP | SEASON | MPG | 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 | +/- | |
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| 1 | Point Guard | 1.84 | 8,642 | 4,693 | 1996-97 | 24.6 | 9.7 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 3.5 | 8.0 | 43.1 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 36.0 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 78.0 | 53.5 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 115,606 | 45,503 | 10,677 | 20,972 | 5,059 | 647 | 8,374 | +455 |
| 2 | Shooting Guard | 1.93 | 9,130 | 4,734 | 1996-97 | 25.3 | 11.0 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 3.9 | 9.0 | 43.3 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 36.9 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 79.8 | 54.1 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 119,865 | 52,181 | 13,250 | 10,972 | 4,525 | 1,200 | 7,151 | +514 |
| 3 | Small Forward | 2.29 | 10,413 | 4,553 | 1996-97 | 26.4 | 10.9 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 4.1 | 9.0 | 45.1 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 35.9 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 75.2 | 53.5 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 120,099 | 49,508 | 18,646 | 9,469 | 4,098 | 2,036 | 7,002 | -803 |
| 4 | Power Forward | 2.43 | 12,307 | 5,059 | 1996-97 | 23.8 | 9.3 | 5.9 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 7.5 | 48.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 32.7 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 69.5 | 53.3 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 120,249 | 46,983 | 29,626 | 6,793 | 3,459 | 3,013 | 7,209 | -363 |
| 5 | Center | 2.57 | 12,110 | 4,718 | 1996-97 | 21.1 | 7.7 | 5.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 6.2 | 49.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 31.8 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 67.1 | 53.3 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 99,351 | 36,258 | 25,504 | 4,220 | 2,345 | 4,778 | 6,042 | +197 |
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