nba per leader 1979

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the best PER in 1978-79, with a 25.5 rating.

Showing
  • Assumption:2,000+ MIN/82TG
  • Data note: Minutes Per 82 Team Games: player season data complete from 1951-52
NAMEPERSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
25.5
1978-79
80
39.5
23.8
12.8
5.4
1.0
4.0
9.7
16.8
57.7
4.4
5.9
73.6
61.2
2.6
10.2
3.5
3,157
1,903
1,025
431
76
316
282
230
2Marques Johnson
M. Johnson
23.9
1978-79
77
36.1
25.6
7.6
3.0
1.5
1.2
10.6
19.4
55.0
4.3
5.7
76.0
58.6
2.8
4.9
2.2
2,779
1,972
586
234
116
89
170
186
3Moses Malone
M. Malone
23.7
1978-79
82
41.3
24.8
17.6
1.8
1.0
1.5
8.7
16.2
54.0
7.3
9.9
73.9
60.4
7.2
10.5
4.0
3,390
2,031
1,444
147
79
119
326
223
4George Gervin
G. Gervin
23.2
1978-79
80
36.1
29.6
5.0
2.7
1.7
1.1
11.8
21.9
54.1
5.9
7.1
82.6
59.1
1.8
3.2
3.6
2,888
2,365
400
219
137
91
286
275
5Walter Davis
W. Davis
23
1978-79
79
30.8
23.6
4.7
4.3
1.9
0.3
9.7
17.2
56.1
4.3
5.2
83.1
60.6
1.4
3.3
3.7
2,437
1,868
373
339
147
26
293
250
6Paul Westphal
P. Westphal
22.6
1978-79
81
32.6
24.0
2.0
6.5
1.4
0.3
9.9
18.5
53.5
4.2
5.0
83.7
58.0
0.4
1.5
2.9
2,641
1,941
159
529
111
26
232
159
7Artis Gilmore
A. Gilmore
22.3
1978-79
82
39.8
23.7
12.7
3.3
0.6
1.9
9.2
16.0
57.5
5.3
7.2
73.9
61.9
3.6
9.1
3.8
3,265
1,940
1,043
274
50
156
310
280
8World B. Free
W. B. Free
22.1
1978-79
78
37.9
28.8
3.9
4.4
1.4
0.4
10.2
21.2
48.1
8.4
11.1
75.6
55.2
1.6
2.2
3.8
2,954
2,244
301
340
111
35
297
253
9John Drew
J. Drew
21.7
1978-79
79
30.5
22.7
6.6
1.5
1.6
0.2
8.2
17.4
47.3
6.3
8.6
73.1
53.6
2.8
3.8
2.7
2,410
1,795
522
119
128
16
211
332
10Gus Williams
G. Williams
21.1
1978-79
76
29.8
19.2
3.2
4.0
2.1
0.4
8.0
16.1
49.5
3.2
4.2
77.5
53.4
1.5
1.8
2.5
2,266
1,457
245
307
158
29
190
162
11Robert Parish
R. Parish
20.8
1978-79
76
31.7
17.2
12.1
1.5
1.3
2.9
7.3
14.6
49.9
2.6
3.7
69.8
52.9
3.5
8.6
3.1
2,411
1,304
916
115
100
217
233
303
12George McGinnis
G. McGinnis
20.6
1978-79
76
33.6
22.6
11.4
3.7
1.7
0.7
7.9
16.8
47.4
6.7
10.1
66.5
53.3
3.4
8.0
4.6
2,552
1,715
864
283
129
52
346
321
13Alvan Adams
A. Adams
20.4
1978-79
77
30.7
17.8
9.2
4.7
1.4
0.8
7.4
13.9
53.0
3.0
3.8
79.9
57.0
2.9
6.3
3.6
2,364
1,369
705
360
110
63
279
246
14Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
20.4
1978-79
TOT
60
37.2
24.8
8.7
2.8
1.2
1.1
9.9
18.8
52.9
4.9
7.5
65.6
56.1
2.2
6.5
3.6
2,231
1,487
520
168
74
67
217
189
15Julius Erving
J. Erving
20.1
1978-79
78
35.9
23.1
7.2
4.6
1.7
1.3
9.2
18.7
49.1
4.8
6.4
74.5
53.8
2.5
4.7
4.0
2,802
1,803
564
357
133
100
315
207
16David Thompson
D. Thompson
19.9
1978-79
76
35.1
24.0
3.6
3.0
0.9
1.1
9.1
17.8
51.2
5.8
7.7
75.3
56.7
1.4
2.2
2.4
2,670
1,825
274
225
70
82
186
180
17Tom Owens
T. Owens
19.9
1978-79
82
34.0
18.5
9.0
3.7
0.7
0.7
7.3
13.4
54.8
3.9
4.9
79.4
59.7
3.2
5.8
3.0
2,791
1,520
740
301
59
58
247
329
18Rich Kelley
R. Kelley
19.9
1978-79
80
33.8
15.7
12.8
3.6
1.6
2.1
5.5
10.9
50.6
4.7
5.7
81.4
58.5
3.8
9.0
3.6
2,705
1,253
1,026
285
126
166
288
309
19Cedric Maxwell
C. Maxwell
19.9
1978-79
80
37.1
19.0
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
20Larry Kenon
L. Kenon
19.8
1978-79
81
36.4
22.1
9.8
4.1
1.9
0.2
9.2
18.3
50.4
3.6
4.3
84.5
54.7
3.2
6.5
3.7
2,947
1,791
790
335
154
19
300
192
21Dan Roundfield
D. Roundfield
19.4
1978-79
80
31.7
15.3
10.8
1.6
1.1
2.2
5.8
11.5
50.4
3.8
5.3
71.4
55.6
4.1
6.7
2.6
2,539
1,224
865
131
87
176
209
358
22Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
19.1
1978-79
82
37.9
21.8
12.1
1.7
0.9
2.3
8.8
18.0
48.7
4.3
6.5
65.4
52.3
3.8
8.3
2.9
3,105
1,789
994
143
75
190
235
308
23Bob Dandridge
B. Dandridge
19
1978-79
78
33.7
20.4
5.7
4.7
0.9
0.7
8.1
16.2
49.9
4.2
5.1
82.5
55.3
1.4
4.3
2.8
2,629
1,589
447
365
71
57
222
259
24Campy Russell
C. Russell
18.6
1978-79
74
38.6
21.9
6.8
4.7
1.3
0.3
8.1
17.1
47.6
5.6
7.1
79.7
54.2
2.0
4.8
3.5
2,859
1,623
503
348
98
25
259
222
25Otis Birdsong
O. Birdsong
18.4
1978-79
82
34.6
21.7
4.3
3.4
1.5
0.2
9.0
17.8
50.9
3.6
5.0
72.5
54.4
2.1
2.2
2.4
2,839
1,778
354
281
125
17
200
255

More NBA News

More Lakers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

39.3

Dončić

Luka Dončić

RPG

10.8

Kessler

Walker Kessler

APG

7.9

Dončić

Luka Dončić
Team Rankings

ORTG

122.4

1st

DRTG

114.7

18th

NETRTG

7.7

8th

3P%

38.4

4th

2026-27 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Lakers Lakers
10
2
.833
2
9
2
.818
0.5
3
8
3
.727
1.5
4
8
3
.727
1.5
5
8
3
.727
1.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
11/11
@
8:00 PM
Sun
11/15
@
4:00 PM
Tue
11/17
@
11:00 PM
Wed
11/18
@
10:00 PM
Fri
11/20
@
10:00 PM
Last Game
LAL Lakers

10 - 2

124

Final

114

ATL Hawks

7 - 5

Mon 9 Nov 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

NBA 2026-27 Betting

NBA 2026-27 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
9
2
.818
2
9
3
.750
0.5
3
7
3
.700
1.5
4
6
4
.600
2.5
5
7
5
.583
2.5
6
5
5
.500
3.5
7
5
6
.455
4.0
8
5
6
.455
4.0
9
4
7
.364
5.0
10
4
7
.364
5.0
11
3
7
.300
5.5
12
3
8
.273
6.0
13
2
8
.200
6.5
14
1
8
.111
7.0
15
1
10
.091
8.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
10
2
.833
2
9
2
.818
0.5
3
8
3
.727
1.5
4
8
3
.727
1.5
5
8
3
.727
1.5
6
8
3
.727
1.5
7
7
3
.700
2.0
8
7
3
.700
2.0
9
7
4
.636
2.5
10
5
4
.556
3.5
11
4
6
.400
5.0
12
4
7
.364
5.5
13
2
8
.200
7.0
14
1
10
.091
8.5
15
1
10
.091
8.5

NBA 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
10/20
@
113-121
Tue
10/20
@
106-100
Tue
10/20
@
116-104
Wed
10/21
@
132-125
Wed
10/21
@
116-128

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
11/11
@
7:00 PM
Wed
11/11
@
7:00 PM
Wed
11/11
@
7:00 PM
Wed
11/11
@
8:00 PM
Wed
11/11
@
8:00 PM