which nba player had the most steals plus rebounds in 1979

Moses Malone had the most steals + rebounds in 1978-79, with 1,523.

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Data note: Steals: player season data complete from 1973-74

	NAME	STL+REB	STL	REB	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	AST	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Moses Malone M. Malone	1,523	79	1,444	1978-79	HOU	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	147	119	326	223
2	Rich Kelley R. Kelley	1,152	126	1,026	1978-79	NOJ	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	285	166	288	309
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1,101	76	1,025	1978-79	LAL	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	431	316	282	230
4	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	1,095	82	1,013	1978-79	SEA	82	36.1	15.6	12.4	3.2	1.0	0.8	5.8	12.6	46.0	4.0	4.9	81.4	52.9	2.8	9.5	3.1	2,958	1,281	261	67	253	295
5	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	1,093	50	1,043	1978-79	CHI	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	274	156	310	280
6	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	1,069	75	994	1978-79	WAS	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	143	190	235	308
7	Robert Parish R. Parish	1,016	100	916	1978-79	GSW	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	115	217	233	303
8	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	993	129	864	1978-79	DEN	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	283	52	346	321
9	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	952	87	865	1978-79	ATL	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	131	176	209	358
10	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	944	154	790	1978-79	SAS	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	335	19	300	192
11	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	901	71	830	1978-79	WAS	77	31.2	10.9	10.8	4.1	0.9	0.5	4.5	7.8	57.7	2.0	3.1	64.3	59.9	3.6	7.2	2.0	2,406	843	315	37	156	204
12	Jim Chones J. Chones	889	47	842	1978-79	CLE	82	34.8	13.4	10.3	2.2	0.6	1.2	5.8	13.1	44.0	1.9	2.6	73.5	47.2	3.2	7.1	2.3	2,850	1,102	181	102	187	278
13	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	889	98	791	1978-79	BOS	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	228	74	273	266
14	Kermit Washington K. Washington	885	85	800	1978-79	SDC	82	33.7	11.3	9.8	1.5	1.0	1.5	4.3	7.6	56.2	2.8	4.0	68.8	60.3	3.6	6.1	2.3	2,764	927	125	121	185	317
15	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	848	46	802	1978-79	TOT	69	36.8	21.1	11.6	1.6	0.7	1.1	8.2	16.7	49.1	4.7	6.7	70.1	53.7	2.8	8.8	3.4	2,537	1,456	113	75	233	206
16	Alvan Adams A. Adams	815	110	705	1978-79	PHX	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	360	63	279	246
17	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	808	106	702	1978-79	KCK	82	32.0	10.6	8.6	5.2	1.3	1.7	4.3	8.5	50.2	2.0	2.8	73.9	54.4	2.2	6.4	3.0	2,627	867	430	141	245	309
18	Dan Issel D. Issel	799	61	738	1978-79	DEN	81	33.9	17.0	9.1	3.1	0.8	0.6	6.6	12.7	51.7	3.9	5.2	75.4	56.8	3.0	6.1	2.1	2,742	1,380	255	46	171	233
19	Tom Owens T. Owens	799	59	740	1978-79	POR	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	301	58	247	329
20	Bernard King B. King	787	118	669	1978-79	NJN	82	34.9	21.6	8.2	3.6	1.4	0.5	8.7	16.6	52.2	4.3	7.5	56.4	54.2	3.1	5.1	3.9	2,859	1,769	295	39	323	326
21	M.L. Carr	786	197	589	1978-79	DET	80	40.1	18.7	7.4	3.3	2.5	0.6	7.3	14.3	51.4	4.0	5.4	74.3	56.1	2.7	4.6	3.2	3,207	1,497	262	46	255	279
22	Caldwell Jones C. Jones	786	39	747	1978-79	PHI	78	27.8	9.3	9.6	1.9	0.5	2.0	3.9	8.2	47.4	1.6	2.1	74.7	51.2	2.3	7.3	2.0	2,171	725	151	157	156	303
23	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	782	66	716	1978-79	POR	69	35.7	20.4	10.4	3.1	1.0	1.2	8.2	17.5	47.0	3.9	5.0	78.3	51.7	2.8	7.6	3.4	2,462	1,406	215	81	233	254
24	Mark Landsberger M. Landsberger	769	27	742	1978-79	CHI	80	24.5	8.1	9.3	0.9	0.3	0.3	3.5	7.3	47.5	1.1	2.4	46.9	48.3	3.7	5.6	1.9	1,959	647	68	22	149	125
25	James Edwards J. Edwards	753	60	693	1978-79	IND	82	31.0	16.7	8.5	1.1	0.7	1.3	6.5	13.0	50.1	3.6	5.4	67.6	54.2	2.2	6.3	2.0	2,546	1,366	92	109	162	363

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Moses Malone had the most steals + rebounds in 1978-79, with 1,523.

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