which nba western conference player scored the most points in wins in 1997

Karl Malone posted the most points by a Western Conference player in wins in 1996-97, with 1,782 points.

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	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	1,782	1996-97	UTA	64	35.6	27.8	9.7	4.4	1.4	0.6	10.5	18.9	55.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.8	8.9	76.2	61.2	2.4	7.3	2.8	2,279	622	282	91	38	176	166	+883
2	Gary Payton G. Payton	1,257	1996-97	SEA	57	37.8	22.1	4.3	7.2	2.3	0.2	8.8	17.9	49.1	1.4	4.5	30.9	3.1	4.2	73.1	55.8	1.2	3.1	2.4	2,154	247	412	133	9	139	138	+792
3	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1,225	1996-97	HOU	54	36.0	22.7	9.3	3.1	1.6	2.3	9.0	17.3	52.1	0.0	0.2	22.2	4.6	5.7	81.4	57.3	2.2	7.1	3.6	1,944	503	170	88	125	196	173	+571
4	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	1,050	1996-97	SEA	56	33.2	18.8	9.9	1.9	1.7	1.1	6.5	12.7	51.5	0.2	0.4	42.9	5.6	7.4	74.6	58.8	3.3	6.5	3.2	1,860	552	105	94	61	181	211	+574
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	1,010	1996-97	LAL	38	37.6	26.6	12.8	3.3	1.0	2.9	10.9	19.8	55.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.8	9.6	50.1	55.5	3.7	9.1	2.8	1,428	485	127	37	109	105	126	+369
6	Eddie Jones E. Jones	951	1996-97	LAL	54	36.8	17.6	4.3	3.6	2.6	0.7	6.1	13.3	46.2	1.9	4.7	39.5	3.5	4.2	82.1	58.1	1.2	3.1	2.1	1,989	234	196	139	38	111	145	+524
7	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	945	1996-97	UTA	64	30.9	14.8	3.0	4.6	1.6	0.4	5.0	10.2	49.5	0.9	2.2	41.4	3.8	4.2	89.3	61.3	0.7	2.2	1.5	1,976	190	294	101	23	99	141	+850
8	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	937	1996-97	SAC	34	39.0	27.6	4.4	4.7	1.4	0.2	9.3	19.0	48.8	2.9	5.6	51.0	6.1	7.1	86.7	62.4	0.7	3.7	2.6	1,325	151	161	46	7	90	85	+318
9	John Stockton J. Stockton	926	1996-97	UTA	64	34.8	14.5	2.9	10.8	2.1	0.1	5.0	9.0	56.2	0.9	2.0	44.4	3.5	4.2	83.6	66.8	0.5	2.4	2.8	2,225	185	688	137	9	182	137	+756
10	Kenny Anderson K. Anderson	903	1996-97	POR	49	37.1	18.4	4.4	7.6	2.0	0.1	6.1	13.4	45.9	1.8	4.5	39.1	4.4	5.6	78.5	58.1	0.9	3.5	2.2	1,817	217	372	97	7	107	107	+564
11	Tom Gugliotta T. Gugliotta	900	1996-97	MIN	40	39.2	22.5	9.0	4.5	1.8	1.3	8.1	17.2	47.2	0.3	0.9	27.0	6.1	7.5	80.9	55.0	2.2	6.8	3.4	1,568	359	181	73	52	135	117	+292
12	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	886	1996-97	LAL	54	36.8	16.4	2.9	8.8	1.1	0.1	5.9	13.6	43.2	2.5	5.9	42.7	2.1	2.5	83.9	55.8	0.5	2.4	2.6	1,989	157	473	58	8	138	74	+536
13	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	858	1996-97	HOU	46	36.2	18.7	6.0	5.6	1.9	0.6	6.6	14.2	46.9	2.0	5.2	37.9	3.4	4.6	73.7	57.6	1.7	4.3	2.3	1,665	277	258	88	28	108	109	+528
14	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	804	1996-97	PHX	39	38.1	20.6	3.7	9.8	1.6	0.2	6.4	12.5	51.6	1.3	2.8	45.0	6.5	7.6	84.6	65.1	0.6	3.2	2.8	1,487	146	384	61	9	108	71	+393
15	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	798	1996-97	SEA	57	32.7	14.0	3.9	3.1	2.1	0.2	4.5	9.4	47.2	1.7	4.3	40.3	3.4	3.8	88.9	63.0	1.0	3.0	1.6	1,864	225	179	118	11	91	107	+657
16	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	797	1996-97	HOU	41	37.4	19.4	13.9	4.8	1.4	0.4	6.3	12.6	50.2	1.1	3.5	30.3	5.7	8.2	69.9	60.0	3.9	10.0	2.7	1,532	570	198	57	18	112	113	+418
17	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	777	1996-97	GSW	29	43.2	26.8	5.4	6.9	1.9	0.7	9.3	19.1	49.0	1.9	5.0	37.5	6.2	7.7	81.5	59.7	0.6	4.8	3.5	1,254	158	200	55	20	102	53	+344
18	Isaiah Rider I. Rider	774	1996-97	POR	44	33.3	17.6	3.9	2.7	0.5	0.2	6.5	12.5	52.4	1.3	3.2	42.1	3.2	3.9	82.5	62.1	1.2	2.7	2.7	1,465	171	118	22	10	120	107	+362
19	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	770	1996-97	POR	48	36.8	16.0	3.9	3.2	1.3	0.6	5.9	12.7	46.3	1.7	4.3	39.4	2.5	3.8	66.7	55.7	1.0	2.8	2.2	1,767	185	153	64	31	105	153	+522
20	Elden Campbell E. Campbell	766	1996-97	LAL	52	31.8	14.7	7.7	1.7	0.7	1.6	5.7	11.9	48.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	4.5	73.2	53.2	2.4	5.3	1.6	1,651	402	86	35	83	85	188	+376
21	Detlef Schrempf D. Schrempf	728	1996-97	SEA	43	35.4	16.9	6.3	4.6	1.1	0.3	6.0	11.9	50.4	1.0	2.7	37.1	4.0	5.0	79.2	60.2	1.4	4.9	2.3	1,521	270	197	49	11	99	96	+566
22	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	723	1996-97	MIN	40	39.2	18.1	8.1	3.1	1.8	2.6	7.5	14.3	52.4	0.1	0.3	18.2	3.0	3.8	80.7	56.7	2.4	5.7	2.3	1,567	324	125	73	105	93	98	+407
23	Bryon Russell B. Russell	718	1996-97	UTA	63	30.9	11.4	4.0	1.4	1.7	0.3	3.8	7.5	50.7	1.3	3.1	44.0	2.4	3.4	71.2	63.2	0.9	3.1	1.1	1,945	255	90	104	22	72	175	+783
24	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	646	1996-97	SEA	57	23.0	11.3	3.6	1.2	0.9	0.7	3.6	7.7	47.4	1.7	3.7	45.0	2.4	2.9	82.5	63.3	0.9	2.7	0.8	1,312	204	71	49	38	48	87	+543
25	Mario Elie M. Elie	641	1996-97	HOU	54	33.6	11.9	3.0	4.2	1.3	0.1	3.9	7.6	50.4	1.5	3.7	41.9	2.6	3.0	88.2	66.2	0.8	2.3	1.7	1,816	164	228	72	6	90	133	+544

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