Evaluating the Top NBA Scorers, 1977-78

(Minimum 2,000 Minutes Played, 0.500 Points Scored per Minute Played)

Player	Team	Wins Produced	WP48	Points per game	Points per minute
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LA Lakers	20.6	0.438	25.8	0.706
Artis Gilmore	Chicago	18.1	0.284	22.9	0.613
Marques Johnson	Milwaukee	16.3	0.283	19.5	0.563
George Gervin	San Antonio	16.1	0.270	27.2	0.781
David Thompson	Denver	15.3	0.243	27.2	0.718
Adrian Dantley	Indiana-LA Lakers	14.7	0.241	21.5	0.579
Bob McAdoo	New York	13.6	0.205	26.5	0.659
Bob Lanier	Detroit	13.4	0.278	24.5	0.667
Julius Erving	Philadelphia	11.9	0.235	20.6	0.629
Moses Malone	Houston	11.8	0.269	19.4	0.543
Dan Issel	Denver	11.1	0.187	21.3	0.612
Walter Davis	Phoenix	10.3	0.191	24.2	0.756
John Drew	Atlanta	10.0	0.218	23.2	0.737
Paul Westphal	Phoenix	9.9	0.192	25.2	0.812
Billy Paultz	San Antonio	9.5	0.184	15.8	0.511
Truck Robinson	New Orleans	9.1	0.120	22.7	0.512
Randy Smith	Buffalo	8.5	0.123	24.6	0.610
Gus Williams	Seattle	8.0	0.149	18.1	0.556
Bernard King	New Jersey	7.9	0.122	24.2	0.617
George McGinnis	Philadelphia	7.0	0.133	20.3	0.627
Larry Kenon	San Antonio	6.9	0.115	20.6	0.583
Doug Collins	Philadelphia	6.7	0.116	19.7	0.561
Billy Knight	Buffalo	6.6	0.147	22.9	0.564
Phil Smith	Golden State	6.0	0.098	19.7	0.548
Rick Barry	Golden State	5.7	0.090	23.1	0.628
Campy Russell	Cleveland	5.4	0.103	19.4	0.555
World B. Free	Philadelphia	4.5	0.106	15.7	0.581
Gail Goodrich	New Orleans	4.5	0.084	16.1	0.511
Earl Monroe	New York	4.4	0.088	17.8	0.572
Bob Dandridge	Washington	4.2	0.073	19.3	0.522
Maurice Lucas	Portland	3.9	0.088	16.4	0.525
Brian Winters	Milwaukee	3.2	0.056	19.9	0.579
Mickey Johnson	Chicago	2.8	0.048	18.3	0.517
Lonnie Shelton	New York	2.5	0.051	14.9	0.526
Eric Money	Detroit	2.2	0.041	18.6	0.553
Calvin Murphy	Houston	2.0	0.033	25.6	0.672
Kevin Grevey	Washington	1.7	0.039	15.5	0.591
Ron Boone	Kansas City	0.5	0.009	17.7	0.546
Pete Maravich	New Orleans	0.4	0.009	27.0	0.662
James Edwards	Indiana-LA Lakers	-2.6	-0.052	15.2	0.525
John Williamson	Indiana-New Jersey	-2.9	-0.050	23.7	0.651