The 1950s in the NBA

The decade's most valuable players

1. 1
   Bob Cousy

   PG · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1956 (19.4)

   145.8
2. 2
   Dolph Schayes

   PF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1954 (17.2)

   138
3. 3
   Vern Mikkelsen

   PF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1953 (13.7)

   104.9
4. 4
   Ed Macauley

   C/PF · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1950 (13.6)

   103.9
5. 5
   Bill Sharman

   SG · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1956 (16.3)

   100.9
6. 6
   Dick McGuire

   PG · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1950 (12.7)

   98.9
7. 7
   Harry Gallatin

   PF/C · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1954 (13.6)

   92.8
8. 8
   Andy Phillip

   PG/SG · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1951 (14.2)

   92.5
9. 9
   Carl Braun

   SG/PG · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1950 (14.3)

   92.5
10. 10
    Neil Johnston

    C · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1954 (15.6)

    91
11. 11
    Larry Foust

    PF/C · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1952 (13.3)

    90.7
12. 12
    Paul Arizin

    SF · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1952 (13.9)

    83.1
13. 13
    George Mikan

    C · 6 seasons in the decade · best 1950 (17.3)

    80
14. 14
    Bobby Wanzer

    PG/SG · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1952 (13)

    78.3
15. 15
    Bob Pettit

    PF/C · 5 seasons in the decade · best 1959 (19.6)

    77.9
16. 16
    Slater Martin

    PG · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1956 (12.4)

    77.3
17. 17
    Jack Coleman

    PF/C · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1952 (11.1)

    72.9
18. 18
    Joe Graboski

    PF/C · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1959 (10.3)

    70.4
19. 19
    Paul Seymour

    PG/SG · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1954 (12.1)

    69.9
20. 20
    Bob Davies

    PG · 6 seasons in the decade · best 1950 (14)

    68.8
21. 21
    Nathaniel Clifton

    PF · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1953 (12)

    68.5
22. 22
    Arnie Risen

    C · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1952 (12.4)

    68.1
23. 23
    Clyde Lovellette

    C · 6 seasons in the decade · best 1956 (13.6)

    65
24. 24
    Jim Pollard

    SF · 6 seasons in the decade · best 1954 (12.4)

    58.5
25. 25
    Mel Hutchins

    PF/C · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1952 (10.9)

    56.9

Decade VAL is the sum of a player's VAL across the decade's seasons. How VAL works.

The decade's greatest single seasons

What this page stands on

VAL player-seasons in the corpus for each year of the decade.