The 1960s in the NBA

The decade's most valuable players

1. 1
   Oscar Robertson

   PG · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1963 (24.3)

   184.1
2. 2
   Bill Russell

   C · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1961 (19.2)

   172.1
3. 3
   Elgin Baylor

   SF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1963 (22.9)

   155.1
4. 4
   Hal Greer

   SG/PG · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1964 (17.8)

   136.4
5. 5
   Jerry West

   PG · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1965 (19.9)

   134
6. 6
   Bailey Howell

   SF/PF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1963 (17.5)

   133
7. 7
   Guy Rodgers

   PG · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1965 (15)

   114.7
8. 8
   Sam Jones

   SG · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1965 (16.5)

   114.2
9. 9
   Rudy LaRusso

   PF/C · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1966 (13.8)

   105.6
10. 10
    Lenny Wilkens

    PG · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1968 (16.3)

    104.4
11. 11
    Bob Pettit

    PF/C · 6 seasons in the decade · best 1961 (20.7)

    103.9
12. 12
    Walt Bellamy

    C · 6 seasons in the decade · best 1963 (20.9)

    103.3
13. 13
    Jerry Lucas

    PF · 6 seasons in the decade · best 1967 (17.3)

    100.2
14. 14
    Wayne Embry

    C · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1963 (14.2)

    95.8
15. 15
    Richie Guerin

    G · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1962 (17.1)

    93.7
16. 16
    John Havlicek

    SF/SG · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1968 (14.3)

    89.5
17. 17
    Cliff Hagan

    SF · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1961 (14.1)

    89.2
18. 18
    Dick Barnett

    SG · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1964 (12.6)

    88.4
19. 19
    Johnny Kerr

    C · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1963 (14.9)

    85.7
20. 20
    Bob Boozer

    PF · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1963 (12.5)

    82.7
21. 21
    Zelmo Beaty

    C · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1966 (18.6)

    80.6
22. 22
    Don Ohl

    SG/PG · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1965 (13.5)

    79.1
23. 23
    Ray Scott

    PF/C · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1964 (14.7)

    78.4
24. 24
    Tom Meschery

    PF · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1969 (12.1)

    76.8
25. 25
    Johnny Green

    PF · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1963 (15.1)

    76.4

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.