The 1970s in the NBA

The decade's most valuable players

1. 1
   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

   C · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1977 (22.1)

   196.7
2. 2
   Elvin Hayes

   PF/C · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1977 (19.2)

   159.8
3. 3
   Julius Erving

   SF · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1976 (22.4)

   151.7
4. 4
   Rick Barry

   SF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1972 (17.4)

   146.4
5. 5
   Artis Gilmore

   C · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1972 (20)

   145.5
6. 6
   Bob Dandridge

   SF/SG · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1979 (14.7)

   132.2
7. 7
   George McGinnis

   PF · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1975 (20.8)

   131.1
8. 8
   John Havlicek

   SF/SG · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1972 (18.1)

   127.5
9. 9
   Bob Lanier

   C · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1974 (18.8)

   124
10. 10
    Dan Issel

    C/PF · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1971 (17.5)

    122.5
11. 11
    Dave Cowens

    C · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1972 (15.6)

    118.5
12. 12
    Walt Frazier

    PG · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1973 (15)

    118
13. 13
    Spencer Haywood

    PF · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1970 (19.6)

    114.6
14. 14
    Sidney Wicks

    PF · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1972 (17.9)

    112.8
15. 15
    Paul Silas

    PF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1972 (16.5)

    110.4
16. 16
    Sam Lacey

    C · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1974 (15.4)

    108.7
17. 17
    Gail Goodrich

    SG · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1970 (13.1)

    102.8
18. 18
    Pete Maravich

    SG · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1973 (14.2)

    102.8
19. 19
    Rudy Tomjanovich

    PF · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1974 (15.6)

    100.4
20. 20
    Dave Bing

    PG · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1973 (13.9)

    100
21. 21
    Jo Jo White

    PG · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1977 (13.9)

    98.5
22. 22
    Randy Smith

    SG · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1977 (14.5)

    98.2
23. 23
    Louie Dampier

    PG · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1975 (13)

    97.6
24. 24
    Lou Hudson

    SG/SF · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1973 (13.6)

    96.1
25. 25
    Calvin Murphy

    PG · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1976 (13)

    95.8

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.