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1961 NBA Season

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Wilt ChamberlainC21.8
  2. 2Bob PettitC20.1
  3. 3Oscar RobertsonG19.7
  4. 4Bill RussellC18.5
  5. 5Elgin BaylorF18.5
  6. 6Bailey HowellF15.3
  7. 7Richie GuerinG15.2
  8. 8Cliff HaganF14.1
  9. 9Jack TwymanF14.1
  10. 10Willie NaullsF13.9
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Oscar RobertsonPG243.7
  2. 2Jerry WestPG197
  3. 3Lenny WilkensPG172.5
  4. 4Bob BoozerPF100.9
  5. 5Satch SandersPF85.8
  6. 6Don OhlSG/PG83.5
  7. 7Darrall ImhoffC81.5
  8. 8Al AttlesPG76.6

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Bill SharmanSG118.3
  2. 2Jack GeorgePG/SG59.3
  3. 3Dick GarmakerSG/SF45
  4. 4Ernie BeckSF/SG27.1
  5. 5Win WilfongSG/SF19.6
  6. 6Jim PalmerC10.4
  7. 7Phil RollinsPG/SG5.4
  8. 8Gary AlcornC2.1