Last updated Jul 22, 2026
NBA impact data · 1950–51 to present
1976–77 NBA Player Rankings
Advanced NBA stats and player impact rankings for the 1976–77 regular season.
1976–77 Impact Rate rankings
Exact-input box-score standing on a 0–100 scale within this season.
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| 1 | 100.0 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | LAL | C | 29 | 82 | 82 | 36.8 | 3,016 | 27.8 | 17.8 | 0.283 | 9.4 | 8.7 | |
| 2 | 99.6 | Bobby Jones | DEN | PF | 25 | 82 | 82 | 29.5 | 2,419 | 21.1 | 11.0 | 0.219 | 7.0 | 5.5 | |
| 3 | 99.2 | Bill Walton | POR | C | 24 | 65 | — | 34.8 | 2,264 | 22.9 | 10.2 | 0.215 | 6.7 | 5.0 | |
| 4 | 98.8 | Bob Lanier | DET | C | 28 | 64 | — | 38.2 | 2,446 | 23.0 | 10.3 | 0.203 | 5.4 | 4.6 | |
| 5 | 98.4 | Julius Erving | PHI | SF | 26 | 82 | 77 | 35.9 | 2,940 | 20.9 | 11.5 | 0.188 | 4.5 | 4.8 | |
| 6 | 97.9 | Artis Gilmore | CHI | C | 27 | 82 | 82 | 35.1 | 2,877 | 21.6 | 12.2 | 0.203 | 4.2 | 4.5 | |
| 7 | 97.5 | Paul Westphal | PHO | PG | 26 | 81 | — | 32.1 | 2,600 | 21.4 | 9.6 | 0.178 | 4.0 | 4.0 | |
| 8 | 97.1 | Alvan Adams | PHO | C | 22 | 72 | — | 31.6 | 2,278 | 20.2 | 6.3 | 0.134 | 3.6 | 3.2 | |
| 9 | 96.7 | Dennis Johnson | SEA | SG | 22 | 81 | — | 20.6 | 1,667 | 16.7 | 4.5 | 0.130 | 2.6 | 2.0 | |
| 10 | 96 | Dean Tolson | SEA | PF | 25 | 60 | — | 9.8 | 587 | 20.8 | 2.0 | 0.166 | 2.8 | 0.7 | |
| 11 | 95.9 | Billy Knight | IND | SF | 24 | 78 | 77 | 40.0 | 3,117 | 20.1 | 10.7 | 0.164 | 2.7 | 3.7 | |
| 12 | 95.5 | George Gervin | SAS | SF | 24 | 82 | 82 | 33.0 | 2,705 | 21.4 | 10.5 | 0.187 | 3.5 | 3.8 | |
| 13 | 95 | Sonny Parker | GSW | SF | 21 | 65 | — | 13.7 | 889 | 16.4 | 3.0 | 0.160 | 3.1 | 1.1 | |
| 14 | 94.7 | Brian Taylor | KCK | PG | 25 | 72 | — | 34.6 | 2,488 | 17.6 | 7.9 | 0.152 | 3.0 | 3.1 | |
| 15 | 94.2 | Rick Barry | GSW | SF | 32 | 79 | — | 36.8 | 2,904 | 19.3 | 8.4 | 0.139 | 2.9 | 3.6 | |
| 16 | 93.8 | Bob McAdoo | BUF / NYK | C | 25 | 72 | 68 | 38.9 | 2,798 | 21.8 | 9.6 | 0.164 | 3.2 | 3.7 | |
| 17 | 93.4 | Fred Brown | SEA | SG | 28 | 72 | — | 29.1 | 2,098 | 17.4 | 6.1 | 0.140 | 2.2 | 2.2 | |
| 18 | 93.0 | Elvin Hayes | WSB | PF | 31 | 82 | — | 41.0 | 3,364 | 19.8 | 12.1 | 0.173 | 2.8 | 4.1 | |
| 19 | 92.6 | Tiny Archibald | NYN | PG | 28 | 34 | — | 37.6 | 1,277 | 19.4 | 2.8 | 0.104 | 1.8 | 1.2 | |
| 20 | 92.2 | Larry Kenon | SAS | PF | 24 | 78 | — | 37.6 | 2,936 | 19.8 | 9.5 | 0.155 | 2.4 | 3.3 | |
| 21 | 91.8 | Dan Issel | DEN | C | 28 | 79 | — | 31.7 | 2,507 | 21.2 | 10.9 | 0.208 | 2.7 | 3.0 | |
| 22 | 91.4 | David Thompson | DEN | SG | 22 | 82 | 82 | 36.6 | 3,001 | 19.8 | 10.7 | 0.172 | 2.5 | 3.4 | |
| 23 | 90.9 | Sam Lacey | KCK | C | 28 | 82 | — | 31.6 | 2,595 | 15.8 | 5.6 | 0.104 | 2.7 | 3.1 | |
| 24 | 90.5 | Dave Cowens | BOS | C | 28 | 50 | — | 37.8 | 1,888 | 16.8 | 4.4 | 0.113 | 2.6 | 2.2 | |
| 25 | 90.1 | Don Buse | IND | PG | 26 | 81 | 76 | 36.4 | 2,947 | 14.1 | 4.7 | 0.076 | 1.6 | 2.7 | |
| 26 | 89.7 | George McGinnis | PHI | PF | 26 | 79 | 78 | 35.1 | 2,769 | 20.8 | 8.6 | 0.149 | 2.2 | 2.9 | |
| 27 | 89.3 | Rich Kelley | NOJ | C | 23 | 76 | — | 19.8 | 1,505 | 17.6 | 4.3 | 0.138 | 1.9 | 1.5 | |
| 28 | 88.9 | Dave Twardzik | POR | PG | 26 | 74 | — | 26.2 | 1,937 | 16.3 | 7.5 | 0.186 | 3.0 | 2.5 | |
| 29 | 88.5 | Bob Gross | POR | SF | 23 | 82 | — | 27.2 | 2,232 | 16.2 | 7.4 | 0.159 | 3.0 | 2.8 | |
| 30 | 88.1 | Foots Walker | CLE | PG | 25 | 62 | 18 | 19.6 | 1,216 | 16.0 | 3.0 | 0.120 | 1.5 | 1.1 | |
| 31 | 87.7 | Swen Nater | MIL | C | 27 | 72 | — | 27.2 | 1,960 | 19.1 | 6.9 | 0.168 | 1.4 | 1.7 | |
| 32 | 87.2 | Wilbur Holland | CHI | SG | 25 | 79 | — | 31.1 | 2,453 | 15.6 | 5.9 | 0.116 | 1.3 | 2.0 | |
| 33 | 86.8 | Adrian Dantley | BUF | SF | 21 | 77 | 76 | 36.6 | 2,816 | 18.3 | 9.8 | 0.167 | 1.6 | 2.5 | |
| 34 | 86.4 | Bubbles Hawkins | NYN | SG | 22 | 52 | — | 28.5 | 1,481 | 18.2 | 1.9 | 0.063 | 0.5 | 0.9 | |
| 35 | 86.0 | Pete Maravich | NOJ | SG | 29 | 73 | — | 41.7 | 3,041 | 19.8 | 6.4 | 0.101 | 1.1 | 2.4 | |
| 36 | 85.6 | Slick Watts | SEA | PG | 25 | 79 | — | 33.3 | 2,627 | 16.3 | 3.3 | 0.060 | 0.7 | 1.8 | |
| 37 | 85.2 | Wes Unseld | WSB | C | 30 | 82 | 82 | 34.9 | 2,860 | 12.8 | 6.2 | 0.103 | 2.0 | 2.9 | |
| 38 | 84.8 | Steve Mix | PHI | SF | 29 | 75 | 9 | 26.1 | 1,958 | 15.1 | 6.5 | 0.158 | 1.8 | 1.9 | |
| 39 | 84.4 | Tom Boerwinkle | CHI | C | 31 | 82 | — | 13.0 | 1,070 | 14.7 | 2.3 | 0.102 | 1.4 | 0.9 | |
| 40 | 84.0 | Robert Parish | GSW | C | 23 | 77 | — | 18.0 | 1,384 | 19.3 | 4.8 | 0.167 | 1.0 | 1.1 | |
| 41 | 83.5 | Randy Smith | BUF | SG | 28 | 82 | 81 | 37.7 | 3,094 | 17.6 | 6.4 | 0.099 | 1.1 | 2.4 | |
| 42 | 83.1 | Mickey Johnson | CHI | PF | 24 | 81 | — | 35.1 | 2,847 | 17.6 | 8.5 | 0.143 | 0.8 | 2.0 | |
| 43 | 82.7 | John Shumate | BUF | PF | 24 | 74 | 72 | 35.1 | 2,601 | 15.9 | 6.3 | 0.117 | 1.0 | 2.0 | |
| 44 | 82.3 | Jim Brewer | CLE | PF | 25 | 81 | 78 | 33.0 | 2,672 | 12.7 | 5.8 | 0.105 | 1.3 | 2.2 | |
| 45 | 81.9 | Ron Lee | PHO | PG | 24 | 82 | — | 22.5 | 1,849 | 15.6 | 2.8 | 0.072 | 0.8 | 1.3 | |
| 46 | 81 | Nate Thurmond | CLE | C | 35 | 49 | 9 | 20.3 | 997 | 14.3 | 2.3 | 0.113 | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
| 47 | 81.1 | John Drew | ATL | SF | 22 | 74 | — | 36.3 | 2,688 | 20.2 | 7.9 | 0.142 | 1.8 | 2.6 | |
| 48 | 80.7 | Earl Tatum | LAL | SG | 23 | 68 | — | 18.4 | 1,249 | 16.5 | 2.6 | 0.101 | 0.6 | 0.8 | |
| 49 | 80.2 | Marvin Webster | DEN | C | 24 | 80 | — | 15.9 | 1,276 | 16.7 | 3.9 | 0.146 | 0.9 | 1.0 | |
| 50 | 79.8 | Earl Monroe | NYK | SG | 32 | 77 | 76 | 34.5 | 2,656 | 18.1 | 7.8 | 0.141 | 1.7 | 2.5 |
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Season summary
1976–77 NBA advanced stats leaders
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ranks first in 1976–77 Impact Rate at 100.0, ahead of Bobby Jones by 0.4 points. The ranking compares 50 qualified players within this season.
- #1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar100.0
- #2Bobby Jones99.6
- #3Bill Walton99.2