NBA impact data · 1950–51 to present

1977–78 NBA Player Rankings

Advanced NBA stats and player impact rankings for the 1977–78 regular season.

Season

1977–78 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	30	62	—	36.5	2,265	29.2	12.1	0.257	9.3	6.5
2	99.6	Bill Walton	POR	C	25	58	—	33.3	1,929	24.8	8.4	0.209	8.1	4.9
3	99.2	Paul Westphal	PHO	SG	27	80	—	31.0	2,481	23.8	9.8	0.190	4.7	4.2
4	98.7	Bobby Jones	DEN	PF	26	75	—	32.5	2,440	19.8	8.9	0.175	4.7	4.1
5	98.3	Bob Lanier	DET	C	29	63	—	36.7	2,311	24.8	10.1	0.209	5.4	4.3
6	97.9	David Thompson	DEN	SG	23	80	—	37.8	3,025	23.2	12.7	0.202	4.8	5.2
7	97.5	George Gervin	SAS	SG	25	82	82	34.8	2,857	24.7	12.0	0.201	4.8	4.9
8	97.0	Julius Erving	PHI	SF	27	74	68	32.8	2,429	21.7	9.1	0.179	4.8	4.1
9	96.6	Rick Barry	GSW	SF	33	82	82	36.9	3,024	20.9	9.7	0.154	3.6	4.3
10	96.2	Walter Davis	PHO	SF	23	81	—	32.0	2,590	22.1	10.1	0.187	3.3	3.5
11	95.8	Fred Brown	SEA	SG	29	72	—	27.3	1,965	19.6	6.7	0.163	3.5	2.8
12	95.3	Artis Gilmore	CHI	C	28	82	82	37.4	3,067	23.5	11.5	0.180	4.1	4.7
13	94.9	John Drew	ATL	SF	23	70	—	31.5	2,203	23.7	8.9	0.194	3.9	3.3
14	94.5	Gus Williams	SEA	PG	24	79	—	32.6	2,572	18.1	7.7	0.143	3.1	3.3
15	94.1	Marques Johnson	MIL	SF	21	80	—	34.6	2,765	21.3	10.6	0.185	2.7	3.3
16	93.6	Adrian Dantley	IND / LAL	SF	22	79	23	37.1	2,933	20.9	12.2	0.199	3.5	4.1
17	93.2	Dave Cowens	BOS	C	29	77	—	41.8	3,215	18.6	10.8	0.162	3.4	4.4
18	92.8	Rich Kelley	NOJ	C	24	82	—	25.8	2,119	17.8	6.4	0.146	2.6	2.5
19	92.4	Sonny Parker	GSW	SF	22	82	—	25.2	2,069	17.4	6.2	0.145	2.7	2.4
20	91.9	Bob McAdoo	NYK	C	26	79	78	40.3	3,182	22.0	10.9	0.165	3.0	4.0
21	91.5	Eddie Jordan	CLE / NJN	PG	23	73	—	16.6	1,213	15.7	1.9	0.074	1.8	1.2
22	91.1	Dan Issel	DEN	C	29	82	—	34.8	2,851	21.5	11.1	0.186	3.0	3.6
23	90.7	Bob Gross	POR	SF	24	72	—	30.0	2,163	16.9	7.1	0.158	3.2	2.9
24	90.3	Sam Lacey	KCK	C	29	77	—	27.7	2,131	15.2	4.3	0.098	3.0	2.7
25	89.8	Billy Paultz	SAS	C	29	80	—	31.0	2,479	19.8	8.6	0.166	2.9	3.0
26	89.4	Wes Unseld	WSB	C	31	80	—	33.0	2,644	14.4	6.8	0.123	2.9	3.3
27	89.0	Dan Roundfield	IND	PF	24	79	60	30.7	2,423	18.0	6.9	0.138	1.9	2.4
28	88.6	Elmore Smith	CLE	C	28	81	—	24.6	1,996	19.9	6.8	0.164	2.0	2.0
29	88.1	Ron Lee	PHO	PG	25	82	—	23.5	1,928	16.2	3.8	0.094	1.3	1.6
30	87.7	Walt Frazier	CLE	PG	32	51	—	32.6	1,664	17.5	4.6	0.132	1.9	1.6
31	87.3	Dennis Johnson	SEA	SG	23	81	—	27.3	2,209	15.6	5.8	0.127	1.8	2.1
32	86.9	Marvin Webster	SEA	C	25	82	—	35.5	2,910	17.0	8.7	0.143	1.5	2.6
33	86.4	Alvan Adams	PHO	C	23	70	—	27.3	1,914	17.7	4.9	0.123	1.0	1.5
34	86.0	Cedric Maxwell	BOS	SF	22	72	23	16.8	1,213	17.8	4.2	0.166	2.0	1.2
35	85.6	Tom Abernethy	LAL	SF	23	73	—	18.0	1,317	15.6	4.1	0.150	1.9	1.3
36	85.2	George McGinnis	PHI	PF	27	78	76	32.5	2,533	20.3	7.9	0.150	1.8	2.5
37	84.7	Don Buse	PHO	PG	27	82	82	31.1	2,547	12.5	6.0	0.113	1.0	1.9
38	84.3	Campy Russell	CLE	SF	26	72	—	35.0	2,520	18.2	6.6	0.127	1.7	2.3
39	84	Cliff Pondexter	CHI	PF	23	44	—	12.1	534	11.6	1.0	0.087	2.2	0.6
40	83.5	Clifford Ray	GSW	C	29	79	—	28.7	2,268	14.9	6.9	0.145	0.8	1.6
41	83.1	Foots Walker	CLE	PG	26	81	—	30.8	2,496	14.2	5.2	0.101	1.1	1.9
42	82.6	Darryl Dawkins	PHI	C	21	70	11	24.6	1,722	18.0	6.4	0.178	1.8	1.7
43	82.2	Lloyd Neal	POR	PF	27	61	—	19.2	1,174	19.8	4.3	0.178	1.8	1.1
44	81.8	Tree Rollins	ATL	C	22	80	—	22.4	1,795	15.6	5.0	0.133	1.3	1.5
45	81.4	Gar Heard	PHO	PF	29	80	—	26.2	2,099	12.9	4.5	0.103	0.2	1.2
46	80.9	Lonnie Shelton	NYK	PF	22	82	45	28.3	2,319	17.4	5.9	0.122	0.9	1.7
47	80.5	Steve Hawes	ATL	PF	27	75	—	31.0	2,325	16.1	6.1	0.127	1.2	1.9
48	80.1	Jamaal Wilkes	LAL	SF	24	51	—	29.2	1,490	16.1	3.3	0.106	1.1	1.2
49	79.7	Billy Knight	BUF	SF	25	53	—	40.7	2,155	18.7	6.0	0.133	1.6	2.0
50	79.2	Calvin Murphy	HOU	SG	29	76	—	38.2	2,900	19.5	7.4	0.122	1.3	2.4

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Season summary

1977–78 NBA advanced stats leaders

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ranks first in 1977–78 Impact Rate at 100.0, ahead of Bill Walton by 0.4 points. The ranking compares 50 qualified players within this season.