NBA impact data · 1950–51 to present

1978–79 NBA Player Rankings

Advanced NBA stats and player impact rankings for the 1978–79 regular season.

Season

1978–79 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	31	80	—	39.5	3,157	25.5	14.4	0.219	7.6	7.7
2	99.6	Marques Johnson	MIL	SF	22	77	—	36.1	2,779	23.9	12.2	0.211	5.2	5.0
3	99.1	Gus Williams	SEA	PG	25	76	—	29.8	2,266	21.1	8.3	0.175	4.9	4.0
4	98.7	Walter Davis	PHO	SF	24	79	—	30.8	2,437	23.0	9.4	0.184	4.2	3.8
5	98.2	Rich Kelley	NOJ	C	25	80	—	33.8	2,705	19.9	8.6	0.152	2.8	3.3
6	97.8	Julius Erving	PHI	SF	28	78	76	35.9	2,802	20.1	7.9	0.136	3.5	3.9
7	97.4	Artis Gilmore	CHI	C	29	82	82	39.8	3,265	22.3	12.7	0.186	4.1	5.0
8	96.9	Paul Westphal	PHO	SG	28	81	—	32.6	2,641	22.6	10.4	0.189	3.7	3.8
9	96.5	Wes Unseld	WSB	C	32	77	—	31.2	2,406	17.8	8.7	0.174	4.3	3.8
10	96.0	Steve Mix	PHI	SF	31	74	1	17.1	1,269	19.4	4.9	0.186	3.3	1.7
11	95.6	Alvan Adams	PHO	C	24	77	—	30.7	2,364	20.4	7.6	0.154	3.4	3.2
12	95.2	Bob Lanier	DET	C	30	53	—	34.6	1,835	21.7	5.9	0.155	3.0	2.3
13	94.7	Bobby Jones	PHI	PF	27	80	78	28.8	2,304	16.7	7.7	0.160	2.8	2.8
14	94.3	George Gervin	SAS	SF	26	80	—	36.1	2,888	23.2	11.4	0.189	3.7	4.1
15	93.8	Sam Lacey	KCK	C	30	82	—	32.0	2,627	15.3	6.5	0.119	3.9	3.9
16	93.4	David Thompson	DEN	SG	24	76	—	35.1	2,670	19.9	9.5	0.171	3.1	3.5
17	93.0	Cedric Maxwell	BOS	SF	23	80	60	37.1	2,969	19.9	11.7	0.188	3.1	3.8
18	92.5	Robert Parish	GSW	C	25	76	—	31.7	2,411	20.8	7.1	0.142	2.2	2.5
19	92.1	Tom Owens	POR	C	29	82	82	34.0	2,791	19.9	10.4	0.179	2.7	3.3
20	91.6	Bob Dandridge	WSB	SF	31	78	—	33.7	2,629	19.0	8.7	0.158	3.0	3.4
21	91.2	George McGinnis	DEN	PF	28	76	—	33.6	2,552	20.6	7.1	0.134	2.1	2.6
22	90.7	Bob McAdoo	NYK / BOS	C	27	60	32	37.2	2,231	20.4	5.8	0.125	2.3	2.4
23	90.3	Moses Malone	HOU	C	23	82	82	41.3	3,390	23.7	14.1	0.200	2.8	4.1
24	89.9	Larry Kenon	SAS	PF	26	81	—	36.4	2,947	19.8	8.8	0.144	2.2	3.1
25	89.4	Tree Rollins	ATL	C	23	81	45	23.5	1,900	17.3	6.4	0.163	2.4	2.1
26	89.0	M.L. Carr	DET	SF	28	80	—	40.1	3,207	16.3	7.9	0.118	1.4	2.8
27	88.5	Norm Nixon	LAL	PG	23	82	82	38.4	3,145	18.2	9.6	0.146	2.2	3.3
28	88.1	Dan Issel	DEN	C	30	81	—	33.9	2,742	18.3	9.8	0.172	2.4	3.1
29	87.7	Junior Bridgeman	MIL	SG	25	82	—	23.9	1,963	18.8	5.5	0.134	1.3	1.6
30	87.2	Kevin Porter	DET	PG	28	82	82	37.4	3,064	17.2	6.2	0.097	1.4	2.6
31	86.8	Alex English	IND	SF	25	81	69	33.3	2,696	17.6	7.0	0.124	2.1	2.8
32	86.3	Kent Benson	MIL	C	24	82	—	26.0	2,132	17.3	6.4	0.143	1.4	1.8
33	85.9	Fred Brown	SEA	PG	30	77	—	25.5	1,961	16.9	5.2	0.127	1.7	1.8
34	85.5	Bernard King	NJN	SF	22	82	—	34.9	2,859	17.9	6.5	0.109	1.3	2.4
35	85.0	Dennis Johnson	SEA	SG	24	80	—	34.0	2,717	15.0	6.6	0.116	1.5	2.4
36	84.6	Otis Birdsong	KCK	SG	23	82	82	34.6	2,839	18.4	8.8	0.148	2.2	3.0
37	84.1	World B. Free	SDC	PG	25	78	—	37.9	2,954	22.1	10.1	0.164	2.9	3.7
38	83.7	Dan Roundfield	ATL	PF	25	80	65	31.7	2,539	19.4	8.7	0.164	1.9	2.5
39	83.3	Sonny Parker	GSW	SF	23	79	—	36.6	2,893	15.5	7.0	0.116	1.8	2.8
40	82.8	John Drew	ATL	SF	24	79	79	30.5	2,410	21.7	8.9	0.177	2.1	2.5
41	82.4	Foots Walker	CLE	PG	27	55	—	31.9	1,753	15.0	3.4	0.093	1.3	1.5
42	81.9	Campy Russell	CLE	SF	27	74	—	38.6	2,859	18.6	6.7	0.112	1.6	2.6
43	81.5	Jack Sikma	SEA	C	23	82	82	36.1	2,958	16.3	8.8	0.143	1.2	2.4
44	81.1	Alvin Scott	PHO	SF	23	81	—	21.4	1,737	13.2	4.4	0.121	1.4	1.5
45	80.6	Mitch Kupchak	WSB	PF	24	66	—	24.3	1,604	19.4	5.9	0.178	1.9	1.6
46	80.2	John Lucas	GSW	PG	25	82	82	37.7	3,095	16.9	7.9	0.122	1.4	2.7
47	79.7	Coby Dietrick	SAS	C	30	76	—	19.6	1,487	13.9	4.1	0.133	1.9	1.5
48	79.3	Ray Williams	NYK	PG	24	81	53	29.3	2,370	17.7	3.9	0.078	0.6	1.6
49	78.9	Elvin Hayes	WSB	PF	33	82	—	37.9	3,105	19.1	9.4	0.146	1.2	2.5
50	78.4	Phil Smith	GSW	SG	26	59	—	38.8	2,288	16.1	5.2	0.110	1.0	1.7

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Season summary

1978–79 NBA advanced stats leaders

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ranks first in 1978–79 Impact Rate at 100.0, ahead of Marques Johnson by 0.4 points. The ranking compares 50 qualified players within this season.