DOUNOBALL NBA Leaders

1978-79 Leaders

The regular-season leaders in scoring, rebounding, assists, steals, blocks and more. Players traded during the season are counted once across all of their teams.

All leader seasons

Season leaders1978-7958 GP MIN

Players needed at least 58 games to qualify for these per-game leaderboards. 5 statistical categories are available for this season.

PPG leader

George Gervin

29.6 PPG

RPG leader

Moses Malone

17.6 RPG

APG leader

Kevin Porter

13.4 APG

SPG leader

M.L. Carr

2.46 SPG

Stat categories

Games to qualify

Minimum games required for the per-game leaderboards.

Most games played

League leaders

Top five by category

PPG

Scoring

George Gervin

80 GP · 2,365 total

29.6

PPG

World B. Free

78 GP · 2,244 total

28.8

PPG

Marques Johnson

77 GP · 1,972 total

25.6

PPG

Bob McAdoo

60 GP · 1,487 total

24.8

PPG

Moses Malone

82 GP · 2,031 total

24.8

PPG

RPG

Rebounding

Moses Malone

82 GP · 1,444 total

17.6

RPG

Rich Kelley

80 GP · 1,026 total

12.8

RPG

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

80 GP · 1,025 total

12.8

RPG

Artis Gilmore

82 GP · 1,043 total

12.7

RPG

Jack Sikma

82 GP · 1,013 total

12.4

RPG

APG

Assists

Kevin Porter

82 GP · 1,099 total

13.4

APG

John Lucas

82 GP · 762 total

9.3

APG

Norm Nixon

82 GP · 737 total

9.0

APG

Phil Ford

79 GP · 681 total

8.6

APG

Paul Westphal

81 GP · 529 total

6.5

APG

SPG

Steals

M.L. Carr

80 GP · 197 total

2.46

SPG

Eddie Jordan

82 GP · 201 total

2.45

SPG

Norm Nixon

82 GP · 201 total

2.45

SPG

Phil Ford

79 GP · 174 total

2.20

SPG

Randy Smith

82 GP · 177 total

2.16

SPG

BPG

Blocks

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

80 GP · 316 total

3.95

BPG

George Johnson

78 GP · 253 total

3.24

BPG

Tree Rollins

81 GP · 254 total

3.14

BPG

Robert Parish

76 GP · 217 total

2.86

BPG

Terry Tyler

82 GP · 201 total

2.45

BPG