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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 2686223, member: 289"]
NET POINTS (points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks minus missed field goals, missed free throws, turnovers and fouls: total and per 48 minutes)

1976-77 NBA
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LA 	2856 (45.5)	
Elvin Hayes, Washington	2176 (31.0)	
Bob McAdoo, New York		2066 (35.4)	
Larry Kenon, San Antonio	2058 (33.6)	
Artis Gilmore, Chicago		2057 (34.3)	
Julius Erving, Philadelphia	1989 (32.5)
Bill Walton, Portland		1954 (41.4)
Bob Lanier, Detroit		1948 (38.2)
Billy Knight, Indiana		1907 (29.4)
George McGinnis, Philadelphia	1850 (32.1)

1977-78 NBA
Bob McAdoo, New York		2067 (31.2)	
Artis Gilmore, Chicago		2055 (32.2)	
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LA	1950 (41.3)	
Dave Cowens, Boston		1852 (27.7)	
George Gervin, San Antonio	1789 (30.1)	
Truck Robinson, New Orleans	1766 (23.3)
David Thompson, Denver	1751 (27.8)
Dan Issel, Denver		1736 (29.2)
Marques Johnson, Milwaukee	1709 (29.7)
Rick Barry, Golden State		1627 (25.8)

1978-79 NBA
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LA 	2544 (38.7)	
Moses Malone, Houston	2450 (34.7)	
Artis Gilmore, Chicago 		2163 (31.8)	
Marques Johnson, Milwaukee	1865 (32.2)	
Larry Kenon, San Antonio	1807 (29.4)	
George Gervin, San Antonio	1750 (29.1)
Rich Kelley, New Orleans	1744 (30.9)
Elvin Hayes, Washington	1706 (26.4)
Cedric Maxwell, Boston 		1692 (27.4)
Paul Westphal, Phoenix		1614 (29.3)

TOP TEN 1976-79 (10 points for finishing first in net points, 9 for second, 8 for third, etc.)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar		28
Artis Gilmore  			23	
Bob McAdoo 			18
Larry Kenon 			13	
Elvin Hayes 			12	
George Gervin			11
Marques Johnson		9
Moses Malone			9
Dave Cowens			7
Julius Erving 			5
Truck Robinson			5

Comment: the big men still dominate. The top three guys were centers as were Malone and Cowens. Kenon and Hayes were power forwards, as was Robinson. Gervin, Johnson and Erving were the first  in the wave of wing players that would come to dominate the game from the 80’s on.

HISTORICAL TOP TEN after 1979 (cumulative ranking points, as described above)
Wilt Chamberlain 	126
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	97
Dolph Schayes		93
Bill Russell		86
Bob Pettit		81
Oscar Robertson	76
George Mikan		72
Artis Gilmore		70
Bobby McDermott	65
Neil Johnston		61

Comment: the only changes were that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar took second place and Leroy Edwards dropped off the list because Artis Gilmore joined it in the #8 spot. That left one pre-NBA player still on the list: Bobby McDermott at #9.
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