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Single Season AV Leaders

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? Player Team AV Year
1 Wilt Chamberlain PH1 24.8 1961-62
2 Wilt Chamberlain SFW 24.1 1962-63
3 Wilt Chamberlain PHI 22.5 1966-67
4 Wilt Chamberlain PHI 22.2 1965-66
5 Wilt Chamberlain PH1 22.1 1960-61
6 Wilt Chamberlain SFW 22.0 1963-64
7 Kareem Abdul-jabbar LAL 21.8 1975-76
8 Wilt Chamberlain PHI 21.7 1967-68
9 Kareem Abdul-jabbar MIL 21.4 1971-72
10 Bob McAdoo BUF 20.4 1974-75
11 Kareem Abdul-jabbar MIL 20.3 1973-74
12 Oscar Robertson CIN 20.2 1961-62
13 Kareem Abdul-jabbar MIL 20.2 1970-71
14 Wilt Chamberlain PH1 20.0 1959-60
15 Kareem Abdul-jabbar LAL 19.9 1976-77
16 Oscar Robertson CIN 19.7 1963-64
17 Bob McAdoo BUF 19.3 1973-74
18 Walt Bellamy CH2 19.3 1961-62
19 Michael Jordan CHI 19.2 1988-89
20 Kareem Abdul-jabbar MIL 19.1 1972-73
21 Oscar Robertson CIN 19.0 1962-63
22 Elgin Baylor LAL 19.0 1960-61
23 Bob Pettit STL 18.9 1961-62
24 Elgin Baylor LAL 18.7 1962-63
25 Michael Jordan CHI 18.7 1987-88
26 Hakeem Olajuwon HOU 18.5 1992-93
27 Michael Jordan CHI 18.5 1989-90
28 Jerry Lucas CIN 18.4 1967-68
29 Oscar Robertson CIN 18.4 1964-65
30 Wilt Chamberlain LAL 18.3 1968-69
31 Bob McAdoo BUF 18.3 1975-76
32 Kareem Abdul-jabbar LAL 18.2 1978-79
33 Bob Lanier DET 18.2 1973-74
34 Oscar Robertson CIN 18.2 1966-67
35 Oscar Robertson CIN 18.1 1965-66
36 Kareem Abdul-jabbar MIL 18.1 1969-70
37 Walt Bellamy CH2 18.0 1962-63
38 Larry Bird BOS 18.0 1984-85
39 David Robinson SAS 18.0 1990-91
40 Bob Pettit STL 18.0 1960-61
41 Kevin Garnett MIN 17.9 2003-04
42 David Robinson SAS 17.9 1993-94
43 Shaquille O'neal ORL 17.9 1993-94
44 Kareem Abdul-jabbar LAL 17.8 1979-80
45 Bill Russell BOS 17.8 1961-62
46 Michael Jordan CHI 17.7 1990-91
47 Moses Malone HOU 17.7 1981-82
48 Wilt Chamberlain LAL 17.7 1970-71
49 Moses Malone HOU 17.7 1978-79
50 Shaquille O'neal LAL 17.7 1999-00
51 Jerry Lucas CIN 17.6 1965-66
52 Bill Russell BOS 17.6 1963-64
53 Bill Russell BOS 17.6 1964-65
54 Nate Archibald KCO 17.6 1972-73
55 Patrick Ewing NYK 17.6 1989-90
56 Hakeem Olajuwon HOU 17.6 1989-90
57 Kevin Garnett MIN 17.5 2002-03
58 Kevin Garnett MIN 17.4 2004-05
59 Hakeem Olajuwon HOU 17.4 1993-94
60 David Robinson SAS 17.4 1994-95
61 David Robinson SAS 17.4 1995-96
62 Bill Russell BOS 17.4 1959-60
63 Elvin Hayes CAP 17.4 1973-74
64 Karl Malone UTA 17.4 1989-90
65 Michael Jordan CHI 17.4 1986-87
66 Charles Barkley PHI 17.3 1987-88
67 Bill Russell BOS 17.3 1962-63
68 Wilt Chamberlain LAL 17.3 1972-73
69 Bill Russell BOS 17.3 1966-67
70 Bob Pettit STL 17.3 1963-64
71 Charles Barkley PHI 17.2 1988-89
72 Larry Bird BOS 17.2 1987-88
73 Walt Bellamy BAL 17.2 1963-64
74 Oscar Robertson CIN 17.2 1960-61
75 Karl Malone UTA 17.2 1990-91
76 Larry Bird BOS 17.1 1985-86
77 Magic Johnson LAL 17.1 1988-89
78 Tim Duncan SAS 17.1 2001-02
79 Wilt Chamberlain LAL 17.0 1971-72
80 Magic Johnson LAL 17.0 1986-87
81 Bob Lanier DET 17.0 1974-75
82 Karl Malone UTA 17.0 1992-93
83 Hakeem Olajuwon HOU 17.0 1988-89
84 Larry Bird BOS 17.0 1986-87
85 Moses Malone HOU 17.0 1980-81
86 Kareem Abdul-jabbar MIL 17.0 1974-75
87 Bill Russell BOS 17.0 1960-61
88 David Robinson SAS 16.9 1989-90
89 Bob Pettit STL 16.9 1962-63
90 LeBron James CLE 16.8 2008-09
91 Elvin Hayes SDR 16.8 1969-70
92 Charles Barkley PHI 16.8 1989-90
93 Jerry Lucas CIN 16.8 1966-67
94 Elvin Hayes WA1 16.8 1976-77
95 Jerry Lucas CIN 16.8 1968-69
96 Michael Jordan CHI 16.8 1991-92
97 Kareem Abdul-jabbar LAL 16.7 1980-81
98 Karl Malone UTA 16.7 1996-97
99 Billy Cunningham PHI 16.7 1969-70
100 Jerry West LAL 16.7 1965-66

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