NBA 35th Anniversary All-Time Team
As selected in 1980 through a poll by the Professional Basketball Writers Association of America.
Red Auerbach was selected as coach, Bill Russell was selected as the greatest player, and the 1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers were selected as the greatest team.
11 Players
Per Game | Shooting | Advanced | ||||||||||||
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Player | From | To | G | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% | WS | WS/48 |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 1970 | 1989 | 1560 | 36.8 | 24.6 | 11.2 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 2.6 | .559 | .721 | 273.4 | .228 | |
Elgin Baylor | 1959 | 1972 | 846 | 40.0 | 27.4 | 13.5 | 4.3 | .431 | .780 | 104.2 | .148 | |||
Wilt Chamberlain | 1960 | 1973 | 1045 | 45.8 | 30.1 | 22.9 | 4.4 | .540 | .511 | 247.3 | .248 | |||
Bob Cousy | 1951 | 1970 | 924 | 35.3 | 18.4 | 5.2 | 7.5 | .375 | .803 | 91.1 | .139 | |||
Julius Erving | 1977 | 1987 | 836 | 34.3 | 22.0 | 6.7 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | .507 | .777 | 106.2 | .178 | |
John Havlicek | 1963 | 1978 | 1270 | 36.6 | 20.8 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 0.3 | .439 | .815 | 131.7 | .136 | |
George Mikan | 1949 | 1956 | 439 | 34.4 | 23.1 | 13.4 | 2.8 | .404 | .782 | 108.7 | .249 | |||
Bob Pettit | 1955 | 1965 | 792 | 38.8 | 26.4 | 16.2 | 3.0 | .436 | .761 | 136.0 | .213 | |||
Oscar Robertson | 1961 | 1974 | 1040 | 42.2 | 25.7 | 7.5 | 9.5 | 1.1 | 0.1 | .485 | .838 | 189.2 | .207 | |
Bill Russell | 1957 | 1969 | 963 | 42.3 | 15.1 | 22.5 | 4.3 | .440 | .561 | 163.5 | .193 | |||
Jerry West | 1961 | 1974 | 932 | 39.2 | 27.0 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 2.6 | 0.7 | .474 | .814 | 162.6 | .213 |
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