NBA & ABA Year-by-Year Leaders and Records for Win Shares

Active players are listed in bold
* Indicates member of the Hall of Fame.

Table
Season Lg Player WS Tm
2024-25 NBA Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 3.00 OKC
2023-24 NBA Nikola Jokić 17.05 DEN
2022-23 NBA Nikola Jokić 14.93 DEN
2021-22 NBA Nikola Jokić 15.24 DEN
2020-21 NBA Nikola Jokić 15.62 DEN
2019-20 NBA James Harden 13.12 HOU
2018-19 NBA James Harden 15.19 HOU
2017-18 NBA James Harden 15.37 HOU
2016-17 NBA James Harden 15.05 HOU
2015-16 NBA Stephen Curry 17.87 GSW
2014-15 NBA James Harden 16.44 HOU
2013-14 NBA Kevin Durant 19.22 OKC
2012-13 NBA LeBron James 19.30 MIA
2011-12 NBA LeBron James 14.45 MIA
2010-11 NBA LeBron James 15.58 MIA
2009-10 NBA LeBron James 18.46 CLE
2008-09 NBA LeBron James 20.25 CLE
2007-08 NBA Chris Paul 17.79 NOH
2006-07 NBA Dirk Nowitzki* 16.34 DAL
2005-06 NBA Dirk Nowitzki* 17.72 DAL
2004-05 NBA Kevin Garnett* 16.11 MIN
2003-04 NBA Kevin Garnett* 18.33 MIN
2002-03 NBA Tim Duncan* 16.45 SAS
2001-02 NBA Tim Duncan* 17.81 SAS
2000-01 NBA Shaquille O'Neal* 14.94 LAL
1999-00 NBA Shaquille O'Neal* 18.65 LAL
1998-99 NBA Karl Malone* 9.62 UTA
1997-98 NBA Karl Malone* 16.35 UTA
1996-97 NBA Michael Jordan* 18.30 CHI
1995-96 NBA Michael Jordan* 20.43 CHI
1994-95 NBA David Robinson* 17.46 SAS
1993-94 NBA David Robinson* 19.98 SAS
1992-93 NBA Michael Jordan* 17.24 CHI
1991-92 NBA Michael Jordan* 17.73 CHI
1990-91 NBA Michael Jordan* 20.30 CHI
1989-90 NBA Michael Jordan* 18.99 CHI
1988-89 NBA Michael Jordan* 19.80 CHI
1987-88 NBA Michael Jordan* 21.23 CHI
1986-87 NBA Michael Jordan* 16.89 CHI
1985-86 NBA Larry Bird* 15.81 BOS
1984-85 NBA Larry Bird* 15.67 BOS
1983-84 NBA Adrian Dantley* 14.61 UTA
1982-83 NBA Moses Malone* 15.10 PHI
1981-82 NBA Moses Malone* 15.42 HOU
1980-81 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 14.26 LAL
1979-80 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 14.84 LAL
1978-79 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 14.38 LAL
1977-78 NBA David Thompson* 12.70 DEN
1976-77 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 17.81 LAL
1975-76 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 17.01 LAL
  ABA Julius Erving* 17.72 NYA
1974-75 NBA Bob McAdoo* 17.81 BUF
  ABA Julius Erving* 17.58 NYA
1973-74 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 18.45 MIL
  ABA Julius Erving* 16.48 NYA
1972-73 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 21.86 MIL
  ABA Artis Gilmore* 18.49 KEN
1971-72 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 25.37 MIL
  ABA Artis Gilmore* 19.79 KEN
1970-71 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 22.31 MIL
  ABA Zelmo Beaty* 16.04 UTS
1969-70 NBA Jerry West* 15.15 LAL
  ABA Spencer Haywood* 17.10 DNR
1968-69 NBA Willis Reed* 14.69 NYK
  ABA Jimmy Jones 16.08 NOB
1967-68 NBA Wilt Chamberlain* 20.38 PHI
  ABA Connie Hawkins* 17.87 PTP
1966-67 NBA Wilt Chamberlain* 21.87 PHI
1965-66 NBA Wilt Chamberlain* 21.42 PHI
1964-65 NBA Oscar Robertson* 16.95 CIN
1963-64 NBA Wilt Chamberlain* 24.98 SFW
1962-63 NBA Wilt Chamberlain* 20.94 SFW
1961-62 NBA Wilt Chamberlain* 23.11 PHW
1960-61 NBA Wilt Chamberlain* 18.83 PHW
1959-60 NBA Wilt Chamberlain* 17.01 PHW
1958-59 NBA Bob Pettit* 14.75 STL
1957-58 NBA Dolph Schayes* 13.73 SYR
1956-57 NBA Neil Johnston* 13.68 PHW
1955-56 NBA Neil Johnston* 13.92 PHW
1954-55 NBA Neil Johnston* 15.39 PHW
1953-54 NBA Neil Johnston* 18.30 PHW
1952-53 NBA Neil Johnston* 15.33 PHW
1951-52 NBA Paul Arizin* 16.01 PHW
1950-51 NBA George Mikan* 23.43 MNL
1949-50 NBA George Mikan* 21.13 MNL
1948-49 BAA George Mikan* 20.86 MNL
1947-48 BAA Bob Feerick 10.52 WSC
1946-47 BAA Bob Feerick 18.59 WSC