1972 Points per Game Leaders

Points scored per game

Showing players who met the games-played minimum for the season. Show all players

#	Player	Team	GP	MPG	PTS	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	FTM	FT%
1	Nate Archibald	KCK	80	46.0	2,719	34.0	1,028	2,106	48.8%	—	663	84.7%
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	MIL	76	42.8	2,292	30.2	982	1,772	55.4%	—	328	71.3%
3	Spencer Haywood	SEA	77	42.3	2,251	29.2	889	1,868	47.6%	—	473	83.9%
4	Lou Hudson	ATL	75	40.4	2,029	27.1	816	1,710	47.7%	—	397	82.5%
5	Pete Maravich	ATL	79	39.1	2,063	26.1	789	1,788	44.1%	—	485	80.0%
6	Charlie Scott	PHX	81	37.8	2,048	25.3	806	1,809	44.6%	—	436	78.4%
7	Geoff Petrie	POR	79	39.7	1,970	24.9	836	1,801	46.4%	—	298	77.8%
8	Gail Goodrich	LAL	76	35.5	1,814	23.9	750	1,615	46.4%	—	314	84.0%
9	Sidney Wicks	POR	80	39.4	1,906	23.8	761	1,684	45.2%	—	384	72.3%
10	Bob Lanier	DET	81	38.9	1,927	23.8	810	1,654	49.0%	—	307	77.3%
11	John Havlicek	BOS	80	42.1	1,902	23.8	766	1,704	45.0%	—	370	85.9%
12	Bob Love	CHI	82	37.0	1,895	23.1	774	1,794	43.1%	—	347	82.4%
13	Jerry West	LAL	69	35.7	1,575	22.8	618	1,291	47.9%	—	339	80.5%
14	Dave Bing	DET	82	41.0	1,840	22.4	692	1,545	44.8%	—	456	81.4%
15	Rick Barry	GOS	82	37.5	1,832	22.3	737	1,630	45.2%	—	358	90.2%
16	Elvin Hayes	BLT	81	41.3	1,717	21.2	713	1,607	44.4%	—	291	67.1%
17	Walt Frazier	NYK	78	40.8	1,648	21.1	681	1,389	49.0%	—	286	81.7%
18	Austin Carr	CLE	82	37.8	1,685	20.6	702	1,575	44.6%	—	281	82.2%
19	Dave Cowens	BOS	82	41.8	1,684	20.5	740	1,637	45.2%	—	204	77.9%
20	Lenny Wilkens	CLE	75	39.6	1,538	20.5	572	1,275	44.9%	—	394	82.8%
21	Neal Walk	PHX	81	38.4	1,635	20.2	678	1,455	46.6%	—	279	78.6%
22	Bob Dandridge	MIL	73	39.1	1,474	20.2	638	1,353	47.2%	—	198	78.9%
23	Fred Carter	PHL	81	37.0	1,617	20.0	679	1,614	42.1%	—	259	70.4%
24	Chet Walker	CHI	79	31.1	1,570	19.9	597	1,248	47.8%	—	376	83.2%
25	Phil Chenier	BLT	71	39.1	1,398	19.7	602	1,332	45.2%	—	194	79.5%
26	Jojo White	BOS	82	39.6	1,612	19.7	717	1,665	43.1%	—	178	78.1%
27	Rudy Tomjanovich	HOU	81	36.7	1,560	19.3	655	1,371	47.8%	—	250	74.6%
28	Jim McMillian	LAL	81	36.5	1,533	18.9	655	1,431	45.8%	—	223	84.5%
29	Jack Marin	HOU	81	37.3	1,496	18.5	624	1,334	46.8%	—	248	84.9%
30	Dick Van Arsdale	PHX	81	36.8	1,490	18.4	532	1,118	47.6%	—	426	85.9%
31	Elmore Smith	BUF	76	37.2	1,388	18.3	600	1,244	48.2%	—	188	55.8%
32	Mike Riordan	BLT	82	42.3	1,483	18.1	652	1,278	51.0%	—	179	82.1%
33	Bob McAdoo	BUF	80	32.0	1,441	18.0	585	1,293	45.2%	—	271	77.4%
34	Jimmy Walker	HOU	81	38.0	1,454	18.0	605	1,301	46.5%	—	244	88.4%
35	Jeff Mullins	GOS	81	37.1	1,445	17.8	651	1,321	49.3%	—	143	83.1%
36	Bob Kauffman	BUF	77	39.6	1,350	17.5	535	1,059	50.5%	—	280	78.0%
37	Nate Thurmond	GOS	79	43.3	1,349	17.1	517	1,159	44.6%	—	315	71.8%
38	Mike Newlin	HOU	82	32.4	1,395	17.0	534	1,206	44.3%	—	327	88.6%
39	Dave DeBusschere	NYK	77	36.7	1,258	16.3	532	1,224	43.5%	—	194	74.6%
40	Walt Bellamy	ATL	74	37.9	1,193	16.1	455	901	50.5%	—	283	53.8%
41	Curtis Rowe	DET	81	37.2	1,304	16.1	547	1,053	52.0%	—	210	64.2%
42	Bill Bradley	NYK	82	36.6	1,319	16.1	575	1,252	45.9%	—	169	87.1%
43	Connie Hawkins	PHX	75	36.9	1,204	16.1	441	920	47.9%	—	322	79.7%
44	Cazzie Russell	GOS	80	30.4	1,254	15.7	541	1,182	45.8%	—	172	86.4%
45	Earl Monroe	NYK	75	31.6	1,163	15.5	496	1,016	48.8%	—	171	82.2%
46	Oscar Robertson	MIL	73	37.5	1,130	15.5	446	983	45.4%	—	238	84.7%
47	Lucius Allen	MIL	80	33.7	1,237	15.5	547	1,130	48.4%	—	143	71.5%
48	Randy Smith	BUF	82	31.7	1,214	14.8	511	1,154	44.3%	—	192	72.7%
49	John Johnson	CLE	82	34.3	1,183	14.4	492	1,143	43.0%	—	199	73.4%
50	Herm Gilliam	ATL	76	36.1	1,065	14.0	471	1,007	46.8%	—	123	82.0%