Most Personal Fouls of the 1970s (NBA)

Sam Lacey recorded more personal fouls than any other NBA player in the 1970s, with 2,823, 40 clear of Dave Cowens (2,783). He did it in 10 seasons, with a best year of 309 in 1978. The top ten runs from 2,823 down to 2,100.

NBA leader, 1970s Sam Lacey 1970–1979 · 10 seasons

2,823 Personal Fouls 40 clear of Dave Cowens

#	Player	Seasons	PF	Best year
1	Sam Lacey	1970–1979 (10)	2,823	309 (1978)
2	Dave Cowens	1970–1979 (10)	2,783	350 (1970)
3	Calvin Murphy	1970–1979 (10)	2,736	310 (1973)
4	Elvin Hayes	1970–1979 (10)	2,715	313 (1977)
5	BD Bob Dandridge	1970–1979 (10)	2,582	330 (1974)
6	Clifford Ray	1971–1979 (9)	2,424	305 (1974)
7	Sidney Wicks	1971–1979 (9)	2,356	331 (1976)
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	1970–1979 (10)	2,332	292 (1975)
9	Mike Newlin	1971–1979 (9)	2,111	301 (1972)
10	BL Bob Lanier	1970–1978 (9)	2,100	297 (1971)
11	Norm Van Lier	1970–1978 (8)	2,093	343 (1970)
12	RS Randy Smith	1971–1979 (9)	2,086	274 (1975)
13	Wes Unseld	1970–1979 (10)	2,065	253 (1976)
14	Paul Silas	1970–1979 (10)	1,989	246 (1973)
15	Phil Jackson	1970–1979 (10)	1,986	330 (1974)
16	MB Mike Bantom	1973–1979 (7)	1,933	333 (1977)
17	John Johnson	1970–1979 (8)	1,892	268 (1971)
18	Larry Steele	1971–1979 (9)	1,832	295 (1973)
19	Don Chaney	1970–1979 (8)	1,821	295 (1971)
20	Rudy Tomjanovich	1970–1979 (10)	1,816	230 (1973)
21	Charlie Scott	1971–1979 (8)	1,807	356 (1975)
22	Pete Maravich	1970–1978 (9)	1,786	261 (1973)
23	Gail Goodrich	1970–1978 (9)	1,746	258 (1970)
24	Elmore Smith	1971–1978 (7)	1,734	309 (1973)
25	Bingo Smith	1970–1978 (9)	1,731	242 (1973)
26	Jojo White	1970–1979 (9)	1,730	255 (1970)
27	Bill Bradley	1970–1976 (7)	1,711	283 (1974)
28	Rick Barry	1972–1979 (8)	1,709	265 (1973)
29	John Drew	1974–1979 (6)	1,702	332 (1978)
30	Dave Bing	1970–1977 (8)	1,692	262 (1975)
31	KP Kevin Porter	1972–1979 (7)	1,681	320 (1974)
32	DS Dick Snyder	1970–1978 (9)	1,666	257 (1973)
33	GJ George Johnson	1972–1979 (7)	1,663	339 (1977)
34	John Havlicek	1970–1977 (8)	1,602	231 (1974)
35	DA Dennis Awtrey	1970–1979 (10)	1,589	234 (1972)
36	SH Spencer Haywood	1970–1979 (9)	1,588	255 (1975)
37	Kevin Kunnert	1974–1979 (6)	1,582	361 (1976)
38	LH Lou Hudson	1970–1978 (9)	1,576	241 (1975)
39	Bob McAdoo	1972–1979 (6)	1,559	298 (1975)
40	MJ Mickey Johnson	1974–1979 (6)	1,558	317 (1977)
41	Walt Frazier	1970–1979 (10)	1,533	240 (1970)
42	BR Bill Robinzine	1975–1979 (5)	1,532	367 (1978)
43	Jim Chones	1974–1979 (6)	1,530	278 (1978)
44	FB Fred Brown	1971–1979 (9)	1,503	276 (1973)
45	Scott Wedman	1974–1979 (6)	1,487	280 (1975)
46	Nate Williams	1971–1978 (6)	1,484	300 (1971)
47	Nate Archibald	1970–1979 (9)	1,482	218 (1979)
48	EM Earl Monroe	1970–1979 (9)	1,476	220 (1970)
49	GH Garfield Heard	1970–1979 (8)	1,464	300 (1973)
50	Jerry Sloan	1970–1975 (6)	1,448	309 (1971)

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