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WOWY RAPM

WOWY RAPM for 1978-79 Season.

Single season Each rating starts from the season WOWY baseline and shifts it a bounded amount for how the player performed that season.

Observed games only; this page does not use DARKO projection rows. Season ratings begin in 1977-78; daily WOWY, back to 1956-57, is on each player’s trajectory.

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1978-79 Season

Showing 1–50 of 280 players with a modeled rating in 1978-79 Season.

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#PlayerTeamsWOWY RAPMO-RAPMD-RAPMMinutesBPM
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Minutes
BPM
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LAL Los Angeles Lakers+8.4+4.3+4.13,524 +8.0
2Artis Gilmore CHI Chicago Bulls+4.3+3.1+1.23,265 +4.1
3Wes Unseld WSB Washington Bullets+4.3+1.9+2.53,142 +4.3
4Paul Westphal PHO Phoenix Suns+4.0+3.3+0.73,175 +3.4
5Sam Lacey KCK Kansas City Kings+4.0+0.0+4.02,803 +4.0
6Bob Lanier DET Detroit Pistons+3.8+2.0+1.81,821 +4.0
7Dave Cowens BOS Boston Celtics+3.7+1.5+2.22,519 +0.8
8Sonny Parker GSW Golden State Warriors+3.6+2.8+0.82,893 +2.0
9Robert Parish GSW Golden State Warriors+3.5+0.4+3.12,401 +2.4
10Julius Erving PHI Philadelphia 76ers+3.5+1.7+1.83,174 +4.1
11Gus Williams SEA Seattle SuperSonics+3.4+1.9+1.52,890 +4.8
12Lonnie Shelton SEA Seattle SuperSonics+3.4+0.8+2.62,724 -0.0
13Bob Gross POR Portland Trail Blazers+3.3+0.8+2.51,446 +1.1
14George Johnson MIL Milwaukee Bucks+3.1+0.8+2.31,157 -0.3
15Bernard King NJN New Jersey Nets+3.0+1.2+1.92,924 +1.7
16George McGinnis DEN Denver Nuggets+2.9+0.7+2.22,552 +1.9
17Elvin Hayes WSB Washington Bullets+2.9+0.9+2.03,891 +1.5
18Rick Barry HOU Houston Rockets+2.9+0.9+2.02,631 +1.3
19George Gervin SAS San Antonio Spurs+2.7+2.6+0.23,400 +4.2
20Walter Davis PHO Phoenix Suns+2.7+2.2+0.62,933 +4.4
21Foots Walker CLE Cleveland Cavaliers+2.7-0.9+3.61,753 +1.4
22World Free SDC San Diego Clippers+2.7+3.5-0.92,958 +2.5
23Bobby Jones PHI Philadelphia 76ers+2.7-0.7+3.32,557 +2.6
24Fred Brown SEA Seattle SuperSonics+2.6-0.1+2.72,212 +1.1
25Dan Roundfield ATL Atlanta Hawks+2.6+1.6+1.02,891 +2.5
26Norm Nixon LAL Los Angeles Lakers+2.5+1.2+1.43,454 +2.0
27Dennis Johnson SEA Seattle SuperSonics+2.5+2.3+0.23,415 +1.3
28Ollie Johnson CHI Chicago Bulls+2.4+0.6+1.81,734 -0.7
29Tom Owens POR Portland Trail Blazers+2.4+1.6+0.82,871 +2.7
30M.L. Carr DET Detroit Pistons+2.3+1.1+1.23,202 +2.3
31Larry Kenon SAS San Antonio Spurs+2.3+1.4+0.83,505 +2.1
32Dan Issel DEN Denver Nuggets+2.2+2.1+0.12,851 +2.5
33David Thompson DEN Denver Nuggets+2.2+3.2-1.02,792 +3.1
34Marques Johnson MIL Milwaukee Bucks+2.0+2.8-0.92,781 +5.8
35Garfield Heard PHO Phoenix Suns+1.9-1.0+2.91,533 -0.8
36Mike Gale SAS San Antonio Spurs+1.9-0.4+2.32,433 +0.6
37Bob Dandridge WSB Washington Bullets+1.9+1.6+0.33,419 +3.4
38Alex English IND Indiana Pacers+1.6+2.6-1.02,697 +1.9
39Billy Paultz SAS San Antonio Spurs+1.6+0.2+1.42,421 +1.0
40Mickey Johnson CHI Chicago Bulls+1.5+1.5-0.02,594 +0.2
41Paul Griffin NOJ New Orleans Jazz+1.4-1.5+2.91,388 -1.4
42Don Ford LAL Los Angeles Lakers+1.4+0.1+1.31,678 -1.5
43Steve Mix PHI Philadelphia 76ers+1.3+1.6-0.21,445 +2.6
44Don Buse PHO Phoenix Suns+1.3-0.9+2.23,056 +0.7
45Junior Bridgeman MIL Milwaukee Bucks+1.3+0.9+0.41,963 +1.0
46Jan Van Breda Kolff NJN New Jersey Nets+1.3-2.0+3.32,080 -0.4
47Kent Benson MIL Milwaukee Bucks+1.3+0.5+0.72,127 +1.0
48Norm Van Lier MIL Milwaukee Bucks+1.2-2.0+3.3553 -0.1
49Bob McAdoo NYK BOS New York Knicks · Boston Celtics+1.2+2.9-1.72,231 +1.5
50Marvin Webster NYK New York Knicks+1.2-1.7+2.92,027 +0.2

Ratings are the season model’s O/D/T values. Minutes and BPM include regular-season and playoff contributions. Multiple teams indicate that the player appeared for each listed historical team.