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#7 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: 1970-71
Season Averages: 31.7 points (led the league), 16.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 57.7% shooting
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Those were recorded by a 23-year old player for the Milwaukee Bucks in just the second season of his career. Steals and blocks weren't even calculated at that point. Can you imagine how many blocks he would have averaged considering the fact that he averaged 2.6 blocks over 16 years?
It's insane to think that, in just his second season, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar recorded the second-best win-shares per 48 minutes in NBA history as compared to every other MVP season ever.
He also led the league in PER (29.0), finished fourth in rebounds per game and carried the team to the best record in the league. As spectacular as his numbers and achievements were for this season, he did have a veteran Robertson for a teammate. What makes his season sweeter is that the Bucks went on to win the Championship, although it isn't considered as a factor in these rankings.
This MVP award was the first of many more to come.
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