Top 10 NBA points per game leaders of all-time

#8 Bob Pettit

Bob Pettit

Robert Lee Pettit Jr. played at power forward or center position, he attended Baton Rouge High school and led them to their first state championship in over twenty years. After high school, he accepted a scholarship to play at Louisiana State University, where he averaged 27.8 points per game in three years.

Bob was selected as the second overall pick in the first round on 1954 NBA Draft by the Milwaukee Hawks. In his debut season, he averaged 20.8 points, 13.8 rebounds per game and took home the NBA Rookie of the year award. He played 11 seasons and became NBA Champion in 1958 and also won the NBA MVP on two occasions.

Standing at 6 ft 9 in, Pettit was a dangerous scorer. He averaged 26.36 points per game in the NBA. Playing a total of 792 games and scoring 20,880 points. He was the first recipient of the NBA's most valuable player award, which he won in 1956. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1970.