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First of all, no, I'm not singling anyone out. I'm going to look at history lessons for our primary ball handler, and primary defenders on the inside and out too. The first one, the one with the most stats mind you, is a first option scorer. So we start with this.Enjoy all the data.
And because I don't like the idea of people suggesting that there's an agenda here, I'll present the data without commentary.
| Season | Player | Pos | Ht | Age | . | G | PPG | FG% | . | USG% | AST% | TOV% | PPS | OWS | ||
| 1982 | 1983 | Adrian Dantley | F | 6 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 30.7 | 58.0% | 26.1% | 18.8% | 13.7% | 1.68 | 3.8 | ||
| 1983 | 1984 | Adrian Dantley | F | 6 | 5 | 27 | 79 | 30.6 | 55.8% | 28.2% | 16.2% | 12.4% | 1.68 | 13.0 | ||
| 1984 | 1985 | Adrian Dantley | F | 6 | 5 | 28 | 55 | 26.6 | 53.1% | 27.7% | 15.2% | 12.4% | 1.52 | 5.6 | ||
| 1985 | 1986 | Adrian Dantley | F | 6 | 5 | 29 | 76 | 29.8 | 56.3% | 30.0% | 16.7% | 11.4% | 1.56 | 10.4 | ||
| 1986 | 1987 | Karl Malone | F | 6 | 9 | 23 | 82 | 21.7 | 51.2% | 26.3% | 8.8% | 12.5% | 1.25 | 1.8 | ||
| 1987 | 1988 | Karl Malone | F | 6 | 9 | 24 | 82 | 27.7 | 52.0% | 29.7% | 10.1% | 14.0% | 1.37 | 4.0 | ||
| 1988 | 1989 | Karl Malone | F | 6 | 9 | 25 | 80 | 29.1 | 51.9% | 30.4% | 12.8% | 12.7% | 1.49 | 8.6 | ||
| 1989 | 1990 | Karl Malone | F | 6 | 9 | 26 | 82 | 31.0 | 56.2% | 32.6% | 13.2% | 13.0% | 1.56 | 10.5 | ||
| 1990 | 1991 | Karl Malone | F | 6 | 9 | 27 | 82 | 29.0 | 52.7% | 30.1% | 14.7% | 10.9% | 1.48 | 9.9 | ||
| 1991 | 1992 | Karl Malone | F | 6 | 9 | 28 | 81 | 28.0 | 52.6% | 30.3% | 13.4% | 11.6% | 1.50 | 9.9 | ||
| 1992 | 1993 | Karl Malone | F | 6 | 9 | 29 | 82 | 27.0 | 55.2% | 28.4% | 16.9% | 11.7% | 1.54 | 10.4 | ||
| 1993 | 1994 | Karl Malone | F | 6 | 9 | 30 | 82 | 25.2 | 49.7% | 28.0% | 17.1% | 11.1% | 1.33 | 7.4 | ||
| 1994 | 1995 | Karl Malone | F | 6 | 9 | 31 | 82 | 26.7 | 53.6% | 30.3% | 16.4% | 11.3% | 1.41 | 8.1 | ||
| 1995 | 1996 | Karl Malone | F | 6 | 9 | 32 | 82 | 25.7 | 51.9% | 29.8% | 20.6% | 9.8% | 1.39 | 9.9 | ||
| 1996 | 1997 | Karl Malone | F | 6 | 9 | 33 | 82 | 27.4 | 55.0% | 32.7% | 24.5% | 11.1% | 1.43 | 11.6 | ||
| 1997 | 1998 | Karl Malone | F | 6 | 9 | 34 | 81 | 27.0 | 53.0% | 31.8% | 20.9% | 11.9% | 1.49 | 12.1 | ||
| 1998 | 1999 | Karl Malone | F | 6 | 9 | 35 | 49 | 23.8 | 49.3% | 30.5% | 23.0% | 13.8% | 1.46 | 6.2 | ||
| 1999 | 2000 | Karl Malone | F | 6 | 9 | 36 | 82 | 25.5 | 50.9% | 31.9% | 20.9% | 11.4% | 1.42 | 10.7 | ||
| 2000 | 2001 | Karl Malone | F | 6 | 9 | 37 | 81 | 23.2 | 49.8% | 30.0% | 24.1% | 12.9% | 1.40 | 9.1 | ||
| 2001 | 2002 | Karl Malone | F | 6 | 9 | 38 | 80 | 22.4 | 45.4% | 28.8% | 21.8% | 13.5% | 1.28 | 5.5 | ||
| 2002 | 2003 | Karl Malone | F | 6 | 9 | 39 | 81 | 20.6 | 46.2% | 27.8% | 24.4% | 11.8% | 1.29 | 6.9 | ||
| 2003 | 2004 | Andrei Kirilenko | F | 6 | 9 | 22 | 78 | 16.5 | 44.3% | 21.9% | 15.7% | 15.8% | 1.38 | 6.5 | ||
| 2004 | 2005 | Carlos Boozer | F | 6 | 9 | 23 | 51 | 17.8 | 52.1% | 24.6% | 15.9% | 14.5% | 1.31 | 2.7 | ||
| 2005 | 2006 | Mehmet Okur | C | 6 | 11 | 26 | 82 | 18.0 | 46.0% | 23.5% | 12.8% | 10.9% | 1.30 | 6.3 | ||
| 2006 | 2007 | Carlos Boozer | F | 6 | 9 | 25 | 74 | 20.9 | 56.1% | 26.5% | 20.6% | 12.8% | 1.34 | 6.5 | ||
| 2007 | 2008 | Carlos Boozer | F | 6 | 9 | 26 | 81 | 21.1 | 54.7% | 26.6% | 14.2% | 12.5% | 1.32 | 5.9 | ||
| 2008 | 2009 | Deron Williams | G | 6 | 3 | 24 | 68 | 19.4 | 47.1% | 24.7% | 47.8% | 16.5% | 1.34 | 6.5 | ||
| 2009 | 2010 | Carlos Boozer | F | 6 | 9 | 28 | 78 | 19.5 | 56.2% | 24.8% | 15.8% | 14.3% | 1.38 | 5.3 | ||
| 2010 | 2011 | Al Jefferson | C | 6 | 10 | 26 | 82 | 18.6 | 49.6% | 24.2% | 9.2% | 6.8% | 1.16 | 5.1 | ||
| 2011 | 2012 | Al Jefferson | C | 6 | 10 | 27 | 61 | 19.2 | 49.2% | 25.7% | 12.1% | 5.2% | 1.12 | 4.9 | ||
| 30 year average for 1st option | 6 | 8 | 30 | 75 | 24.3 | 51.8% | 28.1% | 17.8% | 12.1% | 1.41 | 7.5 | |||||
In case you missed it, the averages are 24.3 PPG, 51.8 FG%, 1.41 PPS
Here are some graphs . . . woo. Data. Excel. (YES, click on them for bigger sizes!)
No onto the rest of the things I have to post about today!
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