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Helms Foundation Player of the Year Winners

Winners

Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Player School G PTS TRB AST STL BLK PTS WS FG% 3P% FT% PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1978-79 Larry Bird Indiana State 34 973 505 187 973 .532 .831 28.6 14.9 5.5
1977-78 Jack Givens Kentucky 32 578 217 578 .553 .761 18.1 6.8
1976-77 Marques Johnson UCLA 27 578 301 578 .591 .621 21.4 11.1
1975-76 Scott May Indiana 32 752 245 752 .527 .782 23.5 7.7
1975-76 Kent Benson Indiana 32 554 282 554 .578 .684 17.3 8.8
1974-75 David Thompson North Carolina State 28 838 229 838 .546 .731 29.9 8.2
1973-74 David Thompson North Carolina State 31 805 245 805 .547 .745 26.0 7.9
1972-73 Bill Walton UCLA 30 612 506 612 .650 .569 20.4 16.9
1971-72 Bill Walton UCLA 30 633 466 633 .640 .704 21.1 15.5
1970-71 Sidney Wicks UCLA 30 638 384 638 .524 .661 21.3 12.8
1970-71 Austin Carr Notre Dame 29 1101 214 1101 .517 .811 38.0 7.4
1969-70 Sidney Wicks UCLA 30 559 357 559 .533 .632 18.6 11.9
1969-70 Pete Maravich Louisiana State 31 1381 174 1381 .447 .773 44.5 5.6
1968-69 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar UCLA 30 721 440 721 .635 .612 24.0 14.7
1967-68 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar UCLA 28 734 461 734 .613 .616 26.2 16.5
1966-67 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar UCLA 30 870 466 870 .667 .650 29.0 15.5
1965-66 Cazzie Russell Michigan
1964-65 Gail Goodrich UCLA 30 744 158 744 .525 .717 24.8 5.3
1964-65 Bill Bradley Princeton
1963-64 Walt Hazzard UCLA
1962-63 Art Heyman Duke
1961-62 Paul Hogue Cincinnati
1960-61 Jerry Lucas Ohio State 27 671 470 671 .623 .764 24.9 17.4
1959-60 Oscar Robertson Cincinnati 30 1011 424 219 1011 .526 .756 33.7 14.1 7.3
1958-59 Oscar Robertson Cincinnati 30 978 489 206 978 .509 .794 32.6 16.3 6.9
1957-58 Elgin Baylor Seattle
1956-57 Lenny Rosenbluth North Carolina
1955-56 Bill Russell San Francisco 29 597 609 597 .513 .495 20.6 21.0
1954-55 Bill Russell San Francisco 29 622 594 622 .541 .590 21.4 20.5
1953-54 Tom Gola La Salle
1952-53 Bob Houbregs Washington
1951-52 Clyde Lovellette Kansas
1950-51 Dick Groat Duke
1949-50 Paul Arizin Villanova 29 735 735 .493 .776 25.3
1948-49 Tony Lavelli Yale
1947-48 Ed Macauley Saint Louis 27 368 368 .407 .654 13.6
1946-47 Gerry Tucker Oklahoma
1945-46 Bob Kurland Oklahoma State
1944-45 George Mikan DePaul 24 558 558 .613 23.3
1943-44 George Mikan DePaul 26 486 486 .651 18.7
1942-43 George Senesky Saint Joseph's
1941-42 Stan Modzelewski Rhode Island
1940-41 George Glamack North Carolina
1939-40 George Glamack North Carolina
1938-39 Chet Jaworski Rhode Island
1937-38 Hank Luisetti Stanford
1936-37 Hank Luisetti Stanford
1935-36 John Moir Notre Dame
1934-35 Leroy Edwards Kentucky
1933-34 Wes Bennett Westminster (PA)
1932-33 Forest Sale Kentucky
1931-32 John Wooden Purdue
1930-31 Bart Carlton East Central
1929-30 Charley Hyatt Pittsburgh
1928-29 Cat Thompson Montana State
1927-28 Victor Holt Oklahoma
1926-27 Vic Hanson Syracuse
1925-26 Jack Cobb North Carolina
1924-25 Earl Mueller Colorado College
1923-24 Charlie Black Kansas
1922-23 Paul Endacott Kansas
1921-22 Charles Carney Illinois
1920-21 George Williams Missouri
1919-20 Howard Cann New York University
1918-19 Erling Platou Minnesota
1917-18 Bill Chandler Wisconsin
1916-17 Ray Woods Illinois
1915-16 George Levis Wisconsin
1914-15 Ernest Houghton Union (NY)
1913-14 Gil Halstead Cornell
1912-13 Eddie Calder St. Lawrence
1911-12 Otto Stangel Wisconsin
1910-11 Ted Kiendl Columbia
1909-10 Pat Page Chicago
1908-09 John Schommer Chicago
1907-08 Charles Keinath Pennsylvania
1906-07 Gilmore Kinney Yale
1905-06 George Grebenstein Dartmouth
1904-05 Chris Steinmetz Wisconsin