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The Top Ranked Power Forwards of the 1970s
Notes: This list is based on pro stats.
What players did in college is not factored into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Elvin Hayes | 5 |
| 2 | George McGinnis | 8 |
| 3 | Billy Cunningham | 11 |
| 4 | Spencer Haywood | 15 |
| 5 | Sidney Wicks | 16 |
| 6 | Larry Kenon | 26 |
| 7 | Connie Hawkins | 35 |
| 8 | Gus Johnson | 37 |
| 9 | Jerry Lucas | 42 |
| 10 | Maurice Lucas | 43 |
| 11 | Truck Robinson | 44 |
| 12 | Rudy Tomjanovich | 46 |
| 13 | Bob Kauffman | 50 |
| 14 | Bob Love | 54 |
| 15 | Paul Silas | 66 |
| 16 | Bobby Jones | 67 |
| 17 | Willie Wise | 68 |
| 18 | Bill Bridges | 79 |
| 19 | Happy Hairston | 86 |
| 20 | Mickey Johnson | 88 |
| 21 | Rich Jones | 95 |
| 22 | Bob Netolicky | 109 |
| 23 | Curtis Rowe | 112 |
| 24 | Cincy Powell | 118 |
| 25 | Johnny Green | 122 |
| 26 | Steve Mix | 126 |
| 27 | Gar Heard | 129 |
| 28 | Gerald Govan | 130 |
| 29 | Wil Jones | 131 |
| 30 | Curtis Perry | 132 |
| 31 | Stew Johnson | 135 |
| 32 | John Block | 140 |
| 33 | Mike Bantom | 149 |
| 34 | Jim Washington | 150 |
| 35 | Dan Roundfield | 151 |
| 36 | Darnell Hillman | 160 |
| 37 | Jim Brewer | 170 |
| 38 | John Shumate | 175 |
| 39 | Red Robbins | 184 |
| 40 | Clyde Lee | 190 |
| 41 | Ron Behagen | 193 |
| 42 | E.C. Coleman | 196 |
| 43 | Dwight Jones | 201 |
| 44 | Lonnie Shelton | 213 |
| 45 | Julius Keye | 214 |
| 46 | Warren Davis | 221 |
| 47 | Phil Jackson | 224 |
| 48 | Cornell Warner | 229 |
| 49 | Dwight Davis | 234 |
| 50 | Dave Stallworth | 240 |
| 51 | Luis Miguel Santillana | 249 |
| 52 | Tim Bassett | 252 |
| 53 | Bill Robinzine | 254 |
| 54 | Marvin Barnes | 260 |
| 55 | Cliff Meely | 272 |
| 56 | George Trapp | 273 |
| 57 | Bill Hewitt | 276 |
| 58 | Toby Kimball | 278 |
| 59 | Howard Porter | 280 |
| 60 | Goose Ligon | 281 |
| 61 | Leonard Gray | 282 |
| 62 | John Beasley | 283 |
| 63 | Bob Boozer | 286 |
| 64 | Lamar Green | 290 |
| 65 | John Tresvant | 293 |
| 66 | John Hummer | 294 |
| 67 | Tom Meschery | 298 |
| 68 | Bailey Howell | 301 |
| 69 | Trooper Washington | 303 |
| 70 | Marv Roberts | 306 |
| 71 | Kenny Carr | 307 |
| 72 | Rafael Rullan | 313 |
| 73 | Steve Kuberski | 318 |
| 74 | Goo Kennedy | 328 |
| 75 | Bruce Seals | 329 |
| 76 | Les Hunter | 330 |
| 77 | Donald Sidle | 332 |
| 78 | Gary Gregor | 333 |
| 79 | Mitch Kupchak | 336 |
| 80 | Clifford Luyk | 338 |
| 81 | Ron Riley | 339 |
| 82 | Mike Jackson | 347 |
| 83 | Don Ford | 355 |
| 84 | Larry McNeill | 358 |
| 85 | Luke Jackson | 361 |
| 86 | Dave Meyers | 362 |
| 87 | Dave Sorenson | 365 |
| 88 | McCoy McLemore | 366 |
| 89 | Kevin Restani | 371 |
| 90 | Richard Washington | 374 |
| 91 | Derrek Dickey | 375 |
| 92 | Stan Love | 381 |
| 93 | Ray Scott | 386 |
| 94 | Neil Johnson | 391 |
| 95 | Terry Driscoll | 393 |
| 96 | Willie Long | 394 |
| 97 | Collis Jones | 399 |
| 98 | Kermit Washington | 402 |
| 99 | Tom McMillen | 403 |
| 100 | Randolph Mahaffey | 405 |
| 101 | Tom Boswell | 412 |
| 102 | Joe Bryant | 427 |
| 103 | Dorie Murrey | 436 |
| 104 | Fabrizio Della Fiori | 449 |
| 105 | Ottorino Flaborea | 457 |
| 106 | Vassilis Goumas | 462 |
| 107 | Ronald Thomas | 464 |
| 108 | Arthur Becker | 467 |
| 109 | Al Tucker | 470 |
| 110 | Len Chappell | 472 |
| 111 | Dave Gambee | 473 |
| 112 | Paul Griffin | 475 |
| 113 | Frank Card | 476 |
| 114 | Harthorne Wingo | 487 |
| 115 | Ivan Bisson | 490 |
| 116 | Jim Ard | 496 |
| 117 | Mel Bennett | 502 |
| 118 | Fred Hetzel | 508 |
| 119 | Mel Davis | 513 |
| 120 | Mark Landsberger | 516 |
| 121 | Sonny Dove | 520 |
| 122 | Bill Hosket | 523 |
| 123 | Tom Abernethy | 524 |
| 124 | Dave Lattin | 527 |
| 125 | Tom Kozelko | 529 |
| 126 | Wayne Hightower | 539 |
| 127 | Charlie Paulk | 543 |
| 128 | Zdenek Kos | 550 |
| 129 | Greg Ballard | 551 |
| 130 | Cliff Pondexter | 554 |
| 131 | Ron Knight | 558 |
| 132 | Eddie Mast | 561 |
| 133 | Gianni Bertolotti | 563 |
| 134 | George L. Johnson | 575 |
| 135 | Alzan Zarmuhamedov | 577 |
| 136 | Bill Willoughby | 581 |
| 137 | Bud Olsen | 596 |
| 138 | Greg Howard | 597 |
| 139 | Ira Terrell | 602 |
| 140 | Joby Wright | 610 |
| 141 | William Franklin | 615 |
| 142 | James Hardy | 622 |
| 143 | Wilson Washington | 628 |
| 144 | Tom Workman | 634 |
| 145 | Pedro Chappe | 645 |
| 146 | Ben Poquette | 646 |
| 147 | Harry Rogers | 655 |
| 148 | Ollie Darden | 663 |
| 149 | C.J. Kupec | 664 |
| 150 | Joel Kramer | 673 |
| 151 | Dean Tolson | 675 |
| 152 | Robin Jones | 683 |
| 153 | Clyde Mayes | 688 |
| 154 | Bo Ellis | 695 |
| 155 | Luther Green | 703 |
| 156 | Bill Bunting | 709 |
| 157 | Raymond Dalmau | 710 |
| 158 | Rudy Hackett | 711 |
| 159 | Donald Washington | 725 |
| 160 | Walt Gilmore | 727 |
| 161 | Tom Patterson | 730 |
| 162 | Jim Bostic | 732 |
| 163 | Eric McWilliams | 734 |
| 164 | Ronnie Robinson | 752 |
| 165 | Dennis Stewart | 771 |
| 166 | Stano Kropilak | 774 |
| 167 | Dennis Hamilton | 778 |
| 168 | Mike Maloy | 793 |
| 169 | Walter Piatkowski | 797 |
| 170 | Luiz Menon | 801 |
| 171 | Dave Scholz | 803 |
| 172 | Bum-Yung Choi | 819 |
| 173 | Marcel de Souza | 836 |
| 174 | Hank Whitney | 859 |
| 175 | Sam Sibert | 867 |
| 176 | James Russell | 873 |
| 177 | Ken Cole | 876 |
| 178 | Glenn Mosley | 882 |
| 179 | Jimmie Baker | 886 |
| 180 | Lionel Billingy | 889 |
| 181 | David Bustion | 896 |
| 182 | Dwaine Dillard | 897 |
| 183 | Terry Thomas | 909 |
| 184 | Bill Stricker | 911 |
| 185 | Earle Higgins | 912 |
| 186 | Alfredo Monachesi | 916 |
| 187 | Jim Garvin | 919 |
| 188 | Gil McGregor | 921 |
| 189 | Tommie Bowens | 948 |
| 190 | Lamine Diop | 952 |
| 191 | Steve Malovic | 953 |
| 192 | Johnny Mathis | 962 |
| 193 | Joe Gaines | 967 |
| 194 | Greg Wittman | 970 |
| 195 | Dennis Van Zant | 972 |
| 196 | Otis Howard | 973 |
| 197 | Jim Ware | 977 |
| 198 | Pete Smith | 978 |
| 199 | Bernabe Sanga | 980 |
| 200 | Bernie Harris | 988 |
| 201 | Manuel Paner | 1005 |
| 202 | Tim Hall | 1016 |
| 203 | Bob Riley | 1025 |
| 204 | Clarence Glover | 1047 |
| 205 | Barry Yates | 1048 |
| 206 | Larry Bergh | 1049 |
| 207 | Eugeniusz Durejko | 1053 |
| 208 | Vinicio Munoz | 1056 |
| 209 | Glenn Sommers | 1058 |
| 210 | Bill Kilgore | 1061 |
| 211 | Milun Marovic | 1077 |
| 212 | Jim Reid | 1079 |
| 213 | Bernardo Carpio | 1084 |
| 214 | Aleksandr Boloshev | 1090 |
| 215 | Charles Hentz | 1097 |
| 216 | Ansley Truitt | 1098 |
| 217 | Clarence Brookins | 1108 |
| 218 | Cornelius Cash | 1109 |
| 219 | Evaristo Perez | 1115 |
| 220 | Richard Fisher | 1116 |
| 221 | Hank Siemiontkowski | 1121 |
| 222 | Jerry Garvin | 1128 |
| 223 | Bob Cooper | 1131 |
| 224 | Sam Cash | 1137 |
| 225 | Bob Keller | 1155 |
| 226 | Reggie Speights | 1156 |
| 227 | Greg Cluess | 1159 |
| 228 | Walter Byrd | 1160 |
| 229 | Al Sanders | 1172 |
| 230 | Willie Porter | 1186 |
| 231 | Willie Allen | 1190 |
| 232 | Ken Morehead | 1192 |
| 233 | Ron Haigler | 1194 |
| 234 | Bob Benfield | 1197 |
| 235 | Rick Bullock | 1202 |
| 236 | Mike Davis (1954) | 1204 |
| 237 | Charley Johnson | 1205 |
| 238 | Daniel Sparks | 1209 |
| 239 | Ricky Love | 1211 |
| 240 | Larry Williams (6'10") | 1212 |
| 241 | Craig Mayberry | 1215 |
| 242 | Hugo Cabrera | 1220 |
| 243 | Jim Reed | 1221 |
| 244 | Paul Loveday | 1232 |
| 245 | Lonnie Kluttz | 1235 |
| 246 | Ron Brown | 1236 |
| 247 | John Thomas (1955) | 1238 |
| 248 | Rudy Jackson | 1264 |
| 249 | Keith Swagerty | 1271 |
| 250 | Earl Brown (1953) | 1289 |
| 251 | Mike Truell | 1299 |
| 252 | Fred Lind | 1302 |
| 253 | Ron Sanford | 1323 |
| 254 | Dave Russell (1954) | 1334 |
| 255 | Leroy Shaw | 1342 |
| 256 | Frank Corace | 1345 |
| 257 | Bruce Campbell | 1348 |
| 258 | David Thompson (1956) | 1355 |
| 259 | Wayne Lawrence | 1357 |
| 260 | Gene Williams | 1359 |
| 261 | Willie Taylor | 1361 |
| 262 | Boyd Lynch | 1372 |
| 263 | Richard Cotten | 1385 |
| 264 | Oscar Smith | 1396 |
| 265 | Gary Brewster | 1401 |
| 266 | Bill Wurm | 1406 |
| 267 | Bob Conners | 1407 |
| 268 | Melvin Bell | 1416 |
| 269 | Bill Lynn | 1423 |
| 270 | Val Willis | 1446 |
| 271 | Art Baker | 1452 |
| 272 | Bill Banks | 1454 |
| 273 | Garry Lupek | 1464 |
| 274 | Barry White | 1472 |
| 275 | Curvan Lewis | 1473 |
| 276 | Steve Koski | 1479 |
| 277 | Shawn Leftwich | 1485 |
| 278 | Jerome Gladney | 1489 |
| 279 | John Marren | 1490 |
| 280 | Cecil Rellford | 1492 |
| 281 | Curt Gilstrap | 1493 |
| 282 | Paul Favorite | 1500 |
| 283 | Clarence Ruffen | 1503 |
| 284 | Jack Bell | 1504 |
| 285 | Paul Stappenbeck | 1512 |
| 286 | Clyde Soulee | 1519 |
| 287 | Danny Fields | 1522 |
| 288 | Jeff Cohen | 1527 |
| 289 | Pete Petropoulos | 1530 |
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