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Here is the Philadelphia 76ers 1978–79 Roster and Regular Season Player Statistics.

Philadelphia 76ers 1978–79 Roster

No. Player Pos Height Weight Birthdate College/From
6 Julius Erving F 6-7 210 Feb 22, 1950 Massachusetts
10 Henry Bibby G 6-1 185 Nov 24, 1949 UCLA
11 Joe Bryant F 6-9 185 Oct 19, 1954 La Salle
21 Steve Mix F 6-7 215 Dec 30, 1947 Toledo
22 Maurice Cheeks G 6-1 180 Sep 8, 1956 West Texas A&M
23 World B. Free G 6-2 185 Dec 9, 1953 Guilford
24 Bobby Jones F 6-9 210 Dec 18, 1951 North Carolina
30 Caldwell Jones C 6-11 217 Aug 4, 1950 Albany State (GA)
41 Darryl Dawkins C 6-11 251 Jan 11, 1957 Maynard Evans HS
44 Harvey Catchings C 6-9 218 Sep 2, 1951 Hardin–Simmons
— Doug Collins G 6-6 180 Jul 28, 1951 Illinois State

Head Coach: Billy Cunningham
Notable changes this season: Bobby Jones joins the team in a key trade, Maurice Cheeks debuts, and Doug Collins appears in limited games due to injury.

Regular Season Per Game

PLR POS AGE G GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Julius Erving SF 28 78 76 35.9 23.1 7.2 4.6 1.7 1.3 4.0 18.7 9.2 .491       6.4 4.8 .745
Doug Collins SG 27 47 44 33.9 19.5 2.6 4.1 1.1 0.4 2.8 15.3 7.6 .499       5.3 4.3 .814
Darryl Dawkins C 22 78 12 26.1 13.1 8.1 1.6 0.4 1.8 2.5 10.7 5.5 .517       3.0 2.0 .672
Henry Bibby PG 29 82 38 31.0 12.2 3.0 4.5 0.9 0.1 2.4 10.6 4.5 .423       4.1 3.2 .794
Bobby Jones PF 27 80 78 28.8 12.1 6.6 2.5 1.3 1.2 2.1 8.8 4.7 .537       3.5 2.6 .755
Eric Money PG 23 23 0 23.7 11.8 1.6 3.6 0.6 0.1 3.0 9.4 5.2 .548       2.3 1.5 .630
Caldwell Jones C 28 78 75 27.8 9.3 9.6 1.9 0.5 2.0 2.0 8.2 3.9 .474       2.1 1.6 .747
Steve Mix SF 31 74 1 17.1 9.3 4.0 1.6 0.8 0.2 1.4 6.7 3.6 .538       2.7 2.2 .801
Maurice Cheeks PG 22 82 82 29.4 8.4 3.1 5.3 2.1 0.1 2.4 7.0 3.6 .510       1.7 1.2 .721
Joe Bryant PF 24 70 0 15.2 7.6 3.7 1.5 0.7 0.1 1.6 6.8 2.9 .429       2.4 1.8 .724
Ralph Simpson SG 29 37 0 12.2 5.5 0.9 1.6 0.7 0.0 1.3 5.3 2.4 .444       1.1 0.8 .700
Al Skinner SG 26 22 0 14.0 4.5 2.0 1.8 0.8 0.0 1.5 4.0 1.6 .404       1.5 1.2 .844
Harvey Catchings C 27 25 4 11.6 2.8 3.9 0.7 0.3 1.4 1.5 2.7 1.1 .412       0.7 0.5 .765
Marlon Redmond SG 23 4 0 5.8 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 3.0 0.3 .083       0.0 0.0  
Totals     82 82 241.5 109.5 47.1 27.5 9.5 7.3 21.6 89.5 43.7 .488       29.4 22.1 .753

Playoff Per Game

PLR POS AGE G GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Julius Erving SF 28 9   41.3 25.4 7.8 5.9 2.0 1.9 4.2 19.1 9.9 .517       7.4 5.7 .761
Maurice Cheeks PG 22 9   36.7 18.8 3.9 7.0 4.1 0.4 3.2 13.4 7.3 .545       6.2 4.1 .661
Darryl Dawkins C 22 9   28.3 16.0 9.1 1.3 0.2 1.8 1.9 11.8 6.2 .528       5.2 3.6 .681
Bobby Jones PF 27 9   28.9 13.1 4.8 2.1 0.6 0.4 1.7 9.7 5.3 .552       2.9 2.4 .846
Caldwell Jones C 28 9   35.6 12.7 13.4 2.3 0.4 2.4 2.3 9.9 4.8 .483       4.0 3.1 .778
Steve Mix SF 31 9   19.9 8.3 3.9 1.8 0.7 0.0 1.2 6.6 3.4 .525       1.7 1.4 .867
Henry Bibby PG 29 9   25.7 8.0 2.1 4.7 0.4 0.0 2.4 7.4 2.9 .388       3.3 2.2 .667
Eric Money PG 23 8   16.1 6.8 1.4 2.8 0.4 0.0 2.8 7.6 3.3 .426       0.5 0.3 .500
Al Skinner SG 26 5   9.4 3.6 2.0 2.2 0.6 0.2 1.2 3.4 1.2 .353       1.6 1.2 .750
Joe Bryant PF 24 7   5.0 3.0 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.3 3.7 1.4 .385       0.3 0.1 .500
Marlon Redmond SG 23 1   2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 .000       0.0 0.0  
Totals     9   240.0 112.7 47.4 29.2 9.2 7.1 20.3 89.7 44.6 .497       32.3 23.6 .729

Regular Season Per 36 Minutes

PLR POS AGE G GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Julius Erving SF 28 78 76 35.9 23.2 7.2 4.6 1.7 1.3 4.0 18.7 9.2 .491       6.4 4.8 .745
Doug Collins SG 27 47 44 33.9 20.7 2.8 4.3 1.2 0.5 3.0 16.2 8.1 .499       5.6 4.5 .814
Steve Mix SF 31 74 1 17.1 19.6 8.3 3.4 1.6 0.5 2.8 14.0 7.5 .538       5.7 4.6 .801
Darryl Dawkins C 22 78 12 26.1 18.0 11.2 2.3 0.6 2.5 3.5 14.7 7.6 .517       4.2 2.8 .672
Joe Bryant PF 24 70 0 15.2 18.0 8.8 3.5 1.7 0.3 3.9 16.2 6.9 .429       5.8 4.2 .724
Eric Money PG 23 23 0 23.7 18.0 2.4 5.4 0.9 0.1 4.6 14.3 7.9 .548       3.6 2.2 .630
Ralph Simpson SG 29 37 0 12.2 16.1 2.8 4.6 2.0 0.1 3.7 15.6 6.9 .444       3.2 2.2 .700
Bobby Jones PF 27 80 78 28.8 15.1 8.3 3.1 1.7 1.5 2.6 11.0 5.9 .537       4.3 3.3 .755
Henry Bibby PG 29 82 38 31.0 14.2 3.5 5.3 1.0 0.1 2.8 12.3 5.2 .423       4.8 3.8 .794
Caldwell Jones C 28 78 75 27.8 12.0 12.4 2.5 0.6 2.6 2.6 10.6 5.0 .474       2.7 2.0 .747
Al Skinner SG 26 22 0 14.0 11.5 5.1 4.7 2.1 0.1 4.0 10.4 4.2 .404       3.7 3.1 .844
Maurice Cheeks PG 22 82 82 29.4 10.2 3.8 6.4 2.6 0.2 2.9 8.5 4.4 .510       2.1 1.5 .721
Harvey Catchings C 27 25 4 11.6 8.6 12.2 2.2 1.0 4.4 4.6 8.5 3.5 .412       2.1 1.6 .765
Marlon Redmond SG 23 4 0 5.8 3.1 1.6 1.6 0.0 0.0 1.6 18.8 1.6 .083       0.0 0.0  
Totals     82 82 241.5 109.5 47.1 27.5 9.5 7.3 21.6 89.5 43.7 .488       29.4 22.1 .753

Playoff Per 36 Minutes

PLR POS AGE G GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Julius Erving SF 28 9   41.3 22.2 6.8 5.1 1.7 1.6 3.7 16.6 8.6 .517       6.5 4.9 .761
Joe Bryant PF 24 7   5.0 21.6 1.0 4.1 1.0 0.0 2.1 26.7 10.3 .385       2.1 1.0 .500
Darryl Dawkins C 22 9   28.3 20.3 11.6 1.7 0.3 2.3 2.4 15.0 7.9 .528       6.6 4.5 .681
Maurice Cheeks PG 22 9   36.7 18.4 3.8 6.9 4.0 0.4 3.2 13.2 7.2 .545       6.1 4.0 .661
Bobby Jones PF 27 9   28.9 16.3 6.0 2.6 0.7 0.6 2.1 12.0 6.6 .552       3.6 3.0 .846
Steve Mix SF 31 9   19.9 15.1 7.0 3.2 1.2 0.0 2.2 11.9 6.2 .525       3.0 2.6 .867
Eric Money PG 23 8   16.1 15.1 3.1 6.1 0.8 0.0 6.1 17.0 7.3 .426       1.1 0.6 .500
Al Skinner SG 26 5   9.4 13.8 7.7 8.4 2.3 0.8 4.6 13.0 4.6 .353       6.1 4.6 .750
Caldwell Jones C 28 9   35.6 12.8 13.6 2.4 0.5 2.5 2.4 10.0 4.8 .483       4.1 3.2 .778
Henry Bibby PG 29 9   25.7 11.2 3.0 6.5 0.6 0.0 3.4 10.4 4.1 .388       4.7 3.1 .667
Marlon Redmond SG 23 1   2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 36.0 0.0 .000       0.0 0.0  

Regular Season Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Julius Erving SF 28 78 76 2802 1803 564 357 133 100 315 1455 715 .491       501 373 .745
Darryl Dawkins C 22 78 12 2035 1018 631 128 32 143 197 831 430 .517       235 158 .672
Henry Bibby PG 29 82 38 2538 1002 244 371 72 7 197 869 368 .423       335 266 .794
Bobby Jones PF 27 80 78 2304 965 531 201 107 96 165 704 378 .537       277 209 .755
Doug Collins SG 27 47 44 1595 917 123 191 52 20 131 717 358 .499       247 201 .814
Caldwell Jones C 28 78 75 2171 725 747 151 39 157 156 637 302 .474       162 121 .747
Steve Mix SF 31 74 1 1269 691 293 121 57 16 100 493 265 .538       201 161 .801
Maurice Cheeks PG 22 82 82 2409 685 254 431 174 12 193 572 292 .510       140 101 .721
Joe Bryant PF 24 70 0 1064 533 259 103 49 9 114 478 205 .429       170 123 .724
Eric Money PG 23 23 0 545 272 37 82 13 2 69 217 119 .548       54 34 .630
Ralph Simpson SG 29 37 0 452 202 35 58 25 1 47 196 87 .444       40 28 .700
Al Skinner SG 26 22 0 309 99 44 40 18 1 34 89 36 .404       32 27 .844
Harvey Catchings C 27 25 4 289 69 98 18 8 35 37 68 28 .412       17 13 .765
Marlon Redmond SG 23 4 0 23 2 1 1 0 0 1 12 1 .083       0 0  
Totals     82 82 19805 8983 3861 2253 779 599 1756 7338 3584 .488       2411 1815 .753

Playoff Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Julius Erving SF 28 9   372 229 70 53 18 17 38 172 89 .517       67 51 .761
Maurice Cheeks PG 22 9   330 169 35 63 37 4 29 121 66 .545       56 37 .661
Darryl Dawkins C 22 9   255 144 82 12 2 16 17 106 56 .528       47 32 .681
Bobby Jones PF 27 9   260 118 43 19 5 4 15 87 48 .552       26 22 .846
Caldwell Jones C 28 9   320 114 121 21 4 22 21 89 43 .483       36 28 .778
Steve Mix SF 31 9   179 75 35 16 6 0 11 59 31 .525       15 13 .867
Henry Bibby PG 29 9   231 72 19 42 4 0 22 67 26 .388       30 20 .667
Eric Money PG 23 8   129 54 11 22 3 0 22 61 26 .426       4 2 .500
Joe Bryant PF 24 7   35 21 1 4 1 0 2 26 10 .385       2 1 .500
Al Skinner SG 26 5   47 18 10 11 3 1 6 17 6 .353       8 6 .750
Marlon Redmond SG 23 1   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000       0 0  
Totals     9   2160 1014 427 263 83 64 183 807 401 .497       291 212 .729

Team Impact Index

Player Name Role Tier MPG Usage Tier PPG RPG APG STK Impact Index* Notes Awards
Julius Erving Primary Star 35.9 High 23.1 7.2 4.6 3.0 19.95 Team leader and focal scorer/rebounder; perennial All-Star and primary go-to option on both ends for Philly in 1978-79.  AS
Doug Collins Secondary Scorer/Creator 33.9 High 19.5 2.6 4.1 1.5 13.85 Secondary scoring option behind Erving with significant ball-handling responsibilities; steady mid-range scoring and veteran leadership. AS
Henry Bibby Facilitator 31.0 Moderate 12.2 3.0 4.5 1.0 10.35 Traditional floor general facilitating offense; reliable distributor in half-court sets.   
Bobby Jones 3&D / Defensive Anchor 28.8 Moderate 12.1 6.6 2.5 2.5 11.85 Versatile defender and secondary rebounder with efficient scoring when needed; known later for All-Defensive prowess.  DEF1¹
Caldwell Jones Rim Protector / Rebounder 27.8 Moderate 9.3 9.6 1.9 2.5 11.65 Strong defensive presence in paint with high rebounding rate; key interior anchor and hustle contributor.   
Darryl Dawkins Energetic Big Man 26.1 Moderate 13.1 8.1 1.6 2.2 12.50 Athletic center with highlight dunks and interior scoring; contributed physicality and second-effort rebounds.   
Eric Money Bench Playmaker 23.7 Moderate 11.8 1.6 3.6 0.7 8.85 Scored efficiently in limited games; provided a spark off bench as a scoring guard.   
Steve Mix Role Scorer 17.1 Low 9.3 4.0 1.6 1.0 7.95 Veteran wing providing instant offense in short bursts; spacing option and experienced scorer.   
Joe Bryant Depth Forward 15.2 Low 7.6 3.7 1.5 1.4 7.10 Spot minutes contributor providing inside scoring and size; part of deeper rotation.   
Maurice Cheeks Defensive Facilitator 29.4 Moderate 8.4 3.1 5.3 2.2 9.50 Emerging starting PG with strong assist and steal numbers; beginning of long tenure as reliable floor general.  
Henry Bibby Duplicated row removed – – – – – – – – –
Al Skinner Situational Role 14.0 Low 4.5 2.0 1.8 0.8 4.55 Spot minutes scorer/defender with limited offensive load.   
Ralph Simpson Fringe Rotation 12.2 Low 5.5 0.9 1.6 0.7 4.35 Limited role wing guard providing occasional offense in brief stints.   
Harvey Catchings Defensive Reserve 11.6 Low 2.8 3.9 0.7 1.7 4.95 Reserve big with defensive focus; contributed rebounds and shot disruption in short runs.   
Marlon Redmond Marginal Rotation 5.8 Very Low 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.55 Minimal impact minutes; depth wing with very limited statistical contribution.