Who had the highest PPG in 1979-80?

Spurs icon George Gervin becomes the fifth player to win three consecutive scoring titles, something only MJ and KD have accomplished since.

Interpreted as:
Who had the highest PPG with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games in 1979-80?
NAME SEASON TM GP PPG MPG RPG APG SPG BPG 3PM FG% FT% TPG FGM FGA 3PA 3P% FTM FTA PF MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
1 George Gervin
George Gervin
1979-80
SAS SAS
78
33.1
37.6
5.2
2.6
1.4
1.0
0.4
52.8
85.2
3.3
13.1
24.9
1.3
31.4
6.5
7.6
2.7
2,934
2,585
403
202
110
79
254
2 World B. Free
World B. Free
1979-80
SDC SDC
68
30.2
38.0
3.5
4.2
1.2
0.5
0.1
47.4
75.3
3.4
10.8
22.9
0.4
36.0
8.4
11.2
2.9
2,585
2,055
238
283
81
32
228
3 Adrian Dantley
Adrian Dantley
1979-80
UTA UTA
68
28.0
39.3
7.6
2.8
1.4
0.2
0.0
57.6
84.2
3.4
10.7
18.6
0.0
0.0
6.5
7.7
3.1
2,674
1,903
516
191
96
14
233
4 Julius Erving
Julius Erving
1979-80
PHI PHI
78
26.9
36.1
7.4
4.6
2.2
1.8
0.1
51.9
78.7
3.6
10.7
20.7
0.3
20.0
5.4
6.8
2.7
2,812
2,100
576
355
170
140
284
5 Moses Malone
Moses Malone
1979-80
HOU HOU
82
25.8
38.3
14.5
1.8
1.0
1.3
0.0
50.2
71.9
3.7
9.5
18.9
0.1
0.0
6.9
9.5
2.6
3,140
2,119
1,190
147
80
107
300
6 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1979-80
LAL LAL
82
24.8
38.3
10.8
4.5
1.0
3.4
0.0
60.4
76.5
3.6
10.2
16.9
0.0
0.0
4.4
5.8
2.6
3,143
2,034
886
371
81
280
297
7 Dan Issel
Dan Issel
1979-80
DEN DEN
82
23.8
35.8
8.8
2.4
1.1
0.7
0.0
50.5
77.5
2.0
8.7
17.3
0.1
33.3
6.3
8.1
2.3
2,938
1,951
719
198
88
54
163
8 Elvin Hayes
Elvin Hayes
1979-80
WAS WAS
81
23.0
39.3
11.1
1.6
0.8
2.3
0.0
45.4
69.9
2.7
9.4
20.7
0.2
23.1
4.1
5.9
3.8
3,183
1,859
896
129
62
189
215
9 Otis Birdsong
Otis Birdsong
1979-80
KCK KCK
82
22.7
35.2
4.0
2.5
1.7
0.3
0.1
50.5
69.4
2.2
9.5
18.9
0.4
27.8
3.5
5.0
2.8
2,885
1,858
331
202
136
22
179
10 Mike Mitchell
Mike Mitchell
1979-80
CLE CLE
82
22.2
34.2
7.2
1.1
0.9
0.9
0.0
52.3
78.7
2.1
9.5
18.1
0.1
0.0
3.3
4.2
3.2
2,802
1,820
591
93
70
77
172
11 Gus Williams
Gus Williams
1979-80
SEA SEA
82
22.1
36.2
3.4
4.8
2.4
0.5
0.1
48.2
78.8
2.2
9.0
18.7
0.4
19.4
4.0
5.1
2.0
2,969
1,816
275
397
200
37
181
12 Paul Westphal
Paul Westphal
1979-80
PHX PHX
82
21.9
32.5
2.3
5.1
1.5
0.4
0.3
52.5
86.2
2.5
8.4
16.1
1.1
28.0
4.7
5.4
2.0
2,665
1,792
187
416
119
35
207
13 Bill Cartwright
Bill Cartwright
1979-80
NYK NYK
82
21.7
38.4
8.9
2.0
0.6
1.2
0.0
54.7
79.7
2.7
8.1
14.8
0.0
5.5
6.9
3.4
3,150
1,781
726
165
48
101
222
14 Marques Johnson
Marques Johnson
1979-80
MIL MIL
77
21.7
34.9
7.4
3.5
1.3
0.9
0.0
54.4
79.1
2.4
8.9
16.5
0.1
22.2
3.8
4.8
2.2
2,686
1,671
566
273
100
70
185
15 Walter Davis
Walter Davis
1979-80
PHX PHX
75
21.5
30.8
3.6
4.5
1.5
0.3
0.0
56.3
81.9
3.2
8.8
15.5
0.1
0.0
4.0
4.9
2.7
2,309
1,613
272
337
114
19
242
16 Larry Bird
Larry Bird
1979-80
BOS BOS
82
21.3
36.0
10.4
4.5
1.7
0.6
0.7
47.4
83.6
3.2
8.5
17.8
1.7
40.6
3.7
4.4
3.4
2,955
1,745
852
370
143
53
263
17 Bob McAdoo
Bob McAdoo
1979-80
DET DET
58
21.1
36.2
8.1
3.4
1.3
1.1
0.1
48.0
73.0
4.1
8.5
17.7
0.4
12.5
4.1
5.6
3.1
2,097
1,222
467
200
73
65
238
18 Mike Newlin
Mike Newlin
1979-80
NJN NJN
78
20.9
32.2
3.4
4.0
1.5
0.1
0.6
46.0
88.4
3.0
7.8
17.0
1.9
29.6
4.7
5.3
2.5
2,510
1,634
264
314
115
4
231
19 Ray Williams
Ray Williams
1979-80
NYK NYK
82
20.9
31.5
5.0
6.2
2.0
0.3
0.1
49.6
78.7
3.1
8.4
16.9
0.5
18.9
4.1
5.2
3.6
2,582
1,714
412
512
167
24
256
20 Reggie Theus
Reggie Theus
1979-80
CHI CHI
82
20.2
36.9
4.0
6.3
1.4
0.2
0.3
48.3
83.8
4.2
6.9
14.3
1.3
26.7
6.1
7.3
3.2
3,029
1,660
329
515
114
20
348
21 Larry Kenon
Larry Kenon
1979-80
SAS SAS
78
20.1
35.9
9.9
3.0
1.4
0.2
0.0
48.5
78.3
3.0
8.3
17.1
0.1
11.1
3.5
4.4
2.5
2,798
1,565
775
231
111
18
232
22 Jamaal Wilkes
Jamaal Wilkes
1979-80
LAL LAL
82
20.0
37.9
6.4
3.0
1.6
0.3
0.0
53.5
80.8
1.9
8.9
16.6
0.2
17.6
2.3
2.9
2.7
3,111
1,644
525
250
129
28
157
23 Calvin Murphy
Calvin Murphy
1979-80
HOU HOU
76
20.0
35.2
2.0
3.9
1.9
0.1
0.0
49.3
89.7
2.1
8.2
16.7
0.3
4.0
3.6
4.0
3.5
2,676
1,520
150
299
143
9
162
24 Calvin Natt
Calvin Natt
1979-80
TOT
78
19.9
36.6
8.9
2.2
1.3
0.4
0.0
47.9
73.0
2.5
8.0
16.6
0.1
33.3
3.9
5.4
2.6
2,857
1,553
691
169
102
34
198
25 John Drew
John Drew
1979-80
ATL ATL
80
19.5
28.8
5.9
1.3
1.1
0.3
0.0
45.3
75.7
3.0
6.7
14.8
0.1
0.0
6.1
8.1
3.9
2,306
1,559
471
101
91
23
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Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
6
Pistons Pistons
44
38
.537
20.0