best denver nuggets players averages 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Alex English scored the most points per game for the Nuggets, with 26.7 per game.

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	NAME	PPG	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Alex English A. English	26.7	757	36.6	5.8	4.6	1.1	0.8	11.0	21.5	51.0	0.0	0.1	21.6	4.7	5.6	83.9	55.6	2.5	3.3	2.9	27,682	20,212	4,400	3,454	803	601	2,170	2,158
2	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	23.3	293	33.4	5.3	2.7	0.7	0.5	9.1	16.8	54.1	0.1	0.3	26.7	5.0	5.8	85.7	60.0	1.5	3.7	2.1	9,794	6,829	1,541	782	200	141	608	718
3	David Thompson D. Thompson	21.0	177	28.8	3.4	2.7	0.7	0.7	7.5	15.3	49.3	0.1	0.4	29.2	5.8	7.3	79.1	56.6	1.2	2.2	2.9	5,105	3,712	609	472	126	127	508	486
4	Dan Issel D. Issel	20.5	476	29.9	7.2	2.2	0.9	0.6	7.5	14.9	50.2	0.0	0.2	25.3	5.5	6.8	80.5	57.2	2.1	5.2	1.8	14,242	9,768	3,443	1,068	446	280	851	1,264
5	Fat Lever F. Lever	16.8	395	35.5	7.3	7.7	2.5	0.3	6.9	15.2	45.6	0.2	0.7	27.1	2.8	3.6	77.4	50.2	2.3	5.1	2.3	14,035	6,638	2,887	3,049	999	120	919	1,041
6	Michael Adams M. Adams	16.1	159	35.0	3.2	6.2	2.1	0.2	5.6	12.6	44.0	1.9	5.3	36.1	3.1	3.7	82.4	56.4	0.7	2.5	2.0	5,565	2,561	506	993	334	27	324	287
7	Walter Davis W. Davis	15.6	81	22.9	1.9	2.3	0.9	0.1	6.6	13.3	49.8	0.2	0.9	29.0	2.2	2.5	87.9	54.4	0.5	1.4	1.6	1,857	1,267	151	190	72	5	132	187
8	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	15.6	45	31.6	10.3	4.9	1.5	0.4	6.0	13.0	45.9	0.0	0.2	14.3	3.7	6.8	54.1	48.9	3.0	7.3	4.2	1,424	703	462	221	69	17	188	187
9	Bob Wilkerson B. Wilkerson	13.8	75	31.7	4.2	3.2	1.2	0.4	5.7	13.7	41.7	0.1	0.5	20.6	2.2	3.0	74.8	45.8	1.1	3.1	2.6	2,381	1,033	316	243	93	27	193	194
10	Darrell Walker D. Walker	12.2	81	24.9	4.0	3.5	1.5	0.5	4.4	9.2	48.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	4.5	74.5	54.7	1.9	2.1	2.3	2,020	988	327	282	120	37	187	229
11	Billy McKinney B. McKinney	10.4	198	23.5	1.9	4.2	0.9	0.1	4.2	8.4	50.6	0.0	0.2	2.9	2.0	2.4	82.0	55.4	0.4	1.5	1.5	4,656	2,068	373	829	169	28	304	452
12	George Johnson G. Johnson	10.2	75	25.8	7.8	2.1	1.1	0.9	4.1	8.7	47.6	0.0	0.1	22.2	2.0	2.5	78.3	52.4	2.5	5.3	2.0	1,938	768	584	157	84	67	148	260
13	Wayne Cooper W. Cooper	9.5	351	24.0	7.4	1.0	0.4	2.4	4.0	8.5	46.6	0.0	0.0	23.5	1.5	2.1	73.8	50.3	2.5	4.9	1.4	8,433	3,345	2,603	343	131	830	476	1,323
14	Danny Schayes D. Schayes	9.3	483	20.5	5.7	1.1	0.5	0.9	3.0	5.9	51.2	0.0	0.0	21.4	3.2	4.0	80.3	60.4	1.8	3.9	1.5	9,902	4,478	2,744	544	233	425	736	1,722
15	Charlie Scott C. Scott	9.3	69	27.0	2.4	3.6	0.7	0.3	4.0	10.0	40.1	0.0	0.2	18.2	1.2	1.7	72.0	43.2	0.7	1.7	2.4	1,860	639	166	250	47	23	163	197
16	John Roche J. Roche	9.2	147	23.1	1.2	4.3	0.8	0.1	3.4	7.3	47.1	0.6	1.4	38.9	1.8	2.2	82.3	55.8	0.2	1.0	1.6	3,398	1,350	175	634	114	22	240	223
17	Blair Rasmussen B. Rasmussen	8.8	278	17.4	4.6	0.7	0.3	0.7	3.7	7.8	46.8	0.0	0.0		1.4	1.9	77.0	50.7	1.6	3.0	0.9	4,838	2,443	1,286	203	78	190	241	722
18	Mike Evans M. Evans	8.7	419	17.7	1.4	2.6	0.8	0.1	3.5	7.7	45.3	0.5	1.6	31.4	1.2	1.5	83.2	52.2	0.3	1.1	1.4	7,431	3,642	592	1,075	323	38	592	829
19	Rob Williams R. Williams	8.6	153	22.0	2.2	5.4	1.1	0.1	3.3	7.4	43.9	0.1	0.4	27.4	2.0	2.5	78.9	50.4	0.6	1.6	2.3	3,367	1,319	330	825	173	17	354	489
20	Richard Anderson R. Anderson	8.5	78	17.7	5.2	2.5	0.6	0.4	3.5	8.2	42.6	0.0	0.2	15.8	1.5	1.9	77.3	47.1	1.7	3.5	1.4	1,380	663	406	193	46	28	109	183
21	Bill Hanzlik B. Hanzlik	7.9	512	20.9	2.8	3.1	1.0	0.2	2.6	6.2	42.4	0.1	0.3	22.2	2.5	3.2	78.4	51.6	0.9	1.9	1.6	10,696	4,046	1,432	1,578	510	126	813	1,555
22	Mark Alarie M. Alarie	7.9	64	17.3	3.3	1.2	0.3	0.4	3.4	6.9	49.0	0.0	0.1	22.2	1.0	1.6	66.3	51.6	1.1	2.2	0.9	1,110	503	214	74	22	28	56	138
23	Kenny Higgs K. Higgs	7.6	148	22.9	2.0	5.4	1.2	0.1	2.8	6.4	43.6	0.1	0.4	14.5	2.0	2.5	81.6	51.2	0.3	1.6	2.2	3,385	1,131	289	803	173	12	322	506
24	Cedrick Hordges C. Hordges	7.6	145	20.5	5.9	1.2	0.4	0.3	2.9	6.2	47.5	0.0	0.1	18.8	1.7	2.7	63.9	51.7	1.6	4.2	1.6	2,971	1,099	853	169	59	38	231	456
25	Dave Robisch D. Robisch	7.4	165	17.3	3.9	1.4	0.3	0.3	2.7	6.3	43.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.4	81.1	50.3	1.1	2.8	0.8	2,853	1,222	649	227	43	42	138	255

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Thu 10/22	DEN	@	OKC	9:30 PM
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10	Timberwolves	0	0		0.5
11	Pelicans	0	0		0.5
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