Moses Malone scored the most points per game by a center in 1979-80, with 25.8 per game.

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best ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games centers 1980

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	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	Moses Malone M. Malone	25.8	1979-80	HOU	82	38.3	14.5	1.8	1.0	1.3	9.5	18.9	50.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.9	9.5	71.9	56.0	7.0	7.5	3.7	3,140	2,119	1,190	147	80	107	300	210
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	24.8	1979-80	LAL	82	38.3	10.8	4.5	1.0	3.4	10.2	16.9	60.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	5.8	76.5	63.9	2.3	8.5	3.6	3,143	2,034	886	371	81	280	297	216
3	Dan Issel D. Issel	23.8	1979-80	DEN	82	35.8	8.8	2.4	1.1	0.7	8.7	17.3	50.5	0.0	0.1	33.3	6.3	8.1	77.5	57.1	2.9	5.9	2.0	2,938	1,951	719	198	88	54	163	190
4	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	21.7	1979-80	NYK	82	38.4	8.9	2.0	0.6	1.2	8.1	14.8	54.7	0.0	0.0		5.5	6.9	79.7	60.8	2.4	6.5	2.7	3,150	1,781	726	165	48	101	222	279
5	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	19.2	1979-80	TOT	63	33.8	8.8	2.9	1.2	1.4	7.4	13.8	53.7	0.0	0.1	16.7	4.4	5.6	78.2	59.2	2.4	6.3	2.6	2,131	1,210	552	184	74	89	162	200
6	Robert Parish R. Parish	17.0	1979-80	GSW	72	29.4	10.9	1.7	0.8	1.6	7.1	14.0	50.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	3.9	71.5	54.1	3.4	7.4	3.1	2,119	1,223	783	122	58	115	225	248
7	Tom Owens T. Owens	16.4	1979-80	POR	76	30.8	7.5	2.6	0.6	0.7	6.8	13.3	51.4	0.0	0.0	50.0	2.8	3.7	75.3	55.2	2.5	5.1	2.3	2,337	1,250	573	194	45	53	174	270
8	James Edwards J. Edwards	15.7	1979-80	IND	82	28.2	7.0	1.5	0.7	1.3	6.4	12.6	51.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	4.1	68.1	54.5	2.2	4.9	1.6	2,314	1,287	578	127	55	104	131	324
9	Dave Robisch D. Robisch	15.3	1979-80	CLE	82	32.6	8.0	2.3	0.6	0.6	6.0	11.5	52.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	4.0	84.2	57.8	2.7	5.3	1.7	2,670	1,255	658	192	53	53	138	211
10	Alvan Adams A. Adams	14.9	1979-80	PHX	75	28.9	8.1	4.3	1.4	0.7	6.2	11.7	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.1	79.7	57.1	2.1	6.0	2.9	2,168	1,118	609	322	108	55	218	237
11	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	14.7	1979-80	PHI	80	31.8	8.7	1.9	0.6	1.8	6.2	11.8	52.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	3.6	65.3	54.8	2.5	6.2	2.9	2,541	1,178	693	149	49	142	230	328
12	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	14.3	1979-80	SEA	82	34.1	11.1	3.4	0.8	0.9	5.7	12.1	47.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	3.6	80.5	52.6	2.4	8.7	2.5	2,793	1,175	908	279	68	77	202	232
13	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	14.2	1979-80	BOS	66	32.7	8.1	3.1	1.0	0.9	6.4	14.1	45.3	0.0	0.2	8.3	1.4	1.8	77.9	47.7	1.9	6.2	1.6	2,159	940	534	206	69	61	108	216
14	Swen Nater S. Nater	13.4	1979-80	SDC	81	35.3	15.0	2.9	0.6	0.5	5.5	9.9	55.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.4	71.8	58.9	4.3	10.7	3.2	2,860	1,082	1,216	233	45	37	257	259
15	Rick Robey R. Robey	11.5	1979-80	BOS	82	23.4	6.5	1.1	0.6	0.2	4.6	8.9	52.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.2	3.3	68.4	55.7	2.5	3.9	1.8	1,918	942	530	92	53	15	151	244
16	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	9.7	1979-80	WAS	82	36.3	13.3	4.5	0.8	0.7	4.0	7.8	51.3	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.7	2.5	66.5	54.5	4.1	9.3	1.9	2,973	794	1,094	366	65	61	153	249
17	Kent Benson K. Benson	9.6	1979-80	TOT	73	25.9	6.2	2.4	1.0	1.3	4.1	8.5	48.4	0.0	0.1	20.0	1.4	1.9	70.2	51.3	1.7	4.5	2.2	1,891	698	453	178	73	92	157	246
18	Steve Hawes S. Hawes	9.3	1979-80	ATL	82	22.6	6.0	1.8	0.9	0.4	3.7	7.4	50.2	0.0	0.1	37.5	1.8	2.2	82.4	55.5	1.8	4.2	1.5	1,853	761	496	144	74	29	121	205
19	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	9.2	1979-80	KCK	81	29.8	8.0	5.7	1.4	1.3	3.7	8.4	44.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.3	74.1	49.0	2.1	5.8	2.6	2,412	743	645	460	111	109	211	307
20	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	9.1	1979-80	TOT	84	26.1	7.0	2.2	0.8	1.0	3.9	8.0	48.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.2	59.9	50.7	2.2	4.8	1.4	2,193	763	586	188	69	84	115	213
21	Ben Poquette B. Poquette	8.9	1979-80	UTA	82	28.6	6.8	1.6	0.5	2.0	3.6	6.9	52.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.0	83.2	57.2	1.5	5.3	1.3	2,349	731	560	131	45	162	103	283
22	Tree Rollins T. Rollins	8.9	1979-80	ATL	82	25.9	9.4	0.9	0.7	3.0	3.5	6.3	55.8	0.0	0.0		1.9	2.7	71.4	59.8	3.5	6.0	1.2	2,123	731	774	76	54	244	99	322
23	Rich Kelley R. Kelley	8.8	1979-80	TOT	80	23.0	6.4	2.2	1.0	1.2	2.9	6.1	47.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	3.9	78.7	56.6	2.5	3.9	2.5	1,839	702	515	178	78	96	198	273
24	Leon Douglas L. Douglas	8.1	1979-80	DET	70	25.5	7.2	1.7	0.4	0.9	3.2	6.5	48.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.6	67.6	52.9	2.4	4.7	1.8	1,782	567	501	121	30	62	127	249
25	Mark Landsberger M. Landsberger	8.0	1979-80	TOT	77	19.6	8.0	0.6	0.4	0.3	3.2	6.3	51.6	0.0	0.0		1.5	2.9	52.3	52.9	2.9	5.0	1.3	1,510	614	613	46	33	22	100	140

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