Moses Malone scored the most points per game by a center in 1980-81, with 27.8 per game.

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best ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games centers 1981

	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	27.8	1980-81	HOU	80	40.6	14.8	1.8	1.0	1.9	10.1	19.3	52.2	0.0	0.0	33.3	7.6	10.1	75.7	58.5	5.9	8.8	3.9	3,245	2,222	1,180	141	83	150	308	223
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	26.2	1980-81	LAL	80	37.2	10.3	3.4	0.7	2.9	10.5	18.2	57.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	6.9	76.6	61.6	2.5	7.8	3.1	2,976	2,095	821	272	59	228	249	244
3	Dan Issel D. Issel	21.9	1980-81	DEN	80	33.0	8.5	2.0	1.0	0.7	7.7	15.3	50.3	0.0	0.2	16.7	6.5	8.6	75.9	57.5	2.9	5.6	1.6	2,641	1,749	676	158	83	53	130	249
4	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	20.1	1980-81	NYK	82	35.7	7.5	1.4	0.6	1.0	7.5	13.6	55.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	6.3	78.8	61.1	2.0	5.5	2.4	2,925	1,646	613	111	48	83	200	259
5	Robert Parish R. Parish	18.9	1980-81	BOS	82	28.0	9.5	1.8	1.0	2.6	7.7	14.2	54.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	4.8	71.0	57.9	3.0	6.5	2.3	2,298	1,552	777	144	81	214	191	310
6	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	18.9	1980-81	GSW	82	35.6	9.3	1.4	0.6	1.5	7.5	15.3	49.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	5.4	71.6	53.4	3.3	5.9	3.0	2,919	1,547	759	117	50	121	243	313
7	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	18.7	1980-81	SEA	82	35.6	10.4	3.0	1.0	1.1	7.3	16.0	45.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.1	5.0	82.3	51.2	2.2	8.1	2.5	2,920	1,530	852	248	78	93	201	282
8	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	17.9	1980-81	CHI	82	34.5	10.1	2.1	0.6	2.4	6.7	10.0	67.0	0.0	0.0		4.6	6.5	70.5	69.9	2.7	7.4	2.9	2,832	1,469	828	172	47	198	236	295
9	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	17.0	1980-81	POR	79	35.3	8.7	3.6	0.8	2.2	7.2	14.6	49.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	4.1	64.1	52.0	2.8	5.9	3.1	2,790	1,345	686	284	62	170	241	260
10	Kent Benson K. Benson	15.7	1980-81	DET	59	33.2	6.8	2.9	1.2	1.1	6.2	13.1	47.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.3	4.3	77.2	52.4	2.1	4.7	3.2	1,956	924	400	172	72	67	190	184
11	James Edwards J. Edwards	15.6	1980-81	IND	81	29.3	7.0	2.6	0.4	1.6	6.3	12.4	50.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.3	70.3	54.7	2.4	4.7	2.0	2,375	1,266	571	212	32	128	164	304
12	Swen Nater S. Nater	15.6	1980-81	SDC	82	34.3	12.4	2.4	0.6	0.6	6.3	11.4	55.3	0.0	0.0		3.0	3.7	79.5	59.7	3.6	8.8	2.6	2,809	1,278	1,017	199	49	46	211	295
13	Alvan Adams A. Adams	14.9	1980-81	PHX	75	27.4	7.3	4.6	1.4	0.9	6.1	11.6	52.6	0.0	0.0		2.7	3.5	76.8	56.7	2.1	5.2	3.0	2,054	1,115	546	344	106	69	226	226
14	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	14.3	1980-81	MIL	67	26.2	6.2	2.7	1.1	1.2	5.6	10.7	52.5	0.0	0.0	100.0	3.1	4.1	75.1	57.3	1.9	4.3	2.1	1,753	961	413	179	73	81	139	184
15	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	14.0	1980-81	PHI	76	27.5	7.2	1.4	0.5	1.5	5.6	9.2	60.7	0.0	0.0		2.9	4.0	72.0	64.1	1.4	5.8	2.9	2,088	1,065	545	109	38	112	220	316
16	Tom LaGarde T. LaGarde	13.7	1980-81	DAL	82	32.6	8.1	2.9	0.4	0.5	5.1	10.8	47.0	0.0	0.0		3.5	5.4	64.9	51.8	2.2	6.0	2.5	2,670	1,122	665	237	35	45	206	293
17	Mitch Kupchak M. Kupchak	12.5	1980-81	WAS	82	23.6	6.9	0.8	0.4	0.3	4.8	9.1	52.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	4.1	70.6	57.1	2.4	4.5	2.0	1,934	1,024	569	62	36	26	161	195
18	Steve Hawes S. Hawes	12.0	1980-81	ATL	74	31.2	7.6	2.3	1.0	0.4	4.5	8.6	52.3	0.0	0.1	25.0	3.0	3.8	79.9	58.5	2.2	5.4	2.2	2,309	889	561	168	73	32	161	289
19	Dave Corzine D. Corzine	10.5	1980-81	SAS	82	23.9	7.8	1.4	0.5	1.2	4.5	9.1	49.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.1	71.4	52.0	2.8	5.0	1.6	1,960	857	636	117	42	99	131	212
20	Dave Robisch D. Robisch	10.2	1980-81	TOT	84	25.2	5.9	2.1	0.4	0.4	3.9	8.8	44.6	0.0	0.0		2.4	2.9	81.0	50.7	1.9	4.1	1.0	2,116	860	499	173	37	34	83	173
21	Bill Laimbeer B. Laimbeer	9.8	1980-81	CLE	81	30.4	8.6	2.7	0.7	1.0	4.2	8.3	50.3	0.0	0.0		1.4	1.9	76.5	53.6	3.3	5.3	1.6	2,460	791	693	216	56	78	132	332
22	Ben Poquette B. Poquette	9.5	1980-81	UTA	82	34.2	7.7	2.0	0.8	2.1	4.0	7.5	52.8	0.0	0.1	50.0	1.5	2.0	77.8	56.7	2.0	5.7	1.5	2,808	777	629	161	67	174	122	342
23	Rick Robey R. Robey	9.0	1980-81	BOS	82	19.1	4.8	1.5	0.5	0.2	3.6	6.7	54.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	3.1	57.4	56.3	1.6	3.1	1.7	1,569	740	390	126	38	19	141	204
24	Scott Lloyd S. Lloyd	8.8	1980-81	DAL	72	30.4	6.3	2.2	0.5	0.3	3.4	7.6	44.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.8	71.7	50.0	2.2	4.1	2.0	2,186	637	454	159	34	25	145	269
25	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	8.0	1980-81	WAS	63	32.3	10.7	2.7	0.8	0.6	3.6	6.8	52.4	0.0	0.1	50.0	0.9	1.4	64.0	54.3	3.3	7.4	1.5	2,032	507	673	170	52	36	97	171

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