denver nuggets highest ppg in a season by a player before 1980

Before 1979-80, David Thompson scored the most points per game for the Nuggets in a season, with 27.2 per game in 1977-78.

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denver nuggets highest ppg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games in a season by a player before 1980

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	David Thompson D. Thompson	27.2	1977-78	DEN	80	37.8	4.9	4.5	1.2	1.2	10.3	19.8	52.1	6.5	8.4	77.8	57.8	2.0	2.9	3.1	3,025	2,172	390	362	92	99	245	213
2	David Thompson D. Thompson	25.9	1976-77	DEN	82	36.6	4.1	4.1	1.4	0.6	10.0	19.8	50.7	5.8	7.6	76.6	55.9	1.7	2.4		3,001	2,125	334	337	114	53		236
3	David Thompson D. Thompson	24.0	1978-79	DEN	76	35.1	3.6	3.0	0.9	1.1	9.1	17.8	51.2	5.8	7.7	75.3	56.7	1.4	2.2	2.4	2,670	1,825	274	225	70	82	186	180
4	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	22.6	1978-79	DEN	76	33.6	11.4	3.7	1.7	0.7	7.9	16.8	47.4	6.7	10.1	66.5	53.3	3.4	8.0	4.6	2,552	1,715	864	283	129	52	346	321
5	Dan Issel D. Issel	22.3	1976-77	DEN	79	31.7	8.8	2.2	1.2	0.4	8.4	16.2	51.5	5.6	7.1	79.7	57.8	2.7	6.1		2,507	1,765	696	177	91	29		246
6	Dan Issel D. Issel	21.3	1977-78	DEN	82	34.8	10.1	3.7	1.2	0.5	8.0	15.7	51.2	5.2	6.7	78.2	57.1	3.1	7.0	3.2	2,851	1,746	830	304	100	41	259	279
7	Dan Issel D. Issel	17.0	1978-79	DEN	81	33.9	9.1	3.1	0.8	0.6	6.6	12.7	51.7	3.9	5.2	75.4	56.8	3.0	6.1	2.1	2,742	1,380	738	255	61	46	171	233
8	Bobby Jones B. Jones	15.1	1976-77	DEN	82	29.5	8.3	3.2	2.3	2.0	6.1	10.7	57.0	2.9	4.0	71.7	60.5	2.1	6.1		2,419	1,238	678	264	186	162		238
9	Bobby Jones B. Jones	14.5	1977-78	DEN	75	32.5	8.5	3.4	1.8	1.7	5.9	10.1	57.8	2.8	3.7	75.1	61.6	2.2	6.3	2.6	2,440	1,088	636	252	137	126	194	221
10	Charlie Scott C. Scott	12.0	1978-79	DEN	79	33.1	2.7	5.4	1.0	0.4	5.0	10.8	46.0	2.0	2.7	74.9	49.9	0.7	2.0	3.2	2,617	947	210	428	78	30	255	284
11	Bob Wilkerson B. Wilkerson	11.4	1978-79	DEN	80	30.3	5.2	3.6	1.5	0.3	5.0	10.9	45.6	1.5	2.2	68.8	48.2	1.3	3.9	2.5	2,425	911	414	284	118	21	196	190
12	Bob Wilkerson B. Wilkerson	11.4	1977-78	DEN	81	34.3	5.9	5.4	1.6	0.3	4.7	11.6	40.8	1.9	2.6	74.8	44.8	1.2	4.6	3.6	2,780	921	474	439	126	21	294	275
13	Tom Boswell T. Boswell	10.6	1978-79	DEN	79	27.9	6.8	3.1	0.6	0.6	4.1	7.6	53.2	2.5	3.6	69.7	57.7	3.1	3.7	2.3	2,201	840	538	242	50	51	185	263
14	Anthony Roberts A. Roberts	9.5	1977-78	DEN	82	19.5	4.3	1.3	0.5	0.1	3.8	9.0	42.3	1.9	2.6	72.2	46.7	1.6	2.6	1.4	1,598	775	351	105	40	7	118	212
15	Willie Wise W. Wise	8.2	1976-77	DEN	75	18.7	3.4	1.9	0.8	0.2	3.2	6.8	46.2	1.9	2.9	65.1	50.6	1.0	2.4		1,403	616	253	142	60	18		180
16	Ted McClain T. McClain	8.2	1976-77	DEN	72	27.8	3.2	4.5	1.5	0.2	3.4	7.7	44.5	1.4	1.8	74.4	48.3	0.7	2.5		2,002	589	229	324	106	13		255
17	Jim Price J. Price	7.9	1976-77	DEN	55	25.2	3.3	3.8	1.7	0.3	3.4	7.7	44.5	1.1	1.3	79.7	47.8	0.7	2.6		1,384	435	184	208	96	14		181
18	Anthony Roberts A. Roberts	7.9	1978-79	DEN	63	19.6	4.1	1.7	0.3	0.0	3.3	7.9	42.4	1.2	1.7	69.1	45.6	1.7	2.4	1.0	1,236	498	258	107	20	2	65	142
19	Paul Silas P. Silas	7.2	1976-77	DEN	81	24.2	7.5	1.6	0.7	0.3	2.5	7.1	36.0	2.1	3.1	66.7	42.5	2.9	4.6		1,959	582	606	132	58	23		183
20	Jim Price J. Price	6.8	1977-78	DEN	49	22.2	3.2	3.2	1.4	0.1	2.9	6.0	48.1	1.0	1.3	77.3	51.7	0.6	2.6	2.1	1,090	333	159	158	69	4	101	118
21	Marvin Webster M. Webster	6.7	1976-77	DEN	80	16.0	6.1	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.5	5.0	49.5	1.8	2.8	65.0	54.2	1.9	4.2		1,276	539	484	62	23	118		149
22	Robert Smith R. Smith	6.4	1978-79	DEN	82	18.0	1.8	2.5	0.7	0.2	2.2	5.3	42.2	1.9	2.2	88.3	51.1	0.5	1.3	1.2	1,479	527	146	208	58	13	95	165
23	Mack Calvin M. Calvin	6.1	1977-78	DEN	77	12.8	1.1	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.9	4.3	44.1	2.2	2.7	84.0	55.1	0.1	0.9	1.4	988	467	84	148	46	5	108	87
24	Byron Beck B. Beck	4.7	1976-77	DEN	53	9.1	1.8	0.6	0.3	0.0	2.0	4.6	43.5	0.7	0.8	81.8	47.1	0.8	1.0		480	250	96	33	15	1		59
25	Bo Ellis B. Ellis	4.3	1977-78	DEN	78	15.6	3.9	0.9	0.6	0.6	1.7	4.1	41.6	0.9	1.3	69.2	46.2	1.5	2.4	1.3	1,213	338	304	73	49	47	99	208

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