highest points per game by nuggets player single season 70s

Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, David Thompson put up the most points per game for the Nuggets in a season, with 27.2 per game in 1977-78.

Interpreted as:
highest points per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by nuggets player single season 70s
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 David Thompson
D. Thompson
27.2
1977-78
DEN 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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119.9

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116.0

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37.6

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2024-25 Conference Standings
TEAM W L PCT GB
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
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
5/9
OKC OKC
@
DEN DEN
10:00 PM
Sun
5/11
OKC OKC
@
DEN DEN
3:30 PM
Tue
5/13
DEN DEN
@
OKC OKC
1:00 PM
Thu
5/15
OKC OKC
@
DEN DEN
1:00 PM
Sun
5/18
DEN DEN
@
OKC OKC
1:00 PM
Last Game
OKC Thunder

0 - 1

119

Final

121

DEN Nuggets

1 - 0

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NBA 2024-25 Conference Standings

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

NBA 2024-25 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Tue
3/25
MIL MIL
@
DEN DEN
117-127
Tue
3/25
BOS BOS
@
PHX PHX
132-102
Wed
3/26
DAL DAL
@
ORL ORL
101-92
Wed
3/26
SAS SAS
@
CLE CLE
116-124
Wed
3/26
IND IND
@
WAS WAS
162-109

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
5/8
GSW GSW
@
MIN MIN
8:30 PM
Fri
5/9
CLE CLE
@
IND IND
7:30 PM
Fri
5/9
OKC OKC
@
DEN DEN
10:00 PM
Sat
5/10
BOS BOS
@
NYK NYK
3:30 PM
Sat
5/10
MIN MIN
@
GSW GSW
8:30 PM