highest ppg by a rockets player in history for a season 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Moses Malone scored the most points per game for the Rockets in a season, with 31.1 per game in 1981-82.

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	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	31.1	1981-82	HOU	81	42.0	14.7	1.8	0.9	1.5	11.7	22.5	51.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.8	10.2	76.2	57.6	6.9	7.8	3.6	3,398	2,520	1,188	142	76	125	294	208
2	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
3	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
4	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	24.8	1988-89	HOU	82	36.9	13.5	1.8	2.6	3.4	9.6	19.0	50.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.5	8.0	69.6	55.2	4.1	9.4	3.4	3,024	2,034	1,105	149	213	282	275	329
5	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	23.5	1985-86	HOU	68	36.3	11.5	2.0	2.0	3.4	9.2	17.5	52.6	0.0	0.0		5.1	7.9	64.5	56.0	4.9	6.6	2.9	2,467	1,597	781	137	134	231	195	271
6	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	23.4	1986-87	HOU	75	36.8	11.4	2.9	1.9	3.4	9.0	17.8	50.8	0.0	0.1	20.0	5.3	7.6	70.2	55.4	4.2	7.2	3.0	2,760	1,755	858	220	140	254	228	294
7	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	22.8	1987-88	HOU	79	35.8	12.1	2.1	2.1	2.7	9.0	17.5	51.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.8	6.9	69.5	55.5	3.8	8.3	3.1	2,825	1,805	959	163	162	214	243	324
8	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	22.1	1984-85	HOU	82	37.6	10.4	2.7	1.0	2.0	9.2	18.3	50.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.7	5.5	67.6	53.3	2.8	7.6	4.0	3,086	1,809	853	224	81	168	326	306
9	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	21.0	1983-84	HOU	82	32.8	11.1	2.0	0.9	2.4	8.7	16.7	52.3	0.0	0.0	25.0	3.5	5.3	66.1	55.1	3.6	7.6	3.6	2,693	1,720	913	163	70	197	294	339
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	20.6	1984-85	HOU	82	35.5	11.9	1.4	1.2	2.7	8.3	15.3	53.8	0.0	0.0		4.1	6.7	61.3	56.4	5.4	6.5	2.9	2,914	1,692	974	111	99	220	234	344
11	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	20.0	1979-80	HOU	76	35.2	2.0	3.9	1.9	0.1	8.2	16.7	49.3	0.0	0.3	4.0	3.6	4.0	89.7	54.3	0.9	1.1	2.1	2,676	1,520	150	299	143	9	162	269
12	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	18.9	1985-86	HOU	79	36.3	11.1	3.6	1.3	1.6	7.9	16.2	48.8	0.0	0.2	13.3	3.1	4.8	64.1	51.6	3.3	7.9	3.6	2,864	1,491	879	283	99	129	285	308
13	Lewis Lloyd L. Lloyd	17.8	1983-84	HOU	82	31.4	3.6	3.9	1.2	0.5	7.4	14.4	51.6	0.0	0.2	23.1	2.9	3.6	78.9	55.5	1.6	2.0	3.0	2,578	1,458	295	321	102	44	245	211
14	Lewis Lloyd L. Lloyd	16.9	1985-86	HOU	82	29.8	4.0	3.7	1.2	0.3	7.2	13.6	52.9	0.0	0.2	21.4	2.4	2.9	84.3	56.7	1.9	2.1	2.4	2,444	1,386	324	300	102	24	194	216
15	Otis Thorpe O. Thorpe	16.7	1988-89	HOU	82	38.2	9.6	2.5	1.0	0.5	6.4	11.7	54.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.5	72.9	59.1	3.3	6.3	2.7	3,135	1,370	787	202	82	37	225	259
16	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	16.7	1980-81	HOU	76	26.5	1.1	2.9	1.5	0.1	6.9	14.1	49.2	0.1	0.2	23.5	2.7	2.8	95.8	54.2	0.4	0.7	1.7	2,014	1,266	87	222	111	6	129	209
17	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	16.1	1981-82	HOU	82	37.0	9.1	1.8	0.8	1.3	6.3	13.4	47.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.4	5.1	66.4	51.3	3.3	5.9	2.5	3,032	1,318	747	144	62	104	208	287
18	Robert Reid R. Reid	15.9	1980-81	HOU	82	36.1	7.1	4.2	2.0	0.8	6.5	13.6	48.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	3.7	75.6	52.2	2.0	5.1	2.4	2,963	1,301	583	344	163	66	198	325
19	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	15.6	1986-87	HOU	43	30.8	8.7	2.8	0.9	1.3	6.4	13.2	48.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.7	4.4	62.4	51.8	2.0	6.6	2.9	1,326	672	372	120	40	58	126	169
20	John Lucas J. Lucas	15.5	1985-86	HOU	65	32.6	2.2	8.8	1.2	0.1	5.6	12.6	44.6	0.7	2.2	30.8	3.6	4.6	77.5	53.0	0.5	1.7	2.3	2,120	1,006	143	571	77	5	149	124
21	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	14.8	1982-83	HOU	79	32.9	2.5	6.7	2.1	0.2	5.6	13.4	41.5	0.5	2.2	24.0	3.1	3.8	83.2	49.0	0.8	1.7	2.5	2,602	1,167	195	530	165	14	198	215
22	Rodney McCray R. McCray	14.4	1986-87	HOU	81	38.7	7.1	5.4	1.1	0.7	5.3	9.7	55.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.8	4.9	77.9	61.2	2.3	4.8	2.6	3,136	1,170	578	434	88	53	208	172
23	Rodney McCray R. McCray	14.4	1984-85	HOU	82	36.6	6.6	4.3	1.1	0.9	5.8	10.9	53.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.8	3.8	73.8	57.6	2.5	4.1	2.2	3,001	1,183	539	355	90	75	178	215
24	Purvis Short P. Short	14.3	1987-88	HOU	81	24.1	2.7	2.0	0.7	0.2	5.9	12.2	48.1	0.1	0.3	23.8	2.5	3.0	85.8	53.1	0.9	1.9	1.5	1,949	1,159	222	162	58	14	118	197
25	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	14.2	1979-80	HOU	62	29.6	5.8	1.8	0.5	0.2	6.0	12.5	47.6	0.4	1.3	27.8	1.9	2.4	80.3	52.2	2.1	3.6	1.6	1,834	880	358	109	32	10	98	161

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3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
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5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns	45	37	.549	19.0

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Wed 10/21	DAL	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Fri 10/23	HOU	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Sat 10/24	HOU	@	ATL	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	ATL	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Wed 10/28	HOU	@	MIL	8:00 PM

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31.1

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28.8

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12.9

Jokić

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4,039.7

Jokić

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4,298.5

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1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
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5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
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7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
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