George Gervin averaged the most points per game in 1979-80, with 33.1 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player in 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	George Gervin G. Gervin	33.1	1979-80	SAS	78	37.6	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	13.1	24.9	52.8	0.4	1.3	31.4	6.5	7.6	85.2	58.7	2.0	3.2	3.3	2,934	2,585	403	202	110	79	254	208
2	World B. Free W. B. Free	30.2	1979-80	SDC	68	38.0	3.5	4.2	1.2	0.5	10.8	22.9	47.4	0.1	0.4	36.0	8.4	11.2	75.3	54.4	1.9	1.6	3.4	2,585	2,055	238	283	81	32	228	195
3	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	28.0	1979-80	UTA	68	39.3	7.6	2.8	1.4	0.2	10.7	18.6	57.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.5	7.7	84.2	63.5	2.7	4.9	3.4	2,674	1,903	516	191	96	14	233	211
4	Julius Erving J. Erving	26.9	1979-80	PHI	78	36.1	7.4	4.6	2.2	1.8	10.7	20.7	51.9	0.1	0.3	20.0	5.4	6.8	78.7	56.8	2.8	4.6	3.6	2,812	2,100	576	355	170	140	284	208
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	23.0	1979-80	WAS	81	39.3	11.1	1.6	0.8	2.3	9.4	20.7	45.4	0.0	0.2	23.1	4.1	5.9	69.9	49.2	3.3	7.7	2.7	3,183	1,859	896	129	62	189	215	309
9	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	22.7	1979-80	KCK	82	35.2	4.0	2.5	1.7	0.3	9.5	18.9	50.5	0.1	0.4	27.8	3.5	5.0	69.4	53.8	2.1	2.0	2.2	2,885	1,858	331	202	136	22	179	226
10	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	22.2	1979-80	CLE	82	34.2	7.2	1.1	0.9	0.9	9.5	18.1	52.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.3	4.2	78.7	55.7	2.5	4.7	2.1	2,802	1,820	591	93	70	77	172	259
11	Gus Williams G. Williams	22.1	1979-80	SEA	82	36.2	3.4	4.8	2.4	0.5	9.0	18.7	48.2	0.1	0.4	19.4	4.0	5.1	78.8	52.9	1.5	1.8	2.2	2,969	1,816	275	397	200	37	181	160
12	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	21.9	1979-80	PHX	82	32.5	2.3	5.1	1.5	0.4	8.4	16.1	52.5	0.3	1.1	28.0	4.7	5.4	86.2	59.3	0.6	1.7	2.5	2,665	1,792	187	416	119	35	207	162
13	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
14	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	21.7	1979-80	MIL	77	34.9	7.4	3.5	1.3	0.9	8.9	16.5	54.4	0.0	0.1	22.2	3.8	4.8	79.1	58.5	2.8	4.5	2.4	2,686	1,671	566	273	100	70	185	173
15	Walter Davis W. Davis	21.5	1979-80	PHX	75	30.8	3.6	4.5	1.5	0.3	8.8	15.5	56.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.0	4.9	81.9	60.8	1.0	2.6	3.2	2,309	1,613	272	337	114	19	242	202
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	21.3	1979-80	BOS	82	36.0	10.4	4.5	1.7	0.6	8.5	17.8	47.4	0.7	1.7	40.6	3.7	4.4	83.6	53.8	2.6	7.8	3.2	2,955	1,745	852	370	143	53	263	279
17	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	21.1	1979-80	DET	58	36.2	8.1	3.4	1.3	1.1	8.5	17.7	48.0	0.1	0.4	12.5	4.1	5.6	73.0	52.4	1.7	6.3	4.1	2,097	1,222	467	200	73	65	238	178
18	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	20.9	1979-80	NJN	78	32.2	3.4	4.0	1.5	0.1	7.8	17.0	46.0	0.6	1.9	29.6	4.7	5.3	88.4	54.0	1.3	2.1	3.0	2,510	1,634	264	314	115	4	231	195
19	Ray Williams R. Williams	20.9	1979-80	NYK	82	31.5	5.0	6.2	2.0	0.3	8.4	16.9	49.6	0.1	0.5	18.9	4.1	5.2	78.7	54.6	1.8	3.2	3.1	2,582	1,714	412	512	167	24	256	295
20	Reggie Theus R. Theus	20.2	1979-80	CHI	82	36.9	4.0	6.3	1.4	0.2	6.9	14.3	48.3	0.3	1.3	26.7	6.1	7.3	83.8	57.9	1.7	2.3	4.2	3,029	1,660	329	515	114	20	348	262
21	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	20.1	1979-80	SAS	78	35.9	9.9	3.0	1.4	0.2	8.3	17.1	48.5	0.0	0.1	11.1	3.5	4.4	78.3	52.7	3.3	6.6	3.0	2,798	1,565	775	231	111	18	232	192
22	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	20.0	1979-80	LAL	82	37.9	6.4	3.0	1.6	0.3	8.9	16.6	53.5	0.0	0.2	17.6	2.3	2.9	80.8	56.3	2.1	4.3	1.9	3,111	1,644	525	250	129	28	157	220
23	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
24	Calvin Natt C. Natt	19.9	1979-80	TOT	78	36.6	8.9	2.2	1.3	0.4	8.0	16.6	47.9	0.0	0.1	33.3	3.9	5.4	73.0	52.4	3.1	5.8	2.5	2,857	1,553	691	169	102	34	198	205
25	John Drew J. Drew	19.5	1979-80	ATL	80	28.8	5.9	1.3	1.1	0.3	6.7	14.8	45.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.1	8.1	75.7	53.2	2.5	3.4	3.0	2,306	1,559	471	101	91	23	240	313