highest season ppg knicks players in 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Bernard King averaged the most points per game for the Knicks in a season, with 32.9 per game in 1984-85.

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highest season ppg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games knicks players in 1980s

	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	Bernard King B. King	32.9	1984-85	NYK	55	37.5	5.8	3.7	1.3	0.3	12.6	23.7	53.0	0.0	0.2	10.0	7.7	10.0	77.2	58.5	2.1	3.7	3.7	2,063	1,809	317	204	71	15	204	191
2	Bernard King B. King	26.3	1983-84	NYK	77	34.6	5.1	2.1	1.0	0.2	10.3	18.1	57.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.7	7.3	77.9	61.9	1.6	3.5	2.6	2,667	2,027	394	164	75	17	197	273
3	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	22.7	1988-89	NYK	80	36.2	9.3	2.4	1.5	3.5	9.1	16.0	56.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	6.1	74.6	60.7	2.7	6.6	3.3	2,896	1,815	740	188	117	281	266	311
4	Bernard King B. King	21.9	1982-83	NYK	68	32.5	4.8	2.9	1.3	0.2	8.9	16.8	52.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.1	5.7	72.2	56.6	1.5	3.3	2.9	2,207	1,486	326	195	90	13	197	233
5	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
6	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	21.5	1986-87	NYK	63	35.0	8.8	1.7	1.4	2.3	8.4	16.7	50.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.7	6.6	71.3	54.9	2.5	6.3	3.6	2,206	1,356	555	104	89	147	229	248
7	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
8	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	20.2	1987-88	NYK	82	31.0	8.2	1.5	1.3	3.0	8.0	14.4	55.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.2	5.8	71.6	59.4	3.0	5.3	3.5	2,546	1,653	676	125	104	245	287	332
9	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
10	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	20.0	1985-86	NYK	50	35.4	9.0	2.0	1.1	2.1	7.7	16.3	47.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	6.1	73.9	52.6	2.5	6.5	3.4	1,771	998	451	102	54	103	172	191
11	Ray Williams R. Williams	19.7	1980-81	NYK	79	34.7	4.1	5.5	2.3	0.5	7.8	16.9	46.1	0.2	0.9	23.5	3.9	4.8	81.7	51.9	1.5	2.5	3.0	2,742	1,560	321	432	185	37	235	270
12	Toby Knight T. Knight	19.1	1979-80	NYK	81	36.4	6.1	1.9	1.4	1.1	8.3	15.6	52.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	3.2	80.8	56.1	2.5	3.6	2.0	2,945	1,549	493	150	117	86	163	302
13	Gerald Wilkins G. Wilkins	19.1	1986-87	NYK	80	34.5	3.7	4.4	1.1	0.2	7.9	16.3	48.6	0.3	0.9	35.1	2.9	4.2	70.1	52.7	1.5	2.2	2.7	2,758	1,527	294	354	88	18	214	165
14	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	17.9	1981-82	NYK	82	37.1	6.9	7.0	2.6	0.5	7.5	16.4	46.1	0.2	1.2	18.8	2.6	3.7	70.0	49.8	2.2	4.7	3.5	3,044	1,469	565	572	213	41	291	317
15	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	17.5	1986-87	NYK	58	34.3	7.7	1.7	0.7	0.4	5.8	10.9	53.1	0.0	0.0		6.0	7.6	79.0	61.7	2.3	5.4	2.2	1,989	1,016	445	96	40	26	128	188
16	Gerald Wilkins G. Wilkins	17.4	1987-88	NYK	81	33.4	3.3	4.0	1.1	0.3	7.3	16.3	44.6	0.5	1.6	30.2	2.4	3.0	78.6	49.3	1.3	2.0	2.6	2,703	1,412	270	326	90	22	212	183
17	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	17.0	1983-84	NYK	77	32.3	8.4	1.4	0.6	1.3	5.9	10.5	56.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.2	6.5	80.5	63.7	2.5	5.9	2.6	2,487	1,310	649	107	44	97	200	262
18	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	16.9	1988-89	NYK	72	34.4	4.7	8.6	1.9	0.1	6.7	14.2	46.7	1.1	3.3	33.8	2.5	3.6	69.8	53.5	1.5	3.3	3.1	2,477	1,219	341	619	139	7	226	163
19	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	16.4	1980-81	NYK	79	40.2	6.9	7.9	2.9	0.4	6.6	14.1	46.9	0.3	1.3	22.5	2.8	4.3	66.3	51.1	2.2	4.7	3.8	3,175	1,293	545	627	232	35	302	258
20	Campy Russell C. Russell	16.4	1980-81	NYK	79	36.3	4.5	3.3	1.3	0.1	6.4	13.9	46.4	0.1	0.3	30.8	3.4	4.3	78.1	51.8	1.4	3.1	2.7	2,865	1,292	353	257	99	8	212	248
21	Johnny Newman J. Newman	16.0	1988-89	NYK	81	28.8	2.5	2.0	1.4	0.3	5.6	11.8	47.5	1.2	3.5	33.8	3.5	4.3	81.5	58.2	1.1	1.4	1.9	2,336	1,293	206	162	111	23	153	259
22	Pat Cummings P. Cummings	15.8	1984-85	NYK	63	32.8	8.2	1.7	0.8	0.3	6.5	12.7	51.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.8	3.6	78.0	55.6	2.2	6.0	2.6	2,069	997	518	109	50	17	166	247
23	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	15.8	1981-82	NYK	80	33.4	11.3	2.2	0.9	0.9	6.3	12.5	50.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	4.4	72.5	54.7	3.4	7.9	2.2	2,671	1,263	903	179	68	70	173	309
24	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	15.7	1982-83	NYK	82	30.1	7.2	1.7	0.5	1.5	5.5	9.8	56.6	0.0	0.0		4.6	6.2	74.4	62.7	2.3	4.9	2.5	2,468	1,290	590	136	41	127	204	315
25	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	15.3	1979-80	NYK	82	37.3	6.6	10.1	3.2	0.4	6.1	13.0	47.2	0.3	1.3	24.5	2.7	4.1	66.0	51.7	1.8	4.7	4.4	3,060	1,254	539	832	265	35	359	260

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PPG

27.4

Brunson

RPG

10.6

Towns

APG

6.2

Brunson

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.8

3rd

DRTG

113.3

7th

NETRTG

6.5

5th

3P%

37.3

4th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 6/13	NYK	@	SAS	8:30 PM
Tue 6/16	SAS	@	NYK	8:30 PM
Fri 6/19	NYK	@	SAS	8:30 PM

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106

Final

107

Knicks

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Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.1

Cunningham

27.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

27.4

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

10.7

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

3.5

Wembanyama

1.8

Thompson

1.8

Mobley

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

107.8

Nnaji

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

121.5

119.3

115.1

113.7

111.7

111.5

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

105.4

106.9

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.7

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

16.1

8.2

7.4

3.0

1.7

-1.7

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Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

1,085.5

Wembanyama

757.7

Castle

755.7

Towns

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

1,069.8

Wembanyama

795.8

Castle

780.8

Towns

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

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Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

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Beringer

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2.33

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1.58

Beringer

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Worst Record ATS

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41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

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	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
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12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

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1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0