how many players have averaged 20 ppg in a season off the bench

Larry Bird averaged 21.5 points per game off the bench in 1981-82.

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How many players have averaged 20 or higher ppg in a season off the bench?

	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	Larry Bird L. Bird	21.5	1981-82	BOS	19	33.6	9.7	5.0			8.5	16.1	52.9	0.1	0.3	20.0	4.4	5.1	85.6	58.5				639	408	184	95				55
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21.0	1981-82	LAL	1	28.0	8.0	7.0		0.0	10.0	11.0	90.9	0.0			1.0	2.0	50.0	88.4				28	21	8	7		0		3
3	Larry Drew L. Drew	22.0	1982-83	KCK	1	35.0	5.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	8.0	13.0	61.5	0.0	0.0		6.0	9.0	66.7	64.9	1.0	4.0	3.0	35	22	5	5	2	0	3	3
4	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	23.0	1982-83	UTA	1	37.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	11.0	27.0	40.7	0.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	41.2	4.0	2.0	3.0	37	23	6	1	1	0	3	0
5	Reggie Theus R. Theus	30.0	1982-83	CHI	1	34.0	2.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	25.0	48.0	0.0	0.0		6.0	7.0	85.7	53.4	1.0	1.0	4.0	34	30	2	8	1	0	4	3
6	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	26.0	1983-84	SDC	1	35.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	16.0	56.3	0.0	0.0		8.0	10.0	80.0	63.7	4.0	6.0	3.0	35	26	10	0	0	0	3	3
7	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	24.0	1983-84	NJN	1	26.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	11.0	81.8	0.0	0.0		6.0	8.0	75.0	82.6	2.0	4.0	2.0	26	24	6	1	0	3	2	4
8	Alex English A. English	22.0	1983-84	DEN	5	31.4	5.2	6.2	1.0	1.2	9.0	18.8	47.9	0.0	0.0		4.0	5.2	76.9	52.2	3.2	2.0	2.6	157	110	26	31	5	6	13	15
9	World B. Free W. B. Free	20.3	1983-84	CLE	4	27.8	0.8	3.8	0.5	0.3	7.3	14.8	49.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	5.8	7.5	76.7	56.1	0.3	0.5	2.0	111	81	3	15	2	1	8	6
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	23.0	1983-84	LAL	1	35.0	6.0	10.0	2.0	0.0	8.0	16.0	50.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	7.0	9.0	77.8	57.6	1.0	5.0	4.0	35	23	6	10	2	0	4	1
11	Bernard King B. King	36.0	1983-84	NYK	1	32.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	14.0	19.0	73.7	0.0	0.0		8.0	9.0	88.9	78.4	1.0	3.0	2.0	32	36	4	1	2	0	2	3
12	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	22.0	1983-84	ATL	1	30.0	7.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	7.0	12.0	58.3	0.0	0.0		8.0	9.0	88.9	68.9	3.0	4.0	2.0	30	22	7	3	1	1	2	2
13	Andrew Toney A. Toney	20.7	1983-84	PHI	6	31.2	2.5	4.3	1.2	0.2	7.8	15.5	50.5	0.2	0.7	25.0	4.8	6.2	78.4	56.7	0.5	2.0	3.5	187	124	15	26	7	1	21	23
14	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	32.9	1983-84	DEN	7	32.4	4.1	2.4	0.9	0.4	12.4	22.1	56.1	0.1	0.7	20.0	7.9	9.9	79.7	62.0	1.1	3.0	1.3	227	230	29	17	6	3	9	20
15	Orlando Woolridge O. Woolridge	22.0	1983-84	CHI	1	31.0	5.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	6.0	15.0	40.0	0.0	0.0		10.0	12.0	83.3	54.2	3.0	2.0	6.0	31	22	5	1	4	1	6	6
16	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	35.0	1984-85	DAL	1	36.0	7.0	6.0	0.0	2.0	11.0	19.0	57.9	0.0	2.0	0.0	13.0	15.0	86.7	68.4	4.0	3.0	3.0	36	35	7	6	0	2	3	2
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	33.0	1984-85	BOS	3	35.0	9.7	6.0	1.0	1.3	11.3	24.0	47.2	1.7	4.0	41.7	8.7	11.0	78.8	57.2	3.0	6.7	2.0	105	99	29	18	3	4	6	8
18	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	22.0	1984-85	SEA	21	32.6	6.2	2.5	0.9	0.5	8.1	15.8	51.4	0.1	0.4	25.0	5.7	6.8	83.2	58.5	1.8	4.4	3.4	685	461	131	52	18	11	71	73
19	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	21.0	1984-85	MIL	1	34.0	9.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	10.0	24.0	41.7	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.0	100.0	43.0	4.0	5.0	3.0	34	21	9	1	3	0	3	3
20	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	22.6	1984-85	UTA	9	28.3	5.0	2.0	0.8	0.0	7.1	12.4	57.1	0.0	0.0		8.3	10.8	77.3	65.6	1.8	3.2	2.9	255	203	45	18	7	0	26	14
21	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	20.0	1984-85	BOS	3	33.0	1.7	7.3	1.0	0.7	7.0	11.7	60.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	6.0	6.7	90.0	68.5	0.3	1.3	2.7	99	60	5	22	3	2	8	12
22	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	25.0	1984-85	KCK	1	34.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	9.0	19.0	47.4	0.0	0.0		7.0	9.0	77.8	54.4	1.0	2.0	6.0	34	25	3	1	1	0	6	2
23	Calvin Natt C. Natt	26.5	1984-85	DEN	2	28.5	6.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	10.0	21.0	47.6	0.0	0.0		6.5	7.0	92.9	55.0	3.5	2.5	0.0	57	53	12	4	2	0	0	4
24	Orlando Woolridge O. Woolridge	28.0	1984-85	CHI	1	29.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	15.0	60.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	10.0	11.0	90.9	70.6	1.0	2.0	1.0	29	28	3	0	0	0	1	2
25	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	22.0	1985-86	DAL	1	29.0	3.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	9.0	16.0	56.3	0.0	0.0		4.0	5.0	80.0	60.4	0.0	3.0	7.0	29	22	3	5	2	1	7	1

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4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
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