most 20 points games in 1979 playoffs and regular season

George Gervin had the most games in the 1979 regular-season and playoffs with 20+ points, with 85 games in 1978-79.

Interpreted as:

most 20 or more points games by a player in 1979 playoffs and regular season

	NAME	GP	PTS	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	George Gervin G. Gervin	85	2,635	1978-79	SAS	36.5	31.0	5.2	2.8	1.8	1.1	12.4	22.5	55.2	6.2	7.6	81.8	60.1				3,105	443	235	153	95		296
2	World B. Free W. B. Free	70	2,109	1978-79	SDC	38.4	30.1	3.9	4.4			10.7	21.9	49.1	8.7	11.5	75.6	56.0				2,689	274	307				228
3	Walter Davis W. Davis	69	1,811	1978-79	PHX	32.6	26.2	4.8	4.7	2.2	0.3	10.5	18.6	56.7	5.2	6.1	85.2	61.8			3.9	2,252	332	323	149	24	267	225
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	68	1,803	1978-79	LAL	41.1	26.5	12.8	5.1			10.8	18.3	58.9	5.0	6.6	75.1	62.5				2,793	868	350				198
5	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	66	1,821	1978-79	PHX	35.0	27.6	2.0	6.5	1.2	0.4	11.4	20.6	55.1	4.9	5.8	83.2	59.5			2.8	2,307	133	429	82	25	188	139
6	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	63	1,750	1978-79	MIL	37.1	27.8	7.9	3.1		1.0	11.6	20.4	56.5	4.7	6.1	77.0	60.1				2,336	497	198		63		153
7	Moses Malone M. Malone	63	1,766	1978-79	HOU	43.0	28.0	19.2	1.9			9.8	17.4	56.5	8.3	11.0	75.7	62.9				2,712	1,212	118				174
8	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	62	1,629	1978-79	CHI	41.0	26.3	13.1	3.5	0.5	1.9	10.2	17.3	59.2	5.8	7.8	74.3	63.4	3.7	9.4	4.0	2,545	811	219	34	119	247	211
9	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	61	1,611	1978-79	SAS	37.9	26.4	10.4	4.0	2.2	0.2	11.2	21.2	52.9	4.0	4.8	83.9	56.7				2,314	636	241	134	13		148
10	Julius Erving J. Erving	60	1,613	1978-79	PHI		26.9					10.7			5.6	7.5	74.8
11	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	59	1,595	1978-79	WAS	41.6	27.0	13.9	2.0			10.7	20.9	51.1	5.6	8.2	68.5	55.0				2,452	821	117				222
12	David Thompson D. Thompson	58	1,600	1978-79	DEN	36.7	27.6	3.9	2.9	1.0	1.0	10.6	19.4	54.6	6.3	8.4	75.3	59.6	1.5	2.4	2.5	2,127	226	168	57	58	145	135
13	John Drew J. Drew	57	1,537	1978-79	ATL		27.0					9.7			7.6	9.9	76.1
14	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	56	1,454	1978-79	KCK	36.8	26.0	4.7	3.6			10.6	19.3	54.9	4.8	6.4	74.7	58.7				2,058	264	202				175
15	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	55	1,433	1978-79	WAS	37.9	26.1	6.5	5.2			10.3	19.5	52.7	5.5	6.6	82.7	58.0				2,086	356	284				189
16	Gus Williams G. Williams	49	1,326	1978-79	SEA	35.0	27.1	4.0	4.3			11.2	20.7	54.2	4.7	6.2	75.4	57.8	1.9	2.1		1,717	194	210				119
17	Bernard King B. King	49	1,359	1978-79	NJN		27.7	9.6				11.1			5.5	9.3	58.7						469
18	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	48	1,287	1978-79	DEN	36.3	26.8	12.4	3.9	2.1	0.9	9.4	18.6	50.3	8.1	12.0	67.0	56.0	3.7	8.7	4.7	1,740	597	187	100	41	224	194
19	Randy Smith R. Smith	47	1,174	1978-79	SDC	39.5	25.0	3.6	5.2			10.4	20.5	50.6	4.3	5.2	82.0	54.8			3.5	1,858	170	245			166	105
20	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	45	1,133	1978-79	HOU	38.8	25.2	2.2	4.5			10.7	20.0	53.7	3.7	3.9	94.9	58.0				1,744	99	201				173
21	Campy Russell C. Russell	45	1,208	1978-79	CLE	41.2	26.8	7.8	4.8		0.4	9.9	19.1	51.9	7.0	8.7	79.9	58.4				1,855	349	215		17		131
22	John Williamson J. Williamson	44	1,293	1978-79	NJN		29.4					11.2			6.9	8.1	85.4
23	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	42	1,238	1978-79	TOT	40.6	29.5	9.7	3.1			11.9	21.1	56.1	5.8	8.5	68.2	59.3				1,707	408	131
24	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	42	997	1978-79	LAL	38.0	23.7	8.2	2.7			9.8	17.5	55.7	4.2	5.6	74.7	59.3				1,594	345	113				151
25	Spencer Haywood S. Haywood	40	1,073	1978-79	TOT	39.5	26.8	9.2	2.0			11.3	21.1	53.6	4.2	5.2	80.9	57.4				1,581	368	78