George Gervin had the most games with 30+ points in 1979-80, with 52 games.

Interpreted as:

most 30 or more point games by a player in 1980

	NAME	GP	PTS	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	George Gervin G. Gervin	52	1,956	1979-80	SAS	39.2	37.6	5.2	2.8	1.4	1.0	14.8	26.9	54.9	0.6	1.5	37.2	7.5	8.8	85.0	61.0				2,039	271	145	73	50		134
2	World B. Free W. B. Free	38	1,352	1979-80	SDC	40.3	35.6	4.1	4.7		0.5	12.8	24.7	51.9	0.1	0.4	33.3	9.8	12.7	77.0	58.7				1,533	157	178		20		109
3	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	32	1,150	1979-80	UTA	41.9	35.9	8.2	3.3		0.2	13.7	21.8	62.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.5	9.9	85.5	68.5				1,342	263	106		6		92
4	Julius Erving J. Erving	26	920	1979-80	PHI	39.4	35.4	8.0	5.6			14.7	24.9	59.0	0.1			5.9	7.4	79.8	62.8				1,025	209	146				61
5	Moses Malone M. Malone	24	829	1979-80	HOU	40.5	34.5	16.5	1.8			12.8	22.0	58.1	0.0			9.0	12.0	75.3	63.4				972	395	43				65
6	Dan Issel D. Issel	21	701	1979-80	DEN	39.1	33.4	8.8	3.0	1.1	0.8	12.1	21.0	57.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	9.1	10.8	84.5	64.7	3.2	5.6	1.8	821	185	64	23	16	38	63
7	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	19	669	1979-80	NJN		35.2					13.5			1.1			7.1	8.3	85.4
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	17	555	1979-80	LAL	40.6	32.6	10.9	4.9	1.4	4.1	13.5	20.9	64.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.7	7.0	81.5	68.0	1.9	8.9	4.1	690	185	83	23	69	70	54
9	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	17	592	1979-80	WAS	43.2	34.8	12.7	2.0			14.1	25.5	55.1	0.1			6.6	8.8	75.8	59.3				734	216	34				55
10	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	16	520	1979-80	PHX	35.6	32.5	2.6	4.8	1.3	0.5	12.3	18.9	65.0	0.6	1.1	52.9	7.3	8.1	90.0	72.2	0.4	2.2	2.3	570	42	76	21	8	37	31
11	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	15	521	1979-80	KCK	40.4	34.7	5.2	2.7		0.5	13.8	22.5	61.2	0.2			6.9	9.2	75.4	65.3				606	78	40		8		40
12	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	15	518	1979-80	CLE	40.1	34.5	9.3	0.7	1.0	0.9	14.9	24.9	59.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.7	5.9	79.5	62.8	3.7	5.5	2.6	601	139	11	15	14	39	42
13	Ray Williams R. Williams	15	510	1979-80	NYK		34.0					13.2			0.3			7.3	9.5	76.8
14	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	12	384	1979-80	NYK	40.8	32.0	9.3	2.4			11.9	18.0	66.2	0.0	0.0		8.2	9.7	84.5	71.9				489	111	29				34
15	Gus Williams G. Williams	11	379	1979-80	SEA	40.4	34.5	4.2	4.7		1.1	14.6	25.6	57.1	0.2	0.7	25.0	5.0	6.3	79.7	60.7	1.8	2.4	1.7	444	46	52		12	19	24
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	11	376	1979-80	BOS	40.8	34.2	11.0	3.8	1.4	0.7	13.7	26.4	52.1	1.7	3.1	55.9	5.0	5.3	94.8	59.6			2.5	449	121	42	15	8	28	41
17	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	10	325	1979-80	DET		32.5					12.3			0.1			7.8	10.1	77.2
18	James Silas J. Silas	9	293	1979-80	SAS	35.4	32.6	2.1	5.0	0.8	0.2	12.8	20.2	63.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.0	7.4	94.0	69.3				319	19	45	7	2		28
19	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	9	293	1979-80	HOU	39.9	32.6	2.7	3.7			13.2	22.2	59.5	0.0			6.1	6.6	93.2	64.8				359	24	33				30
20	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	9	290	1979-80	MIL	37.6	32.2	8.2	3.2	1.7	1.6	13.0	22.2	58.5	0.1			6.1	7.4	82.1	63.2				338	74	29	15	14		21
21	Toby Knight T. Knight	9	292	1979-80	NYK	39.8	32.4	5.9	2.8			14.1	20.0	70.6	0.0			4.2	5.2	80.9	72.8				358	53	25				29
22	John Long J. Long	8	260	1979-80	DET		32.5					14.0	22.5	62.2	0.1			4.4	4.9	89.7	65.9
23	Walter Davis W. Davis	8	259	1979-80	PHX	33.6	32.4	3.0	4.8	2.1	0.0	12.3	18.4	66.7	0.0	0.0		7.9	9.3	85.1	72.1	0.9	2.1	2.9	269	24	38	17	0	23	20
24	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	8	258	1979-80	SEA	41.8	32.3	5.9	4.4			11.8	21.4	55.0	0.4	1.0	37.5	8.4	9.6	87.0	63.0	3.5	2.4	2.4	334	47	35			19	24
25	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	8	288	1979-80	SAS	40.4	36.0	9.3	2.4	2.6	0.5	14.8	23.8	62.1	0.0	0.0		6.5	7.6	85.2	66.4				323	74	19	21	4		30