Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Michael Jordan had the most games with 50+ points, with 17 games.

Interpreted as:

most 50 or more point regular-season games by a player in the 80s

	NAME	GP	PTS	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	17	914	41.8	53.8	7.1	4.5	3.8	1.6	19.4	30.8	63.0	0.4	1.3	31.8	14.5	16.5	88.2	70.6	1.9	5.2	3.6	710	120	77	65	28	61	53
2	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	6	322	40.7	53.7	6.0	2.3	2.5	1.0	19.3	31.7	61.1	0.7	1.7	40.0	14.3	17.3	82.7	68.3	2.8	3.2	2.8	244	36	14	15	6	17	14
3	Bernard King B. King	6	317	41.5	52.8	8.0	3.3	0.7	0.3	19.5	29.5	66.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	13.8	17.2	80.6	71.3	3.3	4.7	3.2	249	48	20	4	2	19	21
4	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	6	316	43.5	52.7	7.7	4.2	1.2	0.2	19.3	26.7	72.5	0.0	0.0		14.0	16.3	85.7	77.8			2.7	261	46	25	7	1	16	21
5	Moses Malone M. Malone	4	205	41.3	51.3	17.5	1.8	1.8	0.5	18.8	30.3	62.0	0.0			13.8	15.5	88.7	69.1			3.3	165	70	7	7	2	13	11
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	3	163	38.7	54.3	8.7	3.7	0.7	0.7	20.3	33.0	61.6	1.7	4.0	41.7	12.0	12.7	94.7	70.4	3.3	5.3	4.7	116	26	11	2	2	14	8
7	George Gervin G. Gervin	3	158	46.0	52.7	5.3	4.0	1.3	0.7	21.7	34.3	63.1	0.3	0.7	50.0	9.0	10.3	87.1	67.7				138	16	12	4	2		5
8	Alex English A. English	2	105	44.0	52.5	3.5	5.0	1.0	0.0	22.5	32.5	69.2	0.0	0.0		7.5	8.0	93.8	72.9	1.0	2.5	2.0	88	7	10	2	0	4	8
9	Purvis Short P. Short	2	116	41.0	58.0	10.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	22.0	33.0	66.7	3.0	4.0	75.0	11.0	12.0	91.7	75.8	5.0	5.0	3.0	82	20	1	2	0	6	4
10	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	2	101	42.0	50.5	6.5	5.0	1.5	1.0	21.0	29.5	71.2	0.5	0.5	100.0	8.0	9.0	88.9	75.5	1.5	5.0	3.0	84	13	10	3	2	6	4
11	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	1	50	49.0	50.0	7.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	19.0	28.0	67.9	0.0	3.0	0.0	12.0	16.0	75.0	71.3	3.0	4.0	3.0	49	7	4	3	0	3	5
12	Kevin McHale K. McHale	1	56	41.0	56.0	16.0	4.0	1.0	3.0	22.0	28.0	78.6	0.0	0.0		12.0	13.0	92.3	83.0	10.0	6.0	4.0	41	16	4	1	3	4	3
13	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	1	52	42.0	52.0	14.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	22.0	32.0	68.8	0.0	0.0		8.0	13.0	61.5	68.9	7.0	7.0	1.0	42	14	1	1	5	1	2
14	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	1	56	37.0	56.0	6.0	4.0			18.0	26.0	69.2	0.0	0.0		20.0	22.0	90.9	78.5				37	6	4				4
15	Ray Williams R. Williams	1	52	43.0	52.0	4.0	7.0			21.0	34.0	61.8	1.0	1.0	100.0	9.0	11.0	81.8	66.9				43	4	7				5
16	Billy Knight B. Knight	1	52	39.0	52.0	5.0	0.0	5.0	0.0	19.0	30.0	63.3	0.0	0.0		14.0	16.0	87.5	70.2				39	5	0	5	0		1
17	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	1	51	36.0	51.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	23.0	32.0	71.9	0.0	0.0		5.0	6.0	83.3	73.6				36	7	1	0	0		4
18	Freeman Williams F. Williams	1	51	44.0	51.0	4.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	22.0	34.0	64.7	2.0	4.0	50.0	5.0	6.0	83.3	69.6	3.0	1.0	5.0	44	4	3	2	1	5	1
19	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	1	52	49.0	52.0	6.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	19.0	28.0	67.9	1.0	3.0	33.3	13.0	15.0	86.7	75.1	3.0	3.0	4.0	49	6	3	1	0	4	3