Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Alex English scored the most points, with 21,018 points.

Interpreted as:

most NBA points by a player scored in the 1980s

	NAME	PTS	GP	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	Alex English A. English	21,018	811	36.0	25.9	5.9	4.4	1.0	0.8	10.7	21.0	51.0	0.0	0.1	20.8	4.5	5.4	83.8	55.5	2.6	3.3	2.8	29,208	4,780	3,596	848	634	2,294	2,286
2	Moses Malone M. Malone	19,082	778	37.3	24.5	13.2	1.5	0.9	1.4	8.4	17.2	49.1	0.0	0.1	5.7	7.7	9.9	77.5	57.0	5.4	7.8	3.4	29,039	10,269	1,191	730	1,107	2,659	1,898
3	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	18,157	684	36.8	26.5	5.4	3.2	0.9	0.1	9.4	17.1	55.0	0.0	0.1	16.7	7.8	9.5	82.0	62.5	2.2	3.3	3.0	25,201	3,721	2,206	647	92	2,039	1,833
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	17,899	717	38.4	25.0	10.2	6.1	1.8	0.8	9.8	19.6	50.3	0.6	1.7	37.7	4.6	5.3	88.0	57.0	2.2	8.0	3.2	27,560	7,319	4,396	1,300	603	2,261	1,906
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	16,246	787	32.6	20.6	7.6	2.8	0.7	2.0	8.5	14.9	57.2	0.0	0.0	5.6	3.6	4.9	74.3	60.6	2.0	5.6	2.6	25,675	5,980	2,220	584	1,594	2,037	2,258
6	Reggie Theus R. Theus	14,729	787	33.7	18.7	3.4	6.7	1.2	0.2	6.9	14.5	47.4	0.2	0.9	23.0	4.7	5.7	82.7	54.9	1.2	2.2	3.4	26,545	2,671	5,239	968	171	2,712	2,313
7	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	14,557	559	36.9	26.0	6.8	2.4	1.5	0.7	10.0	21.4	46.7	0.2	0.9	26.9	5.8	7.3	80.4	53.0	2.9	3.8	2.7	20,644	3,784	1,357	811	403	1,485	1,196
8	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	14,488	602	33.6	24.1	5.6	3.7	0.9	0.4	9.4	19.1	49.2	0.4	1.4	30.4	4.9	6.5	74.2	54.7	2.2	3.5	3.0	20,222	3,395	2,252	518	231	1,814	1,819
9	George Gervin G. Gervin	14,216	547	33.1	26.0	4.3	2.7	1.0	0.7	10.1	20.2	49.8	0.1	0.5	29.7	5.7	6.7	85.0	56.1	1.4	2.8	2.8	18,086	2,333	1,455	563	365	1,545	1,515
10	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	14,161	679	33.8	20.9	5.8	1.4	0.7	0.5	8.8	18.0	49.2	0.0	0.1	21.6	3.1	4.0	78.2	52.8	2.1	3.7	1.8	22,961	3,917	950	479	371	1,198	1,797
11	Robert Parish R. Parish	14,043	786	32.9	17.9	10.4	1.8	0.8	1.7	7.3	13.4	54.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	4.4	72.3	58.3	3.3	7.2	2.4	25,841	8,195	1,419	660	1,346	1,924	2,424
12	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	13,943	716	36.9	19.5	7.4	11.2	2.0	0.4	7.1	13.3	53.0	0.2	0.7	23.9	5.2	6.2	83.4	60.6	1.9	5.6	3.9	26,417	5,303	8,025	1,464	310	2,800	1,685
13	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	13,775	605	33.2	22.8	4.0	2.4	0.6	0.4	8.8	16.5	53.2	0.2	0.5	36.2	5.1	5.8	87.0	59.9	1.3	2.7	1.9	20,088	2,416	1,435	383	215	1,129	1,278
14	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	13,342	795	34.7	16.8	10.3	3.4	1.1	1.0	6.2	13.2	47.1	0.1	0.4	31.3	4.2	5.0	85.6	54.6	2.4	7.9	2.4	27,557	8,192	2,721	871	829	1,878	2,822
15	Julius Erving J. Erving	13,263	602	34.1	22.0	6.4	3.8	1.8	1.6	8.7	17.0	51.1	0.1	0.3	26.1	4.6	5.9	77.4	56.2	2.5	3.9	2.9	20,506	3,861	2,282	1,081	983	1,770	1,621
16	Walter Davis W. Davis	13,106	687	29.1	19.1	2.6	4.2	1.2	0.1	8.0	15.6	51.2	0.2	0.7	28.2	2.9	3.4	84.8	55.7	0.7	1.9	2.5	19,973	1,766	2,918	852	74	1,730	1,583
17	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	12,896	634	34.0	20.3	6.8	2.4	0.9	0.6	7.5	15.7	47.6	0.2	0.7	31.0	5.2	6.5	79.5	54.8	2.2	4.7	2.9	21,559	4,341	1,500	564	406	1,808	2,418
18	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	12,862	635	36.7	20.3	3.7	9.8	2.1	0.3	7.7	16.7	46.3	0.3	1.2	27.8	4.4	5.8	76.1	52.5	1.0	2.7	3.8	23,276	2,372	6,220	1,338	181	2,437	2,105
19	Kevin McHale K. McHale	12,830	694	32.1	18.5	7.6	1.8	0.4	1.8	7.3	12.9	56.5	0.0	0.0	5.0	3.9	5.0	78.0	61.2	2.6	5.0	2.0	22,275	5,277	1,217	262	1,269	1,396	2,076
20	Purvis Short P. Short	12,740	685	30.1	18.6	4.4	2.7	1.1	0.2	7.5	15.7	47.6	0.2	0.6	28.2	3.4	4.2	82.7	52.9	1.7	2.7	2.2	20,633	3,030	1,881	758	146	1,490	2,044
21	World B. Free W. B. Free	12,662	583	31.8	21.7	2.7	4.0	1.1	0.2	7.9	17.5	45.2	0.4	1.1	33.7	5.5	7.2	76.6	52.4	1.1	1.6	2.4	18,515	1,555	2,303	619	116	1,372	1,504
22	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	12,159	550	34.6	22.1	8.8	2.4	1.4	0.8	9.1	18.5	49.2	0.0	0.1	28.6	3.9	5.5	70.9	52.9	3.2	5.6	2.4	19,052	4,834	1,345	772	436	1,346	1,974
23	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	12,127	630	33.7	19.2	3.7	3.1	0.7	0.3	7.4	14.8	50.3	0.1	0.3	27.2	4.3	5.1	83.3	56.4	1.2	2.4	2.0	21,258	2,308	1,954	472	196	1,234	990
24	Bernard King B. King	12,100	535	33.5	22.6	5.3	3.2	0.9	0.2	9.0	16.7	53.8	0.0	0.1	14.9	4.6	6.2	74.8	58.2	1.7	3.6	3.1	17,948	2,841	1,689	508	129	1,633	1,787
25	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	11,954	783	34.9	15.3	3.9	5.6	1.3	0.6	5.7	12.9	44.6	0.1	0.6	18.0	3.7	4.5	81.9	51.4	1.2	2.7	2.5	27,325	3,078	4,381	1,055	456	1,976	2,265