Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Alex English scored the most points by a forward in a decade, with 21,018 points in the 1980s.

	NAME	PTS	DECADE	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	1980s	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	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	18,157	1980s	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
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	17,899	1980s	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
4	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	14,557	1980s	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
5	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	14,488	1980s	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
6	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	14,161	1980s	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
7	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	13,775	1980s	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
8	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	12,896	1980s	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
9	Kevin McHale K. McHale	12,830	1980s	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
10	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	12,159	1980s	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
11	Bernard King B. King	12,100	1980s	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
12	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	11,825	1980s	626	31.3	18.9	4.9	2.7	0.7	0.2	7.8	16.1	48.2	0.3	1.0	31.5	3.0	3.7	82.0	53.2	1.9	3.1	2.1	19,590	3,081	1,701	455	129	1,331	1,815
13	Julius Erving J. Erving	10,918	1980s	468	34.4	23.3	6.9	3.9	1.9	1.7	9.2	17.7	51.9	0.0	0.2	25.3	4.9	6.3	77.0	56.9	2.6	4.3	3.0	16,114	3,227	1,843	892	807	1,398	1,288
14	Purvis Short P. Short	10,486	1980s	528	32.0	19.9	4.8	2.9	1.2	0.2	8.0	16.8	47.4	0.2	0.7	29.0	3.7	4.5	82.6	52.9	1.9	2.9	2.4	16,902	2,542	1,510	635	122	1,250	1,627
15	Buck Williams B. Williams	10,440	1980s	635	36.4	16.4	11.9	1.5	0.9	1.1	6.3	11.4	55.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	3.9	6.0	64.9	58.6	4.1	7.9	2.9	23,100	7,576	976	599	696	1,811	2,244
16	Calvin Natt C. Natt	10,234	1980s	585	31.9	17.5	6.9	2.2	0.9	0.3	6.8	12.9	52.8	0.0	0.1	21.9	3.8	5.0	76.8	57.9	2.3	4.6	2.1	18,654	4,035	1,297	524	191	1,251	1,372
17	Larry Nance L. Nance	10,126	1980s	587	32.6	17.3	7.8	2.5	1.0	2.1	7.0	12.5	55.7	0.0	0.1	13.9	3.3	4.6	73.3	59.5	2.5	5.3	2.1	19,163	4,585	1,491	591	1,209	1,238	1,780
18	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	10,001	1980s	502	32.5	19.9	4.2	3.2	1.1	0.2	7.3	15.2	48.0	0.2	0.5	34.7	5.1	6.1	84.1	55.6	1.6	2.6	2.7	16,290	2,088	1,602	536	104	1,361	1,216
19	James Worthy J. Worthy	9,857	1980s	552	32.6	17.9	5.7	2.8	1.1	0.9	7.5	13.5	55.6	0.0	0.1	6.1	2.8	3.7	75.6	58.9	1.9	3.7	2.2	17,969	3,141	1,544	625	472	1,211	1,412
20	Cliff Robinson C. Robinson	9,493	1980s	547	30.7	17.4	8.2	1.9	1.1	0.7	7.2	15.3	47.1	0.0	0.1	18.2	2.9	4.0	72.5	50.8	2.2	6.0	2.5	16,804	4,465	1,055	599	409	1,377	1,671
21	Greg Ballard G. Ballard	8,942	1980s	644	30.4	13.9	6.4	2.4	1.2	0.3	5.9	12.5	47.4	0.1	0.4	33.8	1.9	2.4	79.9	51.3	1.8	4.6	1.4	19,585	4,142	1,555	789	213	898	1,550
22	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	8,798	1980s	449	34.4	19.6	6.6	4.0	1.3	0.6	8.2	15.9	51.3	0.0	0.2	14.9	3.3	4.5	73.0	54.8	2.6	4.0	2.4	15,446	2,951	1,786	573	282	1,089	1,133
23	Orlando Woolridge O. Woolridge	8,724	1980s	522	29.1	16.7	4.6	2.0	0.6	0.7	6.2	11.9	52.2	0.0	0.1	12.8	4.3	5.7	74.2	57.8	1.7	2.9	2.2	15,174	2,407	1,052	336	384	1,168	1,399
24	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	8,616	1980s	389	36.8	22.1	12.0	3.5	1.6	1.2	7.8	13.5	57.7	0.3	1.3	23.4	6.3	8.5	73.9	64.3	4.6	7.4	3.7	14,297	4,660	1,377	613	479	1,439	1,426
25	Jay Vincent J. Vincent	8,515	1980s	535	28.2	15.9	5.8	2.1	0.7	0.3	6.4	13.4	47.4	0.0	0.0	12.0	3.2	4.1	78.3	52.3	1.8	4.0	2.0	15,097	3,105	1,106	395	166	1,066	1,569