most points by position before 1980

Before 1979-80, shooting guards had the most points, with 705,374 points.

POSITIONPTSGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1
Shooting Guard
705,374
64,851
24.7
10.9
3.1
2.6
1.0
0.2
4.3
10.1
42.3
2.4
3.1
76.8
47.7
0.9
1.7
2.0
1,388,806
179,590
170,298
21,521
4,755
14,803
154,397
2
Small Forward
690,806
62,705
24.4
11.0
5.2
1.9
0.9
0.3
4.3
10.0
43.0
2.4
3.2
75.5
48.3
1.4
2.9
1.9
1,340,839
291,456
116,366
17,966
6,395
14,412
159,246
3
Power Forward
636,624
62,157
24.6
10.2
7.2
1.6
0.8
0.6
4.0
9.3
42.4
2.3
3.2
71.8
47.6
2.1
4.5
1.9
1,370,417
413,007
96,752
15,188
12,001
13,143
174,395
4
Center
636,595
58,833
25.3
10.8
8.5
1.8
0.7
1.1
4.2
9.5
44.1
2.4
3.6
68.2
48.9
2.2
5.3
2.1
1,317,828
454,326
103,706
12,360
21,443
14,030
168,825
5
Point Guard
595,686
54,300
26.5
11.0
3.1
4.0
1.3
0.2
4.2
10.1
41.9
2.6
3.3
76.6
47.6
0.7
1.8
2.3
1,283,609
152,337
219,609
21,982
2,880
14,597
134,220

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EasternWLPCTGB
1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
6
Hawks Hawks - x
46
36
.561
14.0
7
76ers 76ers - x
45
37
.549
15.0
8
Magic Magic - x
45
37
.549
15.0
9
44
38
.537
16.0
10
43
39
.524
17.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
32
50
.390
28.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
31
51
.378
29.0
13
Nets Nets - e
20
62
.244
40.0
14
19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
43.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
14
Kings Kings - e
22
60
.268
42.0
15
Jazz Jazz - e
22
60
.268
42.0