George Gervin had the most points by a shooting guard in 1980-81, with 2,221 points.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	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	George Gervin G. Gervin	2,221	1980-81	SAS	82	33.7	27.1	5.1	3.2	1.1	0.7	10.4	21.1	49.2	0.1	0.4	25.7	6.2	7.6	82.6	55.5	1.5	3.6	3.1	2,765	419	260	94	56	251	212
2	David Thompson D. Thompson	1,967	1980-81	DEN	77	34.0	25.5	3.7	3.0	0.7	0.8	9.5	18.8	50.6	0.1	0.5	25.6	6.4	8.0	79.5	57.1	1.4	2.3	3.2	2,620	287	231	53	60	250	231
3	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	1,747	1980-81	KCK	71	36.5	24.6	3.6	3.3	1.3	0.3	10.0	18.4	54.4	0.1	0.5	28.6	4.5	6.4	69.7	58.0	1.7	2.0	2.4	2,593	258	233	93	18	173	172
4	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	1,688	1980-81	NJN	79	36.8	21.4	2.8	3.8	1.1	0.1	8.0	16.1	49.7	0.1	0.4	33.3	5.2	5.9	88.8	57.1	1.0	1.8	3.1	2,911	219	299	87	9	248	237
5	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	1,671	1980-81	UTA	81	35.4	20.6	3.6	2.4	1.3	0.5	8.8	19.1	46.4	0.1	0.6	19.2	2.8	4.0	71.6	49.6	1.0	2.6	2.9	2,867	288	194	106	40	231	219
6	Freeman Williams F. Williams	1,585	1980-81	SDC	82	24.1	19.3	1.6	2.0	1.1	0.1	7.8	16.8	46.5	0.6	1.7	34.0	3.1	3.6	85.2	52.4	0.9	0.7	2.0	1,976	129	164	91	5	166	157
7	World B. Free W. B. Free	1,565	1980-81	GSW	65	36.5	24.1	2.4	5.6	1.3	0.2	7.9	17.8	44.6	0.1	0.5	16.1	8.1	10.0	81.4	54.2	0.7	1.7	3.0	2,370	159	361	85	11	195	183
8	Reggie Theus R. Theus	1,549	1980-81	CHI	82	34.4	18.9	3.5	5.2	1.5	0.2	6.6	13.4	49.5	0.2	1.1	20.0	5.4	6.7	80.9	57.8	1.5	2.0	3.2	2,820	287	426	122	20	259	258
9	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	1,431	1980-81	ATL	75	35.9	19.1	2.4	5.4	1.7	0.1	7.6	15.1	50.4	0.1	0.3	30.0	3.7	4.7	78.4	55.4	0.8	1.6	2.6	2,693	179	407	126	11	197	188
10	Walter Davis W. Davis	1,402	1980-81	PHX	78	28.0	18.0	2.6	3.9	1.2	0.2	7.6	14.1	53.9	0.1	0.2	41.2	2.7	3.2	83.6	57.9	0.8	1.8	2.8	2,182	200	302	97	12	222	192
11	Jim Paxson J. Paxson	1,354	1980-81	POR	79	34.2	17.1	2.7	3.8	1.8	0.1	7.4	13.8	53.6	0.0	0.4	6.7	2.3	3.1	73.4	56.4	0.9	1.7	1.7	2,701	211	299	140	9	131	172
12	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	1,293	1980-81	NYK	79	40.2	16.4	6.9	7.9	2.9	0.4	6.6	14.1	46.9	0.3	1.3	22.5	2.8	4.3	66.3	51.1	2.2	4.7	3.8	3,175	545	627	232	35	302	258
13	Kevin Grevey K. Grevey	1,289	1980-81	WAS	75	34.9	17.2	2.9	4.0	0.9	0.2	6.7	14.7	45.3	0.6	1.8	33.1	3.3	3.9	84.1	52.4	0.9	2.0	1.9	2,616	219	300	68	17	144	161
14	Phil Smith P. Smith	1,279	1980-81	SDC	76	31.3	16.8	2.1	4.9	1.1	0.2	6.8	13.9	49.1	0.1	0.2	22.2	3.1	4.1	75.7	53.5	0.6	1.4	2.3	2,378	156	372	84	18	176	231
15	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	1,266	1980-81	HOU	76	26.5	16.7	1.1	2.9	1.5	0.1	6.9	14.1	49.2	0.1	0.2	23.5	2.7	2.8	95.8	54.2	0.4	0.7	1.7	2,014	87	222	111	6	129	209
16	Fred Brown F. Brown	1,206	1980-81	SEA	78	25.5	15.5	2.2	3.0	1.1	0.2	6.5	13.3	48.8	0.3	0.8	35.9	2.2	2.7	83.2	53.5	0.7	1.6	1.7	1,986	175	233	88	13	131	141
17	Randy Smith R. Smith	1,194	1980-81	CLE	82	26.8	14.6	2.4	4.4	1.4	0.2	5.9	12.7	46.6	0.0	0.3	3.6	2.7	3.3	81.5	51.4	0.6	1.8	2.4	2,199	193	357	113	14	195	132
18	Roger Phegley R. Phegley	1,180	1980-81	CLE	82	27.7	14.4	3.0	2.2	0.8	0.2	5.8	11.8	49.1	0.1	0.3	28.6	2.7	3.3	83.9	54.5	1.1	1.9	2.0	2,269	246	184	65	15	165	262
19	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	1,122	1980-81	MIL	80	30.2	14.0	5.1	3.3	1.1	0.5	5.0	9.2	54.1	0.0	0.1	22.2	4.0	5.0	80.4	61.4	2.3	2.8	1.8	2,417	406	264	90	37	145	156
20	Keith Herron K. Herron	1,094	1980-81	DET	80	28.4	13.7	2.6	1.9	1.1	0.3	5.4	11.9	45.3	0.0	0.1	18.2	2.9	3.3	85.4	51.1	1.2	1.4	1.9	2,270	211	148	91	26	153	154
21	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	1,062	1980-81	POR	77	20.3	13.8	2.0	2.5	1.1	0.1	5.7	11.7	48.7	0.2	0.7	25.9	2.2	2.6	85.4	53.7	0.9	1.1	1.9	1,560	157	196	82	6	149	120
22	John Long J. Long	1,044	1980-81	DET	59	29.7	17.7	3.3	1.8	1.6	0.4	7.5	16.2	46.1	0.0	0.2	18.2	2.7	3.1	87.0	50.3	1.6	1.7	2.6	1,750	197	106	95	22	151	164
23	Andrew Toney A. Toney	968	1980-81	PHI	75	23.6	12.9	1.9	3.6	0.8	0.1	5.3	10.7	49.5	0.1	0.4	31.0	2.1	3.0	71.2	53.5	0.4	1.5	2.9	1,768	143	273	59	10	219	234
24	Darwin Cook D. Cook	904	1980-81	NJN	81	24.4	11.2	2.9	3.7	1.7	0.4	4.7	10.1	46.8	0.1	0.3	24.0	1.6	2.2	73.3	50.3	1.2	1.7	2.2	1,980	236	297	141	36	176	197
25	Brian Winters B. Winters	799	1980-81	MIL	69	25.7	11.6	2.0	3.3	1.0	0.1	4.8	10.1	47.5	0.3	0.7	35.3	1.7	2.0	86.9	52.8	0.5	1.6	2.0	1,771	140	229	70	10	136	185