George Gervin had the most points by a shooting guard in 1981-82, with 2,551 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	2,551	1981-82	SAS	79	35.7	32.3	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	12.6	25.2	50.0	0.1	0.5	27.8	7.0	8.1	86.4	56.2	1.7	3.2	2.7	2,817	392	187	77	45	210	215
2	World B. Free W. B. Free	1,789	1981-82	GSW	78	35.8	22.9	3.2	5.4	0.9	0.1	8.3	18.6	44.8	0.1	0.7	17.9	6.1	8.3	74.0	51.5	1.5	1.7	2.7	2,796	248	419	71	8	208	222
3	Ray Williams R. Williams	1,674	1981-82	NJN	82	33.3	20.4	4.0	6.0	2.4	0.5	7.8	16.9	46.2	0.1	0.7	16.7	4.7	5.7	83.2	52.7	1.4	2.5	3.5	2,732	325	488	199	43	290	302
4	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	1,582	1981-82	UTA	80	32.5	19.8	3.8	2.3	1.2	0.4	8.6	17.9	48.2	0.2	0.7	28.8	2.4	3.4	69.7	51.1	1.6	2.2	2.4	2,597	305	187	95	34	193	213
5	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	1,581	1981-82	MIL	80	37.3	19.8	6.7	4.8	1.7	0.3	7.0	13.3	52.3	0.0	0.2	7.1	5.9	7.2	81.7	60.1	2.8	3.9	2.6	2,980	534	382	138	22	208	206
6	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	1,561	1981-82	PHX	80	36.7	19.5	5.1	4.6	1.3	0.7	7.2	15.4	47.0	0.1	0.5	19.0	5.0	6.2	80.6	54.0	1.8	3.4	2.9	2,937	410	369	105	55	233	253
7	Jim Paxson J. Paxson	1,552	1981-82	POR	82	33.6	18.9	2.7	3.4	1.6	0.1	8.1	15.4	52.6	0.1	0.4	22.9	2.7	3.5	76.7	56.0	0.9	1.8	1.8	2,756	221	276	129	12	144	159
8	John Long J. Long	1,514	1981-82	DET	69	32.0	21.9	3.7	2.1	0.9	0.4	9.2	18.8	49.2	0.0	0.2	13.3	3.4	4.0	86.5	53.5	1.4	2.3	2.4	2,211	257	148	65	25	167	173
9	Reggie Theus R. Theus	1,508	1981-82	CHI	82	34.6	18.4	3.8	5.8	1.1	0.2	6.8	14.6	46.9	0.3	1.2	25.0	4.4	5.5	80.8	54.2	1.4	2.4	3.4	2,838	312	476	87	16	277	243
10	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	1,440	1981-82	LAL	82	36.9	17.6	2.1	8.0	1.6	0.1	7.7	15.5	49.3	0.0	0.1	25.0	2.2	2.7	80.8	52.5	0.5	1.7	2.9	3,024	176	652	132	7	238	264
11	Johnny Davis J. Davis	1,396	1981-82	IND	82	32.5	17.0	2.2	4.2	0.9	0.1	6.6	14.1	46.7	0.1	0.3	18.5	3.8	4.8	79.9	52.6	0.9	1.3	2.3	2,664	178	346	76	11	186	176
12	Ron Brewer R. Brewer	1,357	1981-82	TOT	72	32.2	18.8	2.2	2.6	1.1	0.4	7.9	16.6	47.7	0.1	0.4	25.8	2.9	3.6	81.2	51.9	0.8	1.5	1.7	2,319	161	188	82	30	125	151
13	Mike Woodson M. Woodson	1,304	1981-82	TOT	83	28.1	15.7	3.0	2.7	1.7	0.4	6.5	12.9	50.3	0.1	0.3	28.0	2.7	3.4	77.3	54.6	1.2	1.7	1.8	2,331	247	222	142	35	153	220
14	Andrew Toney A. Toney	1,274	1981-82	PHI	77	24.8	16.5	1.7	3.7	0.8	0.2	6.6	12.7	52.2	0.3	0.8	42.4	2.9	4.0	74.2	57.2	0.6	1.2	2.8	1,909	134	283	64	17	214	269
15	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	1,211	1981-82	ATL	68	34.0	17.8	2.8	5.3	1.5	0.2	6.7	14.9	45.0	0.1	0.4	23.3	4.3	5.7	76.4	51.3	0.9	1.9	2.7	2,314	191	358	102	16	186	188
16	Purvis Short P. Short	1,095	1981-82	GSW	76	23.4	14.4	3.5	2.8	0.9	0.1	6.0	12.3	48.8	0.1	0.4	21.4	2.3	2.9	80.1	53.0	1.6	1.9	1.6	1,782	266	209	65	10	122	220
17	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	1,091	1981-82	DAL	82	24.1	13.3	3.1	1.3	0.6	0.4	5.4	10.4	51.3	0.0	0.0	25.0	2.6	3.4	76.8	55.9	1.2	1.9	1.4	1,979	254	105	46	30	113	122
18	Robert Reid R. Reid	1,035	1981-82	HOU	77	37.8	13.4	6.6	4.1	1.5	0.6	5.7	12.4	45.6	0.0	0.1	10.0	2.1	2.8	74.8	49.2	2.3	4.4	2.0	2,913	511	314	115	48	157	297
19	Ernie Grunfeld E. Grunfeld	1,030	1981-82	KCK	81	23.4	12.7	2.2	3.4	0.9	0.5	5.2	10.1	51.1	0.0	0.2	14.3	2.3	2.8	82.1	55.8	0.7	1.6	1.8	1,892	182	276	72	39	148	191
20	Brian Winters B. Winters	967	1981-82	MIL	61	30.0	15.9	2.8	4.1	0.9	0.1	6.6	13.2	50.1	0.6	1.5	38.7	2.0	2.6	78.8	55.3	0.8	2.0	1.9	1,829	170	253	57	9	118	187
21	Kevin Grevey K. Grevey	945	1981-82	WAS	71	30.5	13.3	2.7	2.1	0.6	0.3	5.3	12.1	43.9	0.4	1.2	34.1	2.3	2.7	85.5	50.2	0.8	1.9	1.4	2,164	195	149	44	23	96	151
22	Ricky Sobers R. Sobers	940	1981-82	CHI	80	24.2	11.8	1.8	3.8	0.9	0.2	4.5	10.0	45.3	0.2	1.0	25.0	2.4	3.2	76.8	51.5	0.5	1.3	2.7	1,938	142	301	73	18	217	238
23	Fred Brown F. Brown	922	1981-82	SEA	82	21.8	11.2	1.7	2.9	0.8	0.0	4.8	10.5	45.5	0.3	0.9	32.5	1.4	1.6	86.0	50.1	0.5	1.2	1.2	1,785	140	238	69	4	96	111
24	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	907	1981-82	LAL	76	28.9	11.9	3.5	3.0	1.6	0.8	5.0	9.8	51.7	0.0	0.2	11.8	1.8	2.3	81.3	55.6	1.1	2.4	2.0	2,197	269	230	120	61	151	216
25	David Thompson D. Thompson	906	1981-82	DEN	61	20.4	14.9	2.4	1.9	0.6	0.5	5.1	10.6	48.6	0.1	0.2	28.6	4.5	5.6	81.4	57.1	0.9	1.5	2.3	1,246	148	117	34	29	142	149