George Gervin posted the most points in 1977-78, with 2,232 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in the NBA 1978

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	George Gervin G. Gervin	2,232	1977-78	SAS	82	34.8	27.2	5.1	3.7	1.7	1.3	10.5	19.6	53.6	6.1	7.4	83.0	59.4	1.4	3.7	3.7	2,857	420	302	136	110	306	255
2	David Thompson D. Thompson	2,172	1977-78	DEN	80	37.8	27.2	4.9	4.5	1.2	1.2	10.3	19.8	52.1	6.5	8.4	77.8	57.8	2.0	2.9	3.1	3,025	390	362	92	99	245	213
3	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	2,097	1977-78	NYK	79	40.3	26.5	12.8	3.8	1.3	1.6	10.3	19.8	52.0	5.9	8.2	72.7	56.7	3.0	9.8	4.4	3,182	1,010	298	105	126	346	297
4	Randy Smith R. Smith	2,021	1977-78	BUF	82	40.4	24.6	3.8	5.6	2.1	0.1	9.6	20.7	46.5	5.4	6.8	80.0	52.1	1.3	2.4	3.5	3,314	310	458	172	11	286	224
5	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	2,014	1977-78	PHX	80	31.0	25.2	2.1	5.5	1.7	0.4	10.1	19.6	51.6	5.0	6.1	81.3	56.5	0.5	1.5	3.5	2,481	164	437	138	31	280	162
6	Walter Davis W. Davis	1,959	1977-78	PHX	81	32.0	24.2	6.0	3.4	1.4	0.2	9.7	18.4	52.6	4.8	5.8	83.0	57.7	2.0	4.0	3.5	2,590	484	273	113	20	283	242
7	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	1,949	1977-78	HOU	76	38.2	25.6	2.2	3.4	1.5	0.0	11.2	22.9	49.1	3.2	3.5	91.8	52.5	0.8	1.4	2.3	2,900	164	259	112	3	173	241
8	Bernard King B. King	1,909	1977-78	NJN	79	39.1	24.2	9.5	2.4	1.5	0.5	10.1	21.1	47.9	4.0	5.8	67.7	51.1	3.4	6.2	3.9	3,092	751	193	122	36	311	302
9	Rick Barry R. Barry	1,898	1977-78	GSW	82	36.9	23.1	5.5	5.4	1.9	0.5	9.3	20.6	45.1	4.6	5.0	92.4	50.9	0.9	4.6	2.7	3,024	449	446	158	45	224	188
10	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	1,879	1977-78	CHI	82	37.4	22.9	13.1	3.2	0.5	2.2	8.6	15.4	55.9	5.7	8.2	70.4	60.4	3.9	9.2	4.5	3,067	1,071	263	42	181	366	261
11	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	1,862	1977-78	NOJ	82	44.4	22.7	15.7	2.1	0.9	1.0	9.1	20.5	44.4	4.5	7.0	64.0	48.1	3.6	12.1	3.7	3,638	1,288	171	73	79	301	265
12	John Williamson J. Williamson	1,777	1977-78	TOT	75	36.4	23.7	3.0	2.9	1.3	0.1	9.6	22.0	43.8	4.4	5.2	84.7	48.8	0.9	2.1	3.0	2,731	227	214	94	10	228	236
13	Dan Issel D. Issel	1,746	1977-78	DEN	82	34.8	21.3	10.1	3.7	1.2	0.5	8.0	15.7	51.2	5.2	6.7	78.2	57.1	3.1	7.0	3.2	2,851	830	304	100	41	259	279
14	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	1,697	1977-78	TOT	79	37.1	21.5	7.8	3.2	1.5	0.3	7.3	14.3	51.2	6.8	8.6	79.6	59.5	3.4	4.5	2.9	2,933	620	253	118	24	228	233
15	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	1,672	1977-78	SAS	81	35.4	20.6	9.5	3.3	1.4	0.3	8.6	17.6	48.9	3.4	4.0	85.4	53.3	3.0	6.5	3.4	2,869	773	268	115	24	279	209
16	John Drew J. Drew	1,623	1977-78	ATL	70	31.5	23.2	7.3	2.0	1.7	0.4	8.5	17.7	48.0	6.2	8.2	76.0	54.5	3.0	4.3	3.0	2,203	511	141	119	27	210	247
17	Phil Smith P. Smith	1,612	1977-78	GSW	82	35.9	19.7	3.7	4.8	1.3	0.3	7.9	16.7	47.2	3.9	4.7	81.2	52.2	1.2	2.4	3.2	2,940	300	393	108	27	266	219
18	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1,600	1977-78	LAL	62	36.5	25.8	12.9	4.3	1.7	3.0	10.7	19.4	55.0	4.4	5.6	78.3	58.9	3.0	9.9	3.4	2,265	801	269	103	185	208	182
19	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	1,598	1977-78	WAS	81	40.1	19.7	13.3	1.8	1.2	2.0	7.9	17.4	45.1	4.0	6.3	63.4	48.9	4.1	9.1	2.8	3,246	1,075	149	96	159	229	313
20	Brian Winters B. Winters	1,594	1977-78	MIL	80	34.4	19.9	3.1	4.9	1.6	0.3	8.4	18.2	46.3	3.1	3.7	84.0	50.3	1.1	2.0	3.0	2,751	250	393	124	27	236	239
21	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	1,587	1977-78	PHI	78	32.5	20.3	10.4	3.8	1.8	0.3	7.5	16.3	46.3	5.3	7.4	71.6	52.1	3.6	6.8	4.0	2,533	810	294	137	27	312	287
22	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	1,557	1977-78	MIL	80	34.6	19.5	10.6	2.4	1.2	1.3	7.9	15.1	52.2	3.8	5.1	73.6	56.3	3.7	6.9	2.2	2,765	847	190	92	103	175	221
23	Doug Collins D. Collins	1,553	1977-78	PHI	79	35.1	19.7	2.9	4.1	1.6	0.3	8.1	15.5	52.6	3.4	4.2	81.2	56.8	1.1	1.8	3.2	2,770	230	320	128	25	250	228
24	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	1,542	1977-78	DET	63	36.7	24.5	11.3	3.4	1.3	1.5	9.9	18.4	53.7	4.7	6.1	77.2	58.0	3.1	8.2	3.6	2,311	715	216	82	93	225	185
25	Julius Erving J. Erving	1,528	1977-78	PHI	74	32.8	20.6	6.5	3.8	1.8	1.3	8.3	16.4	50.2	4.1	4.9	84.5	55.5	2.4	4.1	3.2	2,429	481	279	135	97	238	207