George Gervin scored the most points in 1978-79, with 2,365 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in the NBA 1979

	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	2,365	1978-79	SAS	80	36.1	29.6	5.0	2.7	1.7	1.1	11.8	21.9	54.1	5.9	7.1	82.6	59.1	1.8	3.2	3.6	2,888	400	219	137	91	286	275
2	World B. Free W. B. Free	2,244	1978-79	SDC	78	37.9	28.8	3.9	4.4	1.4	0.4	10.2	21.2	48.1	8.4	11.1	75.6	55.2	1.6	2.2	3.8	2,954	301	340	111	35	297	253
3	Moses Malone M. Malone	2,031	1978-79	HOU	82	41.3	24.8	17.6	1.8	1.0	1.5	8.7	16.2	54.0	7.3	9.9	73.9	60.4	7.2	10.5	4.0	3,390	1,444	147	79	119	326	223
4	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	1,972	1978-79	MIL	77	36.1	25.6	7.6	3.0	1.5	1.2	10.6	19.4	55.0	4.3	5.7	76.0	58.6	2.8	4.9	2.2	2,779	586	234	116	89	170	186
5	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	1,941	1978-79	PHX	81	32.6	24.0	2.0	6.5	1.4	0.3	9.9	18.5	53.5	4.2	5.0	83.7	58.0	0.4	1.5	2.9	2,641	159	529	111	26	232	159
6	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	1,940	1978-79	CHI	82	39.8	23.7	12.7	3.3	0.6	1.9	9.2	16.0	57.5	5.3	7.2	73.9	61.9	3.6	9.1	3.8	3,265	1,043	274	50	156	310	280
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1,903	1978-79	LAL	80	39.5	23.8	12.8	5.4	1.0	4.0	9.7	16.8	57.7	4.4	5.9	73.6	61.2	2.6	10.2	3.5	3,157	1,025	431	76	316	282	230
8	Walter Davis W. Davis	1,868	1978-79	PHX	79	30.8	23.6	4.7	4.3	1.9	0.3	9.7	17.2	56.1	4.3	5.2	83.1	60.6	1.4	3.3	3.7	2,437	373	339	147	26	293	250
9	David Thompson D. Thompson	1,825	1978-79	DEN	76	35.1	24.0	3.6	3.0	0.9	1.1	9.1	17.8	51.2	5.8	7.7	75.3	56.7	1.4	2.2	2.4	2,670	274	225	70	82	186	180
10	Julius Erving J. Erving	1,803	1978-79	PHI	78	35.9	23.1	7.2	4.6	1.7	1.3	9.2	18.7	49.1	4.8	6.4	74.5	53.8	2.5	4.7	4.0	2,802	564	357	133	100	315	207
11	John Drew J. Drew	1,795	1978-79	ATL	79	30.5	22.7	6.6	1.5	1.6	0.2	8.2	17.4	47.3	6.3	8.6	73.1	53.6	2.8	3.8	2.7	2,410	522	119	128	16	211	332
12	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	1,791	1978-79	SAS	81	36.4	22.1	9.8	4.1	1.9	0.2	9.2	18.3	50.4	3.6	4.3	84.5	54.7	3.2	6.5	3.7	2,947	790	335	154	19	300	192
13	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	1,789	1978-79	WAS	82	37.9	21.8	12.1	1.7	0.9	2.3	8.8	18.0	48.7	4.3	6.5	65.4	52.3	3.8	8.3	2.9	3,105	994	143	75	190	235	308
14	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	1,778	1978-79	KCK	82	34.6	21.7	4.3	3.4	1.5	0.2	9.0	17.8	50.9	3.6	5.0	72.5	54.4	2.1	2.2	2.4	2,839	354	281	125	17	200	255
15	Bernard King B. King	1,769	1978-79	NJN	82	34.9	21.6	8.2	3.6	1.4	0.5	8.7	16.6	52.2	4.3	7.5	56.4	54.2	3.1	5.1	3.9	2,859	669	295	118	39	323	326
16	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	1,715	1978-79	DEN	76	33.6	22.6	11.4	3.7	1.7	0.7	7.9	16.8	47.4	6.7	10.1	66.5	53.3	3.4	8.0	4.6	2,552	864	283	129	52	346	321
17	Randy Smith R. Smith	1,678	1978-79	SDC	82	37.9	20.5	3.6	4.8	2.2	0.1	8.5	18.6	45.5	3.6	4.4	81.3	49.9	1.2	2.4	3.1	3,111	295	395	177	5	255	177
18	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	1,660	1978-79	HOU	82	35.9	20.2	2.1	4.3	1.4	0.1	8.6	17.4	49.6	3.0	3.2	92.8	53.9	1.0	1.2	2.3	2,941	173	351	117	6	187	288
19	John Williamson J. Williamson	1,643	1978-79	NJN	74	33.1	22.2	2.6	3.4	1.2	0.2	8.6	18.5	46.5	5.0	5.9	85.4	52.7	0.7	1.9	3.1	2,451	196	255	89	12	233	215
20	Campy Russell C. Russell	1,623	1978-79	CLE	74	38.6	21.9	6.8	4.7	1.3	0.3	8.1	17.1	47.6	5.6	7.1	79.7	54.2	2.0	4.8	3.5	2,859	503	348	98	25	259	222
21	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	1,589	1978-79	WAS	78	33.7	20.4	5.7	4.7	0.9	0.7	8.1	16.2	49.9	4.2	5.1	82.5	55.3	1.4	4.3	2.8	2,629	447	365	71	57	222	259
22	Brian Winters B. Winters	1,561	1978-79	MIL	79	32.6	19.8	2.2	4.8	1.1	0.5	8.4	17.0	49.3	3.0	3.5	85.6	53.3	0.6	1.6	3.3	2,575	177	383	83	40	257	243
23	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	1,524	1978-79	LAL	82	35.5	18.6	7.4	2.8	1.6	0.3	7.6	15.1	50.4	3.3	4.4	75.1	54.4	2.0	5.4	2.7	2,915	609	227	134	27	224	275
24	Tom Owens T. Owens	1,520	1978-79	POR	82	34.0	18.5	9.0	3.7	0.7	0.7	7.3	13.4	54.8	3.9	4.9	79.4	59.7	3.2	5.8	3.0	2,791	740	301	59	58	247	329
25	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	1,518	1978-79	BOS	80	37.1	19.0	9.9	2.9	1.2	0.9	5.9	10.1	58.4	7.2	9.0	80.2	67.6	3.4	6.5	3.4	2,969	791	228	98	74	273	266