Adrian Dantley dropped the most points in 1980-81, with 2,452 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in the NBA 1981

	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	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	2,452	1980-81	UTA	80	42.7	30.7	6.4	4.0	1.4	0.2	11.4	20.3	55.9	0.0	0.1	28.6	7.9	9.8	80.6	62.2	2.4	4.0	3.5	3,417	509	322	109	18	282	245
2	Moses Malone M. Malone	2,222	1980-81	HOU	80	40.6	27.8	14.8	1.8	1.0	1.9	10.1	19.3	52.2	0.0	0.0	33.3	7.6	10.1	75.7	58.5	5.9	8.8	3.9	3,245	1,180	141	83	150	308	223
3	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
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2,095	1980-81	LAL	80	37.2	26.2	10.3	3.4	0.7	2.9	10.5	18.2	57.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	6.9	76.6	61.6	2.5	7.8	3.1	2,976	821	272	59	228	249	244
5	Julius Erving J. Erving	2,014	1980-81	PHI	82	35.0	24.6	8.0	4.4	2.1	1.8	9.7	18.6	52.1	0.0	0.2	22.2	5.1	6.5	78.7	57.2	3.0	5.0	3.2	2,874	657	364	173	147	266	233
6	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	2,012	1980-81	CLE	82	39.0	24.5	6.1	1.7	0.8	0.6	10.4	21.8	47.6	0.0	0.1	44.4	3.7	4.7	78.4	51.3	2.6	3.5	2.1	3,194	502	139	63	52	175	199
7	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
8	Alex English A. English	1,929	1980-81	DEN	81	38.2	23.8	8.0	3.6	1.3	1.2	9.5	19.2	49.4	0.0	0.1	60.0	4.8	5.7	85.0	54.9	3.4	4.6	3.0	3,093	646	290	106	100	241	255
9	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	1,827	1980-81	LAL	81	37.4	22.6	5.4	2.9	1.5	0.4	9.7	18.5	52.6	0.0	0.2	7.7	3.1	4.1	75.8	55.6	1.8	3.6	2.6	3,028	435	235	121	29	207	223
10	Bernard King B. King	1,771	1980-81	GSW	81	36.0	21.9	6.8	3.5	0.9	0.4	9.0	15.4	58.8	0.0	0.1	33.3	3.8	5.4	70.3	61.7	2.2	4.6	3.3	2,914	551	287	72	34	265	304
11	Dan Issel D. Issel	1,749	1980-81	DEN	80	33.0	21.9	8.5	2.0	1.0	0.7	7.7	15.3	50.3	0.0	0.2	16.7	6.5	8.6	75.9	57.5	2.9	5.6	1.6	2,641	676	158	83	53	130	249
12	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
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	1,741	1980-81	BOS	82	39.5	21.2	10.9	5.5	2.0	0.8	8.8	18.3	47.8	0.2	0.9	27.0	3.5	4.0	86.3	52.8	2.3	8.6	3.5	3,239	895	451	161	63	289	239
14	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
15	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
16	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	1,646	1980-81	NYK	82	35.7	20.1	7.5	1.4	0.6	1.0	7.5	13.6	55.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	6.3	78.8	61.1	2.0	5.5	2.4	2,925	613	111	48	83	200	259
17	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
18	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
19	Ray Williams R. Williams	1,560	1980-81	NYK	79	34.7	19.7	4.1	5.5	2.3	0.5	7.8	16.9	46.1	0.2	0.9	23.5	3.9	4.8	81.7	51.9	1.5	2.5	3.0	2,742	321	432	185	37	235	270
20	Robert Parish R. Parish	1,552	1980-81	BOS	82	28.0	18.9	9.5	1.8	1.0	2.6	7.7	14.2	54.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	4.8	71.0	57.9	3.0	6.5	2.3	2,298	777	144	81	214	191	310
21	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
22	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	1,547	1980-81	GSW	82	35.6	18.9	9.3	1.4	0.6	1.5	7.5	15.3	49.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	5.4	71.6	53.4	3.3	5.9	3.0	2,919	759	117	50	121	243	313
23	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	1,543	1980-81	PHX	82	37.7	18.8	9.6	2.5	0.8	0.5	7.9	15.6	50.5	0.0	0.0		3.0	4.8	62.9	53.1	2.6	7.0	3.0	3,088	789	206	68	38	250	220
24	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	1,541	1980-81	MIL	76	33.4	20.3	6.8	4.6	1.5	0.5	8.4	15.2	55.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.5	5.0	70.6	58.3	3.0	3.9	2.5	2,542	518	346	115	41	190	196
25	Scott Wedman S. Wedman	1,535	1980-81	KCK	81	35.8	19.0	5.3	2.8	1.2	0.6	8.5	17.7	47.7	0.3	1.0	32.5	1.7	2.5	68.6	50.3	1.6	3.8	2.0	2,902	433	226	97	46	161	294