George Gervin scored the most points per game in 1977-78, with 27.2 per game.

Interpreted as:

most points per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player 1978

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	George Gervin G. Gervin	27.2	1977-78	SAS	82	34.8	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	2,232	420	302	136	110	306	255
2	David Thompson D. Thompson	27.2	1977-78	DEN	80	37.8	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	2,172	390	362	92	99	245	213
3	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	26.5	1977-78	NYK	79	40.3	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	2,097	1,010	298	105	126	346	297
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	25.8	1977-78	LAL	62	36.5	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	1,600	801	269	103	185	208	182
5	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	25.6	1977-78	HOU	76	38.2	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	1,949	164	259	112	3	173	241
6	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	25.2	1977-78	PHX	80	31.0	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	2,014	164	437	138	31	280	162
7	Randy Smith R. Smith	24.6	1977-78	BUF	82	40.4	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	2,021	310	458	172	11	286	224
8	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	24.5	1977-78	DET	63	36.7	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	1,542	715	216	82	93	225	185
9	Walter Davis W. Davis	24.2	1977-78	PHX	81	32.0	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	1,959	484	273	113	20	283	242
10	Bernard King B. King	24.2	1977-78	NJN	79	39.1	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	1,909	751	193	122	36	311	302
11	John Williamson J. Williamson	23.7	1977-78	TOT	75	36.4	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	1,777	227	214	94	10	228	236
12	John Drew J. Drew	23.2	1977-78	ATL	70	31.5	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	1,623	511	141	119	27	210	247
13	Rick Barry R. Barry	23.1	1977-78	GSW	82	36.9	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	1,898	449	446	158	45	224	188
14	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	22.9	1977-78	CHI	82	37.4	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	1,879	1,071	263	42	181	366	261
15	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	22.7	1977-78	NOJ	82	44.4	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	1,862	1,288	171	73	79	301	265
16	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	21.5	1977-78	TOT	79	37.1	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	1,697	620	253	118	24	228	233
17	Dan Issel D. Issel	21.3	1977-78	DEN	82	34.8	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	1,746	830	304	100	41	259	279
18	Julius Erving J. Erving	20.6	1977-78	PHI	74	32.8	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	1,528	481	279	135	97	238	207
19	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	20.6	1977-78	SAS	81	35.4	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	1,672	773	268	115	24	279	209
20	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	20.3	1977-78	PHI	78	32.5	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	1,587	810	294	137	27	312	287
21	Brian Winters B. Winters	19.9	1977-78	MIL	80	34.4	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	1,594	250	393	124	27	236	239
22	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	19.7	1977-78	WAS	81	40.1	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	1,598	1,075	149	96	159	229	313
23	Phil Smith P. Smith	19.7	1977-78	GSW	82	35.9	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	1,612	300	393	108	27	266	219
24	Doug Collins D. Collins	19.7	1977-78	PHI	79	35.1	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	1,553	230	320	128	25	250	228
25	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	19.5	1977-78	MIL	80	34.6	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	1,557	847	190	92	103	175	221