George Gervin scored the most points per game in 1978-79, with 29.6 per game.

Interpreted as:

most points per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player 1979

	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	29.6	1978-79	SAS	80	36.1	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	2,365	400	219	137	91	286	275
2	World B. Free W. B. Free	28.8	1978-79	SDC	78	37.9	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	2,244	301	340	111	35	297	253
3	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	25.6	1978-79	MIL	77	36.1	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	1,972	586	234	116	89	170	186
4	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	24.8	1978-79	TOT	60	37.2	8.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	9.9	18.8	52.9	4.9	7.5	65.6	56.1	2.2	6.5	3.6	2,231	1,487	520	168	74	67	217	189
5	Moses Malone M. Malone	24.8	1978-79	HOU	82	41.3	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	2,031	1,444	147	79	119	326	223
6	David Thompson D. Thompson	24.0	1978-79	DEN	76	35.1	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	1,825	274	225	70	82	186	180
7	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	24.0	1978-79	PHX	81	32.6	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	1,941	159	529	111	26	232	159
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	23.8	1978-79	LAL	80	39.5	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	1,903	1,025	431	76	316	282	230
9	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	23.7	1978-79	CHI	82	39.8	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	1,940	1,043	274	50	156	310	280
10	Walter Davis W. Davis	23.6	1978-79	PHX	79	30.8	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	1,868	373	339	147	26	293	250
11	Julius Erving J. Erving	23.1	1978-79	PHI	78	35.9	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	1,803	564	357	133	100	315	207
12	John Drew J. Drew	22.7	1978-79	ATL	79	30.5	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	1,795	522	119	128	16	211	332
13	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	22.6	1978-79	DEN	76	33.6	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	1,715	864	283	129	52	346	321
14	John Williamson J. Williamson	22.2	1978-79	NJN	74	33.1	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	1,643	196	255	89	12	233	215
15	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	22.1	1978-79	SAS	81	36.4	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	1,791	790	335	154	19	300	192
16	Campy Russell C. Russell	21.9	1978-79	CLE	74	38.6	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	1,623	503	348	98	25	259	222
17	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	21.8	1978-79	WAS	82	37.9	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	1,789	994	143	75	190	235	308
18	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	21.7	1978-79	KCK	82	34.6	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	1,778	354	281	125	17	200	255
19	Bernard King B. King	21.6	1978-79	NJN	82	34.9	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	1,769	669	295	118	39	323	326
20	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	21.1	1978-79	TOT	69	36.8	11.6	1.6	0.7	1.1	8.2	16.7	49.1	4.7	6.7	70.1	53.7	2.8	8.8	3.4	2,537	1,456	802	113	46	75	233	206
21	Spencer Haywood S. Haywood	20.9	1978-79	TOT	68	34.7	7.8	1.9	0.6	1.2	8.8	17.7	49.4	3.4	4.3	79.1	53.3	2.5	5.3	2.9	2,361	1,421	533	127	40	82	200	236
22	Randy Smith R. Smith	20.5	1978-79	SDC	82	37.9	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	1,678	295	395	177	5	255	177
23	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	20.4	1978-79	POR	69	35.7	10.4	3.1	1.0	1.2	8.2	17.5	47.0	3.9	5.0	78.3	51.7	2.8	7.6	3.4	2,462	1,406	716	215	66	81	233	254
24	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	20.4	1978-79	WAS	78	33.7	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	1,589	447	365	71	57	222	259
25	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	20.2	1978-79	HOU	82	35.9	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	1,660	173	351	117	6	187	288