most points per game averaged in 1980s nba in regular season and playoff

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Michael Jordan scored the most points per game in the regular-season and playoffs, with 32.9 per game.

	NAME	PPG	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32.9	382	39.3	6.2	6.0	2.8	1.2	12.0	23.4	51.2	0.2	0.9	21.5	8.8	10.4	84.6	58.9	1.9	4.4	3.4	15,021	12,572	2,382	2,292	1,052	450	1,294	1,227
2	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	26.3	743	36.8	5.5	3.2	0.9	0.1	9.3	16.9	54.8	0.0	0.1	15.4	7.7	9.4	81.9	62.4	2.2	3.3	3.0	27,357	19,518	4,054	2,353	705	94	2,197	1,988
3	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	26.1	602	37.1	6.8	2.4	1.4	0.7	10.0	21.4	46.5	0.3	0.9	26.9	5.9	7.3	80.5	52.9	2.9	3.8	2.7	22,355	15,708	4,068	1,470	870	429	1,608	1,296
4	George Gervin G. Gervin	26.0	584	33.4	4.4	2.7	1.0	0.7	10.1	20.2	49.8	0.1	0.5	28.3	5.7	6.7	84.9	56.1	1.5	2.9	2.9	19,486	15,159	2,547	1,584	598	384	1,673	1,639
5	Alex English A. English	26.0	867	36.2	5.9	4.5	1.0	0.8	10.7	21.0	50.9	0.0	0.1	18.8	4.6	5.4	84.0	55.5	2.6	3.3	2.8	31,351	22,499	5,100	3,867	887	658	2,422	2,448
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	24.9	862	39.1	10.3	6.2	1.8	0.9	9.7	19.5	49.8	0.6	1.6	37.4	4.8	5.5	88.2	56.7	2.2	8.1	3.2	33,736	21,458	8,866	5,328	1,577	738	2,724	2,327
7	Moses Malone M. Malone	24.5	853	37.7	13.2	1.5	0.9	1.4	8.4	17.2	49.0	0.0	0.1	6.7	7.6	9.8	77.5	56.8	5.4	7.8	3.4	32,155	20,864	11,289	1,315	798	1,228	2,864	2,091
8	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	23.7	664	33.5	5.7	3.7	0.9	0.4	9.3	18.9	49.2	0.4	1.4	30.3	4.7	6.4	74.1	54.7	2.2	3.5	2.9	22,231	15,737	3,771	2,446	565	248	1,949	1,999
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	23.5	348	36.3	10.5	2.4	1.5	0.7	9.0	17.6	51.1	0.0	0.1	16.1	5.5	8.2	67.1	55.4	3.1	7.5	3.5	12,630	8,182	3,669	843	505	236	1,201	1,289
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	23.5	429	36.5	12.1	2.0	1.9	3.1	9.2	17.6	52.1	0.0	0.1	4.5	5.1	7.6	67.2	56.0	4.5	7.6	3.0	15,656	10,069	5,210	870	827	1,348	1,284	1,746
11	Bernard King B. King	22.8	558	33.7	5.3	3.1	0.9	0.2	9.1	16.8	53.9	0.0	0.1	15.5	4.7	6.2	75.0	58.4	1.7	3.6	3.0	18,777	12,727	2,950	1,747	527	135	1,688	1,868
12	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	22.6	651	33.1	4.0	2.4	0.6	0.4	8.7	16.3	53.2	0.2	0.6	34.6	5.0	5.7	87.3	59.8	1.2	2.7	1.8	21,559	14,701	2,578	1,546	413	239	1,197	1,378
13	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	22.1	594	34.7	8.8	2.4	1.4	0.8	9.1	18.4	49.3	0.0	0.1	26.7	4.0	5.6	71.0	53.1	3.2	5.6	2.4	20,633	13,142	5,209	1,455	828	475	1,442	2,142
14	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	22.1	422	36.8	12.1	3.5	1.6	1.2	7.8	13.5	57.7	0.3	1.3	23.2	6.2	8.4	73.6	64.2	4.6	7.5	3.7	15,547	9,314	5,091	1,498	672	519	1,572	1,557
15	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	21.9	87	34.8	6.0	4.2	1.1	0.2	8.2	17.5	46.7	0.4	1.2	34.0	5.1	6.3	81.6	54.0	1.9	4.1	3.4	3,031	1,902	526	369	96	14	293	248
16	Julius Erving J. Erving	21.8	705	34.5	6.5	3.8	1.8	1.7	8.6	16.9	50.6	0.1	0.3	25.0	4.6	6.0	77.4	55.8	2.5	4.0	3.0	24,306	15,386	4,566	2,698	1,242	1,164	2,093	1,927
17	World B. Free W. B. Free	21.7	589	31.7	2.7	4.0	1.1	0.2	7.9	17.5	45.2	0.4	1.1	33.4	5.5	7.2	76.7	52.4	1.1	1.6	2.3	18,677	12,767	1,567	2,335	625	116	1,381	1,518
18	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	21.1	288	34.4	8.9	1.9	1.3	2.8	8.3	15.7	52.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	6.1	73.0	57.3	2.7	6.2	3.4	9,912	6,076	2,563	549	379	807	980	1,134
19	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	20.8	710	34.0	5.8	1.4	0.7	0.6	8.8	17.9	49.3	0.0	0.1	22.0	3.1	4.0	78.1	52.9	2.1	3.7	1.8	24,109	14,801	4,138	995	498	399	1,271	1,885
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	20.8	945	32.8	7.6	2.8	0.8	2.1	8.5	15.1	56.5	0.0	0.0	4.5	3.7	5.0	74.6	60.1	2.0	5.6	2.6	31,002	19,626	7,168	2,666	724	1,948	2,441	2,801
21	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	20.5	670	34.2	6.9	2.4	0.9	0.7	7.5	15.8	47.5	0.2	0.7	31.4	5.2	6.5	79.6	54.7	2.2	4.7	2.8	22,911	13,727	4,626	1,597	597	438	1,903	2,560
22	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	20.5	351	33.7	7.2	2.5	1.2	0.6	8.5	17.2	49.3	0.1	0.4	28.5	3.4	4.8	70.3	53.0	3.2	4.1	2.8	11,814	7,180	2,543	886	422	196	990	1,174
23	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	20.4	708	36.9	3.8	9.7	2.1	0.3	7.8	16.9	46.1	0.4	1.3	28.0	4.5	5.9	76.2	52.4	1.1	2.8	3.8	26,098	14,468	2,707	6,896	1,511	210	2,677	2,344
24	Dan Issel D. Issel	20.4	507	29.7	7.1	2.2	0.9	0.6	7.5	14.9	50.2	0.0	0.2	26.6	5.3	6.6	80.7	57.1	2.0	5.1	1.8	15,050	10,330	3,616	1,133	476	297	896	1,343
25	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	19.8	569	34.9	6.5	3.9	1.3	0.6	8.2	16.1	50.9	0.0	0.2	14.7	3.4	4.7	73.0	54.6	2.6	3.9	2.4	19,842	11,270	3,682	2,236	726	360	1,369	1,478

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PPG

17.0

Giddey

RPG

9.0

Vučević

APG

9.1

Giddey

Team Rankings

ORTG

113.0

23rd

DRTG

118.1

22nd

NETRTG

-5.1

22nd

3P%

35.6

19th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers	19	63	.232	41.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	CHI	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Fri 10/23	CHI	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Sat 10/24	WAS	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Wed 10/28	NYK	@	CHI	8:00 PM

Last Game

Bulls

31 - 51

128

Final

149

Mavericks

26 - 56

Sun 12 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

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Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0