most points per game by a player in the 1980s with 580 games

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Adrian Dantley averaged the most points per game when playing 580+ games, with 26.5 per game.

Interpreted as:

most points per game by a player in the 1980s with 580 or more games

	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	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	26.5	684	36.8	5.4	3.2	0.9	0.1	9.4	17.1	55.0	0.0	0.1	16.7	7.8	9.5	82.0	62.5	2.2	3.3	3.0	25,201	18,157	3,721	2,206	647	92	2,039	1,833
2	Alex English A. English	25.9	811	36.0	5.9	4.4	1.0	0.8	10.7	21.0	51.0	0.0	0.1	20.8	4.5	5.4	83.8	55.5	2.6	3.3	2.8	29,208	21,018	4,780	3,596	848	634	2,294	2,286
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	25.0	717	38.4	10.2	6.1	1.8	0.8	9.8	19.6	50.3	0.6	1.7	37.7	4.6	5.3	88.0	57.0	2.2	8.0	3.2	27,560	17,899	7,319	4,396	1,300	603	2,261	1,906
4	Moses Malone M. Malone	24.5	778	37.3	13.2	1.5	0.9	1.4	8.4	17.2	49.1	0.0	0.1	5.7	7.7	9.9	77.5	57.0	5.4	7.8	3.4	29,039	19,082	10,269	1,191	730	1,107	2,659	1,898
5	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	24.1	602	33.6	5.6	3.7	0.9	0.4	9.4	19.1	49.2	0.4	1.4	30.4	4.9	6.5	74.2	54.7	2.2	3.5	3.0	20,222	14,488	3,395	2,252	518	231	1,814	1,819
6	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	22.8	605	33.2	4.0	2.4	0.6	0.4	8.8	16.5	53.2	0.2	0.5	36.2	5.1	5.8	87.0	59.9	1.3	2.7	1.9	20,088	13,775	2,416	1,435	383	215	1,129	1,278
7	Julius Erving J. Erving	22.0	602	34.1	6.4	3.8	1.8	1.6	8.7	17.0	51.1	0.1	0.3	26.1	4.6	5.9	77.4	56.2	2.5	3.9	2.9	20,506	13,263	3,861	2,282	1,081	983	1,770	1,621
8	World B. Free W. B. Free	21.7	583	31.8	2.7	4.0	1.1	0.2	7.9	17.5	45.2	0.4	1.1	33.7	5.5	7.2	76.6	52.4	1.1	1.6	2.4	18,515	12,662	1,555	2,303	619	116	1,372	1,504
9	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	20.9	679	33.8	5.8	1.4	0.7	0.5	8.8	18.0	49.2	0.0	0.1	21.6	3.1	4.0	78.2	52.8	2.1	3.7	1.8	22,961	14,161	3,917	950	479	371	1,198	1,797
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	20.6	787	32.6	7.6	2.8	0.7	2.0	8.5	14.9	57.2	0.0	0.0	5.6	3.6	4.9	74.3	60.6	2.0	5.6	2.6	25,675	16,246	5,980	2,220	584	1,594	2,037	2,258
11	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	20.3	634	34.0	6.8	2.4	0.9	0.6	7.5	15.7	47.6	0.2	0.7	31.0	5.2	6.5	79.5	54.8	2.2	4.7	2.9	21,559	12,896	4,341	1,500	564	406	1,808	2,418
12	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	20.3	635	36.7	3.7	9.8	2.1	0.3	7.7	16.7	46.3	0.3	1.2	27.8	4.4	5.8	76.1	52.5	1.0	2.7	3.8	23,276	12,862	2,372	6,220	1,338	181	2,437	2,105
13	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19.5	716	36.9	7.4	11.2	2.0	0.4	7.1	13.3	53.0	0.2	0.7	23.9	5.2	6.2	83.4	60.6	1.9	5.6	3.9	26,417	13,943	5,303	8,025	1,464	310	2,800	1,685
14	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	19.2	630	33.7	3.7	3.1	0.7	0.3	7.4	14.8	50.3	0.1	0.3	27.2	4.3	5.1	83.3	56.4	1.2	2.4	2.0	21,258	12,127	2,308	1,954	472	196	1,234	990
15	Walter Davis W. Davis	19.1	687	29.1	2.6	4.2	1.2	0.1	8.0	15.6	51.2	0.2	0.7	28.2	2.9	3.4	84.8	55.7	0.7	1.9	2.5	19,973	13,106	1,766	2,918	852	74	1,730	1,583
16	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	18.9	626	31.3	4.9	2.7	0.7	0.2	7.8	16.1	48.2	0.3	1.0	31.5	3.0	3.7	82.0	53.2	1.9	3.1	2.1	19,590	11,825	3,081	1,701	455	129	1,331	1,815
17	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	18.9	618	34.0	8.0	1.9	1.0	1.6	7.6	15.8	48.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.7	4.9	74.4	52.4	2.5	5.5	2.9	21,021	11,657	4,937	1,156	639	999	1,810	2,002
18	Reggie Theus R. Theus	18.7	787	33.7	3.4	6.7	1.2	0.2	6.9	14.5	47.4	0.2	0.9	23.0	4.7	5.7	82.7	54.9	1.2	2.2	3.4	26,545	14,729	2,671	5,239	968	171	2,712	2,313
19	Purvis Short P. Short	18.6	685	30.1	4.4	2.7	1.1	0.2	7.5	15.7	47.6	0.2	0.6	28.2	3.4	4.2	82.7	52.9	1.7	2.7	2.2	20,633	12,740	3,030	1,881	758	146	1,490	2,044
20	Kevin McHale K. McHale	18.5	694	32.1	7.6	1.8	0.4	1.8	7.3	12.9	56.5	0.0	0.0	5.0	3.9	5.0	78.0	61.2	2.6	5.0	2.0	22,275	12,830	5,277	1,217	262	1,269	1,396	2,076
21	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	18.5	608	31.2	3.7	2.5	1.4	0.4	7.8	16.8	46.6	0.7	2.0	32.3	2.1	3.0	70.8	50.9	1.2	2.5	2.5	18,954	11,228	2,263	1,527	821	216	1,509	1,440
22	Robert Parish R. Parish	17.9	786	32.9	10.4	1.8	0.8	1.7	7.3	13.4	54.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	4.4	72.3	58.3	3.3	7.2	2.4	25,841	14,043	8,195	1,419	660	1,346	1,924	2,424
23	Calvin Natt C. Natt	17.5	585	31.9	6.9	2.2	0.9	0.3	6.8	12.9	52.8	0.0	0.1	21.9	3.8	5.0	76.8	57.9	2.3	4.6	2.1	18,654	10,234	4,035	1,297	524	191	1,251	1,372
24	Cliff Robinson C. Robinson	17.4	620	31.0	8.4	2.0	1.0	0.7	7.2	15.4	46.8	0.0	0.1	20.0	2.9	4.1	72.2	50.5	2.2	6.2	2.5	19,206	10,794	5,218	1,240	650	441	1,564	1,866
25	Larry Nance L. Nance	17.3	587	32.6	7.8	2.5	1.0	2.1	7.0	12.5	55.7	0.0	0.1	13.9	3.3	4.6	73.3	59.5	2.5	5.3	2.1	19,163	10,126	4,585	1,491	591	1,209	1,238	1,780