Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar put up the most points per game, with 28.6 per game.

Interpreted as:

most points per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player in 1970s

	NAME	PPG	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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	28.6	773	41.1	14.8	4.5	1.3	3.5	11.8	21.5	55.1	5.0	7.1	70.6	58.3	3.1	11.0	3.5	31,771	22,141	11,460	3,440	576	1,595	490	2,399
2	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	27.4	525	39.7	12.2	2.8	1.2	2.0	10.8	21.2	50.9	5.9	7.8	75.6	55.7	3.1	9.7	4.1	20,825	14,405	6,421	1,474	529	872	563	1,832
3	George Gervin G. Gervin	26.6	244	34.6	5.2	3.1	1.5	1.3	10.4	19.2	54.0	5.8	7.0	83.0	59.6	1.6	3.6	3.7	8,450	6,492	1,274	759	378	305	592	816
4	Jerry West J. West	26.1	320	38.6	4.3	8.7	2.6	0.7	9.6	19.9	48.4	6.8	8.3	82.1	55.4	1.0	2.8		12,351	8,357	1,390	2,769	81	23		767
5	David Thompson D. Thompson	25.7	238	36.5	4.2	3.9	1.2	1.0	9.8	19.2	51.3	6.0	7.9	76.6	56.8	1.7	2.5	2.8	8,696	6,122	998	924	276	234	431	629
6	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	25.0	615	38.0	4.3	5.7	1.4	0.3	9.7	21.9	44.1	5.6	6.9	81.9	50.0	1.1	3.5	4.5	23,352	15,359	2,669	3,480	563	102	448	1,786
7	Walter Davis W. Davis	23.9	160	31.4	5.4	3.8	1.6	0.3	9.7	17.9	54.3	4.5	5.5	83.1	59.0	1.7	3.7	3.6	5,027	3,827	857	612	260	46	576	492
8	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	23.2	815	41.5	14.2	2.1	1.2	2.5	9.3	20.7	45.1	4.6	6.7	67.7	49.1	3.5	9.7	2.8	33,863	18,922	11,565	1,685	606	1,198	464	2,676
9	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	23.0	536	38.2	2.6	7.6	1.4	0.2	8.3	17.9	46.5	6.4	7.8	82.1	54.0	0.6	1.7	2.9	20,459	12,351	1,390	4,077	415	46	197	1,264
10	Bernard King B. King	22.8	161	37.0	8.8	3.0	1.5	0.5	9.4	18.8	49.9	4.1	6.7	61.2	52.5	3.2	5.6	3.9	5,951	3,678	1,420	488	240	75	634	628
11	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	22.8	644	36.1	11.9	3.3	1.2	2.0	9.3	18.3	50.6	4.3	5.6	77.5	55.1	3.2	8.5	3.4	23,248	14,686	7,690	2,134	466	799	400	2,100
12	Rick Barry R. Barry	22.5	564	37.0	6.0	5.8	2.1	0.5	9.2	20.3	45.1	4.2	4.6	91.3	50.4	0.9	4.5	2.6	20,844	12,695	3,368	3,294	1,024	241	422	1,527
13	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	22.5	157	35.3	9.1	2.7	1.3	1.2	9.2	17.2	53.7	4.0	5.4	74.8	57.5	3.2	5.9	2.2	5,544	3,529	1,433	424	208	192	345	407
14	Billy Cunningham B. Cunningham	22.4	337	37.6	11.4	5.2	1.2	0.5	8.5	18.8	45.4	5.4	7.3	73.6	51.0	1.6	7.1		12,683	7,554	3,838	1,739	115	45		1,281
15	John Williamson J. Williamson	22.2	221	34.7	2.8	3.0	1.3	0.2	8.9	19.7	45.3	4.4	5.2	83.2	50.4	0.7	2.1	3.1	7,663	4,915	616	670	290	35	461	697
16	Spencer Haywood S. Haywood	22.0	570	37.2	10.7	2.0	0.7	1.2	8.7	18.8	46.5	4.5	5.6	80.0	51.7	2.9	6.8	2.5	21,195	12,534	6,087	1,164	263	477	340	1,627
17	John Drew J. Drew	22.0	378	31.6	8.5	1.8	1.6	0.4	8.1	17.0	47.4	5.9	8.0	73.3	53.6	3.6	4.9	2.8	11,941	8,310	3,204	681	606	141	421	1,389
18	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	21.9	719	39.8	6.4	5.8	1.2	0.3	8.7	19.1	45.4	4.5	5.4	83.9	50.9	1.5	3.5	2.5	28,643	15,747	4,603	4,185	476	117	204	1,813
19	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	21.8	446	37.6	2.8	4.6	1.1	0.1	8.9	19.5	45.5	4.0	5.0	80.5	50.2	0.6	2.0		16,787	9,732	1,271	2,057	247	33		1,075
20	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	21.8	310	34.8	11.5	4.0	2.0	0.5	8.1	17.9	45.1	5.7	8.2	69.9	50.9	3.6	7.8	4.3	10,800	6,761	3,552	1,238	627	157	658	1,241
21	Julius Erving J. Erving	21.8	234	34.9	7.4	4.0	1.8	1.3	8.6	17.3	49.7	4.6	5.9	78.3	54.8	2.4	5.0	3.6	8,171	5,101	1,740	942	427	310	553	665
22	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	21.7	246	37.4	12.9	3.0	0.6	2.2	8.2	14.9	55.4	5.3	7.5	70.1	59.8	3.8	9.2	4.1	9,209	5,346	3,184	736	136	540	676	807
23	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	21.5	240	36.5	10.2	3.5	1.8	0.4	9.0	18.1	49.5	3.6	4.3	84.0	53.9	3.3	6.9	3.6	8,752	5,168	2,442	832	436	103	579	591
24	Bob Love B. Love	21.1	602	37.3	6.7	1.7	0.8	0.2	8.3	19.2	43.0	4.6	5.6	81.8	48.7	2.0	3.7		22,436	12,705	4,037	1,002	232	56		1,777
25	Joe Caldwell J. Caldwell	21.1	82	34.8	5.0	3.5			8.2	16.2	50.7	4.6	6.7	68.8	54.9				2,857	1,727	407	287				255