most points scored by an nba player in 1977

Pete Maravich scored the most points in 1976-77, with 2,273 points.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PF
1	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	2,273	1976-77	NOJ	73	41.7	31.1	5.1	5.4	1.2	0.3	12.1	28.0	43.3	6.9	8.2	83.5	49.2	1.2	3.9	3,041	374	392	84	22	191
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2,152	1976-77	LAL	82	36.8	26.2	13.3	3.9	1.2	3.2	10.8	18.7	57.9	4.6	6.5	70.1	60.8	3.2	10.0	3,016	1,090	319	101	261	262
3	David Thompson D. Thompson	2,125	1976-77	DEN	82	36.6	25.9	4.1	4.1	1.4	0.6	10.0	19.8	50.7	5.8	7.6	76.6	55.9	1.7	2.4	3,001	334	337	114	53	236
4	Billy Knight B. Knight	2,075	1976-77	IND	78	40.0	26.6	7.5	3.3	1.5	0.2	10.7	21.6	49.3	5.3	6.5	81.6	54.3	2.9	4.6	3,117	582	260	117	19	197
5	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	1,942	1976-77	WAS	82	41.0	23.7	12.5	1.9	1.1	2.7	9.3	18.5	50.1	5.1	7.5	68.7	54.4	3.5	9.0	3,364	1,029	158	87	220	312
6	George Gervin G. Gervin	1,895	1976-77	SAS	82	33.0	23.1	5.5	2.9	1.3	1.3	8.9	16.3	54.4	5.4	6.5	83.3	60.4	1.6	3.9	2,705	454	238	105	104	286
7	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	1,861	1976-77	TOT	72	38.9	25.8	12.9	2.8	1.1	1.4	10.3	20.1	51.2	5.3	7.2	73.8	55.7	2.8	10.1	2,798	926	205	77	99	262
8	Ron Boone R. Boone	1,818	1976-77	KCK	82	36.8	22.2	3.9	4.1	1.5	0.2	9.1	19.2	47.4	4.0	4.7	84.4	52.1	1.6	2.4	3,021	321	338	119	19	258
9	John Drew J. Drew	1,790	1976-77	ATL	74	36.3	24.2	9.1	1.8	1.4	0.4	9.3	19.1	48.7	5.6	7.8	71.4	53.6	3.8	5.3	2,688	675	133	102	29	275
10	Julius Erving J. Erving	1,770	1976-77	PHI	82	35.9	21.6	8.5	3.7	1.9	1.4	8.4	16.7	49.9	4.9	6.3	77.7	55.3	2.3	6.1	2,940	695	306	159	113	251
11	Dan Issel D. Issel	1,765	1976-77	DEN	79	31.7	22.3	8.8	2.2	1.2	0.4	8.4	16.2	51.5	5.6	7.1	79.7	57.8	2.7	6.1	2,507	696	177	91	29	246
12	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	1,753	1976-77	HOU	81	38.6	21.6	8.4	2.1	0.7	0.3	9.0	17.7	51.0	3.5	4.2	83.9	55.2	2.1	6.3	3,130	684	172	57	27	198
13	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	1,726	1976-77	PHX	81	32.1	21.3	2.3	5.7	1.7	0.3	8.4	16.3	51.8	4.5	5.4	82.5	57.1	0.7	1.6	2,600	190	459	134	21	171
14	Rick Barry R. Barry	1,723	1976-77	GSW	79	36.8	21.8	5.3	6.0	2.2	0.7	8.6	19.6	44.0	4.5	5.0	91.6	50.0	0.9	4.4	2,904	422	475	172	58	194
15	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	1,705	1976-77	SAS	78	37.6	21.9	11.3	2.9	2.1	0.8	9.1	18.4	49.2	3.8	4.6	82.3	53.6	3.6	7.7	2,936	879	229	167	60	190
16	Randy Smith R. Smith	1,698	1976-77	BUF	82	37.7	20.7	5.6	5.4	2.1	0.1	8.6	18.3	46.7	3.6	4.7	76.2	50.7	1.6	3.9	3,094	457	441	176	8	264
17	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	1,690	1976-77	PHI	79	35.1	21.4	11.5	3.8	2.1	0.5	8.3	18.2	45.8	4.7	6.9	68.1	50.3	4.1	7.4	2,769	911	302	163	37	299
18	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	1,616	1976-77	DET	64	38.2	25.3	11.6	3.3	1.1	2.0	10.6	19.8	53.4	4.1	5.0	81.8	57.3	3.1	8.5	2,446	745	214	70	126	174
19	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	1,609	1976-77	BOS	82	40.6	19.6	4.7	6.0	1.4	0.3	7.8	18.1	42.9	4.1	4.7	86.9	48.6	1.1	3.6	3,333	383	492	118	22	193
20	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	1,599	1976-77	POR	79	36.2	20.2	11.4	2.9	1.1	0.7	8.0	17.2	46.6	4.2	5.5	76.5	51.6	3.4	7.9	2,863	899	229	83	56	294
21	Phil Chenier P. Chenier	1,578	1976-77	WAS	78	36.4	20.2	3.8	3.8	1.5	0.5	8.4	18.9	44.4	3.5	4.1	84.1	48.9	0.7	3.1	2,842	299	294	120	39	166
22	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	1,564	1976-77	BUF	77	36.6	20.3	7.6	1.9	1.2	0.2	7.1	13.6	52.0	6.2	7.6	81.8	60.1	3.3	4.4	2,816	587	144	91	15	215
23	Phil Smith P. Smith	1,557	1976-77	GSW	82	35.1	19.0	4.0	4.0	1.2	0.4	7.7	16.1	47.9	3.6	4.6	78.5	52.5	1.2	2.8	2,880	332	328	98	29	227
24	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	1,533	1976-77	NYK	77	34.5	19.9	2.9	4.8	1.2	0.3	8.0	15.4	51.7	4.0	4.8	83.9	56.9	0.6	2.3	2,656	223	366	91	23	197
25	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	1,527	1976-77	CHI	82	35.1	18.6	13.0	2.4	0.5	2.5	7.0	13.3	52.2	4.7	7.1	66.0	56.6	3.8	9.2	2,877	1,070	199	44	203	266