most points scored in an nba game post 1980

Moses Malone posted the most points by a big man in 1979-80, with 2,119 points.

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most points by a player scored in an NBA game post 1980

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Moses Malone M. Malone	2,119	1979-80	HOU	82	38.3	25.8	14.5	1.8	1.0	1.3	9.5	18.9	50.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.9	9.5	71.9	56.0	7.0	7.5	3.7	3,140	1,190	147	80	107	300	210
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2,034	1979-80	LAL	82	38.3	24.8	10.8	4.5	1.0	3.4	10.2	16.9	60.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	5.8	76.5	63.9	2.3	8.5	3.6	3,143	886	371	81	280	297	216
3	Dan Issel D. Issel	1,951	1979-80	DEN	82	35.8	23.8	8.8	2.4	1.1	0.7	8.7	17.3	50.5	0.0	0.1	33.3	6.3	8.1	77.5	57.1	2.9	5.9	2.0	2,938	719	198	88	54	163	190
4	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	1,859	1979-80	WAS	81	39.3	23.0	11.1	1.6	0.8	2.3	9.4	20.7	45.4	0.0	0.2	23.1	4.1	5.9	69.9	49.2	3.3	7.7	2.7	3,183	896	129	62	189	215	309
5	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	1,781	1979-80	NYK	82	38.4	21.7	8.9	2.0	0.6	1.2	8.1	14.8	54.7	0.0	0.0		5.5	6.9	79.7	60.8	2.4	6.5	2.7	3,150	726	165	48	101	222	279
6	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	1,565	1979-80	SAS	78	35.9	20.1	9.9	3.0	1.4	0.2	8.3	17.1	48.5	0.0	0.1	11.1	3.5	4.4	78.3	52.7	3.3	6.6	3.0	2,798	775	231	111	18	232	192
7	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	1,415	1979-80	PHX	82	33.0	17.3	9.4	1.7	0.7	0.7	6.6	13.0	51.2	0.0	0.0		4.0	5.9	66.7	55.3	2.6	6.8	3.1	2,710	770	142	58	59	251	262
8	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	1,350	1979-80	BOS	80	34.3	16.9	8.8	2.5	1.0	0.8	5.7	9.4	60.9	0.0	0.0		5.5	6.9	78.7	67.9	3.6	5.3	2.9	2,744	704	199	76	61	230	266
9	Dave Greenwood D. Greenwood	1,334	1979-80	CHI	82	34.0	16.3	9.4	2.2	0.7	1.6	6.1	12.8	47.4	0.0	0.1	14.3	4.1	5.1	81.0	54.1	2.7	6.7	2.6	2,791	773	182	60	129	210	313
10	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	1,334	1979-80	ATL	81	32.0	16.5	10.3	2.3	1.2	1.7	6.2	12.4	49.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.7	71.0	55.1	3.6	6.7	2.9	2,588	837	184	101	139	233	317
11	James Edwards J. Edwards	1,287	1979-80	IND	82	28.2	15.7	7.0	1.5	0.7	1.3	6.4	12.6	51.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	4.1	68.1	54.5	2.2	4.9	1.6	2,314	578	127	55	104	131	324
12	Dave Robisch D. Robisch	1,255	1979-80	CLE	82	32.6	15.3	8.0	2.3	0.6	0.6	6.0	11.5	52.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	4.0	84.2	57.8	2.7	5.3	1.7	2,670	658	192	53	53	138	211
13	Tom Owens T. Owens	1,250	1979-80	POR	76	30.8	16.4	7.5	2.6	0.6	0.7	6.8	13.3	51.4	0.0	0.0	50.0	2.8	3.7	75.3	55.2	2.5	5.1	2.3	2,337	573	194	45	53	174	270
14	Robert Parish R. Parish	1,223	1979-80	GSW	72	29.4	17.0	10.9	1.7	0.8	1.6	7.1	14.0	50.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	3.9	71.5	54.1	3.4	7.4	3.1	2,119	783	122	58	115	225	248
15	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	1,222	1979-80	DET	58	36.2	21.1	8.1	3.4	1.3	1.1	8.5	17.7	48.0	0.1	0.4	12.5	4.1	5.6	73.0	52.4	1.7	6.3	4.1	2,097	467	200	73	65	238	178
16	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	1,210	1979-80	TOT	63	33.8	19.2	8.8	2.9	1.2	1.4	7.4	13.8	53.7	0.0	0.1	16.7	4.4	5.6	78.2	59.2	2.4	6.3	2.6	2,131	552	184	74	89	162	200
17	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	1,178	1979-80	PHI	80	31.8	14.7	8.7	1.9	0.6	1.8	6.2	11.8	52.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	3.6	65.3	54.8	2.5	6.2	2.9	2,541	693	149	49	142	230	328
18	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	1,175	1979-80	SEA	82	34.1	14.3	11.1	3.4	0.8	0.9	5.7	12.1	47.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	3.6	80.5	52.6	2.4	8.7	2.5	2,793	908	279	68	77	202	232
19	Alvan Adams A. Adams	1,118	1979-80	PHX	75	28.9	14.9	8.1	4.3	1.4	0.7	6.2	11.7	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.1	79.7	57.1	2.1	6.0	2.9	2,168	609	322	108	55	218	237
20	Swen Nater S. Nater	1,082	1979-80	SDC	81	35.3	13.4	15.0	2.9	0.6	0.5	5.5	9.9	55.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.4	71.8	58.9	4.3	10.7	3.2	2,860	1,216	233	45	37	257	259
21	Kermit Washington K. Washington	1,073	1979-80	POR	80	33.2	13.4	10.5	2.1	0.9	1.6	5.3	9.5	55.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	4.5	64.2	58.4	4.1	6.5	2.1	2,657	842	167	73	131	170	307
22	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	1,072	1979-80	TOT	73	30.2	14.7	9.6	4.6	1.4	0.3	5.5	12.1	45.1	0.0	0.2	13.3	3.7	6.7	55.3	48.7	3.0	6.5	3.8	2,208	699	333	101	23	281	303
23	Bobby Jones B. Jones	1,053	1979-80	PHI	81	26.2	13.0	5.6	1.8	1.3	1.5	4.9	9.2	53.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	4.1	78.1	59.0	1.9	3.7	1.8	2,125	450	146	102	118	146	223
24	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	1,035	1979-80	SEA	76	29.5	13.6	7.7	1.9	1.2	1.0	5.6	10.6	53.0	0.0	0.1	20.0	2.4	3.2	76.3	57.0	2.6	5.0	2.2	2,243	582	145	92	79	169	292
25	Dave Meyers D. Meyers	955	1979-80	MIL	79	27.9	12.1	5.7	2.8	0.9	0.5	5.1	10.5	48.1	0.0	0.1	20.0	2.0	3.1	63.4	50.9	1.8	3.9	2.3	2,204	448	225	72	40	182	218