George Gervin scored the most points in 1979-80, with 2,585 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player scored in the 1980 sdecade

	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	George Gervin G. Gervin	2,585	1979-80	SAS	78	37.6	33.1	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	13.1	24.9	52.8	0.4	1.3	31.4	6.5	7.6	85.2	58.7	2.0	3.2	3.3	2,934	403	202	110	79	254	208
2	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
3	Julius Erving J. Erving	2,100	1979-80	PHI	78	36.1	26.9	7.4	4.6	2.2	1.8	10.7	20.7	51.9	0.1	0.3	20.0	5.4	6.8	78.7	56.8	2.8	4.6	3.6	2,812	576	355	170	140	284	208
4	World B. Free W. B. Free	2,055	1979-80	SDC	68	38.0	30.2	3.5	4.2	1.2	0.5	10.8	22.9	47.4	0.1	0.4	36.0	8.4	11.2	75.3	54.4	1.9	1.6	3.4	2,585	238	283	81	32	228	195
5	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
6	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
7	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	1,903	1979-80	UTA	68	39.3	28.0	7.6	2.8	1.4	0.2	10.7	18.6	57.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.5	7.7	84.2	63.5	2.7	4.9	3.4	2,674	516	191	96	14	233	211
8	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
9	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	1,858	1979-80	KCK	82	35.2	22.7	4.0	2.5	1.7	0.3	9.5	18.9	50.5	0.1	0.4	27.8	3.5	5.0	69.4	53.8	2.1	2.0	2.2	2,885	331	202	136	22	179	226
10	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	1,820	1979-80	CLE	82	34.2	22.2	7.2	1.1	0.9	0.9	9.5	18.1	52.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.3	4.2	78.7	55.7	2.5	4.7	2.1	2,802	591	93	70	77	172	259
11	Gus Williams G. Williams	1,816	1979-80	SEA	82	36.2	22.1	3.4	4.8	2.4	0.5	9.0	18.7	48.2	0.1	0.4	19.4	4.0	5.1	78.8	52.9	1.5	1.8	2.2	2,969	275	397	200	37	181	160
12	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	1,792	1979-80	PHX	82	32.5	21.9	2.3	5.1	1.5	0.4	8.4	16.1	52.5	0.3	1.1	28.0	4.7	5.4	86.2	59.3	0.6	1.7	2.5	2,665	187	416	119	35	207	162
13	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
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	1,745	1979-80	BOS	82	36.0	21.3	10.4	4.5	1.7	0.6	8.5	17.8	47.4	0.7	1.7	40.6	3.7	4.4	83.6	53.8	2.6	7.8	3.2	2,955	852	370	143	53	263	279
15	Ray Williams R. Williams	1,714	1979-80	NYK	82	31.5	20.9	5.0	6.2	2.0	0.3	8.4	16.9	49.6	0.1	0.5	18.9	4.1	5.2	78.7	54.6	1.8	3.2	3.1	2,582	412	512	167	24	256	295
16	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	1,671	1979-80	MIL	77	34.9	21.7	7.4	3.5	1.3	0.9	8.9	16.5	54.4	0.0	0.1	22.2	3.8	4.8	79.1	58.5	2.8	4.5	2.4	2,686	566	273	100	70	185	173
17	Reggie Theus R. Theus	1,660	1979-80	CHI	82	36.9	20.2	4.0	6.3	1.4	0.2	6.9	14.3	48.3	0.3	1.3	26.7	6.1	7.3	83.8	57.9	1.7	2.3	4.2	3,029	329	515	114	20	348	262
18	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	1,644	1979-80	LAL	82	37.9	20.0	6.4	3.0	1.6	0.3	8.9	16.6	53.5	0.0	0.2	17.6	2.3	2.9	80.8	56.3	2.1	4.3	1.9	3,111	525	250	129	28	157	220
19	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	1,634	1979-80	NJN	78	32.2	20.9	3.4	4.0	1.5	0.1	7.8	17.0	46.0	0.6	1.9	29.6	4.7	5.3	88.4	54.0	1.3	2.1	3.0	2,510	264	314	115	4	231	195
20	Walter Davis W. Davis	1,613	1979-80	PHX	75	30.8	21.5	3.6	4.5	1.5	0.3	8.8	15.5	56.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.0	4.9	81.9	60.8	1.0	2.6	3.2	2,309	272	337	114	19	242	202
21	Mickey Johnson M. Johnson	1,566	1979-80	IND	82	32.3	19.1	8.3	4.2	1.9	1.4	7.2	15.5	46.3	0.1	0.4	15.6	4.7	5.9	79.9	52.8	3.1	5.2	3.5	2,647	681	344	153	112	286	291
22	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
23	John Drew J. Drew	1,559	1979-80	ATL	80	28.8	19.5	5.9	1.3	1.1	0.3	6.7	14.8	45.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.1	8.1	75.7	53.2	2.5	3.4	3.0	2,306	471	101	91	23	240	313
24	Calvin Natt C. Natt	1,553	1979-80	TOT	78	36.6	19.9	8.9	2.2	1.3	0.4	8.0	16.6	47.9	0.0	0.1	33.3	3.9	5.4	73.0	52.4	3.1	5.8	2.5	2,857	691	169	102	34	198	205
25	Toby Knight T. Knight	1,549	1979-80	NYK	81	36.4	19.1	6.1	1.9	1.4	1.1	8.3	15.6	52.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	3.2	80.8	56.1	2.5	3.6	2.0	2,945	493	150	117	86	163	302