most points scored in the during the 1980 decade

George Gervin dropped the most points in a decade in 1979-80, with 2,585 points in the 1980s.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player scored in the during the 1980 decade

	NAME	PTS	DECADE	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	1980s	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	1980s	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	1980s	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	1980s	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	1980s	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	1980s	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	1980s	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	1980s	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	1980s	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	1980s	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	1980s	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	1980s	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	1980s	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	1980s	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	1980s	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	1980s	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	1980s	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	1980s	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	1980s	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	1980s	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	1980s	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	1980s	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	1980s	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	1980s	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	1980s	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