Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Lou Hudson scored the most points per game by a forward, with 26.0 per game.

Interpreted as:

most ppg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a forward in 70s

	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	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	26.0	307	39.7	5.3	3.4	2.3	0.4	10.6	21.4	49.5	4.9	6.0	81.0	54.2	1.8	3.4		12,199	7,992	1,623	1,044	173	31		846
2	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
3	George Gervin G. Gervin	23.1	82	33.0	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	1,895	454	238	105	104		286
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	21.6	638	39.6	6.2	5.7	1.2	0.3	8.6	19.1	45.3	4.3	5.2	83.9	50.6	1.5	3.5	2.5	25,274	13,787	3,968	3,635	476	117	204	1,602
13	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	21.5	569	40.6	13.4	1.9	1.2	2.5	8.6	18.8	45.9	4.3	6.3	68.1	50.0	3.5	9.7	2.8	23,104	12,253	7,620	1,067	606	1,198	464	1,948
14	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
15	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
16	Billy Knight B. Knight	21.1	210	35.1	6.2	2.7	1.2	0.2	8.2	16.4	50.1	4.6	5.6	82.0	55.8	2.1	4.1	3.0	7,367	4,421	1,312	573	262	40	392	494
17	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	20.9	140	34.2	8.9	2.2	1.2	1.1	8.4	17.3	48.8	4.0	5.7	70.8	52.8	2.2	6.5	3.6	4,793	2,928	1,248	307	74	67	217	445
18	Chet Walker C. Walker	20.6	474	33.4	6.1	2.3	0.7	0.1	7.5	15.6	48.3	5.6	6.6	85.4	55.9	1.6	3.8		15,809	9,788	2,898	1,097	117	10		1,109
19	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	19.9	216	34.8	7.2	2.5	1.3	0.2	6.9	13.5	51.5	6.1	7.4	81.6	59.5	3.0	4.2	2.8	7,524	4,301	1,549	535	272	51	383	610
20	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	19.1	216	34.5	10.4	2.9	1.0	0.9	7.7	16.5	46.5	3.8	4.9	77.1	51.3	3.0	7.3	3.1	7,444	4,118	2,236	617	210	193	425	769
21	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	19.0	760	36.0	7.1	3.4	1.4	0.6	7.9	16.2	48.7	3.3	4.2	78.0	52.8	1.8	4.6	3.0	27,326	14,465	5,369	2,595	611	256	463	2,749
22	Sidney Wicks S. Wicks	18.7	640	35.2	9.4	3.3	1.0	0.7	7.4	16.0	46.1	4.0	5.7	69.9	50.6	2.8	6.0	2.5	22,533	11,974	5,988	2,113	476	340	406	2,115
23	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	18.2	654	34.6	8.6	2.1	0.8	0.4	7.6	15.1	50.5	2.9	3.7	78.2	54.2	2.3	5.8	1.8	22,616	11,900	5,632	1,383	323	159	176	1,655
24	Jerry Lucas J. Lucas	17.3	147	38.6	15.1	3.2			7.0	13.9	50.2	3.3	4.2	78.6	54.8				5,671	2,545	2,216	466				363
25	Connie Hawkins C. Hawkins	16.5	499	34.5	8.0	4.1	1.2	0.8	6.0	12.9	46.7	4.4	5.6	78.5	53.5	1.7	4.5		17,234	8,233	3,971	2,052	244	150		1,459