most pts in first 17 games to a player in 1979

George Gervin put up the most points in his first 17 games in 1978-79, with 515 points.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	George Gervin G. Gervin	515	1978-79	SAS	17	35.1	30.3	5.1	2.4	1.8	1.2	12.1	21.8	55.4	6.2	7.3	84.7	60.7				597	87	40	31	21		56
2	World B. Free W. B. Free	453	1978-79	SDC	17	37.4	26.6	3.8	5.3			10.1	20.6	49.1	6.4	8.9	71.7	54.3			4.1	636	64	90			69	61
3	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	450	1978-79	PHX	17	33.3	26.5	1.7	5.9	1.3	0.2	11.5	20.2	56.9	3.5	4.5	78.9	59.8	0.6	1.1	2.4	566	29	101	22	4	40	38
4	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	443	1978-79	MIL	17	37.3	26.1	8.6	2.8			10.6	20.4	52.3	4.8	6.5	73.6	56.2				634	146	48				40
5	Julius Erving J. Erving	442	1978-79	PHI	17		26.0					10.0			6.0	7.2	83.6
6	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	437	1978-79	DET	17		25.7	9.8				9.9	19.8	50.3	5.8	7.5	78.0	55.8					167
7	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	425	1978-79	NYK	17	38.5	25.0	9.2	3.4			9.7	18.4	52.7	5.6	9.1	61.7	55.8				655	156	58
8	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	425	1978-79	NOJ	17	42.8	25.0	13.6	1.6			9.8	20.3	48.1	5.5	8.6	63.7	51.9				727	231	28				52
9	Bernard King B. King	418	1978-79	NJN	17		24.6	9.1				9.9			4.8	7.8	61.7						155
10	Walter Davis W. Davis	417	1978-79	PHX	17	30.6	24.5	5.0	4.1	2.0	0.4	9.8	17.4	56.1	5.0	5.8	85.9	61.4	1.4	3.6	4.0	520	85	69	34	7	68	56
11	David Thompson D. Thompson	417	1978-79	DEN	17	35.5	24.5	3.7	2.6	0.8	1.8	9.7	17.6	55.0	5.1	6.5	78.4	59.8	1.4	2.4	2.6	603	63	45	14	30	45	44
12	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	416	1978-79	DEN	17	33.2	24.5	11.8	3.8	2.1	0.7	8.8	17.9	49.3	6.8	10.9	62.4	53.9	3.5	8.3	5.1	565	201	65	36	12	86	69
13	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	414	1978-79	CHI	17	40.1	24.4	12.1	3.0	0.7	2.5	9.6	14.6	65.5	5.2	7.1	73.3	68.6	3.8	8.3	4.4	682	205	51	12	43	74	64
14	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	414	1978-79	SAS	17	35.4	24.4	9.1	3.7	1.5	0.2	10.1	18.8	53.4	4.2	5.3	80.0	57.6				601	154	63	26	4		40
15	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	407	1978-79	LAL	17	33.2	23.9	6.8	2.6			8.6	14.5	59.1	6.8	7.9	85.2	66.4				564	115	45				48
16	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	400	1978-79	LAL	17	37.6	23.5	12.7	6.0		4.4	9.5	16.5	57.9	4.5	6.6	67.3	60.7				639	216	102		74		56
17	Brian Winters B. Winters	396	1978-79	MIL	17	34.8	23.3	2.8	4.7			9.6	19.2	49.8	4.1	4.5	90.9	54.9				591	47	80				57
18	Campy Russell C. Russell	387	1978-79	CLE	17	39.2	22.8	7.2	2.6	1.5	0.2	7.6	16.6	45.9	7.5	9.6	77.9	54.6	2.9	4.3	3.5	666	122	44	25	4	59	60
19	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	385	1978-79	NOJ	17	37.7	22.6	2.4	5.2			9.4	23.5	40.1	3.8	4.6	83.3	44.4				641	41	88				39
20	Phil Smith P. Smith	378	1978-79	GSW	17	39.1	22.2	3.3	4.4	1.8	0.4	9.1	17.9	50.5	4.1	5.1	81.4	55.1	0.9	2.4	3.1	665	56	75	30	6	53	48
21	Moses Malone M. Malone	373	1978-79	HOU	17	39.6	21.9	16.1	1.1			7.8	14.9	52.6	6.3	9.3	67.7	57.8				674	273	18				50
22	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	367	1978-79	POR	17	37.6	21.6	10.3	3.0	1.0	0.9	8.8	19.8	44.2	4.1	5.3	76.7	48.7	3.1	7.2	3.5	639	175	51	17	16	59	63
23	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	365	1978-79	HOU	17	36.6	21.5	2.5	4.9			9.2	18.1	50.8	3.1	3.3	94.6	55.0				622	43	84				70
24	Ray Williams R. Williams	359	1978-79	NYK	17	33.9	21.1	4.6	5.9			7.9	16.6	47.5	5.4	6.8	79.1	54.0				576	79	100
25	Doug Collins D. Collins	358	1978-79	PHI	17		21.1					8.5			4.0	5.0	80.0