most pts in first 17 games to a player in 1980

George Gervin scored the most points in his first 17 games in 1979-80, with 515 points.

	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	515	1979-80	SAS	17	36.9	30.3	4.7	2.8	1.7	1.4	12.2	22.7	53.9	0.4	1.4	30.4	5.4	6.6	81.4	59.1				627	80	47	29	23		46
2	World B. Free W. B. Free	513	1979-80	SDC	17	37.9	30.2	2.6	5.0	1.6	0.5	10.6	22.0	48.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	8.9	11.8	75.5	55.5			4.2	644	45	85	27	9	71	52
3	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	487	1979-80	UTA	17	40.0	28.6	8.8	2.4		0.1	11.2	18.8	59.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.2	7.7	80.2	64.5				680	150	40		2		54
4	Moses Malone M. Malone	461	1979-80	HOU	17	40.1	27.1	16.2	2.6		2.0	9.6	19.7	48.7	0.0			7.9	11.2	71.1	55.1				681	275	45		34		50
5	Julius Erving J. Erving	459	1979-80	PHI	17	36.4	27.0	7.3	5.0			10.4	21.9	47.5	0.0			6.2	7.8	79.5	53.2				618	124	85				41
6	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	414	1979-80	MIL	17	35.1	24.4	7.9	3.2			9.6	16.8	57.2	0.0			5.2	6.3	82.2	62.3				596	134	54				36
7	Mickey Johnson M. Johnson	380	1979-80	IND	17	33.7	22.4	7.9	4.6			8.6	15.9	54.1	0.0			5.2	5.9	87.1	60.4				573	134	78				70
8	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	378	1979-80	DET	17	37.8	22.2	9.9	3.1			8.8	15.5	57.0	0.0			4.6	6.1	75.7	61.3				642	168	52				61
9	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	373	1979-80	LAL	17	38.1	21.9	11.4	4.3		3.4	8.8	14.9	59.1	0.0	0.0		4.3	6.0	71.6	62.4	2.5	8.9	3.3	647	194	73		58	56	41
10	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	373	1979-80	NYK	17	39.7	21.9	8.5	2.2			7.9	14.5	54.5	0.0	0.0		6.2	7.6	81.4	61.6				675	144	38				61
11	Ray Williams R. Williams	371	1979-80	NYK	17	32.5	21.8	5.6	7.2			8.9	17.2	51.7	0.1			4.0	5.2	77.3	56.1				552	95	122				62
12	Toby Knight T. Knight	370	1979-80	NYK	17	36.9	21.8	6.4	2.4			9.5	17.9	53.1	0.0			2.7	3.6	75.4	55.7				628	109	40				61
13	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	364	1979-80	KCK	17	35.1	21.4	4.1	2.3		0.4	8.8	18.2	48.5	0.2			3.6	4.9	72.6	52.6				596	70	39		6		52
14	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	354	1979-80	SAS	17	36.1	20.8	10.8	3.9	0.9	0.0	8.6	18.7	46.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.5	4.4	80.0	50.4				614	183	66	15	0		36
15	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	354	1979-80	DET	17	38.1	20.8	7.8	4.5			8.6	18.6	46.4	0.2			3.4	4.9	68.7	50.1				648	133	76				50
16	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	353	1979-80	WAS	17	35.9	20.8	10.5	1.4			8.8	19.6	44.7	0.1			3.2	4.7	67.5	47.9				610	178	23				69
17	John Drew J. Drew	352	1979-80	ATL	17	28.5	20.7	6.0	1.6			7.6	16.9	45.3	0.0			5.4	7.0	77.3	51.9				485	102	27				65
18	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	351	1979-80	WAS	17	35.6	20.6	7.0	4.8			8.6	18.0	48.0	0.0			3.4	4.2	79.2	52.0				605	119	81				43
19	Walter Davis W. Davis	345	1979-80	PHX	17	29.5	20.3	3.9	4.1	1.5	0.5	8.0	14.5	55.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.3	5.4	79.3	60.0	1.0	2.9	3.3	501	67	70	25	8	56	61
20	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	342	1979-80	CLE	17	29.9	20.1	6.5	1.1	1.0	0.8	8.8	16.1	54.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.5	3.3	75.0	57.3	2.0	4.5	1.9	509	111	18	17	14	33	57
21	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	342	1979-80	PHX	17	32.8	20.1	2.6	5.3	1.3	0.3	7.8	15.4	50.6	0.4	0.9	40.0	4.2	5.2	81.8	57.1	0.5	2.1	3.1	557	44	90	22	5	52	28
22	David Thompson D. Thompson	339	1979-80	DEN	17	31.0	19.9	4.2	2.5	1.1	1.1	6.8	14.9	45.5	0.2	0.5	44.4	6.2	8.1	76.1	54.0	1.0	3.2	2.6	527	72	43	18	18	44	50
23	Doug Collins D. Collins	339	1979-80	PHI	17	35.3	19.9	3.9	3.1			7.7	15.8	48.7	0.0	0.0		4.5	4.8	93.9	55.6				600	66	52				48
24	Tom Owens T. Owens	335	1979-80	POR	17	30.7	19.7	7.5	2.8	1.0	0.9	8.3	14.6	56.9	0.0	0.0		3.1	3.9	80.3	60.5	2.5	5.1	3.1	522	128	47	17	16	52	53
25	Dan Issel D. Issel	331	1979-80	DEN	17	34.4	19.5	10.1	3.0	0.8	0.6	7.3	13.8	52.8	0.1	0.1	50.0	4.8	6.0	80.4	59.1	2.8	7.3	1.8	585	171	51	14	10	30	41