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

Interpreted as:

most total points by a player 1980 NBA season

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	George Gervin G. Gervin	2,585	1979-80	SAS	78	2,934	403	202	110	79	1,024	1,940	52.8	32	102	31.4	505	593	85.2	58.7	154	249	254	208	37.6	33.1	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	3.3
2	Moses Malone M. Malone	2,119	1979-80	HOU	82	3,140	1,190	147	80	107	778	1,549	50.2	0	6	0.0	563	783	71.9	56.0	573	617	300	210	38.3	25.8	14.5	1.8	1.0	1.3	3.7
3	Julius Erving J. Erving	2,100	1979-80	PHI	78	2,812	576	355	170	140	838	1,614	51.9	4	20	20.0	420	534	78.7	56.8	215	361	284	208	36.1	26.9	7.4	4.6	2.2	1.8	3.6
4	World B. Free W. B. Free	2,055	1979-80	SDC	68	2,585	238	283	81	32	737	1,556	47.4	9	25	36.0	572	760	75.3	54.4	129	109	228	195	38.0	30.2	3.5	4.2	1.2	0.5	3.4
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2,034	1979-80	LAL	82	3,143	886	371	81	280	835	1,383	60.4	0	1	0.0	364	476	76.5	63.9	190	696	297	216	38.3	24.8	10.8	4.5	1.0	3.4	3.6
6	Dan Issel D. Issel	1,951	1979-80	DEN	82	2,938	719	198	88	54	715	1,416	50.5	4	12	33.3	517	667	77.5	57.1	236	483	163	190	35.8	23.8	8.8	2.4	1.1	0.7	2.0
7	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	1,903	1979-80	UTA	68	2,674	516	191	96	14	730	1,267	57.6	0	2	0.0	443	526	84.2	63.5	183	333	233	211	39.3	28.0	7.6	2.8	1.4	0.2	3.4
8	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	1,859	1979-80	WAS	81	3,183	896	129	62	189	761	1,677	45.4	3	13	23.1	334	478	69.9	49.2	269	627	215	309	39.3	23.0	11.1	1.6	0.8	2.3	2.7
9	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	1,858	1979-80	KCK	82	2,885	331	202	136	22	781	1,546	50.5	10	36	27.8	286	412	69.4	53.8	170	161	179	226	35.2	22.7	4.0	2.5	1.7	0.3	2.2
10	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	1,820	1979-80	CLE	82	2,802	591	93	70	77	775	1,482	52.3	0	6	0.0	270	343	78.7	55.7	206	385	172	259	34.2	22.2	7.2	1.1	0.9	0.9	2.1
11	Gus Williams G. Williams	1,816	1979-80	SEA	82	2,969	275	397	200	37	739	1,533	48.2	7	36	19.4	331	420	78.8	52.9	127	148	181	160	36.2	22.1	3.4	4.8	2.4	0.5	2.2
12	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	1,792	1979-80	PHX	82	2,665	187	416	119	35	692	1,317	52.5	26	93	28.0	382	443	86.2	59.3	46	141	207	162	32.5	21.9	2.3	5.1	1.5	0.4	2.5
13	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	1,781	1979-80	NYK	82	3,150	726	165	48	101	665	1,215	54.7	0	0		451	566	79.7	60.8	194	532	222	279	38.4	21.7	8.9	2.0	0.6	1.2	2.7
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	1,745	1979-80	BOS	82	2,955	852	370	143	53	693	1,463	47.4	58	143	40.6	301	360	83.6	53.8	216	636	263	279	36.0	21.3	10.4	4.5	1.7	0.6	3.2
15	Ray Williams R. Williams	1,714	1979-80	NYK	82	2,582	412	512	167	24	687	1,384	49.6	7	37	18.9	333	423	78.7	54.6	149	263	256	295	31.5	20.9	5.0	6.2	2.0	0.3	3.1
16	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	1,671	1979-80	MIL	77	2,686	566	273	100	70	689	1,267	54.4	2	9	22.2	291	368	79.1	58.5	217	349	185	173	34.9	21.7	7.4	3.5	1.3	0.9	2.4
17	Reggie Theus R. Theus	1,660	1979-80	CHI	82	3,029	329	515	114	20	566	1,172	48.3	28	105	26.7	500	597	83.8	57.9	143	186	348	262	36.9	20.2	4.0	6.3	1.4	0.2	4.2
18	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	1,644	1979-80	LAL	82	3,111	525	250	129	28	726	1,358	53.5	3	17	17.6	189	234	80.8	56.3	176	349	157	220	37.9	20.0	6.4	3.0	1.6	0.3	1.9
19	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	1,634	1979-80	NJN	78	2,510	264	314	115	4	611	1,329	46.0	45	152	29.6	367	415	88.4	54.0	101	163	231	195	32.2	20.9	3.4	4.0	1.5	0.1	3.0
20	Walter Davis W. Davis	1,613	1979-80	PHX	75	2,309	272	337	114	19	657	1,166	56.3	0	4	0.0	299	365	81.9	60.8	75	197	242	202	30.8	21.5	3.6	4.5	1.5	0.3	3.2
21	Mickey Johnson M. Johnson	1,566	1979-80	IND	82	2,647	681	344	153	112	588	1,271	46.3	5	32	15.6	385	482	79.9	52.8	258	423	286	291	32.3	19.1	8.3	4.2	1.9	1.4	3.5
22	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	1,565	1979-80	SAS	78	2,798	775	231	111	18	647	1,333	48.5	1	9	11.1	270	345	78.3	52.7	258	517	232	192	35.9	20.1	9.9	3.0	1.4	0.2	3.0
23	John Drew J. Drew	1,559	1979-80	ATL	80	2,306	471	101	91	23	535	1,182	45.3	0	7	0.0	489	646	75.7	53.2	203	268	240	313	28.8	19.5	5.9	1.3	1.1	0.3	3.0
24	Calvin Natt C. Natt	1,553	1979-80	TOT	78	2,857	691	169	102	34	622	1,298	47.9	3	9	33.3	306	419	73.0	52.4	239	452	198	205	36.6	19.9	8.9	2.2	1.3	0.4	2.5
25	Toby Knight T. Knight	1,549	1979-80	NYK	81	2,945	493	150	117	86	669	1,265	52.9	0	2	0.0	211	261	80.8	56.1	201	292	163	302	36.4	19.1	6.1	1.9	1.4	1.1	2.0