Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar dropped the most points in a decade, with 22,141 points in the 1970s.

Interpreted as:

most total points by a player in 1970s decade

	NAME	PTS	DECADE	GP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	22,141	1970s	773	31,771	11,460	3,440	576	1,595	9,144	16,600	55.1	3,853	5,458	70.6	58.3	1,412	4,977	490	2,399	41.1	28.6	14.8	4.5	1.3	3.5	3.5
2	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	18,922	1970s	815	33,863	11,565	1,685	606	1,198	7,600	16,838	45.1	3,722	5,495	67.7	49.1	1,721	4,722	464	2,676	41.5	23.2	14.2	2.1	1.2	2.5	2.8
3	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	15,747	1970s	719	28,643	4,603	4,185	476	117	6,248	13,762	45.4	3,251	3,873	83.9	50.9	610	1,389	204	1,813	39.8	21.9	6.4	5.8	1.2	0.3	2.5
4	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	15,359	1970s	615	23,352	2,669	3,480	563	102	5,943	13,482	44.1	3,473	4,239	81.9	50.0	409	1,360	448	1,786	38.0	25.0	4.3	5.7	1.4	0.3	4.5
5	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	14,692	1970s	729	25,446	2,262	3,769	545	72	5,763	12,463	46.2	3,166	3,813	83.0	51.9	453	651	390	1,997	34.9	20.2	3.1	5.2	1.3	0.2	2.5
6	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	14,686	1970s	644	23,248	7,690	2,134	466	799	5,957	11,763	50.6	2,772	3,578	77.5	55.1	1,272	3,416	400	2,100	36.1	22.8	11.9	3.3	1.2	2.0	3.4
7	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	14,465	1970s	760	27,326	5,369	2,595	611	256	5,994	12,296	48.7	2,477	3,174	78.0	52.8	822	2,077	463	2,749	36.0	19.0	7.1	3.4	1.4	0.6	3.0
8	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	14,405	1970s	525	20,825	6,421	1,474	529	872	5,665	11,132	50.9	3,075	4,070	75.6	55.7	1,394	4,299	563	1,832	39.7	27.4	12.2	2.8	1.2	2.0	4.1
9	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	14,125	1970s	683	23,513	2,765	2,056	516	98	5,829	11,846	49.2	2,467	3,034	81.3	53.6	436	718	249	1,801	34.4	20.7	4.0	3.0	1.4	0.3	1.6
10	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	13,692	1970s	722	23,290	1,731	3,560	809	31	5,481	11,287	48.6	2,730	3,087	88.4	54.1	344	735	360	2,467	32.3	19.0	2.4	4.9	1.7	0.1	2.3
11	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	13,546	1970s	746	27,653	3,143	3,819	587	98	5,797	13,096	44.3	1,952	2,339	83.5	47.9	427	1,311	329	1,849	37.1	18.2	4.2	5.1	1.3	0.2	2.7
12	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	13,502	1970s	668	26,401	4,015	4,092	679	62	5,339	10,885	49.0	2,824	3,532	80.0	54.3	402	1,521	135	1,734	39.5	20.2	6.0	6.1	1.9	0.2	2.1
13	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	13,020	1970s	713	22,916	2,015	2,786	452	118	5,194	11,072	46.9	2,632	3,218	81.8	52.1	244	956	277	1,827	32.1	18.3	2.8	3.9	1.1	0.3	2.0
14	Dave Bing D. Bing	12,784	1970s	665	23,759	2,306	4,012	483	89	4,785	10,760	44.5	3,214	4,022	79.9	51.0	418	741	216	1,888	35.7	19.2	3.5	6.0	1.3	0.2	2.7
15	Bob Love B. Love	12,705	1970s	602	22,436	4,037	1,002	232	56	4,973	11,558	43.0	2,759	3,371	81.8	48.7	552	1,033		1,777	37.3	21.1	6.7	1.7	0.8	0.2
16	Rick Barry R. Barry	12,695	1970s	564	20,844	3,368	3,294	1,024	241	5,171	11,454	45.1	2,353	2,578	91.3	50.4	457	2,183	422	1,527	37.0	22.5	6.0	5.8	2.1	0.5	2.6
17	Spencer Haywood S. Haywood	12,534	1970s	570	21,195	6,087	1,164	263	477	4,982	10,715	46.5	2,570	3,213	80.0	51.7	1,140	2,630	340	1,627	37.2	22.0	10.7	2.0	0.7	1.2	2.5
18	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	12,351	1970s	536	20,459	1,390	4,077	415	46	4,455	9,584	46.5	3,441	4,193	82.1	54.0	183	520	197	1,264	38.2	23.0	2.6	7.6	1.4	0.2	2.9
19	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	12,252	1970s	660	26,392	9,636	2,622	500	412	5,186	11,261	46.1	1,880	2,405	78.2	49.7	1,375	4,513	391	2,567	40.0	18.6	14.6	4.0	1.2	1.0	2.7
20	Randy Smith R. Smith	12,143	1970s	650	23,129	2,897	3,306	1,018	35	4,970	10,536	47.2	2,203	2,869	76.8	51.5	632	1,506	541	1,896	35.6	18.7	4.5	5.1	2.1	0.1	3.3
21	Sidney Wicks S. Wicks	11,974	1970s	640	22,533	5,988	2,113	476	340	4,711	10,220	46.1	2,552	3,653	69.9	50.6	1,322	2,853	406	2,115	35.2	18.7	9.4	3.3	1.0	0.7	2.5
22	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	11,900	1970s	654	22,616	5,632	1,383	323	159	4,997	9,899	50.5	1,906	2,437	78.2	54.2	963	2,427	176	1,655	34.6	18.2	8.6	2.1	0.8	0.4	1.8
23	Dick Van Arsdale D. Van Arsdale	10,382	1970s	605	20,854	1,904	2,011	264	44	3,716	7,799	47.6	2,950	3,542	83.3	55.5	188	476		1,606	34.5	17.2	3.1	3.3	0.9	0.2
24	Tom Van Arsdale T. Van Arsdale	10,331	1970s	617	19,934	2,711	1,324	230	16	4,088	9,264	44.1	2,155	2,804	76.9	49.2	247	794		1,928	32.3	16.7	4.4	2.1	0.7	0.1
25	Jimmy Walker J. Walker	10,137	1970s	548	20,366	1,568	1,982	253	36	4,023	8,636	46.6	2,091	2,499	83.7	52.1	139	481		1,359	37.2	18.5	2.9	3.6	1.1	0.2