nba league average small forward ppg by year simce 1980

Small forwards put up 12.9 points per game in 1979-80.

	NAME	POSITION	PPG	SEASON	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Greg Ballard G. Ballard	Small Forward	15.6	1979-80	82	29.7	7.8	1.9	1.1	0.4	6.6	13.4	49.5	0.2	0.6	34.0	2.1	2.8	75.3	53.2	2.9	4.9	1.6	2,438	1,277	638	159	90	36	133	197
2	Rick Barry R. Barry	Small Forward	12.0	1979-80	72	25.2	3.3	3.7	1.1	0.4	4.5	10.7	42.2	1.0	3.1	33.0	2.0	2.1	93.5	51.7	0.7	2.5	2.1	1,816	866	236	268	80	28	152	182
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	Small Forward	21.3	1979-80	82	36.0	10.4	4.5	1.7	0.6	8.5	17.8	47.4	0.7	1.7	40.6	3.7	4.4	83.6	53.8	2.6	7.8	3.2	2,955	1,745	852	370	143	53	263	279
4	Alonzo Bradley A. Bradley	Small Forward	1.9	1979-80	22	4.4	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.8	2.2	35.4	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.3	0.4	66.7	39.5	0.1	0.2	0.4	96	41	6	3	3	0	8	9
5	Junior Bridgeman J. Bridgeman	Small Forward	17.6	1979-80	81	28.6	3.7	2.9	1.2	0.2	7.3	15.3	47.8	0.1	0.3	18.5	2.8	3.3	86.5	52.3	1.3	2.4	2.1	2,316	1,423	301	237	94	20	172	216
6	Marty Byrnes M. Byrnes	Small Forward	2.0	1979-80	32	6.1	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.8	1.6	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.4	0.5	86.7	55.7	0.3	0.6	0.7	194	63	27	13	5	1	22	32
7	Corky Calhoun C. Calhoun	Small Forward	1.1	1979-80	7	4.3	1.4	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.3	44.4	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.3	0.0	40.5	1.0	0.4	0.1	30	8	10	0	2	0	1	6
8	M.L. Carr	Small Forward	11.1	1979-80	82	24.3	4.0	1.9	1.5	0.4	4.4	9.3	47.4	0.1	0.5	29.3	2.2	2.9	73.9	52.6	1.3	2.7	1.7	1,994	914	330	156	120	36	143	214
9	Hollis Copeland H. Copeland	Small Forward	5.7	1979-80	75	15.2	2.1	1.1	0.8	0.3	2.4	4.9	49.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.1	73.3	52.6	0.9	1.1	1.1	1,142	427	156	80	61	25	84	154
10	John Coughran J. Coughran	Small Forward	2.8	1979-80	24	6.7	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.0	1.2	3.4	35.8	0.1	0.4	22.2	0.3	0.6	57.1	39.0	0.1	0.7	0.5	160	68	19	12	7	1	13	24
11	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	Small Forward	17.4	1979-80	45	32.4	5.5	4.0	0.6	0.8	7.3	16.2	45.1	0.0	0.2	18.2	2.7	3.4	80.9	49.2	1.4	4.1	2.7	1,457	783	246	178	29	36	123	112
12	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	Small Forward	28.0	1979-80	68	39.3	7.6	2.8	1.4	0.2	10.7	18.6	57.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.5	7.7	84.2	63.5	2.7	4.9	3.4	2,674	1,903	516	191	96	14	233	211
13	Harry Davis H. Davis	Small Forward	3.3	1979-80	4	7.5	1.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.5	3.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.5	50.0	50.5	0.5	1.0	0.8	30	13	6	0	1	0	3	8
14	Walter Davis W. Davis	Small Forward	21.5	1979-80	75	30.8	3.6	4.5	1.5	0.3	8.8	15.5	56.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.0	4.9	81.9	60.8	1.0	2.6	3.2	2,309	1,613	272	337	114	19	242	202
15	Paul Dawkins P. Dawkins	Small Forward	5.5	1979-80	57	13.6	2.2	1.4	0.6	0.2	2.5	5.3	47.0	0.0	0.1	20.0	0.6	0.8	68.8	49.2	0.7	1.5	1.3	776	316	125	77	33	9	76	112
16	John Drew J. Drew	Small Forward	19.5	1979-80	80	28.8	5.9	1.3	1.1	0.3	6.7	14.8	45.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.1	8.1	75.7	53.2	2.5	3.4	3.0	2,306	1,559	471	101	91	23	240	313
17	Alex English A. English	Small Forward	16.9	1979-80	78	30.8	7.8	2.9	0.9	0.8	7.1	14.3	49.7	0.0	0.1	33.3	2.7	3.4	78.9	53.6	3.4	4.3	2.7	2,401	1,318	605	224	73	62	214	206
18	Julius Erving J. Erving	Small Forward	26.9	1979-80	78	36.1	7.4	4.6	2.2	1.8	10.7	20.7	51.9	0.1	0.3	20.0	5.4	6.8	78.7	56.8	2.8	4.6	3.6	2,812	2,100	576	355	170	140	284	208
19	Gus Gerard G. Gerard	Small Forward	5.3	1979-80	73	11.9	2.4	0.6	0.6	0.4	2.2	4.8	45.7	0.0	0.0	33.3	0.9	1.4	66.0	49.1	1.1	1.4	0.7	869	385	177	43	41	26	49	96
20	Jack Givens J. Givens	Small Forward	5.7	1979-80	82	15.3	3.0	0.7	0.6	0.2	2.2	5.8	38.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.6	82.8	44.4	1.4	1.6	0.7	1,254	470	242	59	51	19	59	132
21	Glen Gondrezick G. Gondrezick	Small Forward	6.6	1979-80	59	17.3	4.4	1.4	1.2	0.3	2.5	4.8	51.7	0.0	0.1	33.3	1.6	2.1	76.0	57.5	1.8	2.6	1.0	1,020	390	259	81	68	16	58	119
22	Bob Gross B. Gross	Small Forward	8.7	1979-80	62	25.5	4.0	3.7	1.0	0.8	3.6	7.6	46.8	0.0	0.2	10.0	1.5	1.8	83.3	51.5	1.4	2.7	2.7	1,581	538	249	228	60	47	166	179
23	Ernie Grunfeld E. Grunfeld	Small Forward	5.9	1979-80	80	17.5	2.9	1.4	0.7	0.1	2.3	5.3	44.3	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.3	1.6	77.1	49.6	1.1	1.8	1.0	1,397	474	232	109	56	9	81	151
24	Abdul Jeelani A. Jeelani	Small Forward	9.6	1979-80	77	16.7	3.5	1.2	0.5	0.5	3.7	7.3	51.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.1	2.6	78.9	56.3	1.5	2.0	1.5	1,286	737	270	95	40	40	117	155
25	Cheese Johnson C. Johnson	Small Forward	3.0	1979-80	9	5.9	1.6	0.2	0.1	0.0	1.3	3.3	40.0	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.6	60.0	41.9	0.7	0.9	0.4	53	27	14	2	1	0	4	11
	Total		12.9		3,480	25.8	4.9	2.3	1.1	0.5	5.3	10.8	48.6	0.1	0.3	27.2	2.3	3.0	78.6	53.3	1.7	3.2	2.0	89,769	45,003	16,998	8,103	3,672	1,830	6,798	8,873
	Average		12.9		59.0	25.8	4.9	2.3	1.1	0.5	5.3	10.8	48.6	0.1	0.3	27.2	2.3	3.0	78.6	53.3	1.7	3.2	2.0	1521.5	762.8	288.1	137.3	62.2	31.0	115.2	150.4

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1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
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2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
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6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
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11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
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