nba league wide averages by decade for starters

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored 19.4 points per game as a starter in the 1980s.

	NAME	DECADE	PPG	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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1980s	19.4	625	31.3	6.8	2.5			8.0	14.2	56.6	0.0	0.0	6.7	3.3	4.5	73.5	59.9				19,557	12,117	4,274	1,577				1,798
2	Mark Acres M. Acres	1980s	7.8	5	26.0	6.0	0.4	1.0	0.2	2.8	4.4	63.6	0.0	0.0		2.2	3.2	68.8	67.1	2.2	3.8	0.4	130	39	30	2	5	1	2	20
3	Alvan Adams A. Adams	1980s	13.8	342	29.1	6.7	4.2	1.4	0.8	5.7	11.5	49.9	0.0	0.0	20.0	2.4	2.9	81.9	54.2			2.6	9,969	4,727	2,295	1,447	476	266	895	1,184
4	Michael Adams M. Adams	1980s	16.7	152	35.8	3.3	6.3	2.2	0.2	5.8	13.1	44.0	2.0	5.6	35.9	3.2	3.8	82.3	56.4	0.7	2.5	2.1	5,442	2,535	495	960	327	26	317	276
5	Rafael Addison R. Addison	1980s	9.3	12	21.1	2.5	1.3	1.1	0.1	4.0	8.4	47.5	0.2	0.5	33.3	1.1	1.3	81.3	51.4	1.0	1.5	1.7	253	111	30	15	13	1	20	30
6	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	1980s	24.6	559	34.2	5.7	3.8			9.6	19.5	49.3	0.4			5.0	6.7	74.4	54.8			3.0	19,091	13,770	3,203	2,109			1,702	1,689
7	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	1980s	13.7	432	32.9	3.2	5.2			5.5	11.2	49.3	0.8	2.1	39.5	1.8	2.1	86.4	56.5				14,231	5,900	1,390	2,253				1,207
8	Mark Alarie M. Alarie	1980s	11.6	30	24.1	4.6	1.4	0.4	0.6	5.0	9.6	52.6	0.0	0.1	25.0	1.5	2.0	76.3	55.6	1.6	3.0	1.5	724	348	137	42	11	17	44	89
9	Chuck Aleksinas C. Aleksinas	1980s	12.8	4	32.5	6.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	5.5	9.8	56.4	0.0	0.0		1.8	2.0	87.5	60.0	3.0	3.5	1.3	130	51	26	6	0	2	5	12
10	Steve Alford S. Alford	1980s	9.7	3	25.3	2.3	3.7	1.0	0.0	3.7	9.3	39.3	1.0	2.3	42.9	1.3	1.7	80.0	48.0	0.3	2.0	1.0	76	29	7	11	3	0	3	4
11	Greg Anderson G. Anderson	1980s	14.1	101	30.7	8.3	1.0	1.1	1.5	5.7	11.5	49.9	0.0	0.1	16.7	2.7	4.9	54.3	51.8	2.8	5.5	2.1	3,102	1,426	838	96	107	148	214	301
12	J.J. Anderson	1980s	8.0	2	25.5	9.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	2.5	7.5	33.3	0.0	0.0		3.0	4.5	66.7	42.2			2.5	51	16	18	1	3	0	5	7
13	Michael Anderson M. Anderson	1980s	9.4	12	32.1	3.0	7.6	2.2	0.1	3.8	8.2	46.9	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.8	2.3	77.8	51.4	1.4	1.6	3.5	385	113	36	91	26	1	42	34
14	Richard Anderson R. Anderson	1980s	10.3	28	27.3	6.0	2.9	1.1	0.4	4.1	9.8	42.2	0.2			1.8	2.4	77.3	47.5				764	289	167	82	30	12		78
15	Ron Anderson R. Anderson	1980s	13.2	50	31.2	5.0	2.5	1.0	0.1	5.9	11.7	50.1	0.0	0.2	22.2	1.4	1.8	78.7	52.7	2.0	3.0	1.8	1,562	658	249	125	48	7	89	96
16	Willie Anderson W. Anderson	1980s	18.7	79	34.0	5.2	4.6	1.8	0.8	7.9	15.9	49.7	0.1	0.3	19.0	2.8	3.6	77.6	53.4	1.9	3.3	3.2	2,686	1,478	409	366	144	61	253	289
17	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	1980s	10.9	115	30.2	1.7	6.5			4.1	8.8	46.2	0.1	0.3	30.6	2.7	3.8	72.2	52.3				3,477	1,257	194	751				229
18	Vincent Askew V. Askew	1980s	2.0	2	18.0	1.0	3.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	3.5	28.6	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		28.6	0.5	0.5	1.5	36	4	2	7	1	2	3	2
19	Dennis Awtrey D. Awtrey	1980s	2.3	3	23.3	3.0	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.7	25.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	50.0	32.9	1.0	2.0	1.0	70	7	9	5	0	0	3	12
20	John Bagley J. Bagley	1980s	11.2	325	31.8	3.4	7.4	1.5	0.1	4.6	10.4	43.8	0.3	1.0	26.6	1.8	2.2	79.7	49.1	0.8	2.6	2.7	10,343	3,633	1,106	2,393	481	36	888	625
21	James Bailey J. Bailey	1980s	12.1	105	26.2	6.8	1.0			4.8	9.9	47.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	3.4	74.0	52.6				2,756	1,266	714	105				450
22	Thurl Bailey T. Bailey	1980s	13.5	150	30.6	6.3	1.8	0.5	1.4	5.6	11.6	48.5	0.0	0.0	100.0	2.2	2.7	82.1	52.7	1.7	4.6	1.9	4,589	2,026	943	270	82	211	292	389
23	Greg Ballard G. Ballard	1980s	16.0	337	34.9	6.8	3.1			6.8	14.3	47.7	0.1			2.2	2.7	80.4	51.5				11,755	5,383	2,291	1,048				860
24	Gene Banks G. Banks	1980s	13.2	264	32.8	6.8	3.5	1.1	0.3	5.4	9.7	55.5	0.0	0.1	4.0	2.4	3.3	73.1	59.2				8,661	3,493	1,788	933	283	68		813
25	Ken Bannister K. Bannister	1980s	9.6	67	24.3	5.7	0.7	0.8	0.6	3.7	7.6	49.5	0.0	0.0		2.1	3.9	52.5	51.4	1.8	3.9	2.0	1,629	640	384	47	56	37	132	283

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4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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