Norm Nixon had the most minutes per game in 1979-80 with 39.3 minutes per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA most mpg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player in 1980

	NAME	MPG	SEASON	TM	GP	PPG	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	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	39.3	1979-80	LAL	82	17.6	2.8	7.8	1.8	0.2	7.6	14.7	51.6	0.0	0.1	12.5	2.4	3.1	77.9	54.8	0.6	2.2	3.5	3,226	1,446	229	642	147	14	288	241
2	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	39.3	1979-80	UTA	68	28.0	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
3	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	39.3	1979-80	WAS	81	23.0	11.1	1.6	0.8	2.3	9.4	20.7	45.4	0.0	0.2	23.1	4.1	5.9	69.9	49.2	3.3	7.7	2.7	3,183	1,859	896	129	62	189	215	309
4	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	38.4	1979-80	NYK	82	21.7	8.9	2.0	0.6	1.2	8.1	14.8	54.7	0.0	0.0		5.5	6.9	79.7	60.8	2.4	6.5	2.7	3,150	1,781	726	165	48	101	222	279
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	38.3	1979-80	LAL	82	24.8	10.8	4.5	1.0	3.4	10.2	16.9	60.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	5.8	76.5	63.9	2.3	8.5	3.6	3,143	2,034	886	371	81	280	297	216
6	Moses Malone M. Malone	38.3	1979-80	HOU	82	25.8	14.5	1.8	1.0	1.3	9.5	18.9	50.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.9	9.5	71.9	56.0	7.0	7.5	3.7	3,140	2,119	1,190	147	80	107	300	210
7	World B. Free W. B. Free	38.0	1979-80	SDC	68	30.2	3.5	4.2	1.2	0.5	10.8	22.9	47.4	0.1	0.4	36.0	8.4	11.2	75.3	54.4	1.9	1.6	3.4	2,585	2,055	238	283	81	32	228	195
8	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	37.9	1979-80	LAL	82	20.0	6.4	3.0	1.6	0.3	8.9	16.6	53.5	0.0	0.2	17.6	2.3	2.9	80.8	56.3	2.1	4.3	1.9	3,111	1,644	525	250	129	28	157	220
9	George Gervin G. Gervin	37.6	1979-80	SAS	78	33.1	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	13.1	24.9	52.8	0.4	1.3	31.4	6.5	7.6	85.2	58.7	2.0	3.2	3.3	2,934	2,585	403	202	110	79	254	208
10	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	37.3	1979-80	NYK	82	15.3	6.6	10.1	3.2	0.4	6.1	13.0	47.2	0.3	1.3	24.5	2.7	4.1	66.0	51.7	1.8	4.7	4.4	3,060	1,254	539	832	265	35	359	260
11	Reggie Theus R. Theus	36.9	1979-80	CHI	82	20.2	4.0	6.3	1.4	0.2	6.9	14.3	48.3	0.3	1.3	26.7	6.1	7.3	83.8	57.9	1.7	2.3	4.2	3,029	1,660	329	515	114	20	348	262
12	Calvin Natt C. Natt	36.6	1979-80	TOT	78	19.9	8.9	2.2	1.3	0.4	8.0	16.6	47.9	0.0	0.1	33.3	3.9	5.4	73.0	52.4	3.1	5.8	2.5	2,857	1,553	691	169	102	34	198	205
13	Toby Knight T. Knight	36.4	1979-80	NYK	81	19.1	6.1	1.9	1.4	1.1	8.3	15.6	52.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	3.2	80.8	56.1	2.5	3.6	2.0	2,945	1,549	493	150	117	86	163	302
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	36.3	1979-80	LAL	77	18.0	7.7	7.3	2.4	0.5	6.5	12.3	53.0	0.1	0.4	22.6	4.9	6.0	81.0	60.2	2.2	5.6	4.0	2,795	1,387	596	563	187	41	305	218
15	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	36.3	1979-80	SEA	81	19.0	5.1	4.1	1.8	1.0	7.1	16.8	42.2	0.1	0.7	20.7	4.7	6.0	78.0	48.9	2.1	3.0	2.8	2,937	1,540	414	332	144	82	227	267
16	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	36.3	1979-80	WAS	82	9.7	13.3	4.5	0.8	0.7	4.0	7.8	51.3	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.7	2.5	66.5	54.5	4.1	9.3	1.9	2,973	794	1,094	366	65	61	153	249
17	Gus Williams G. Williams	36.2	1979-80	SEA	82	22.1	3.4	4.8	2.4	0.5	9.0	18.7	48.2	0.1	0.4	19.4	4.0	5.1	78.8	52.9	1.5	1.8	2.2	2,969	1,816	275	397	200	37	181	160
18	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	36.2	1979-80	DET	58	21.1	8.1	3.4	1.3	1.1	8.5	17.7	48.0	0.1	0.4	12.5	4.1	5.6	73.0	52.4	1.7	6.3	4.1	2,097	1,222	467	200	73	65	238	178
19	Julius Erving J. Erving	36.1	1979-80	PHI	78	26.9	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
20	Larry Bird L. Bird	36.0	1979-80	BOS	82	21.3	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
21	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	35.9	1979-80	SAS	78	20.1	9.9	3.0	1.4	0.2	8.3	17.1	48.5	0.0	0.1	11.1	3.5	4.4	78.3	52.7	3.3	6.6	3.0	2,798	1,565	775	231	111	18	232	192
22	Dan Issel D. Issel	35.8	1979-80	DEN	82	23.8	8.8	2.4	1.1	0.7	8.7	17.3	50.5	0.0	0.1	33.3	6.3	8.1	77.5	57.1	2.9	5.9	2.0	2,938	1,951	719	198	88	54	163	190
23	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	35.8	1979-80	BOS	80	14.1	2.5	8.4	1.3	0.1	4.8	9.9	48.2	0.1	0.2	22.2	4.5	5.4	83.0	57.4	0.7	1.7	3.0	2,864	1,131	197	671	106	10	242	218
24	Johnny Davis J. Davis	35.5	1979-80	IND	82	15.9	2.8	5.4	1.3	0.3	6.0	14.1	42.8	0.0	0.5	9.5	3.7	4.3	86.4	49.5	1.2	1.5	2.5	2,912	1,300	226	440	110	23	202	178
25	Swen Nater S. Nater	35.3	1979-80	SDC	81	13.4	15.0	2.9	0.6	0.5	5.5	9.9	55.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.4	71.8	58.9	4.3	10.7	3.2	2,860	1,082	1,216	233	45	37	257	259

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3	Nuggets - x	51	28	.646	12.0
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