Michael Jordan dropped the most points in 1988-89, with 2,633 points.

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NBA most points by a player scored 1989

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,633	1988-89	CHI	81	40.2	32.5	8.0	8.0	2.9	0.8	11.9	22.2	53.8	0.3	1.2	27.6	8.3	9.8	85.0	61.4	1.8	6.2	3.6	3,255	652	650	234	65	290	247
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	2,326	1988-89	UTA	80	39.1	29.1	10.7	2.7	1.8	0.9	10.1	19.5	51.9	0.1	0.2	31.3	8.8	11.5	76.6	59.2	3.2	7.4	3.6	3,126	853	219	144	70	285	286
3	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	2,253	1988-89	SEA	82	38.9	27.5	4.2	2.0	1.3	0.3	10.5	20.9	50.1	2.0	4.1	47.8	4.6	5.6	81.6	58.9	1.9	2.3	2.7	3,190	342	164	108	22	218	197
4	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	2,176	1988-89	GSW	82	37.7	26.5	5.9	5.1	2.1	0.5	10.1	19.9	50.9	0.3	1.2	23.0	6.0	6.7	89.2	58.1	1.9	4.0	3.6	3,093	483	415	176	39	296	178
5	Alex English A. English	2,175	1988-89	DEN	82	36.5	26.5	4.0	4.7	0.8	0.1	11.3	22.9	49.1	0.0	0.1	25.0	4.0	4.6	85.8	53.1	1.8	2.2	2.4	2,990	326	383	66	12	198	174
6	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2,123	1988-89	POR	78	39.3	27.2	7.9	5.8	2.7	0.7	10.6	21.4	49.6	0.3	1.3	26.0	5.6	7.0	79.9	55.5	3.7	4.2	3.2	3,064	615	450	213	54	250	269
7	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	2,099	1988-89	ATL	80	37.5	26.2	6.9	2.6	1.5	0.7	10.2	22.0	46.4	0.4	1.3	27.6	5.5	6.6	84.4	52.8	3.2	3.7	2.3	2,997	553	211	117	52	181	138
8	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	2,085	1988-89	PHX	81	37.1	25.7	8.4	2.9	1.1	0.7	9.6	20.3	47.1	0.3	1.1	32.6	6.3	7.4	85.1	54.7	1.8	6.7	2.9	3,002	684	231	87	55	231	271
9	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	2,037	1988-89	PHI	79	39.1	25.8	12.5	4.1	1.6	0.8	8.9	15.3	57.9	0.4	2.1	21.6	7.6	10.1	75.3	65.3	5.1	7.4	3.2	3,088	986	325	126	67	254	262
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2,034	1988-89	HOU	82	36.9	24.8	13.5	1.8	2.6	3.4	9.6	19.0	50.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.5	8.0	69.6	55.2	4.1	9.4	3.4	3,024	1,105	149	213	282	275	329
11	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	1,829	1988-89	MIL	80	35.3	22.9	8.1	2.5	1.3	0.9	9.1	19.5	46.7	0.1	0.2	46.7	4.5	5.8	78.7	51.8	3.5	4.6	2.5	2,824	650	198	106	72	201	265
12	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	1,815	1988-89	NYK	80	36.2	22.7	9.3	2.4	1.5	3.5	9.1	16.0	56.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	6.1	74.6	60.7	2.7	6.6	3.3	2,896	740	188	117	281	266	311
13	Kevin McHale K. McHale	1,758	1988-89	BOS	78	36.9	22.5	8.2	2.2	0.3	1.2	8.5	15.5	54.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.6	6.8	81.8	60.8	2.9	5.3	2.5	2,876	637	172	26	97	196	223
14	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	1,741	1988-89	GSW	79	34.4	22.0	5.9	4.2	1.0	0.2	8.2	17.5	46.8	0.4	1.1	36.7	5.2	6.4	81.0	54.1	2.0	3.9	3.4	2,717	468	334	82	13	269	223
15	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1,730	1988-89	LAL	77	37.5	22.5	7.9	12.8	1.8	0.3	7.5	14.8	50.9	0.8	2.4	31.4	6.7	7.3	91.1	62.5	1.4	6.4	4.1	2,886	607	988	138	22	312	172
16	Chuck Person C. Person	1,728	1988-89	IND	80	37.7	21.6	6.5	3.6	1.0	0.2	8.9	18.2	48.9	0.8	2.6	30.7	3.0	3.8	79.2	54.4	1.8	4.7	3.9	3,012	516	289	83	18	308	280
17	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	1,677	1988-89	SEA	82	29.1	20.5	5.3	1.6	1.0	0.5	8.3	16.9	48.9	0.1	0.4	30.6	3.8	5.2	73.2	53.3	2.2	3.1	2.6	2,385	433	134	84	40	210	231
18	Bernard King B. King	1,674	1988-89	WAS	81	31.6	20.7	4.7	3.6	0.8	0.2	8.1	16.9	47.7	0.1	0.4	16.7	4.5	5.4	81.9	53.5	1.6	3.1	2.8	2,559	384	294	64	13	227	219
19	James Worthy J. Worthy	1,657	1988-89	LAL	81	36.5	20.5	6.0	3.6	1.3	0.7	8.7	15.8	54.8	0.0	0.3	8.7	3.1	4.0	78.2	58.2	2.1	4.0	2.2	2,960	489	288	108	56	182	175
20	Jeff Malone J. Malone	1,651	1988-89	WAS	76	31.8	21.7	2.4	2.9	0.5	0.2	8.9	18.6	48.0	0.0	0.3	5.3	3.9	4.5	87.1	52.9	0.7	1.6	2.2	2,418	179	219	39	14	165	155
21	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	1,650	1988-89	PHX	81	39.2	20.4	4.2	12.2	1.7	0.3	7.0	13.9	50.5	0.0	0.3	9.1	6.3	7.1	88.2	59.7	0.6	3.6	4.0	3,179	340	991	135	24	322	226
22	Moses Malone M. Malone	1,637	1988-89	ATL	81	35.5	20.2	11.8	1.4	1.0	1.2	6.6	13.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.9	8.8	78.9	58.1	4.8	7.0	3.0	2,878	956	112	79	100	245	154
23	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	1,606	1988-89	CHA	71	32.4	22.6	3.8	3.2	1.2	0.2	8.0	17.1	46.7	0.4	1.2	35.7	6.2	7.2	86.6	55.8	1.1	2.6	3.3	2,302	267	224	88	16	236	196
24	Thurl Bailey T. Bailey	1,595	1988-89	UTA	82	33.9	19.5	5.5	1.7	0.6	1.1	7.5	15.5	48.3	0.0	0.1	40.0	4.4	5.4	82.5	54.4	1.4	4.0	2.5	2,777	447	138	48	91	208	185
25	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	1,534	1988-89	DAL	78	37.8	19.7	3.5	3.7	0.8	0.3	7.6	16.0	47.6	0.4	1.1	35.3	4.1	4.7	85.4	54.3	0.9	2.6	2.1	2,946	273	288	65	20	165	137