nba players averaging 15 ppg in the 80s

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had 20.6 points per game between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons.

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NBA players averaging 15 or higher ppg in the 80s
NAMEPPGGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
20.6
787
32.6
7.6
2.8
0.7
2.0
8.5
14.9
57.2
0.0
0.0
5.6
3.6
4.9
74.3
60.6
2.0
5.6
2.6
25,675
16,246
5,980
2,220
584
1,594
2,037
2,258
2Larry Bird
L. Bird
25.0
717
38.4
10.2
6.1
1.8
0.8
9.8
19.6
50.3
0.6
1.7
37.7
4.6
5.3
88.0
57.0
2.2
8.0
3.2
27,560
17,899
7,319
4,396
1,300
603
2,261
1,906
3Otis Birdsong
O. Birdsong
17.8
541
31.3
2.9
3.3
1.2
0.2
7.6
15.1
50.7
0.1
0.3
27.4
2.4
3.8
63.5
53.1
1.2
1.6
2.1
16,910
9,610
1,543
1,805
659
114
1,146
1,349
4Bill Cartwright
B. Cartwright
16.2
615
31.1
7.1
1.4
0.5
0.9
5.8
10.7
54.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.6
5.9
78.2
61.1
2.1
5.0
2.4
19,124
9,972
4,359
882
334
584
1,451
1,985
5Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
26.5
684
36.8
5.4
3.2
0.9
0.1
9.4
17.1
55.0
0.0
0.1
16.7
7.8
9.5
82.0
62.5
2.2
3.3
3.0
25,201
18,157
3,721
2,206
647
92
2,039
1,833
6Walter Davis
W. Davis
19.1
687
29.1
2.6
4.2
1.2
0.1
8.0
15.6
51.2
0.2
0.7
28.2
2.9
3.4
84.8
55.7
0.7
1.9
2.5
19,973
13,106
1,766
2,918
852
74
1,730
1,583
7John Drew
J. Drew
19.3
361
27.4
5.2
1.5
1.1
0.1
6.7
14.5
46.6
0.0
0.2
17.5
5.8
7.6
76.5
54.2
2.2
3.0
2.7
9,887
6,981
1,884
543
398
52
981
1,252
8Alex English
A. English
25.9
811
36.0
5.9
4.4
1.0
0.8
10.7
21.0
51.0
0.0
0.1
20.8
4.5
5.4
83.8
55.5
2.6
3.3
2.8
29,208
21,018
4,780
3,596
848
634
2,294
2,286
9Julius Erving
J. Erving
22.0
602
34.1
6.4
3.8
1.8
1.6
8.7
17.0
51.1
0.1
0.3
26.1
4.6
5.9
77.4
56.2
2.5
3.9
2.9
20,506
13,263
3,861
2,282
1,081
983
1,770
1,621
10World B. Free
W. B. Free
21.7
583
31.8
2.7
4.0
1.1
0.2
7.9
17.5
45.2
0.4
1.1
33.7
5.5
7.2
76.6
52.4
1.1
1.6
2.4
18,515
12,662
1,555
2,303
619
116
1,372
1,504
11George Gervin
G. Gervin
26.0
547
33.1
4.3
2.7
1.0
0.7
10.1
20.2
49.8
0.1
0.5
29.7
5.7
6.7
85.0
56.1
1.4
2.8
2.8
18,086
14,216
2,333
1,455
563
365
1,545
1,515
12Artis Gilmore
A. Gilmore
15.4
663
30.9
9.0
1.6
0.5
1.8
5.6
8.9
62.7
0.0
0.0
7.7
4.3
5.9
71.9
67.0
2.6
6.4
2.5
20,476
10,233
5,977
1,041
334
1,207
1,671
2,179
13Dan Issel
D. Issel
20.5
476
29.9
7.2
2.2
0.9
0.6
7.5
14.9
50.2
0.0
0.2
25.3
5.5
6.8
80.5
57.2
2.1
5.2
1.8
14,242
9,768
3,443
1,068
446
280
851
1,264
14Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
15.3
783
34.9
3.9
5.6
1.3
0.6
5.7
12.9
44.6
0.1
0.6
18.0
3.7
4.5
81.9
51.4
1.2
2.7
2.5
27,325
11,954
3,078
4,381
1,055
456
1,976
2,265
15Eddie Johnson
E. Johnson
15.6
518
30.3
2.3
5.5
1.0
0.1
6.1
13.1
47.0
0.2
0.6
32.6
3.1
4.0
78.3
52.7
0.7
1.6
2.6
15,687
8,090
1,199
2,841
540
74
1,336
1,233
16Marques Johnson
M. Johnson
19.7
524
34.4
6.4
3.9
1.3
0.6
8.2
15.9
51.2
0.0
0.2
13.5
3.4
4.6
73.5
54.9
2.5
3.9
2.4
18,051
10,323
3,367
2,069
680
332
1,272
1,347
17Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
19.5
716
36.9
7.4
11.2
2.0
0.4
7.1
13.3
53.0
0.2
0.7
23.9
5.2
6.2
83.4
60.6
1.9
5.6
3.9
26,417
13,943
5,303
8,025
1,464
310
2,800
1,685
18Bernard King
B. King
22.6
535
33.5
5.3
3.2
0.9
0.2
9.0
16.7
53.8
0.0
0.1
14.9
4.6
6.2
74.8
58.2
1.7
3.6
3.1
17,948
12,100
2,841
1,689
508
129
1,633
1,787
19Moses Malone
M. Malone
24.5
778
37.3
13.2
1.5
0.9
1.4
8.4
17.2
49.1
0.0
0.1
5.7
7.7
9.9
77.5
57.0
5.4
7.8
3.4
29,039
19,082
10,269
1,191
730
1,107
2,659
1,898
20Mike Mitchell
M. Mitchell
20.9
679
33.8
5.8
1.4
0.7
0.5
8.8
18.0
49.2
0.0
0.1
21.6
3.1
4.0
78.2
52.8
2.1
3.7
1.8
22,961
14,161
3,917
950
479
371
1,198
1,797
21Sidney Moncrief
S. Moncrief
16.7
695
31.7
5.0
3.9
1.3
0.3
5.8
11.5
50.3
0.1
0.5
27.6
5.0
6.1
83.2
59.1
2.0
3.0
2.1
22,054
11,594
3,447
2,689
874
217
1,485
1,523
22Calvin Murphy
C. Murphy
15.2
280
26.1
1.3
3.0
1.3
0.1
6.3
13.4
47.2
0.0
0.3
13.9
2.6
2.8
92.0
52.1
0.6
0.8
1.7
7,317
4,257
372
842
356
20
462
783
23Calvin Natt
C. Natt
17.5
585
31.9
6.9
2.2
0.9
0.3
6.8
12.9
52.8
0.0
0.1
21.9
3.8
5.0
76.8
57.9
2.3
4.6
2.1
18,654
10,234
4,035
1,297
524
191
1,251
1,372
24Mike Newlin
M. Newlin
17.3
233
29.7
2.5
3.4
1.0
0.1
6.6
13.8
47.5
0.3
0.9
30.2
3.9
4.4
88.2
54.9
0.9
1.5
2.5
6,928
4,027
574
783
235
16
583
626
25Norm Nixon
N. Nixon
15.8
605
35.2
2.5
8.4
1.4
0.1
6.8
14.3
47.4
0.2
0.6
29.4
2.1
2.7
77.7
51.0
0.6
1.9
3.1
21,326
9,554
1,521
5,096
848
47
1,886
1,474

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56
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32
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WesternWLPCTGB
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64
18
.780
2
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62
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.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
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56
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38.0
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