nba players with 21 points per game in their third season since 1980

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had 23.9 points per game in his 3rd season.

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NBA players with 21 or higher points per game in their third season since 1980

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	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	23.9	1981-82	LAL	76	35.2	8.7	3.0	0.8	2.7	9.9	17.1	57.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.8	70.6	60.8	2.3	6.4	3.0	2,677	1,818	659	225	63	207	230	224
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	22.9	1981-82	BOS	77	38.0	10.9	5.8	1.9	0.9	9.2	18.4	50.3	0.1	0.7	21.2	4.3	4.9	86.3	55.7	2.6	8.3	3.3	2,923	1,761	837	447	143	66	254	244
3	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	30.3	1981-82	UTA	81	39.8	6.3	4.0	1.2	0.2	11.2	19.6	57.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	8.0	10.1	79.2	63.1	2.9	3.5	3.7	3,222	2,457	514	324	95	14	299	252
4	Alex English A. English	25.4	1981-82	DEN	82	36.8	6.8	5.3	1.1	1.5	10.4	18.9	55.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	5.4	84.0	59.6	2.6	4.2	3.2	3,015	2,082	558	433	87	120	261	261
5	Julius Erving J. Erving	24.4	1981-82	PHI	81	34.4	6.9	3.9	2.0	1.7	9.6	17.6	54.6	0.0	0.1	27.3	5.1	6.7	76.3	59.3	2.7	4.2	2.6	2,789	1,974	557	319	161	141	214	229
6	World B. Free W. B. Free	22.9	1981-82	GSW	78	35.8	3.2	5.4	0.9	0.1	8.3	18.6	44.8	0.1	0.7	17.9	6.1	8.3	74.0	51.5	1.5	1.7	2.7	2,796	1,789	248	419	71	8	208	222
7	George Gervin G. Gervin	32.3	1981-82	SAS	79	35.7	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	12.6	25.2	50.0	0.1	0.5	27.8	7.0	8.1	86.4	56.2	1.7	3.2	2.7	2,817	2,551	392	187	77	45	210	215
8	Dan Issel D. Issel	22.9	1981-82	DEN	81	30.5	7.5	2.2	0.8	0.7	8.0	15.3	52.7	0.0	0.1	66.7	6.7	8.1	83.4	60.8	2.1	5.4	2.1	2,472	1,852	608	179	67	55	169	245
9	Bernard King B. King	23.2	1981-82	GSW	79	36.2	5.9	3.6	1.0	0.3	9.4	16.5	56.6	0.0	0.1	20.0	4.5	6.3	70.5	60.0	1.8	4.2	3.4	2,861	1,833	469	282	78	23	267	285
10	John Long J. Long	21.9	1981-82	DET	69	32.0	3.7	2.1	0.9	0.4	9.2	18.8	49.2	0.0	0.2	13.3	3.4	4.0	86.5	53.5	1.4	2.3	2.4	2,211	1,514	257	148	65	25	167	173
11	Moses Malone M. Malone	31.1	1981-82	HOU	81	42.0	14.7	1.8	0.9	1.5	11.7	22.5	51.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.8	10.2	76.2	57.6	6.9	7.8	3.6	3,398	2,520	1,188	142	76	125	294	208
12	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	21.1	1981-82	LAL	82	35.4	4.8	1.7	1.1	0.3	9.1	17.3	52.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.1	73.2	55.4	1.9	2.9	2.0	2,906	1,734	393	143	89	24	164	240
13	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	24.1	1982-83	GSW	79	37.8	8.7	2.1	1.4	2.0	9.9	19.4	51.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	5.9	71.9	54.9	2.8	5.9	3.6	2,988	1,907	688	169	108	155	285	260
14	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	22.2	1982-83	UTA	77	36.2	3.9	3.5	1.8	0.4	9.8	20.2	48.4	0.5	1.7	28.8	2.2	3.2	67.9	51.4	1.3	2.6	3.3	2,787	1,709	304	270	138	33	252	184
15	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	26.7	1982-83	DEN	82	35.5	5.3	2.5	0.8	0.5	10.3	18.7	54.7	0.2	0.6	29.4	6.0	6.8	87.5	61.3	1.5	3.8	2.2	2,909	2,186	437	203	66	38	177	198
16	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	29.5	1983-84	DAL	79	36.7	5.9	4.5	1.0	0.3	11.7	22.3	52.4	0.2	0.7	26.8	5.9	7.9	74.9	57.2	2.0	3.9	3.6	2,900	2,330	469	358	80	22	285	246
17	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	22.4	1983-84	DAL	81	37.3	4.6	3.6	0.7	0.5	8.9	16.3	54.6	0.0	0.1	9.1	4.6	5.7	81.2	59.6	1.5	3.1	2.1	3,025	1,815	373	288	56	37	169	127
18	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	21.9	1983-84	KCK	82	35.6	5.5	3.6	0.9	0.3	9.2	18.9	48.5	0.2	0.8	31.3	3.3	4.0	81.0	52.8	2.0	3.5	2.6	2,920	1,794	455	296	76	21	213	266
19	Jeff Ruland J. Ruland	22.2	1983-84	WAS	75	41.1	12.3	3.9	0.9	1.0	8.0	13.8	57.9	0.0	0.1	14.3	6.2	8.5	73.3	63.3	3.5	8.8	4.6	3,082	1,665	922	296	68	72	342	285
20	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	21.3	1983-84	DET	82	36.7	4.0	11.1	2.5	0.4	8.2	17.7	46.2	0.3	0.8	33.8	4.7	6.5	73.3	52.0	1.3	2.7	3.7	3,007	1,748	327	914	204	33	307	324
21	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	21.3	1983-84	DET	76	32.8	4.0	3.0	0.9	0.2	7.8	17.1	45.9	0.0	0.2	11.8	5.6	6.9	81.5	53.0	1.6	2.5	2.5	2,493	1,618	306	228	65	17	190	190
22	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	23.6	1984-85	MIL	79	34.5	9.1	2.9	1.5	0.8	9.6	19.4	49.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	5.9	74.1	53.6	3.1	6.0	2.4	2,722	1,861	716	228	117	67	190	264
23	Derek Smith D. Smith	22.1	1984-85	LAC	80	34.5	5.3	2.7	1.0	0.7	8.5	15.9	53.7	0.0	0.2	15.8	5.0	6.3	79.4	59.2	2.2	3.2	2.9	2,762	1,767	427	216	77	52	230	317
24	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	27.4	1984-85	ATL	81	37.3	6.9	2.5	1.7	0.7	10.5	23.3	45.1	0.3	1.0	30.9	6.0	7.4	80.6	51.4	2.8	4.1	2.8	3,023	2,217	557	200	135	54	225	170
25	Jeff Malone J. Malone	22.4	1985-86	WAS	80	37.4	3.6	2.4	0.9	0.2	9.2	19.0	48.3	0.0	0.2	17.6	4.0	4.6	86.8	53.3	0.8	2.8	2.1	2,992	1,795	288	191	70	12	168	180

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3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
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