Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Michael Jordan averaged the most points per game by a shooting guard, with 32.6 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA shooting guards ppg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games leaders in 80s

	NAME	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32.6	345	39.0	6.2	5.9	2.8	1.2	11.9	23.3	51.3	0.2	0.8	20.2	8.6	10.1	84.8	58.9	1.9	4.3	3.3	13,442	11,263	2,129	2,046	962	411	1,150	1,085
2	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	26.1	239	37.9	4.7	2.5	1.2	0.3	10.1	19.9	50.7	1.5	3.5	42.4	4.5	5.6	79.1	58.3	2.1	2.6	2.6	9,053	6,232	1,129	599	286	65	628	685
3	George 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
4	World B. Free W. B. Free	23.4	525	34.0	2.9	4.3	1.1	0.2	8.5	18.8	45.3	0.4	1.1	34.3	6.0	7.8	76.5	52.6	1.2	1.7	2.5	17,833	12,288	1,511	2,243	599	113	1,323	1,430
5	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	22.0	79	34.4	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	1,741	468	334	82	13	269	223
6	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	20.3	75	34.7	5.5	3.8	1.4	0.7	8.2	16.0	51.0	0.0	0.2	6.7	4.0	5.2	76.0	55.5	2.1	3.5	2.4	2,605	1,525	416	283	107	50	183	214
7	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	19.8	478	33.0	5.9	5.6	2.3	0.7	7.8	15.9	49.2	0.1	0.6	23.0	4.0	5.1	78.0	54.5	2.7	3.2	2.9	15,777	9,484	2,798	2,677	1,101	320	1,367	1,544
8	Jeff Malone J. Malone	19.6	473	32.6	2.6	2.7	0.7	0.2	8.0	16.8	47.4	0.1	0.5	24.6	3.6	4.1	86.8	52.7	0.7	1.9	1.9	15,417	9,263	1,252	1,280	310	74	904	1,025
9	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	19.5	82	35.0	2.5	5.0	1.6	0.5	7.4	16.7	44.5	0.5	1.7	29.4	4.1	5.1	81.0	51.4	0.8	1.7	3.1	2,873	1,598	202	406	134	41	251	226
10	Ron Harper R. Harper	19.4	221	35.0	4.6	5.0	2.3	1.0	7.5	15.8	47.5	0.2	1.0	22.6	4.1	5.8	71.1	52.8	1.6	3.0	3.3	7,745	4,279	1,024	1,109	516	210	733	628
11	Fat Lever F. Lever	19.3	153	37.9	8.7	7.8	2.7	0.3	7.8	16.9	46.5	0.2	0.8	28.5	3.4	4.3	78.5	51.5	2.5	6.1	2.2	5,806	2,955	1,327	1,198	418	41	339	392
12	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	19.2	630	33.7	3.7	3.1	0.7	0.3	7.4	14.8	50.3	0.1	0.3	27.2	4.3	5.1	83.3	56.4	1.2	2.4	2.0	21,258	12,127	2,308	1,954	472	196	1,234	990
13	David Thompson D. Thompson	19.0	271	28.1	3.4	2.6	0.7	0.6	6.9	14.0	49.2	0.1	0.3	27.7	5.1	6.4	79.2	56.3	1.2	2.2	2.6	7,609	5,142	923	707	183	173	698	658
14	Walter Davis W. Davis	18.8	612	28.9	2.4	4.2	1.2	0.1	7.9	15.6	50.5	0.2	0.8	28.4	2.8	3.3	85.4	55.1	0.7	1.8	2.4	17,664	11,493	1,494	2,581	738	55	1,488	1,381
15	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	18.5	608	31.2	3.7	2.5	1.4	0.4	7.8	16.8	46.6	0.7	2.0	32.3	2.1	3.0	70.8	50.9	1.2	2.5	2.5	18,954	11,228	2,263	1,527	821	216	1,509	1,440
16	Reggie Theus R. Theus	17.8	544	32.9	3.3	6.0	1.2	0.2	6.5	13.8	47.3	0.2	0.9	23.6	4.5	5.5	82.5	54.9	1.3	2.0	3.3	17,898	9,673	1,801	3,275	635	118	1,775	1,593
17	Otis 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
18	Julius Erving J. Erving	17.5	134	32.8	4.7	3.3	1.4	1.3	6.9	14.4	47.6	0.2	0.6	27.1	3.6	4.5	79.6	53.3	2.1	2.6	2.8	4,392	2,345	634	439	189	176	372	333
19	John Drew J. Drew	17.4	100	22.6	4.2	1.7	1.1	0.0	6.2	13.3	46.6	0.1	0.3	23.1	5.0	6.4	77.6	54.0	1.8	2.4	2.3	2,260	1,738	420	170	110	4	234	273
20	Mike 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
21	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	17.2	241	35.4	4.6	4.3	1.4	0.8	6.4	14.4	44.3	0.1	0.5	18.2	4.4	5.4	80.8	51.4	1.7	2.9	2.6	8,539	4,154	1,104	1,039	342	194	632	771
22	Ray Williams R. Williams	17.0	230	31.0	4.0	6.5	2.1	0.4	6.4	14.7	43.5	0.2	0.9	23.4	3.9	4.9	81.2	50.3	1.2	2.8	3.7	7,132	3,907	919	1,506	481	95	844	824
23	Rex Chapman R. Chapman	16.9	75	29.6	2.5	2.3	0.9	0.3	7.0	16.9	41.4	0.8	2.5	31.4	2.1	2.6	79.5	46.7	1.0	1.5	1.5	2,219	1,267	187	176	70	25	113	167
24	Byron Scott B. Scott	16.8	468	31.0	3.2	3.1	1.4	0.3	6.9	13.6	50.8	0.6	1.4	38.5	2.4	2.9	84.4	56.5	0.8	2.4	1.8	14,514	7,856	1,484	1,432	660	123	826	1,086
25	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	16.8	243	36.9	2.5	7.7	1.6	0.1	7.3	14.8	49.5	0.0	0.1	12.1	2.1	2.7	78.0	52.4	0.6	1.9	3.1	8,961	4,077	610	1,860	383	25	763	681