Adrian Dantley averaged the most points per game in 1980-81, with 30.7 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA top with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games scorers 1981

	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	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	30.7	1980-81	UTA	80	42.7	6.4	4.0	1.4	0.2	11.4	20.3	55.9	0.0	0.1	28.6	7.9	9.8	80.6	62.2	2.4	4.0	3.5	3,417	2,452	509	322	109	18	282	245
2	Moses Malone M. Malone	27.8	1980-81	HOU	80	40.6	14.8	1.8	1.0	1.9	10.1	19.3	52.2	0.0	0.0	33.3	7.6	10.1	75.7	58.5	5.9	8.8	3.9	3,245	2,222	1,180	141	83	150	308	223
3	George Gervin G. Gervin	27.1	1980-81	SAS	82	33.7	5.1	3.2	1.1	0.7	10.4	21.1	49.2	0.1	0.4	25.7	6.2	7.6	82.6	55.5	1.5	3.6	3.1	2,765	2,221	419	260	94	56	251	212
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	26.2	1980-81	LAL	80	37.2	10.3	3.4	0.7	2.9	10.5	18.2	57.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	6.9	76.6	61.6	2.5	7.8	3.1	2,976	2,095	821	272	59	228	249	244
5	David Thompson D. Thompson	25.5	1980-81	DEN	77	34.0	3.7	3.0	0.7	0.8	9.5	18.8	50.6	0.1	0.5	25.6	6.4	8.0	79.5	57.1	1.4	2.3	3.2	2,620	1,967	287	231	53	60	250	231
6	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	24.6	1980-81	KCK	71	36.5	3.6	3.3	1.3	0.3	10.0	18.4	54.4	0.1	0.5	28.6	4.5	6.4	69.7	58.0	1.7	2.0	2.4	2,593	1,747	258	233	93	18	173	172
7	Julius Erving J. Erving	24.6	1980-81	PHI	82	35.0	8.0	4.4	2.1	1.8	9.7	18.6	52.1	0.0	0.2	22.2	5.1	6.5	78.7	57.2	3.0	5.0	3.2	2,874	2,014	657	364	173	147	266	233
8	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	24.5	1980-81	CLE	82	39.0	6.1	1.7	0.8	0.6	10.4	21.8	47.6	0.0	0.1	44.4	3.7	4.7	78.4	51.3	2.6	3.5	2.1	3,194	2,012	502	139	63	52	175	199
9	World B. Free W. B. Free	24.1	1980-81	GSW	65	36.5	2.4	5.6	1.3	0.2	7.9	17.8	44.6	0.1	0.5	16.1	8.1	10.0	81.4	54.2	0.7	1.7	3.0	2,370	1,565	159	361	85	11	195	183
10	Alex English A. English	23.8	1980-81	DEN	81	38.2	8.0	3.6	1.3	1.2	9.5	19.2	49.4	0.0	0.1	60.0	4.8	5.7	85.0	54.9	3.4	4.6	3.0	3,093	1,929	646	290	106	100	241	255
11	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	22.6	1980-81	LAL	81	37.4	5.4	2.9	1.5	0.4	9.7	18.5	52.6	0.0	0.2	7.7	3.1	4.1	75.8	55.6	1.8	3.6	2.6	3,028	1,827	435	235	121	29	207	223
12	Bernard King B. King	21.9	1980-81	GSW	81	36.0	6.8	3.5	0.9	0.4	9.0	15.4	58.8	0.0	0.1	33.3	3.8	5.4	70.3	61.7	2.2	4.6	3.3	2,914	1,771	551	287	72	34	265	304
13	Dan Issel D. Issel	21.9	1980-81	DEN	80	33.0	8.5	2.0	1.0	0.7	7.7	15.3	50.3	0.0	0.2	16.7	6.5	8.6	75.9	57.5	2.9	5.6	1.6	2,641	1,749	676	158	83	53	130	249
14	John Drew J. Drew	21.7	1980-81	ATL	67	31.0	5.7	1.2	1.5	0.2	7.5	16.4	45.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.8	8.6	78.7	53.9	2.2	3.6	2.9	2,075	1,454	383	79	98	15	194	264
15	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	21.4	1980-81	NJN	79	36.8	2.8	3.8	1.1	0.1	8.0	16.1	49.7	0.1	0.4	33.3	5.2	5.9	88.8	57.1	1.0	1.8	3.1	2,911	1,688	219	299	87	9	248	237
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	21.2	1980-81	BOS	82	39.5	10.9	5.5	2.0	0.8	8.8	18.3	47.8	0.2	0.9	27.0	3.5	4.0	86.3	52.8	2.3	8.6	3.5	3,239	1,741	895	451	161	63	289	239
17	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	20.6	1980-81	UTA	81	35.4	3.6	2.4	1.3	0.5	8.8	19.1	46.4	0.1	0.6	19.2	2.8	4.0	71.6	49.6	1.0	2.6	2.9	2,867	1,671	288	194	106	40	231	219
18	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	20.3	1980-81	MIL	76	33.4	6.8	4.6	1.5	0.5	8.4	15.2	55.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.5	5.0	70.6	58.3	3.0	3.9	2.5	2,542	1,541	518	346	115	41	190	196
19	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	20.1	1980-81	NYK	82	35.7	7.5	1.4	0.6	1.0	7.5	13.6	55.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	6.3	78.8	61.1	2.0	5.5	2.4	2,925	1,646	613	111	48	83	200	259
20	Ray Williams R. Williams	19.7	1980-81	NYK	79	34.7	4.1	5.5	2.3	0.5	7.8	16.9	46.1	0.2	0.9	23.5	3.9	4.8	81.7	51.9	1.5	2.5	3.0	2,742	1,560	321	432	185	37	235	270
21	Cliff Robinson C. Robinson	19.5	1980-81	NJN	63	28.9	7.6	1.7	0.9	0.8	8.3	17.0	49.1	0.0	0.0	100.0	2.8	3.9	71.8	52.1	1.9	5.7	2.9	1,822	1,229	481	105	58	52	182	216
22	Freeman Williams F. Williams	19.3	1980-81	SDC	82	24.1	1.6	2.0	1.1	0.1	7.8	16.8	46.5	0.6	1.7	34.0	3.1	3.6	85.2	52.4	0.9	0.7	2.0	1,976	1,585	129	164	91	5	166	157
23	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	19.1	1980-81	ATL	75	35.9	2.4	5.4	1.7	0.1	7.6	15.1	50.4	0.1	0.3	30.0	3.7	4.7	78.4	55.4	0.8	1.6	2.6	2,693	1,431	179	407	126	11	197	188
24	Scott Wedman S. Wedman	19.0	1980-81	KCK	81	35.8	5.3	2.8	1.2	0.6	8.5	17.7	47.7	0.3	1.0	32.5	1.7	2.5	68.6	50.3	1.6	3.8	2.0	2,902	1,535	433	226	97	46	161	294
25	Robert Parish R. Parish	18.9	1980-81	BOS	82	28.0	9.5	1.8	1.0	2.6	7.7	14.2	54.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	4.8	71.0	57.9	3.0	6.5	2.3	2,298	1,552	777	144	81	214	191	310