Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar averaged the most points per game, with 28.6 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA total points with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games leaders in 70s

	NAME	PPG	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	28.6	773	31,771	22,141	11,460	3,440	576	1,595	9,144	16,600	55.1	3,853	5,458	70.6	58.3	1,412	4,977	490	2,399	41.1	14.8	4.5	1.3	3.5	3.5
2	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	27.4	525	20,825	14,405	6,421	1,474	529	872	5,665	11,132	50.9	3,075	4,070	75.6	55.7	1,394	4,299	563	1,832	39.7	12.2	2.8	1.2	2.0	4.1
3	George Gervin G. Gervin	26.6	244	8,450	6,492	1,274	759	378	305	2,537	4,695	54.0	1,418	1,709	83.0	59.6	394	880	592	816	34.6	5.2	3.1	1.5	1.3	3.7
4	Jerry West J. West	26.1	320	12,351	8,357	1,390	2,769	81	23	3,083	6,374	48.4	2,191	2,668	82.1	55.4	30	86		767	38.6	4.3	8.7	2.6	0.7
5	David Thompson D. Thompson	25.7	238	8,696	6,122	998	924	276	234	2,343	4,563	51.3	1,436	1,874	76.6	56.8	403	595	431	629	36.5	4.2	3.9	1.2	1.0	2.8
6	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	25.0	615	23,352	15,359	2,669	3,480	563	102	5,943	13,482	44.1	3,473	4,239	81.9	50.0	409	1,360	448	1,786	38.0	4.3	5.7	1.4	0.3	4.5
7	Walter Davis W. Davis	23.9	160	5,027	3,827	857	612	260	46	1,550	2,856	54.3	727	875	83.1	59.0	269	588	576	492	31.4	5.4	3.8	1.6	0.3	3.6
8	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	23.2	815	33,863	18,922	11,565	1,685	606	1,198	7,600	16,838	45.1	3,722	5,495	67.7	49.1	1,721	4,722	464	2,676	41.5	14.2	2.1	1.2	2.5	2.8
9	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	23.0	536	20,459	12,351	1,390	4,077	415	46	4,455	9,584	46.5	3,441	4,193	82.1	54.0	183	520	197	1,264	38.2	2.6	7.6	1.4	0.2	2.9
10	Bernard King B. King	22.8	161	5,951	3,678	1,420	488	240	75	1,508	3,024	49.9	662	1,081	61.2	52.5	516	904	634	628	37.0	8.8	3.0	1.5	0.5	3.9
11	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	22.8	644	23,248	14,686	7,690	2,134	466	799	5,957	11,763	50.6	2,772	3,578	77.5	55.1	1,272	3,416	400	2,100	36.1	11.9	3.3	1.2	2.0	3.4
12	Rick Barry R. Barry	22.5	564	20,844	12,695	3,368	3,294	1,024	241	5,171	11,454	45.1	2,353	2,578	91.3	50.4	457	2,183	422	1,527	37.0	6.0	5.8	2.1	0.5	2.6
13	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	22.5	157	5,544	3,529	1,433	424	208	192	1,448	2,695	53.7	633	846	74.8	57.5	504	929	345	407	35.3	9.1	2.7	1.3	1.2	2.2
14	Billy Cunningham B. Cunningham	22.4	337	12,683	7,554	3,838	1,739	115	45	2,874	6,331	45.4	1,806	2,453	73.6	51.0	159	714		1,281	37.6	11.4	5.2	1.2	0.5
15	John Williamson J. Williamson	22.2	221	7,663	4,915	616	670	290	35	1,976	4,363	45.3	963	1,157	83.2	50.4	161	455	461	697	34.7	2.8	3.0	1.3	0.2	3.1
16	Spencer Haywood S. Haywood	22.0	570	21,195	12,534	6,087	1,164	263	477	4,982	10,715	46.5	2,570	3,213	80.0	51.7	1,140	2,630	340	1,627	37.2	10.7	2.0	0.7	1.2	2.5
17	John Drew J. Drew	22.0	378	11,941	8,310	3,204	681	606	141	3,045	6,425	47.4	2,220	3,029	73.3	53.6	1,361	1,843	421	1,389	31.6	8.5	1.8	1.6	0.4	2.8
18	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	21.9	719	28,643	15,747	4,603	4,185	476	117	6,248	13,762	45.4	3,251	3,873	83.9	50.9	610	1,389	204	1,813	39.8	6.4	5.8	1.2	0.3	2.5
19	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	21.8	446	16,787	9,732	1,271	2,057	247	33	3,970	8,719	45.5	1,792	2,225	80.5	50.2	140	445		1,075	37.6	2.8	4.6	1.1	0.1
20	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	21.8	310	10,800	6,761	3,552	1,238	627	157	2,497	5,534	45.1	1,767	2,527	69.9	50.9	1,122	2,430	658	1,241	34.8	11.5	4.0	2.0	0.5	4.3
21	Julius Erving J. Erving	21.8	234	8,171	5,101	1,740	942	427	310	2,011	4,045	49.7	1,079	1,378	78.3	54.8	569	1,171	553	665	34.9	7.4	4.0	1.8	1.3	3.6
22	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	21.7	246	9,209	5,346	3,184	736	136	540	2,027	3,661	55.4	1,292	1,842	70.1	59.8	924	2,260	676	807	37.4	12.9	3.0	0.6	2.2	4.1
23	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	21.5	240	8,752	5,168	2,442	832	436	103	2,152	4,345	49.5	864	1,028	84.0	53.9	787	1,655	579	591	36.5	10.2	3.5	1.8	0.4	3.6
24	Bob Love B. Love	21.1	602	22,436	12,705	4,037	1,002	232	56	4,973	11,558	43.0	2,759	3,371	81.8	48.7	552	1,033		1,777	37.3	6.7	1.7	0.8	0.2
25	Joe Caldwell J. Caldwell	21.1	82	2,857	1,727	407	287			674	1,329	50.7	379	551	68.8	54.9				255	34.8	5.0	3.5