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

Interpreted as:

NBA total points with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games leaders in 80s

	NAME	PPG	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32.6	345	13,442	11,263	2,129	2,046	962	411	4,120	8,025	51.3	58	287	20.2	2,965	3,496	84.8	58.9	644	1,485	1,150	1,085	39.0	6.2	5.9	2.8	1.2	3.3
2	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	26.5	684	25,201	18,157	3,721	2,206	647	92	6,423	11,680	55.0	6	36	16.7	5,305	6,467	82.0	62.5	1,474	2,247	2,039	1,833	36.8	5.4	3.2	0.9	0.1	3.0
3	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	26.0	559	20,644	14,557	3,784	1,357	811	403	5,577	11,937	46.7	138	513	26.9	3,265	4,062	80.4	53.0	1,644	2,140	1,485	1,196	36.9	6.8	2.4	1.5	0.7	2.7
4	George Gervin G. Gervin	26.0	547	18,086	14,216	2,333	1,455	563	365	5,508	11,052	49.8	77	259	29.7	3,123	3,674	85.0	56.1	792	1,541	1,545	1,515	33.1	4.3	2.7	1.0	0.7	2.8
5	Alex English A. English	25.9	811	29,208	21,018	4,780	3,596	848	634	8,664	16,997	51.0	16	77	20.8	3,674	4,385	83.8	55.5	2,086	2,694	2,294	2,286	36.0	5.9	4.4	1.0	0.8	2.8
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	25.0	717	27,560	17,899	7,319	4,396	1,300	603	7,058	14,042	50.3	455	1,206	37.7	3,328	3,783	88.0	57.0	1,568	5,751	2,261	1,906	38.4	10.2	6.1	1.8	0.8	3.2
7	Moses Malone M. Malone	24.5	778	29,039	19,082	10,269	1,191	730	1,107	6,552	13,349	49.1	3	53	5.7	5,975	7,709	77.5	57.0	4,224	6,045	2,659	1,898	37.3	13.2	1.5	0.9	1.4	3.4
8	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	24.1	602	20,222	14,488	3,395	2,252	518	231	5,654	11,501	49.2	255	840	30.4	2,925	3,942	74.2	54.7	1,315	2,080	1,814	1,819	33.6	5.6	3.7	0.9	0.4	3.0
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	23.3	325	11,656	7,576	3,412	812	470	224	2,899	5,647	51.3	5	30	16.7	1,773	2,652	66.9	55.6	988	2,424	1,126	1,200	35.9	10.5	2.5	1.4	0.7	3.5
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	23.0	386	13,990	8,883	4,677	780	748	1,201	3,481	6,719	51.8	1	19	5.3	1,920	2,859	67.2	55.7	1,728	2,949	1,175	1,562	36.2	12.1	2.0	1.9	3.1	3.0
11	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	22.8	605	20,088	13,775	2,416	1,435	383	215	5,299	9,955	53.2	119	329	36.2	3,058	3,514	87.0	59.9	757	1,659	1,129	1,278	33.2	4.0	2.4	0.6	0.4	1.9
12	Bernard King B. King	22.6	535	17,948	12,100	2,841	1,689	508	129	4,807	8,938	53.8	10	67	14.9	2,476	3,308	74.8	58.2	910	1,931	1,633	1,787	33.5	5.3	3.2	0.9	0.2	3.1
13	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	22.1	389	14,297	8,616	4,660	1,377	613	479	3,032	5,252	57.7	118	504	23.4	2,434	3,292	73.9	64.3	1,798	2,862	1,439	1,426	36.8	12.0	3.5	1.6	1.2	3.7
14	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	22.1	550	19,052	12,159	4,834	1,345	772	436	4,995	10,151	49.2	8	28	28.6	2,161	3,049	70.9	52.9	1,771	3,063	1,346	1,974	34.6	8.8	2.4	1.4	0.8	2.4
15	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	22.0	79	2,717	1,741	468	334	82	13	649	1,386	46.8	33	90	36.7	410	506	81.0	54.1	158	310	269	223	34.4	5.9	4.2	1.0	0.2	3.4
16	Julius Erving J. Erving	22.0	602	20,506	13,263	3,861	2,282	1,081	983	5,226	10,231	51.1	46	176	26.1	2,765	3,572	77.4	56.2	1,498	2,363	1,770	1,621	34.1	6.4	3.8	1.8	1.6	2.9
17	World B. Free W. B. Free	21.7	583	18,515	12,662	1,555	2,303	619	116	4,621	10,229	45.2	213	632	33.7	3,207	4,187	76.6	52.4	628	927	1,372	1,504	31.8	2.7	4.0	1.1	0.2	2.4
18	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	21.2	275	9,419	5,822	2,422	519	364	776	2,299	4,332	53.1	0	21	0.0	1,224	1,681	72.8	57.4	739	1,683	954	1,082	34.3	8.8	1.9	1.3	2.8	3.5
19	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	20.9	679	22,961	14,161	3,917	950	479	371	6,009	12,206	49.2	19	88	21.6	2,124	2,716	78.2	52.8	1,412	2,505	1,198	1,797	33.8	5.8	1.4	0.7	0.5	1.8
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	20.6	787	25,675	16,246	5,980	2,220	584	1,594	6,693	11,707	57.2	1	18	5.6	2,859	3,846	74.3	60.6	1,563	4,417	2,037	2,258	32.6	7.6	2.8	0.7	2.0	2.6
21	Dan Issel D. Issel	20.5	476	14,242	9,768	3,443	1,068	446	280	3,573	7,112	50.2	19	75	25.3	2,603	3,232	80.5	57.2	982	2,461	851	1,264	29.9	7.2	2.2	0.9	0.6	1.8
22	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	20.5	324	10,825	6,640	2,311	797	396	181	2,746	5,551	49.5	30	110	27.3	1,118	1,578	70.8	53.2	1,028	1,283	915	1,066	33.4	7.1	2.5	1.2	0.6	2.8
23	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	20.3	634	21,559	12,896	4,341	1,500	564	406	4,733	9,948	47.6	134	432	31.0	3,296	4,147	79.5	54.8	1,379	2,962	1,808	2,418	34.0	6.8	2.4	0.9	0.6	2.9
24	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	20.3	635	23,276	12,862	2,372	6,220	1,338	181	4,918	10,632	46.3	212	762	27.8	2,814	3,697	76.1	52.5	657	1,715	2,437	2,105	36.7	3.7	9.8	2.1	0.3	3.8
25	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	19.8	478	15,777	9,484	2,798	2,677	1,101	320	3,752	7,621	49.2	70	304	23.0	1,910	2,449	78.0	54.5	1,277	1,521	1,367	1,544	33.0	5.9	5.6	2.3	0.7	2.9