player who average more than 22 points per game in their second year since 1980

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar put up 26.2 points per game in his 2nd season.

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
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	Gus Williams G. Williams	23.4	1981-82	SEA	80	36.0	3.1	6.9	2.2	0.5	9.7	19.9	48.6	0.1	0.5	22.5	4.0	5.5	73.4	52.6	1.2	1.9	2.5	2,876	1,875	244	549	172	36	197	163
13	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	24.4	1982-83	DAL	81	34.4	6.3	4.1	1.0	0.3	9.5	19.6	48.3	0.2	0.9	21.1	5.3	7.3	72.8	53.5	2.4	3.9	3.2	2,784	1,979	508	332	80	26	261	247
14	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	22.9	1982-83	DET	81	38.2	4.0	7.8	2.5	0.4	9.0	19.0	47.2	0.4	1.5	28.8	4.5	6.4	71.0	52.5	1.3	2.8	4.0	3,093	1,854	328	634	199	29	326	318
15	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	26.5	1982-83	DET	58	38.8	4.6	4.1	1.2	0.3	9.7	19.9	48.9	0.2	0.6	37.8	6.8	8.0	84.5	56.5	2.2	2.4	3.2	2,252	1,536	264	237	67	20	187	157
16	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	22.9	1983-84	SDC	81	35.9	9.6	1.7	1.1	0.7	9.1	18.4	49.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.7	6.5	72.0	53.8	4.0	5.6	2.7	2,907	1,854	777	139	92	57	218	298
17	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	22.1	1984-85	HOU	82	37.6	10.4	2.7	1.0	2.0	9.2	18.3	50.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.7	5.5	67.6	53.3	2.8	7.6	4.0	3,086	1,809	853	224	81	168	326	306
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	22.7	1985-86	CHI	18	25.1	3.6	2.9	2.1	1.2	8.3	18.2	45.7	0.2	1.0	16.7	5.8	6.9	84.0	53.3	1.3	2.3	2.5	451	408	64	53	37	21	45	46
19	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	23.5	1985-86	HOU	68	36.3	11.5	2.0	2.0	3.4	9.2	17.5	52.6	0.0	0.0		5.1	7.9	64.5	56.0	4.9	6.6	2.9	2,467	1,597	781	137	134	231	195	271
20	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	23.0	1986-87	SEA	82	37.0	8.6	2.5	1.4	0.6	9.8	19.3	50.9	0.0	0.2	21.4	3.4	4.8	69.6	53.8	4.1	4.5	2.9	3,031	1,890	705	207	115	52	234	300
21	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	22.1	1989-90	GSW	78	35.9	4.6	2.9	1.3	0.3	8.2	16.5	49.7	0.4	1.2	35.8	5.2	6.0	86.6	57.6	1.3	3.4	2.6	2,799	1,720	360	223	98	24	201	210
22	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	22.9	1990-91	GSW	82	39.2	4.0	9.7	2.6	0.1	9.0	18.9	47.6	1.2	3.1	38.5	3.7	4.6	80.3	54.7	1.1	3.0	3.3	3,215	1,881	332	793	214	12	270	228
23	David Robinson D. Robinson	25.6	1990-91	SAS	82	37.7	13.0	2.5	1.5	3.9	9.2	16.7	55.2	0.0	0.1	14.3	7.2	9.5	76.2	61.5	4.1	8.9	3.3	3,095	2,101	1,063	208	127	320	270	264
24	Larry Johnson L. Johnson	22.1	1992-93	CHA	82	40.5	10.5	4.3	0.6	0.3	8.9	16.9	52.6	0.2	0.9	25.4	4.1	5.3	76.7	57.4	3.4	7.1	2.8	3,323	1,810	864	353	53	27	227	187
25	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	29.3	1993-94	ORL	81	39.8	13.2	2.4	0.9	2.9	11.8	19.6	59.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.8	10.5	55.4	60.5	4.7	8.5	2.7	3,224	2,377	1,072	195	76	231	222	281