players that averaged 20 ppg in the 1980s eastern conference

Larry Bird had 25.0 points per game in the Eastern Conference between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons.

Interpreted as:
players that averaged 20 or higher ppg in the 1980s eastern conference
NAMEPPGGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Larry Bird
L. Bird
25.0
717
38.4
10.2
6.1
1.8
0.8
9.8
19.6
50.3
0.6
1.7
37.7
4.6
5.3
88.0
57.0
2.2
8.0
3.2
27,560
17,899
7,319
4,396
1,300
603
2,261
1,906
2Julius Erving
J. Erving
22.0
602
34.1
6.4
3.8
1.8
1.6
8.7
17.0
51.1
0.1
0.3
26.1
4.6
5.9
77.4
56.2
2.5
3.9
2.9
20,506
13,263
3,861
2,282
1,081
983
1,770
1,621
3George Gervin
G. Gervin
24.4
160
31.2
3.9
2.2
1.0
0.6
9.6
19.0
50.8
0.2
0.8
29.8
4.9
5.7
86.1
56.8
1.5
2.4
2.6
4,999
3,910
618
346
159
102
415
418
4Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
20.4
162
37.7
10.4
1.4
0.8
2.2
8.3
18.4
45.2
0.0
0.1
13.0
3.7
5.7
66.0
48.8
3.1
7.3
2.5
6,114
3,298
1,685
227
130
360
404
609
5Moses Malone
M. Malone
23.2
617
36.3
12.8
1.5
0.9
1.3
7.8
16.2
48.1
0.0
0.1
4.5
7.7
9.9
77.9
56.7
5.2
7.6
3.3
22,396
14,340
7,901
908
571
832
2,057
1,467
6Mike Mitchell
M. Mitchell
22.8
191
36.5
6.5
1.4
0.8
0.8
9.7
19.8
49.2
0.0
0.1
19.0
3.4
4.3
77.8
52.7
2.6
3.9
2.1
6,969
4,362
1,234
271
160
144
402
535
7Calvin Murphy
C. Murphy
20.0
76
35.2
2.0
3.9
1.9
0.1
8.2
16.7
49.3
0.0
0.3
4.0
3.6
4.0
89.7
54.3
0.9
1.1
2.1
2,676
1,520
150
299
143
9
162
269
8Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
20.3
635
36.7
3.7
9.8
2.1
0.3
7.7
16.7
46.3
0.3
1.2
27.8
4.4
5.8
76.1
52.5
1.0
2.7
3.8
23,276
12,862
2,372
6,220
1,338
181
2,437
2,105
9Kelly Tripucka
K. Tripucka
21.8
423
34.1
4.4
3.2
1.1
0.2
8.0
16.6
48.1
0.2
0.4
34.2
5.6
6.7
83.8
55.7
1.7
2.7
2.8
14,425
9,203
1,846
1,359
451
93
1,194
1,069
10World B. Free
W. B. Free
21.8
295
31.8
2.8
3.7
1.2
0.2
8.2
18.1
45.1
0.6
1.6
37.6
4.9
6.4
76.6
52.2
1.0
1.8
2.2
9,382
6,445
822
1,091
347
59
642
764
11Bernard King
B. King
23.4
356
33.0
4.9
3.0
1.0
0.2
9.2
17.6
52.2
0.0
0.2
12.5
5.0
6.5
77.2
57.3
1.6
3.3
3.0
11,754
8,320
1,733
1,068
351
68
1,051
1,132
12Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
26.0
559
36.9
6.8
2.4
1.5
0.7
10.0
21.4
46.7
0.2
0.9
26.9
5.8
7.3
80.4
53.0
2.9
3.8
2.7
20,644
14,557
3,784
1,357
811
403
1,485
1,196
13Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
22.1
389
36.8
12.0
3.5
1.6
1.2
7.8
13.5
57.7
0.3
1.3
23.4
6.3
8.5
73.9
64.3
4.6
7.4
3.7
14,297
8,616
4,660
1,377
613
479
1,439
1,426
14Terry Cummings
T. Cummings
21.7
399
34.1
8.3
2.6
1.4
0.8
9.0
18.4
48.6
0.0
0.1
33.3
3.7
5.3
70.6
52.2
2.9
5.4
2.3
13,614
8,645
3,313
1,029
551
317
924
1,382
15Michael 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
16Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
21.2
275
34.3
8.8
1.9
1.3
2.8
8.4
15.8
53.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
4.5
6.1
72.8
57.4
2.7
6.1
3.5
9,419
5,822
2,422
519
364
776
954
1,082
17Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
20.3
192
32.4
3.8
2.2
0.7
0.1
6.8
12.9
52.5
0.0
0.0
12.5
6.7
8.0
83.5
61.6
1.3
2.5
2.1
6,221
3,894
723
426
125
23
397
436

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52
30
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EasternWLPCTGB
1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
6
Hawks Hawks - x
46
36
.561
14.0
7
76ers 76ers - x
45
37
.549
15.0
8
Magic Magic - x
45
37
.549
15.0
9
44
38
.537
16.0
10
43
39
.524
17.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
32
50
.390
28.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
31
51
.378
29.0
13
Nets Nets - e
20
62
.244
40.0
14
19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
43.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
14
Kings Kings - e
22
60
.268
42.0
15
Jazz Jazz - e
22
60
.268
42.0