players who averaged more than 20 points per game but less than 23 points per game in a season since 1979

Otis Birdsong averaged 21.7 points per game when putting up <23.0 points per game in 1978-79.

	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	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	21.7	1978-79	KCK	82	34.6	4.3	3.4	1.5	0.2	9.0	17.8	50.9				3.6	5.0	72.5	54.4	2.1	2.2	2.4	2,839	1,778	354	281	125	17	200	255
2	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	20.4	1978-79	WAS	78	33.7	5.7	4.7	0.9	0.7	8.1	16.2	49.9				4.2	5.1	82.5	55.3	1.4	4.3	2.8	2,629	1,589	447	365	71	57	222	259
3	John Drew J. Drew	22.7	1978-79	ATL	79	30.5	6.6	1.5	1.6	0.2	8.2	17.4	47.3				6.3	8.6	73.1	53.6	2.8	3.8	2.7	2,410	1,795	522	119	128	16	211	332
4	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	21.8	1978-79	WAS	82	37.9	12.1	1.7	0.9	2.3	8.8	18.0	48.7				4.3	6.5	65.4	52.3	3.8	8.3	2.9	3,105	1,789	994	143	75	190	235	308
5	Spencer Haywood S. Haywood	20.9	1978-79	TOT	68	34.7	7.8	1.9	0.6	1.2	8.8	17.7	49.4				3.4	4.3	79.1	53.3	2.5	5.3	2.9	2,361	1,421	533	127	40	82	200	236
6	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	22.1	1978-79	SAS	81	36.4	9.8	4.1	1.9	0.2	9.2	18.3	50.4				3.6	4.3	84.5	54.7	3.2	6.5	3.7	2,947	1,791	790	335	154	19	300	192
7	Bernard King B. King	21.6	1978-79	NJN	82	34.9	8.2	3.6	1.4	0.5	8.7	16.6	52.2				4.3	7.5	56.4	54.2	3.1	5.1	3.9	2,859	1,769	669	295	118	39	323	326
8	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	20.4	1978-79	POR	69	35.7	10.4	3.1	1.0	1.2	8.2	17.5	47.0				3.9	5.0	78.3	51.7	2.8	7.6	3.4	2,462	1,406	716	215	66	81	233	254
9	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	22.6	1978-79	NOJ	49	37.2	2.5	5.0	1.2	0.4	8.9	21.1	42.1				4.8	5.7	84.1	47.8	0.7	1.8	4.1	1,824	1,105	121	243	60	18	200	104
10	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	22.6	1978-79	DEN	76	33.6	11.4	3.7	1.7	0.7	7.9	16.8	47.4				6.7	10.1	66.5	53.3	3.4	8.0	4.6	2,552	1,715	864	283	129	52	346	321
11	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	20.2	1978-79	HOU	82	35.9	2.1	4.3	1.4	0.1	8.6	17.4	49.6				3.0	3.2	92.8	53.9	1.0	1.2	2.3	2,941	1,660	173	351	117	6	187	288
12	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	21.1	1978-79	TOT	69	36.8	11.6	1.6	0.7	1.1	8.2	16.7	49.1				4.7	6.7	70.1	53.7	2.8	8.8	3.4	2,537	1,456	802	113	46	75	233	206
13	Campy Russell C. Russell	21.9	1978-79	CLE	74	38.6	6.8	4.7	1.3	0.3	8.1	17.1	47.6				5.6	7.1	79.7	54.2	2.0	4.8	3.5	2,859	1,623	503	348	98	25	259	222
14	Randy Smith R. Smith	20.5	1978-79	SDC	82	37.9	3.6	4.8	2.2	0.1	8.5	18.6	45.5				3.6	4.4	81.3	49.9	1.2	2.4	3.1	3,111	1,678	295	395	177	5	255	177
15	John Williamson J. Williamson	22.2	1978-79	NJN	74	33.1	2.6	3.4	1.2	0.2	8.6	18.5	46.5				5.0	5.9	85.4	52.7	0.7	1.9	3.1	2,451	1,643	196	255	89	12	233	215
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	21.3	1979-80	BOS	82	36.0	10.4	4.5	1.7	0.6	8.5	17.8	47.4	0.7	1.7	40.6	3.7	4.4	83.6	53.8	2.6	7.8	3.2	2,955	1,745	852	370	143	53	263	279
17	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	22.7	1979-80	KCK	82	35.2	4.0	2.5	1.7	0.3	9.5	18.9	50.5	0.1	0.4	27.8	3.5	5.0	69.4	53.8	2.1	2.0	2.2	2,885	1,858	331	202	136	22	179	226
18	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	21.7	1979-80	NYK	82	38.4	8.9	2.0	0.6	1.2	8.1	14.8	54.7	0.0	0.0		5.5	6.9	79.7	60.8	2.4	6.5	2.7	3,150	1,781	726	165	48	101	222	279
19	Walter Davis W. Davis	21.5	1979-80	PHX	75	30.8	3.6	4.5	1.5	0.3	8.8	15.5	56.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.0	4.9	81.9	60.8	1.0	2.6	3.2	2,309	1,613	272	337	114	19	242	202
20	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	23.0	1979-80	WAS	81	39.3	11.1	1.6	0.8	2.3	9.4	20.7	45.4	0.0	0.2	23.1	4.1	5.9	69.9	49.2	3.3	7.7	2.7	3,183	1,859	896	129	62	189	215	309
21	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	21.7	1979-80	MIL	77	34.9	7.4	3.5	1.3	0.9	8.9	16.5	54.4	0.0	0.1	22.2	3.8	4.8	79.1	58.5	2.8	4.5	2.4	2,686	1,671	566	273	100	70	185	173
22	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	20.1	1979-80	SAS	78	35.9	9.9	3.0	1.4	0.2	8.3	17.1	48.5	0.0	0.1	11.1	3.5	4.4	78.3	52.7	3.3	6.6	3.0	2,798	1,565	775	231	111	18	232	192
23	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	21.1	1979-80	DET	58	36.2	8.1	3.4	1.3	1.1	8.5	17.7	48.0	0.1	0.4	12.5	4.1	5.6	73.0	52.4	1.7	6.3	4.1	2,097	1,222	467	200	73	65	238	178
24	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	22.2	1979-80	CLE	82	34.2	7.2	1.1	0.9	0.9	9.5	18.1	52.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.3	4.2	78.7	55.7	2.5	4.7	2.1	2,802	1,820	591	93	70	77	172	259
25	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	20.9	1979-80	NJN	78	32.2	3.4	4.0	1.5	0.1	7.8	17.0	46.0	0.6	1.9	29.6	4.7	5.3	88.4	54.0	1.3	2.1	3.0	2,510	1,634	264	314	115	4	231	195