players who averaged more than 20 points per game but less than 23 points per game in a season since 1980

Larry Bird averaged 21.3 points per game when putting up <23.0 points per game in his rookie season in 1979-80.

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	Reggie Theus R. Theus	20.2	1979-80	CHI	82	36.9	4.0	6.3	1.4	0.2	6.9	14.3	48.3	0.3	1.3	26.7	6.1	7.3	83.8	57.9	1.7	2.3	4.2	3,029	1,660	329	515	114	20	348	262
12	David Thompson D. Thompson	21.5	1979-80	DEN	39	31.8	4.5	3.2	1.0	1.0	7.4	15.8	46.8	0.2	0.5	36.8	6.5	8.6	75.8	54.9	1.4	3.0	3.0	1,239	839	174	124	39	38	116	106
13	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	21.9	1979-80	PHX	82	32.5	2.3	5.1	1.5	0.4	8.4	16.1	52.5	0.3	1.1	28.0	4.7	5.4	86.2	59.3	0.6	1.7	2.5	2,665	1,792	187	416	119	35	207	162
14	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	20.0	1979-80	LAL	82	37.9	6.4	3.0	1.6	0.3	8.9	16.6	53.5	0.0	0.2	17.6	2.3	2.9	80.8	56.3	2.1	4.3	1.9	3,111	1,644	525	250	129	28	157	220
15	Gus Williams G. Williams	22.1	1979-80	SEA	82	36.2	3.4	4.8	2.4	0.5	9.0	18.7	48.2	0.1	0.4	19.4	4.0	5.1	78.8	52.9	1.5	1.8	2.2	2,969	1,816	275	397	200	37	181	160
16	Ray Williams R. Williams	20.9	1979-80	NYK	82	31.5	5.0	6.2	2.0	0.3	8.4	16.9	49.6	0.1	0.5	18.9	4.1	5.2	78.7	54.6	1.8	3.2	3.1	2,582	1,714	412	512	167	24	256	295
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	21.2	1980-81	BOS	82	39.5	10.9	5.5	2.0	0.8	8.8	18.3	47.8	0.2	0.9	27.0	3.5	4.0	86.3	52.8	2.3	8.6	3.5	3,239	1,741	895	451	161	63	289	239
18	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	20.1	1980-81	NYK	82	35.7	7.5	1.4	0.6	1.0	7.5	13.6	55.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	6.3	78.8	61.1	2.0	5.5	2.4	2,925	1,646	613	111	48	83	200	259
19	John Drew J. Drew	21.7	1980-81	ATL	67	31.0	5.7	1.2	1.5	0.2	7.5	16.4	45.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.8	8.6	78.7	53.9	2.2	3.6	2.9	2,075	1,454	383	79	98	15	194	264
20	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	20.6	1980-81	UTA	81	35.4	3.6	2.4	1.3	0.5	8.8	19.1	46.4	0.1	0.6	19.2	2.8	4.0	71.6	49.6	1.0	2.6	2.9	2,867	1,671	288	194	106	40	231	219
21	Dan Issel D. Issel	21.9	1980-81	DEN	80	33.0	8.5	2.0	1.0	0.7	7.7	15.3	50.3	0.0	0.2	16.7	6.5	8.6	75.9	57.5	2.9	5.6	1.6	2,641	1,749	676	158	83	53	130	249
22	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	20.3	1980-81	MIL	76	33.4	6.8	4.6	1.5	0.5	8.4	15.2	55.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.5	5.0	70.6	58.3	3.0	3.9	2.5	2,542	1,541	518	346	115	41	190	196
23	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21.6	1980-81	LAL	37	37.1	8.6	8.6	3.4	0.7	8.4	15.9	53.2	0.1	0.5	17.6	4.6	6.1	76.0	58.2	2.7	5.9	3.9	1,371	798	320	317	127	27	143	100
24	Bernard King B. King	21.9	1980-81	GSW	81	36.0	6.8	3.5	0.9	0.4	9.0	15.4	58.8	0.0	0.1	33.3	3.8	5.4	70.3	61.7	2.2	4.6	3.3	2,914	1,771	551	287	72	34	265	304
25	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	21.4	1980-81	NJN	79	36.8	2.8	3.8	1.1	0.1	8.0	16.1	49.7	0.1	0.4	33.3	5.2	5.9	88.8	57.1	1.0	1.8	3.1	2,911	1,688	219	299	87	9	248	237