what is the highest ppg in a season post 1980

Moses Malone put up the most points per game by a big man in 1979-80, with 25.8 per game.

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What is the highest ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player in a season post 1980?

	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	Moses Malone M. Malone	25.8	1979-80	HOU	82	38.3	14.5	1.8	1.0	1.3	9.5	18.9	50.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.9	9.5	71.9	56.0	7.0	7.5	3.7	3,140	2,119	1,190	147	80	107	300	210
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	24.8	1979-80	LAL	82	38.3	10.8	4.5	1.0	3.4	10.2	16.9	60.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	5.8	76.5	63.9	2.3	8.5	3.6	3,143	2,034	886	371	81	280	297	216
3	Dan Issel D. Issel	23.8	1979-80	DEN	82	35.8	8.8	2.4	1.1	0.7	8.7	17.3	50.5	0.0	0.1	33.3	6.3	8.1	77.5	57.1	2.9	5.9	2.0	2,938	1,951	719	198	88	54	163	190
4	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
5	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
6	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
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 Lanier B. Lanier	19.2	1979-80	TOT	63	33.8	8.8	2.9	1.2	1.4	7.4	13.8	53.7	0.0	0.1	16.7	4.4	5.6	78.2	59.2	2.4	6.3	2.6	2,131	1,210	552	184	74	89	162	200
9	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	17.3	1979-80	PHX	82	33.0	9.4	1.7	0.7	0.7	6.6	13.0	51.2	0.0	0.0		4.0	5.9	66.7	55.3	2.6	6.8	3.1	2,710	1,415	770	142	58	59	251	262
10	Robert Parish R. Parish	17.0	1979-80	GSW	72	29.4	10.9	1.7	0.8	1.6	7.1	14.0	50.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	3.9	71.5	54.1	3.4	7.4	3.1	2,119	1,223	783	122	58	115	225	248
11	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	16.9	1979-80	BOS	80	34.3	8.8	2.5	1.0	0.8	5.7	9.4	60.9	0.0	0.0		5.5	6.9	78.7	67.9	3.6	5.3	2.9	2,744	1,350	704	199	76	61	230	266
12	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	16.5	1979-80	ATL	81	32.0	10.3	2.3	1.2	1.7	6.2	12.4	49.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.7	71.0	55.1	3.6	6.7	2.9	2,588	1,334	837	184	101	139	233	317
13	Tom Owens T. Owens	16.4	1979-80	POR	76	30.8	7.5	2.6	0.6	0.7	6.8	13.3	51.4	0.0	0.0	50.0	2.8	3.7	75.3	55.2	2.5	5.1	2.3	2,337	1,250	573	194	45	53	174	270
14	Dave Greenwood D. Greenwood	16.3	1979-80	CHI	82	34.0	9.4	2.2	0.7	1.6	6.1	12.8	47.4	0.0	0.1	14.3	4.1	5.1	81.0	54.1	2.7	6.7	2.6	2,791	1,334	773	182	60	129	210	313
15	James Edwards J. Edwards	15.7	1979-80	IND	82	28.2	7.0	1.5	0.7	1.3	6.4	12.6	51.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	4.1	68.1	54.5	2.2	4.9	1.6	2,314	1,287	578	127	55	104	131	324
16	Dave Robisch D. Robisch	15.3	1979-80	CLE	82	32.6	8.0	2.3	0.6	0.6	6.0	11.5	52.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	4.0	84.2	57.8	2.7	5.3	1.7	2,670	1,255	658	192	53	53	138	211
17	Alvan Adams A. Adams	14.9	1979-80	PHX	75	28.9	8.1	4.3	1.4	0.7	6.2	11.7	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.1	79.7	57.1	2.1	6.0	2.9	2,168	1,118	609	322	108	55	218	237
18	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	14.7	1979-80	PHI	80	31.8	8.7	1.9	0.6	1.8	6.2	11.8	52.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	3.6	65.3	54.8	2.5	6.2	2.9	2,541	1,178	693	149	49	142	230	328
19	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	14.7	1979-80	TOT	73	30.2	9.6	4.6	1.4	0.3	5.5	12.1	45.1	0.0	0.2	13.3	3.7	6.7	55.3	48.7	3.0	6.5	3.8	2,208	1,072	699	333	101	23	281	303
20	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	14.7	1979-80	TOT	63	29.9	8.5	3.3	0.7	1.0	5.9	12.9	45.6	0.0	0.1	22.2	2.8	3.8	74.9	50.3	2.3	6.3	3.5	1,884	923	537	208	42	62	218	223
21	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	14.3	1979-80	SEA	82	34.1	11.1	3.4	0.8	0.9	5.7	12.1	47.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	3.6	80.5	52.6	2.4	8.7	2.5	2,793	1,175	908	279	68	77	202	232
22	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	14.2	1979-80	BOS	66	32.7	8.1	3.1	1.0	0.9	6.4	14.1	45.3	0.0	0.2	8.3	1.4	1.8	77.9	47.7	1.9	6.2	1.6	2,159	940	534	206	69	61	108	216
23	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	14.2	1979-80	HOU	62	29.6	5.8	1.8	0.5	0.2	6.0	12.5	47.6	0.4	1.3	27.8	1.9	2.4	80.3	52.2	2.1	3.6	1.6	1,834	880	358	109	32	10	98	161
24	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	13.6	1979-80	SEA	76	29.5	7.7	1.9	1.2	1.0	5.6	10.6	53.0	0.0	0.1	20.0	2.4	3.2	76.3	57.0	2.6	5.0	2.2	2,243	1,035	582	145	92	79	169	292
25	Cliff Robinson C. Robinson	13.6	1979-80	NJN	70	23.7	7.2	1.4	0.9	0.5	5.6	11.9	46.9	0.0	0.1	25.0	2.4	3.5	69.4	50.6	2.5	4.7	2.0	1,661	951	506	98	61	34	137	178

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Moses Malone put up the most points per game by a big man in 1979-80, with 25.8 per game.

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