who had highest minute per game in the 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Michael Jordan had the most minutes per game with 39.0 minutes per game.

Interpreted as:

Who had highest minute per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games in the 1980s?

	NAME	MPG	GP	PPG	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39.0	345	32.6	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
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	38.4	717	25.0	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
3	Kenny Smith K. Smith	37.4	142	15.8	2.6	7.4	1.4	0.1	6.2	13.2	46.8	0.4	1.2	34.7	3.0	4.0	76.6	52.8	0.6	1.9	3.0	5,315	2,244	364	1,055	194	15	433	313
4	Moses Malone M. Malone	37.3	778	24.5	13.2	1.5	0.9	1.4	8.4	17.2	49.1	0.0	0.1	5.7	7.7	9.9	77.5	57.0	5.4	7.8	3.4	29,039	19,082	10,269	1,191	730	1,107	2,659	1,898
5	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	37.2	154	15.1	4.8	9.7	2.2	0.1	6.0	13.2	45.0	0.7	2.4	30.9	2.5	3.4	73.7	51.4	1.5	3.3	3.1	5,726	2,333	737	1,487	344	13	484	407
6	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	36.9	559	26.0	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
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	36.9	716	19.5	7.4	11.2	2.0	0.4	7.1	13.3	53.0	0.2	0.7	23.9	5.2	6.2	83.4	60.6	1.9	5.6	3.9	26,417	13,943	5,303	8,025	1,464	310	2,800	1,685
8	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	36.8	684	26.5	5.4	3.2	0.9	0.1	9.4	17.1	55.0	0.0	0.1	16.7	7.8	9.5	82.0	62.5	2.2	3.3	3.0	25,201	18,157	3,721	2,206	647	92	2,039	1,833
9	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	36.8	389	22.1	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
10	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	36.7	635	20.3	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
11	Chuck Person C. Person	36.4	241	19.1	7.2	3.7	1.0	0.2	8.0	16.9	47.3	0.7	2.2	32.9	2.5	3.3	74.5	52.2	2.0	5.2	3.0	8,775	4,610	1,729	893	246	42	729	856
12	Buck Williams B. Williams	36.4	635	16.4	11.9	1.5	0.9	1.1	6.3	11.4	55.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	3.9	6.0	64.9	58.6	4.1	7.9	2.9	23,100	10,440	7,576	976	599	696	1,811	2,244
13	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	36.2	386	23.0	12.1	2.0	1.9	3.1	9.0	17.4	51.8	0.0	0.0	5.3	5.0	7.4	67.2	55.7	4.5	7.6	3.0	13,990	8,883	4,677	780	748	1,201	1,175	1,562
14	Alex English A. English	36.0	811	25.9	5.9	4.4	1.0	0.8	10.7	21.0	51.0	0.0	0.1	20.8	4.5	5.4	83.8	55.5	2.6	3.3	2.8	29,208	21,018	4,780	3,596	848	634	2,294	2,286
15	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	35.9	484	16.1	5.8	7.6	2.8	0.4	6.7	14.5	46.0	0.3	1.2	22.0	2.5	3.6	70.1	50.1	1.9	4.0	3.5	17,371	7,784	2,823	3,686	1,363	188	1,713	1,671
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	35.9	325	23.3	10.5	2.5	1.4	0.7	8.9	17.4	51.3	0.0	0.1	16.7	5.5	8.2	66.9	55.6	3.0	7.5	3.5	11,656	7,576	3,412	812	470	224	1,126	1,200
17	Brad Daugherty B. Daugherty	35.8	237	17.8	8.6	3.9	0.7	0.7	6.7	12.6	52.8	0.0	0.0	20.0	4.4	6.1	71.8	57.8	2.0	6.6	3.1	8,473	4,208	2,030	922	160	159	745	658
18	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	35.2	605	15.8	2.5	8.4	1.4	0.1	6.8	14.3	47.4	0.2	0.6	29.4	2.1	2.7	77.7	51.0	0.6	1.9	3.1	21,326	9,554	1,521	5,096	848	47	1,886	1,474
19	Jeff Ruland J. Ruland	35.1	308	18.5	10.8	3.2	0.8	0.9	6.8	12.0	56.4	0.0	0.1	15.8	5.0	6.9	71.9	61.6	3.4	7.3	3.9	10,824	5,700	3,313	995	240	263	1,186	1,157
20	Ron Harper R. Harper	35.0	221	19.4	4.6	5.0	2.3	1.0	7.5	15.8	47.5	0.2	1.0	22.6	4.1	5.8	71.1	52.8	1.6	3.0	3.3	7,745	4,279	1,024	1,109	516	210	733	628
21	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	34.9	783	15.3	3.9	5.6	1.3	0.6	5.7	12.9	44.6	0.1	0.6	18.0	3.7	4.5	81.9	51.4	1.2	2.7	2.5	27,325	11,954	3,078	4,381	1,055	456	1,976	2,265
22	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	34.7	795	16.8	10.3	3.4	1.1	1.0	6.2	13.2	47.1	0.1	0.4	31.3	4.2	5.0	85.6	54.6	2.4	7.9	2.4	27,557	13,342	8,192	2,721	871	829	1,878	2,822
23	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	34.6	550	22.1	8.8	2.4	1.4	0.8	9.1	18.5	49.2	0.0	0.1	28.6	3.9	5.5	70.9	52.9	3.2	5.6	2.4	19,052	12,159	4,834	1,345	772	436	1,346	1,974
24	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	34.5	145	9.0	12.2	3.7	0.8	0.7	3.8	7.4	51.8	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.3	2.0	65.8	54.4	3.7	8.5	1.7	5,005	1,301	1,767	536	117	97	250	420
25	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	34.4	524	19.7	6.4	3.9	1.3	0.6	8.2	15.9	51.2	0.0	0.2	13.5	3.4	4.6	73.5	54.9	2.5	3.9	2.4	18,051	10,323	3,367	2,069	680	332	1,272	1,347

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