who lead the league in 3 point scoring in 1980

George Gervin scored the most points with more than 0 three-pointers in 1979-80, with 2,585 points.

	NAME	PTS	3PM	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	George Gervin G. Gervin	2,585	32	1979-80	SAS	78	37.6	33.1	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	13.1	24.9	52.8	1.3	31.4	6.5	7.6	85.2	58.7	2.0	3.2	3.3	2,934	403	202	110	79	254	208
2	Julius Erving J. Erving	2,100	4	1979-80	PHI	78	36.1	26.9	7.4	4.6	2.2	1.8	10.7	20.7	51.9	0.3	20.0	5.4	6.8	78.7	56.8	2.8	4.6	3.6	2,812	576	355	170	140	284	208
3	World B. Free W. B. Free	2,055	9	1979-80	SDC	68	38.0	30.2	3.5	4.2	1.2	0.5	10.8	22.9	47.4	0.4	36.0	8.4	11.2	75.3	54.4	1.9	1.6	3.4	2,585	238	283	81	32	228	195
4	Dan Issel D. Issel	1,951	4	1979-80	DEN	82	35.8	23.8	8.8	2.4	1.1	0.7	8.7	17.3	50.5	0.1	33.3	6.3	8.1	77.5	57.1	2.9	5.9	2.0	2,938	719	198	88	54	163	190
5	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	1,859	3	1979-80	WAS	81	39.3	23.0	11.1	1.6	0.8	2.3	9.4	20.7	45.4	0.2	23.1	4.1	5.9	69.9	49.2	3.3	7.7	2.7	3,183	896	129	62	189	215	309
6	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	1,858	10	1979-80	KCK	82	35.2	22.7	4.0	2.5	1.7	0.3	9.5	18.9	50.5	0.4	27.8	3.5	5.0	69.4	53.8	2.1	2.0	2.2	2,885	331	202	136	22	179	226
7	Gus Williams G. Williams	1,816	7	1979-80	SEA	82	36.2	22.1	3.4	4.8	2.4	0.5	9.0	18.7	48.2	0.4	19.4	4.0	5.1	78.8	52.9	1.5	1.8	2.2	2,969	275	397	200	37	181	160
8	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	1,792	26	1979-80	PHX	82	32.5	21.9	2.3	5.1	1.5	0.4	8.4	16.1	52.5	1.1	28.0	4.7	5.4	86.2	59.3	0.6	1.7	2.5	2,665	187	416	119	35	207	162
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	1,745	58	1979-80	BOS	82	36.0	21.3	10.4	4.5	1.7	0.6	8.5	17.8	47.4	1.7	40.6	3.7	4.4	83.6	53.8	2.6	7.8	3.2	2,955	852	370	143	53	263	279
10	Ray Williams R. Williams	1,714	7	1979-80	NYK	82	31.5	20.9	5.0	6.2	2.0	0.3	8.4	16.9	49.6	0.5	18.9	4.1	5.2	78.7	54.6	1.8	3.2	3.1	2,582	412	512	167	24	256	295
11	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	1,671	2	1979-80	MIL	77	34.9	21.7	7.4	3.5	1.3	0.9	8.9	16.5	54.4	0.1	22.2	3.8	4.8	79.1	58.5	2.8	4.5	2.4	2,686	566	273	100	70	185	173
12	Reggie Theus R. Theus	1,660	28	1979-80	CHI	82	36.9	20.2	4.0	6.3	1.4	0.2	6.9	14.3	48.3	1.3	26.7	6.1	7.3	83.8	57.9	1.7	2.3	4.2	3,029	329	515	114	20	348	262
13	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	1,644	3	1979-80	LAL	82	37.9	20.0	6.4	3.0	1.6	0.3	8.9	16.6	53.5	0.2	17.6	2.3	2.9	80.8	56.3	2.1	4.3	1.9	3,111	525	250	129	28	157	220
14	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	1,634	45	1979-80	NJN	78	32.2	20.9	3.4	4.0	1.5	0.1	7.8	17.0	46.0	1.9	29.6	4.7	5.3	88.4	54.0	1.3	2.1	3.0	2,510	264	314	115	4	231	195
15	Mickey Johnson M. Johnson	1,566	5	1979-80	IND	82	32.3	19.1	8.3	4.2	1.9	1.4	7.2	15.5	46.3	0.4	15.6	4.7	5.9	79.9	52.8	3.1	5.2	3.5	2,647	681	344	153	112	286	291
16	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	1,565	1	1979-80	SAS	78	35.9	20.1	9.9	3.0	1.4	0.2	8.3	17.1	48.5	0.1	11.1	3.5	4.4	78.3	52.7	3.3	6.6	3.0	2,798	775	231	111	18	232	192
17	Calvin Natt C. Natt	1,553	3	1979-80	TOT	78	36.6	19.9	8.9	2.2	1.3	0.4	8.0	16.6	47.9	0.1	33.3	3.9	5.4	73.0	52.4	3.1	5.8	2.5	2,857	691	169	102	34	198	205
18	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	1,540	12	1979-80	SEA	81	36.3	19.0	5.1	4.1	1.8	1.0	7.1	16.8	42.2	0.7	20.7	4.7	6.0	78.0	48.9	2.1	3.0	2.8	2,937	414	332	144	82	227	267
19	Freeman Williams F. Williams	1,526	42	1979-80	SDC	82	25.8	18.6	2.3	2.0	0.9	0.1	7.9	16.4	48.0	1.6	32.8	2.4	2.9	81.5	52.7	1.3	1.1	2.1	2,118	192	166	72	9	171	145
20	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	1,520	1	1979-80	HOU	76	35.2	20.0	2.0	3.9	1.9	0.1	8.2	16.7	49.3	0.3	4.0	3.6	4.0	89.7	54.3	0.9	1.1	2.1	2,676	150	299	143	9	162	269
21	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	1,465	5	1979-80	ATL	79	33.2	18.5	2.5	4.7	1.5	0.3	7.5	15.3	48.7	0.2	38.5	3.5	4.3	82.8	53.8	1.2	1.3	2.4	2,622	200	370	120	24	189	216
22	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	1,446	1	1979-80	LAL	82	39.3	17.6	2.8	7.8	1.8	0.2	7.6	14.7	51.6	0.1	12.5	2.4	3.1	77.9	54.8	0.6	2.2	3.5	3,226	229	642	147	14	288	241
23	Randy Smith R. Smith	1,441	10	1979-80	CLE	82	32.6	17.6	3.1	4.4	1.5	0.1	7.3	16.2	45.2	0.6	18.9	2.8	3.5	82.3	49.7	1.1	2.0	2.4	2,677	256	363	125	7	200	190
24	Junior Bridgeman J. Bridgeman	1,423	5	1979-80	MIL	81	28.6	17.6	3.7	2.9	1.2	0.2	7.3	15.3	47.8	0.3	18.5	2.8	3.3	86.5	52.3	1.3	2.4	2.1	2,316	301	237	94	20	172	216
25	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1,387	7	1979-80	LAL	77	36.3	18.0	7.7	7.3	2.4	0.5	6.5	12.3	53.0	0.4	22.6	4.9	6.0	81.0	60.2	2.2	5.6	4.0	2,795	596	563	187	41	305	218

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