who led the league in blocks on 1979

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar averaged the most blocks per game in 1978-79 with 4.0 per game.

Interpreted as:
Who led the league in blocks with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games on 1979?
NAMEBPGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
4.0
1978-79
LAL LAL
80
39.5
23.8
12.8
5.4
1.0
9.7
16.8
57.7
4.4
5.9
73.6
61.2
2.6
10.2
3.5
3,157
1,903
1,025
431
76
316
282
230
2George Johnson
G. Johnson
3.2
1978-79
NJN NJN
78
26.4
6.6
7.9
1.1
0.9
2.6
6.2
42.7
1.3
1.8
76.1
47.5
2.6
5.3
2.3
2,058
517
616
88
68
253
178
315
3Tree Rollins
T. Rollins
3.1
1978-79
ATL ATL
81
23.5
8.4
7.3
0.6
0.6
3.7
6.9
53.5
1.1
1.7
63.1
55.3
2.7
4.6
1.1
1,900
683
588
49
46
254
87
328
4Robert Parish
R. Parish
2.9
1978-79
GSW GSW
76
31.7
17.2
12.1
1.5
1.3
7.3
14.6
49.9
2.6
3.7
69.8
52.9
3.5
8.6
3.1
2,411
1,304
916
115
100
217
233
303
5Terry Tyler
T. Tyler
2.5
1978-79
DET DET
82
31.2
12.9
7.9
1.1
1.3
5.6
11.5
48.2
1.8
2.7
65.8
50.7
2.6
5.3
1.7
2,560
1,056
648
89
104
201
141
254
6Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
2.3
1978-79
WAS WAS
82
37.9
21.8
12.1
1.7
0.9
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
7Dan Roundfield
D. Roundfield
2.2
1978-79
ATL ATL
80
31.7
15.3
10.8
1.6
1.1
5.8
11.5
50.4
3.8
5.3
71.4
55.6
4.1
6.7
2.6
2,539
1,224
865
131
87
176
209
358
8Rich Kelley
R. Kelley
2.1
1978-79
NOJ NOJ
80
33.8
15.7
12.8
3.6
1.6
5.5
10.9
50.6
4.7
5.7
81.4
58.5
3.8
9.0
3.6
2,705
1,253
1,026
285
126
166
288
309
9Caldwell Jones
C. Jones
2.0
1978-79
PHI PHI
78
27.8
9.3
9.6
1.9
0.5
3.9
8.2
47.4
1.6
2.1
74.7
51.2
2.3
7.3
2.0
2,171
725
747
151
39
157
156
303
10Artis Gilmore
A. Gilmore
1.9
1978-79
CHI CHI
82
39.8
23.7
12.7
3.3
0.6
9.2
16.0
57.5
5.3
7.2
73.9
61.9
3.6
9.1
3.8
3,265
1,940
1,043
274
50
156
310
280
11Marvin Webster
M. Webster
1.9
1978-79
NYK NYK
60
33.8
11.3
10.9
2.9
0.4
4.4
9.3
47.3
2.5
4.4
57.3
50.4
3.3
7.6
2.8
2,027
678
655
172
24
112
170
183
12Mychal Thompson
M. Thompson
1.8
1978-79
POR POR
73
29.4
14.7
8.3
2.4
0.9
6.3
12.8
49.0
2.1
3.7
57.2
50.8
2.7
5.6
2.8
2,144
1,074
604
176
67
134
205
270
13Darryl Dawkins
D. Dawkins
1.8
1978-79
PHI PHI
78
26.1
13.1
8.1
1.6
0.4
5.5
10.7
51.7
2.0
3.0
67.2
54.5
1.6
6.5
2.5
2,035
1,018
631
128
32
143
197
295
14Sam Lacey
S. Lacey
1.7
1978-79
KCK KCK
82
32.0
10.6
8.6
5.2
1.3
4.3
8.5
50.2
2.0
2.8
73.9
54.4
2.2
6.4
3.0
2,627
867
702
430
106
141
245
309
15Mike Green
M. Green
1.6
1978-79
SAS SAS
76
21.6
7.5
4.7
1.5
0.5
3.1
6.3
49.3
1.3
1.9
70.1
52.8
1.7
2.9
1.2
1,641
571
354
116
37
122
89
230
16Billy Paultz
B. Paultz
1.6
1978-79
SAS SAS
79
26.9
11.5
7.9
2.3
0.4
5.1
9.6
52.6
1.4
2.5
58.8
54.1
2.1
5.8
2.0
2,122
912
625
178
35
125
157
204
17Kermit Washington
K. Washington
1.5
1978-79
SDC SDC
82
33.7
11.3
9.8
1.5
1.0
4.3
7.6
56.2
2.8
4.0
68.8
60.3
3.6
6.1
2.3
2,764
927
800
125
85
121
185
317
18Kevin Kunnert
K. Kunnert
1.5
1978-79
SDC SDC
81
20.8
6.5
7.0
1.4
0.6
2.9
6.2
46.7
0.7
1.0
65.9
48.7
2.5
4.5
1.7
1,684
524
569
113
45
118
141
309
19Moses Malone
M. Malone
1.5
1978-79
HOU HOU
82
41.3
24.8
17.6
1.8
1.0
8.7
16.2
54.0
7.3
9.9
73.9
60.4
7.2
10.5
4.0
3,390
2,031
1,444
147
79
119
326
223
20James Edwards
J. Edwards
1.3
1978-79
IND IND
82
31.0
16.7
8.5
1.1
0.7
6.5
13.0
50.1
3.6
5.4
67.6
54.2
2.2
6.3
2.0
2,546
1,366
693
92
60
109
162
363
21Ben Poquette
B. Poquette
1.3
1978-79
DET DET
76
17.6
6.7
4.4
0.8
0.5
2.6
6.1
42.7
1.5
1.9
78.2
48.1
1.3
3.1
0.9
1,337
507
336
57
38
98
65
198
22Julius Erving
J. Erving
1.3
1978-79
PHI PHI
78
35.9
23.1
7.2
4.6
1.7
9.2
18.7
49.1
4.8
6.4
74.5
53.8
2.5
4.7
4.0
2,802
1,803
564
357
133
100
315
207
23Kim Hughes
K. Hughes
1.3
1978-79
DEN DEN
81
13.4
2.6
4.1
0.9
0.7
1.2
2.2
53.8
0.2
0.6
40.0
53.0
1.4
2.8
1.0
1,086
214
335
74
56
102
78
215
24Jim Chones
J. Chones
1.2
1978-79
CLE CLE
82
34.8
13.4
10.3
2.2
0.6
5.8
13.1
44.0
1.9
2.6
73.5
47.2
3.2
7.1
2.3
2,850
1,102
842
181
47
102
187
278
25Joe Meriweather
J. Meriweather
1.2
1978-79
TOT
77
22.0
7.9
5.3
1.0
0.5
3.1
6.5
48.4
1.6
2.4
67.4
52.4
1.9
3.5
1.7
1,693
610
409
79
40
94
130
283
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