who scored the most bench points in the nba in the 80s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Vinnie Johnson dropped the most points by a player off the bench, with 6,423 points.

	NAME	PTS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Vinnie Johnson V. Johnson	6,423	517	23.0	12.4	2.9	3.2			5.1	11.1	46.5	0.1			2.1	2.8	74.6	50.6				11,890	1,474	1,636				1,072
2	Thurl Bailey T. Bailey	5,389	338	29.6	15.9	5.8	1.6	0.5	1.3	6.4	13.5	47.4	0.0	0.1	17.6	3.2	3.9	82.0	52.6			1.9	9,995	1,947	549	183	432	628	700
3	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	4,716	543	26.2	8.7	3.0	4.3			3.3	7.1	47.0	0.6			1.5	1.7	84.3	55.4				14,232	1,643	2,321				1,413
4	Quintin Dailey Q. Dailey	4,524	320	22.2	14.1	2.3	2.2			5.5	12.2	45.0	0.1	0.3	17.6	3.1	3.9	79.6	50.9				7,114	751	709				741
5	Ricky Pierce R. Pierce	4,466	342	22.7	13.1	2.3	1.7			5.1	9.8	51.8	0.1			2.8	3.3	85.3	57.9				7,775	800	581				832
6	Mike Woodson M. Woodson	4,161	264	26.1	15.8	2.6	2.3			6.1	12.7	48.4	0.1			3.4	4.2	79.9	54.1				6,883	680	617
7	Jay Vincent J. Vincent	4,044	316	23.6	12.8	4.4	1.8			5.0	11.0	45.4	0.0			2.8	3.5	78.1	50.8			1.7	7,454	1,403	557			542	805
8	Kevin McHale K. McHale	3,942	249	27.8	15.8	6.7	1.2			6.3	11.1	56.3	0.0	0.0	11.1	3.3	4.3	75.5	60.7				6,933	1,667	311				706
9	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	3,767	228	25.6	16.5	4.0	2.1			6.7	14.1	47.7	0.4			2.7	3.3	82.0	53.2				5,837	922	474				580
10	Junior Bridgeman J. Bridgeman	3,749	312	23.0	12.0	2.9	2.4	0.6	0.2	5.0	10.5	47.3	0.1	0.3	27.2	2.0	2.3	86.5	52.2				7,187	913	737	173	50		591
11	Bill Hanzlik B. Hanzlik	3,702	484	20.5	7.6	2.8	2.9			2.6	6.0	42.8	0.1			2.5	3.1	78.3	51.9			1.5	9,898	1,332	1,421			735	1,445
12	Mike Evans M. Evans	3,551	426	17.1	8.3	1.4	2.4			3.3	7.4	45.1	0.5			1.2	1.4	83.0	52.0			1.3	7,287	588	1,039			572	821
13	Darwin Cook D. Cook	3,285	389		8.4					3.6			0.1			1.2	1.5	77.8
14	Mike McGee M. McGee	3,096	377	15.1	8.2	1.8	1.0			3.4	7.2	47.1	0.5			0.9	1.4	62.2	52.5				5,677	696	395				627
15	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	2,982	252	20.0	11.8	4.3	1.0			4.7	9.6	49.2	0.0			2.4	3.2	76.1	53.9				5,041	1,084	244				674
16	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	2,839	261	24.1	10.9	5.6	1.1	0.6	0.9	4.3	8.6	49.6	0.0	0.0	14.3	2.3	3.4	67.6	53.7	2.0	3.6	1.5	6,300	1,467	279	151	228	392	701
17	Terry Teagle T. Teagle	2,805	295	16.8	9.5	1.9	1.1			3.9	8.5	46.5	0.1	0.3	20.5	1.6	2.0	78.6	50.9				4,952	557	336				559
18	Mickey Johnson M. Johnson	2,796	252	22.1	11.1	5.2	2.5			3.8	9.2	41.7	0.1			3.4	4.2	80.2	50.3				5,566	1,322	639				842
19	Terry Tyler T. Tyler	2,768	370	18.1	7.5	3.8	0.9			3.2	6.7	47.9	0.0			1.1	1.5	74.0	51.2				6,685	1,405	339				628
20	Purvis Short P. Short	2,752	221	21.2	12.5	3.0	2.0		0.1	5.1	10.8	46.9	0.1	0.3	18.1	2.2	2.7	82.9	51.8				4,684	652	444		32		535
21	Robert Reid R. Reid	2,637	268	22.4	9.8	3.4	2.2	0.8	0.3	4.2	9.1	46.0	0.1			1.3	1.9	70.4	49.3			1.1	5,994	910	586	207	67	288	694
22	Walter Davis W. Davis	2,618	175	22.1	15.0	1.8	2.7	0.9	0.1	6.4	12.8	49.7	0.3	0.8	32.1	2.0	2.3	85.7	54.0			1.7	3,867	321	469	150	9	292	347
23	Dave Corzine D. Corzine	2,615	332	22.3	7.9	5.7	1.6	0.4	0.9	3.2	6.7	48.1	0.0	0.1	18.8	1.4	1.9	73.3	52.2			1.4	7,402	1,877	547	124	308	464	670
24	Trent Tucker T. Tucker	2,580	325	19.1	7.9	1.9	1.8			3.3	7.1	46.3	0.7			0.7	0.9	73.4	52.9				6,198	604	586				657
25	Steve Johnson S. Johnson	2,580	258	18.6	10.0	4.7	1.1			3.9	6.9	57.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.2	3.6	60.6	59.2				4,787	1,215	279				944

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