who scored the most points in the nba in 1982

George Gervin put up the most points in 1981-82, with 2,551 points.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	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	George Gervin G. Gervin	2,551	1981-82	SAS	79	35.7	32.3	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	12.6	25.2	50.0	0.1	0.5	27.8	7.0	8.1	86.4	56.2	1.7	3.2	2.7	2,817	392	187	77	45	210	215
2	Moses Malone M. Malone	2,520	1981-82	HOU	81	42.0	31.1	14.7	1.8	0.9	1.5	11.7	22.5	51.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.8	10.2	76.2	57.6	6.9	7.8	3.6	3,398	1,188	142	76	125	294	208
3	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	2,457	1981-82	UTA	81	39.8	30.3	6.3	4.0	1.2	0.2	11.2	19.6	57.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	8.0	10.1	79.2	63.1	2.9	3.5	3.7	3,222	514	324	95	14	299	252
4	Alex English A. English	2,082	1981-82	DEN	82	36.8	25.4	6.8	5.3	1.1	1.5	10.4	18.9	55.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	5.4	84.0	59.6	2.6	4.2	3.2	3,015	558	433	87	120	261	261
5	Julius Erving J. Erving	1,974	1981-82	PHI	81	34.4	24.4	6.9	3.9	2.0	1.7	9.6	17.6	54.6	0.0	0.1	27.3	5.1	6.7	76.3	59.3	2.7	4.2	2.6	2,789	557	319	161	141	214	229
6	Gus Williams G. Williams	1,875	1981-82	SEA	80	36.0	23.4	3.1	6.9	2.2	0.5	9.7	19.9	48.6	0.1	0.5	22.5	4.0	5.5	73.4	52.6	1.2	1.9	2.5	2,876	244	549	172	36	197	163
7	Dan Issel D. Issel	1,852	1981-82	DEN	81	30.5	22.9	7.5	2.2	0.8	0.7	8.0	15.3	52.7	0.0	0.1	66.7	6.7	8.1	83.4	60.8	2.1	5.4	2.1	2,472	608	179	67	55	169	245
8	Bernard King B. King	1,833	1981-82	GSW	79	36.2	23.2	5.9	3.6	1.0	0.3	9.4	16.5	56.6	0.0	0.1	20.0	4.5	6.3	70.5	60.0	1.8	4.2	3.4	2,861	469	282	78	23	267	285
9	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1,818	1981-82	LAL	76	35.2	23.9	8.7	3.0	0.8	2.7	9.9	17.1	57.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.8	70.6	60.8	2.3	6.4	3.0	2,677	659	225	63	207	230	224
10	World B. Free W. B. Free	1,789	1981-82	GSW	78	35.8	22.9	3.2	5.4	0.9	0.1	8.3	18.6	44.8	0.1	0.7	17.9	6.1	8.3	74.0	51.5	1.5	1.7	2.7	2,796	248	419	71	8	208	222
11	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	1,772	1981-82	DET	82	37.5	21.6	5.4	3.3	1.1	0.2	7.8	15.6	49.6	0.1	0.3	22.7	6.0	7.6	79.7	57.0	2.7	2.7	3.4	3,077	443	270	89	16	280	241
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	1,761	1981-82	BOS	77	38.0	22.9	10.9	5.8	1.9	0.9	9.2	18.4	50.3	0.1	0.7	21.2	4.3	4.9	86.3	55.7	2.6	8.3	3.3	2,923	837	447	143	66	254	244
13	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	1,760	1981-82	DEN	82	33.8	21.5	5.6	3.0	0.6	0.4	8.6	15.4	56.0	0.0	0.2	7.7	4.2	4.9	85.7	61.2	1.8	3.8	2.3	2,775	461	247	52	29	189	217
14	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	1,734	1981-82	LAL	82	35.4	21.1	4.8	1.7	1.1	0.3	9.1	17.3	52.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.1	73.2	55.4	1.9	2.9	2.0	2,906	393	143	89	24	164	240
15	Jay Vincent J. Vincent	1,732	1981-82	DAL	81	32.4	21.4	7.0	2.2	1.1	0.3	8.9	17.9	49.7	0.0	0.0	25.0	3.6	5.0	71.6	53.2	2.2	4.7	2.4	2,626	565	176	89	21	194	308
16	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	1,726	1981-82	TOT	84	36.5	20.5	7.0	1.0	0.7	0.5	9.0	17.6	51.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.6	3.6	72.8	53.6	2.9	4.1	1.8	3,063	590	82	60	43	153	277
17	Ray Williams R. Williams	1,674	1981-82	NJN	82	33.3	20.4	4.0	6.0	2.4	0.5	7.8	16.9	46.2	0.1	0.7	16.7	4.7	5.7	83.2	52.7	1.4	2.5	3.5	2,732	325	488	199	43	290	302
18	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	1,642	1981-82	POR	79	39.6	20.8	11.7	4.0	0.9	1.4	8.6	16.5	52.3	0.0	0.0		3.5	5.6	62.8	54.8	3.3	8.4	3.1	3,129	921	319	69	107	245	233
19	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	1,611	1981-82	SEA	82	37.2	19.6	12.7	3.4	1.2	1.3	7.1	14.8	47.9	0.0	0.2	15.4	5.5	6.4	85.5	55.9	2.7	9.9	2.6	3,049	1,038	277	102	107	213	268
20	Robert Parish R. Parish	1,590	1981-82	BOS	80	31.7	19.9	10.8	1.8	0.9	2.4	8.4	15.4	54.2	0.0	0.0		3.2	4.4	71.0	57.1	3.6	7.2	2.8	2,534	866	140	68	192	221	267
21	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	1,582	1981-82	UTA	80	32.5	19.8	3.8	2.3	1.2	0.4	8.6	17.9	48.2	0.2	0.7	28.8	2.4	3.4	69.7	51.1	1.6	2.2	2.4	2,597	305	187	95	34	193	213
22	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	1,581	1981-82	MIL	80	37.3	19.8	6.7	4.8	1.7	0.3	7.0	13.3	52.3	0.0	0.2	7.1	5.9	7.2	81.7	60.1	2.8	3.9	2.6	2,980	534	382	138	22	208	206
23	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	1,561	1981-82	PHX	80	36.7	19.5	5.1	4.6	1.3	0.7	7.2	15.4	47.0	0.1	0.5	19.0	5.0	6.2	80.6	54.0	1.8	3.4	2.9	2,937	410	369	105	55	233	253
24	Jim Paxson J. Paxson	1,552	1981-82	POR	82	33.6	18.9	2.7	3.4	1.6	0.1	8.1	15.4	52.6	0.1	0.4	22.9	2.7	3.5	76.7	56.0	0.9	1.8	1.8	2,756	221	276	129	12	144	159
25	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	1,517	1981-82	CHI	82	34.1	18.5	10.2	1.7	0.6	2.7	6.7	10.2	65.2	0.0	0.0	100.0	5.2	6.7	76.8	70.2	2.7	7.5	2.8	2,796	835	136	49	220	227	287