who scored the most points in the nba in the 80s by a player with 1 mvp

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Larry Bird scored the most points when winning the MVP award 1+ time, with 6,318 points.

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NAMEPTSMVPGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Larry Bird
L. Bird
6,318
3
241
38.6
26.2
10.1
6.7
1.8
0.9
10.3
20.4
50.4
0.6
1.7
39.2
5.1
5.7
88.9
57.3
2.2
7.9
3.1
9,302
2,443
1,608
439
218
751
587
2Moses Malone
M. Malone
4,428
2
159
39.7
27.8
15.0
1.5
1.0
1.8
10.1
19.7
51.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
7.7
10.2
76.2
57.7
6.3
8.7
3.5
6,320
2,382
243
165
282
558
414
3Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
3,639
2
157
36.9
23.2
7.1
12.5
1.8
0.4
8.0
15.6
51.6
0.4
1.4
29.5
6.7
7.6
87.8
61.3
1.5
5.6
3.9
5,790
1,111
1,965
276
58
612
340
4Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
2,868
1
82
40.4
35.0
5.5
5.9
3.2
1.6
13.0
24.4
53.5
0.1
0.6
13.2
8.8
10.5
84.1
60.3
1.7
3.8
3.1
3,311
449
485
259
131
252
270
5Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
2,034
1
82
38.3
24.8
10.8
4.5
1.0
3.4
10.2
16.9
60.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.4
5.8
76.5
63.9
2.3
8.5
3.6
3,143
886
371
81
280
297
216
6Julius Erving
J. Erving
2,014
1
82
35.0
24.6
8.0
4.4
2.1
1.8
9.7
18.6
52.1
0.0
0.2
22.2
5.1
6.5
78.7
57.2
3.0
5.0
3.2
2,874
657
364
173
147
266
233

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2
5
1
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4
5
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2.5
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