Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Artis Gilmore had the highest true shooting percentage, at 67.0 percent.

Interpreted as:

1980s ts% with a minimum of 363 points per 82 team games leaders

	NAME	TS%	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	67.0	663	30.9	15.4	9.0	1.6	0.5	1.8	5.6	8.9	62.7	0.0	0.0	7.7	4.3	5.9	71.9	2.6	6.4	2.5	20,476	10,233	5,977	1,041	334	1,207	1,671	2,179
2	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	64.3	389	36.8	22.1	12.0	3.5	1.6	1.2	7.8	13.5	57.7	0.3	1.3	23.4	6.3	8.5	73.9	4.6	7.4	3.7	14,297	8,616	4,660	1,377	613	479	1,439	1,426
3	James Donaldson J. Donaldson	63.5	695	27.9	9.1	8.2	0.9	0.4	1.5	3.4	5.8	58.7	0.0	0.0		2.3	3.1	73.9	2.3	5.9	1.6	19,375	6,303	5,710	591	265	1,043	1,115	1,533
4	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	62.5	684	36.8	26.5	5.4	3.2	0.9	0.1	9.4	17.1	55.0	0.0	0.1	16.7	7.8	9.5	82.0	2.2	3.3	3.0	25,201	18,157	3,721	2,206	647	92	2,039	1,833
5	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	62.2	683	28.7	12.3	6.0	2.3	0.8	0.5	4.1	7.6	54.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	4.2	5.3	78.2	2.5	3.5	2.1	19,587	8,419	4,091	1,566	520	311	1,446	1,856
6	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	61.6	482	26.2	13.5	6.2	1.4	0.5	1.4	5.3	9.1	58.0	0.0	0.0	13.3	2.9	4.2	69.5	1.7	4.5	2.7	12,629	6,495	2,967	677	265	697	1,301	2,052
7	Jeff Ruland J. Ruland	61.6	308	35.1	18.5	10.8	3.2	0.8	0.9	6.8	12.0	56.4	0.0	0.1	15.8	5.0	6.9	71.9	3.4	7.3	3.9	10,824	5,700	3,313	995	240	263	1,186	1,157
8	Tom Boswell T. Boswell	61.4	117	20.0	8.3	4.3	1.5	0.3	0.3	3.2	5.7	56.2	0.1	0.1	54.5	1.9	2.5	75.5	1.5	2.8	1.7	2,338	976	506	177	38	37	194	328
9	Kevin McHale K. McHale	61.2	694	32.1	18.5	7.6	1.8	0.4	1.8	7.3	12.9	56.5	0.0	0.0	5.0	3.9	5.0	78.0	2.6	5.0	2.0	22,275	12,830	5,277	1,217	262	1,269	1,396	2,076
10	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	61.1	615	31.1	16.2	7.1	1.4	0.5	0.9	5.8	10.7	54.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.6	5.9	78.2	2.1	5.0	2.4	19,124	9,972	4,359	882	334	584	1,451	1,985
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	60.6	716	36.9	19.5	7.4	11.2	2.0	0.4	7.1	13.3	53.0	0.2	0.7	23.9	5.2	6.2	83.4	1.9	5.6	3.9	26,417	13,943	5,303	8,025	1,464	310	2,800	1,685
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	60.6	787	32.6	20.6	7.6	2.8	0.7	2.0	8.5	14.9	57.2	0.0	0.0	5.6	3.6	4.9	74.3	2.0	5.6	2.6	25,675	16,246	5,980	2,220	584	1,594	2,037	2,258
13	Ed Pinckney E. Pinckney	60.6	319	22.1	9.2	4.9	1.2	0.9	0.6	3.3	6.0	54.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	3.5	74.4	1.7	3.2	1.5	7,041	2,927	1,567	390	279	189	479	706
14	Bobby Jones B. Jones	60.5	537	24.2	10.5	4.5	2.2	1.2	1.1	3.9	7.2	54.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.7	3.3	80.1	1.4	3.1	1.6	13,014	5,620	2,411	1,171	620	598	858	1,400
15	John Stockton J. Stockton	60.4	410	27.6	10.6	2.2	9.6	2.3	0.2	3.8	7.3	52.7	0.1	0.5	25.9	2.8	3.4	82.3	0.6	1.7	2.6	11,296	4,340	920	3,941	948	65	1,052	1,142
16	Steve Johnson S. Johnson	60.2	577	22.8	12.4	5.8	1.3	0.5	0.9	4.8	8.3	57.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	4.4	63.5	2.0	3.8	2.5	13,131	7,138	3,340	743	283	521	1,421	2,303
17	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	59.9	605	33.2	22.8	4.0	2.4	0.6	0.4	8.8	16.5	53.2	0.2	0.5	36.2	5.1	5.8	87.0	1.3	2.7	1.9	20,088	13,775	2,416	1,435	383	215	1,129	1,278
18	Brad Davis B. Davis	59.7	715	25.9	9.4	2.0	5.6	0.9	0.2	3.5	6.8	52.0	0.3	0.9	32.8	2.0	2.4	83.9	0.4	1.6	1.6	18,523	6,713	1,442	4,036	622	113	1,135	1,648
19	Larry Nance L. Nance	59.5	587	32.6	17.3	7.8	2.5	1.0	2.1	7.0	12.5	55.7	0.0	0.1	13.9	3.3	4.6	73.3	2.5	5.3	2.1	19,163	10,126	4,585	1,491	591	1,209	1,238	1,780
20	Otis Thorpe O. Thorpe	59.5	403	31.7	15.9	8.5	2.1	0.6	0.6	6.0	11.0	54.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.5	71.8	2.8	5.7	2.4	12,756	6,415	3,419	864	259	224	952	1,304
21	Reggie Miller R. Miller	59.3	156	28.1	12.8	3.1	2.3	0.9	0.3	4.5	9.3	48.3	1.0	2.7	38.2	2.8	3.4	82.9	1.1	2.0	1.6	4,376	2,003	482	359	146	48	244	327
22	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	59.1	695	31.7	16.7	5.0	3.9	1.3	0.3	5.8	11.5	50.3	0.1	0.5	27.6	5.0	6.1	83.2	2.0	3.0	2.1	22,054	11,594	3,447	2,689	874	217	1,485	1,523
23	John Salley J. Salley	59.0	231	21.3	6.9	4.5	1.0	0.6	1.4	2.5	4.7	54.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.7	67.8	1.8	2.7	1.3	4,924	1,599	1,033	242	137	334	294	747
24	James Worthy J. Worthy	58.9	552	32.6	17.9	5.7	2.8	1.1	0.9	7.5	13.5	55.6	0.0	0.1	6.1	2.8	3.7	75.6	1.9	3.7	2.2	17,969	9,857	3,141	1,544	625	472	1,211	1,412
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	58.9	345	39.0	32.6	6.2	5.9	2.8	1.2	11.9	23.3	51.3	0.2	0.8	20.2	8.6	10.1	84.8	1.9	4.3	3.3	13,442	11,263	2,129	2,046	962	411	1,150	1,085