who led nba in scoring in total pts scored in 1978-79

George Gervin averaged the most points per game in 1978-79, with 29.6 per game.

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	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	George Gervin G. Gervin	29.6	1978-79	SAS	80	2,888	2,365	400	219	137	91	947	1,749	54.1	471	570	82.6	59.1	142	258	286	275	36.1	5.0	2.7	1.7	1.1	3.6
2	World B. Free W. B. Free	28.8	1978-79	SDC	78	2,954	2,244	301	340	111	35	795	1,653	48.1	654	865	75.6	55.2	127	174	297	253	37.9	3.9	4.4	1.4	0.4	3.8
3	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	25.6	1978-79	MIL	77	2,779	1,972	586	234	116	89	820	1,491	55.0	332	437	76.0	58.6	212	374	170	186	36.1	7.6	3.0	1.5	1.2	2.2
4	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	24.8	1978-79	TOT	60	2,231	1,487	520	168	74	67	596	1,127	52.9	295	450	65.6	56.1	130	390	217	189	37.2	8.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	3.6
5	Moses Malone M. Malone	24.8	1978-79	HOU	82	3,390	2,031	1,444	147	79	119	716	1,325	54.0	599	811	73.9	60.4	587	857	326	223	41.3	17.6	1.8	1.0	1.5	4.0
6	David Thompson D. Thompson	24.0	1978-79	DEN	76	2,670	1,825	274	225	70	82	693	1,353	51.2	439	583	75.3	56.7	109	165	186	180	35.1	3.6	3.0	0.9	1.1	2.4
7	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	24.0	1978-79	PHX	81	2,641	1,941	159	529	111	26	801	1,496	53.5	339	405	83.7	58.0	35	124	232	159	32.6	2.0	6.5	1.4	0.3	2.9
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	23.8	1978-79	LAL	80	3,157	1,903	1,025	431	76	316	777	1,347	57.7	349	474	73.6	61.2	207	818	282	230	39.5	12.8	5.4	1.0	4.0	3.5
9	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	23.7	1978-79	CHI	82	3,265	1,940	1,043	274	50	156	753	1,310	57.5	434	587	73.9	61.9	293	750	310	280	39.8	12.7	3.3	0.6	1.9	3.8
10	Walter Davis W. Davis	23.6	1978-79	PHX	79	2,437	1,868	373	339	147	26	764	1,362	56.1	340	409	83.1	60.6	111	262	293	250	30.8	4.7	4.3	1.9	0.3	3.7
11	Julius Erving J. Erving	23.1	1978-79	PHI	78	2,802	1,803	564	357	133	100	715	1,455	49.1	373	501	74.5	53.8	198	366	315	207	35.9	7.2	4.6	1.7	1.3	4.0
12	John Drew J. Drew	22.7	1978-79	ATL	79	2,410	1,795	522	119	128	16	650	1,375	47.3	495	677	73.1	53.6	225	297	211	332	30.5	6.6	1.5	1.6	0.2	2.7
13	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	22.6	1978-79	DEN	76	2,552	1,715	864	283	129	52	603	1,273	47.4	509	765	66.5	53.3	256	608	346	321	33.6	11.4	3.7	1.7	0.7	4.6
14	John Williamson J. Williamson	22.2	1978-79	NJN	74	2,451	1,643	196	255	89	12	635	1,367	46.5	373	437	85.4	52.7	53	143	233	215	33.1	2.6	3.4	1.2	0.2	3.1
15	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	22.1	1978-79	SAS	81	2,947	1,791	790	335	154	19	748	1,484	50.4	295	349	84.5	54.7	260	530	300	192	36.4	9.8	4.1	1.9	0.2	3.7
16	Campy Russell C. Russell	21.9	1978-79	CLE	74	2,859	1,623	503	348	98	25	603	1,268	47.6	417	523	79.7	54.2	147	356	259	222	38.6	6.8	4.7	1.3	0.3	3.5
17	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	21.8	1978-79	WAS	82	3,105	1,789	994	143	75	190	720	1,477	48.7	349	534	65.4	52.3	312	682	235	308	37.9	12.1	1.7	0.9	2.3	2.9
18	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	21.7	1978-79	KCK	82	2,839	1,778	354	281	125	17	741	1,456	50.9	296	408	72.5	54.4	176	178	200	255	34.6	4.3	3.4	1.5	0.2	2.4
19	Bernard King B. King	21.6	1978-79	NJN	82	2,859	1,769	669	295	118	39	710	1,359	52.2	349	619	56.4	54.2	251	418	323	326	34.9	8.2	3.6	1.4	0.5	3.9
20	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	21.1	1978-79	TOT	69	2,537	1,456	802	113	46	75	566	1,152	49.1	324	462	70.1	53.7	195	607	233	206	36.8	11.6	1.6	0.7	1.1	3.4
21	Spencer Haywood S. Haywood	20.9	1978-79	TOT	68	2,361	1,421	533	127	40	82	595	1,205	49.4	231	292	79.1	53.3	172	361	200	236	34.7	7.8	1.9	0.6	1.2	2.9
22	Randy Smith R. Smith	20.5	1978-79	SDC	82	3,111	1,678	295	395	177	5	693	1,523	45.5	292	359	81.3	49.9	102	193	255	177	37.9	3.6	4.8	2.2	0.1	3.1
23	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	20.4	1978-79	POR	69	2,462	1,406	716	215	66	81	568	1,208	47.0	270	345	78.3	51.7	192	524	233	254	35.7	10.4	3.1	1.0	1.2	3.4
24	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	20.4	1978-79	WAS	78	2,629	1,589	447	365	71	57	629	1,260	49.9	331	401	82.5	55.3	109	338	222	259	33.7	5.7	4.7	0.9	0.7	2.8
25	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	20.2	1978-79	HOU	82	2,941	1,660	173	351	117	6	707	1,424	49.6	246	265	92.8	53.9	78	95	187	288	35.9	2.1	4.3	1.4	0.1	2.3

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