highest points in a season by a player from 1979-80 to 1988-89

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Michael Jordan posted the most points in a season, with 3,041 points in 1986-87.

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3,041	1986-87	CHI	82	40.0	37.1	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	13.4	27.8	48.2	0.1	0.8	18.2	10.2	11.9	85.7	56.2	2.0	3.2	3.3	3,281	430	377	236	125	272	237
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,868	1987-88	CHI	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
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,633	1988-89	CHI	81	40.2	32.5	8.0	8.0	2.9	0.8	11.9	22.2	53.8	0.3	1.2	27.6	8.3	9.8	85.0	61.4	1.8	6.2	3.6	3,255	652	650	234	65	290	247
4	George Gervin G. Gervin	2,585	1979-80	SAS	78	37.6	33.1	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	13.1	24.9	52.8	0.4	1.3	31.4	6.5	7.6	85.2	58.7	2.0	3.2	3.3	2,934	403	202	110	79	254	208
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	2,452	1980-81	UTA	80	42.7	30.7	6.4	4.0	1.4	0.2	11.4	20.3	55.9	0.0	0.1	28.6	7.9	9.8	80.6	62.2	2.4	4.0	3.5	3,417	509	322	109	18	282	245
9	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	2,418	1983-84	UTA	79	37.8	30.6	5.7	3.9	0.8	0.1	10.2	18.2	55.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	10.3	12.0	85.9	65.2	2.3	3.4	3.3	2,984	448	310	61	4	263	201
10	Alex English A. English	2,414	1985-86	DEN	81	37.3	29.8	5.0	4.0	0.9	0.4	11.7	23.3	50.4	0.0	0.1	20.0	6.3	7.3	86.2	56.2	2.4	2.6	3.1	3,024	405	320	73	29	249	235
11	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	2,397	1987-88	ATL	78	37.8	30.7	6.4	2.9	1.3	0.6	11.7	25.1	46.4	0.5	1.7	29.5	6.9	8.4	82.6	53.4	2.7	3.7	2.8	2,948	502	224	103	47	218	162
12	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	2,366	1985-86	ATL	78	39.1	30.3	7.9	2.6	1.8	0.6	11.4	24.3	46.8	0.2	0.9	18.6	7.4	9.0	81.8	53.6	3.3	4.6	3.2	3,049	618	206	138	49	251	170
13	Alex English A. English	2,345	1986-87	DEN	82	37.6	28.6	4.2	5.1	0.9	0.3	11.8	23.4	50.3	0.0	0.2	26.7	5.0	5.9	84.4	54.9	1.8	2.4	2.6	3,085	344	422	73	21	214	216
14	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	2,330	1983-84	DAL	79	36.7	29.5	5.9	4.5	1.0	0.3	11.7	22.3	52.4	0.2	0.7	26.8	5.9	7.9	74.9	57.2	2.0	3.9	3.6	2,900	469	358	80	22	285	246
15	Karl Malone K. Malone	2,326	1988-89	UTA	80	39.1	29.1	10.7	2.7	1.8	0.9	10.1	19.5	51.9	0.1	0.2	31.3	8.8	11.5	76.6	59.2	3.2	7.4	3.6	3,126	853	219	144	70	285	286
16	Alex English A. English	2,326	1982-83	DEN	82	36.4	28.4	7.3	4.8	1.4	1.5	11.7	22.6	51.6	0.0	0.1	16.7	5.0	6.0	82.9	56.1	3.2	4.1	3.2	2,988	601	397	116	126	263	235
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,313	1984-85	CHI	82	38.3	28.2	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	10.2	19.8	51.5	0.1	0.6	17.3	7.7	9.1	84.5	59.2	2.0	4.5	3.5	3,144	534	481	196	69	291	285
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	2,295	1984-85	BOS	80	39.5	28.7	10.5	6.6	1.6	1.2	11.5	22.0	52.2	0.7	1.6	42.7	5.0	5.7	88.2	58.5	2.1	8.5	3.1	3,161	842	531	129	98	248	208
19	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	2,295	1983-84	DEN	78	35.1	29.4	4.8	3.1	0.7	0.6	11.5	20.6	55.8	0.1	0.4	36.7	6.3	7.4	85.2	61.8	1.1	3.7	2.0	2,734	373	238	53	50	156	187
20	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	2,294	1986-87	ATL	79	37.6	29.0	6.3	3.3	1.5	0.6	10.5	22.6	46.3	0.4	1.3	29.2	7.7	9.4	81.8	54.3	2.7	3.6	2.7	2,969	494	261	117	51	215	149
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	2,275	1987-88	BOS	76	39.0	29.9	9.3	6.1	1.6	0.8	11.6	22.0	52.7	1.3	3.1	41.4	5.5	6.0	91.6	60.8	1.4	7.8	2.8	2,965	703	467	125	57	213	157
22	Karl Malone K. Malone	2,268	1987-88	UTA	82	39.0	27.7	12.0	2.4	1.4	0.6	10.5	20.1	52.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.7	9.6	70.0	56.8	3.4	8.6	4.0	3,198	986	199	117	50	325	296
23	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	2,267	1985-86	UTA	76	36.1	29.8	5.2	3.5	0.8	0.1	10.8	19.1	56.3	0.0	0.1	9.1	8.3	10.5	79.1	62.9	2.3	2.9	3.0	2,744	395	264	64	4	231	206
24	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	2,264	1987-88	PHI	80	39.6	28.3	11.9	3.2	1.3	1.3	9.4	16.0	58.7	0.6	2.0	28.0	8.9	11.9	75.1	66.5	4.8	7.1	3.8	3,170	951	254	100	103	304	278
25	Alex English A. English	2,262	1984-85	DEN	81	36.1	27.9	5.7	4.2	1.2	0.6	11.6	22.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	20.0	4.7	5.7	82.9	56.1	2.5	3.1	3.1	2,924	458	344	101	46	251	259