George Gervin had the most games with 20+ points in 1979-80, with 74 games.

Interpreted as:

most 20 or more point games by a player in 79-80 season

	NAME	GP	PTS	SEASON	TM	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	74	2,513	1979-80	SAS	38.0	34.0	5.2	2.5	1.4	1.0	13.4	25.2	53.2	0.4	1.3	32.3	6.7	7.8	85.7	59.3				2,809	387	185	107	75		200
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	67	1,804	1979-80	LAL	39.5	26.9	10.9	4.5		3.4	11.0	18.1	61.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.9	6.4	76.2	64.5				2,644	733	302		231		183
3	Julius Erving J. Erving	65	1,886	1979-80	PHI	37.0	29.0	7.6	4.7			11.6	21.5	53.9	0.0			5.8	7.3	78.6	58.6				2,402	493	306				167
4	Moses Malone M. Malone	63	1,818	1979-80	HOU	39.3	28.9	14.8	1.7			10.5	20.0	52.3	0.0			7.9	10.8	73.2	58.3				2,476	935	109				165
5	World B. Free W. B. Free	62	1,975	1979-80	SDC	39.0	31.9	3.7	4.2		0.5	11.5	23.7	48.5	0.1	0.4	27.3	8.8	11.5	76.1	55.4				2,417	231	258		31		183
6	Dan Issel D. Issel	57	1,574	1979-80	DEN	37.3	27.6	9.1	2.6	1.1	0.7	10.1	18.8	54.0	0.1	0.2	27.3	7.3	9.2	79.7	60.6	3.1	6.0	2.1	2,126	517	148	64	40	120	138
7	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	53	1,342	1979-80	NYK	40.4	25.3	9.6	2.1			9.5	16.2	58.3	0.0	0.0		6.4	8.1	79.6	64.0				2,139	509	111				178
8	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	53	1,664	1979-80	UTA	40.9	31.4	7.9	3.0		0.2	12.1	20.1	60.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.2	8.6	84.6	65.8				2,168	419	158		9		165
9	Gus Williams G. Williams	52	1,360	1979-80	SEA	37.0	26.2	3.3	4.9			10.8	20.6	52.1	0.1	0.5	23.1	4.5	5.7	79.7	56.6	1.6	1.7	2.4	1,923	172	254			123	110
10	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	52	1,430	1979-80	KCK	37.2	27.5	4.6	2.5		0.3	11.7	21.3	54.7	0.2			4.0	5.7	70.7	57.7				1,936	241	132		15		153
11	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	50	1,372	1979-80	CLE	37.0	27.4	8.1	1.1	1.0	0.9	11.6	20.9	55.6	0.0			4.2	5.3	79.5	59.1				1,852	405	55	49	47		153
12	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	49	1,367	1979-80	WAS	41.7	27.9	11.4	1.8			11.4	23.1	49.3	0.0			5.1	6.9	73.8	53.4				2,044	560	90				174
13	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	49	1,262	1979-80	MIL	36.8	25.8	8.2	3.7			10.5	18.1	58.0	0.0			4.7	5.6	83.8	62.6				1,801	400	181				115
14	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	49	1,314	1979-80	PHX	34.3	26.8	2.3	5.3	1.3	0.5	10.2	18.0	56.9	0.4	1.3	32.3	5.9	6.7	87.8	64.0			2.5	1,683	115	261	66	26	122	88
15	Reggie Theus R. Theus	47	1,151	1979-80	CHI	38.8	24.5	4.4	6.8	1.6	0.2	8.4	16.0	52.3	0.3	1.3	22.0	7.4	8.8	84.5	61.5	1.9	2.5	4.7	1,825	208	320	75	11	221	154
16	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	46	1,095	1979-80	LAL	38.5	23.8	6.2	2.8	1.6	0.4	10.6	18.0	58.7	0.0	0.2	25.0	2.6	3.1	82.6	61.3				1,770	285	130	73	17		127
17	Walter Davis W. Davis	46	1,158	1979-80	PHX	32.5	25.2	3.6	4.8	1.6	0.3	10.2	16.9	60.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.7	5.8	81.3	64.6			3.1	1,494	165	222	75	12	143	128
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	46	1,223	1979-80	BOS	38.1	26.6	10.6	4.5	1.7	0.6	10.5	20.3	51.7	1.0	2.2	48.5	4.5	5.2	86.7	58.7			3.3	1,751	486	208	76	29	151	152
19	Ray Williams R. Williams	44	1,194	1979-80	NYK		27.1					10.8			0.2			5.3	6.7	79.5
20	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	42	1,223	1979-80	NJN		29.1					11.0			0.8			6.3	7.0	89.5
21	Mickey Johnson M. Johnson	41	1,048	1979-80	IND	35.3	25.6	9.7	4.9			9.6	19.0	50.5	0.1			6.2	7.6	82.3	57.2				1,449	396	200				150
22	Freeman Williams F. Williams	40	1,004	1979-80	SDC	29.2	25.1	2.8	2.1		0.2	10.7	20.0	53.5	0.7	1.8	35.6	3.1	3.8	81.3	58.0				1,166	113	83		6		77
23	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	40	1,050	1979-80	SAS	38.0	26.3	10.7	3.1	1.7	0.3	10.7	19.9	54.0	0.0	0.2	16.7	4.8	5.9	80.6	58.4				1,518	427	122	67	10		101
24	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	39	1,006	1979-80	HOU	37.3	25.8	2.1	4.2			10.6	19.1	55.4	0.0			4.7	5.1	92.4	60.6				1,453	83	164				134
25	Toby Knight T. Knight	39	983	1979-80	NYK	39.2	25.2	6.9	2.1			10.9	18.4	59.5	0.0			3.4	4.0	84.5	62.7				1,527	268	80				129