Between the 1977-78 and 1986-87 seasons, Moses Malone had the most points, with 19,013 points.

Interpreted as:

most NBA points by a player 1977-78 to 1986-87

	NAME	PTS	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	Moses Malone M. Malone	19,013	759	38.2	25.1	14.2	1.5	0.9	1.5	8.7	17.5	49.7	0.0	0.1	2.9	7.6	10.0	76.5	57.1	5.8	8.3	3.6	28,966	10,759	1,145	719	1,130	2,711	1,986
2	Alex English A. English	18,932	812	34.0	23.3	6.3	4.0	1.0	0.9	9.6	18.7	51.5	0.0	0.1	22.2	4.1	4.9	82.8	56.0	2.7	3.6	2.8	27,648	5,131	3,236	823	732	2,248	2,311
3	George Gervin G. Gervin	18,813	709	33.6	26.5	4.4	2.8	1.2	0.8	10.3	20.3	50.8	0.1	0.5	29.7	5.8	6.8	84.5	56.8	1.5	3.0	3.0	23,831	3,153	1,976	836	566	2,137	2,045
4	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	18,114	681	37.2	26.6	6.1	3.3	1.1	0.2	9.5	17.2	55.1	0.0	0.1	18.2	7.6	9.3	81.7	62.4	2.5	3.6	3.1	25,343	4,139	2,255	746	105	2,124	1,898
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	17,836	775	35.0	23.0	9.0	3.5	0.9	2.5	9.5	16.4	57.8	0.0	0.0	7.1	4.1	5.5	74.5	61.2	2.2	6.8	2.9	27,094	6,994	2,711	677	1,918	2,273	2,258
6	Julius Erving J. Erving	16,594	754	34.1	22.0	6.5	3.9	1.8	1.6	8.7	17.1	50.8	0.1	0.3	26.1	4.6	5.9	77.7	55.9	2.5	4.0	3.1	25,737	4,906	2,918	1,349	1,180	2,323	2,035
7	World B. Free W. B. Free	15,723	679	33.6	23.2	3.0	4.3	1.1	0.3	8.3	18.2	45.7	0.4	1.1	34.3	6.2	8.1	76.0	53.1	1.2	1.8	2.7	22,837	2,024	2,889	778	189	1,820	1,882
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	15,508	635	38.4	24.4	10.4	6.1	1.8	0.9	9.7	19.3	50.0	0.6	1.5	36.8	4.6	5.2	87.4	56.5	2.3	8.1	3.2	24,406	6,579	3,900	1,169	541	2,037	1,731
9	Walter Davis W. Davis	14,449	698	30.4	20.7	3.3	4.4	1.4	0.2	8.6	16.4	52.4	0.1	0.6	25.2	3.4	4.0	83.8	56.9	1.0	2.3	2.9	21,192	2,313	3,062	954	112	2,048	1,757
10	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	14,097	691	33.3	20.4	5.9	1.4	0.7	0.6	8.7	17.6	49.4	0.0	0.1	21.1	3.0	3.9	77.6	52.9	2.1	3.7	1.8	23,036	4,048	942	499	387	1,248	1,911
11	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	13,852	681	34.6	20.3	7.0	3.7	1.3	0.8	8.4	16.2	51.9	0.0	0.2	13.5	3.5	4.8	73.8	55.6	2.7	4.4	2.4	23,595	4,800	2,493	888	524	1,617	1,754
12	Robert Parish R. Parish	13,825	790	31.7	17.5	10.3	1.7	0.9	1.9	7.2	13.6	53.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.3	71.3	56.6	3.2	7.1	2.5	25,069	8,167	1,339	705	1,486	2,004	2,611
13	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	13,787	756	34.3	18.2	10.4	2.1	0.5	2.0	6.7	11.0	61.0	0.0	0.0	7.7	4.8	6.7	72.4	65.5	3.0	7.4	3.0	25,915	7,880	1,557	411	1,514	2,280	2,572
14	Reggie Theus R. Theus	13,197	714	33.8	18.5	3.4	6.7	1.3	0.2	6.8	14.2	47.6	0.2	0.9	21.9	4.7	5.8	81.9	55.1	1.2	2.2	3.6	24,128	2,425	4,818	894	157	2,587	2,174
15	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	13,079	797	34.2	16.4	10.7	3.2	1.1	1.0	6.1	13.0	47.0	0.0	0.1	7.4	4.2	5.0	83.7	54.0	2.5	8.2	2.5	27,243	8,551	2,548	843	795	2,015	2,801
16	Bernard King B. King	12,916	546	35.3	23.7	6.6	3.1	1.2	0.3	9.5	17.7	53.8	0.0	0.1	12.9	4.6	6.6	69.8	57.4	2.2	4.4	3.3	19,296	3,597	1,691	635	181	1,829	1,994
17	Dan Issel D. Issel	12,894	639	31.0	20.2	7.8	2.5	0.9	0.6	7.5	14.8	50.5	0.0	0.2	25.3	5.2	6.6	79.7	57.2	2.3	5.5	2.0	19,835	5,011	1,627	607	367	1,281	1,776
18	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	12,563	795	34.3	15.8	4.2	4.8	1.4	0.7	5.9	13.4	44.4	0.1	0.5	17.4	3.9	4.8	80.3	51.0	1.5	2.7	2.5	27,272	3,316	3,821	1,086	554	1,961	2,272
19	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	12,529	523	34.6	24.0	4.3	2.5	0.7	0.4	9.2	17.2	53.7	0.1	0.4	35.0	5.4	6.2	86.9	60.2	1.3	2.9	2.0	18,116	2,236	1,295	343	197	1,040	1,132
20	Gus Williams G. Williams	12,428	666	33.0	18.7	2.7	6.1	2.1	0.4	7.7	16.5	46.3	0.2	0.9	23.8	3.2	4.2	75.8	50.8	1.0	1.7	2.5	21,987	1,830	4,065	1,377	246	1,646	1,276
21	Purvis Short P. Short	11,894	614	31.3	19.4	4.8	2.8	1.2	0.2	7.9	16.4	47.9	0.2	0.7	28.5	3.5	4.2	81.8	52.9	1.9	2.9	2.3	19,230	2,976	1,709	710	131	1,413	1,964
22	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	11,777	616	31.9	19.1	3.1	3.3	1.3	0.2	8.1	15.9	51.0	0.1	0.3	25.8	2.8	4.3	66.1	53.7	1.4	1.7	2.2	19,637	1,892	2,029	801	131	1,350	1,630
23	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	11,703	715	36.3	16.4	2.7	8.5	1.6	0.1	7.1	14.6	48.5	0.2	0.6	29.6	2.1	2.7	77.3	51.9	0.6	2.0	3.1	25,932	1,913	6,047	1,141	71	2,250	1,914
24	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	11,045	445	33.7	24.8	5.8	3.8	0.9	0.3	9.7	19.5	49.9	0.3	1.1	30.8	5.1	6.8	73.9	55.2	2.2	3.6	3.2	15,015	2,575	1,696	403	138	1,403	1,367
25	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	10,805	567	36.9	19.1	7.5	10.9	2.1	0.5	7.0	13.1	53.9	0.1	0.4	19.1	4.9	6.0	81.8	60.7	2.0	5.5	3.9	20,894	4,247	6,179	1,212	275	2,219	1,366