Moses Malone had the most points + rebounds + assists in 1978-79, with 3,622.

Interpreted as:

most points+rebounds+assists by a player in 1979

	NAME	PTS+REB+AST	PTS	REB	AST	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Moses Malone M. Malone	3,622	2,031	1,444	147	1978-79	HOU	82	41.3	24.8	17.6	1.8	1.0	1.5	8.7	16.2	54.0	7.3	9.9	73.9	60.4	7.2	10.5	4.0	3,390	79	119	326	223
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	3,359	1,903	1,025	431	1978-79	LAL	80	39.5	23.8	12.8	5.4	1.0	4.0	9.7	16.8	57.7	4.4	5.9	73.6	61.2	2.6	10.2	3.5	3,157	76	316	282	230
3	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	3,257	1,940	1,043	274	1978-79	CHI	82	39.8	23.7	12.7	3.3	0.6	1.9	9.2	16.0	57.5	5.3	7.2	73.9	61.9	3.6	9.1	3.8	3,265	50	156	310	280
4	George Gervin G. Gervin	2,984	2,365	400	219	1978-79	SAS	80	36.1	29.6	5.0	2.7	1.7	1.1	11.8	21.9	54.1	5.9	7.1	82.6	59.1	1.8	3.2	3.6	2,888	137	91	286	275
5	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	2,926	1,789	994	143	1978-79	WAS	82	37.9	21.8	12.1	1.7	0.9	2.3	8.8	18.0	48.7	4.3	6.5	65.4	52.3	3.8	8.3	2.9	3,105	75	190	235	308
6	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	2,916	1,791	790	335	1978-79	SAS	81	36.4	22.1	9.8	4.1	1.9	0.2	9.2	18.3	50.4	3.6	4.3	84.5	54.7	3.2	6.5	3.7	2,947	154	19	300	192
7	World B. Free W. B. Free	2,885	2,244	301	340	1978-79	SDC	78	37.9	28.8	3.9	4.4	1.4	0.4	10.2	21.2	48.1	8.4	11.1	75.6	55.2	1.6	2.2	3.8	2,954	111	35	297	253
8	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	2,862	1,715	864	283	1978-79	DEN	76	33.6	22.6	11.4	3.7	1.7	0.7	7.9	16.8	47.4	6.7	10.1	66.5	53.3	3.4	8.0	4.6	2,552	129	52	346	321
9	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	2,792	1,972	586	234	1978-79	MIL	77	36.1	25.6	7.6	3.0	1.5	1.2	10.6	19.4	55.0	4.3	5.7	76.0	58.6	2.8	4.9	2.2	2,779	116	89	170	186
10	Bernard King B. King	2,733	1,769	669	295	1978-79	NJN	82	34.9	21.6	8.2	3.6	1.4	0.5	8.7	16.6	52.2	4.3	7.5	56.4	54.2	3.1	5.1	3.9	2,859	118	39	323	326
11	Julius Erving J. Erving	2,724	1,803	564	357	1978-79	PHI	78	35.9	23.1	7.2	4.6	1.7	1.3	9.2	18.7	49.1	4.8	6.4	74.5	53.8	2.5	4.7	4.0	2,802	133	100	315	207
12	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	2,629	1,941	159	529	1978-79	PHX	81	32.6	24.0	2.0	6.5	1.4	0.3	9.9	18.5	53.5	4.2	5.0	83.7	58.0	0.4	1.5	2.9	2,641	111	26	232	159
13	Walter Davis W. Davis	2,580	1,868	373	339	1978-79	PHX	79	30.8	23.6	4.7	4.3	1.9	0.3	9.7	17.2	56.1	4.3	5.2	83.1	60.6	1.4	3.3	3.7	2,437	147	26	293	250
14	Kevin Porter K. Porter	2,568	1,260	209	1,099	1978-79	DET	82	37.4	15.4	2.5	13.4	1.9	0.1	6.5	13.5	48.1	2.3	3.2	72.2	51.3	0.8	1.8	4.1	3,064	158	5	337	302
15	Rich Kelley R. Kelley	2,564	1,253	1,026	285	1978-79	NOJ	80	33.8	15.7	12.8	3.6	1.6	2.1	5.5	10.9	50.6	4.7	5.7	81.4	58.5	3.8	9.0	3.6	2,705	126	166	288	309
16	Tom Owens T. Owens	2,561	1,520	740	301	1978-79	POR	82	34.0	18.5	9.0	3.7	0.7	0.7	7.3	13.4	54.8	3.9	4.9	79.4	59.7	3.2	5.8	3.0	2,791	59	58	247	329
17	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	2,555	1,281	1,013	261	1978-79	SEA	82	36.1	15.6	12.4	3.2	1.0	0.8	5.8	12.6	46.0	4.0	4.9	81.4	52.9	2.8	9.5	3.1	2,958	82	67	253	295
18	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	2,537	1,518	791	228	1978-79	BOS	80	37.1	19.0	9.9	2.9	1.2	0.9	5.9	10.1	58.4	7.2	9.0	80.2	67.6	3.4	6.5	3.4	2,969	98	74	273	266
19	Campy Russell C. Russell	2,474	1,623	503	348	1978-79	CLE	74	38.6	21.9	6.8	4.7	1.3	0.3	8.1	17.1	47.6	5.6	7.1	79.7	54.2	2.0	4.8	3.5	2,859	98	25	259	222
20	John Drew J. Drew	2,436	1,795	522	119	1978-79	ATL	79	30.5	22.7	6.6	1.5	1.6	0.2	8.2	17.4	47.3	6.3	8.6	73.1	53.6	2.8	3.8	2.7	2,410	128	16	211	332
21	Alvan Adams A. Adams	2,434	1,369	705	360	1978-79	PHX	77	30.7	17.8	9.2	4.7	1.4	0.8	7.4	13.9	53.0	3.0	3.8	79.9	57.0	2.9	6.3	3.6	2,364	110	63	279	246
22	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	2,413	1,778	354	281	1978-79	KCK	82	34.6	21.7	4.3	3.4	1.5	0.2	9.0	17.8	50.9	3.6	5.0	72.5	54.4	2.1	2.2	2.4	2,839	125	17	200	255
23	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	2,401	1,589	447	365	1978-79	WAS	78	33.7	20.4	5.7	4.7	0.9	0.7	8.1	16.2	49.9	4.2	5.1	82.5	55.3	1.4	4.3	2.8	2,629	71	57	222	259
24	Dan Issel D. Issel	2,373	1,380	738	255	1978-79	DEN	81	33.9	17.0	9.1	3.1	0.8	0.6	6.6	12.7	51.7	3.9	5.2	75.4	56.8	3.0	6.1	2.1	2,742	61	46	171	233
25	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	2,372	1,404	231	737	1978-79	LAL	82	38.4	17.1	2.8	9.0	2.5	0.2	7.6	14.0	54.2	1.9	2.5	77.5	56.7	0.6	2.2	2.8	3,145	201	17	231	250