most pts in first 20 games to a player in 1979-808-79

George Gervin scored the most points in his first 20 games in 1978-79, with 585 points.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	George Gervin G. Gervin	585	1978-79	SAS	20	35.0	29.3	4.9	2.5	1.8	1.1	11.7	21.3	55.1	5.9	6.9	85.4	60.3				700	98	49	36	22		65
2	World B. Free W. B. Free	539	1978-79	SDC	20	37.8	27.0	3.8	5.3			10.3	20.8	49.5	6.4	8.7	73.0	54.7			3.9	755	76	106			77	69
3	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	520	1978-79	PHX	20	33.7	26.0	1.7	5.9	1.4	0.2	11.1	19.7	56.2	3.9	4.9	80.4	59.7	0.6	1.2	2.7	674	34	117	27	4	53	46
4	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	514	1978-79	MIL	20	36.8	25.7	8.0	2.8			10.6	19.9	53.3	4.5	6.1	73.8	56.9				735	160	56				42
5	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	512	1978-79	NOJ	20	42.4	25.6	13.8	1.7			9.9	19.9	49.7	5.8	8.7	66.7	53.9				847	275	34				62
6	Julius Erving J. Erving	506	1978-79	PHI	20		25.3					9.8			5.7	7.0	82.0
7	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	495	1978-79	CHI	20	40.6	24.8	12.2	3.2	0.7	2.3	9.9	15.4	64.2	5.1	6.9	73.7	67.4	3.6	8.6	4.3	812	244	64	14	45	85	73
8	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	495	1978-79	SAS	20	34.9	24.8	9.4	4.0	1.6	0.2	10.1	19.0	53.2	4.6	5.6	82.0	57.7				698	188	79	31	4		46
9	Walter Davis W. Davis	493	1978-79	PHX	20	30.8	24.7	5.2	3.8	2.0	0.4	9.7	17.1	56.7	5.3	6.1	86.1	62.3	1.5	3.7	3.8	615	103	76	39	8	76	67
10	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	489	1978-79	DEN	20	33.7	24.5	11.7	3.9	2.1	0.8	8.9	18.3	48.5	6.8	11.0	61.4	52.9	3.6	8.1	5.0	673	234	78	42	15	100	85
11	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	484	1978-79	NYK	20	37.5	24.2	8.8	3.4			9.3	17.9	51.8	5.7	9.0	63.3	55.5				750	176	67
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	481	1978-79	LAL	20	38.8	24.1	12.6	6.4		4.2	9.8	16.9	58.0	4.5	6.5	69.0	60.9				776	251	128		84		64
13	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	481	1978-79	DET	20		24.1	9.6				9.4	18.8	49.7	5.4	7.2	74.8	54.8					192
14	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	478	1978-79	NOJ	20	38.2	23.9	2.5	5.3			9.7	23.2	41.9	4.5	5.2	86.5	47.0				763	49	105				44
15	David Thompson D. Thompson	477	1978-79	DEN	20	33.9	23.9	3.5	2.4	0.8	1.6	9.3	17.1	54.4	5.3	6.7	78.4	59.5	1.3	2.2	2.6	677	69	48	16	31	51	48
16	Bernard King B. King	469	1978-79	NJN	20		23.5	8.7				9.4			4.7	7.7	60.4						174
17	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	453	1978-79	LAL	20	33.4	22.7	6.9	2.9			8.3	14.5	56.9	6.2	7.3	84.2	63.9				667	137	57				59
18	Campy Russell C. Russell	451	1978-79	CLE	20	39.3	22.6	6.8	2.8	1.6	0.4	7.6	16.4	46.2	7.5	9.7	77.2	54.7	2.7	4.1	3.7	786	136	56	31	7	74	72
19	Brian Winters B. Winters	450	1978-79	MIL	20	33.6	22.5	2.5	4.7			9.2	18.6	49.2	4.2	4.7	90.3	54.5				671	50	93				64
20	Ray Williams R. Williams	439	1978-79	NYK	20	35.1	22.0	5.1	6.1			8.4	17.5	48.1	5.2	6.5	79.2	54.0				701	101	122
21	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	435	1978-79	POR	20	37.0	21.8	10.1	3.1	1.0	0.9	8.9	19.5	45.8	4.0	5.2	76.7	50.1	2.9	7.2	3.5	740	201	61	20	17	69	74
22	Doug Collins D. Collins	435	1978-79	PHI	20		21.8					8.7			4.4	5.4	80.6
23	Moses Malone M. Malone	431	1978-79	HOU	20	38.9	21.6	15.8	1.0			7.6	14.7	51.4	6.5	9.3	69.7	57.4				778	315	19				57
24	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	428	1978-79	HOU	20	36.6	21.4	2.5	4.5			9.2	17.8	51.8	3.0	3.2	93.8	55.9				731	50	89				78
25	Phil Smith P. Smith	423	1978-79	GSW	20	38.9	21.2	3.2	4.4	1.8	0.4	8.7	17.9	48.7	3.8	4.7	80.6	53.2	0.9	2.4	3.0	777	64	88	35	7	60	56