George Gervin had the most shot attempts in 1978-79, with 1,749 attempts.

	NAME	FGA	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	George Gervin G. Gervin	1,749	1978-79	SAS	80	36.1	29.6	5.0	2.7	1.7	1.1	11.8	54.1	5.9	7.1	82.6	59.1	1.8	3.2	3.6	2,888	2,365	400	219	137	91	286	275
2	World B. Free W. B. Free	1,653	1978-79	SDC	78	37.9	28.8	3.9	4.4	1.4	0.4	10.2	48.1	8.4	11.1	75.6	55.2	1.6	2.2	3.8	2,954	2,244	301	340	111	35	297	253
3	Randy Smith R. Smith	1,523	1978-79	SDC	82	37.9	20.5	3.6	4.8	2.2	0.1	8.5	45.5	3.6	4.4	81.3	49.9	1.2	2.4	3.1	3,111	1,678	295	395	177	5	255	177
4	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	1,496	1978-79	PHX	81	32.6	24.0	2.0	6.5	1.4	0.3	9.9	53.5	4.2	5.0	83.7	58.0	0.4	1.5	2.9	2,641	1,941	159	529	111	26	232	159
5	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	1,491	1978-79	MIL	77	36.1	25.6	7.6	3.0	1.5	1.2	10.6	55.0	4.3	5.7	76.0	58.6	2.8	4.9	2.2	2,779	1,972	586	234	116	89	170	186
6	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	1,484	1978-79	SAS	81	36.4	22.1	9.8	4.1	1.9	0.2	9.2	50.4	3.6	4.3	84.5	54.7	3.2	6.5	3.7	2,947	1,791	790	335	154	19	300	192
7	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	1,477	1978-79	WAS	82	37.9	21.8	12.1	1.7	0.9	2.3	8.8	48.7	4.3	6.5	65.4	52.3	3.8	8.3	2.9	3,105	1,789	994	143	75	190	235	308
8	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	1,456	1978-79	KCK	82	34.6	21.7	4.3	3.4	1.5	0.2	9.0	50.9	3.6	5.0	72.5	54.4	2.1	2.2	2.4	2,839	1,778	354	281	125	17	200	255
9	Julius Erving J. Erving	1,455	1978-79	PHI	78	35.9	23.1	7.2	4.6	1.7	1.3	9.2	49.1	4.8	6.4	74.5	53.8	2.5	4.7	4.0	2,802	1,803	564	357	133	100	315	207
10	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	1,424	1978-79	HOU	82	35.9	20.2	2.1	4.3	1.4	0.1	8.6	49.6	3.0	3.2	92.8	53.9	1.0	1.2	2.3	2,941	1,660	173	351	117	6	187	288
11	John Drew J. Drew	1,375	1978-79	ATL	79	30.5	22.7	6.6	1.5	1.6	0.2	8.2	47.3	6.3	8.6	73.1	53.6	2.8	3.8	2.7	2,410	1,795	522	119	128	16	211	332
12	John Williamson J. Williamson	1,367	1978-79	NJN	74	33.1	22.2	2.6	3.4	1.2	0.2	8.6	46.5	5.0	5.9	85.4	52.7	0.7	1.9	3.1	2,451	1,643	196	255	89	12	233	215
13	Walter Davis W. Davis	1,362	1978-79	PHX	79	30.8	23.6	4.7	4.3	1.9	0.3	9.7	56.1	4.3	5.2	83.1	60.6	1.4	3.3	3.7	2,437	1,868	373	339	147	26	293	250
14	Bernard King B. King	1,359	1978-79	NJN	82	34.9	21.6	8.2	3.6	1.4	0.5	8.7	52.2	4.3	7.5	56.4	54.2	3.1	5.1	3.9	2,859	1,769	669	295	118	39	323	326
15	David Thompson D. Thompson	1,353	1978-79	DEN	76	35.1	24.0	3.6	3.0	0.9	1.1	9.1	51.2	5.8	7.7	75.3	56.7	1.4	2.2	2.4	2,670	1,825	274	225	70	82	186	180
16	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1,347	1978-79	LAL	80	39.5	23.8	12.8	5.4	1.0	4.0	9.7	57.7	4.4	5.9	73.6	61.2	2.6	10.2	3.5	3,157	1,903	1,025	431	76	316	282	230
17	Brian Winters B. Winters	1,343	1978-79	MIL	79	32.6	19.8	2.2	4.8	1.1	0.5	8.4	49.3	3.0	3.5	85.6	53.3	0.6	1.6	3.3	2,575	1,561	177	383	83	40	257	243
18	Moses Malone M. Malone	1,325	1978-79	HOU	82	41.3	24.8	17.6	1.8	1.0	1.5	8.7	54.0	7.3	9.9	73.9	60.4	7.2	10.5	4.0	3,390	2,031	1,444	147	79	119	326	223
19	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	1,310	1978-79	CHI	82	39.8	23.7	12.7	3.3	0.6	1.9	9.2	57.5	5.3	7.2	73.9	61.9	3.6	9.1	3.8	3,265	1,940	1,043	274	50	156	310	280
20	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	1,273	1978-79	DEN	76	33.6	22.6	11.4	3.7	1.7	0.7	7.9	47.4	6.7	10.1	66.5	53.3	3.4	8.0	4.6	2,552	1,715	864	283	129	52	346	321
21	Campy Russell C. Russell	1,268	1978-79	CLE	74	38.6	21.9	6.8	4.7	1.3	0.3	8.1	47.6	5.6	7.1	79.7	54.2	2.0	4.8	3.5	2,859	1,623	503	348	98	25	259	222
22	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	1,260	1978-79	WAS	78	33.7	20.4	5.7	4.7	0.9	0.7	8.1	49.9	4.2	5.1	82.5	55.3	1.4	4.3	2.8	2,629	1,589	447	365	71	57	222	259
23	Ray Williams R. Williams	1,257	1978-79	NYK	81	29.3	17.3	3.6	6.2	1.6	0.2	7.1	45.7	3.1	3.9	80.2	50.2	1.3	2.3	3.5	2,370	1,401	291	504	128	19	285	274
24	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	1,242	1978-79	LAL	82	35.5	18.6	7.4	2.8	1.6	0.3	7.6	50.4	3.3	4.4	75.1	54.4	2.0	5.4	2.7	2,915	1,524	609	227	134	27	224	275
25	Johnny Davis J. Davis	1,240	1978-79	IND	79	37.6	18.3	2.4	5.7	1.2	0.3	7.2	45.6	4.0	5.0	79.3	51.1	0.9	1.5	2.7	2,971	1,444	191	453	95	22	214	177