Between the 1979-80 and 1998-99 seasons, Michael Jordan averaged the most points per game, with 31.5 per game.

Interpreted as:

top with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games scorers from 1979-80 to 1998-99

	NAME	PPG	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31.5	930	38.6	6.3	5.4	2.5	0.9	11.8	23.3	50.5	0.6	1.8	33.2	7.3	8.7	83.8	58.0	1.7	4.6	2.8	35,887	29,277	5,836	5,012	2,306	828	2,589	2,493	+1416
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	27.1	455	37.3	12.2	2.5	0.8	2.6	10.9	18.8	57.8	0.0	0.0	6.3	5.4	10.1	53.6	58.4	4.0	8.2	2.9	16,985	12,343	5,537	1,131	364	1,197	1,331	1,581	+1142
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	26.1	1,110	37.5	10.7	3.3	1.4	0.8	9.6	18.3	52.6	0.1	0.2	26.8	6.8	9.3	73.0	58.3	2.7	8.0	3.1	41,661	28,946	11,839	3,700	1,575	902	3,473	3,584	+1707
4	George Gervin G. Gervin	26.0	547	33.1	4.3	2.7	1.0	0.7	10.1	20.2	49.8	0.1	0.5	29.7	5.7	6.7	85.0	56.1	1.4	2.8	2.8	18,086	14,216	2,333	1,455	563	365	1,545	1,515
5	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	25.5	739	36.0	5.3	3.1	0.9	0.1	9.0	16.5	54.6	0.0	0.1	17.1	7.5	9.1	81.9	62.2	2.1	3.2	2.9	26,627	18,876	3,906	2,295	672	99	2,120	1,940
6	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	24.8	1,074	35.5	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	9.3	20.1	46.1	0.7	2.1	31.9	5.6	6.9	81.1	53.6	2.7	3.9	2.5	38,113	26,668	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	2,669	2,061	-392
7	David Robinson D. Robinson	24.4	685	37.0	11.5	3.0	1.6	3.4	8.6	16.5	52.3	0.0	0.1	25.8	7.1	9.7	74.0	58.9	3.4	8.1	2.8	25,364	16,715	7,881	2,028	1,073	2,323	1,944	2,057	+708
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	24.3	897	38.4	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	56.4	2.0	8.0	3.1	34,443	21,791	8,974	5,695	1,556	755	2,816	2,279
9	Alex English A. English	23.9	970	34.2	5.5	4.0	1.0	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	21.7	4.1	4.9	84.0	55.0	2.4	3.1	2.6	33,167	23,214	5,320	3,926	939	682	2,488	2,557
10	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	23.7	204	40.1	4.1	6.3	2.2	0.3	8.4	19.4	43.1	1.4	4.4	31.8	5.5	7.6	72.6	51.9	1.3	2.8	3.7	8,185	4,829	844	1,284	443	56	748	531	-346
11	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	23.6	1,075	37.4	11.8	2.7	1.8	3.3	9.4	18.2	51.5	0.0	0.1	21.0	4.8	6.7	71.7	55.7	3.5	8.3	3.2	40,250	25,367	12,677	2,859	1,977	3,582	3,415	4,007	+513
12	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	23.3	977	36.4	10.4	2.1	1.0	2.7	9.1	17.9	51.0	0.0	0.1	15.8	5.0	6.8	74.3	55.8	2.5	7.9	3.3	35,551	22,736	10,155	2,030	1,025	2,674	3,179	3,480	+446
13	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	22.9	801	37.4	4.2	3.8	1.3	0.3	8.2	17.8	46.0	1.5	3.7	39.2	5.1	6.0	84.6	56.1	1.0	3.2	2.9	29,987	18,354	3,385	3,045	1,040	228	2,301	2,165	-342
14	Bernard King B. King	22.4	713	32.9	5.1	3.3	0.9	0.2	8.9	16.9	52.3	0.0	0.2	17.2	4.6	6.1	75.9	57.0	1.7	3.4	3.0	23,466	15,977	3,640	2,375	626	155	2,157	2,257
15	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	22.3	1,053	36.8	11.7	3.9	1.6	0.8	7.9	14.6	54.1	0.5	1.9	26.7	6.0	8.1	73.6	61.3	4.0	7.7	3.2	38,710	23,468	12,337	4,152	1,634	884	3,332	3,239	+538
16	Julius Erving J. Erving	22.0	602	34.1	6.4	3.8	1.8	1.6	8.7	17.0	51.1	0.1	0.3	26.1	4.6	5.9	77.4	56.2	2.5	3.9	2.9	20,506	13,263	3,861	2,282	1,081	983	1,770	1,621
17	World B. Free W. B. Free	21.7	583	31.8	2.7	4.0	1.1	0.2	7.9	17.5	45.2	0.4	1.1	33.7	5.5	7.2	76.6	52.4	1.1	1.6	2.4	18,515	12,662	1,555	2,303	619	116	1,372	1,504
18	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	21.3	132	39.1	11.7	2.6	0.8	2.5	8.5	16.2	52.7	0.0	0.1	5.9	4.3	6.4	67.4	56.3	3.3	8.4	3.2	5,167	2,815	1,548	345	100	332	425	401	+800
19	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	21.1	212	36.7	7.1	2.6	1.1	1.0	7.5	16.3	46.0	0.2	0.5	34.2	5.9	7.5	78.7	53.8	2.6	4.5	3.2	7,773	4,475	1,510	560	237	210	668	537	-1390
20	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	21.1	345	38.2	6.1	2.9	1.2	0.6	8.2	17.7	45.9	0.9	2.5	34.5	3.9	4.9	80.8	53.0	1.7	4.4	3.4	13,194	7,277	2,102	996	428	207	1,170	973	+59
21	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	21.0	455	35.8	10.2	1.5	0.7	3.0	7.3	14.0	52.1	0.0	0.2	26.3	6.3	8.8	71.2	58.5	3.1	7.1	3.3	16,286	9,541	4,624	662	303	1,372	1,482	1,654	+1234
22	Moses Malone M. Malone	20.9	1,106	33.5	11.6	1.4	0.8	1.2	7.2	14.7	48.7	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.6	8.5	77.8	56.8	4.8	6.8	2.9	37,068	23,151	12,810	1,529	895	1,357	3,258	2,399
23	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	20.9	679	33.8	5.8	1.4	0.7	0.5	8.8	18.0	49.2	0.0	0.1	21.6	3.1	4.0	78.2	52.8	2.1	3.7	1.8	22,961	14,161	3,917	950	479	371	1,198	1,797
24	Grant Hill G. Hill	20.7	361	39.4	8.1	6.5	1.6	0.7	7.5	15.8	47.2	0.1	0.3	18.2	5.7	7.8	73.6	53.9	1.5	6.6	3.3	14,231	7,487	2,927	2,335	591	238	1,193	941	+818
25	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	20.6	787	32.6	7.6	2.8	0.7	2.0	8.5	14.9	57.2	0.0	0.0	5.6	3.6	4.9	74.3	60.6	2.0	5.6	2.6	25,675	16,246	5,980	2,220	584	1,594	2,037	2,258