Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Wayne Gretzky recorded the most points per game, with 2.37 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest points per game with a minimum of 0.3125 points per team game by a player in the 80s

	NAME	P/GP	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2.37	1,837	774	637	1,200	+568	349	136	356	60	63	66	1	3,095	20.6
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	1.94	715	368	300	415	+35	346	100	196	23	9	25	7	1,447	20.7
3	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	1.52	909	599	451	458	+286	179	128	160	8	1	67	4	2,195	20.5
4	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	1.46	986	675	356	630	+31	663	110	246	6	6	43	1	1,814	19.6
5	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	1.41	950	676	441	509	+355	300	97	127	29	27	58	6	1,961	22.5
6	Denis Savard D. Savard	1.38	933	676	324	609	+83	779	86	265	13	8	39	1	2,046	15.8
7	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	1.34	980	729	404	576	+47	424	150	225	7	6	41	2	2,794	14.5
8	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	1.34	848	634	353	495	-82	408	114	193	11	9	27	4	2,283	15.5
9	Rob Brown R. Brown	1.34	159	119	73	86	+35	174	37	25	0	0	7	1	249	29.3
10	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	1.30	849	653	254	595	+264	981	86	247	17	26	22	1	2,159	11.8
11	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	1.30	565	435	229	336	-13	255	61	135	10	7	23	3	1,387	16.5
12	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	1.25	685	547	263	422	-20	116	96	179	16	8	28	1	1,372	19.2
13	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	1.24	293	237	144	149	-23	175	45	55	0	0	13	1	656	22.0
14	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	1.23	683	555	300	383	-36	699	92	136	25	8	21	3	1,947	15.4
15	Bernie Federko B. Federko	1.22	914	750	290	624	-68	407	100	250	2	0	35	0	1,615	18.0
16	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	1.20	905	755	332	573	+295	618	104	165	13	18	44	1	1,809	18.4
17	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	1.19	901	756	440	461	+73	571	139	143	15	7	47	1	2,403	18.3
18	Jimmy Carson J. Carson	1.19	286	240	141	145	-21	103	59	59	0	0	14	0	719	19.6
19	Mark Messier M. Messier	1.17	841	719	335	506	+140	1,011	73	142	29	40	38	1	1,876	17.9
20	Dave Taylor D. Taylor	1.16	790	680	308	482	+91	1,034	97	170	3	2	32	3	1,656	18.6
21	Joe Mullen J. Mullen	1.15	654	568	305	349	+99	116	95	129	1	1	45	4	1,633	18.7
22	Ron Francis R. Francis	1.14	644	567	211	433	-65	412	58	186	4	2	29	1	1,411	15.0
23	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	1.13	769	681	355	414	+210	605	101	105	12	6	60	3	2,089	17.0
24	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	1.12	180	161	107	73	+46	63	52	22	6	2	20	3	443	24.2
25	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	1.12	475	425	181	294	+83	118	53	104	0	0	26	0	1,296	14.0