Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Michael Jordan averaged the most points per game, with 32.6 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA scoring with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games leaders 1980s

	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	32.6	345	39.0	6.2	5.9	2.8	1.2	11.9	23.3	51.3	0.2	0.8	20.2	8.6	10.1	84.8	58.9	1.9	4.3	3.3	13,442	11,263	2,129	2,046	962	411	1,150	1,085
2	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	26.5	684	36.8	5.4	3.2	0.9	0.1	9.4	17.1	55.0	0.0	0.1	16.7	7.8	9.5	82.0	62.5	2.2	3.3	3.0	25,201	18,157	3,721	2,206	647	92	2,039	1,833
3	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	26.0	559	36.9	6.8	2.4	1.5	0.7	10.0	21.4	46.7	0.2	0.9	26.9	5.8	7.3	80.4	53.0	2.9	3.8	2.7	20,644	14,557	3,784	1,357	811	403	1,485	1,196
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	Alex English A. English	25.9	811	36.0	5.9	4.4	1.0	0.8	10.7	21.0	51.0	0.0	0.1	20.8	4.5	5.4	83.8	55.5	2.6	3.3	2.8	29,208	21,018	4,780	3,596	848	634	2,294	2,286
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	25.0	717	38.4	10.2	6.1	1.8	0.8	9.8	19.6	50.3	0.6	1.7	37.7	4.6	5.3	88.0	57.0	2.2	8.0	3.2	27,560	17,899	7,319	4,396	1,300	603	2,261	1,906
7	Moses Malone M. Malone	24.5	778	37.3	13.2	1.5	0.9	1.4	8.4	17.2	49.1	0.0	0.1	5.7	7.7	9.9	77.5	57.0	5.4	7.8	3.4	29,039	19,082	10,269	1,191	730	1,107	2,659	1,898
8	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	24.1	602	33.6	5.6	3.7	0.9	0.4	9.4	19.1	49.2	0.4	1.4	30.4	4.9	6.5	74.2	54.7	2.2	3.5	3.0	20,222	14,488	3,395	2,252	518	231	1,814	1,819
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	23.3	325	35.9	10.5	2.5	1.4	0.7	8.9	17.4	51.3	0.0	0.1	16.7	5.5	8.2	66.9	55.6	3.0	7.5	3.5	11,656	7,576	3,412	812	470	224	1,126	1,200
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	23.0	386	36.2	12.1	2.0	1.9	3.1	9.0	17.4	51.8	0.0	0.0	5.3	5.0	7.4	67.2	55.7	4.5	7.6	3.0	13,990	8,883	4,677	780	748	1,201	1,175	1,562
11	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	22.8	605	33.2	4.0	2.4	0.6	0.4	8.8	16.5	53.2	0.2	0.5	36.2	5.1	5.8	87.0	59.9	1.3	2.7	1.9	20,088	13,775	2,416	1,435	383	215	1,129	1,278
12	Bernard King B. King	22.6	535	33.5	5.3	3.2	0.9	0.2	9.0	16.7	53.8	0.0	0.1	14.9	4.6	6.2	74.8	58.2	1.7	3.6	3.1	17,948	12,100	2,841	1,689	508	129	1,633	1,787
13	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	22.1	389	36.8	12.0	3.5	1.6	1.2	7.8	13.5	57.7	0.3	1.3	23.4	6.3	8.5	73.9	64.3	4.6	7.4	3.7	14,297	8,616	4,660	1,377	613	479	1,439	1,426
14	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	22.1	550	34.6	8.8	2.4	1.4	0.8	9.1	18.5	49.2	0.0	0.1	28.6	3.9	5.5	70.9	52.9	3.2	5.6	2.4	19,052	12,159	4,834	1,345	772	436	1,346	1,974
15	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	22.0	79	34.4	5.9	4.2	1.0	0.2	8.2	17.5	46.8	0.4	1.1	36.7	5.2	6.4	81.0	54.1	2.0	3.9	3.4	2,717	1,741	468	334	82	13	269	223
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	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	21.2	275	34.3	8.8	1.9	1.3	2.8	8.4	15.8	53.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	6.1	72.8	57.4	2.7	6.1	3.5	9,419	5,822	2,422	519	364	776	954	1,082
19	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
20	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
21	Dan Issel D. Issel	20.5	476	29.9	7.2	2.2	0.9	0.6	7.5	14.9	50.2	0.0	0.2	25.3	5.5	6.8	80.5	57.2	2.1	5.2	1.8	14,242	9,768	3,443	1,068	446	280	851	1,264
22	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	20.5	324	33.4	7.1	2.5	1.2	0.6	8.5	17.1	49.5	0.1	0.3	27.3	3.5	4.9	70.8	53.2	3.2	4.0	2.8	10,825	6,640	2,311	797	396	181	915	1,066
23	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	20.3	634	34.0	6.8	2.4	0.9	0.6	7.5	15.7	47.6	0.2	0.7	31.0	5.2	6.5	79.5	54.8	2.2	4.7	2.9	21,559	12,896	4,341	1,500	564	406	1,808	2,418
24	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	20.3	635	36.7	3.7	9.8	2.1	0.3	7.7	16.7	46.3	0.3	1.2	27.8	4.4	5.8	76.1	52.5	1.0	2.7	3.8	23,276	12,862	2,372	6,220	1,338	181	2,437	2,105
25	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	19.8	478	33.0	5.9	5.6	2.3	0.7	7.8	15.9	49.2	0.1	0.6	23.0	4.0	5.1	78.0	54.5	2.7	3.2	2.9	15,777	9,484	2,798	2,677	1,101	320	1,367	1,544