| NBA leaders: points - 1979-80 | ||||||
| Minimum 70 games or 1,400 NBA leaders: points | ||||||
| Player | G | FG | FT | PTS | PPG | |
| 1 | George Gervin (San Antonio) | 78 | 1024 | 505 | 2585 | 33.1 |
| 2 | World B. Free (San Diego) | 68 | 737 | 572 | 2055 | 30.2 |
| 3 | Adrian Dantley (Utah) | 68 | 730 | 443 | 1903 | 28.0 |
| 4 | Julius Erving (Philadelphia) | 78 | 838 | 420 | 2100 | 26.9 |
| 5 | Moses Malone (Houston) | 82 | 778 | 563 | 2119 | 25.8 |
| 6 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles) | 82 | 835 | 364 | 2034 | 24.8 |
| 7 | Dan Issel (Denver) | 82 | 715 | 517 | 1951 | 23.8 |
| 8 | Elvin Hayes (Washington) | 81 | 761 | 334 | 1859 | 23.0 |
| 9 | Otis Birdsong (Kansas City) | 82 | 781 | 286 | 1858 | 22.7 |
| 10 | Mike Mitchell (Cleveland) | 82 | 775 | 270 | 1820 | 22.2 |
| 11 | Gus Williams (Seattle) | 82 | 739 | 331 | 1816 | 22.1 |
| 12 | Paul Westphal (Phoenix) | 82 | 692 | 382 | 1792 | 21.9 |
| 13 | Bill Cartwright (New York) | 82 | 665 | 451 | 1781 | 21.7 |
| 14 | Marques Johnson (Milwaukee) | 77 | 689 | 291 | 1671 | 21.7 |
| 15 | Walter Davis (Phoenix) | 75 | 657 | 299 | 1613 | 21.5 |
| 16 | Larry Bird (Boston) | 82 | 693 | 301 | 1745 | 21.3 |
| 17 | Mike Newlin (New Jersey) | 78 | 611 | 367 | 1634 | 20.9 |
| 18 | Ray Williams (New York) | 82 | 687 | 333 | 1714 | 20.9 |
| 19 | Reggie Theus (Chicago) | 82 | 566 | 500 | 1660 | 20.2 |
| 20 | Larry Kenon (San Antonio) | 78 | 647 | 270 | 1565 | 20.1 |
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| NBA leaders: points - 1980-81 | ||||||
| Minimum 70 games or 1,400 NBA leaders: points | ||||||
| Player | G | FG | FT | PTS | PPG | |
| 1 | Adrian Dantley (Utah) | 80 | 909 | 632 | 2452 | 30.7 |
| 2 | Moses Malone (Houston) | 80 | 806 | 609 | 2222 | 27.8 |
| 3 | George Gervin (San Antonio) | 82 | 850 | 512 | 2221 | 27.1 |
| 4 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles) | 80 | 836 | 423 | 2095 | 26.2 |
| 5 | David Thompson (Denver) | 77 | 734 | 489 | 1967 | 25.5 |
| 6 | Otis Birdsong (Kansas City) | 71 | 710 | 317 | 1747 | 24.6 |
| 7 | Julius Erving (Philadelphia) | 82 | 794 | 422 | 2014 | 24.6 |
| 8 | Mike Mitchell (Cleveland) | 82 | 853 | 302 | 2012 | 24.5 |
| 9 | World B. Free (Golden State) | 65 | 516 | 528 | 1565 | 24.1 |
| 10 | Alex English (Denver) | 81 | 768 | 390 | 1929 | 23.8 |
| 11 | Jamaal Wilkes (Los Angeles) | 81 | 786 | 254 | 1827 | 22.6 |
| 12 | Bernard King (Golden State) | 81 | 731 | 307 | 1771 | 21.9 |
| 13 | Dan Issel (Denver) | 80 | 614 | 519 | 1749 | 21.9 |
| 14 | John Drew (Atlanta) | 67 | 500 | 454 | 1454 | 21.7 |
| 15 | Mike Newlin (New Jersey) | 79 | 632 | 414 | 1688 | 21.4 |
| 16 | Larry Bird (Boston) | 82 | 719 | 283 | 1741 | 21.2 |
| 17 | Darrell Griffith (Utah) | 81 | 716 | 229 | 1671 | 20.6 |
| 18 | Marques Johnson (Milwaukee) | 76 | 636 | 269 | 1541 | 20.3 |
| 19 | Bill Cartwright (New York) | 82 | 619 | 408 | 1646 | 20.1 |
| 20 | Ray Williams (New York) | 79 | 616 | 312 | 1560 | 19.7 |
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| NBA leaders: points - 1981-82 | ||||||
| Minimum 70 games or 1,400 NBA leaders: points | ||||||
| Player | G | FG | FT | PTS | PPG | |
| 1 | George Gervin (San Antonio) | 79 | 993 | 555 | 2551 | 32.3 |
| 2 | Moses Malone (Houston) | 81 | 945 | 630 | 2520 | 31.1 |
| 3 | Adrian Dantley (Utah) | 81 | 904 | 648 | 2457 | 30.3 |
| 4 | Alex English (Denver) | 82 | 855 | 372 | 2082 | 25.4 |
| 5 | Julius Erving (Philadelphia) | 81 | 780 | 411 | 1974 | 24.4 |
| 6 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles) | 76 | 753 | 312 | 1818 | 23.9 |
| 7 | Gus Williams (Seattle) | 80 | 773 | 320 | 1875 | 23.4 |
| 8 | Bernard King (Golden State) | 79 | 740 | 352 | 1833 | 23.2 |
| 9 | Dan Issel (Denver) | 81 | 651 | 546 | 1852 | 22.9 |
| 10 | Larry Bird (Boston) | 77 | 711 | 328 | 1761 | 22.9 |
| 11 | World B. Free (Golden State) | 78 | 650 | 479 | 1789 | 22.9 |
| 12 | John Long (Detroit) | 69 | 637 | 238 | 1514 | 21.9 |
| 13 | Kelly Tripucka (Detroit) | 82 | 636 | 495 | 1772 | 21.6 |
| 14 | Kiki Vandeweghe (Denver) | 82 | 706 | 347 | 1760 | 21.5 |
| 15 | Jay Vincent (Dallas) | 81 | 719 | 293 | 1732 | 21.4 |
| 16 | Jamaal Wilkes (Los Angeles) | 82 | 744 | 246 | 1734 | 21.1 |
| 17 | Mychal Thompson (Portland) | 79 | 681 | 280 | 1642 | 20.8 |
| 18 | Mike Mitchell (Cle.-S.A.) | 84 | 753 | 220 | 1726 | 20.5 |
| 19 | Ray Williams (New Jersey) | 82 | 639 | 387 | 1674 | 20.4 |
| 20 | Robert Parish (Boston) | 80 | 669 | 252 | 1590 | 19.9 |
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| NBA leaders: points - 1982-83 | ||||||
| Minimum 70 games or 1,400 NBA leaders: points | ||||||
| Player | G | FG | FT | PTS | PPG | |
| 1 | Alex English (Denver) | 82 | 959 | 406 | 2326 | 28.4 |
| 2 | Kiki Vandeweghe (Denver) | 82 | 841 | 489 | 2186 | 26.7 |
| 3 | Kelly Tripucka (Detroit) | 58 | 565 | 392 | 1536 | 26.5 |
| 4 | George Gervin (San Antonio) | 78 | 757 | 517 | 2043 | 26.2 |
| 5 | Moses Malone (Philadelphia) | 78 | 654 | 600 | 1908 | 24.5 |
| 6 | Mark Aguirre (Dallas) | 81 | 767 | 429 | 1979 | 24.4 |
| 7 | Joe Barry Carroll (Golden State) | 79 | 785 | 337 | 1907 | 24.1 |
| 8 | World B. Free (G.S.-Cle.) | 73 | 649 | 430 | 1743 | 23.9 |
| 9 | Reggie Theus (Chicago) | 82 | 749 | 434 | 1953 | 23.8 |
| 10 | Terry Cummings (San Diego) | 70 | 684 | 292 | 1660 | 23.7 |
| 11 | Larry Bird (Boston) | 79 | 747 | 351 | 1867 | 23.6 |
| 12 | Isiah Thomas (Detroit) | 81 | 725 | 368 | 1854 | 22.9 |
| 13 | Sidney Moncrief (Milwaukee) | 76 | 606 | 499 | 1712 | 22.5 |
| 14 | Darrell Griffith (Utah) | 77 | 752 | 167 | 1709 | 22.2 |
| 15 | Bernard King (New York) | 68 | 603 | 280 | 1486 | 21.9 |
| 16 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles) | 79 | 722 | 278 | 1722 | 21.8 |
| 17 | Jim Paxson (Portland) | 81 | 682 | 388 | 1756 | 21.7 |
| 18 | Dan Issel (Denver) | 80 | 661 | 400 | 1726 | 21.6 |
| 19 | Marques Johnson (Milwaukee) | 80 | 723 | 264 | 1714 | 21.4 |
| 20 | Purvis Short (Golden State) | 67 | 589 | 255 | 1437 | 21.4 |
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| NBA leaders: points - 1983-84 | ||||||
| Minimum 70 games or 1,400 NBA leaders: points | ||||||
| Player | G | FG | FT | PTS | PPG | |
| 1 | Adrian Dantley (Utah) | 79 | 802 | 813 | 2418 | 30.6 |
| 2 | Mark Aguirre (Dallas) | 79 | 925 | 465 | 2330 | 29.5 |
| 3 | Kiki Vandeweghe (Denver) | 78 | 895 | 494 | 2295 | 29.4 |
| 4 | Alex English (Denver) | 82 | 907 | 352 | 2167 | 26.4 |
| 5 | Bernard King (New York) | 77 | 795 | 437 | 2027 | 26.3 |
| 6 | George Gervin (San Antonio) | 76 | 765 | 427 | 1967 | 25.9 |
| 7 | Larry Bird (Boston) | 79 | 758 | 374 | 1908 | 24.2 |
| 8 | Mike Mitchell (San Antonio) | 79 | 779 | 275 | 1839 | 23.3 |
| 9 | Terry Cummings (San Diego) | 81 | 737 | 380 | 1854 | 22.9 |
| 10 | Purvis Short (Golden State) | 79 | 714 | 353 | 1803 | 22.8 |
| 11 | Moses Malone (Philadelphia) | 71 | 532 | 545 | 1609 | 22.7 |
| 12 | Julius Erving (Philadelphia) | 77 | 678 | 364 | 1727 | 22.4 |
| 13 | Rolando Blackman (Dallas) | 81 | 721 | 372 | 1815 | 22.4 |
| 14 | World B. Free (Cleveland) | 75 | 626 | 395 | 1669 | 22.3 |
| 15 | Jeff Ruland (Washington) | 75 | 599 | 466 | 1665 | 22.2 |
| 16 | Eddie Johnson (Kansas City) | 82 | 753 | 268 | 1794 | 21.9 |
| 17 | Dominique Wilkins (Atlanta) | 81 | 684 | 382 | 1750 | 21.6 |
| 18 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles) | 80 | 716 | 285 | 1717 | 21.5 |
| 19 | Kelly Tripucka (Detroit) | 76 | 595 | 426 | 1618 | 21.3 |
| 20 | Isiah Thomas (Detroit) | 82 | 669 | 388 | 1748 | 21.3 |
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| NBA leaders: points - 1984-85 | ||||||
| Minimum 70 games or 1,400 NBA leaders: points | ||||||
| Player | G | FG | FT | PTS | PPG | |
| 1 | Bernard King (New York) | 55 | 691 | 426 | 1809 | 32.9 |
| 2 | Larry Bird (Boston) | 80 | 918 | 403 | 2295 | 28.7 |
| 3 | Michael Jordan (Chicago) | 82 | 837 | 630 | 2313 | 28.2 |
| 4 | Purvis Short (Golden State) | 78 | 819 | 501 | 2186 | 28.0 |
| 5 | Alex English (Denver) | 81 | 939 | 383 | 2262 | 27.9 |
| 6 | Dominique Wilkins (Atlanta) | 81 | 853 | 486 | 2217 | 27.4 |
| 7 | Adrian Dantley (Utah) | 55 | 512 | 438 | 1462 | 26.6 |
| 8 | Mark Aguirre (Dallas) | 80 | 794 | 440 | 2055 | 25.7 |
| 9 | Moses Malone (Philadelphia) | 79 | 602 | 737 | 1941 | 24.6 |
| 10 | Terry Cummings (Milwaukee) | 79 | 759 | 343 | 1861 | 23.6 |
| 11 | Calvin Natt (Denver) | 78 | 685 | 447 | 1817 | 23.3 |
| 12 | Orlando Woolridge (Chicago) | 77 | 679 | 409 | 1767 | 22.9 |
| 13 | Eddie Johnson (Kansas City) | 82 | 769 | 325 | 1876 | 22.9 |
| 14 | Darrell Griffith (Utah) | 78 | 728 | 216 | 1764 | 22.6 |
| 15 | World B. Free (Cleveland) | 71 | 609 | 308 | 1597 | 22.5 |
| 16 | Kiki Vandeweghe (Portland) | 72 | 618 | 369 | 1616 | 22.4 |
| 17 | Mike Mitchell (San Antonio) | 82 | 775 | 269 | 1824 | 22.2 |
| 18 | Derek Smith (L.A. Clippers) | 80 | 682 | 400 | 1767 | 22.1 |
| 19 | Ralph Sampson (Houston) | 82 | 753 | 303 | 1809 | 22.1 |
| 20 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (L.A. Lakers) | 79 | 723 | 289 | 1735 | 22.0 |
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| NBA leaders: points - 1985-86 | ||||||
| Minimum 70 games or 1,400 NBA leaders: points | ||||||
| Player | G | FG | FT | PTS | PPG | |
| 1 | Dominique Wilkins (Atlanta) | 78 | 888 | 577 | 2366 | 30.3 |
| 2 | Adrian Dantley (Utah) | 76 | 818 | 630 | 2267 | 29.8 |
| 3 | Alex English (Denver) | 81 | 951 | 511 | 2414 | 29.8 |
| 4 | Larry Bird (Boston) | 82 | 796 | 441 | 2115 | 25.8 |
| 5 | Purvis Short (Golden State) | 64 | 633 | 351 | 1632 | 25.5 |
| 6 | Kiki Vandeweghe (Portland) | 79 | 719 | 523 | 1962 | 24.8 |
| 7 | Moses Malone (Philadelphia) | 74 | 571 | 617 | 1759 | 23.8 |
| 8 | Hakeem Olajuwon (Houston) | 68 | 625 | 347 | 1597 | 23.5 |
| 9 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (L.A. Lakers) | 79 | 755 | 336 | 1846 | 23.4 |
| 10 | World B. Free (Cleveland) | 75 | 652 | 379 | 1754 | 23.4 |
| 11 | Mike Mitchell (San Antonio) | 82 | 802 | 317 | 1921 | 23.4 |
| 12 | Mark Aguirre (Dallas) | 74 | 668 | 318 | 1670 | 22.6 |
| 13 | Jeff Malone (Washington) | 80 | 735 | 322 | 1795 | 22.4 |
| 14 | Walter Davis (Phoenix) | 70 | 624 | 257 | 1523 | 21.8 |
| 15 | Rolando Blackman (Dallas) | 82 | 677 | 404 | 1762 | 21.5 |
| 16 | Kevin McHale (Boston) | 68 | 561 | 326 | 1448 | 21.3 |
| 17 | Joe Barry Carroll (Golden State) | 79 | 650 | 377 | 1677 | 21.2 |
| 18 | Isiah Thomas (Detroit) | 77 | 609 | 365 | 1609 | 20.9 |
| 19 | Orlando Woolridge (Chicago) | 70 | 540 | 364 | 1448 | 20.7 |
| 20 | Marques Johnson (L.A. Clippers) | 75 | 613 | 298 | 1525 | 20.3 |
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| NBA leaders: points - 1986-87 | ||||||
| Minimum 70 games or 1,400 NBA leaders: points | ||||||
| Player | G | FG | FT | PTS | PPG | |
| 1 | Michael Jordan (Chicago) | 82 | 1098 | 833 | 3041 | 37.1 |
| 2 | Dominique Wilkins (Atlanta) | 79 | 828 | 607 | 2294 | 29.0 |
| 3 | Alex English (Denver) | 82 | 965 | 411 | 2345 | 28.6 |
| 4 | Larry Bird (Boston) | 74 | 786 | 414 | 2076 | 28.1 |
| 5 | Kiki Vandeweghe (Portland) | 79 | 808 | 467 | 2122 | 26.9 |
| 6 | Kevin McHale (Boston) | 77 | 790 | 428 | 2008 | 26.1 |
| 7 | Mark Aguirre (Dallas) | 80 | 787 | 429 | 2056 | 25.7 |
| 8 | Dale Ellis (Seattle) | 82 | 785 | 385 | 2041 | 24.9 |
| 9 | Moses Malone (Washington) | 73 | 595 | 570 | 1760 | 24.1 |
| 10 | Magic Johnson (L.A. Lakers) | 80 | 683 | 535 | 1909 | 23.9 |
| 11 | Walter Davis (Phoenix) | 79 | 779 | 288 | 1867 | 23.6 |
| 12 | Hakeem Olajuwon (Houston) | 75 | 677 | 400 | 1755 | 23.4 |
| 13 | Tom Chambers (Seattle) | 82 | 660 | 535 | 1909 | 23.3 |
| 14 | Xavier McDaniel (Seattle) | 82 | 806 | 275 | 1890 | 23.0 |
| 15 | Charles Barkley (Philadelphia) | 68 | 557 | 429 | 1564 | 23.0 |
| 16 | Ron Harper (Cleveland) | 82 | 734 | 386 | 1874 | 22.9 |
| 17 | Larry Nance (Phoenix) | 69 | 585 | 381 | 1552 | 22.5 |
| 18 | Jeff Malone (Washington) | 80 | 689 | 376 | 1758 | 22.0 |
| 19 | Karl Malone (Utah) | 82 | 728 | 323 | 1779 | 21.7 |
| 20 | Clyde Drexler (Portland) | 82 | 707 | 357 | 1782 | 21.7 |
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| NBA leaders: points - 1987-88 | ||||||
| Minimum 70 games or 1,400 NBA leaders: points | ||||||
| Player | G | FG | FT | PTS | PPG | |
| 1 | Michael Jordan (Chicago) | 82 | 1069 | 723 | 2868 | 35.0 |
| 2 | Dominique Wilkins (Atlanta) | 78 | 909 | 541 | 2397 | 30.7 |
| 3 | Larry Bird (Boston) | 76 | 881 | 415 | 2275 | 29.9 |
| 4 | Charles Barkley (Philadelphia) | 80 | 753 | 714 | 2264 | 28.3 |
| 5 | Karl Malone (Utah) | 82 | 858 | 552 | 2268 | 27.7 |
| 6 | Clyde Drexler (Portland) | 81 | 849 | 476 | 2185 | 27.0 |
| 7 | Dale Ellis (Seattle) | 75 | 764 | 303 | 1938 | 25.8 |
| 8 | Mark Aguirre (Dallas) | 77 | 746 | 388 | 1932 | 25.1 |
| 9 | Alex English (Denver) | 80 | 843 | 314 | 2000 | 25.0 |
| 10 | Hakeem Olajuwon (Houston) | 79 | 712 | 381 | 1805 | 22.8 |
| 11 | Kevin McHale (Boston) | 64 | 550 | 346 | 1446 | 22.6 |
| 12 | Byron Scott (L.A. Lakers) | 81 | 710 | 272 | 1754 | 21.7 |
| 13 | Reggie Theus (Sacramento) | 73 | 619 | 320 | 1574 | 21.6 |
| 14 | Xavier McDaniel (Seattle) | 78 | 687 | 281 | 1669 | 21.4 |
| 15 | Terry Cummings (Milwaukee) | 76 | 675 | 270 | 1621 | 21.3 |
| 16 | Otis Thorpe (Sacramento) | 82 | 622 | 460 | 1704 | 20.8 |
| 17 | Jeff Malone (Washington) | 80 | 648 | 335 | 1641 | 20.5 |
| 18 | Tom Chambers (Seattle) | 82 | 611 | 419 | 1674 | 20.4 |
| 19 | Moses Malone (Washington) | 79 | 531 | 543 | 1607 | 20.3 |
| 20 | Patrick Ewing (New York) | 82 | 656 | 341 | 1653 | 20.2 |
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| NBA leaders: points - 1988-89 | ||||||
| Minimum 70 games or 1,400 NBA leaders: points | ||||||
| Player | G | FG | FT | PTS | PPG | |
| 1 | Michael Jordan (Chicago) | 81 | 966 | 674 | 2633 | 32.5 |
| 2 | Karl Malone (Utah) | 80 | 809 | 703 | 2326 | 29.1 |
| 3 | Dale Ellis (Seattle) | 82 | 857 | 377 | 2253 | 27.5 |
| 4 | Clyde Drexler (Portland) | 78 | 829 | 438 | 2123 | 27.2 |
| 5 | Chris Mullin (Golden State) | 82 | 830 | 493 | 2176 | 26.5 |
| 6 | Alex English (Denver) | 82 | 924 | 325 | 2175 | 26.5 |
| 7 | Dominique Wilkins (Atlanta) | 80 | 814 | 442 | 2099 | 26.2 |
| 8 | Charles Barkley (Philadelphia) | 79 | 700 | 602 | 2037 | 25.8 |
| 9 | Tom Chambers (Phoenix) | 81 | 774 | 509 | 2085 | 25.7 |
| 10 | Hakeem Olajuwon (Houston) | 82 | 790 | 454 | 2034 | 24.8 |
| 11 | Terry Cummings (Milwaukee) | 80 | 730 | 362 | 1829 | 22.9 |
| 12 | Patrick Ewing (New York) | 80 | 727 | 361 | 1815 | 22.7 |
| 13 | Kelly Tripucka (Charlotte) | 71 | 568 | 440 | 1606 | 22.6 |
| 14 | Kevin McHale (Boston) | 78 | 661 | 436 | 1758 | 22.5 |
| 15 | Magic Johnson (L.A. Lakers) | 77 | 579 | 513 | 1730 | 22.5 |
| 16 | Mitch Richmond (Golden State) | 79 | 649 | 410 | 1741 | 22.0 |
| 17 | Jeff Malone (Washington) | 76 | 677 | 296 | 1651 | 21.7 |
| 18 | Chuck Person (Indiana) | 80 | 711 | 243 | 1728 | 21.6 |
| 19 | Eddie Johnson (Phoenix) | 70 | 608 | 217 | 1504 | 21.5 |
| 20 | Bernard King (Washington) | 81 | 654 | 361 | 1674 | 20.7 |
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