League Leaders Who Led?

1983 NBA Points per Game Leaders

Points scored per game

All-time career leaders →

Adrian Dantley led the NBA in points per game in 1983 with 30.6, 1.1 ahead of Mark Aguirre (29.5). It stands 62nd among all single seasons in NBA history. It was one of 2 times Adrian Dantley led in points per game.

PPGPTSFGMFTM3PMGPMPG

Showing players who met the games-played minimum for the season. Show all players

Led the NBA in 1983 Adrian Dantley UTH
30.6 Points per Game 1.1 clear of Mark Aguirre
Showing Points per Game and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team PPG GP MPG PTS
1 Adrian Dantley UTH 30.6 79 37.8 2,418
2 Mark Aguirre Mark Aguirre DAL 29.5 79 36.7 2,330
3 Kiki Vandeweghe DEN 29.4 78 35.1 2,295
4 Alex English DEN 26.4 82 35.0 2,167
5 Bernard King Bernard King NYK 26.3 77 34.6 2,027
6 George Gervin George Gervin SAN 25.9 76 34.0 1,967
7 Larry Bird Larry Bird BOS 24.2 79 38.3 1,908
8 Mike Mitchell SAN 23.3 79 36.1 1,839
9 Terry Cummings SDC 22.9 81 35.9 1,854
10 Purvis Short GOS 22.8 79 37.3 1,803
11 Moses Malone PHL 22.7 71 36.8 1,609
12 Julius Erving Julius Erving PHL 22.4 77 34.8 1,727
13 Rolando Blackman DAL 22.4 81 37.4 1,815
14 World Free CLE 22.3 75 31.7 1,669
15 Jeff Ruland WAS 22.2 75 41.1 1,665
16 Eddie Johnson Eddie Johnson KCK 21.9 82 35.6 1,794
17 Dominique Wilkins Dominique Wilkins ATL 21.6 81 36.6 1,750
18 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LAL 21.5 80 32.8 1,717
19 Isiah Thomas Isiah Thomas DET 21.3 82 36.7 1,748
20 Kelly Tripucka DET 21.3 76 32.8 1,618
21 Jim Paxson Jim Paxson POR 21.3 81 33.2 1,722
22 Ralph Sampson Ralph Sampson HOU 21.0 82 32.8 1,720
23 Sidney Moncrief Sidney Moncrief MIL 20.9 79 38.9 1,654
24 Marques Johnson Marques Johnson MIL 20.7 74 36.7 1,535
25 Joe Barry Carroll GOS 20.5 80 37.0 1,639
26 Andrew Toney Andrew Toney PHL 20.4 78 32.8 1,588
27 Walter Davis Walter Davis PHX 20.0 78 32.6 1,557
28 Darrell Griffith UTH 20.0 82 32.3 1,636
29 Dan Issel DEN 19.8 76 27.3 1,506
30 Otis Birdsong Otis Birdsong NJN 19.8 69 31.4 1,365
31 Orlando Woolridge CHI 19.3 75 33.9 1,444
32 Jack Sikma Jack Sikma SEA 19.1 82 36.5 1,563
33 Clark Kellogg IND 19.1 79 33.9 1,506
34 Robert Parish BOS 19.0 80 35.8 1,520
35 Dan Roundfield Dan Roundfield ATL 18.9 73 35.8 1,380
36 Gus Williams SEA 18.7 80 35.2 1,497
37 Kevin McHale Kevin McHale BOS 18.4 82 31.4 1,511
38 Quintin Dailey CHI 18.2 82 29.9 1,491
39 Tom Chambers SEA 18.1 82 31.3 1,483
40 Cliff T. Robinson CLE 17.8 73 32.9 1,301
41 Lewis Lloyd HOU 17.8 82 31.4 1,458
42 Larry Nance Larry Nance PHX 17.7 82 35.4 1,451
43 John Drew John Drew UTH 17.7 81 22.2 1,430
44 Magic Johnson Magic Johnson LAL 17.6 67 38.3 1,178
45 Bill Laimbeer Bill Laimbeer DET 17.3 82 34.9 1,422
46 Jamaal Wilkes Jamaal Wilkes LAL 17.3 75 33.4 1,294
47 Bill Cartwright Bill Cartwright NYK 17.0 77 32.3 1,310
48 Norm Nixon SDC 17.0 82 37.2 1,391
49 Sleepy Floyd GOS 16.8 77 33.2 1,291
50 Darryl Dawkins Darryl Dawkins NJN 16.8 81 29.8 1,357
1–50 of 222Next →