1981 Points per Game Leaders

Points scored per game

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

#	Player	Team	GP	MPG	PTS	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	FTM	FT%
1	George Gervin	SAN	79	35.7	2,551	32.3	993	1,987	50.0%	10	555	86.5%
2	Moses Malone	HOU	81	42.0	2,520	31.1	945	1,822	51.9%	0	630	76.2%
3	Adrian Dantley	UTH	81	39.8	2,457	30.3	904	1,586	57.0%	1	648	79.2%
4	Alex English	DEN	82	36.8	2,082	25.4	855	1,553	55.1%	0	372	84.0%
5	Julius Erving	PHL	81	34.4	1,974	24.4	780	1,428	54.6%	3	411	76.3%
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LAL	76	35.2	1,818	23.9	753	1,301	57.9%	0	312	70.6%
7	Gus Williams	SEA	80	36.0	1,875	23.4	773	1,592	48.6%	9	320	73.4%
8	Bernard King	GOS	79	36.2	1,833	23.2	740	1,307	56.6%	1	352	70.5%
9	World Free	GOS	78	35.9	1,789	22.9	650	1,452	44.8%	10	479	74.0%
10	Larry Bird	BOS	77	38.0	1,761	22.9	711	1,414	50.3%	11	328	86.3%
11	Dan Issel	DEN	81	30.5	1,852	22.9	651	1,236	52.7%	4	546	83.4%
12	John Long	DET	69	32.0	1,514	21.9	637	1,294	49.2%	2	238	86.6%
13	Kelly Tripucka	DET	82	37.5	1,772	21.6	636	1,281	49.7%	5	495	79.7%
14	Kiki Vandeweghe	DEN	82	33.8	1,760	21.5	706	1,260	56.0%	1	347	85.7%
15	Jay Vincent	DAL	81	32.4	1,732	21.4	719	1,448	49.7%	1	293	71.6%
16	Jamaal Wilkes	LAL	82	35.4	1,734	21.2	744	1,417	52.5%	0	246	73.2%
17	Mychal Thompson	POR	79	39.6	1,642	20.8	681	1,303	52.3%	0	280	62.8%
18	Ray Williams	NJN	82	33.3	1,674	20.4	639	1,383	46.2%	9	387	83.2%
19	Robert Parish	BOS	80	31.7	1,590	19.9	669	1,235	54.2%	0	252	71.0%
20	Darrell Griffith	UTH	80	32.5	1,582	19.8	689	1,429	48.2%	15	189	69.7%
21	Sidney Moncrief	MIL	80	37.3	1,581	19.8	556	1,063	52.3%	1	468	81.7%
22	Jack Sikma	SEA	82	37.2	1,611	19.7	581	1,212	47.9%	2	447	85.5%
23	Dennis Johnson	PHX	80	36.7	1,561	19.5	577	1,228	47.0%	8	399	80.6%
24	Truck Robinson	PHX	74	37.1	1,414	19.1	579	1,128	51.3%	1	255	68.7%
25	Jim Paxson	POR	82	33.6	1,552	18.9	662	1,259	52.6%	8	220	76.7%
26	Ron Brewer	CLE	72	32.2	1,357	18.9	569	1,194	47.7%	8	211	81.2%
27	Greg Ballard	WAS	79	37.3	1,486	18.8	621	1,307	47.5%	9	235	83.0%
28	Dan Roundfield	ATL	61	36.3	1,134	18.6	424	910	46.6%	1	285	76.0%
29	Magic Johnson	LAL	78	38.4	1,447	18.6	556	1,036	53.7%	6	329	76.0%
30	John Drew	ATL	70	29.1	1,298	18.5	465	957	48.6%	4	364	74.1%
31	Artis Gilmore	CHI	82	34.1	1,517	18.5	546	837	65.2%	1	424	76.8%
32	Reggie Theus	CHI	82	34.6	1,508	18.4	560	1,194	46.9%	25	363	80.9%
33	Micheal Ray Richardson	NYK	82	37.1	1,469	17.9	619	1,343	46.1%	19	212	70.0%
34	Eddie Johnson	ATL	68	34.0	1,211	17.8	455	1,011	45.0%	7	294	76.4%
35	Calvin Natt	POR	75	34.7	1,326	17.7	515	894	57.6%	2	294	75.0%
36	Norm Nixon	LAL	82	36.9	1,440	17.6	628	1,274	49.3%	3	181	80.8%
37	Tom Chambers	SDC	81	33.1	1,392	17.2	554	1,056	52.5%	0	284	62.0%
38	Johnny Davis	IND	82	32.5	1,396	17.0	538	1,153	46.7%	5	315	80.0%
39	Isiah Thomas	DET	72	33.8	1,225	17.0	453	1,068	42.4%	17	302	70.4%
40	Joe Barry Carroll	GOS	76	34.6	1,289	17.0	527	1,016	51.9%	0	235	72.8%
41	James Edwards	CLE	77	33.0	1,288	16.7	528	1,033	51.1%	0	232	68.4%
42	Andrew Toney	PHL	77	24.8	1,274	16.6	511	979	52.2%	25	227	74.2%
43	Marques Johnson	MIL	60	31.7	990	16.5	404	760	53.2%	0	182	70.0%
44	Elvin Hayes	HOU	82	37.0	1,318	16.1	519	1,100	47.2%	0	280	66.4%
45	Kelvin Ransey	POR	78	31.0	1,253	16.1	504	1,094	46.1%	3	242	76.1%
46	Brian Winters	MIL	61	30.0	967	15.9	404	806	50.1%	36	123	78.9%
47	Maurice Lucas	NYK	80	33.4	1,263	15.8	505	1,001	50.5%	0	253	72.5%
48	Michael Brooks	SDC	82	33.5	1,276	15.6	537	1,066	50.4%	0	202	75.7%
49	Buck Williams	NJN	82	34.5	1,268	15.5	513	881	58.2%	0	242	62.4%
50	Alvan Adams	PHX	79	30.3	1,196	15.1	507	1,027	49.4%	0	182	78.1%