League Leaders Who Led?

1983 NBA Total Points Leaders

Points scored

Adrian Dantley led the NBA in total points in 1983 with 2,418, 88 ahead of Mark Aguirre (2,330). It stands 45th among all single seasons in NBA history. It was one of 2 times Adrian Dantley led in total points.

Led the NBA in 1983 Adrian Dantley UTH
2,418 Total Points 88 clear of Mark Aguirre
Showing Total Points and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team PTS GP MPG PPG
1 Adrian Dantley UTH 2,418 79 37.8 30.6
2 Mark Aguirre Mark Aguirre DAL 2,330 79 36.7 29.5
3 Kiki Vandeweghe DEN 2,295 78 35.1 29.4
4 Alex English DEN 2,167 82 35.0 26.4
5 Bernard King Bernard King NYK 2,027 77 34.6 26.3
6 George Gervin George Gervin SAN 1,967 76 34.0 25.9
7 Larry Bird Larry Bird BOS 1,908 79 38.3 24.2
8 Terry Cummings SDC 1,854 81 35.9 22.9
9 Mike Mitchell SAN 1,839 79 36.1 23.3
10 Rolando Blackman DAL 1,815 81 37.4 22.4
11 Purvis Short GOS 1,803 79 37.3 22.8
12 Eddie Johnson Eddie Johnson KCK 1,794 82 35.6 21.9
13 Dominique Wilkins Dominique Wilkins ATL 1,750 81 36.6 21.6
14 Isiah Thomas Isiah Thomas DET 1,748 82 36.7 21.3
15 Julius Erving Julius Erving PHL 1,727 77 34.8 22.4
16 Jim Paxson Jim Paxson POR 1,722 81 33.2 21.3
17 Ralph Sampson Ralph Sampson HOU 1,720 82 32.8 21.0
18 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LAL 1,717 80 32.8 21.5
19 World Free CLE 1,669 75 31.7 22.3
20 Jeff Ruland WAS 1,665 75 41.1 22.2
21 Sidney Moncrief Sidney Moncrief MIL 1,654 79 38.9 20.9
22 Joe Barry Carroll GOS 1,639 80 37.0 20.5
23 Darrell Griffith UTH 1,636 82 32.3 20.0
24 Kelly Tripucka DET 1,618 76 32.8 21.3
25 Moses Malone PHL 1,609 71 36.8 22.7
26 Andrew Toney Andrew Toney PHL 1,588 78 32.8 20.4
27 Jack Sikma Jack Sikma SEA 1,563 82 36.5 19.1
28 Walter Davis Walter Davis PHX 1,557 78 32.6 20.0
29 Marques Johnson Marques Johnson MIL 1,535 74 36.7 20.7
30 Robert Parish BOS 1,520 80 35.8 19.0
31 Kevin McHale Kevin McHale BOS 1,511 82 31.4 18.4
32 Clark Kellogg IND 1,506 79 33.9 19.1
33 Dan Issel DEN 1,506 76 27.3 19.8
34 Gus Williams SEA 1,497 80 35.2 18.7
35 Quintin Dailey CHI 1,491 82 29.9 18.2
36 Tom Chambers SEA 1,483 82 31.3 18.1
37 Lewis Lloyd HOU 1,458 82 31.4 17.8
38 Larry Nance Larry Nance PHX 1,451 82 35.4 17.7
39 Orlando Woolridge CHI 1,444 75 33.9 19.3
40 John Drew John Drew UTH 1,430 81 22.2 17.7
41 Bill Laimbeer Bill Laimbeer DET 1,422 82 34.9 17.3
42 Norm Nixon SDC 1,391 82 37.2 17.0
43 Dan Roundfield Dan Roundfield ATL 1,380 73 35.8 18.9
44 Otis Birdsong Otis Birdsong NJN 1,365 69 31.4 19.8
45 Darryl Dawkins Darryl Dawkins NJN 1,357 81 29.8 16.8
46 John Long DET 1,334 82 30.7 16.3
47 Bill Cartwright Bill Cartwright NYK 1,310 77 32.3 17.0
48 Cliff T. Robinson CLE 1,301 73 32.9 17.8
49 Jamaal Wilkes Jamaal Wilkes LAL 1,294 75 33.4 17.3
50 Sleepy Floyd GOS 1,291 77 33.2 16.8
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