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1981-82 NBA leaders

Top 10 in each major category. Rate-stat boards apply NBA season qualification minimums.

Points per game

  1. 1George GervinSAS32.3
  2. 2Moses MaloneHOU31.1
  3. 3Adrian DantleyUTA30.3
  4. 4AEAlex EnglishDEN25.4
  5. 5Julius ErvingPHI24.4
  6. 6Kareem Abdul-JabbarLAL23.9
  7. 7GWGus WilliamsSEA23.4
  8. 8Bernard KingGSW23.2
  9. 9WFWorld FreeGSW22.9
  10. 10Larry BirdBOS22.9

Rebounds per game

  1. 1Moses MaloneHOU14.7
  2. 2JSJack SikmaSEA12.5
  3. 3BWBuck WilliamsNJN12.2
  4. 4DRDan RoundfieldATL11.8
  5. 5MTMychal ThompsonPOR11.7
  6. 6MLMaurice LucasNYK11.3
  7. 7LSLarry SmithGSW11.0
  8. 8Larry BirdBOS10.9
  9. 9Robert ParishBOS10.8
  10. 10Artis GilmoreCHI10.2

Assists per game

  1. 1JMJohnny MooreSAS9.6
  2. 2Magic JohnsonLAL9.5
  3. 3MCMaurice CheeksPHI8.4
  4. 4Nate ArchibaldBOS8.0
  5. 5NNNorm NixonLAL8.0
  6. 6Isiah ThomasDET7.9
  7. 7RGRickey GreenUTA7.8
  8. 8GHGeoff HustonCLE7.5
  9. 9KRKelvin RanseyPOR7.1
  10. 10JLJohn LucasWAS7.0

Total points

  1. 1George GervinSAS2551
  2. 2Moses MaloneHOU2520
  3. 3Adrian DantleyUTA2457
  4. 4AEAlex EnglishDEN2082
  5. 5Julius ErvingPHI1974
  6. 6GWGus WilliamsSEA1875
  7. 7DIDan IsselDEN1852
  8. 8Bernard KingGSW1833
  9. 9Kareem Abdul-JabbarLAL1818
  10. 10WFWorld FreeGSW1789

Steals per game

  1. 1QBQuinn BucknerMIL2.5
  2. 2MCMaurice CheeksPHI2.2
  3. 3JMJohnny MooreSAS2.1
  4. 4GWGus WilliamsSEA2.0
  5. 5DBDon BuseIND1.9
  6. 6ALAllen LeavellHOU1.9
  7. 7Magic JohnsonLAL1.9
  8. 8Larry BirdBOS1.9
  9. 9KMKyle MacyPHX1.7
  10. 10SMSidney MoncriefMIL1.7

Blocks per game

  1. 1GJGeorge JohnsonSAS3.1
  2. 2Artis GilmoreCHI2.7
  3. 3TRTree RollinsATL2.6
  4. 4Robert ParishBOS2.4
  5. 5Kareem Abdul-JabbarLAL2.3
  6. 6Kevin McHaleBOS2.3
  7. 7HWHerb WilliamsIND2.1
  8. 8CJCaldwell JonesPHI1.8
  9. 9Julius ErvingPHI1.7
  10. 10HCHarvey CatchingsMIL1.7

3-pointers made

  1. 1DBDon BuseIND73
  2. 2JHJoey HassettGSW71
  3. 3MBMike BratzSAS46
  4. 4KMKyle MacyPHX39
  5. 5BWBrian WintersMIL35
  6. 6MDMike DunleavyHOU33
  7. 7KGKevin GreveyWAS28
  8. 8MAMark AguirreDAL25
  9. 9RTReggie TheusCHI25
  10. 10ATAndrew ToneyPHI25

Field goal %

  1. 1Artis GilmoreCHI.652
  2. 2SJSteve JohnsonKCK.611
  3. 3BWBuck WilliamsNJN.582
  4. 4Kareem Abdul-JabbarLAL.579
  5. 5CNCalvin NattPOR.576
  6. 6Adrian DantleyUTA.567
  7. 7Bernard KingGSW.566
  8. 8BJBobby JonesPHI.564
  9. 9BCBill CartwrightNYK.562
  10. 10JRJeff RulandWAS.561