DOUNOBALL NBA Leaders

1980-81 Leaders

The regular-season leaders in scoring, rebounding, assists, steals, blocks and more. Players traded during the season are counted once across all of their teams.

All leader seasons

Season leaders1980-8159 GP MIN

Players needed at least 59 games to qualify for these per-game leaderboards. 5 statistical categories are available for this season.

PPG leader

Adrian Dantley

30.6 PPG

RPG leader

Moses Malone

14.8 RPG

APG leader

Kevin Porter

9.1 APG

SPG leader

Michael Ray Richardson

2.94 SPG

Stat categories

Games to qualify

Minimum games required for the per-game leaderboards.

Most games played

League leaders

Top five by category

PPG

Scoring

Adrian Dantley

80 GP · 2,452 total

30.6

PPG

Moses Malone

80 GP · 2,222 total

27.8

PPG

George Gervin

82 GP · 2,221 total

27.1

PPG

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

80 GP · 2,095 total

26.2

PPG

David Thompson

77 GP · 1,967 total

25.5

PPG

RPG

Rebounding

Moses Malone

80 GP · 1,180 total

14.8

RPG

Swen Nater

82 GP · 1,017 total

12.4

RPG

Larry Smith

82 GP · 994 total

12.1

RPG

Larry Bird

82 GP · 895 total

10.9

RPG

Wes Unseld

63 GP · 673 total

10.7

RPG

APG

Assists

Kevin Porter

81 GP · 734 total

9.1

APG

Norm Nixon

79 GP · 696 total

8.8

APG

Phil Ford

66 GP · 580 total

8.8

APG

Michael Ray Richardson

79 GP · 627 total

7.9

APG

Tiny Archibald

80 GP · 618 total

7.7

APG

SPG

Steals

Michael Ray Richardson

79 GP · 232 total

2.94

SPG

Quinn Buckner

82 GP · 197 total

2.40

SPG

Maurice Cheeks

81 GP · 193 total

2.38

SPG

Ray Williams

79 GP · 185 total

2.34

SPG

Dudley Bradley

82 GP · 186 total

2.27

SPG

BPG

Blocks

George Johnson

82 GP · 278 total

3.39

BPG

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

80 GP · 228 total

2.85

BPG

Robert Parish

82 GP · 214 total

2.61

BPG

Artis Gilmore

82 GP · 198 total

2.41

BPG

Harvey Catchings

77 GP · 184 total

2.39

BPG