Label points in geom_point
Use geom_text , with aes label. You can play with hjust, vjust to adjust text position. ggplot(nba, aes(x= MIN, y= PTS, colour=”green”, label=Name))+ geom_point() +geom_text(hjust=0, vjust=0) EDIT: Label only values above a certain threshold: ggplot(nba, aes(x= MIN, y= PTS, colour=”green”, label=Name))+ geom_point() + geom_text(aes(label=ifelse(PTS>24,as.character(Name),”)),hjust=0,vjust=0)