Joel Embiid put up the most points per game in 2021-22, with 30.6 per game.

Interpreted as:

2022 season highest points per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	30.6	2021-22	PHI	68	33.8	11.7	4.2	1.1	1.5	9.8	19.6	49.9	1.4	3.7	37.1	9.6	11.8	81.4	61.6	2.1	9.6	3.1	2,296	2,079	796	284	77	99	214	181	+367
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	29.9	2021-22	MIL	67	32.9	11.6	5.8	1.1	1.4	10.3	18.6	55.3	1.1	3.6	29.3	8.3	11.4	72.2	63.3	2.0	9.6	3.3	2,204	2,002	778	388	72	91	219	212	+397
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	28.4	2021-22	DAL	65	35.4	9.1	8.7	1.2	0.6	9.9	21.6	45.7	3.1	8.8	35.3	5.6	7.5	74.4	57.1	0.9	8.3	4.5	2,301	1,847	593	568	75	36	292	145	+146
4	Trae Young T. Young	28.4	2021-22	ATL	76	34.9	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	9.4	20.3	46.0	3.1	8.0	38.2	6.6	7.3	90.4	60.3	0.7	3.1	4.0	2,652	2,155	284	737	72	7	303	128	+158
5	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	27.9	2021-22	CHI	76	36.1	5.2	4.9	0.9	0.3	10.2	20.2	50.4	0.7	1.9	35.2	6.8	7.8	87.7	59.0	0.7	4.4	2.4	2,743	2,118	392	374	68	24	181	178	+77
6	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	27.1	2021-22	DEN	74	33.4	13.8	7.9	1.5	0.9	10.3	17.7	58.3	1.3	3.9	33.7	5.1	6.3	81.0	66.1	2.8	11.0	3.8	2,475	2,004	1,019	584	109	63	281	191	+442
7	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	26.9	2021-22	BOS	76	35.9	8.0	4.4	1.0	0.6	9.3	20.6	45.3	3.0	8.6	35.3	5.3	6.2	85.3	57.8	1.1	6.9	2.9	2,731	2,046	609	334	75	49	217	174	+667
8	Devin Booker D. Booker	26.8	2021-22	PHX	68	34.5	5.0	4.8	1.1	0.4	9.7	20.9	46.6	2.7	7.0	38.3	4.6	5.3	86.8	57.6	0.7	4.4	2.4	2,344	1,822	342	329	77	26	162	180	+469
9	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	25.9	2021-22	UTA	67	33.8	4.2	5.3	1.5	0.2	9.2	20.5	44.8	3.5	9.8	35.5	4.0	4.7	85.3	57.2	0.8	3.4	3.0	2,266	1,733	282	358	99	12	200	164	+276
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	25.5	2021-22	GSW	64	34.5	5.2	6.3	1.3	0.4	8.4	19.1	43.7	4.5	11.7	38.0	4.3	4.7	92.3	60.1	0.5	4.7	3.2	2,211	1,630	335	404	85	23	206	130	+507
11	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	24.6	2021-22	MIN	74	33.4	9.8	3.6	1.0	1.1	8.7	16.4	52.9	2.0	4.9	41.0	5.2	6.3	82.2	64.0	2.6	7.2	3.1	2,475	1,818	727	269	72	83	226	267	+274
12	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	24.4	2021-22	CHI	67	34.7	4.6	4.5	0.6	0.3	8.4	17.7	47.6	2.8	7.1	38.9	4.8	5.6	85.3	60.5	0.3	4.3	2.6	2,328	1,635	308	303	41	23	171	120	-26
13	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	23.6	2021-22	BOS	66	33.6	6.1	3.5	1.1	0.3	8.7	18.4	47.3	2.5	7.0	35.8	3.7	4.8	75.8	57.4	0.8	5.3	2.7	2,220	1,559	404	231	70	18	178	163	+453
14	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	23.2	2021-22	SAC	59	35.3	3.9	5.6	1.2	0.4	8.7	18.5	47.3	1.3	4.2	29.7	4.4	5.9	75.0	54.9	0.4	3.5	2.8	2,083	1,367	231	330	68	25	168	172	-193
15	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	22.8	2021-22	TOR	68	37.9	8.5	5.3	1.3	0.6	8.8	17.8	49.4	1.1	3.2	34.4	4.2	5.6	74.9	56.5	1.9	6.6	2.7	2,578	1,551	580	360	85	42	181	225	+254
16	CJ McCollum	22.1	2021-22	TOT	62	34.6	4.3	5.1	1.1	0.4	8.6	18.8	46.0	2.9	7.6	38.8	1.9	2.7	68.2	55.3	0.9	3.5	2.0	2,145	1,370	269	315	70	22	127	121	-69
17	James Harden J. Harden	22.0	2021-22	TOT	65	37.2	7.7	10.3	1.3	0.6	6.3	15.3	41.0	2.3	6.9	33.0	7.2	8.2	87.7	58.3	0.8	6.8	4.4	2,419	1,432	500	667	82	36	284	153	+173
18	Darius Garland D. Garland	21.7	2021-22	CLE	68	35.7	3.3	8.6	1.3	0.1	8.0	17.3	46.2	2.6	6.7	38.3	3.2	3.5	89.2	57.6	0.6	2.7	3.6	2,430	1,473	224	583	89	7	248	115	+376
19	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	21.3	2021-22	MIN	72	34.3	4.8	3.8	1.5	0.6	7.6	17.3	44.1	3.0	8.4	35.7	3.1	3.9	78.6	56.0	0.9	3.9	2.6	2,466	1,533	343	275	105	46	190	164	+188
20	Dejounte Murray D. Murray	21.1	2021-22	SAS	68	34.8	8.3	9.2	2.0	0.3	8.4	18.3	46.2	1.4	4.3	32.7	2.9	3.6	79.4	53.3	1.2	7.1	2.6	2,366	1,438	563	627	138	23	180	138	+49
21	Tyler Herro T. Herro	20.7	2021-22	MIA	66	32.6	5.0	4.0	0.7	0.1	7.6	17.0	44.7	2.7	6.7	39.9	2.9	3.3	86.8	56.1	0.5	4.5	2.6	2,151	1,367	329	263	44	8	174	95	+240
22	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	20.3	2021-22	TOR	65	37.9	4.4	6.7	1.7	0.5	6.8	16.9	40.3	3.7	9.9	37.7	3.0	3.4	87.4	55.2	0.7	3.8	2.6	2,462	1,320	289	434	111	35	170	162	+212
23	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	20.2	2021-22	CHA	80	35.5	7.0	3.8	0.9	0.8	7.5	15.2	49.1	1.9	5.8	33.1	3.3	4.2	80.2	59.3	1.1	5.9	1.9	2,837	1,613	559	300	74	67	150	193	+142
24	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	20.1	2021-22	CHA	75	32.3	6.7	7.6	1.6	0.4	7.2	16.7	42.9	2.9	7.5	38.9	2.8	3.2	87.2	55.4	1.4	5.2	3.3	2,422	1,508	501	571	119	30	245	237	+99
25	Julius Randle J. Randle	20.1	2021-22	NYK	72	35.3	9.9	5.1	0.7	0.5	7.1	17.3	41.1	1.7	5.4	30.8	4.2	5.6	75.6	50.9	1.7	8.2	3.4	2,544	1,447	716	370	53	39	245	205	-164