career highest ppg by a player since 1997

Since 1996-97, Luka Dončić has the most points per game, with 28.7 per game.

Interpreted as:

career highest ppg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player since 1997

	NAME	PPG	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	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	28.7	452	34.9	8.6	8.2	1.2	0.5	9.7	20.7	46.8	3.1	8.8	35.0	6.2	8.3	75.1	58.9	0.9	7.7	3.9	15,787	12,970	3,904	3,717	558	204	1,783	1,033	+1246
2	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	27.6	455	31.8	11.0	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.1	50.1	1.2	3.5	34.0	8.3	10.0	82.8	61.3	2.2	8.8	3.4	14,471	12,572	5,002	1,669	413	740	1,554	1,375	+2481
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	27.2	1,127	36.7	7.0	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.2	2.0	5.0	39.0	6.5	7.4	88.2	62.0	0.7	6.3	3.2	41,381	30,681	7,851	4,916	1,177	1,277	3,562	2,152	+4761
4	LeBron James L. James	27.0	1,562	37.8	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.2	6.4	3.5	59,042	42,184	11,731	11,584	2,345	1,150	5,471	2,781	+7389
5	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	26.7	914	41.1	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	25.5	306	37.3	5.9	4.1	1.6	0.5	9.9	21.7	45.7	0.5	1.7	31.5	5.1	6.4	80.6	52.0	1.2	4.7	2.2	11,411	7,803	1,793	1,256	489	154	686	597	+1438
7	Trae Young T. Young	25.2	488	34.3	3.5	9.8	1.0	0.2	8.0	18.5	43.2	2.6	7.5	35.1	6.6	7.6	87.3	57.8	0.6	2.9	4.2	16,760	12,309	1,697	4,787	509	75	2,061	850	-145
8	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	25.1	900	36.2	4.3	6.7	1.0	0.3	8.1	18.4	43.9	3.1	8.4	37.1	5.8	6.5	89.9	59.0	0.6	3.7	2.8	32,612	22,598	3,845	6,069	874	267	2,541	1,708	+2415
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	25.0	1,346	36.1	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	48,637	33,643	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	24.8	1,031	34.1	4.7	6.4	1.5	0.3	8.4	17.9	47.1	4.0	9.4	42.3	3.9	4.3	91.2	62.5	0.6	4.0	3.1	35,126	25,521	4,838	6,565	1,562	269	3,198	2,318	+6213
11	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	24.7	544	33.8	4.3	4.7	1.4	0.3	8.8	19.5	45.0	3.0	8.2	36.6	4.2	5.0	83.9	57.0	0.8	3.5	2.7	18,410	13,460	2,336	2,552	746	175	1,466	1,309	+2632
12	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	24.6	217	31.4	6.6	4.3	1.1	0.6	9.5	16.2	58.7	0.1	0.5	32.7	5.5	7.9	68.9	62.5	2.3	4.3	2.8	6,811	5,344	1,434	934	228	139	618	489	+395
13	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	24.6	467	33.2	4.8	5.1	1.4	0.8	8.6	17.1	50.1	1.3	3.8	35.3	6.1	7.0	86.1	60.7	0.8	4.0	2.3	15,484	11,468	2,242	2,389	673	377	1,084	1,054	+1308
14	Devin Booker D. Booker	24.5	678	34.4	4.0	5.2	0.9	0.3	8.5	18.4	46.4	2.1	6.0	35.4	5.3	6.0	87.3	58.1	0.6	3.4	3.0	23,329	16,598	2,738	3,552	579	192	2,058	1,986	-5
15	Anthony Davis A. Davis	24.1	792	34.4	10.7	2.6	1.3	2.3	9.0	17.3	52.2	0.5	1.6	29.5	5.6	7.0	79.4	59.2	2.7	8.0	2.0	27,231	19,082	8,467	2,020	1,041	1,821	1,584	1,853	+902
16	James Harden J. Harden	24.0	1,155	34.8	5.6	7.2	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.3	7.1	8.2	86.2	60.8	0.8	4.9	3.7	40,138	27,772	6,492	8,348	1,720	656	4,276	2,864	+4620
17	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	24.0	863	32.9	9.9	5.0	1.1	1.2	8.8	15.9	55.1	0.6	2.2	28.5	5.8	8.3	69.3	61.2	1.9	8.1	3.0	28,364	20,683	8,586	4,316	964	1,069	2,599	2,541	+3055
18	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	23.9	384	34.7	5.3	4.2	1.3	0.6	8.4	18.8	44.7	2.9	8.0	36.5	4.2	5.2	80.4	56.7	0.7	4.5	2.9	13,339	9,174	2,029	1,606	504	235	1,105	774	+780
19	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	23.7	779	34.5	4.1	5.6	1.3	0.4	8.7	18.4	47.4	2.4	6.1	39.4	3.8	4.3	88.8	58.4	0.8	3.3	2.5	26,879	18,433	3,173	4,365	1,022	337	1,942	1,770	+1962
20	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	23.6	585	34.5	7.3	3.8	1.1	0.7	8.2	17.8	45.9	2.6	7.1	37.0	4.5	5.4	84.0	58.3	0.9	6.5	2.4	20,185	13,784	4,293	2,243	640	384	1,389	1,232	+3645
21	Karl Malone K. Malone	23.5	578	36.4	9.1	4.2	1.4	0.7	8.4	16.9	50.1	0.0	0.1	24.7	6.6	8.5	77.7	57.1	1.9	7.2	2.9	21,051	13,585	5,235	2,433	781	389	1,693	1,582	+3010
22	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	23.0	649	34.1	11.1	3.2	0.8	1.2	8.4	16.1	52.3	1.7	4.3	40.0	4.4	5.3	83.8	62.4	2.8	8.3	2.7	22,106	14,948	7,190	2,045	526	775	1,759	2,213	+1288
23	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	22.8	121	31.1	10.9	3.7	1.2	3.7	8.3	17.5	47.4	2.3	6.7	33.9	4.0	4.9	80.9	58.1	2.1	8.8	3.4	3,762	2,762	1,316	453	146	449	415	272	+27
24	Ja Morant J. Morant	22.6	312	31.9	4.7	7.4	1.0	0.3	8.2	17.4	46.9	1.3	4.3	31.4	5.0	6.4	76.9	55.9	0.9	3.8	3.4	9,941	7,059	1,467	2,300	320	86	1,051	523	+802
25	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	22.6	912	33.7	10.3	2.5	0.5	2.1	8.9	15.3	58.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.8	9.1	52.1	58.5	3.3	7.1	2.7	30,754	20,577	9,408	2,310	496	1,908	2,422	3,093	+4887