highest career ppg after 1980

Since 1980-81, Michael Jordan has averaged the most points per game, with 30.1 per game.

Interpreted as:
highest career ppg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player after 1980
NAMEPPGGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
30.1
1,072
38.3
6.2
5.3
2.3
0.8
11.4
22.9
49.7
0.5
1.7
32.7
6.8
8.2
83.5
56.9
1.6
4.7
2.7
41,011
32,292
6,672
5,633
2,514
893
2,924
2,783
+1438
2Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
29.2
512
35.0
8.5
8.2
1.3
0.5
9.8
21.0
46.9
3.2
9.0
35.2
6.4
8.5
75.5
59.2
0.9
7.6
4.0
17,940
14,967
4,367
4,211
658
237
2,026
1,177
+1427
3Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
27.6
486
31.8
10.8
3.7
0.9
1.6
9.1
18.2
50.1
1.2
3.5
33.9
8.2
9.9
83.0
61.3
2.2
8.6
3.4
15,465
13,436
5,242
1,795
432
774
1,648
1,441
+2650
4Kevin Durant
K. Durant
27.1
1,193
36.7
6.9
4.4
1.0
1.1
9.4
18.6
50.3
2.0
5.0
39.1
6.4
7.3
88.2
62.1
0.7
6.2
3.2
43,793
32,389
8,208
5,228
1,233
1,334
3,779
2,264
+5010
5LeBron James
L. James
26.8
1,615
37.7
7.5
7.4
1.5
0.7
9.8
19.4
50.7
1.6
4.7
34.8
5.5
7.4
73.7
59.0
1.1
6.3
3.5
60,822
43,290
12,047
11,952
2,405
1,181
5,627
2,856
+7455
6Allen 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
7Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
25.3
671
35.7
5.1
3.1
0.9
0.1
8.9
16.3
54.3
0.0
0.1
17.9
7.6
9.3
81.7
62.0
2.1
3.0
2.8
23,953
16,973
3,390
2,104
576
85
1,887
1,729
8Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
25.3
524
33.1
4.7
5.3
1.4
0.8
8.8
17.3
50.8
1.4
3.8
35.8
6.3
7.3
86.5
61.5
0.7
4.0
2.3
17,361
13,241
2,482
2,770
754
421
1,205
1,172
+1938
9Damian 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
10Trae Young
T. Young
25.1
498
34.1
3.4
9.8
1.0
0.2
7.9
18.3
43.3
2.6
7.4
35.2
6.6
7.6
87.2
58.0
0.6
2.8
4.2
17,005
12,489
1,717
4,868
518
76
2,090
874
-187
11Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
25.1
604
33.8
4.3
4.8
1.4
0.3
8.9
19.6
45.2
3.0
8.3
36.6
4.3
5.1
84.3
57.4
0.8
3.5
2.7
20,424
15,134
2,616
2,904
840
191
1,631
1,454
+2944
12Karl Malone
K. Malone
25.0
1,476
37.2
10.1
3.6
1.4
0.8
9.2
17.8
51.6
0.1
0.2
27.4
6.6
8.9
74.2
57.7
2.4
7.7
3.1
54,852
36,928
14,968
5,248
2,085
1,145
4,524
4,578
+3010
13Kobe 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
14Stephen Curry
S. Curry
24.8
1,065
34.0
4.7
6.3
1.5
0.3
8.4
17.9
47.1
4.0
9.4
42.2
4.0
4.3
91.2
62.6
0.6
4.0
3.1
36,196
26,447
4,957
6,729
1,597
281
3,298
2,384
+6239
15Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
24.8
1,074
35.5
6.7
2.5
1.3
0.6
9.3
20.1
46.1
0.7
2.1
31.9
5.6
6.9
81.1
53.6
2.7
3.9
2.5
38,113
26,668
7,169
2,677
1,378
642
2,669
2,061
-392
16George Gervin
G. Gervin
24.8
469
32.3
4.1
2.7
1.0
0.6
9.6
19.4
49.2
0.1
0.3
28.7
5.6
6.6
85.0
55.6
1.4
2.8
2.8
15,152
11,631
1,930
1,253
453
286
1,291
1,307
17Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
24.6
439
34.9
5.3
4.1
1.3
0.6
8.6
19.0
45.3
3.0
8.1
37.0
4.4
5.5
80.2
57.4
0.7
4.5
2.9
15,323
10,807
2,313
1,816
585
281
1,264
879
+933
18Larry Bird
L. Bird
24.6
815
38.6
10.0
6.5
1.7
0.9
9.7
19.5
49.8
0.7
1.9
37.3
4.5
5.0
89.0
56.7
1.9
8.1
3.1
31,488
20,046
8,122
5,325
1,413
702
2,553
2,000
19Alex English
A. English
24.5
892
34.5
5.3
4.2
1.0
0.7
10.2
20.1
50.6
0.0
0.1
20.8
4.2
5.0
84.3
55.1
2.3
3.0
2.5
30,766
21,896
4,715
3,702
866
620
2,274
2,351
20Devin Booker
D. Booker
24.5
730
34.3
4.0
5.3
0.9
0.3
8.5
18.4
46.3
2.1
6.0
35.1
5.4
6.2
87.3
58.0
0.6
3.4
3.0
25,059
17,904
2,941
3,861
624
207
2,218
2,122
+216
21Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
24.1
895
32.7
9.9
5.0
1.1
1.2
8.8
15.9
55.4
0.6
2.2
28.5
5.8
8.4
69.1
61.3
1.9
8.0
3.0
29,272
21,531
8,882
4,484
995
1,088
2,701
2,617
+3110
22James Harden
J. Harden
24.1
1,215
34.8
5.6
7.3
1.5
0.6
7.1
16.2
43.9
2.8
7.6
36.3
7.1
8.2
86.3
60.8
0.7
4.8
3.7
42,253
29,221
6,792
8,835
1,788
681
4,488
2,985
+4741
23Anthony Davis
A. Davis
24.0
807
34.3
10.7
2.6
1.3
2.3
9.0
17.3
52.2
0.5
1.6
29.5
5.5
7.0
79.3
59.1
2.7
8.0
2.0
27,708
19,385
8,637
2,065
1,055
1,848
1,614
1,882
+879
24Zion Williamson
Z. Williamson
24.0
272
31.0
6.4
4.1
1.0
0.6
9.2
15.6
59.1
0.1
0.4
32.4
5.4
7.8
69.4
63.0
2.2
4.2
2.7
8,444
6,518
1,750
1,108
278
170
726
614
+346
25Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
23.7
1,207
34.7
10.9
2.5
0.6
2.3
9.4
16.1
58.2
0.0
0.0
4.5
4.9
9.3
52.7
58.6
3.5
7.4
2.7
41,918
28,596
13,099
3,026
739
2,732
3,310
4,146
+4887

More Bulls Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

17.4

Giddey

Josh Giddey

RPG

9.0

Vučević

Nikola Vučević

APG

9.2

Giddey

Josh Giddey
Team Rankings

ORTG

113.4

24th

DRTG

117.9

23rd

NETRTG

-4.5

23rd

3P%

36.3

9th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
10
39
35
.527
14.5
11
29
43
.403
23.5
12
Bulls Bulls
29
44
.397
24.0
13
17
56
.233
36.0
14
17
57
.230
36.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
3/28
@
8:00 PM
Mon
3/30
@
8:00 PM
Wed
4/1
@
8:00 PM
Fri
4/3
@
7:30 PM
Sun
4/5
@
3:30 PM
Last Game
CHI Bulls

29 - 44

113

Final

131

OKC Thunder

58 - 16

Fri 27 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
53
20
.726
2
49
24
.671
4.0
3
48
26
.649
5.5
4
46
28
.622
7.5
5
41
32
.562
12.0
6
41
33
.554
12.5
7
40
33
.548
13.0
8
39
34
.534
14.0
9
39
34
.534
14.0
10
39
35
.527
14.5
11
29
43
.403
23.5
12
Bulls Bulls - e
29
44
.397
24.0
13
17
56
.233
36.0
14
Nets Nets - e
17
57
.230
36.5
15
16
58
.216
37.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
58
16
.784
2
Spurs Spurs - x
55
18
.753
2.5
3
48
26
.649
10.0
4
47
28
.627
11.5
5
45
28
.616
12.5
6
44
29
.603
13.5
7
40
33
.548
17.5
8
38
36
.514
20.0
9
37
38
.493
21.5
10
36
38
.486
22.0
11
25
50
.333
33.5
12
24
49
.329
33.5
13
24
50
.324
34.0
14
Jazz Jazz - e
21
53
.284
37.0
15
Kings Kings - e
19
55
.257
39.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
2/28
@
117-137
Sat
2/28
@
104-128
Sun
3/1
@
123-118
Sun
3/1
@
108-81
Sun
3/1
@
128-125

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
3/28
@
3:00 PM
Sat
3/28
@
5:30 PM
Sat
3/28
@
6:00 PM
Sat
3/28
@
7:30 PM
Sat
3/28
@
8:00 PM