Before 2020-21, Kevin Durant scored the most points per game by a forward, with 27.7 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest career ppg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games forward before 2021

	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	Kevin Durant K. Durant	27.7	769	37.1	7.3	4.3	1.1	1.1	9.4	18.8	49.9	2.0	5.1	38.6	7.0	7.9	88.3	62.1	0.7	6.6	3.1	28,537	21,316	5,644	3,294	870	866	2,421	1,496	+4329
2	LeBron James L. James	27.5	1,186	38.3	7.6	7.5	1.6	0.8	10.0	19.6	50.9	1.5	4.4	34.6	6.0	8.1	73.3	59.2	1.2	6.4	3.5	45,430	32,587	8,973	8,881	1,885	899	4,151	2,176	+6983
3	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	27.4	846	40.0	13.5	4.3			10.3	23.8	43.1				6.8	8.7	78.0	49.4				33,863	23,149	11,463	3,650				2,596
4	Michael Redd M. Redd	26.7	53	38.4	3.7	2.3	1.2	0.2	9.0	19.3	46.5	2.2	5.8	38.2	6.5	7.8	82.9	58.6	0.8	2.9	2.3	2,036	1,416	196	124	63	9	122	78	+1
5	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	26.4	792	38.8	16.2	3.0			9.3	21.3	43.6				7.8	10.3	76.1	51.1				30,690	20,880	12,849	2,369				2,529
6	Karl 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
7	Dominique 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
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	24.3	897	38.4	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	56.4	2.0	8.0	3.1	34,443	21,791	8,974	5,695	1,556	755	2,816	2,279
9	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	24.3	955	35.8	5.7	3.0	1.0	0.2	8.6	15.8	54.0	0.0	0.1	17.1	7.2	8.7	81.8	61.7	2.3	3.4	2.9	34,151	23,177	5,455	2,830	944	150	2,503	2,550
10	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	24.0	468	37.4	5.5	2.9	2.3	0.4	9.8	20.0	49.0				4.4	5.6	79.1	53.5	1.8	3.4		17,514	11,233	2,591	1,355	173	31		1,371
11	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	23.6	1,122	35.7	6.5	2.9	1.0	0.5	8.4	18.8	44.8	1.3	3.7	34.9	5.4	6.6	81.2	54.1	1.7	4.8	2.6	40,031	26,446	7,306	3,250	1,130	554	2,932	3,233	+1639
12	Rick Barry R. Barry	23.2	794	36.3	6.5	5.1	2.0	0.5	9.1	20.4	44.9	1.0	3.1	33.0	4.8	5.3	90.0	51.0	0.9	4.3	2.5	28,825	18,395	5,168	4,017	1,104	269	574	2,264
13	George Gervin G. Gervin	23.1	82	33.0	5.5	2.9	1.3	1.3	8.9	16.3	54.4				5.4	6.5	83.3	60.4	1.6	3.9		2,705	1,895	454	238	105	104		286
14	Anthony Davis A. Davis	23.0	397	34.4	9.9	2.0	1.4	2.4	8.6	16.6	51.8	0.4	1.3	32.0	5.4	6.7	80.4	58.9	2.5	7.4	1.8	13,648	9,126	3,927	807	548	962	730	962	+341
15	Julius Erving J. Erving	22.8	702	34.6	7.1	4.0	1.9	1.6	9.0	17.6	51.2	0.0	0.2	25.3	4.8	6.2	77.4	56.2	2.5	4.5	3.1	24,285	16,019	4,967	2,785	1,319	1,117	1,951	1,953
16	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	22.8	713	38.4	8.6	2.3			7.9	18.7	42.1				7.0	8.7	81.0	50.6				24,897	16,266	6,129	1,665				2,764
17	Bernard King B. King	22.5	874	33.7	5.8	3.3	1.0	0.3	9.0	17.3	51.8	0.0	0.2	17.2	4.5	6.2	73.0	56.1	1.9	3.8	3.2	29,417	19,655	5,060	2,863	866	230	2,791	2,885
18	Paul George P. George	22.5	477	36.1	6.9	3.7	1.9	0.4	7.5	17.5	43.2	2.7	7.2	38.1	4.6	5.5	85.0	56.5	1.0	5.9	2.9	17,201	10,709	3,297	1,777	901	203	1,371	1,319	+1827
19	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	22.1	1,073	36.7	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	7.9	14.5	54.1	0.5	1.9	26.6	5.9	8.1	73.5	61.2	4.0	7.7	3.1	39,330	23,757	12,546	4,215	1,648	888	3,376	3,287	+532
20	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	22.1	68	34.1	5.5	5.6	1.0	0.3	8.2	15.4	53.1	0.1	0.5	25.7	5.6	6.6	84.5	60.3	0.6	4.9	2.4	2,316	1,504	375	380	70	20	164	180	-118
21	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	22.1	666	37.9	12.0	3.1	0.8	2.5	8.4	16.7	50.5	0.0	0.2	20.4	5.2	7.5	68.5	55.1	3.2	8.8	2.9	25,240	14,689	8,020	2,092	529	1,650	1,928	1,833	+4841
22	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	21.8	82	38.4	5.4	3.1	1.4	0.7	7.9	17.9	44.1	3.0	7.3	40.6	3.0	4.0	75.2	55.4	1.0	4.4	2.0	3,149	1,788	441	258	116	57	166	241	-225
23	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	21.7	622	34.8	8.8	4.4	0.9	0.5	8.1	16.3	49.8	0.7	2.0	33.3	4.8	6.9	69.4	56.1	2.2	6.7	2.6	21,671	13,479	5,501	2,749	554	321	1,617	1,777	+2427
24	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	21.5	63	35.0	8.8	1.7	1.4	2.3	8.4	16.7	50.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.7	6.6	71.3	54.9	2.5	6.3	3.6	2,206	1,356	555	104	89	147	229	248
25	Alex English A. English	21.5	1,193	31.9	5.5	3.6	0.9	0.7	8.9	17.6	50.7	0.0	0.1	21.7	3.6	4.3	83.2	55.0	2.3	3.2	2.5	38,063	25,613	6,538	4,351	1,067	833	2,821	3,027