highest career ppg in 2016 by an active player

Stephen Curry scored the most points per game by an active player in 2015-16, with 30.1 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest career ppg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games in 2016 by an active 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	Stephen Curry S. Curry	30.1	2015-16	GSW	79	34.2	5.4	6.7	2.1	0.2	10.2	20.2	50.4	5.1	11.2	45.4	4.6	5.1	90.8	66.9	0.9	4.6	3.3	2,700	2,375	430	527	169	15	262	161	+1022
2	James Harden J. Harden	29.0	2015-16	HOU	82	38.1	6.1	7.5	1.7	0.6	8.7	19.7	43.9	2.9	8.0	35.9	8.8	10.2	86.0	59.8	0.8	5.3	4.6	3,125	2,376	501	612	139	51	374	229	+125
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	28.2	2015-16	OKC	72	35.8	8.2	5.0	1.0	1.2	9.7	19.2	50.5	2.6	6.7	38.7	6.2	6.9	89.8	63.4	0.6	7.6	3.5	2,578	2,029	589	361	69	85	250	137	+647
4	LeBron James L. James	25.3	2015-16	CLE	76	35.6	7.4	6.8	1.4	0.6	9.7	18.6	52.0	1.1	3.7	30.9	4.7	6.5	73.1	58.8	1.5	6.0	3.3	2,709	1,920	565	514	104	49	249	143	+618
5	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	25.1	2015-16	POR	75	35.7	4.0	6.8	0.9	0.4	8.2	19.7	41.9	3.1	8.1	37.5	5.5	6.2	89.2	56.0	0.6	3.4	3.2	2,676	1,879	302	512	65	28	242	165	+94
6	Anthony Davis A. Davis	24.3	2015-16	NOP	61	34.9	10.3	1.9	1.3	2.0	9.2	18.6	49.3	0.6	1.8	32.4	5.3	7.0	75.8	55.9	2.1	8.1	2.0	2,131	1,481	627	116	78	125	121	148	-200
7	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	23.5	2015-16	OKC	80	34.4	7.8	10.4	2.0	0.3	8.2	18.1	45.4	1.3	4.3	29.6	5.8	7.2	81.2	55.4	1.8	6.0	4.3	2,749	1,878	626	834	163	20	342	200	+635
8	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	23.5	2015-16	TOR	78	35.9	4.5	4.0	1.0	0.3	7.9	17.7	44.6	0.6	1.8	33.8	7.1	8.4	85.0	55.0	0.8	3.7	2.2	2,804	1,830	349	315	81	21	175	167	+175
9	Paul George P. George	23.1	2015-16	IND	81	34.8	7.0	4.1	1.9	0.4	7.5	17.9	41.8	2.6	7.0	37.1	5.6	6.5	86.0	55.7	1.0	6.0	3.3	2,819	1,874	563	329	152	29	265	230	+182
10	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	22.2	2015-16	BOS	82	32.2	3.0	6.2	1.1	0.1	7.2	16.9	42.8	2.0	5.7	35.9	5.8	6.6	87.1	56.2	0.6	2.4	2.7	2,644	1,823	243	509	91	9	220	167	+299
11	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	22.1	2015-16	GSW	80	33.3	3.8	2.1	0.8	0.6	8.1	17.3	47.0	3.5	8.1	42.5	2.4	2.8	87.3	59.7	0.4	3.4	1.7	2,666	1,771	306	166	60	49	138	152	+836
12	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	21.2	2015-16	TOR	77	37.0	4.7	6.4	2.1	0.4	6.6	15.6	42.7	2.8	7.1	38.8	5.2	6.4	81.1	57.8	0.7	4.0	2.9	2,851	1,634	365	494	158	34	225	211	+380
13	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	21.2	2015-16	SAS	72	33.1	6.8	2.6	1.8	1.0	7.7	15.1	50.6	1.8	4.0	44.3	4.1	4.6	87.4	61.6	1.3	5.5	1.5	2,380	1,523	493	186	128	71	105	133	+653
14	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	20.9	2015-16	CHI	67	36.9	5.3	4.8	1.6	0.6	7.0	15.4	45.4	1.0	3.1	31.2	5.9	7.1	83.2	56.2	1.2	4.2	2.0	2,474	1,399	358	321	110	43	132	124	-13
15	CJ McCollum	20.8	2015-16	POR	80	34.8	3.2	4.3	1.2	0.3	8.0	17.9	44.8	2.5	5.9	41.7	2.3	2.8	82.7	54.4	0.6	2.7	2.5	2,780	1,666	259	341	97	23	196	187	+154
16	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	20.7	2015-16	MIN	81	35.1	3.6	2.0	1.0	0.6	7.3	16.0	45.9	0.7	2.3	30.0	5.3	7.0	76.1	54.3	1.3	2.3	2.2	2,845	1,675	291	164	78	46	182	165	-67
17	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	20.6	2015-16	BKN	73	33.7	7.8	2.0	0.8	1.7	8.1	15.8	51.1	0.0	0.2	14.3	4.3	5.5	78.7	56.2	2.8	5.1	2.4	2,457	1,501	573	146	58	124	175	215	-121
18	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	19.6	2015-16	CLE	53	31.5	3.0	4.7	1.1	0.3	7.4	16.6	44.8	1.6	4.9	32.1	3.2	3.6	88.5	54.0	0.8	2.1	2.3	1,667	1,041	157	250	56	18	124	107	+206
19	Danilo Gallinari D. Gallinari	19.5	2015-16	DEN	53	34.7	5.3	2.5	0.8	0.4	5.4	13.2	41.0	1.6	4.5	36.4	7.1	8.2	86.8	58.2	1.0	4.3	1.5	1,839	1,036	281	135	42	19	77	87	-103
20	Chris Paul C. Paul	19.5	2015-16	LAC	74	32.7	4.2	10.0	2.1	0.2	7.0	15.1	46.2	1.6	4.4	37.1	4.0	4.4	89.6	57.5	0.5	3.7	2.6	2,420	1,446	310	738	152	13	194	185	+553
21	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	18.8	2015-16	DET	79	30.7	3.2	6.2	0.7	0.1	6.8	15.7	43.4	1.5	4.2	35.3	3.7	4.3	86.4	53.5	0.7	2.5	2.8	2,424	1,489	253	492	59	11	223	187	+130
22	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	18.3	2015-16	MIN	82	32.0	10.5	2.0	0.7	1.7	7.6	14.1	54.2	0.4	1.1	34.1	2.7	3.4	81.1	59.0	2.8	7.7	2.2	2,627	1,503	858	161	58	138	183	245	-131
23	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	18.2	2015-16	ORL	65	31.3	8.9	2.8	0.8	1.1	8.2	16.1	51.0	0.0	0.1	22.2	1.7	2.3	75.3	53.1	2.7	6.2	1.9	2,037	1,181	576	179	53	70	123	173	-45
24	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	18.2	2015-16	MIL	79	36.1	3.8	4.2	1.7	0.2	6.4	14.5	44.4	1.8	4.6	39.6	3.5	3.9	88.8	56.0	0.6	3.3	2.3	2,852	1,434	302	331	131	19	180	204	-29
25	Jahlil Okafor J. Okafor	17.5	2015-16	PHI	53	30.0	7.0	1.2	0.4	1.2	7.5	14.7	50.8	0.0	0.1	16.7	2.5	3.7	68.6	53.6	2.3	4.7	2.3	1,591	928	373	65	22	61	124	140	-497