Before 1999-00, Michael Jordan had the most points per game by a shooting guard, with 31.5 per game.

highest career ppg shooting guard before 2000

Interpreted as:

highest career ppg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games shooting guard before 2000

NAME	PPG	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
Michael Jordan	31.5	930	38.6	6.3	5.4	2.5	0.9	2.8	11.8	23.3	50.5	0.6	1.8	33.2	7.3	8.7	83.8	35,887	29,277	5,836	5,012	2,306	828	2,589	2,493	+1416
Allen Iverson	26.8	48	41.5	4.9	4.6	2.3	0.1	3.5	9.1	22.0	41.2	1.2	4.1	29.1	7.4	9.9	75.1	1,990	1,284	236	223	110	7	167	98	+185
George Gervin	26.5	709	33.6	4.4	2.8	1.2	0.8	3.0	10.3	20.3	50.8	0.1	0.5	29.7	5.8	6.8	84.5	23,831	18,813	3,153	1,976	836	566	2,137	2,045
Jerry West	25.8	275	38.6	6.8	5.7				9.0	19.3	46.5				7.9	9.6	81.9	10,604	7,100	1,859	1,570				768
Pete Maravich	25.1	463	37.0	4.1	5.1	1.2	0.3	3.1	9.8	21.9	44.6	0.2	0.3	66.7	5.6	6.8	81.9	17,120	11,621	1,891	2,347	366	82	282	1,315
Mitch Richmond	22.9	801	37.4	4.2	3.8	1.3	0.3	2.9	8.2	17.8	46.0	1.5	3.7	39.2	5.1	6.0	84.6	29,987	18,354	3,385	3,045	1,040	228	2,301	2,165	-342
Tony Campbell	22.5	159	38.1	5.0	2.7	1.5	0.5	2.8	8.6	19.4	44.6	0.2	0.7	21.7	5.1	6.4	79.4	6,057	3,581	797	427	232	79	441	464
Geoff Petrie	22.2	293	37.1	2.9	4.5	1.1	0.1		9.0	20.0	44.8				4.2	5.4	78.8	10,878	6,496	854	1,318	82	5		661
John Havlicek	22.2	245	38.6	7.1	5.6				8.5	19.8	43.2				5.1	6.2	81.4	9,464	5,431	1,751	1,375				695
David Thompson	22.1	509	32.0	3.8	3.2	0.9	0.8	2.6	8.3	16.4	50.4	0.1	0.3	27.7	5.5	7.1	77.8	16,305	11,264	1,921	1,631	459	407	1,129	1,287
Dale Ellis	21.1	506	34.0	4.0	2.0	1.1	0.2	2.0	8.2	16.3	50.1	1.5	3.6	41.4	3.3	4.1	78.9	17,180	10,682	2,036	1,000	532	103	1,013	1,228	+344
World B. Free	20.4	750	31.0	2.8	3.9	1.0	0.2	2.5	7.4	16.4	45.4	0.4	1.1	34.3	5.3	7.1	75.2	23,257	15,337	2,085	2,919	779	185	1,523	1,943
Clyde Drexler	20.4	1,086	34.6	6.1	5.6	2.0	0.7	2.7	7.7	16.3	47.2	0.8	2.4	31.8	4.3	5.5	78.8	37,537	22,195	6,677	6,125	2,207	719	2,977	3,285	+434
Hal Greer	20.4	1,003	36.4	5.3	4.1				8.0	17.7	45.3				4.4	5.4	80.2	36,530	20,413	5,288	4,113				3,511
Marques Johnson	20.3	75	34.7	5.5	3.8	1.4	0.7	2.4	8.2	16.0	51.0	0.0	0.2	6.7	4.0	5.2	76.0	2,605	1,525	416	283	107	50	183	214
John Williamson	20.1	288	31.8	2.5	2.8	1.1	0.2	2.6	8.2	18.2	44.9	0.2	0.6	29.3	3.8	4.5	83.3	9,149	5,802	722	813	330	55	565	847
Latrell Sprewell	20.1	400	40.0	4.3	4.7	1.7	0.7	3.1	7.1	16.2	43.6	1.4	4.2	33.2	4.6	5.8	79.1	16,009	8,032	1,725	1,862	696	269	1,247	761	-395
Sam Jones	20.0	597	30.7	5.0	2.9				8.2	17.9	45.8				3.6	4.5	80.8	18,305	11,959	2,985	1,730				1,309
Reggie Miller	19.7	932	34.4	3.1	3.1	1.2	0.2	1.9	6.4	13.3	48.2	1.8	4.5	40.3	5.0	5.7	87.9	32,086	18,322	2,923	2,876	1,074	229	1,816	2,005	+810
Jeff Malone	19.0	905	32.8	2.6	2.4	0.6	0.1	1.7	7.8	16.2	48.4	0.1	0.4	26.8	3.3	3.7	87.1	29,660	17,231	2,364	2,154	577	100	1,538	1,695
Joe Caldwell	18.5	163	34.2	4.4	3.7				7.6	14.9	50.7				3.3	5.2	63.5	5,577	3,008	710	607				486
Terry Dischinger	18.2	80	33.7	6.0	2.5				7.1	14.4	49.3				4.0	5.3	75.5	2,698	1,456	479	198				253
Walter Davis	18.2	683	28.0	2.5	4.0	1.2	0.1	2.3	7.7	15.2	50.2	0.2	0.7	28.6	2.7	3.1	85.7	19,147	12,417	1,675	2,706	818	58	1,576	1,531
Earl Monroe	18.1	763	31.1	3.0	3.7	1.0	0.3	1.6	7.3	15.5	46.9	0.0	0.0		3.5	4.4	80.3	23,742	13,800	2,326	2,838	473	121	305	1,938
Otis Birdsong	18.0	696	31.1	3.0	3.2	1.2	0.2	2.1	7.7	15.2	50.6	0.1	0.3	27.4	2.6	3.9	65.5	21,627	12,544	2,072	2,260	858	143	1,491	1,783