highest increase in points per game by a player after turning 31

Kevin Durant has put up the most career points per game by a player 31 or older, with 27.4 per game.

Interpreted as:
highest increase in points per game by a player after turning 31 years old
NAMEPPGGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kevin Durant
K. Durant
27.4
350
36.3
6.4
5.1
0.8
1.1
9.8
18.5
52.8
2.3
5.5
41.4
5.6
6.3
88.0
64.3
0.5
6.0
3.3
12,694
9,595
2,248
1,782
286
401
1,140
658
+1380
2Stephen Curry
S. Curry
27.2
386
33.1
4.9
5.7
1.1
0.3
9.0
19.5
46.2
4.7
11.7
40.5
4.5
4.9
92.3
62.9
0.5
4.4
3.0
12,795
10,499
1,906
2,215
418
132
1,170
688
+1775
3Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
26.9
38
31.6
7.7
3.9
0.6
1.2
9.0
18.3
48.9
1.4
4.2
33.3
7.5
8.8
85.4
60.5
2.0
5.7
2.9
1,201
1,021
293
150
21
46
109
82
+155
4Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
26.8
24
36.6
13.8
11.2
1.5
0.9
10.0
18.6
53.6
1.5
4.6
31.5
5.4
6.7
80.7
62.2
2.6
11.3
4.0
878
643
332
269
37
22
97
67
+181
5Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
26.5
405
37.5
6.1
4.2
1.7
0.5
10.2
22.0
46.3
0.7
2.0
35.7
5.5
6.8
81.2
53.2
1.3
4.7
2.3
15,169
10,751
2,453
1,698
699
209
918
839
+1438
6Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
26.5
218
35.9
4.5
7.1
1.0
0.3
8.1
18.5
43.8
3.5
9.6
36.1
6.9
7.6
91.4
60.9
0.6
4.0
2.9
7,834
5,783
989
1,555
209
57
629
377
+517
7Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
26.4
19
28.6
9.5
4.8
0.9
0.4
9.7
16.0
60.9
0.3
1.2
22.7
6.6
10.0
66.3
64.6
2.2
7.3
3.1
544
501
180
92
18
8
59
39
+1
8Jerry West
J. West
26.1
320
9.6
6.8
8.3
82.2
8,357
9LeBron James
L. James
26.1
679
35.5
7.9
8.1
1.2
0.6
9.9
18.9
52.2
2.0
5.6
35.7
4.4
6.0
72.3
60.5
1.1
6.8
3.6
24,136
17,711
5,361
5,512
813
440
2,470
1,105
+2150
10Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
25.1
115
35.7
4.9
5.0
1.3
0.5
9.3
19.1
48.7
2.9
7.2
40.3
3.6
3.9
91.2
60.2
1.0
3.9
2.0
4,108
2,891
564
571
151
57
226
228
+414
11Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
24.8
101
8.8
7.2
8.9
80.6
2,507
12Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
24.7
398
35.4
5.1
4.8
1.3
0.2
8.7
20.2
43.1
1.6
5.1
30.9
5.7
6.9
82.9
53.1
0.9
4.2
3.2
14,106
9,823
2,028
1,905
503
96
1,258
826
+267
13Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
24.6
220
33.1
6.2
3.6
1.6
0.6
9.0
17.6
51.2
2.2
5.5
40.5
4.4
5.0
87.7
62.2
1.1
5.1
1.9
7,275
5,417
1,370
790
362
131
408
312
+1264
14Karl Malone
K. Malone
24.1
742
36.8
9.3
4.1
1.4
0.7
8.8
17.3
50.7
0.1
0.2
29.2
6.5
8.5
76.7
57.3
1.9
7.4
2.9
27,290
17,878
6,910
3,063
1,048
530
2,128
2,096
+3010
15Larry Bird
L. Bird
23.9
249
38.5
9.1
6.9
1.5
0.8
9.4
19.4
48.3
1.1
2.9
38.1
4.0
4.4
91.5
56.0
1.1
8.0
3.0
9,589
5,946
2,274
1,716
368
206
738
520
16Anthony Davis
A. Davis
23.6
85
33.0
11.8
3.3
1.2
2.0
9.0
17.3
52.1
0.6
2.3
28.4
4.9
6.4
77.8
58.8
2.9
8.9
2.2
2,809
2,009
999
277
99
169
189
169
+96
17Pascal Siakam
P. Siakam
23.6
66
33.0
6.7
3.7
1.2
0.5
8.9
18.4
48.5
1.7
4.6
36.2
4.1
5.9
68.7
56.1
1.5
5.2
2.1
2,181
1,556
440
247
76
30
141
154
-203
18Alex English
A. English
23.5
532
33.1
4.2
3.8
0.8
0.3
9.8
19.7
49.7
0.0
0.1
20.9
3.9
4.6
85.0
54.1
1.9
2.4
2.2
17,594
12,484
2,251
2,032
428
159
1,174
1,243
19Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
23.4
353
9.0
5.4
7.0
77.4
8,248
20DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
23.1
447
35.2
4.2
5.1
1.0
0.4
8.2
16.7
49.3
0.7
2.2
32.6
5.9
6.8
86.8
58.7
0.6
3.6
1.8
15,734
10,339
1,870
2,263
444
176
797
959
-471
21Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
22.7
403
33.2
6.4
2.5
0.9
0.4
8.1
18.3
44.6
1.2
3.6
33.1
5.2
6.4
82.1
53.9
2.5
4.0
2.3
13,381
9,157
2,593
1,011
375
165
935
664
-392
22Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
22.6
232
39.4
3.0
6.3
1.7
0.1
7.7
17.3
44.2
0.8
2.6
32.6
6.5
8.1
79.8
54.2
0.5
2.5
3.1
9,142
5,253
688
1,450
390
33
723
338
+264
23Paul Arizin
P. Arizin
22.5
229
8.1
6.3
7.7
81.2
5,142
906
24Sam Jones
S. Jones
21.9
362
8.8
4.2
5.2
81.9
7,934
25Norman Powell
N. Powell
21.9
116
31.3
3.4
2.3
1.2
0.2
7.5
15.7
47.7
2.9
7.1
40.1
4.0
4.9
81.6
61.2
0.4
3.0
1.9
3,636
2,535
391
266
136
23
217
239
+405

More Suns Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

25.9

Booker

Devin Booker

RPG

8.0

Williams

Mark Williams

APG

6.0

Booker

Devin Booker
Team Rankings

ORTG

115.5

17th

DRTG

114.1

10th

NETRTG

1.4

15th

3P%

36.2

11th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
5
50
29
.633
13.0
6
47
32
.595
16.0
7
Suns Suns
43
36
.544
20.0
8
41
38
.519
22.0
9
40
39
.506
23.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
4/8
@
10:00 PM
Fri
4/10
@
10:30 PM
Sun
4/12
@
8:30 PM
Last Game
HOU Rockets

50 - 29

119

Final

105

PHX Suns

43 - 36

Tue 7 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
57
22
.722
2
54
25
.684
3.0
3
51
28
.646
6.0
4
50
29
.633
7.0
5
45
34
.570
12.0
6
44
35
.557
13.0
7
43
36
.544
14.0
8
43
36
.544
14.0
9
43
37
.538
14.5
10
41
38
.519
16.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
31
48
.392
26.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
30
49
.380
27.0
13
Nets Nets - e
20
59
.253
37.0
14
18
61
.228
39.0
15
17
62
.215
40.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
63
16
.797
2
Spurs Spurs - x
60
19
.759
3.0
3
51
28
.646
12.0
4
50
29
.633
13.0
5
50
29
.633
13.0
6
47
32
.595
16.0
7
43
36
.544
20.0
8
41
38
.519
22.0
9
40
39
.506
23.0
10
37
42
.468
26.0
11
26
54
.325
37.5
12
25
54
.316
38.0
13
25
54
.316
38.0
14
Kings Kings - e
21
59
.263
42.5
15
Jazz Jazz - e
21
59
.263
42.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
3/11
@
120-112
Wed
3/11
@
130-142
Thu
3/12
@
110-126
Thu
3/12
@
101-92
Thu
3/12
@
115-122

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
4/8
@
7:00 PM
Wed
4/8
@
7:00 PM
Wed
4/8
@
7:00 PM
Wed
4/8
@
9:00 PM
Wed
4/8
@
9:30 PM