Karl Malone averaged the most points per game by a player in his 18th season, with 20.6 per game.

highest points per game by a player in 18th season

Interpreted as:

highest points per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player in 18th season

NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
Karl Malone	20.6	2002-03	UTA	81	36.2	7.8	4.7	1.7	0.4	2.6	7.3	15.9	46.2	0.0	0.2	21.4	5.9	7.7	76.3	2,936	1,667	628	379	136	31	210	204	+172
Dirk Nowitzki	18.3	2015-16	DAL	75	31.5	6.5	1.8	0.7	0.7	1.1	6.6	14.8	44.8	1.7	4.6	36.8	3.3	3.7	89.3	2,364	1,372	489	132	52	52	84	161	+257
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	17.5	1986-87	LAL	78	31.3	6.7	2.6	0.6	1.2	2.4	7.2	12.7	56.4	0.0	0.0	33.3	3.1	4.4	71.4	2,441	1,366	523	203	49	97	186	245
Kevin Garnett	14.8	2012-13	BOS	68	29.7	7.8	2.3	1.1	0.9	1.6	6.2	12.5	49.6	0.0	0.2	12.5	2.3	3.0	78.6	2,022	1,004	530	159	78	62	110	154	+112
Reggie Miller	14.8	2004-05	IND	66	31.9	2.4	2.2	0.8	0.1	1.2	4.8	10.9	43.7	1.5	4.5	32.2	3.8	4.1	93.3	2,105	974	156	146	50	5	77	109	+232
Tim Duncan	13.9	2014-15	SAS	77	28.9	9.1	3.0	0.8	2.0	1.7	5.4	10.6	51.2	0.0	0.1	28.6	3.0	4.0	74.0	2,227	1,070	704	230	63	151	131	165	+305
Chris Paul	13.9	2022-23	PHX	59	32.0	4.3	8.9	1.5	0.4	1.9	5.0	11.3	44.0	1.7	4.4	37.5	2.3	2.7	83.1	1,889	819	251	524	91	22	114	126	+84
John Stockton	13.4	2001-02	UTA	82	31.3	3.2	8.2	1.9	0.3	2.5	4.9	9.5	51.7	0.3	1.0	32.1	3.4	3.9	85.7	2,566	1,102	263	674	152	24	208	209	+166
Carmelo Anthony	13.4	2020-21	POR	69	24.5	3.1	1.5	0.7	0.6	0.9	4.7	11.3	42.1	1.9	4.7	40.9	2.0	2.2	89.0	1,690	924	214	104	46	38	61	144	-23
Robert Parish	11.7	1993-94	BOS	74	26.9	7.3	1.1	0.6	1.3	1.5	4.8	9.8	49.1	0.0	0.0		2.1	2.8	74.0	1,987	866	542	82	42	96	108	190
Jamal Crawford	10.3	2017-18	MIN	80	20.7	1.2	2.3	0.5	0.1	1.2	3.9	9.3	41.5	1.3	3.9	33.1	1.3	1.4	90.3	1,653	822	99	185	40	9	95	85	-154
Ray Allen	9.6	2013-14	MIA	73	26.5	2.8	2.0	0.7	0.1	1.2	3.3	7.4	44.2	1.6	4.2	37.5	1.4	1.6	90.5	1,936	701	205	143	54	8	84	115	+163
Kyle Lowry	8.1	2023-24	TOT	60	28.2	3.2	4.2	1.0	0.4	1.4	2.7	6.3	43.2	1.6	4.2	39.2	1.1	1.3	84.0	1,690	487	194	253	59	21	85	146	+2
Hakeem Olajuwon	7.1	2001-02	TOR	61	22.6	6.0	1.1	1.2	1.5	1.6	3.2	6.9	46.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.4	56.0	1,378	435	366	66	74	90	98	147	+28
Vince Carter	6.6	2015-16	MEM	60	16.8	2.4	0.9	0.6	0.3	0.6	2.2	5.7	38.8	1.0	2.8	34.9	1.2	1.4	83.3	1,005	395	146	56	38	16	35	101	-33
Jason Kidd	6.2	2011-12	DAL	48	28.7	4.1	5.5	1.7	0.2	1.9	2.1	5.7	36.3	1.6	4.6	35.4	0.5	0.6	78.6	1,379	299	198	264	82	10	91	83	+66
Dwight Howard	6.2	2021-22	LAL	60	16.2	5.9	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.8	2.2	3.7	61.2	0.1	0.3	53.3	1.6	2.4	65.8	971	372	356	35	34	36	47	115	-128
Paul Pierce	6.1	2015-16	LAC	68	18.1	2.7	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.9	2.1	5.8	36.3	1.1	3.6	31.0	0.8	1.0	81.8	1,231	417	186	71	33	17	58	129	+56
Derek Fisher	5.2	2013-14	OKC	81	17.6	1.5	1.4	0.9	0.0	0.6	1.7	4.5	39.1	1.1	2.8	38.4	0.7	0.9	77.5	1,428	425	122	117	70	3	49	157	+236
Kevin Willis	4.2	2002-03	SAS	71	11.8	3.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.7	3.6	47.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.2	61.4	840	297	226	24	20	20	60	120	-116
Jason Terry	4.1	2016-17	MIL	74	18.4	1.4	1.3	0.6	0.3	0.5	1.4	3.3	43.2	1.0	2.3	42.7	0.3	0.4	82.8	1,365	307	106	98	46	20	36	95	+108