highest points per game by a player in a season to not win mvp since 1983

Since 1982-83, Luka Dončić has averaged the most points per game with exactly 0 MVP awards in a season, with 41.3 per game this season.

	NAME	PPG	MVP	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	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	41.3	0	2025-26	LAL	4	38.3	11.5	8.3	1.3	0.3	13.5	24.8	54.5	3.5	12.0	29.2	10.8	13.5	79.6	67.2	0.5	11.0	4.0	153	165	46	33	5	1	16	9	+22
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	37.1	0	1986-87	CHI	82	40.0	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	13.4	27.8	48.2	0.1	0.8	18.2	10.2	11.9	85.7	56.2	2.0	3.2	3.3	3,281	3,041	430	377	236	125	272	237
3	James Harden J. Harden	36.1	0	2018-19	HOU	78	36.8	6.6	7.5	2.0	0.7	10.8	24.5	44.2	4.8	13.2	36.8	9.7	11.0	87.9	61.6	0.8	5.8	5.0	2,867	2,818	518	586	158	58	387	244	+357
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	35.4	0	2005-06	LAL	80	41.0	5.3	4.5	1.8	0.4	12.2	27.2	45.0	2.3	6.5	34.7	8.7	10.2	85.0	55.9	0.9	4.4	3.1	3,277	2,832	425	360	147	30	250	233	+320
5	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	34.7	0	2023-24	PHI	39	33.6	11.0	5.6	1.2	1.7	11.5	21.8	52.9	1.4	3.6	38.8	10.2	11.6	88.3	64.4	2.4	8.6	3.8	1,309	1,353	430	219	46	66	150	112	+267
6	James Harden J. Harden	34.3	0	2019-20	HOU	68	36.5	6.6	7.5	1.8	0.9	9.9	22.3	44.4	4.4	12.4	35.5	10.2	11.8	86.5	62.6	1.0	5.5	4.5	2,483	2,335	446	512	125	60	308	227	+287
7	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	34.0	0	2025-26	MIL	6	32.5	13.3	6.8	1.0	1.0	13.2	19.3	68.1	1.0	1.7	60.0	6.7	10.8	61.5	70.5	4.2	9.2	2.8	195	204	80	41	6	6	17	17	+48
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	33.9	0	2023-24	DAL	70	37.5	9.2	9.8	1.4	0.5	11.5	23.6	48.7	4.1	10.6	38.2	6.8	8.7	78.6	61.7	0.8	8.4	4.0	2,624	2,370	647	686	99	38	282	149	+319
9	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	33.7	0	2025-26	PHI	6	42.5	4.8	9.0	1.2	0.8	10.5	22.7	46.3	4.3	9.3	46.4	8.3	9.5	87.7	62.7	0.3	4.5	2.3	255	202	29	54	7	5	14	17	+54
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33.6	0	1989-90	CHI	82	39.0	6.9	6.3	2.8	0.7	12.6	24.0	52.6	1.1	3.0	37.6	7.2	8.5	84.8	60.6	1.7	5.1	3.0	3,197	2,753	565	519	227	54	247	241
11	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	33.6	0	2025-26	OKC	7	36.0	5.1	5.9	1.1	1.1	11.7	22.3	52.6	1.6	5.9	26.8	8.6	9.6	89.6	63.3	0.1	5.0	2.1	252	235	36	41	8	8	15	12	+66
12	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	33.0	0	2005-06	PHI	72	43.1	3.2	7.4	1.9	0.1	11.3	25.3	44.7	1.0	3.1	32.3	9.4	11.5	81.4	54.3	0.6	2.6	3.4	3,103	2,377	232	532	140	10	248	121	-3
13	Bernard King B. King	32.9	0	1984-85	NYK	55	37.5	5.8	3.7	1.3	0.3	12.6	23.7	53.0	0.0	0.2	10.0	7.7	10.0	77.2	58.5	2.1	3.7	3.7	2,063	1,809	317	204	71	15	204	191
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32.6	0	1992-93	CHI	78	39.3	6.7	5.5	2.8	0.8	12.7	25.7	49.5	1.0	2.9	35.2	6.1	7.3	83.7	56.4	1.7	5.0	2.7	3,067	2,541	522	428	221	61	207	188
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32.5	0	1988-89	CHI	81	40.2	8.0	8.0	2.9	0.8	11.9	22.2	53.8	0.3	1.2	27.6	8.3	9.8	85.0	61.4	1.8	6.2	3.6	3,255	2,633	652	650	234	65	290	247
16	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	32.4	0	2022-23	DAL	66	36.2	8.6	8.0	1.4	0.5	10.9	22.0	49.6	2.8	8.2	34.2	7.8	10.5	74.2	60.9	0.8	7.8	3.6	2,390	2,138	569	529	90	33	236	166	+128
17	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	32.2	0	2022-23	POR	58	36.3	4.8	7.3	0.9	0.3	9.6	20.7	46.3	4.2	11.3	37.1	8.8	9.6	91.4	64.5	0.8	4.0	3.3	2,106	1,866	277	425	50	18	191	109	+105
18	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	32.1	0	2002-03	ORL	75	39.4	6.5	5.5	1.7	0.8	11.1	24.2	45.7	2.3	6.0	38.6	7.7	9.7	79.3	56.4	1.6	4.9	2.6	2,954	2,407	488	411	124	59	195	156	+201
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	32.0	0	2020-21	GSW	63	34.1	5.5	5.8	1.2	0.1	10.4	21.7	48.2	5.3	12.7	42.1	5.7	6.3	91.6	65.5	0.5	5.0	3.4	2,151	2,015	345	363	77	8	213	119	+242
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	31.6	0	2006-07	LAL	77	40.8	5.7	5.4	1.4	0.5	10.6	22.8	46.3	1.8	5.2	34.4	8.7	10.0	86.8	58.0	1.0	4.7	3.3	3,140	2,430	439	413	111	36	255	205	+99
21	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	31.4	0	2022-23	OKC	68	35.5	4.8	5.5	1.6	1.0	10.4	20.3	51.0	0.9	2.5	34.5	9.8	10.9	90.5	62.6	0.9	4.0	2.8	2,416	2,135	329	371	112	65	192	192	+149
22	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	31.4	0	2001-02	PHI	60	43.7	4.5	5.5	2.8	0.2	11.1	27.8	39.8	1.3	4.5	29.1	7.9	9.8	81.2	48.9	0.7	3.8	4.0	2,622	1,883	269	331	168	13	237	102	+278
23	LeBron James L. James	31.4	0	2005-06	CLE	79	42.5	7.0	6.6	1.6	0.8	11.1	23.1	48.0	1.6	4.8	33.5	7.6	10.3	73.8	56.8	0.9	6.1	3.3	3,361	2,478	556	521	123	66	260	181	+275
24	Bradley Beal B. Beal	31.3	0	2020-21	WAS	60	35.8	4.7	4.4	1.2	0.4	11.2	23.0	48.5	2.2	6.2	34.9	6.8	7.7	88.9	59.3	1.2	3.5	3.1	2,147	1,878	283	265	69	22	187	140	-3
25	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	31.1	0	2025-26	UTA	7	36.7	7.0	2.3	0.4	0.6	10.4	21.7	48.0	3.6	9.6	37.3	6.7	7.6	88.7	62.2	2.4	4.6	1.4	257	218	49	16	3	4	10	8	+16