Since 1979-80, Michael Jordan has averaged the most points per game, with 30.1 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest points per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player since 1980

	NAME	PPG	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30.1	1,072	38.3	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	28.9	468	35.0	8.6	8.3	1.2	0.5	9.7	20.8	46.8	3.1	8.8	34.9	6.3	8.4	75.4	58.9	0.9	7.7	4.0	16,381	13,508	4,043	3,862	583	214	1,854	1,075	+1313
3	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	27.5	462	31.7	10.9	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.1	50.0	1.2	3.5	33.6	8.3	10.0	82.8	61.2	2.2	8.7	3.4	14,665	12,726	5,046	1,688	419	750	1,571	1,389	+2517
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	27.2	1,143	36.7	6.9	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.2	1.9	5.0	39.0	6.5	7.3	88.2	62.0	0.7	6.3	3.2	41,943	31,067	7,920	4,985	1,192	1,285	3,612	2,185	+4893
5	LeBron James L. James	27.0	1,570	37.8	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.1	6.4	3.5	59,310	42,316	11,779	11,645	2,350	1,155	5,487	2,793	+7385
6	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	26.7	914	41.1	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
7	George Gervin G. Gervin	26.0	547	33.1	4.3	2.7	1.0	0.7	10.1	20.2	49.8	0.1	0.5	29.7	5.7	6.7	85.0	56.1	1.4	2.8	2.8	18,086	14,216	2,333	1,455	563	365	1,545	1,515
8	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	25.5	739	36.0	5.3	3.1	0.9	0.1	9.0	16.5	54.6	0.0	0.1	17.1	7.5	9.1	81.9	62.2	2.1	3.2	2.9	26,627	18,876	3,906	2,295	672	99	2,120	1,940
9	Trae Young T. Young	25.2	488	34.3	3.5	9.8	1.0	0.2	8.0	18.5	43.2	2.6	7.5	35.1	6.6	7.6	87.3	57.8	0.6	2.9	4.2	16,760	12,309	1,697	4,787	509	75	2,061	850	-145
10	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	25.1	900	36.2	4.3	6.7	1.0	0.3	8.1	18.4	43.9	3.1	8.4	37.1	5.8	6.5	89.9	59.0	0.6	3.7	2.8	32,612	22,598	3,845	6,069	874	267	2,541	1,708	+2415
11	Karl Malone K. Malone	25.0	1,476	37.2	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	25.0	1,346	36.1	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	48,637	33,643	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
13	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	25.0	563	33.9	4.3	4.7	1.4	0.3	8.8	19.6	45.2	3.1	8.3	36.8	4.2	5.1	84.0	57.3	0.8	3.5	2.7	19,069	14,070	2,439	2,660	774	180	1,528	1,356	+2750
14	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	24.8	486	33.1	4.8	5.2	1.4	0.8	8.6	17.1	50.4	1.4	3.8	36.1	6.2	7.2	86.3	61.2	0.7	4.0	2.3	16,085	12,076	2,322	2,518	701	387	1,115	1,090	+1633
15	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	24.8	1,074	35.5	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	9.3	20.1	46.1	0.7	2.1	31.9	5.6	6.9	81.1	53.6	2.7	3.9	2.5	38,113	26,668	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	2,669	2,061	-392
16	Stephen Curry S. Curry	24.8	1,043	34.0	4.7	6.3	1.5	0.3	8.4	17.9	47.1	4.0	9.4	42.3	3.9	4.3	91.1	62.5	0.6	4.0	3.1	35,503	25,871	4,883	6,609	1,574	274	3,239	2,348	+6202
17	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	24.6	224	31.4	6.6	4.3	1.0	0.6	9.4	16.1	58.5	0.1	0.5	31.7	5.5	8.0	69.1	62.5	2.3	4.3	2.9	7,023	5,500	1,471	960	235	143	639	506	+375
18	Devin Booker D. Booker	24.5	695	34.4	4.0	5.3	0.9	0.3	8.5	18.4	46.4	2.1	6.0	35.3	5.3	6.1	87.3	58.1	0.6	3.4	3.0	23,911	17,002	2,813	3,669	597	198	2,116	2,036	+76
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	24.3	897	38.4	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	56.4	2.0	8.0	3.1	34,443	21,791	8,974	5,695	1,556	755	2,816	2,279
20	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	24.1	401	34.8	5.3	4.2	1.3	0.6	8.5	18.8	44.9	2.9	8.0	36.7	4.3	5.3	80.6	57.0	0.7	4.5	2.9	13,949	9,670	2,115	1,676	528	249	1,159	812	+846
21	James Harden J. Harden	24.1	1,175	34.8	5.6	7.2	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.3	7.1	8.2	86.2	60.8	0.8	4.9	3.7	40,864	28,325	6,601	8,513	1,745	665	4,355	2,909	+4554
22	Anthony Davis A. Davis	24.1	798	34.3	10.7	2.6	1.3	2.3	9.0	17.2	52.2	0.5	1.6	29.6	5.6	7.0	79.3	59.2	2.7	8.0	2.0	27,407	19,198	8,532	2,044	1,048	1,833	1,593	1,864	+907
23	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	24.0	876	32.8	9.9	5.0	1.1	1.2	8.8	15.9	55.2	0.6	2.2	28.6	5.8	8.3	69.2	61.2	1.9	8.0	3.0	28,728	21,030	8,702	4,392	977	1,080	2,642	2,578	+3109
24	Alex English A. English	23.9	970	34.2	5.5	4.0	1.0	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	21.7	4.1	4.9	84.0	55.0	2.4	3.1	2.6	33,167	23,214	5,320	3,926	939	682	2,488	2,557
25	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	23.7	1,207	34.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887