highest points per minute average with 500 games played

LeBron James has the most points per minute per game when playing 500+ games, with 1,151.95.

Interpreted as:
highest points per minute by a player average with 500 or more games played
NAMEPTS/MPGGPPTSMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
1,151.95
1,619
43,368
37.6
26.8
7.5
7.4
1.5
0.7
9.8
19.4
50.7
1.6
4.7
34.8
5.5
7.4
73.7
59.0
1.1
6.3
3.5
60,951
12,077
11,987
2,408
1,184
5,640
2,860
+7448
2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
1,042.43
1,560
38,387
36.8
24.6
11.2
3.6
0.9
2.6
10.2
18.1
55.9
0.0
0.0
5.6
4.3
6.0
72.1
59.2
2.4
7.6
2.7
57,446
17,440
5,660
1,160
3,189
2,527
4,657
3Karl Malone
K. Malone
993.69
1,476
36,928
37.2
25.0
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
14,968
5,248
2,085
1,145
4,524
4,578
+3010
4Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
935.1
1,522
31,560
33.8
20.7
7.5
2.4
0.8
0.8
7.3
15.6
47.1
1.3
3.4
38.0
4.8
5.4
87.9
57.7
1.0
6.6
1.6
51,368
11,489
3,651
1,210
1,281
2,494
3,601
+6541
5Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
931.05
1,346
33,643
36.1
25.0
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
7,047
6,306
1,944
640
4,010
3,353
+4153
6Kevin Durant
K. Durant
885.91
1,198
32,511
36.7
27.1
6.9
4.4
1.0
1.1
9.4
18.6
50.3
2.0
5.1
39.1
6.4
7.3
88.2
62.1
0.6
6.2
3.2
43,964
8,236
5,265
1,234
1,342
3,791
2,273
+5065
7Vince Carter
V. Carter
855.07
1,541
25,728
30.1
16.7
4.3
3.1
1.0
0.6
6.0
13.8
43.5
1.5
4.0
37.1
3.1
3.9
79.8
53.6
1.1
3.2
1.7
46,367
6,606
4,714
1,530
888
2,590
3,995
+1817
8Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
844.09
1,072
32,292
38.3
30.1
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
6,672
5,633
2,514
893
2,924
2,783
+1438
9James Harden
J. Harden
842.52
1,219
29,298
34.8
24.0
5.6
7.3
1.5
0.6
7.1
16.2
43.9
2.8
7.6
36.4
7.1
8.2
86.2
60.8
0.7
4.8
3.7
42,390
6,804
8,864
1,792
683
4,498
2,991
+4742
10Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
823.4
1,207
28,596
34.7
23.7
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
13,099
3,026
739
2,732
3,310
4,146
+4887
11Robert Parish
R. Parish
822.49
1,611
23,334
28.4
14.5
9.1
1.4
0.8
1.5
6.0
11.1
53.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.5
3.5
72.1
57.1
2.9
6.3
2.1
45,704
14,715
2,180
1,219
2,361
3,183
4,443
+105
12Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
821.75
1,301
27,176
33.1
20.9
6.9
8.0
1.6
0.3
7.5
17.2
43.8
1.1
3.7
30.8
4.7
6.1
77.1
52.6
1.6
5.4
3.9
43,025
9,025
10,351
2,038
418
5,038
3,304
+2583
13Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
819.14
1,260
28,289
34.5
22.5
6.2
2.7
1.0
0.5
8.0
18.0
44.7
1.4
3.9
35.5
5.0
6.2
81.4
54.3
1.6
4.6
2.4
43,514
7,808
3,422
1,223
644
3,052
3,543
+1528
14Moses Malone
M. Malone
808.2
1,329
27,409
33.9
20.6
12.2
1.4
0.8
1.3
7.1
14.5
49.1
0.0
0.1
10.0
6.4
8.3
76.9
56.9
5.1
7.1
3.1
45,071
16,212
1,796
1,089
1,733
3,804
3,076
15Alex English
A. English
802.78
1,193
25,613
31.9
21.5
5.5
3.6
0.9
0.7
8.9
17.6
50.7
0.0
0.1
21.7
3.6
4.3
83.2
55.0
2.3
3.2
2.5
38,063
6,538
4,351
1,067
833
2,821
3,027
16Stephen Curry
S. Curry
779.18
1,066
26,476
34.0
24.8
4.7
6.3
1.5
0.3
8.4
17.9
47.1
4.0
9.4
42.2
4.0
4.3
91.2
62.6
0.6
4.0
3.1
36,222
4,959
6,733
1,598
281
3,299
2,385
+6251
17Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
778.64
1,392
26,496
34.0
19.0
10.8
3.0
0.7
2.2
7.4
14.6
50.6
0.0
0.1
17.9
4.2
6.1
69.6
55.1
2.8
8.1
2.4
47,368
15,091
4,225
1,025
3,020
3,381
3,304
+8910
18DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
773.75
1,264
26,711
34.5
21.1
4.3
4.1
1.0
0.3
7.6
16.1
47.1
0.5
1.7
30.2
5.5
6.5
84.3
55.8
0.7
3.6
2.0
43,635
5,434
5,185
1,250
416
2,475
2,808
-384
19Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
772.69
1,343
26,397
34.2
19.7
5.6
3.5
1.3
0.6
6.5
14.5
44.5
1.6
4.3
36.8
5.2
6.4
80.6
56.8
0.8
4.8
2.6
45,880
7,527
4,708
1,752
745
3,532
3,643
+3345
20Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
756
1,462
26,071
34.5
17.8
10.0
3.7
1.3
1.4
7.2
14.5
49.7
0.1
0.4
27.5
3.3
4.2
78.9
54.6
2.2
7.8
2.2
50,418
14,662
5,445
1,859
2,037
3,179
3,561
+4913
21Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
754.36
1,238
26,946
35.7
21.8
11.1
2.5
1.7
3.1
8.7
17.0
51.2
0.0
0.1
20.2
4.4
6.2
71.2
55.3
3.3
7.8
3.0
44,222
13,748
3,058
2,162
3,830
3,667
4,383
+564
22Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
751.49
1,074
26,668
35.5
24.8
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
7,169
2,677
1,378
642
2,669
2,061
-392
23Reggie Miller
R. Miller
737.36
1,389
25,279
34.3
18.2
3.0
3.0
1.1
0.2
5.9
12.6
47.1
1.8
4.7
39.5
4.5
5.1
88.8
61.4
0.6
2.4
1.7
47,619
4,182
4,141
1,505
299
2,409
2,730
+2015
24Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
723.16
1,183
24,815
34.3
21.0
9.8
1.9
1.0
2.4
8.2
16.3
50.4
0.0
0.1
15.2
4.6
6.2
74.0
55.3
2.3
7.5
3.0
40,594
11,607
2,215
1,136
2,894
3,537
4,034
+412
25John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
721.35
1,270
26,395
36.6
20.8
6.3
4.8
1.2
0.3
8.3
18.8
43.9
4.2
5.2
81.5
49.2
1.5
3.5
2.5
46,471
8,007
6,114
476
117
204
3,281
StatMuse has season-level data for minutes per game going back to the 1951-52 season.

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51
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.646
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.641
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117-109
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128-153
Wed
3/11
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109-131
Wed
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131-136

Schedule

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Tue
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