highest points per minute by a player in a single season

Wilt Chamberlain has the most points per minute played in a season, with 1.04 in 1961-62.

Interpreted as:

highest points per minute with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in a single season

	NAME	PTS/MIN	PTS	MIN	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	1.04	4,029	3,882	1961-62	PHI	80	48.5	50.4	25.7	2.4			20.0	39.5	50.6				10.4	17.0	61.3	53.6				2,052	192				123
2	James Harden J. Harden	0.98	2,818	2,867	2018-19	HOU	78	36.8	36.1	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	518	586	158	58	387	244	+357
3	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	0.98	620	632	2025-26	OKC	19	33.3	32.6	4.9	6.6	1.6	0.8	10.9	19.9	54.8	2.2	5.2	41.4	8.7	9.7	89.7	67.5	0.5	4.4	1.7	94	125	30	15	33	35	+272
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	0.97	1,857	1,917	2019-20	MIL	63	30.4	29.5	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	10.9	19.7	55.3	1.4	4.7	30.4	6.3	10.0	63.3	61.3	2.2	11.4	3.7	856	354	61	66	230	195	+682
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	0.97	1,959	2,023	2022-23	MIL	63	32.1	31.1	11.8	5.7	0.8	0.8	11.2	20.3	55.3	0.7	2.7	27.5	7.9	12.3	64.5	60.5	2.2	9.6	3.9	742	359	52	51	246	197	+341
6	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	0.96	2,484	2,598	2024-25	OKC	76	34.2	32.7	5.0	6.4	1.7	1.0	11.3	21.8	51.9	2.1	5.7	37.5	7.9	8.8	89.8	63.7	0.9	4.1	2.4	379	486	131	77	183	164	+918
7	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	0.96	2,183	2,284	2022-23	PHI	66	34.6	33.1	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	11.0	20.1	54.8	1.0	3.0	33.0	10.0	11.7	85.7	65.5	1.7	8.4	3.4	670	274	66	112	226	205	+424
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	0.94	457	484	2025-26	LAL	13	37.2	35.2	8.8	9.2	1.9	0.5	10.8	23.1	47.0	3.7	11.1	33.3	9.8	12.4	78.9	61.6	0.8	7.9	4.2	114	120	25	7	54	35	+69
9	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	0.94	3,586	3,806	1962-63	SFW	80	47.6	44.8	24.3	3.4			18.3	34.6	52.8				8.3	13.9	59.3	55.0				1,946	275				136
10	James Harden J. Harden	0.94	2,335	2,483	2019-20	HOU	68	36.5	34.3	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	446	512	125	60	308	227	+287
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	0.94	2,015	2,151	2020-21	GSW	63	34.1	32.0	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	345	363	77	8	213	119	+242
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	0.93	3,041	3,281	1986-87	CHI	82	40.0	37.1	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	430	377	236	125	272	237
13	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	0.91	2,558	2,802	2016-17	OKC	81	34.6	31.6	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	10.2	24.0	42.5	2.5	7.2	34.3	8.8	10.4	84.5	55.4	1.7	9.0	5.4	864	840	132	31	438	190	+251
14	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	0.91	2,002	2,204	2021-22	MIL	67	32.9	29.9	11.6	5.8	1.1	1.4	10.3	18.6	55.3	1.1	3.6	29.3	8.3	11.4	72.2	63.3	2.0	9.6	3.3	778	388	72	91	219	212	+397
15	George Gervin G. Gervin	0.91	2,551	2,817	1981-82	SAS	79	35.7	32.3	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	12.6	25.2	50.0	0.1	0.5	27.8	7.0	8.1	86.4	56.2	1.7	3.2	2.7	392	187	77	45	210	215
16	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	0.91	2,079	2,296	2021-22	PHI	68	33.8	30.6	11.7	4.2	1.1	1.5	9.8	19.6	49.9	1.4	3.7	37.1	9.6	11.8	81.4	61.6	2.1	9.6	3.1	796	284	77	99	214	181	+367
17	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	0.9	2,370	2,624	2023-24	DAL	70	37.5	33.9	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	647	686	99	38	282	149	+319
18	Stephen Curry S. Curry	0.9	446	497	2025-26	GSW	16	31.1	27.9	3.7	4.0	1.3	0.6	9.1	19.4	47.1	4.7	12.0	39.1	4.9	5.4	91.9	64.1	0.3	3.4	3.1	59	64	21	9	50	35	+28
19	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	0.89	2,138	2,390	2022-23	DAL	66	36.2	32.4	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	569	529	90	33	236	166	+128
20	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	0.89	2,036	2,289	2024-25	MIL	67	34.2	30.4	11.9	6.5	0.9	1.2	11.8	19.7	60.1	0.2	0.9	22.2	6.5	10.6	61.7	62.5	2.2	9.7	3.1	798	433	58	78	206	155	+334
21	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	0.89	1,866	2,106	2022-23	POR	58	36.3	32.2	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	277	425	50	18	191	109	+105
22	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	0.88	2,135	2,416	2022-23	OKC	68	35.5	31.4	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	329	371	112	65	192	192	+149
23	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	0.88	2,254	2,553	2023-24	OKC	75	34.0	30.1	5.5	6.2	2.0	0.9	10.6	19.8	53.5	1.3	3.6	35.3	7.6	8.7	87.4	63.6	0.9	4.7	2.2	415	465	150	67	162	184	+613
24	George Gervin G. Gervin	0.88	2,585	2,934	1979-80	SAS	78	37.6	33.1	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	13.1	24.9	52.8	0.4	1.3	31.4	6.5	7.6	85.2	58.7	2.0	3.2	3.3	403	202	110	79	254	208
25	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	0.88	509	578	2025-26	CLE	17	34.0	29.9	4.8	5.5	1.4	0.4	10.2	20.4	50.3	3.9	10.3	38.3	5.5	6.6	83.2	64.3	0.8	3.9	3.2	81	93	24	6	55	38	+110