highest points per minute by an mvp in a season

Giannis Antetokounmpo has the most points per minute played by an MVP in a season, with 0.97 in 2019-20.

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	NAME	PTS/MIN	MVP	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	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	0.97	1	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
2	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	0.96	1	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
3	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	0.96	1	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
4	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	0.94	1	2,117	2,259	2025-26	OKC	68	33.2	31.1	4.3	6.6	1.4	0.8	10.8	19.4	55.3	1.7	4.4	38.6	7.9	9.0	87.9	66.5	0.6	3.7	2.2	292	448	95	52	151	139	+788
5	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	0.91	1	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
6	Stephen Curry S. Curry	0.88	1	2,375	2,700	2015-16	GSW	79	34.2	30.1	5.4	6.7	2.1	0.2	10.2	20.2	50.4	5.1	11.2	45.4	4.6	5.1	90.8	66.9	0.9	4.6	3.3	430	527	169	15	262	161	+1022
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	0.87	1	2,868	3,311	1987-88	CHI	82	40.4	35.0	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	13.0	24.4	53.5	0.1	0.6	13.2	8.8	10.5	84.1	60.3	1.7	3.8	3.1	449	485	259	131	252	270
8	James Harden J. Harden	0.86	1	2,191	2,551	2017-18	HOU	72	35.4	30.4	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	9.0	20.1	44.9	3.7	10.0	36.7	8.7	10.1	85.8	61.9	0.6	4.8	4.4	389	630	126	50	315	169	+527
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	0.85	1	2,580	3,034	1990-91	CHI	82	37.0	31.5	6.0	5.5	2.7	1.0	12.1	22.4	53.9	0.4	1.1	31.2	7.0	8.2	85.1	60.5	1.4	4.6	2.5	492	453	223	83	202	229
10	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	0.85	1	1,994	2,358	2018-19	MIL	72	32.8	27.7	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	10.0	17.3	57.8	0.7	2.8	25.6	6.9	9.5	72.9	64.4	2.2	10.3	3.7	898	424	92	110	268	232	+654
11	Kevin Durant K. Durant	0.83	1	2,593	3,122	2013-14	OKC	81	38.5	32.0	7.4	5.5	1.3	0.7	10.5	20.8	50.3	2.4	6.1	39.1	8.7	9.9	87.3	63.5	0.7	6.7	3.5	598	445	103	59	285	174	+509
12	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	0.81	1	2,707	3,338	1959-60	PHI	72	46.4	37.6	27.0	2.3			14.8	32.1	46.1				8.0	13.8	58.2	49.3				1,941	168				150
13	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	0.81	1	2,004	2,475	2021-22	DEN	74	33.4	27.1	13.8	7.9	1.5	0.9	10.3	17.7	58.3	1.3	3.9	33.7	5.1	6.3	81.0	66.1	2.8	11.0	3.8	1,019	584	109	63	281	191	+442
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	0.81	1	2,491	3,090	1995-96	CHI	82	37.7	30.4	6.6	4.3	2.2	0.5	11.2	22.6	49.5	1.4	3.2	42.7	6.7	8.0	83.4	58.2	1.8	4.8	2.4	543	352	180	42	197	195
15	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	0.8	1	2,831	3,539	1974-75	BUF	82	43.2	34.5	14.1	2.2	1.1	2.1	13.4	26.1	51.2				7.8	9.7	80.5	56.9	3.7	10.3		1,155	179	92	174		278
16	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	0.79	1	2,596	3,288	1970-71	MIL	82	40.1	31.7	16.0	3.3			13.0	22.5	57.7				5.7	8.3	69.0	60.6				1,311	272				264
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	0.79	1	2,822	3,583	1971-72	MIL	81	44.2	34.8	16.6	4.6			14.3	24.9	57.4				6.2	9.0	68.9	60.3				1,346	370				235
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	0.77	1	2,404	3,102	1991-92	CHI	80	38.8	30.1	6.4	6.1	2.3	0.9	11.8	22.7	51.9	0.3	1.3	27.0	6.1	7.4	83.2	57.9	1.1	5.3	2.5	511	489	182	75	200	201
19	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	0.76	1	1,898	2,487	2020-21	DEN	72	34.5	26.4	10.8	8.3	1.3	0.7	10.2	18.0	56.6	1.3	3.3	38.8	4.8	5.5	86.8	64.7	2.8	8.0	3.1	780	599	95	48	222	192	+384
20	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	0.76	1	2,085	2,737	2023-24	DEN	79	34.6	26.4	12.4	9.0	1.4	0.9	10.4	17.9	58.3	1.1	2.9	35.9	4.5	5.5	81.7	65.0	2.8	9.5	3.0	976	708	108	68	237	194	+684
21	LeBron James L. James	0.76	1	2,258	2,966	2009-10	CLE	76	39.0	29.7	7.3	8.6	1.6	1.0	10.1	20.1	50.3	1.7	5.1	33.3	7.8	10.2	76.7	60.4	0.9	6.4	3.4	554	651	125	77	261	119	+648
22	LeBron James L. James	0.75	1	2,304	3,054	2008-09	CLE	81	37.7	28.4	7.6	7.2	1.7	1.1	9.7	19.9	48.9	1.6	4.7	34.4	7.3	9.4	78.0	59.1	1.3	6.3	3.0	613	587	137	93	241	139	+870
23	Karl Malone K. Malone	0.75	1	2,249	2,998	1996-97	UTA	82	36.6	27.4	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	10.5	19.2	55.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	6.4	8.4	75.5	60.0	2.4	7.5	2.8	809	368	113	48	233	217	+768
24	Moses Malone M. Malone	0.74	1	2,520	3,398	1981-82	HOU	81	42.0	31.1	14.7	1.8	0.9	1.5	11.7	22.5	51.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.8	10.2	76.2	57.6	6.9	7.8	3.6	1,188	142	76	125	294	208
25	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	0.74	1	2,344	3,163	1999-00	LAL	79	40.0	29.7	13.6	3.8	0.5	3.0	12.1	21.1	57.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.5	10.4	52.4	57.8	4.3	9.4	2.8	1,078	299	36	239	223	255	+706

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Team Leaders

PPG

17.3

Rollins

RPG

6.4

Portis

APG

5.6

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Team Rankings

ORTG

112.9

24th

DRTG

119.3

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NETRTG

-6.3

25th

3P%

38.7

2nd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets	20	62	.244	40.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Fri 10/23	CHI	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Sat 10/24	MIL	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Mon 10/26	IND	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	HOU	@	MIL	8:00 PM

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Bucks

32 - 50

106

Final

126

76ers

45 - 37

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

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FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

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50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0