highest points per minute with more than 20 minutes per game by a player in nba history

Joel Embiid has the most career points per minute played when playing >20.0 minutes per game, with 0.87.

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Data note: Minutes Played, Minutes Per Game: player season data complete from 1951-52

	NAME	PTS/MIN	MPG	PTS	MIN	GP	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	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	0.87	31.9	13,609	15,711	493	27.6	10.8	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.2	50.0	1.2	3.5	33.8	8.2	9.9	83.0	61.2	2.2	8.6	3.4	5,309	1,825	435	787	1,665	1,462	+2695
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	0.84	35.0	15,124	18,105	517	29.3	8.5	8.2	1.3	0.5	9.8	21.0	46.9	3.2	9.0	35.3	6.4	8.5	75.6	59.2	0.9	7.6	4.0	4,398	4,254	666	238	2,053	1,188	+1467
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	0.79	38.3	32,292	41,011	1,072	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	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
4	George Gervin G. Gervin	0.78	33.5	20,708	26,536	791	26.2	4.6	2.8	1.2	0.8	10.2	19.9	51.1	0.1	0.5	29.7	5.7	6.8	84.4	57.2	1.5	3.1	3.0	3,607	2,214	941	670	2,137	2,331
5	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	0.77	30.4	4,298	5,594	184	23.4	11.0	3.5	1.1	3.5	8.3	17.3	48.2	2.2	6.3	34.0	4.6	5.6	81.5	59.2	2.1	9.0	3.1	2,030	648	208	639	572	421	+675
6	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	0.77	31.0	6,643	8,653	279	23.8	6.4	4.0	1.0	0.6	9.1	15.5	59.0	0.1	0.4	32.4	5.4	7.8	69.6	63.0	2.2	4.2	2.7	1,777	1,126	287	174	742	637	+320
7	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	0.76	33.1	13,520	17,687	534	25.3	4.7	5.3	1.4	0.8	8.8	17.4	50.8	1.4	3.8	35.9	6.3	7.3	86.4	61.5	0.7	4.0	2.3	2,520	2,825	766	429	1,231	1,192	+2116
8	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	0.74	33.8	15,352	20,695	612	25.1	4.3	4.8	1.4	0.3	8.9	19.6	45.3	3.0	8.3	36.6	4.3	5.1	84.4	57.5	0.8	3.6	2.7	2,660	2,942	849	196	1,657	1,472	+2955
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	0.74	36.7	32,691	44,217	1,205	27.1	6.9	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.6	50.3	2.0	5.1	39.2	6.4	7.3	88.2	62.2	0.6	6.2	3.2	8,280	5,294	1,237	1,350	3,812	2,290	+5121
10	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	0.74	32.7	21,645	29,399	899	24.1	9.9	5.0	1.1	1.2	8.8	16.0	55.4	0.6	2.2	28.5	5.8	8.4	69.1	61.3	1.9	8.0	3.0	8,920	4,504	999	1,090	2,715	2,631	+3055
11	Trae Young T. Young	0.73	34.2	12,578	17,152	502	25.1	3.4	9.8	1.0	0.2	7.9	18.3	43.3	2.6	7.4	35.1	6.6	7.6	87.2	58.0	0.6	2.8	4.2	1,728	4,912	521	76	2,099	885	-195
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	0.73	33.9	26,599	36,381	1,072	24.8	4.6	6.3	1.5	0.3	8.4	17.9	47.1	4.0	9.4	42.2	4.0	4.4	91.2	62.6	0.6	4.0	3.1	4,980	6,751	1,606	282	3,313	2,392	+6247
13	Freeman Williams F. Williams	0.72	20.5	4,738	6,606	323	14.7	1.6	1.6	0.8	0.1	6.1	13.0	46.7	0.5	1.5	33.1	2.1	2.6	82.4	51.9	0.8	0.8	1.8	510	516	247	18	568	533
14	Devin Booker D. Booker	0.72	34.3	18,189	25,394	740	24.6	4.0	5.3	0.9	0.3	8.5	18.4	46.4	2.1	6.0	35.2	5.4	6.2	87.4	58.1	0.6	3.4	3.0	2,979	3,924	629	210	2,242	2,146	+178
15	LeBron James L. James	0.71	37.6	43,489	61,131	1,625	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	12,116	12,033	2,423	1,187	5,659	2,870	+7491
16	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	0.71	34.8	10,987	15,534	446	24.6	5.2	4.1	1.3	0.6	8.6	19.1	45.3	3.0	8.1	37.0	4.4	5.5	80.2	57.4	0.7	4.5	2.9	2,338	1,840	595	285	1,287	896	+1006
17	Ja Morant J. Morant	0.71	31.7	7,357	10,419	329	22.4	4.6	7.4	1.0	0.3	8.1	17.3	46.6	1.3	4.3	31.2	4.9	6.4	77.3	55.7	0.9	3.7	3.4	1,521	2,443	339	92	1,111	558	+810
18	John Drew J. Drew	0.7	29.5	15,291	21,828	739	20.7	6.9	1.7	1.4	0.3	7.4	15.8	47.0	0.0	0.2	17.5	5.8	7.8	74.8	53.8	2.9	4.0	2.7	5,088	1,224	1,004	193	1,402	2,641
19	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	0.7	35.5	26,668	38,113	1,074	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	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	2,669	2,061	-392
20	Anthony Davis A. Davis	0.7	34.3	19,476	27,841	811	24.0	10.7	2.6	1.3	2.3	9.0	17.3	52.2	0.5	1.6	29.5	5.5	7.0	79.3	59.1	2.7	8.0	2.0	8,674	2,073	1,060	1,851	1,624	1,891	+875
21	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	0.69	32.0	18,076	26,018	813	22.2	11.1	7.5	1.3	0.7	8.5	15.2	56.0	1.1	3.2	36.1	4.1	5.0	82.4	64.0	2.7	8.4	3.0	9,006	6,106	1,045	596	2,428	2,177	+4601
22	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	0.69	36.2	22,642	32,669	902	25.1	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	3,853	6,077	877	267	2,544	1,709	+2457
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	0.69	36.1	33,643	48,637	1,346	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	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
24	David Thompson D. Thompson	0.69	32.0	11,264	16,305	509	22.1	3.8	3.2	0.9	0.8	8.3	16.4	50.4	0.1	0.3	27.7	5.5	7.1	77.8	56.6	1.4	2.3	2.6	1,921	1,631	459	407	1,129	1,287
25	James Harden J. Harden	0.69	34.8	29,386	42,555	1,224	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	6,825	8,894	1,797	685	4,518	3,003	+4689

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More 76ers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

28.8

Maxey

RPG

9.7

Embiid

APG

5.7

Embiid

Team Rankings

ORTG

105.4

28th

DRTG

102.5

5th

NETRTG

2.9

12th

3P%

31.7

22nd

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	3	0	1.000
2	76ers	3	1	.750	0.5
3	Hornets	3	1	.750	0.5
4	Raptors	2	1	.667	1.0
5	Celtics	2	1	.667	1.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/28	PHI	@	IND	7:00 PM
Fri 10/30	NYK	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Sat 10/31	PHI	@	CHA	6:00 PM
Mon 11/2	CHI	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Wed 11/4	PHI	@	DET	7:00 PM

Last Game

Pistons

3 - 0

106

Final

76ers

3 - 1

Sun 25 Oct 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

34.3

Dončić

33.3

Edwards

29.8

Jerome

RPG Leaders

17.3

Sabonis

14.3

Gobert

12.0

Towns

APG Leaders

11.0

Young

9.5

Haliburton

8.7

Jokić

SPG Leaders

3.7

Flagg

3.5

Daniels

3.3

Dunn

BPG Leaders

4.0

Wembanyama

3.0

Kessler

3.0

Holmgren

3PM Leaders

5.0

Dončić

5.0

Robinson

4.5

Edwards

TS% Leaders

86.7

Carter

85.9

Sabonis

84.6

Camara

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

126.5

125.9

121.1

119.4

119.1

118.3

DRtg Rankings

98.8

101.4

101.7

102.5

105.6

NetRtg Rankings

24.5

16.4

12.8

12.7

10.6

10.4

Tank Leaderboard

0-4

0-3

1-3

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

202.8

Johnson

195.8

Edwards

194.2

Şengün

DraftKings Points Leaders

204.8

Johnson

204

Antetokounmpo

203.3

Edwards

USG% Leaders

42.3

Dončić

37.7

Edwards

35.4

Antetokounmpo

MPG Leaders

38.7

Murray

38.0

Jokić

38.0

LaVine

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.56

Johnson

1.55

Dončić

1.52

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.69

Dončić

1.61

Antetokounmpo

1.58

Johnson

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

4-0

3-0

4-0

3-0

3-1

Worst Record ATS

0-4

0-3

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	3	0	1.000
2	76ers	3	1	.750	0.5
3	Hornets	3	1	.750	0.5
4	Raptors	2	1	.667	1.0
5	Celtics	2	1	.667	1.0
6	Cavaliers	2	1	.667	1.0
7	Hawks	2	2	.500	1.5
8	Wizards	2	2	.500	1.5
9	Pacers	2	2	.500	1.5
10	Magic	1	2	.333	2.0
11	Bulls	1	3	.250	2.5
12	Bucks	1	3	.250	2.5
13	Knicks	0	3	.000	3.0
14	Nets	0	3	.000	3.0
15	Heat	0	4	.000	3.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Rockets	4	0	1.000
2	Thunder	4	0	1.000
3	Grizzlies	4	0	1.000
4	Lakers	3	0	1.000	0.5
5	Trail Blazers	2	0	1.000	1.0
6	Timberwolves	3	1	.750	1.0
7	Mavericks	2	2	.500	2.0
8	Spurs	1	2	.333	2.5
9	Clippers	1	2	.333	2.5
10	Nuggets	1	2	.333	2.5
11	Suns	1	2	.333	2.5
12	Warriors	1	3	.250	3.0
13	Jazz	1	3	.250	3.0
14	Pelicans	0	3	.000	3.5
15	Kings	0	3	.000	3.5