Larry Bird had 29.9 points per game in 1987-88.

Interpreted as:

highest ppg by a player by 1978 draft class

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	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	Larry Bird L. Bird	29.9	1987-88	BOS	76	39.0	9.3	6.1	1.6	0.8	11.6	22.0	52.7	1.3	3.1	41.4	5.5	6.0	91.6	60.8	1.4	7.8	2.8	2,965	2,275	703	467	125	57	213	157
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	28.7	1984-85	BOS	80	39.5	10.5	6.6	1.6	1.2	11.5	22.0	52.2	0.7	1.6	42.7	5.0	5.7	88.2	58.5	2.1	8.5	3.1	3,161	2,295	842	531	129	98	248	208
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	28.1	1986-87	BOS	74	40.6	9.2	7.6	1.8	0.9	10.6	20.2	52.5	1.2	3.0	40.0	5.6	6.1	91.0	61.2	1.7	7.5	3.2	3,005	2,076	682	566	135	70	240	185
4	Purvis Short P. Short	28.0	1984-85	GSW	78	39.5	5.1	3.0	1.5	0.3	10.5	22.8	46.0	0.6	1.9	31.3	6.4	7.9	81.7	53.3	2.0	3.1	3.1	3,081	2,186	398	234	116	27	241	255
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	25.8	1985-86	BOS	82	38.0	9.8	6.8	2.0	0.6	9.7	19.6	49.6	1.0	2.4	42.3	5.4	6.0	89.6	58.0	2.3	7.5	3.2	3,113	2,115	805	557	166	51	266	182
6	Purvis Short P. Short	25.5	1985-86	GSW	64	37.9	5.1	3.7	1.4	0.3	9.9	20.5	48.2	0.2	0.8	30.6	5.5	6.3	86.5	54.7	2.0	3.2	2.9	2,427	1,632	329	237	92	22	184	229
7	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	24.5	1980-81	CLE	82	39.0	6.1	1.7	0.8	0.6	10.4	21.8	47.6	0.0	0.1	44.4	3.7	4.7	78.4	51.3	2.6	3.5	2.1	3,194	2,012	502	139	63	52	175	199
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	24.3	1989-90	BOS	75	39.3	9.5	7.5	1.4	0.8	9.6	20.2	47.3	0.9	2.6	33.3	4.3	4.6	93.0	54.6	1.2	8.3	3.2	2,944	1,820	712	562	106	61	243	173
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	24.2	1983-84	BOS	79	38.3	10.1	6.6	1.8	0.9	9.6	19.5	49.2	0.2	0.9	24.7	4.7	5.3	88.8	55.2	2.3	7.8	3.0	3,028	1,908	796	520	144	69	237	197
10	Reggie Theus R. Theus	23.8	1982-83	CHI	82	34.8	3.7	5.9	1.7	0.2	9.1	19.1	47.8	0.3	1.1	23.1	5.3	6.6	80.1	54.1	1.1	2.5	3.9	2,856	1,953	300	484	143	17	321	281
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	23.6	1982-83	BOS	79	37.7	11.0	5.8	1.9	0.9	9.5	18.7	50.4	0.3	1.0	28.6	4.4	5.3	84.0	56.1	2.4	8.6	3.0	2,982	1,867	870	458	148	71	240	197
12	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	23.4	1985-86	SAS	82	36.2	5.0	2.3	0.7	0.3	9.8	20.7	47.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	4.8	80.9	51.4	1.6	3.4	2.2	2,970	1,921	409	188	56	25	184	175
13	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	23.3	1983-84	SAS	79	36.1	7.2	1.2	0.8	0.9	9.9	20.2	48.8	0.1	0.2	42.9	3.5	4.5	77.9	52.5	2.4	4.8	1.8	2,853	1,839	570	93	62	73	141	251
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	22.9	1981-82	BOS	77	38.0	10.9	5.8	1.9	0.9	9.2	18.4	50.3	0.1	0.7	21.2	4.3	4.9	86.3	55.7	2.6	8.3	3.3	2,923	1,761	837	447	143	66	254	244
15	Purvis Short P. Short	22.8	1983-84	GSW	79	37.3	5.5	3.1	1.3	0.1	9.0	19.1	47.3	0.3	0.9	30.6	4.5	5.6	79.3	52.9	2.3	3.2	2.9	2,945	1,803	438	246	103	11	228	252
16	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	22.2	1984-85	SAS	82	34.8	5.1	1.8	0.7	0.3	9.5	19.0	49.7	0.1	0.3	21.7	3.3	4.2	77.7	53.3	1.8	3.3	1.8	2,853	1,824	417	151	61	27	144	219
17	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	22.2	1979-80	CLE	82	34.2	7.2	1.1	0.9	0.9	9.5	18.1	52.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.3	4.2	78.7	55.7	2.5	4.7	2.1	2,802	1,820	591	93	70	77	172	259
18	John Long J. Long	21.9	1981-82	DET	69	32.0	3.7	2.1	0.9	0.4	9.2	18.8	49.2	0.0	0.2	13.3	3.4	4.0	86.5	53.5	1.4	2.3	2.4	2,211	1,514	257	148	65	25	167	173
19	Reggie Theus R. Theus	21.6	1987-88	SAC	73	36.3	3.2	6.3	0.8	0.2	8.5	18.1	47.0	0.2	0.8	27.1	4.4	5.3	83.1	52.9	1.0	2.2	3.2	2,653	1,574	232	463	59	16	234	173
20	Purvis Short P. Short	21.4	1982-83	GSW	67	35.8	5.3	3.4	1.4	0.2	8.8	18.0	48.7	0.1	0.2	26.7	3.8	4.6	82.8	53.4	2.2	3.1	2.9	2,397	1,437	354	228	94	14	194	242
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	21.3	1979-80	BOS	82	36.0	10.4	4.5	1.7	0.6	8.5	17.8	47.4	0.7	1.7	40.6	3.7	4.4	83.6	53.8	2.6	7.8	3.2	2,955	1,745	852	370	143	53	263	279
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	21.2	1980-81	BOS	82	39.5	10.9	5.5	2.0	0.8	8.8	18.3	47.8	0.2	0.9	27.0	3.5	4.0	86.3	52.8	2.3	8.6	3.5	3,239	1,741	895	451	161	63	289	239
23	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	20.8	1981-82	POR	79	39.6	11.7	4.0	0.9	1.4	8.6	16.5	52.3	0.0	0.0		3.5	5.6	62.8	54.8	3.3	8.4	3.1	3,129	1,642	921	319	69	107	245	233
24	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	20.5	1981-82	TOT	84	36.5	7.0	1.0	0.7	0.5	9.0	17.6	51.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.6	3.6	72.8	53.6	2.9	4.1	1.8	3,063	1,726	590	82	60	43	153	277
25	Reggie Theus R. Theus	20.3	1986-87	SAC	79	36.4	3.4	8.8	1.0	0.2	7.3	15.5	47.2	0.2	1.0	21.8	5.4	6.3	86.7	55.5	1.1	2.3	3.7	2,872	1,600	266	692	78	16	289	208