highest ppg for an mvp excluding fts

Wilt Chamberlain has put up the most points per game by an MVP in a season, with 37.6 per game in his rookie season in 1959-60.

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highest ppg for an mvp in a regular season excluding fts by a player
NAMEPPGMVPFTMSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
37.6
1
577
1959-60
72
46.4
27.0
2.3
14.8
32.1
46.1
13.8
58.2
49.3
3,338
2,707
1,941
168
150
2Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
35.0
1
723
1987-88
82
40.4
5.5
5.9
3.2
1.6
13.0
24.4
53.5
0.1
0.6
13.2
10.5
84.1
60.3
1.7
3.8
3.1
3,311
2,868
449
485
259
131
252
270
3Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
34.8
1
504
1971-72
81
44.2
16.6
4.6
14.3
24.9
57.4
9.0
68.9
60.3
3,583
2,822
1,346
370
235
4Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
34.5
1
641
1974-75
82
43.2
14.1
2.2
1.1
2.1
13.4
26.1
51.2
9.7
80.5
56.9
3.7
10.3
3,539
2,831
1,155
179
92
174
278
5Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
33.5
1
501
1965-66
79
47.3
24.6
5.2
13.6
25.2
54.0
12.4
51.3
54.7
3,737
2,649
1,943
414
171
6Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
33.1
1
661
2022-23
66
34.6
10.2
4.2
1.0
1.7
11.0
20.1
54.8
1.0
3.0
33.0
11.7
85.7
65.5
1.7
8.4
3.4
2,284
2,183
670
274
66
112
226
205
+424
7Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
32.7
1
601
2024-25
76
34.2
5.0
6.4
1.7
1.0
11.3
21.8
51.9
2.1
5.7
37.5
8.8
89.8
63.7
0.9
4.1
2.4
2,598
2,484
379
486
131
77
183
164
+918
8Kevin Durant
K. Durant
32.0
1
703
2013-14
81
38.5
7.4
5.5
1.3
0.7
10.5
20.8
50.3
2.4
6.1
39.1
9.9
87.3
63.5
0.7
6.7
3.5
3,122
2,593
598
445
103
59
285
174
+509
9Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
31.7
1
470
1970-71
82
40.1
16.0
3.3
13.0
22.5
57.7
8.3
69.0
60.6
3,288
2,596
1,311
272
264
10Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
31.6
1
710
2016-17
81
34.6
10.7
10.4
1.6
0.4
10.2
24.0
42.5
2.5
7.2
34.3
10.4
84.5
55.4
1.7
9.0
5.4
2,802
2,558
864
840
132
31
438
190
+251
11Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
31.5
1
571
1990-91
82
37.0
6.0
5.5
2.7
1.0
12.1
22.4
53.9
0.4
1.1
31.2
8.2
85.1
60.5
1.4
4.6
2.5
3,034
2,580
492
453
223
83
202
229
12Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
31.4
1
800
1963-64
79
45.1
9.9
11.0
10.6
22.0
48.3
11.9
85.3
57.6
3,559
2,480
783
868
280
13Moses Malone
M. Malone
31.1
1
630
1981-82
81
42.0
14.7
1.8
0.9
1.5
11.7
22.5
51.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
10.2
76.2
57.6
6.9
7.8
3.6
3,398
2,520
1,188
142
76
125
294
208
14Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
31.1
1
585
2000-01
71
42.0
3.8
4.6
2.5
0.3
10.7
25.5
42.0
1.4
4.3
32.0
10.1
81.4
51.8
0.7
3.1
3.3
2,979
2,207
273
325
178
20
237
147
+368
15James Harden
J. Harden
30.4
1
624
2017-18
72
35.4
5.4
8.8
1.8
0.7
9.0
20.1
44.9
3.7
10.0
36.7
10.1
85.8
61.9
0.6
4.8
4.4
2,551
2,191
389
630
126
50
315
169
+527
16Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
30.4
1
548
1995-96
82
37.7
6.6
4.3
2.2
0.5
11.2
22.6
49.5
1.4
3.2
42.7
8.0
83.4
58.2
1.8
4.8
2.4
3,090
2,491
543
352
180
42
197
195
17Stephen Curry
S. Curry
30.1
1
363
2015-16
79
34.2
5.4
6.7
2.1
0.2
10.2
20.2
50.4
5.1
11.2
45.4
5.1
90.8
66.9
0.9
4.6
3.3
2,700
2,375
430
527
169
15
262
161
+1022
18Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
30.1
1
491
1991-92
80
38.8
6.4
6.1
2.3
0.9
11.8
22.7
51.9
0.3
1.3
27.0
7.4
83.2
57.9
1.1
5.3
2.5
3,102
2,404
511
489
182
75
200
201
19LeBron James
L. James
29.7
1
593
2009-10
76
39.0
7.3
8.6
1.6
1.0
10.1
20.1
50.3
1.7
5.1
33.3
10.2
76.7
60.4
0.9
6.4
3.4
2,966
2,258
554
651
125
77
261
119
+648
20Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
29.7
1
432
1999-00
79
40.0
13.6
3.8
0.5
3.0
12.1
21.1
57.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
10.4
52.4
57.8
4.3
9.4
2.8
3,163
2,344
1,078
299
36
239
223
255
+706
21Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
29.5
1
398
2019-20
63
30.4
13.6
5.6
1.0
1.0
10.9
19.7
55.3
1.4
4.7
30.4
10.0
63.3
61.3
2.2
11.4
3.7
1,917
1,857
856
354
61
66
230
195
+682
22Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
29.2
1
667
1958-59
72
39.9
16.4
3.1
10.0
22.8
43.8
12.2
75.9
51.9
2,873
2,105
1,182
221
200
23Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
28.7
1
565
1997-98
82
38.8
5.8
3.5
1.7
0.5
10.7
23.1
46.5
0.4
1.5
23.8
8.8
78.4
53.3
1.6
4.2
2.3
3,181
2,357
475
283
141
45
185
151
+598
24Larry Bird
L. Bird
28.7
1
403
1984-85
80
39.5
10.5
6.6
1.6
1.2
11.5
22.0
52.2
0.7
1.6
42.7
5.7
88.2
58.5
2.1
8.5
3.1
3,161
2,295
842
531
129
98
248
208
25LeBron James
L. James
28.4
1
594
2008-09
81
37.7
7.6
7.2
1.7
1.1
9.7
19.9
48.9
1.6
4.7
34.4
9.4
78.0
59.1
1.3
6.3
3.0
3,054
2,304
613
587
137
93
241
139
+870

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32
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20
62
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63
.232
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17
65
.207
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1
64
18
.780
2
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62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
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