highest ppg in 3rd year current nba players

LeBron James put up the most points per game by an active player in his 3rd season, with 31.4 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest ppg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player in 3rd year current NBA players

	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	LeBron James L. James	31.4	2005-06	CLE	79	42.5	7.0	6.6	1.6	0.8	11.1	23.1	48.0	1.6	4.8	33.5	7.6	10.3	73.8	56.8	0.9	6.1	3.3	3,361	2,478	556	521	123	66	260	181	+275
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30.1	2009-10	OKC	82	39.5	7.6	2.8	1.4	1.0	9.7	20.3	47.6	1.6	4.3	36.5	9.2	10.2	90.0	60.7	1.3	6.3	3.3	3,239	2,472	623	231	112	84	271	171	+431
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	27.7	2020-21	DAL	66	34.3	8.0	8.6	1.0	0.5	9.8	20.5	47.9	2.9	8.3	35.0	5.2	7.1	73.0	58.7	0.8	7.2	4.3	2,262	1,830	527	567	64	36	281	152	+164
4	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	27.5	2018-19	PHI	64	33.7	13.6	3.7	0.7	1.9	9.1	18.7	48.4	1.2	4.1	30.0	8.2	10.1	80.4	59.3	2.5	11.1	3.5	2,154	1,761	871	234	46	122	226	211	+371
5	Ja Morant J. Morant	27.4	2021-22	MEM	57	33.1	5.7	6.7	1.2	0.4	10.2	20.6	49.3	1.5	4.5	34.4	5.5	7.3	76.1	57.5	1.4	4.4	3.4	1,889	1,564	325	384	66	22	196	86	+189
6	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	26.2	2025-26	SAS	12	34.7	12.9	4.0	1.1	3.6	9.3	18.4	50.2	1.7	4.8	34.5	6.0	7.0	85.7	60.9	2.0	10.9	3.6	416	314	155	48	13	43	43	44	+85
7	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	25.9	2024-25	ORL	46	34.4	7.5	4.8	0.8	0.6	9.0	19.8	45.2	1.9	5.9	32.0	6.1	8.4	72.7	55.1	1.1	6.4	3.0	1,582	1,191	345	219	36	28	136	97	-21
8	Trae Young T. Young	25.3	2020-21	ATL	63	33.7	3.9	9.4	0.8	0.2	7.7	17.7	43.8	2.2	6.3	34.3	7.7	8.7	88.6	58.9	0.6	3.3	4.1	2,124	1,594	245	594	53	12	261	111	+267
9	Devin Booker D. Booker	24.9	2017-18	PHX	54	34.5	4.5	4.7	0.9	0.3	8.4	19.5	43.2	2.7	7.1	38.3	5.4	6.1	87.8	56.1	0.5	4.0	3.6	1,865	1,346	244	253	47	14	194	168	-358
10	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	24.6	2022-23	MIN	79	36.0	5.8	4.4	1.6	0.7	8.9	19.5	45.9	2.7	7.3	36.9	4.0	5.3	75.6	56.4	0.6	5.2	3.3	2,841	1,946	458	350	125	58	259	186	+97
11	Anthony Davis A. Davis	24.4	2014-15	NOP	68	36.1	10.2	2.2	1.5	2.9	9.4	17.6	53.5	0.0	0.2	8.3	5.5	6.8	80.5	59.1	2.5	7.7	1.4	2,455	1,656	696	149	100	200	95	141	+267
12	Collin Sexton C. Sexton	24.3	2020-21	CLE	60	35.3	3.1	4.4	1.0	0.2	8.8	18.4	47.5	1.6	4.4	37.1	5.2	6.4	81.5	57.3	1.0	2.2	2.8	2,115	1,460	187	262	62	10	167	157	-376
13	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	24.0	2019-20	UTA	69	34.3	4.4	4.3	1.0	0.2	8.7	19.4	44.9	2.5	6.9	36.6	4.0	4.7	86.3	55.8	0.8	3.6	2.7	2,364	1,655	304	294	70	14	184	172	+113
14	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	23.6	2016-17	MIN	82	37.2	4.0	2.3	1.0	0.4	8.6	19.1	45.2	1.3	3.5	35.6	5.0	6.6	76.0	53.4	1.2	2.8	2.3	3,048	1,933	328	189	82	30	187	183	-17
15	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	23.4	2019-20	BOS	66	34.3	7.0	3.0	1.4	0.9	8.4	18.6	45.0	2.9	7.1	40.3	3.8	4.7	81.2	56.7	1.0	6.0	2.3	2,265	1,547	460	200	93	57	155	136	+501
16	Keyonte George K. George	23.4	2025-26	UTA	17	34.6	4.1	7.2	1.1	0.2	7.4	16.7	44.4	2.2	6.8	31.9	6.4	7.0	90.8	59.0	0.6	3.5	3.3	589	397	69	122	18	4	56	39	-86
17	Kristaps Porziņģis K. Porziņģis	22.7	2017-18	NYK	48	32.4	6.6	1.2	0.8	2.4	8.1	18.5	43.9	1.9	4.8	39.5	4.5	5.7	79.3	53.9	1.3	5.3	1.9	1,553	1,088	316	57	36	115	93	141	+15
18	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	22.7	2023-24	DET	62	33.5	4.3	7.5	0.9	0.4	8.5	18.8	44.9	1.9	5.4	35.5	3.8	4.4	86.9	54.6	0.5	3.8	3.4	2,074	1,405	268	464	56	22	212	153	-350
19	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	22.5	2023-24	BKN	66	31.4	3.2	2.9	0.7	0.2	8.0	18.0	44.2	2.2	6.0	36.4	4.3	5.1	85.6	55.4	0.4	2.8	1.9	2,075	1,482	214	192	45	16	124	138	-201
20	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	22.3	2010-11	LAC	56	37.7	2.9	4.4	1.3	0.3	7.6	16.9	45.0	1.9	5.2	36.4	5.1	6.2	82.5	56.6	0.8	2.1	2.7	2,112	1,247	164	244	71	18	151	115	+1
21	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	21.9	2010-11	OKC	82	34.7	4.6	8.2	1.9	0.4	7.5	17.0	44.2	0.4	1.3	33.0	6.5	7.7	84.2	53.8	1.5	3.1	3.9	2,847	1,793	379	670	155	30	316	207	+117
22	Darius Garland D. Garland	21.7	2021-22	CLE	68	35.7	3.3	8.6	1.3	0.1	8.0	17.3	46.2	2.6	6.7	38.3	3.2	3.5	89.2	57.6	0.6	2.7	3.6	2,430	1,473	224	583	89	7	248	115	+376
23	Jalen Williams J. Williams	21.6	2024-25	OKC	69	32.4	5.3	5.1	1.6	0.7	8.2	16.9	48.4	1.8	4.9	36.5	3.4	4.3	78.9	57.3	0.9	4.5	2.2	2,237	1,490	369	354	111	46	150	158	+456
24	John Collins J. Collins	21.6	2019-20	ATL	41	33.2	10.1	1.5	0.8	1.6	8.6	14.8	58.3	1.4	3.6	40.1	2.9	3.7	80.0	65.9	2.8	7.3	1.8	1,363	885	416	60	31	66	75	138	-165
25	Desmond Bane D. Bane	21.5	2022-23	MEM	58	31.7	5.0	4.4	1.0	0.4	7.8	16.2	47.9	2.9	7.0	40.8	3.1	3.5	88.3	60.6	0.7	4.3	2.2	1,841	1,247	291	254	56	22	126	150	+356