highest ppg in a month since 1980 minimum 10 games

Since 1979-80, James Harden has the most points per game when playing 10+ games in a month, with 43.6 per game in January 2019.

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highest ppg by a player in a month since 1980 minimum 10 games

	NAME	PPG	GP	MONTH	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	James Harden J. Harden	43.6	14	January 2019	38.8	8.7	7.6	2.1	1.2	12.8	29.7	43.0	5.6	16.6	33.5	12.4	13.7	90.6	60.9	1.6	7.1	5.5	543	610	122	106	29	17	77	46	+54
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	43.4	13	January 2006	41.6	5.6	4.1	1.8	0.1	13.9	29.6	47.0	3.5	8.9	39.7	12.0	13.4	89.7	61.1	0.5	5.1	3.5	541	564	73	53	23	1	46	39	+50
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	40.6	14	February 2003	41.6	4.9	3.6	2.6	0.9	13.9	29.4	47.2	2.4	5.5	42.9	10.6	12.5	84.6	58.3	0.9	4.1	3.4	583	569	69	50	37	13	48	33	+122
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	40.4	13	March 2007	44.8	6.2	4.5	1.1	0.5	13.7	29.8	45.9	2.7	7.2	37.2	10.3	11.9	86.5	57.5	1.6	4.5	2.8	582	525	80	58	14	6	36	30	-36
5	James Harden J. Harden	39.5	15	November 2019	36.9	6.4	7.6	1.9	0.5	11.2	24.2	46.3	5.5	14.1	38.9	11.6	13.9	83.7	65.1	0.9	5.5	5.1	553	592	96	114	28	8	77	43	+141
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39.0	12	April 1988	41.3	4.5	4.9	3.2	1.1	14.5	25.9	55.9	0.1	1.0	8.3	9.9	11.8	84.4	62.7	1.8	2.8	3.3	495	468	54	59	38	13	40	51
7	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	38.5	10	February 2023	37.4	5.7	7.0	0.8	0.2	11.5	23.2	49.6	5.0	12.2	41.0	10.5	10.9	96.3	68.8	1.1	4.6	3.2	374	385	57	70	8	2	32	18	+3
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38.4	12	February 1987	41.2	5.4	4.8	3.7	2.4	12.9	27.2	47.5	0.1	0.8	11.1	12.5	14.3	87.7	57.4	1.9	3.5	3.2	494	461	65	58	44	29	38	40
9	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	38.2	12	February 1988	39.4	6.3	3.3	1.8	0.8	14.3	29.1	49.3	1.1	2.4	44.8	8.4	10.3	82.1	56.8	2.7	3.7	3.0	473	458	76	40	21	10	36	29
10	Moses Malone M. Malone	38.1	14	February 1982	44.6	17.3	1.9	0.9	1.3	14.1	25.5	55.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	9.9	12.5	78.9	61.5			3.3	624	534	242	26	13	18	46	35
11	James Harden J. Harden	37.6	11	February 2019	37.4	6.2	5.6	2.5	0.9	11.6	26.0	44.8	5.0	14.2	35.3	9.4	10.3	91.2	61.7	0.8	5.4	4.5	411	414	68	62	27	10	50	28	+20
12	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	37.5	13	December 2023	39.5	8.9	11.1	1.5	0.9	12.7	26.0	48.8	4.4	11.5	38.0	7.8	9.7	80.2	62.0	1.1	7.8	4.5	513	488	116	144	19	12	58	21	+57
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	37.5	13	November 1986	40.8	6.2	3.5	2.5	1.7	13.8	30.2	45.9	0.1	0.5	16.7	9.7	11.8	81.8	53.0	2.8	3.5	3.2	531	487	81	46	32	22	42	41
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	37.4	15	December 1986	39.3	4.6	4.0	2.3	1.5	14.1	28.9	48.7	0.1	0.6	22.2	9.1	10.7	85.6	55.7	1.9	2.7	3.0	590	561	69	60	35	23	45	42
15	James Harden J. Harden	37.3	14	December 2019	38.5	5.6	6.9	2.1	1.2	11.9	24.6	48.1	5.5	12.9	42.5	8.1	9.5	85.0	64.7	1.1	4.5	3.9	539	522	79	97	29	17	54	49	+66
16	Stephen Curry S. Curry	37.3	15	April 2021	35.2	6.1	4.6	0.8	0.3	11.8	22.8	51.8	6.4	13.7	46.6	7.3	8.0	90.8	70.8	0.4	5.7	4.2	529	559	91	69	12	4	63	31	+34
17	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	37.1	10	January 2024	38.8	9.2	10.4	1.6	0.5	12.1	24.8	48.8	3.4	9.8	34.7	9.5	12.4	76.6	61.3	0.8	8.4	3.7	388	371	92	104	16	5	37	22	-35
18	George Gervin G. Gervin	36.9	16	January 1980	39.9	4.2	2.4	1.4	0.8	14.3	25.9	55.3	0.6	1.6	36.0	7.7	8.9	86.6	61.9				638	590	67	38	22	13		34
19	Bradley Beal B. Beal	36.7	10	January 2021	35.3	5.5	5.0	1.1	0.6	13.4	27.4	48.9	3.0	7.8	38.5	6.9	7.7	89.6	59.6	1.6	3.9	2.9	353	367	55	50	11	6	29	24	-28
20	Stephen Curry S. Curry	36.7	10	February 2016	34.6	5.6	7.3	1.9	0.3	12.9	23.5	54.9	6.7	12.5	53.6	4.2	4.8	87.5	71.6	1.4	4.2	3.6	346	367	56	73	19	3	36	18	+61
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	36.6	14	January 1987	38.9	4.6	3.6	1.9	0.6	13.9	29.4	47.2	0.2	1.2	17.6	8.7	10.2	85.3	54.1	1.9	2.6	3.3	544	513	64	50	27	9	46	42
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	36.6	14	February 1988	41.5	5.4	5.2	2.7	1.6	13.2	25.9	51.1	0.0	0.6	0.0	10.1	12.1	83.5	58.6	1.2	4.1	2.9	581	512	75	73	38	23	41	40
23	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	36.5	15	March 2003	39.5	5.7	6.3	2.0	0.7	12.3	25.1	48.8	3.2	7.5	42.5	8.7	11.1	78.9	60.8	1.7	4.1	3.3	592	547	86	95	30	11	49	29	+141
24	James Harden J. Harden	36.4	15	December 2018	36.9	5.9	7.9	1.8	0.5	10.2	22.9	44.6	5.2	12.6	41.3	10.8	12.4	87.1	64.3	0.8	5.1	5.3	554	546	89	118	27	7	79	51	+19
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	36.4	15	March 1990	39.7	8.1	5.9	3.8	0.7	13.5	24.5	55.2	1.3	3.4	37.3	8.1	9.3	87.1	63.6	2.2	5.9	2.1	595	546	121	89	57	11	32	44