highest ppg in a season by age 36 player

James Harden has averaged the most points per game by a 36-year-old player in a season, with 26.6 per game this season.

Interpreted as:

highest ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games in a season by age 36 player

	NAME	PPG	Age	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	James Harden J. Harden	26.6	36	2025-26	LAC	24	35.5	5.3	8.2	1.3	0.4	7.7	17.5	44.0	3.5	9.6	36.8	7.6	8.5	89.7	62.6	0.5	4.8	4.0	853	638	128	197	30	10	95	52	-56
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	26.6	36	2024-25	PHX	62	36.5	6.0	4.2	0.8	1.2	9.5	18.1	52.7	2.6	6.0	43.0	4.9	5.8	83.9	64.2	0.4	5.7	3.1	2,265	1,647	374	263	50	77	190	104	-39
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	25.5	36	1999-00	UTA	82	35.9	9.5	3.7	1.0	0.9	9.2	18.0	50.9	0.0	0.1	25.0	7.2	9.0	79.7	58.2	2.1	7.4	2.8	2,947	2,095	779	304	79	71	231	229	+481
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	24.5	36	2024-25	GSW	70	32.2	4.4	6.0	1.1	0.4	8.1	18.0	44.8	4.4	11.2	39.7	4.0	4.3	93.3	61.8	0.6	3.9	2.9	2,252	1,718	310	421	80	30	200	95	+299
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	21.5	36	1983-84	LAL	80	32.8	7.3	2.6	0.7	1.8	9.0	15.5	57.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	4.9	72.3	60.8	2.1	5.2	2.8	2,622	1,717	587	211	55	143	221	211
6	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	19.1	36	2025-26	GSW	23	31.2	5.9	5.0	1.6	0.2	5.8	11.4	51.0	0.9	2.0	44.4	6.6	7.8	84.9	64.4	2.3	3.6	1.4	717	440	135	114	37	5	33	31	+101
7	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	18.9	36	1998-99	HOU	50	35.7	9.6	1.8	1.6	2.5	7.5	14.5	51.4	0.1	0.3	30.8	3.9	5.4	71.7	55.9	2.1	7.4	2.8	1,784	945	478	88	82	123	139	160	+61
8	Alex English A. English	17.9	36	1989-90	DEN	80	27.6	3.6	2.8	0.6	0.3	7.9	16.2	49.1	0.0	0.1	40.0	2.0	2.3	88.0	52.2	1.5	2.1	1.2	2,211	1,433	286	225	51	23	93	130
9	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	17.8	36	2012-13	SAS	69	30.1	9.9	2.7	0.7	2.7	7.1	14.1	50.2	0.0	0.1	28.6	3.6	4.3	81.7	55.4	1.8	8.1	2.1	2,078	1,227	686	184	50	183	147	117	+459
10	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	17.8	36	2008-09	PHX	75	30.0	8.4	1.7	0.7	1.4	6.8	11.2	60.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	6.9	59.5	62.3	2.5	5.9	2.2	2,252	1,333	633	126	49	108	168	253	+140
11	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	17.7	36	1976-77	BOS	79	36.9	4.8	5.1	1.1	0.2	7.3	16.2	45.2				3.0	3.6	81.6	49.5	1.4	3.5		2,913	1,395	382	400	84	18		208
12	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	17.7	36	2025-26	SAC	26	32.8	3.2	3.4	1.3	0.2	6.5	13.0	50.1	0.8	2.0	39.2	3.9	4.3	89.4	59.3	0.5	2.6	1.0	854	459	82	88	33	6	26	54	-223
13	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	17.3	36	2014-15	DAL	77	29.6	5.9	1.9	0.5	0.4	6.3	13.8	45.9	1.4	3.6	38.0	3.3	3.8	88.2	56.0	0.6	5.4	1.1	2,282	1,333	457	143	39	33	82	160	+240
14	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	17.3	36	1998-99	NYK	38	34.2	9.9	1.1	0.8	2.6	6.5	14.9	43.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.3	6.1	70.6	49.1	1.9	8.0	2.6	1,300	657	377	43	30	100	99	105	+47
15	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	17.2	36	2005-06	LAC	78	34.0	3.7	6.3	0.9	0.1	6.3	14.3	44.3	0.9	2.4	36.8	3.7	4.3	86.3	53.4	0.5	3.2	2.2	2,653	1,345	287	491	74	11	175	225	+228
16	Julius Erving J. Erving	16.8	36	1986-87	PHI	60	32.0	4.4	3.2	1.3	1.6	6.7	14.2	47.1	0.2	0.9	26.4	3.2	3.9	81.3	52.7	1.9	2.5	2.6	1,918	1,005	264	191	76	94	158	137
17	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	16.7	36	1985-86	SAS	71	33.7	8.5	1.4	0.5	1.5	6.0	9.6	61.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.8	6.8	70.1	66.1	2.3	6.1	2.6	2,395	1,184	600	102	39	108	186	239
18	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	16.6	36	1996-97	DEN	82	35.9	3.6	2.0	0.7	0.1	5.8	14.0	41.4	2.3	6.4	36.4	2.6	3.2	81.7	53.7	1.2	2.4	1.8	2,940	1,361	293	165	60	7	146	178	-490
19	Reggie Miller R. Miller	16.5	36	2001-02	IND	79	36.6	2.8	3.2	1.1	0.1	5.2	11.6	45.3	2.3	5.6	40.6	3.7	4.1	91.1	61.7	0.3	2.5	1.5	2,889	1,304	219	253	88	10	120	143	-7
20	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	16.4	36	1973-74	CLE	74	33.6	3.7	7.1	1.3	0.2	6.2	13.4	46.5				3.9	4.9	80.1	52.6	1.1	2.7		2,483	1,213	277	522	97	17		165
21	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	16.1	36	1981-82	HOU	82	37.0	9.1	1.8	0.8	1.3	6.3	13.4	47.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.4	5.1	66.4	51.3	3.3	5.9	2.5	3,032	1,318	747	144	62	104	208	287
22	Robert Parish R. Parish	15.7	36	1989-90	BOS	79	30.3	10.1	1.3	0.5	0.9	6.4	11.0	58.0	0.0	0.0		2.9	3.9	74.7	61.6	3.3	6.8	2.1	2,396	1,243	796	103	38	69	169	189
23	Moses Malone M. Malone	15.6	36	1991-92	MIL	82	30.6	9.1	1.1	0.9	0.8	5.4	11.3	47.4	0.0	0.1	37.5	4.8	6.1	78.6	55.6	3.9	5.2	1.8	2,511	1,279	744	93	74	64	150	136
24	Johnny Green J. Green	15.6	36	1969-70	CIN	78	29.2	10.8	1.4			6.2	11.0	55.9				3.3	5.5	59.2	58.0				2,278	1,216	841	112				268
25	Detlef Schrempf D. Schrempf	15.0	36	1998-99	SEA	50	35.3	7.4	3.7	0.8	0.5	5.2	11.0	47.2	0.7	1.7	39.5	4.0	4.9	82.3	57.3	1.5	5.9	2.1	1,765	752	370	184	41	26	103	152	+88