highest ppg to not be the mvp since 1970

Since 1969-70, Luka Dončić has scored the most points per game with exactly 0 MVP awards in a season, with 45.3 per game this season.

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highest ppg to not be the mvp in a regular season by a player since 1970

	NAME	PPG	MVP	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	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	45.3	0	2025-26	LAL	3	38.3	11.7	7.7	0.7	0.3	15.0	25.7	58.4	4.3	12.3	35.1	11.0	14.0	78.6	71.2	0.7	11.0	3.7	115	136	35	23	2	1	11	8	+8
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	37.1	0	1986-87	CHI	82	40.0	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	13.4	27.8	48.2	0.1	0.8	18.2	10.2	11.9	85.7	56.2	2.0	3.2	3.3	3,281	3,041	430	377	236	125	272	237
3	James Harden J. Harden	36.1	0	2018-19	HOU	78	36.8	6.6	7.5	2.0	0.7	10.8	24.5	44.2	4.8	13.2	36.8	9.7	11.0	87.9	61.6	0.8	5.8	5.0	2,867	2,818	518	586	158	58	387	244	+357
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	35.4	0	2005-06	LAL	80	41.0	5.3	4.5	1.8	0.4	12.2	27.2	45.0	2.3	6.5	34.7	8.7	10.2	85.0	55.9	0.9	4.4	3.1	3,277	2,832	425	360	147	30	250	233	+320
5	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	35.2	0	2025-26	PHI	5	43.2	4.6	9.4	1.2	1.0	10.8	23.4	46.2	4.4	9.4	46.8	9.2	10.6	86.8	62.7	0.4	4.2	2.6	216	176	23	47	6	5	13	14	+33
6	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	34.7	0	2023-24	PHI	39	33.6	11.0	5.6	1.2	1.7	11.5	21.8	52.9	1.4	3.6	38.8	10.2	11.6	88.3	64.4	2.4	8.6	3.8	1,309	1,353	430	219	46	66	150	112	+267
7	James Harden J. Harden	34.3	0	2019-20	HOU	68	36.5	6.6	7.5	1.8	0.9	9.9	22.3	44.4	4.4	12.4	35.5	10.2	11.8	86.5	62.6	1.0	5.5	4.5	2,483	2,335	446	512	125	60	308	227	+287
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	34.2	0	2025-26	MIL	5	32.6	13.4	7.2	0.8	1.2	13.0	19.0	68.4	1.0	1.6	62.5	7.2	11.2	64.3	71.5	4.0	9.4	2.8	163	171	67	36	4	6	14	13	+40
9	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	34.2	0	2025-26	OKC	6	37.0	5.7	5.7	1.2	1.3	12.3	23.7	52.1	1.7	6.0	27.8	7.8	9.0	87.0	61.8	0.2	5.5	2.0	222	205	34	34	7	8	12	11	+42
10	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	34.0	0	1972-73	KCO	80	46.0	2.8	11.4			12.9	26.3	48.8				8.3	9.8	84.7	55.5				3,681	2,719	223	910				207
11	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	33.9	0	2023-24	DAL	70	37.5	9.2	9.8	1.4	0.5	11.5	23.6	48.7	4.1	10.6	38.2	6.8	8.7	78.6	61.7	0.8	8.4	4.0	2,624	2,370	647	686	99	38	282	149	+319
12	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	33.8	0	2025-26	UTA	5	37.4	6.6	2.2	0.6	0.8	10.8	21.4	50.5	4.0	10.2	39.2	8.2	9.4	87.2	66.2	2.0	4.6	1.2	187	169	33	11	3	4	6	6	+36
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33.6	0	1989-90	CHI	82	39.0	6.9	6.3	2.8	0.7	12.6	24.0	52.6	1.1	3.0	37.6	7.2	8.5	84.8	60.6	1.7	5.1	3.0	3,197	2,753	565	519	227	54	247	241
14	George Gervin G. Gervin	33.1	0	1979-80	SAS	78	37.6	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	13.1	24.9	52.8	0.4	1.3	31.4	6.5	7.6	85.2	58.7	2.0	3.2	3.3	2,934	2,585	403	202	110	79	254	208
15	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	33.0	0	2005-06	PHI	72	43.1	3.2	7.4	1.9	0.1	11.3	25.3	44.7	1.0	3.1	32.3	9.4	11.5	81.4	54.3	0.6	2.6	3.4	3,103	2,377	232	532	140	10	248	121	-3
16	Bernard King B. King	32.9	0	1984-85	NYK	55	37.5	5.8	3.7	1.3	0.3	12.6	23.7	53.0	0.0	0.2	10.0	7.7	10.0	77.2	58.5	2.1	3.7	3.7	2,063	1,809	317	204	71	15	204	191
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32.6	0	1992-93	CHI	78	39.3	6.7	5.5	2.8	0.8	12.7	25.7	49.5	1.0	2.9	35.2	6.1	7.3	83.7	56.4	1.7	5.0	2.7	3,067	2,541	522	428	221	61	207	188
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32.5	0	1988-89	CHI	81	40.2	8.0	8.0	2.9	0.8	11.9	22.2	53.8	0.3	1.2	27.6	8.3	9.8	85.0	61.4	1.8	6.2	3.6	3,255	2,633	652	650	234	65	290	247
19	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	32.4	0	2022-23	DAL	66	36.2	8.6	8.0	1.4	0.5	10.9	22.0	49.6	2.8	8.2	34.2	7.8	10.5	74.2	60.9	0.8	7.8	3.6	2,390	2,138	569	529	90	33	236	166	+128
20	George Gervin G. Gervin	32.3	0	1981-82	SAS	79	35.7	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	12.6	25.2	50.0	0.1	0.5	27.8	7.0	8.1	86.4	56.2	1.7	3.2	2.7	2,817	2,551	392	187	77	45	210	215
21	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	32.2	0	2022-23	POR	58	36.3	4.8	7.3	0.9	0.3	9.6	20.7	46.3	4.2	11.3	37.1	8.8	9.6	91.4	64.5	0.8	4.0	3.3	2,106	1,866	277	425	50	18	191	109	+105
22	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	32.1	0	2002-03	ORL	75	39.4	6.5	5.5	1.7	0.8	11.1	24.2	45.7	2.3	6.0	38.6	7.7	9.7	79.3	56.4	1.6	4.9	2.6	2,954	2,407	488	411	124	59	195	156	+201
23	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	32.0	0	2025-26	LAL	6	37.8	5.3	9.0	1.7	0.0	9.5	18.8	50.4	2.8	7.8	36.2	10.2	11.2	91.0	67.4	0.3	5.0	3.5	227	192	32	54	10	0	21	12	+39
24	Stephen Curry S. Curry	32.0	0	2020-21	GSW	63	34.1	5.5	5.8	1.2	0.1	10.4	21.7	48.2	5.3	12.7	42.1	5.7	6.3	91.6	65.5	0.5	5.0	3.4	2,151	2,015	345	363	77	8	213	119	+242
25	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	31.6	0	2006-07	LAL	77	40.8	5.7	5.4	1.4	0.5	10.6	22.8	46.3	1.8	5.2	34.4	8.7	10.0	86.8	58.0	1.0	4.7	3.3	3,140	2,430	439	413	111	36	255	205	+99