Wilt Chamberlain has put up the most points per game by an MVP in wins in a season, with 40.1 per game in his rookie season in 1959-60.

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highest ppg to win mvp in a regular season by a player NBA

	NAME	PPG	W	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	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	40.1	47	1	1959-60	PHI	47	47.0	29.0	2.4			15.9	33.3	47.6				8.4	14.2	58.8	50.6				2,207	1,883	1,361	112				96
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	36.3	50	1	1987-88	CHI	50	39.6	6.0	6.0	3.4	1.8	13.4	24.0	56.0	0.1	0.5	15.4	9.3	11.0	84.7	62.9	1.8	4.2	2.7	1,980	1,814	300	302	171	88	135	161
3	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	34.8	49	1	1974-75	BUF	49		15.0	2.5			13.5						7.8	9.6	81.2						1,703	737	121
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	34.7	62	1	1971-72	MIL	62		16.8	4.6			14.3						6.2	9.0	68.6						2,151	1,042	285
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	34.2	55	1	1965-66	PHI	55	47.2	25.2	5.8			14.0	25.3	55.3				6.2	12.2	51.3	55.8				2,598	1,879	1,385	317				115
6	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	33.8	43	1	2022-23	PHI	43	34.3	10.2	4.4	1.0	1.9	11.3	20.0	56.3	1.1	3.1	37.1	10.1	11.7	86.5	67.1	1.7	8.4	3.2	1,474	1,453	437	190	43	81	139	127	+452
7	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	33.0	63	1	2024-25	OKC	63	33.6	5.1	6.3	1.8	1.1	11.5	21.9	52.3	2.2	5.9	37.4	7.9	8.7	90.5	64.1	0.9	4.2	2.2	2,118	2,082	322	399	114	68	141	132	+971
8	Moses Malone M. Malone	33.0	46	1	1981-82	HOU	46	41.3	14.9	1.7		1.6	12.5	23.4	53.3	0.0			8.1	10.6	76.6	58.9				1,901	1,520	687	76		74		117
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	32.4	58	1	2013-14	OKC	58	37.9	7.7	5.5	1.4	0.8	10.7	20.5	52.3	2.4	5.3	44.2	8.6	9.8	87.3	65.2	0.7	6.9	3.3	2,201	1,878	444	319	82	48	191	120	+682
10	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	32.1	46	1	2016-17	OKC	46	35.2	11.5	11.7	1.8	0.3	10.6	23.4	45.3	2.5	6.5	39.4	8.4	9.9	84.2	57.8	1.6	9.8	5.4	1,620	1,478	528	539	83	15	248	89	+526
11	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	32.0	54	1	1963-64	CIN	54		10.6	11.7			10.9	22.6	48.0				10.3	11.8	87.0	57.5					1,730	575	630				191
12	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	31.7	50	1	2000-01	PHI	50	41.8	4.0	4.9	2.8	0.3	11.0	25.1	43.7	1.3	4.0	32.3	8.4	10.4	81.1	53.3	0.7	3.3	3.3	2,088	1,584	199	247	142	17	163	108	+583
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	31.6	66	1	1970-71	MIL	66		15.9				12.9	22.3	57.9				5.7	8.2	69.2	60.8					2,083	1,051					208
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31.5	61	1	1990-91	CHI	61	35.9	6.1	5.4	2.6	1.1	12.1	21.6	55.8	0.4	1.1	36.4	6.9	8.1	85.3	62.4	1.4	4.7	2.3	2,187	1,920	370	332	159	67	142	162
15	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	31.1	56	1	2025-26	OKC	56	32.8	4.4	6.8	1.5	0.8	10.8	19.2	56.1	1.7	4.4	39.8	7.9	9.1	87.0	67.2	0.6	3.8	2.2	1,836	1,744	244	379	86	45	124	104	+858
16	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	30.4	49	1	1958-59	STL	49						10.5						9.3	12.4	75.6						1,490
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	30.4	71	1	2015-16	GSW	71	34.0	5.4	6.6	2.2	0.2	10.3	20.0	51.5	5.2	11.1	46.6	4.6	5.1	90.4	68.3	0.8	4.6	3.2	2,411	2,158	385	472	154	14	229	145	+1058
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30.4	72	1	1995-96	CHI	72	37.4	6.6	4.3	2.3	0.5	11.3	22.4	50.3	1.3	3.1	43.9	6.5	7.7	84.2	58.9	1.8	4.9	2.3	2,690	2,186	477	307	162	35	166	165
19	James Harden J. Harden	30.2	59	1	2017-18	HOU	59	35.1	5.7	8.8	1.8	0.7	9.1	19.9	45.5	3.8	10.3	37.5	8.2	9.6	85.6	62.5	0.6	5.1	4.1	2,073	1,783	334	519	107	42	243	124	+604
20	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	29.9	51	1	2019-20	MIL	51	30.0	13.6	5.6	0.9	0.9	10.9	19.2	57.1	1.5	4.5	34.1	6.5	10.2	63.4	63.2	2.2	11.4	3.7	1,530	1,524	693	286	47	48	189	155	+758
21	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	29.7	66	1	1999-00	LAL	66	39.7	13.9	3.9	0.5	3.0	12.0	20.8	57.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.7	10.5	54.0	58.3	4.0	9.9	2.8	2,617	1,960	918	256	32	201	182	210	+782
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	29.5	67	1	1991-92	CHI	67	38.1	6.2	6.2	2.3	1.0	11.4	22.0	51.9	0.4	1.2	28.9	6.3	7.5	84.0	58.3	1.0	5.2	2.5	2,550	1,979	418	416	151	65	168	164
23	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	29.5	33	1	1955-56	STL	33						10.3						8.8	11.5	77.2						972						98
24	Larry Bird L. Bird	29.4	63	1	1984-85	BOS	63	39.7	10.8	7.0	1.7	1.3	11.8	22.1	53.5	0.8	1.6	47.6	4.9	5.6	87.6	59.7	2.0	8.8	3.0	2,502	1,852	681	439	105	82	190	159
25	LeBron James L. James	29.2	60	1	2009-10	CLE	60	38.5	7.4	8.8	1.6	1.0	9.9	19.4	50.8	1.6	4.6	34.9	7.8	10.0	78.2	61.2	1.0	6.4	3.2	2,312	1,751	443	525	97	60	193	89	+679

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