most average points in season since 1980 nba

Since 1979-80, Michael Jordan has the most points per game played in a season, with 37.09 in 1986-87.

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most average points per game by a player in season since 1980 NBA

	NAME	PTS/GP	PTS	GP	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	37.09	3,041	82	1986-87	CHI	40.0	37.1	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	430	377	236	125	272	237
2	James Harden J. Harden	36.13	2,818	78	2018-19	HOU	36.8	36.1	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	518	586	158	58	387	244	+357
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	35.4	2,832	80	2005-06	LAL	41.0	35.4	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	425	360	147	30	250	233	+320
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34.98	2,868	82	1987-88	CHI	40.4	35.0	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	13.0	24.4	53.5	0.1	0.6	13.2	8.8	10.5	84.1	60.3	1.7	3.8	3.1	3,311	449	485	259	131	252	270
5	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	34.69	1,353	39	2023-24	PHI	33.6	34.7	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	430	219	46	66	150	112	+267
6	James Harden J. Harden	34.34	2,335	68	2019-20	HOU	36.5	34.3	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	446	512	125	60	308	227	+287
7	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	33.86	2,370	70	2023-24	DAL	37.5	33.9	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	647	686	99	38	282	149	+319
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33.57	2,753	82	1989-90	CHI	39.0	33.6	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	565	519	227	54	247	241
9	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	33.48	2,143	64	2025-26	LAL	35.8	33.5	7.7	8.3	1.6	0.5	10.8	22.8	47.6	4.0	10.8	36.6	7.9	10.1	78.0	61.6	0.6	7.1	4.0	2,289	495	530	105	34	255	153	+187
10	George Gervin G. Gervin	33.14	2,585	78	1979-80	SAS	37.6	33.1	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	403	202	110	79	254	208
11	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	33.08	2,183	66	2022-23	PHI	34.6	33.1	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	11.0	20.1	54.8	1.0	3.0	33.0	10.0	11.7	85.7	65.5	1.7	8.4	3.4	2,284	670	274	66	112	226	205	+424
12	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	33.01	2,377	72	2005-06	PHI	43.1	33.0	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	232	532	140	10	248	121	-3
13	Bernard King B. King	32.89	1,809	55	1984-85	NYK	37.5	32.9	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	317	204	71	15	204	191
14	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	32.68	2,484	76	2024-25	OKC	34.2	32.7	5.0	6.4	1.7	1.0	11.3	21.8	51.9	2.1	5.7	37.5	7.9	8.8	89.8	63.7	0.9	4.1	2.4	2,598	379	486	131	77	183	164	+918
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32.58	2,541	78	1992-93	CHI	39.3	32.6	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	522	428	221	61	207	188
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32.51	2,633	81	1988-89	CHI	40.2	32.5	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	652	650	234	65	290	247
17	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	32.39	2,138	66	2022-23	DAL	36.2	32.4	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	569	529	90	33	236	166	+128
18	George Gervin G. Gervin	32.29	2,551	79	1981-82	SAS	35.7	32.3	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	392	187	77	45	210	215
19	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	32.17	1,866	58	2022-23	POR	36.3	32.2	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	277	425	50	18	191	109	+105
20	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	32.09	2,407	75	2002-03	ORL	39.4	32.1	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	488	411	124	59	195	156	+201
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	32.01	2,593	81	2013-14	OKC	38.5	32.0	7.4	5.5	1.3	0.7	10.5	20.8	50.3	2.4	6.1	39.1	8.7	9.9	87.3	63.5	0.7	6.7	3.5	3,122	598	445	103	59	285	174	+509
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	31.98	2,015	63	2020-21	GSW	34.1	32.0	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	345	363	77	8	213	119	+242
23	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	31.58	2,558	81	2016-17	OKC	34.6	31.6	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	10.2	24.0	42.5	2.5	7.2	34.3	8.8	10.4	84.5	55.4	1.7	9.0	5.4	2,802	864	840	132	31	438	190	+251
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	31.56	2,430	77	2006-07	LAL	40.8	31.6	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	439	413	111	36	255	205	+99
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31.46	2,580	82	1990-91	CHI	37.0	31.5	6.0	5.5	2.7	1.0	12.1	22.4	53.9	0.4	1.1	31.2	7.0	8.2	85.1	60.5	1.4	4.6	2.5	3,034	492	453	223	83	202	229

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