most career mpg in a season by an active player

LeBron James has played the most minutes per game by an active player in a season with 42.5 minutes per game in 2005-06.

Interpreted as:

most career mpg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games in a season by an active player

	NAME	MPG	SEASON	TM	GP	PPG	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	LeBron James L. James	42.5	2005-06	CLE	79	31.4	7.0	6.6	1.6	0.8	11.1	23.1	48.0	1.6	4.8	33.5	7.6	10.3	73.8	56.8	0.9	6.1	3.3	3,361	2,478	556	521	123	66	260	181	+275
2	LeBron James L. James	42.4	2004-05	CLE	80	27.2	7.4	7.2	2.2	0.7	9.9	21.1	47.2	1.4	3.9	35.1	6.0	8.0	75.0	55.4	1.4	6.0	3.3	3,388	2,175	588	577	177	52	262	146	+152
3	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	42.0	2025-26	PHI	7	34.4	4.9	8.4	1.1	1.1	11.0	23.1	47.5	4.6	9.4	48.5	7.9	8.9	88.7	63.7	0.3	4.6	2.6	294	241	34	59	8	8	18	19	+57
4	LeBron James L. James	40.9	2006-07	CLE	78	27.3	6.7	6.0	1.6	0.7	9.9	20.8	47.6	1.3	4.0	31.9	6.3	9.0	69.8	55.2	1.1	5.7	3.2	3,190	2,132	526	470	125	55	250	171	+377
5	LeBron James L. James	40.4	2007-08	CLE	75	30.0	7.9	7.2	1.8	1.1	10.6	21.9	48.4	1.5	4.8	31.5	7.3	10.3	71.2	56.8	1.8	6.1	3.4	3,027	2,250	592	539	138	81	255	165	+139
6	LeBron James L. James	39.5	2003-04	CLE	79	20.9	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.7	7.9	18.9	41.7	0.8	2.7	29.0	4.4	5.8	75.4	48.8	1.3	4.2	3.5	3,122	1,654	432	465	130	58	273	149	-144
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	39.5	2009-10	OKC	82	30.1	7.6	2.8	1.4	1.0	9.7	20.3	47.6	1.6	4.3	36.5	9.2	10.2	90.0	60.7	1.3	6.3	3.3	3,239	2,472	623	231	112	84	271	171	+431
8	LeBron James L. James	39.0	2009-10	CLE	76	29.7	7.3	8.6	1.6	1.0	10.1	20.1	50.3	1.7	5.1	33.3	7.8	10.2	76.7	60.4	0.9	6.4	3.4	2,966	2,258	554	651	125	77	261	119	+648
9	Kevin Love K. Love	39.0	2011-12	MIN	55	26.0	13.3	2.0	0.9	0.5	8.6	19.3	44.8	1.9	5.1	37.2	6.9	8.4	82.4	56.8	4.1	9.2	2.3	2,145	1,432	734	111	47	28	128	152	+27
10	Kevin Durant K. Durant	39.0	2008-09	OKC	74	25.3	6.5	2.8	1.3	0.7	8.9	18.8	47.6	1.3	3.1	42.2	6.1	7.1	86.3	57.7	1.0	5.5	3.0	2,885	1,871	482	205	96	53	225	134	-501
11	Kevin Durant K. Durant	38.9	2010-11	OKC	78	27.7	6.8	2.7	1.1	1.0	9.1	19.7	46.2	1.9	5.3	35.0	7.6	8.7	88.0	58.9	0.7	6.1	2.8	3,038	2,161	533	214	88	76	218	159	+271
12	LeBron James L. James	38.8	2010-11	MIA	79	26.7	7.5	7.0	1.6	0.6	9.6	18.8	51.0	1.2	3.5	33.0	6.4	8.4	75.9	59.4	1.0	6.5	3.6	3,063	2,111	590	554	124	50	284	163	+619
13	VJ Edgecombe	38.7	2025-26	PHI	7	19.1	5.9	4.9	1.6	0.3	7.1	15.0	47.6	2.6	5.9	43.9	2.3	2.7	84.2	59.1	2.0	3.9	2.0	271	134	41	34	11	2	14	22	+36
14	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	38.7	2013-14	CHI	67	13.1	4.9	2.6	1.9	0.5	4.1	10.3	39.7	1.0	3.6	28.3	3.9	5.0	76.9	52.2	1.3	3.6	1.5	2,591	878	330	175	127	36	102	106	+189
15	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	38.7	2014-15	CHI	65	20.0	5.8	3.3	1.8	0.6	6.5	14.0	46.2	1.1	3.0	37.8	5.9	7.1	83.4	58.3	1.8	4.1	1.4	2,513	1,301	379	212	114	36	93	108	+238
16	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	38.6	2012-13	POR	82	19.0	3.1	6.5	0.9	0.2	6.7	15.7	42.9	2.3	6.1	36.8	3.3	3.9	84.4	54.6	0.5	2.6	3.0	3,167	1,562	257	531	74	19	243	172	-62
17	Kevin Durant K. Durant	38.6	2011-12	OKC	66	28.0	8.0	3.5	1.3	1.2	9.7	19.7	49.6	2.0	5.2	38.7	6.5	7.6	86.0	61.0	0.6	7.4	3.8	2,546	1,850	527	231	88	77	248	133	+369
18	Kevin Durant K. Durant	38.5	2013-14	OKC	81	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	2,593	598	445	103	59	285	174	+509
19	Kevin Durant K. Durant	38.5	2012-13	OKC	81	28.1	7.9	4.6	1.4	1.3	9.0	17.7	51.0	1.7	4.1	41.6	8.4	9.3	90.5	64.7	0.6	7.3	3.5	3,119	2,280	640	374	116	105	280	143	+721
20	Chris Paul C. Paul	38.5	2008-09	NOH	78	22.8	5.5	11.0	2.8	0.1	8.1	16.1	50.3	0.8	2.3	36.4	5.8	6.7	86.8	59.9	0.9	4.7	3.0	3,002	1,781	432	861	216	10	231	212	+350
21	Nicolas Batum N. Batum	38.5	2012-13	POR	73	14.3	5.6	4.9	1.2	1.1	4.8	11.4	42.3	2.3	6.1	37.2	2.4	2.9	84.8	56.6	1.3	4.3	2.6	2,807	1,047	412	360	91	83	190	139	-108
22	James Harden J. Harden	38.3	2012-13	HOU	78	25.9	4.9	5.8	1.8	0.5	7.5	17.1	43.8	2.3	6.2	36.8	8.6	10.2	85.1	60.0	0.8	4.1	3.8	2,985	2,023	379	455	142	38	295	178	+197
23	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	38.3	2025-26	LAL	4	41.3	11.5	8.3	1.3	0.3	13.5	24.8	54.5	3.5	12.0	29.2	10.8	13.5	79.6	67.2	0.5	11.0	4.0	153	165	46	33	5	1	16	9	+22
24	Stephen Curry S. Curry	38.2	2012-13	GSW	78	22.9	4.0	6.9	1.6	0.2	8.0	17.8	45.1	3.5	7.7	45.3	3.4	3.7	90.0	58.9	0.8	3.3	3.1	2,983	1,786	314	539	126	12	240	198	+135
25	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	38.2	2013-14	TOR	79	22.7	4.3	4.0	1.1	0.4	7.6	17.8	42.9	0.8	2.7	30.5	6.6	8.0	82.4	53.2	0.6	3.7	2.2	3,017	1,791	343	313	86	28	176	197	+184