most career ppg by a first pick during 2010s nba

Between the 2009-10 and 2018-19 seasons, LeBron James put up the most points per game by a #1 overall pick, with 26.9 per game.

NAMEPPGGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
26.9
726
37.3
7.7
7.6
1.5
0.7
9.9
18.7
52.9
1.5
4.2
35.3
5.6
7.7
73.5
60.9
1.2
6.5
3.6
27,094
19,550
5,573
5,503
1,107
516
2,622
1,256
+4729
2Anthony Davis
A. Davis
23.7
466
34.5
10.5
2.1
1.4
2.4
8.9
17.2
51.7
0.4
1.2
31.4
5.5
6.9
79.5
58.5
2.6
7.9
1.9
16,075
11,059
4,906
982
639
1,121
869
1,106
+284
3Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
22.3
323
34.4
11.9
2.6
0.8
1.5
8.5
15.8
53.7
1.2
3.1
39.2
4.0
4.8
83.6
61.9
3.2
8.7
2.5
11,120
7,187
3,831
839
245
481
794
1,063
+270
4Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
22.2
508
33.8
3.6
5.7
1.3
0.3
8.2
17.6
46.5
2.1
5.4
39.0
3.8
4.4
87.5
57.1
0.8
2.9
2.6
17,169
11,294
1,852
2,885
672
177
1,342
1,118
+996
5Blake Griffin
B. Griffin
21.9
604
35.0
9.0
4.5
0.9
0.5
8.2
16.4
50.2
0.6
1.8
34.2
4.8
6.9
69.2
56.3
2.2
6.8
2.6
21,159
13,200
5,417
2,690
547
314
1,577
1,750
+2453
6Andrew Wiggins
A. Wiggins
19.4
400
36.0
4.3
2.2
1.0
0.6
7.2
16.3
44.0
1.1
3.2
33.2
4.0
5.5
73.5
52.0
1.3
3.0
2.1
14,384
7,768
1,703
867
407
225
822
854
-492
7Derrick Rose
D. Rose
19.2
465
32.5
3.4
5.5
0.7
0.4
7.4
16.4
45.0
0.9
2.8
30.9
3.5
4.3
82.9
52.5
0.8
2.6
2.7
15,104
8,920
1,593
2,544
344
170
1,248
603
+491
8John Wall
J. Wall
19.0
573
35.9
4.3
9.2
1.7
0.7
6.9
15.9
43.3
0.9
2.9
32.4
4.3
5.5
78.1
51.9
0.6
3.8
3.8
20,545
10,879
2,483
5,282
976
396
2,191
1,289
+147
9Dwight Howard
D. Howard
17.4
637
33.5
12.7
1.5
1.0
1.9
6.4
10.7
59.2
0.0
0.1
9.8
4.7
8.6
54.5
60.0
3.5
9.2
2.9
21,340
11,079
8,077
955
623
1,237
1,857
2,077
+1934
10Ben Simmons
B. Simmons
16.4
160
34.0
8.5
7.9
1.6
0.8
6.8
12.2
55.4
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.8
4.8
58.3
57.0
2.0
6.5
3.5
5,432
2,616
1,356
1,271
252
131
552
420
+503
11Deandre Ayton
D. Ayton
16.3
71
30.7
10.3
1.8
0.9
0.9
7.2
12.3
58.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.0
2.7
74.6
60.8
3.1
7.1
1.8
2,183
1,159
729
125
61
67
126
209
-383
12Andrea Bargnani
A. Bargnani
15.6
329
30.0
4.8
1.3
0.4
0.9
5.9
13.3
44.7
1.0
2.9
33.4
2.7
3.3
82.0
52.8
1.1
3.7
1.6
9,863
5,128
1,582
420
118
283
521
705
-1203
13Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
14.7
493
28.9
9.2
2.8
0.7
1.8
5.9
11.8
50.2
0.0
0.1
15.0
2.9
3.9
73.6
54.5
2.2
7.1
1.8
14,227
7,250
4,544
1,378
336
902
886
910
+2642
14Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
13.8
28
30.9
2.8
4.0
0.7
0.1
4.9
11.3
43.0
0.3
0.9
36.0
3.7
4.7
79.4
51.5
0.6
2.3
2.3
865
385
79
113
19
2
64
48
-42
15Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
10.9
90
22.1
5.9
1.2
0.3
1.2
4.4
7.4
59.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.1
4.0
51.8
59.5
1.6
4.4
1.8
1,992
977
533
106
31
104
161
289
+286
16Yao Ming
Y. Ming
10.2
5
18.2
5.4
0.8
0.0
1.6
3.6
7.4
48.6
0.0
0.0
3.0
3.2
93.8
57.9
1.4
4.0
1.4
91
51
27
4
0
8
7
13
-27
17Elton Brand
E. Brand
9.6
415
25.3
6.1
1.2
0.8
1.2
4.0
8.2
49.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.5
2.0
73.4
52.8
2.0
4.1
1.1
10,490
3,975
2,520
510
348
494
443
1,122
+112
18Andrew Bogut
A. Bogut
8.3
444
25.7
8.6
2.0
0.6
1.8
3.8
7.0
53.4
0.0
0.0
20.0
0.8
1.5
51.5
53.9
2.3
6.3
1.5
11,412
3,690
3,823
885
257
816
671
1,327
+1485
19Markelle Fultz
M. Fultz
7.7
33
20.6
3.4
3.4
0.9
0.3
3.3
8.1
41.4
0.1
0.5
26.7
0.9
1.8
53.4
43.7
1.1
2.3
1.3
680
255
113
112
29
9
42
74
+10
20Kenyon Martin
K. Martin
7.6
209
25.5
6.1
1.4
1.0
0.9
3.3
6.9
48.1
0.1
0.2
25.0
0.9
1.7
52.3
49.6
1.6
4.5
1.1
5,327
1,584
1,272
299
205
189
227
587
+450
21Greg Oden
G. Oden
6.8
44
16.2
5.3
0.5
0.3
1.4
2.7
4.6
59.2
0.0
0.0
1.4
2.0
71.3
62.7
2.0
3.3
1.2
714
300
232
20
15
61
51
136
+47
22Kwame Brown
K. Brown
5.4
145
19.5
5.2
0.5
0.4
0.4
2.0
4.0
51.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.3
2.6
50.0
52.3
1.6
3.6
0.9
2,830
779
758
78
55
61
134
325
-408
23Anthony Bennett
A. Bennett
4.4
151
12.6
3.1
0.5
0.4
0.2
1.7
4.2
39.2
0.2
0.9
26.1
0.8
1.2
67.0
45.7
0.9
2.3
0.7
1,905
658
472
77
58
27
99
206
-479
24Joe Smith
J. Smith
2.5
80
8.3
2.2
0.3
0.1
0.3
1.0
2.6
38.3
0.0
0.1
14.3
0.5
0.6
82.0
43.7
0.9
1.4
0.3
661
202
178
25
6
23
27
108
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2
56
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.683
4.0
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2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
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11.0
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52
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49
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