most points averaged by a player in a season with under 35 minutes averaged

Joel Embiid has scored the most points per game with fewer than 35 minutes played in a season, with 32.1 per game in 2023-24.

	NAME	PPG	MIN	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	32.1	681	2023-24	PHI	22	30.9	10.7	5.5	1.2	1.4	10.8	20.5	52.8	1.5	3.5	43.4	9.0	10.0	89.6	64.5	2.1	8.6	3.6	707	236	120	27	30	80	55	+228
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	32.0	222	2005-06	LAL	7	31.7	4.7	3.6	1.9	0.1	10.0	20.4	49.0	2.3	6.0	38.1	9.7	12.0	81.0	62.2	1.3	3.4	2.6	224	33	25	13	1	18	20	+116
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	30.8	572	2023-24	DAL	18	31.8	8.1	8.6	1.2	0.3	10.3	20.7	50.0	4.1	9.7	42.0	6.1	8.2	74.1	63.4	0.9	7.2	3.6	554	146	154	21	5	65	28	+214
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	30.5	347	1988-89	UTA	11	31.5	9.4	2.8	1.4	0.3	10.4	16.9	61.3	0.2	0.5	40.0	9.5	11.5	82.7	69.2	2.8	6.5	3.1	335	103	31	15	3	34	40
5	James Harden J. Harden	30.4	755	2018-19	HOU	24	31.4	5.9	6.7	1.4	0.6	9.6	20.4	47.1	4.7	11.0	42.6	6.4	7.3	88.5	64.3	0.7	5.3	4.5	729	142	160	34	14	107	72	+243
6	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	30.3	1,249	2024-25	OKC	40	31.2	4.3	6.5	1.4	0.8	10.6	19.9	53.4	1.8	5.0	35.5	7.3	8.2	89.6	64.6	0.8	3.5	2.2	1,213	170	258	55	31	88	72	+627
7	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	30.0	455	2022-23	BOS	15	30.4	6.3	3.7	0.9	0.4	10.7	19.5	54.6	4.1	9.7	42.8	4.5	5.1	88.3	68.8	0.5	5.8	2.6	450	94	56	14	6	39	32	+264
8	James Harden J. Harden	29.9	588	2019-20	HOU	19	30.9	5.4	6.3	1.6	0.8	8.4	17.9	46.6	4.0	10.4	38.6	9.2	10.7	85.7	66.0	0.8	4.6	4.4	568	102	120	31	15	83	62	+59
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	29.3	673	1990-91	CHI	22	30.6	5.1	5.5	2.6	0.9	11.5	18.5	61.9	0.6	1.1	56.0	5.8	6.5	88.2	68.6	1.4	3.8	2.3	645	113	122	58	20	51	57
10	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	29.2	923	2022-23	PHI	30	30.8	9.2	3.7	0.7	1.6	10.0	18.2	54.9	0.8	2.6	31.2	8.5	9.8	86.4	65.0	1.6	7.6	3.2	877	276	112	20	47	97	90	+215
11	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	29.1	527	2022-23	POR	17	31.0	3.8	6.9	0.7	0.3	8.6	17.6	49.0	4.5	10.5	42.7	7.4	8.1	91.2	68.7	0.2	3.6	2.8	495	64	117	12	5	47	34	+103
12	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	29.0	1,095	2022-23	MIL	38	28.8	10.7	5.2	0.9	0.6	10.6	19.0	55.6	0.8	2.5	32.3	7.1	11.4	62.3	60.5	1.9	8.8	3.6	1,102	407	197	34	22	137	118	+238
13	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	28.8	1,393	2021-22	PHI	44	31.7	10.9	4.3	1.1	1.4	9.2	18.5	49.6	1.4	3.7	37.7	9.1	11.2	81.3	61.6	2.0	8.9	3.0	1,267	479	190	48	61	134	114	+226
14	LeBron James L. James	28.8	418	2021-22	LAL	13	32.1	7.2	5.2	1.4	1.0	11.3	19.8	57.0	2.6	6.8	38.2	3.5	4.5	78.0	65.9	1.1	6.1	2.5	374	93	67	18	13	32	22	-71
15	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	28.8	1,516	2019-20	MIL	52	29.2	13.3	5.3	0.8	0.9	10.8	19.1	56.3	1.4	4.5	30.2	5.9	9.3	62.8	61.9	2.1	11.2	3.5	1,496	690	278	43	46	184	155	+634
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	28.5	590	1989-90	UTA	19	31.1	10.8	2.6	1.2	0.4	10.6	17.6	60.0	0.3	0.5	60.0	7.0	8.9	78.7	66.1	2.9	7.9	4.1	541	206	49	23	7	77	57
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	28.2	971	2020-21	GSW	31	31.3	5.0	5.4	1.1	0.1	9.5	19.3	49.6	4.8	11.1	43.0	4.3	4.7	90.5	66.0	0.3	4.7	2.6	873	154	167	33	3	82	58	+91
18	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	27.8	500	2002-03	ORL	17	29.4	4.1	3.4	1.5	0.8	9.4	20.2	46.2	2.5	5.6	44.2	6.6	8.8	75.3	57.7	0.9	3.2	1.9	473	70	57	26	13	32	21	+68
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	27.7	656	1997-98	LAL	21	31.2	10.0	2.2	0.3	2.2	11.2	17.6	63.7	0.0	0.0		5.3	10.0	52.6	62.9	2.7	7.4	2.6	581	211	47	7	46	54	69	+328
20	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	27.7	841	2022-23	OKC	26	32.3	4.0	5.3	1.6	1.0	9.1	18.2	50.2	0.7	2.5	29.7	8.7	9.6	90.8	61.8	0.8	3.3	2.5	719	105	138	41	26	66	72	+41
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	27.6	367	1992-93	CHI	12	30.6	6.1	4.5	3.1	0.4	10.7	20.3	52.7	1.7	3.2	52.6	4.6	5.3	87.3	61.1	1.4	4.7	2.2	331	73	54	37	5	26	18
22	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	27.6	277	2006-07	LAL	9	30.8	4.0	5.3	1.7	0.6	9.3	17.9	52.2	1.4	4.1	35.1	7.4	8.8	84.8	63.3	0.7	3.3	2.6	248	36	48	15	5	23	23	+26
23	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	27.5	1,277	2021-22	MIL	42	30.4	10.9	5.7	1.0	1.4	9.3	17.2	54.1	1.1	3.6	31.8	7.8	10.7	72.5	62.8	1.8	9.1	3.1	1,155	458	240	41	59	131	133	+317
24	Kevin Durant K. Durant	27.4	522	2023-24	PHX	16	32.6	5.2	4.0	1.1	0.9	9.8	16.4	59.9	2.1	4.1	50.8	5.8	6.4	89.3	71.4	0.3	4.9	2.8	439	83	64	17	14	44	19	+97
25	Kevin Durant K. Durant	27.4	619	2013-14	OKC	20	31.0	5.6	5.1	1.7	0.9	8.9	15.4	57.5	2.2	4.6	48.4	7.5	8.3	89.8	71.8	0.4	5.3	2.7	547	112	102	33	18	54	38	+277