most points in a season since 1979 nba player

Since 1978-79, Michael Jordan has the most points in a season, with 3,041 points in 1986-87.

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	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	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	3,041	1986-87	CHI	82	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,868	1987-88	CHI	82	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
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2,832	2005-06	LAL	80	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	James Harden J. Harden	2,818	2018-19	HOU	78	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
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,753	1989-90	CHI	82	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
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,633	1988-89	CHI	81	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
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	2,593	2013-14	OKC	81	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
8	George Gervin G. Gervin	2,585	1979-80	SAS	78	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
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,580	1990-91	CHI	82	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
10	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	2,558	2016-17	OKC	81	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
11	George Gervin G. Gervin	2,551	1981-82	SAS	79	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
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,541	1992-93	CHI	78	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
13	Karl Malone K. Malone	2,540	1989-90	UTA	82	38.1	31.0	11.1	2.8	1.5	0.6	11.1	19.8	56.2	0.2	0.5	37.2	8.5	11.1	76.2	62.6	2.8	8.3	3.7	3,122	911	226	121	50	304	259
14	Moses Malone M. Malone	2,520	1981-82	HOU	81	42.0	31.1	14.7	1.8	0.9	1.5	11.7	22.5	51.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.8	10.2	76.2	57.6	6.9	7.8	3.6	3,398	1,188	142	76	125	294	208
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,491	1995-96	CHI	82	37.7	30.4	6.6	4.3	2.2	0.5	11.2	22.6	49.5	1.4	3.2	42.7	6.7	8.0	83.4	58.2	1.8	4.8	2.4	3,090	543	352	180	42	197	195
16	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	2,484	2024-25	OKC	76	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
17	LeBron James L. James	2,478	2005-06	CLE	79	42.5	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	556	521	123	66	260	181	+275
18	Kevin Durant K. Durant	2,472	2009-10	OKC	82	39.5	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	623	231	112	84	271	171	+431
19	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2,461	2002-03	LAL	82	41.5	30.0	6.9	5.9	2.2	0.8	10.6	23.5	45.1	1.5	4.0	38.3	7.3	8.7	84.3	55.0	1.3	5.6	3.5	3,401	564	481	181	67	288	218	+260
20	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	2,457	1981-82	UTA	81	39.8	30.3	6.3	4.0	1.2	0.2	11.2	19.6	57.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	8.0	10.1	79.2	63.1	2.9	3.5	3.7	3,222	514	324	95	14	299	252
21	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	2,452	1980-81	UTA	80	42.7	30.7	6.4	4.0	1.4	0.2	11.4	20.3	55.9	0.0	0.1	28.6	7.9	9.8	80.6	62.2	2.4	4.0	3.5	3,417	509	322	109	18	282	245
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,431	1996-97	CHI	82	37.9	29.6	5.9	4.3	1.7	0.5	11.2	23.1	48.6	1.4	3.6	37.4	5.9	7.0	83.3	56.7	1.4	4.5	2.0	3,106	482	352	140	44	166	156	+818
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2,430	2006-07	LAL	77	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
24	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	2,418	1983-84	UTA	79	37.8	30.6	5.7	3.9	0.8	0.1	10.2	18.2	55.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	10.3	12.0	85.9	65.2	2.3	3.4	3.3	2,984	448	310	61	4	263	201
25	Alex English A. English	2,414	1985-86	DEN	81	37.3	29.8	5.0	4.0	0.9	0.4	11.7	23.3	50.4	0.0	0.1	20.0	6.3	7.3	86.2	56.2	2.4	2.6	3.1	3,024	405	320	73	29	249	235

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