most points in a season with less than 29.5 ppg

Karl Malone has put up the most points with fewer than 29.5 points per game in a season, with 2,382 points in 1990-91.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a season with less than 29.5 ppg

	NAME	PTS	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	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	Karl Malone K. Malone	2,382	29.0	1990-91	UTA	82	40.3	11.8	3.3	1.1	1.0	10.3	19.6	52.7	0.0	0.2	28.6	8.3	10.8	77.0	59.6	2.9	8.9	3.0	3,302	967	270	89	79	244	268
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2,377	29.3	1993-94	ORL	81	39.8	13.2	2.4	0.9	2.9	11.8	19.6	59.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.8	10.5	55.4	60.5	4.7	8.5	2.7	3,224	1,072	195	76	231	222	281
3	James Harden J. Harden	2,376	29.0	2015-16	HOU	82	38.1	6.1	7.5	1.7	0.6	8.7	19.7	43.9	2.9	8.0	35.9	8.8	10.2	86.0	59.8	0.8	5.3	4.6	3,125	501	612	139	51	374	229	+125
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2,361	28.8	1969-70	MIL	82	43.1	14.5	4.1			11.4	22.1	51.8				5.9	9.1	65.3	55.2				3,534	1,190	337				283
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,357	28.7	1997-98	CHI	82	38.8	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	10.7	23.1	46.5	0.4	1.5	23.8	6.9	8.8	78.4	53.3	1.6	4.2	2.3	3,181	475	283	141	45	185	151	+598
6	James Harden J. Harden	2,356	29.1	2016-17	HOU	81	36.4	8.1	11.2	1.5	0.5	8.3	18.9	44.0	3.2	9.3	34.7	9.2	10.9	84.7	61.3	1.2	7.0	5.7	2,947	659	907	121	38	464	215	+425
7	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	2,350	28.7	1970-71	SDR	82	44.3	16.6	2.3			11.6	27.0	42.8				5.5	8.2	67.2	46.8				3,633	1,362	186				225
8	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	2,347	28.6	1989-90	NYK	82	38.6	10.9	2.2	1.0	4.0	11.2	20.4	55.1	0.0	0.0	25.0	6.1	7.9	77.5	59.9	2.9	8.0	3.4	3,165	893	182	78	327	278	325
9	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	2,346	29.3	2005-06	WAS	80	42.3	3.5	6.1	2.0	0.3	9.3	20.9	44.7	2.5	6.8	36.9	8.2	10.0	82.0	58.1	0.7	2.8	3.7	3,384	280	484	161	25	297	286	+204
10	Alex English A. English	2,345	28.6	1986-87	DEN	82	37.6	4.2	5.1	0.9	0.3	11.8	23.4	50.3	0.0	0.2	26.7	5.0	5.9	84.4	54.9	1.8	2.4	2.6	3,085	344	422	73	21	214	216
11	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	2,338	28.9	1970-71	BOS	81	45.4	9.0	7.5			11.0	24.5	45.0				6.8	8.4	81.8	51.3				3,678	730	607				200
12	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	2,330	29.5	1983-84	DAL	79	36.7	5.9	4.5	1.0	0.3	11.7	22.3	52.4	0.2	0.7	26.8	5.9	7.9	74.9	57.2	2.0	3.9	3.6	2,900	469	358	80	22	285	246
13	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	2,327	28.4	1968-69	SDR	82	45.1	17.1	1.4			11.3	25.4	44.7				5.7	9.1	62.6	48.3				3,695	1,406	113				266
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	2,326	29.1	1988-89	UTA	80	39.1	10.7	2.7	1.8	0.9	10.1	19.5	51.9	0.1	0.2	31.3	8.8	11.5	76.6	59.2	3.2	7.4	3.6	3,126	853	219	144	70	285	286
15	Alex English A. English	2,326	28.4	1982-83	DEN	82	36.4	7.3	4.8	1.4	1.5	11.7	22.6	51.6	0.0	0.1	16.7	5.0	6.0	82.9	56.1	3.2	4.1	3.2	2,988	601	397	116	126	263	235
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2,323	28.3	2007-08	LAL	82	38.9	6.3	5.4	1.8	0.5	9.5	20.6	45.9	1.8	5.1	36.1	7.6	9.0	84.0	57.6	1.1	5.2	3.1	3,192	517	441	151	40	257	227	+598
17	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2,315	29.3	1994-95	ORL	79	37.0	11.4	2.7	0.9	2.4	11.8	20.2	58.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.8	10.8	53.3	58.8	4.2	7.3	2.6	2,923	901	214	73	192	204	258
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,313	28.2	1984-85	CHI	82	38.3	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	10.2	19.8	51.5	0.1	0.6	17.3	7.7	9.1	84.5	59.2	2.0	4.5	3.5	3,144	534	481	196	69	291	285
19	LeBron James L. James	2,304	28.4	2008-09	CLE	81	37.7	7.6	7.2	1.7	1.1	9.7	19.9	48.9	1.6	4.7	34.4	7.3	9.4	78.0	59.1	1.3	6.3	3.0	3,054	613	587	137	93	241	139	+870
20	Larry Bird L. Bird	2,295	28.7	1984-85	BOS	80	39.5	10.5	6.6	1.6	1.2	11.5	22.0	52.2	0.7	1.6	42.7	5.0	5.7	88.2	58.5	2.1	8.5	3.1	3,161	842	531	129	98	248	208
21	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	2,295	29.4	1983-84	DEN	78	35.1	4.8	3.1	0.7	0.6	11.5	20.6	55.8	0.1	0.4	36.7	6.3	7.4	85.2	61.8	1.1	3.7	2.0	2,734	373	238	53	50	156	187
22	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	2,294	29.0	1986-87	ATL	79	37.6	6.3	3.3	1.5	0.6	10.5	22.6	46.3	0.4	1.3	29.2	7.7	9.4	81.8	54.3	2.7	3.6	2.7	2,969	494	261	117	51	215	149
23	Kevin Durant K. Durant	2,280	28.1	2012-13	OKC	81	38.5	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	640	374	116	105	280	143	+721
24	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2,275	27.7	1975-76	LAL	82	41.2	16.9	5.0	1.5	4.1	11.1	21.1	52.9				5.5	7.8	70.3	56.7	3.3	13.5		3,379	1,383	413	119	338		292
25	Karl Malone K. Malone	2,272	28.0	1991-92	UTA	81	37.7	11.2	3.0	1.3	0.6	9.9	18.7	52.6	0.0	0.2	17.6	8.3	10.7	77.8	59.9	2.8	8.4	3.1	3,054	909	241	108	51	248	226