most points in a season with less than 30 ppg

Michael Jordan has the most points with fewer than 30.0 points per game in a season, with 2,431 points in 1996-97.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a season with less than 30 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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,431	29.6	1996-97	CHI	82	37.9	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
2	Alex English A. English	2,414	29.8	1985-86	DEN	81	37.3	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
3	David Robinson D. Robinson	2,383	29.8	1993-94	SAS	80	40.5	10.7	4.8	1.7	3.3	10.5	20.7	50.7	0.1	0.4	34.5	8.7	11.6	74.9	57.7	3.0	7.7	3.2	3,241	855	381	139	265	253	228
4	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
5	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	2,380	29.8	2000-01	DET	80	40.2	3.9	5.1	1.2	0.7	9.7	24.1	40.2	2.1	5.9	35.1	8.3	10.1	82.2	52.1	1.2	2.7	4.1	3,215	315	410	97	54	326	160	-59
6	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
7	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
8	George Gervin G. Gervin	2,365	29.6	1978-79	SAS	80	36.1	5.0	2.7	1.7	1.1	11.8	21.9	54.1				5.9	7.1	82.6	59.1	1.8	3.2	3.6	2,888	400	219	137	91	286	275
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2,344	29.7	1999-00	LAL	79	40.0	13.6	3.8	0.5	3.0	12.1	21.1	57.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.5	10.4	52.4	57.8	4.3	9.4	2.8	3,163	1,078	299	36	239	223	255	+706
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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