most points in a season with less than 40 games

Joel Embiid has put up the most points with fewer than 40 games played in a season, with 1,353 points in 2023-24.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a season with less than 40 games

	NAME	PTS	GP	SEASON	TM	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	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1,353	39	2023-24	PHI	33.6	34.7	11.0	5.6	1.2	1.7	11.5	21.8	52.9	1.4	3.6	38.8	10.2	11.6	88.3	64.4	2.4	8.6	3.8	1,309	430	219	46	66	150	112	+267
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	943	35	2020-21	BKN	33.1	26.9	7.1	5.6	0.7	1.3	9.3	17.2	53.7	2.4	5.4	45.0	6.0	6.8	88.2	66.6	0.4	6.7	3.4	1,157	247	195	25	45	120	70	+276
3	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	926	35	2019-20	MIN	33.9	26.5	10.8	4.4	0.9	1.2	9.0	17.8	50.8	3.3	7.9	41.2	5.1	6.5	79.6	64.2	2.7	8.1	3.1	1,187	378	153	33	42	110	117	-15
4	Derrick Rose D. Rose	852	39	2011-12	CHI	35.3	21.8	3.4	7.9	0.9	0.7	7.7	17.8	43.5	1.4	4.4	31.2	5.0	6.1	81.2	53.2	0.7	2.7	3.1	1,375	131	307	35	28	119	52	+289
5	David Thompson D. Thompson	839	39	1979-80	DEN	31.8	21.5	4.5	3.2	1.0	1.0	7.4	15.8	46.8	0.2	0.5	36.8	6.5	8.6	75.8	54.9	1.4	3.0	3.0	1,239	174	124	39	38	116	106
6	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	838	36	2022-23	CHA	35.2	23.3	6.4	8.4	1.3	0.3	8.2	20.0	41.1	4.0	10.6	37.6	2.8	3.4	83.6	54.1	1.2	5.3	3.6	1,268	231	304	46	11	129	118	-150
7	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	830	35	2020-21	OKC	33.7	23.7	4.7	5.9	0.8	0.7	8.2	16.1	50.8	2.0	4.9	41.8	5.3	6.5	80.8	62.3	0.5	4.2	3.0	1,180	166	207	27	23	106	70	-185
8	Ron Harper R. Harper	798	35	1989-90	TOT	39.1	22.8	5.9	5.2	2.3	1.2	8.6	18.2	47.3	0.4	1.5	27.5	5.2	6.6	78.8	54.0	2.1	3.8	2.9	1,367	206	182	81	41	100	105
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	798	37	1980-81	LAL	37.1	21.6	8.6	8.6	3.4	0.7	8.4	15.9	53.2	0.1	0.5	17.6	4.6	6.1	76.0	58.2	2.7	5.9	3.9	1,371	320	317	127	27	143	100
10	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	796	37	2024-25	LAC	31.9	21.5	5.9	3.1	1.6	0.5	8.4	16.8	49.8	2.1	5.1	41.1	2.6	3.3	81.0	58.9	0.9	5.0	1.9	1,180	219	116	59	17	72	56	+296
11	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	796	29	2021-22	BKN	37.6	27.4	4.4	5.8	1.4	0.6	10.0	21.2	46.9	3.4	8.2	41.8	4.1	4.4	91.5	59.2	0.6	3.8	2.5	1,091	127	167	41	17	73	81	+121
12	Anthony Davis A. Davis	786	36	2020-21	LAL	32.3	21.8	7.9	3.1	1.3	1.6	8.4	17.0	49.1	0.7	2.8	26.0	4.4	5.9	73.8	55.6	1.7	6.2	2.1	1,162	286	110	45	59	74	60	+115
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	782	35	2014-15	LAL	34.5	22.3	5.7	5.6	1.3	0.2	7.6	20.4	37.3	1.5	5.3	29.3	5.6	6.9	81.3	47.7	0.7	4.9	3.7	1,207	199	197	47	7	128	65	-295
14	Kevin Martin K. Martin	779	39	2014-15	MIN	33.4	20.0	3.6	2.3	0.8	0.0	6.8	16.0	42.7	1.9	4.9	39.3	4.4	4.9	88.1	54.9	0.5	3.2	1.9	1,302	142	89	33	1	76	76	-253
15	Ron Harper R. Harper	763	39	1990-91	LAC	35.5	19.6	4.8	5.4	1.7	0.9	7.3	18.7	39.1	1.2	3.8	32.4	3.7	5.6	66.8	46.3	1.5	3.3	3.3	1,383	188	209	66	35	129	111
16	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	754	29	2022-23	NOP	33.0	26.0	7.0	4.6	1.1	0.6	9.8	16.2	60.8	0.2	0.7	36.8	6.1	8.6	71.4	65.2	2.0	5.0	3.4	956	202	133	32	16	99	65	+149
17	Paul George P. George	754	31	2021-22	LAC	34.7	24.3	6.9	5.7	2.2	0.4	8.6	20.5	42.1	2.9	8.3	35.4	4.1	4.8	85.8	53.8	0.4	6.5	4.1	1,077	213	176	67	13	126	74	+92
18	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	749	35	2015-16	LAC	33.4	21.4	8.4	4.9	0.8	0.5	8.6	17.2	49.9	0.2	0.5	33.3	4.0	5.5	72.7	54.4	1.5	6.9	2.4	1,170	294	170	28	17	83	95	+182
19	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	747	37	1987-88	POR	28.1	20.2	2.9	1.9	0.6	0.2	7.6	15.1	50.8	0.6	1.6	37.9	4.3	4.9	87.8	58.7	1.0	2.0	1.3	1,038	109	71	21	7	48	68
20	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	737	30	2024-25	NOP	28.6	24.6	7.2	5.3	1.2	0.9	9.6	16.9	56.7	0.1	0.4	23.1	5.3	8.0	65.6	60.0	2.5	4.7	3.0	857	216	159	37	27	90	82	-42
21	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	733	33	2004-05	NJN	41.1	22.2	7.3	4.0	1.0	0.5	7.2	17.1	42.2	0.9	2.7	33.7	6.9	8.2	84.4	53.7	1.5	5.8	4.0	1,355	240	133	33	17	132	109	-122
22	Malik Beasley M. Beasley	724	37	2020-21	MIN	32.8	19.6	4.4	2.4	0.8	0.2	7.1	16.2	44.0	3.5	8.7	39.9	1.8	2.2	85.0	57.0	0.8	3.6	1.6	1,214	162	88	30	7	60	62	-197
23	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	722	32	2009-10	WAS	36.5	22.6	4.2	7.2	1.3	0.3	7.9	19.3	41.1	2.0	5.7	34.8	4.8	6.5	73.9	51.1	0.5	3.6	3.7	1,169	133	230	41	9	117	95	-83
24	Archie Clark A. Clark	715	39	1972-73	BAL	37.9	18.3	3.3	7.1			7.7	15.3	50.7				2.8	3.5	81.0	54.5				1,477	129	275				111
25	Devin Vassell D. Vassell	703	38	2022-23	SAS	31.0	18.5	3.9	3.6	1.1	0.4	6.9	15.7	43.9	2.7	7.0	38.7	2.1	2.6	78.0	55.0	0.2	3.7	1.5	1,178	148	136	43	17	57	57	-295