most points per 36 minutes in nba 1988

Michael Jordan had the most points / minutes played / 36 in 1987-88, with 31.18.

Interpreted as:
most points per 36 minutes with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in NBA 1988
NAMEPTS/(MIN/36)PTSMINSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
31.18
2,868
3,311
1987-88
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
449
485
259
131
252
270
2Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
29.27
2,397
2,948
1987-88
78
37.8
30.7
6.4
2.9
1.3
0.6
11.7
25.1
46.4
0.5
1.7
29.5
6.9
8.4
82.6
53.4
2.7
3.7
2.8
502
224
103
47
218
162
3Larry Bird
L. Bird
27.62
2,275
2,965
1987-88
76
39.0
29.9
9.3
6.1
1.6
0.8
11.6
22.0
52.7
1.3
3.1
41.4
5.5
6.0
91.6
60.8
1.4
7.8
2.8
703
467
125
57
213
157
4Mark Aguirre
M. Aguirre
26.65
1,932
2,610
1987-88
77
33.9
25.1
5.6
3.6
0.9
0.7
9.7
20.4
47.5
0.7
2.2
30.2
5.0
6.5
77.0
53.9
2.4
3.3
2.6
434
278
70
57
203
223
5Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
25.71
2,264
3,170
1987-88
80
39.6
28.3
11.9
3.2
1.3
1.3
9.4
16.0
58.7
0.6
2.0
28.0
8.9
11.9
75.1
66.5
4.8
7.1
3.8
951
254
100
103
304
278
6Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
25.71
2,185
3,060
1987-88
81
37.8
27.0
6.6
5.8
2.5
0.6
10.5
20.7
50.6
0.1
0.6
21.2
5.9
7.2
81.1
56.4
3.2
3.4
2.9
533
467
203
52
236
250
7Alex English
A. English
25.55
2,000
2,818
1987-88
80
35.2
25.0
4.7
4.7
0.9
0.3
10.5
21.3
49.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
3.9
4.7
82.8
53.5
2.1
2.6
2.3
373
377
70
23
181
193
8Karl Malone
K. Malone
25.53
2,268
3,198
1987-88
82
39.0
27.7
12.0
2.4
1.4
0.6
10.5
20.1
52.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
6.7
9.6
70.0
56.8
3.4
8.6
4.0
986
199
117
50
325
296
9Dale Ellis
D. Ellis
25.01
1,938
2,790
1987-88
75
37.2
25.8
4.5
2.6
1.0
0.1
10.2
20.3
50.3
1.4
3.5
41.3
4.0
5.3
76.7
57.2
2.2
2.3
2.3
340
197
74
11
172
221
10Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
23.37
1,653
2,546
1987-88
82
31.0
20.2
8.2
1.5
1.3
3.0
8.0
14.4
55.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.2
5.8
71.6
59.4
3.0
5.3
3.5
676
125
104
245
287
332
11Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
23.17
1,380
2,144
1987-88
69
31.1
20.0
3.3
2.5
0.6
0.1
6.4
12.5
51.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
7.1
8.3
86.0
61.9
1.2
2.1
2.0
227
171
39
10
135
144
12Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
23
1,805
2,825
1987-88
79
35.8
22.8
12.1
2.1
2.1
2.7
9.0
17.5
51.4
0.0
0.1
0.0
4.8
6.9
69.5
55.5
3.8
8.3
3.1
959
163
162
214
243
324
13Tom Chambers
T. Chambers
22.49
1,674
2,680
1987-88
82
32.7
20.4
6.0
2.6
1.1
0.6
7.5
16.6
44.8
0.4
1.3
30.3
5.1
6.3
80.7
52.6
1.6
4.3
2.5
490
212
87
53
209
297
14Jeff Malone
J. Malone
22.25
1,641
2,655
1987-88
80
33.2
20.5
2.6
3.0
0.6
0.2
8.1
17.0
47.6
0.1
0.3
41.7
4.2
4.8
88.2
53.7
0.6
2.0
2.2
206
237
51
13
172
198
15Xavier McDaniel
X. McDaniel
22.23
1,669
2,703
1987-88
78
34.7
21.4
6.6
3.4
1.2
0.7
8.8
18.0
48.8
0.2
0.6
28.0
3.6
5.0
71.5
52.8
2.6
4.0
2.9
518
263
96
52
223
230
16Terry Cummings
T. Cummings
22.2
1,621
2,629
1987-88
76
34.6
21.3
7.3
2.4
1.0
0.6
8.9
18.3
48.5
0.0
0.0
33.3
3.6
5.3
66.5
51.6
2.4
4.9
2.2
553
181
78
46
170
274
17Kevin McHale
K. McHale
21.78
1,446
2,390
1987-88
64
37.3
22.6
8.4
2.7
0.4
1.4
8.6
14.2
60.4
0.0
0.0
5.4
6.8
79.7
65.6
2.5
5.9
2.2
536
171
27
92
141
179
18Moses Malone
M. Malone
21.49
1,607
2,692
1987-88
79
34.1
20.3
11.2
1.4
0.7
0.9
6.7
13.8
48.7
0.0
0.1
28.6
6.9
8.7
78.8
57.7
4.7
6.5
3.2
884
112
59
72
249
160
19Chris Mullin
C. Mullin
21.48
1,213
2,033
1987-88
60
33.9
20.2
3.4
4.8
1.9
0.5
7.8
15.4
50.8
0.6
1.6
35.1
4.0
4.5
88.5
58.0
1.0
2.5
2.6
205
290
113
32
156
136
20Eddie Johnson
E. Johnson
21.4
1,294
2,177
1987-88
73
29.8
17.7
4.4
2.5
0.5
0.1
7.3
15.2
48.0
0.3
1.3
25.5
2.8
3.3
85.0
53.2
1.7
2.7
1.9
318
180
33
9
139
190
21Reggie Theus
R. Theus
21.36
1,574
2,653
1987-88
73
36.3
21.6
3.2
6.3
0.8
0.2
8.5
18.1
47.0
0.2
0.8
27.1
4.4
5.3
83.1
52.9
1.0
2.2
3.2
232
463
59
16
234
173
22Bernard King
B. King
20.92
1,188
2,044
1987-88
69
29.6
17.2
4.1
2.8
0.7
0.1
6.8
13.6
50.1
0.0
0.1
16.7
3.6
4.7
76.2
55.0
1.2
2.8
3.1
280
192
49
10
211
202
23Byron Scott
B. Scott
20.72
1,754
3,048
1987-88
81
37.6
21.7
4.1
4.1
1.9
0.3
8.8
16.6
52.7
0.8
2.2
34.6
3.4
3.9
85.8
59.0
0.9
3.2
2.0
333
335
155
27
161
204
24Thurl Bailey
T. Bailey
20.59
1,604
2,804
1987-88
82
34.2
19.6
6.5
1.9
0.6
1.5
7.7
15.7
49.2
0.0
0.0
33.3
4.1
5.0
82.6
54.7
1.6
4.8
2.3
531
158
49
125
190
186
25Mike Woodson
M. Woodson
20.43
1,438
2,534
1987-88
80
31.7
18.0
2.4
3.4
1.4
0.3
7.0
15.8
44.5
0.2
1.0
23.1
3.7
4.3
86.8
50.9
0.8
1.6
2.3
190
273
109
26
186
210
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