most points per game average by a 22 year old in the nba 2000s

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Carmelo Anthony scored the most points per game by a 22-year-old player, with 28.9 per game.

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most points per game by a player average by a 22 year old in the NBA 2000s

	NAME	PPG	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	28.9	65	38.2	6.0	3.8	1.2	0.4	10.6	22.4	47.6	0.6	2.3	26.8	7.1	8.7	80.8	55.2	2.2	3.8	3.6	2,486	1,881	391	249	77	23	234	203	+88
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	28.5	68	40.9	5.9	5.0	1.7	0.6	10.3	22.2	46.4	0.9	2.9	30.5	7.0	8.2	85.3	55.2	1.5	4.3	3.2	2,783	1,938	399	338	114	43	220	222	+369
3	LeBron James L. James	27.9	76	40.6	6.9	6.5	1.7	0.8	10.2	21.4	47.4	1.2	4.2	29.6	6.4	9.1	69.6	54.9	1.2	5.7	3.1	3,088	2,121	525	492	132	61	239	171	+321
4	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	26.1	74	36.3	8.9	1.7	1.0	1.6	9.4	16.8	56.1	0.0	0.2	18.8	7.2	9.9	72.6	61.7	2.7	6.2	2.4	2,686	1,931	658	126	71	119	176	260	+537
5	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	25.6	76	38.3	7.9	5.3	1.6	1.0	9.4	20.9	45.1	1.4	3.7	36.4	5.5	7.3	74.8	53.2	2.0	5.9	2.5	2,912	1,948	597	400	119	73	189	139	+291
6	Vince Carter V. Carter	24.1	40	37.1	5.9	3.8	1.2	1.1	9.3	20.7	45.1	0.6	1.8	34.3	4.8	6.2	78.5	51.5	2.1	3.8	2.2	1,484	963	237	152	49	44	89	138	+50
7	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	22.3	59	37.4	10.3	2.3	0.5	1.4	7.8	15.5	50.2	0.2	0.6	32.4	6.5	8.4	77.3	58.0	2.7	7.6	2.5	2,204	1,316	607	136	31	80	148	129	+149
8	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	22.3	51	39.2	3.3	8.4	1.5	0.2	7.7	18.0	43.0	1.0	3.3	31.2	5.8	7.0	81.9	52.8	0.9	2.4	4.0	1,998	1,135	166	427	77	10	206	143	+36
9	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	21.8	82	38.1	9.2	2.1	1.0	1.2	7.2	15.2	47.4	1.8	4.8	38.7	5.5	6.6	83.8	60.1	1.5	7.7	1.9	3,125	1,784	754	173	79	101	156	245	+532
10	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	21.3	19	37.8	10.6	3.9	1.1	0.9	7.4	15.6	47.1	0.3	1.2	27.3	6.3	8.1	77.8	55.6	3.0	7.6	3.2	719	405	201	74	21	18	60	61	-98
11	Chris Paul C. Paul	21.1	80	37.6	4.0	11.6	2.7	0.1	7.9	16.1	48.8	1.2	3.1	36.9	4.2	4.9	85.1	57.6	0.8	3.2	2.5	3,006	1,684	321	925	217	4	201	185	+479
12	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	21.0	66	38.4	4.3	5.0	1.8	0.1	6.9	16.8	41.2	2.4	6.1	39.2	4.7	6.0	78.9	54.0	0.9	3.4	3.6	2,536	1,383	285	330	121	8	240	212	-77
13	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	20.2	67	36.4	4.6	6.2	1.6	0.7	7.0	14.5	48.7	0.1	0.5	28.6	6.0	7.9	75.7	56.4	1.4	3.3	3.7	2,442	1,355	310	413	106	48	249	184	+393
14	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	20.2	81	37.9	5.0	3.9	1.5	0.3	8.0	15.1	53.1	0.1	0.6	23.1	4.0	5.1	76.7	58.0	1.6	3.3	2.1	3,071	1,636	404	315	124	27	173	195	+212
15	Dwight Howard D. Howard	20.1	81	37.4	14.0	1.3	0.9	2.4	6.9	11.6	58.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.4	11.1	57.8	60.9	3.7	10.3	3.0	3,027	1,630	1,134	109	74	197	242	262	+403
16	Zach Randolph Z. Randolph	20.1	81	37.9	10.5	2.0	0.8	0.5	8.2	16.9	48.5	0.0	0.1	20.0	3.7	4.9	76.1	52.8	3.0	7.5	3.0	3,067	1,626	851	163	68	41	247	227	-58
17	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	19.5	73	35.4	5.4	3.0	2.1	0.8	6.7	15.1	44.2	1.3	3.8	34.3	4.9	6.2	79.8	55.0	1.1	4.3	2.4	2,583	1,427	396	221	152	62	178	237	+188
18	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	19.0	82	36.0	8.8	2.8	0.4	1.8	6.9	13.6	51.0	0.0	0.1	10.0	5.1	6.9	73.6	57.0	2.3	6.4	2.6	2,948	1,555	720	229	34	148	213	220	-142
19	Rudy Gay R. Gay	18.9	79	37.3	5.5	1.7	1.2	0.7	7.2	16.0	45.3	1.1	3.1	35.1	3.3	4.4	76.7	52.8	1.4	4.2	2.6	2,945	1,493	437	135	98	59	203	221	-432
20	Elton Brand E. Brand	18.7	78	37.3	10.9	2.5	1.0	1.8	6.9	13.6	50.9	0.0	0.0		4.8	6.5	73.5	56.6	4.3	6.6	2.5	2,913	1,457	849	196	76	140	193	257	-46
21	Al Jefferson A. Jefferson	18.7	76	36.1	11.8	1.5	0.9	1.5	7.7	15.3	50.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	4.7	69.0	53.7	3.8	8.1	2.1	2,747	1,419	899	112	72	115	157	226	-339
22	Baron Davis B. Davis	18.0	82	40.2	4.3	8.6	2.1	0.6	6.8	16.1	42.1	2.0	5.7	35.8	2.4	4.1	57.4	50.1	1.2	3.1	3.1	3,299	1,474	350	707	169	47	252	244	+179
23	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	17.8	76	34.9	7.6	1.6	0.7	1.2	7.4	15.3	48.4	0.0	0.1	14.3	3.0	3.9	76.2	52.3	2.9	4.7	1.7	2,649	1,350	578	122	55	94	126	240	-13
24	Steve Francis S. Francis	17.7	48	35.3	5.3	7.0	1.5	0.4	6.3	14.6	43.1	1.1	3.7	31.3	4.0	5.1	78.0	52.5	2.2	3.0	3.9	1,696	850	252	335	70	17	189	139	-125
25	Shawn Marion S. Marion	17.3	79	36.2	10.7	2.0	1.7	1.4	7.1	14.7	48.0	0.3	1.0	25.6	3.0	3.7	81.0	53.2	2.8	7.9	1.6	2,857	1,369	848	160	132	108	129	211	+274