Before 1959-60, Bob Pettit had the most points per game, with 24.9 per game.

Interpreted as:

most points per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player before 1960

	NAME	PPG	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	PF
1	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	24.9	357	37.4	15.7	2.6	8.6	20.5	42.1	7.7	10.2	75.4	49.9	13,345	8,894	5,593	929	1,063
2	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	24.9	70	40.8	15.0	4.1	8.6	21.2	40.8	7.6	9.8	77.7	48.8	2,855	1,742	1,050	287	270
3	George Mikan G. Mikan	23.1	439	34.4	13.4	2.8	8.1	20.0	40.4	7.0	8.9	78.2	48.3	8,350	10,156	4,167	1,245	1,862
4	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	23.0	484	39.5	8.9	2.3	7.8	18.5	42.2	7.4	9.1	80.8	51.1	16,559	11,122	4,300	1,111	1,859
5	Alex Groza A. Groza	22.5	130		10.7	2.4	7.8	16.4	47.4	6.9	9.1	75.6	55.0		2,925	709	318	458
6	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	19.4	516	35.5	11.3	2.5	6.4	14.4	44.4	6.6	8.6	76.8	53.4	18,298	10,023	5,856	1,269	1,681
7	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	19.4	615	38.4	5.9	7.4	6.9	18.6	37.0	5.7	6.9	81.6	44.9	20,986	11,944	3,644	4,544	1,579
8	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	19.1	696	36.7	13.3	3.1	6.0	15.7	38.0	7.2	8.5	83.9	49.1	20,784	13,298	8,413	2,177	2,453
9	George Yardley G. Yardley	19.0	399	33.5	9.1	1.7	6.6	16.0	41.6	5.8	7.4	77.4	49.5	13,365	7,590	3,641	693	1,199
10	Jack Twyman J. Twyman	18.4	288	32.7	6.7	2.1	7.1	16.4	43.2	4.3	5.6	75.8	48.8	9,415	5,306	1,937	613	991
11	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	17.8	579	33.5	4.0	3.1	6.6	15.6	42.2	4.6	5.3	88.2	49.6	18,339	10,319	2,308	1,811	1,644
12	Clyde Lovellette C. Lovellette	17.8	423	30.3	10.9	1.6	7.1	16.3	43.6	3.6	4.9	72.8	48.2	12,814	7,527	4,612	679	1,420
13	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	17.6	207	31.1	9.9	2.0	6.7	17.1	38.9	4.2	5.4	77.7	45.0	6,445	3,635	2,048	406	849
14	Ed Macauley E. Macauley	17.5	641	35.7	7.5	3.2	5.8	13.4	43.6	5.9	7.7	76.1	52.2	18,071	11,234	4,325	2,079	1,667
15	Kenny Sears K. Sears	16.8	285	34.3	9.4	1.7	5.6	12.5	44.8	5.6	6.8	82.1	54.2	9,768	4,795	2,673	477	915
16	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	16.6	209	28.1	8.3	2.4	6.1	14.0	43.9	4.3	5.7	76.1	50.3	5,863	3,466	1,737	506	707
17	Maurice Stokes M. Stokes	16.4	202	37.3	17.3	5.3	6.2	17.7	35.1	4.0	5.8	69.8	40.6	7,544	3,315	3,492	1,062	789
18	Joe Fulks J. Fulks	16.4	489	23.4	5.3	1.2	5.8	19.1	30.2	4.8	6.3	76.6	37.4	4,490	8,003	1,379	587	1,774
19	Bill Russell B. Russell	16.1	187	39.1	22.0	2.7	6.4	14.3	44.4	3.4	6.3	54.1	47.2	7,314	3,016	4,119	512	485
20	Ralph Beard R. Beard	15.9	126		3.8	4.4	5.9	16.2	36.6	4.0	5.2	77.0	42.9		2,006	251	551	228
21	Ed Sadowski E. Sadowski	15.6	229			1.8	5.6	15.7	35.4	4.5	6.4	69.7	42.1		3,579		416	893
22	Larry Foust L. Foust	14.9	620	31.8	10.8	1.8	5.0	12.5	40.2	4.9	6.6	73.2	48.3	17,565	9,216	6,703	1,117	2,297
23	Max Zaslofsky M. Zaslofsky	14.8	540	28.3	2.8	2.0	5.3	15.4	34.3	4.2	5.5	76.9	41.5	6,760	7,990	864	1,093	1,291
24	Richie Guerin R. Guerin	14.7	206	32.6	6.5	4.2	5.1	13.2	38.4	4.6	6.3	71.8	46.0	6,719	3,027	1,341	863	643
25	Willie Naulls W. Naulls	14.6	207	30.0	10.3	1.4	5.7	14.9	38.0	3.3	4.1	79.3	43.6	6,208	3,014	2,139	283	639