most points per game by a player age 31 or more in a season

Damian Lillard has averaged the most points per game by a player 31 or older in a season, with 32.2 per game in 2022-23.

Interpreted as:

most points per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player age 31 or more in a season

	NAME	PPG	AGE	SEASON	TM	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	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	32.2	32	2022-23	POR	58	36.3	4.8	7.3	0.9	0.3	9.6	20.7	46.3	4.2	11.3	37.1	8.8	9.6	91.4	64.5	0.8	4.0	3.3	2,106	1,866	277	425	50	18	191	109	+105
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	32.0	32	2020-21	GSW	63	34.1	5.5	5.8	1.2	0.1	10.4	21.7	48.2	5.3	12.7	42.1	5.7	6.3	91.6	65.5	0.5	5.0	3.4	2,151	2,015	345	363	77	8	213	119	+242
3	Jerry West J. West	31.2	31	1969-70	LAL	74	42.0	4.6	7.5			11.2	22.6	49.7				8.7	10.6	82.4	57.2				3,106	2,309	338	554				160
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30.4	32	1995-96	CHI	82	37.7	6.6	4.3	2.2	0.5	11.2	22.6	49.5	1.4	3.2	42.7	6.7	8.0	83.4	58.2	1.8	4.8	2.4	3,090	2,491	543	352	180	42	197	195
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	29.9	31	1987-88	BOS	76	39.0	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	2,965	2,275	703	467	125	57	213	157
6	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	29.9	33	1992-93	ATL	71	37.3	6.8	3.2	1.0	0.4	10.4	22.3	46.8	1.7	4.5	38.0	7.3	8.8	82.8	57.0	2.6	4.2	2.6	2,647	2,121	482	227	70	27	184	116
7	Alex English A. English	29.8	32	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	2,414	405	320	73	29	249	235
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	29.6	33	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	2,431	482	352	140	44	166	156	+818
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	28.7	34	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	2,357	475	283	141	45	185	151	+598
10	Alex English A. English	28.6	33	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	2,345	344	422	73	21	214	216
11	Bernard King B. King	28.4	34	1990-91	WAS	64	37.5	5.0	4.6	0.9	0.3	11.1	23.6	47.2	0.1	0.6	21.6	6.0	7.6	79.0	52.7	1.8	3.2	4.0	2,401	1,817	319	292	56	16	255	187
12	Alex English A. English	27.9	31	1984-85	DEN	81	36.1	5.7	4.2	1.2	0.6	11.6	22.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	20.0	4.7	5.7	82.9	56.1	2.5	3.1	3.1	2,924	2,262	458	344	101	46	251	259
13	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	27.9	32	2021-22	CHI	76	36.1	5.2	4.9	0.9	0.3	10.2	20.2	50.4	0.7	1.9	35.2	6.8	7.8	87.7	59.0	0.7	4.4	2.4	2,743	2,118	392	374	68	24	181	178	+77
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	27.9	33	2011-12	LAL	58	38.5	5.4	4.6	1.2	0.3	9.9	23.0	43.0	1.5	4.9	30.3	6.6	7.8	84.5	52.7	1.1	4.3	3.5	2,232	1,616	313	264	69	18	204	105	+137
15	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	27.8	32	1994-95	HOU	72	39.6	10.8	3.5	1.8	3.4	11.1	21.5	51.7	0.0	0.2	18.8	5.6	7.5	75.6	56.3	2.4	8.4	3.3	2,853	2,005	775	255	133	242	237	250
16	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	27.5	31	1971-72	BOS	82	45.1	8.2	7.5			10.9	23.9	45.8				5.6	6.7	83.4	51.2				3,698	2,252	672	614				183
17	LeBron James L. James	27.5	33	2017-18	CLE	82	36.9	8.6	9.1	1.4	0.9	10.5	19.3	54.2	1.8	5.0	36.7	4.7	6.5	73.1	62.1	1.2	7.5	4.2	3,026	2,251	709	747	116	71	347	136	+104
18	Karl Malone K. Malone	27.4	33	1996-97	UTA	82	36.6	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	10.5	19.2	55.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	6.4	8.4	75.5	60.0	2.4	7.5	2.8	2,998	2,249	809	368	113	48	233	217	+768
19	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	27.4	31	1963-64	STL	80	41.2	15.3	3.2			9.9	21.4	46.3				7.6	9.6	78.9	53.5				3,296	2,190	1,224	259				300
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	27.3	34	2012-13	LAL	78	38.6	5.6	6.0	1.4	0.3	9.5	20.4	46.3	1.7	5.2	32.4	6.7	8.0	83.9	57.0	0.8	4.7	3.7	3,013	2,133	433	469	106	25	287	173	+139
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	27.3	31	1993-94	HOU	80	41.0	11.9	3.6	1.6	3.7	11.2	21.2	52.8	0.1	0.2	42.1	4.9	6.8	71.6	56.5	2.9	9.1	3.4	3,277	2,184	955	287	128	297	271	289
22	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	27.2	31	2019-20	HOU	57	35.9	7.9	7.0	1.6	0.4	10.6	22.5	47.2	1.0	3.7	25.8	5.1	6.7	76.3	53.6	1.8	6.2	4.5	2,049	1,553	451	401	93	20	255	200	+125
23	Kevin Durant K. Durant	27.1	35	2023-24	PHX	75	37.2	6.6	5.0	0.9	1.2	10.0	19.2	52.3	2.2	5.4	41.3	4.8	5.6	85.6	62.6	0.5	6.1	3.2	2,791	2,032	495	378	68	91	243	133	+290
24	Karl Malone K. Malone	27.0	34	1997-98	UTA	81	37.4	10.3	3.9	1.2	0.9	9.6	18.2	53.0	0.0	0.1	33.3	7.8	10.2	76.1	59.7	2.3	8.0	3.0	3,030	2,190	834	316	96	70	247	237	+584
25	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	27.0	31	2009-10	LAL	73	38.8	5.4	5.0	1.5	0.3	9.8	21.5	45.6	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.0	7.4	81.1	54.5	1.1	4.3	3.2	2,835	1,970	391	365	113	20	233	187	+467