most points per game by an nba player in the first 8 years of their career since 1997

Luka Dončić scored the most points per game by a player in his first 8 seasons, with 28.6 per game.

Interpreted as:

most points per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by an NBA player in the first 8 years of their career since 1997

	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	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	28.6	450	34.9	8.6	8.2	1.2	0.5	9.7	20.7	46.8	3.1	8.8	35.0	6.2	8.2	75.1	58.8	0.9	7.7	3.9	15,711	12,878	3,881	3,700	556	203	1,777	1,028	+1236
2	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	27.9	433	31.9	11.2	3.6	0.9	1.7	9.2	18.2	50.4	1.2	3.4	34.1	8.3	10.1	82.6	61.5	2.2	8.9	3.4	13,834	12,071	4,832	1,573	397	720	1,485	1,327	+2547
3	LeBron James L. James	27.7	627	40.1	7.1	7.0	1.7	0.8	9.8	20.6	47.9	1.4	4.2	32.9	6.6	8.9	74.4	56.6	1.2	5.9	3.3	25,171	17,362	4,451	4,364	1,079	532	2,086	1,233	+2936
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	27.3	569	38.0	6.9	3.5	1.2	1.0	9.2	19.1	48.1	1.7	4.4	37.9	7.3	8.3	88.1	60.1	0.8	6.1	3.2	21,630	15,537	3,929	2,002	705	554	1,833	1,076	+1317
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	27.0	514	37.6	11.8	3.1	0.6	2.5	10.6	18.5	57.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.8	10.8	53.3	58.1	3.8	8.0	2.8	19,329	13,895	6,090	1,593	317	1,278	1,446	1,692	+3677
6	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	27.0	535	41.4	4.1	5.7	2.4	0.2	9.5	22.9	41.7	1.3	4.2	31.0	6.6	8.7	75.8	50.5	1.0	3.1	3.6	22,164	14,436	2,175	3,046	1,273	112	1,947	1,178	+526
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	25.5	306	37.3	5.9	4.1	1.6	0.5	9.9	21.7	45.7	0.5	1.7	31.5	5.1	6.4	80.6	52.0	1.2	4.7	2.2	11,411	7,803	1,793	1,256	489	154	686	597	+1438
8	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	25.4	547	37.6	5.1	6.3	1.8	1.0	8.9	18.4	48.5	0.6	1.9	29.2	7.0	9.1	76.9	56.7	1.3	3.8	3.6	20,540	13,908	2,783	3,472	973	548	1,986	1,397	+1951
9	Trae Young T. Young	25.3	483	34.4	3.5	9.8	1.0	0.2	8.0	18.5	43.3	2.6	7.5	35.2	6.7	7.6	87.3	57.9	0.6	2.9	4.2	16,621	12,220	1,687	4,748	505	74	2,051	841	-121
10	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	24.8	591	36.4	6.3	3.1	1.1	0.5	8.9	19.3	45.9	0.8	2.4	32.0	6.3	7.9	80.6	54.5	1.9	4.4	3.0	21,498	14,681	3,747	1,810	659	275	1,790	1,783	+1262
11	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	24.7	539	33.8	4.3	4.7	1.4	0.3	8.8	19.5	44.9	3.0	8.2	36.6	4.2	5.0	84.0	56.9	0.8	3.5	2.7	18,244	13,320	2,324	2,530	740	173	1,447	1,300	+2590
12	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	24.7	214	31.4	6.6	4.3	1.0	0.6	9.5	16.2	58.9	0.1	0.5	32.7	5.4	7.9	68.9	62.7	2.3	4.3	2.8	6,714	5,279	1,415	920	219	138	608	483	+401
13	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	24.4	462	33.1	4.8	5.1	1.4	0.8	8.5	17.0	50.1	1.3	3.7	35.5	6.0	7.0	86.2	60.7	0.8	4.0	2.3	15,291	11,294	2,211	2,362	666	370	1,072	1,044	+1274
14	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	24.2	615	36.4	4.2	6.5	1.0	0.3	8.0	18.2	43.7	2.9	7.7	37.3	5.4	6.1	88.9	57.9	0.6	3.6	2.8	22,380	14,887	2,573	4,009	603	193	1,709	1,229	+1700
15	Anthony Davis A. Davis	24.0	528	34.5	10.4	2.2	1.4	2.4	8.9	17.3	51.5	0.5	1.5	31.9	5.7	7.1	80.2	58.8	2.6	7.8	1.9	18,206	12,677	5,483	1,182	730	1,264	1,023	1,262	+525
16	Devin Booker D. Booker	23.9	530	33.8	4.0	4.8	0.8	0.3	8.4	18.2	46.1	2.1	5.8	35.6	5.1	5.9	86.8	57.5	0.6	3.4	3.1	17,906	12,688	2,105	2,521	449	146	1,637	1,568	-111
17	Vince Carter V. Carter	23.9	539	37.6	5.4	4.0	1.3	0.9	8.8	19.9	44.5	1.5	3.8	38.1	4.8	6.1	79.0	53.1	1.8	3.6	2.4	20,240	12,900	2,888	2,157	712	501	1,287	1,610	+953
18	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	23.9	381	34.8	5.3	4.2	1.3	0.6	8.4	18.8	44.6	2.9	8.0	36.4	4.2	5.2	80.4	56.6	0.7	4.6	2.9	13,262	9,097	2,017	1,600	504	233	1,099	770	+780
19	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	23.6	585	34.5	7.3	3.8	1.1	0.7	8.2	17.8	45.9	2.6	7.1	37.0	4.5	5.4	84.0	58.3	0.9	6.5	2.4	20,185	13,784	4,293	2,243	640	384	1,389	1,232	+3645
20	Karl Malone K. Malone	23.5	578	36.4	9.1	4.2	1.4	0.7	8.4	16.9	50.1	0.0	0.1	24.7	6.6	8.5	77.7	57.1	1.9	7.2	2.9	21,051	13,585	5,235	2,433	781	389	1,693	1,582	+3010
21	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	23.5	605	37.8	6.5	3.9	1.7	0.8	7.7	17.6	44.0	1.6	4.6	35.7	6.4	8.1	79.0	55.6	1.2	5.4	3.1	22,876	14,202	3,962	2,332	1,036	454	1,888	1,803	+541
22	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	23.0	511	34.1	11.2	3.2	0.8	1.3	8.5	16.2	52.6	1.6	4.2	39.5	4.4	5.3	83.5	62.3	2.9	8.2	2.7	17,428	11,772	5,701	1,626	409	680	1,376	1,744	+579
23	Chris Webber C. Webber	22.9	474	39.2	10.5	4.5	1.5	1.6	9.6	19.8	48.2	0.4	1.2	30.3	3.5	5.3	65.4	51.7	2.7	7.8	3.0	18,574	10,865	4,976	2,143	733	780	1,409	1,623	+1544
24	Stephen Curry S. Curry	22.8	574	34.7	4.4	6.8	1.8	0.2	8.0	16.8	47.6	3.3	7.6	43.8	3.5	3.9	90.1	61.6	0.7	3.7	3.2	19,898	13,088	2,502	3,917	1,028	121	1,818	1,441	+3541
25	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	22.8	433	37.4	4.2	5.5	1.8	0.2	7.3	17.2	42.7	2.1	5.8	35.8	6.0	7.4	80.9	55.7	0.9	3.3	3.3	16,175	9,853	1,828	2,387	758	103	1,438	1,365	+96