most points per game by an nba player who took a maximum of 20 field goal attempts per game in a season since 1997

Since 1996-97, Joel Embiid has scored the most points per game with 20.0 or fewer field-goal attempts per game in a season, with 30.6 per game in 2021-22.

	NAME	PPG	FGA	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	30.6	19.6	2021-22	PHI	68	33.8	11.7	4.2	1.1	1.5	9.8	49.9	1.4	3.7	37.1	9.6	11.8	81.4	61.6	2.1	9.6	3.1	2,296	2,079	796	284	77	99	214	181	+367
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	30.4	18.8	2023-24	MIL	73	35.2	11.5	6.5	1.2	1.1	11.5	61.1	0.5	1.7	27.4	7.0	10.7	65.7	64.9	2.7	8.8	3.4	2,567	2,222	841	476	87	79	250	210	+339
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	30.4	19.7	2024-25	MIL	67	34.2	11.9	6.5	0.9	1.2	11.8	60.1	0.2	0.9	22.2	6.5	10.6	61.7	62.5	2.2	9.7	3.1	2,289	2,036	798	433	58	78	206	155	+334
4	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	30.1	19.8	2023-24	OKC	75	34.0	5.5	6.2	2.0	0.9	10.6	53.5	1.3	3.6	35.3	7.6	8.7	87.4	63.6	0.9	4.7	2.2	2,553	2,254	415	465	150	67	162	184	+613
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	29.9	18.6	2021-22	MIL	67	32.9	11.6	5.8	1.1	1.4	10.3	55.3	1.1	3.6	29.3	8.3	11.4	72.2	63.3	2.0	9.6	3.3	2,204	2,002	778	388	72	91	219	212	+397
6	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	29.6	19.5	2024-25	DEN	70	36.7	12.7	10.2	1.8	0.6	11.2	57.6	2.0	4.7	41.7	5.2	6.4	80.0	66.3	2.9	9.9	3.3	2,571	2,071	892	716	127	45	230	160	+594
7	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	29.5	19.7	2019-20	MIL	63	30.4	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	10.9	55.3	1.4	4.7	30.4	6.3	10.0	63.3	61.3	2.2	11.4	3.7	1,917	1,857	856	354	61	66	230	195	+682
8	James Harden J. Harden	29.1	18.9	2016-17	HOU	81	36.4	8.1	11.2	1.5	0.5	8.3	44.0	3.2	9.3	34.7	9.2	10.9	84.7	61.3	1.2	7.0	5.7	2,947	2,356	659	907	121	38	464	215	+425
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	29.1	18.3	2022-23	TOT	47	35.6	6.7	5.0	0.7	1.4	10.3	56.0	2.0	4.9	40.4	6.5	7.1	91.9	67.7	0.4	6.3	3.3	1,671	1,366	313	235	34	67	156	99	+258
10	James Harden J. Harden	29.0	19.7	2015-16	HOU	82	38.1	6.1	7.5	1.7	0.6	8.7	43.9	2.9	8.0	35.9	8.8	10.2	86.0	59.8	0.8	5.3	4.6	3,125	2,376	501	612	139	51	374	229	+125
11	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	28.9	19.4	2016-17	BOS	76	33.8	2.7	5.9	0.9	0.2	9.0	46.3	3.2	8.5	37.9	7.8	8.5	90.9	62.5	0.6	2.1	2.8	2,569	2,199	205	448	70	13	210	167	+276
12	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	28.8	19.9	2020-21	POR	67	35.8	4.2	7.5	0.9	0.3	9.0	45.1	4.1	10.5	39.1	6.7	7.2	92.8	62.3	0.5	3.7	3.0	2,398	1,928	283	505	62	17	203	102	+198
13	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28.7	19.2	2000-01	LAL	74	39.5	12.7	3.7	0.6	2.8	11.0	57.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.7	13.1	51.3	57.4	3.9	8.8	2.9	2,924	2,125	940	277	47	204	218	256	+463
14	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	28.5	17.6	2020-21	PHI	51	31.1	10.6	2.8	1.0	1.4	9.0	51.3	1.1	3.0	37.7	9.2	10.7	85.9	63.6	2.2	8.4	3.1	1,585	1,451	539	145	50	69	159	123	+405
15	LeBron James L. James	28.4	19.9	2008-09	CLE	81	37.7	7.6	7.2	1.7	1.1	9.7	48.9	1.6	4.7	34.4	7.3	9.4	78.0	59.1	1.3	6.3	3.0	3,054	2,304	613	587	137	93	241	139	+870
16	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28.3	19.1	1997-98	LAL	60	36.3	11.4	2.4	0.7	2.4	11.2	58.4	0.0	0.0		6.0	11.4	52.7	58.7	3.5	7.9	2.9	2,175	1,699	681	142	39	144	175	193	+649
17	Kevin Durant K. Durant	28.2	19.2	2015-16	OKC	72	35.8	8.2	5.0	1.0	1.2	9.7	50.5	2.6	6.7	38.7	6.2	6.9	89.8	63.4	0.6	7.6	3.5	2,578	2,029	589	361	69	85	250	137	+647
18	Kevin Durant K. Durant	28.1	17.7	2012-13	OKC	81	38.5	7.9	4.6	1.4	1.3	9.0	51.0	1.7	4.1	41.6	8.4	9.3	90.5	64.7	0.6	7.3	3.5	3,119	2,280	640	374	116	105	280	143	+721
19	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	28.1	18.0	2020-21	MIL	61	33.0	11.0	5.9	1.2	1.2	10.3	56.9	1.1	3.6	30.3	6.5	9.5	68.5	63.3	1.6	9.4	3.4	2,013	1,717	671	357	72	73	207	168	+409
20	Anthony Davis A. Davis	28.1	19.5	2017-18	NOP	75	36.4	11.1	2.3	1.5	2.6	10.4	53.4	0.7	2.2	34.0	6.6	8.0	82.8	61.2	2.5	8.6	2.2	2,727	2,110	832	174	115	193	162	159	+298
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	28.0	19.7	2011-12	OKC	66	38.6	8.0	3.5	1.3	1.2	9.7	49.6	2.0	5.2	38.7	6.5	7.6	86.0	61.0	0.6	7.4	3.8	2,546	1,850	527	231	88	77	248	133	+369
22	Kevin Durant K. Durant	27.7	19.7	2010-11	OKC	78	38.9	6.8	2.7	1.1	1.0	9.1	46.2	1.9	5.3	35.0	7.6	8.7	88.0	58.9	0.7	6.1	2.8	3,038	2,161	533	214	88	76	218	159	+271
23	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	27.7	17.3	2018-19	MIL	72	32.8	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	10.0	57.8	0.7	2.8	25.6	6.9	9.5	72.9	64.4	2.2	10.3	3.7	2,358	1,994	898	424	92	110	268	232	+654
24	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	27.5	18.7	2018-19	PHI	64	33.7	13.6	3.7	0.7	1.9	9.1	48.4	1.2	4.1	30.0	8.2	10.1	80.4	59.3	2.5	11.1	3.5	2,154	1,761	871	234	46	122	226	211	+371
25	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	27.5	18.1	2002-03	LAL	67	37.8	11.1	3.1	0.6	2.4	10.4	57.4	0.0	0.0		6.7	10.8	62.2	60.2	3.9	7.2	2.9	2,535	1,841	742	206	38	159	196	229	+363