most points per game by an nba player who took a maximum of 23 field goal attempts per game in a season since 1997

Since 1996-97, Joel Embiid has put up the most points per game with 23.0 or fewer field-goal attempts per game in a season, with 34.7 per game in 2023-24.

	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	34.7	21.8	2023-24	PHI	39	33.6	11.0	5.6	1.2	1.7	11.5	52.9	1.4	3.6	38.8	10.2	11.6	88.3	64.4	2.4	8.6	3.8	1,309	1,353	430	219	46	66	150	112	+267
2	James Harden J. Harden	34.3	22.3	2019-20	HOU	68	36.5	6.6	7.5	1.8	0.9	9.9	44.4	4.4	12.4	35.5	10.2	11.8	86.5	62.6	1.0	5.5	4.5	2,483	2,335	446	512	125	60	308	227	+287
3	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	33.1	20.1	2022-23	PHI	66	34.6	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	11.0	54.8	1.0	3.0	33.0	10.0	11.7	85.7	65.5	1.7	8.4	3.4	2,284	2,183	670	274	66	112	226	205	+424
4	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	32.7	21.8	2024-25	OKC	76	34.2	5.0	6.4	1.7	1.0	11.3	51.9	2.1	5.7	37.5	7.9	8.8	89.8	63.7	0.9	4.1	2.4	2,598	2,484	379	486	131	77	183	164	+918
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	32.4	22.0	2022-23	DAL	66	36.2	8.6	8.0	1.4	0.5	10.9	49.6	2.8	8.2	34.2	7.8	10.5	74.2	60.9	0.8	7.8	3.6	2,390	2,138	569	529	90	33	236	166	+128
6	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	32.2	20.7	2022-23	POR	58	36.3	4.8	7.3	0.9	0.3	9.6	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
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	32.0	20.8	2013-14	OKC	81	38.5	7.4	5.5	1.3	0.7	10.5	50.3	2.4	6.1	39.1	8.7	9.9	87.3	63.5	0.7	6.7	3.5	3,122	2,593	598	445	103	59	285	174	+509
8	Stephen Curry S. Curry	32.0	21.7	2020-21	GSW	63	34.1	5.5	5.8	1.2	0.1	10.4	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
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	31.6	22.8	2006-07	LAL	77	40.8	5.7	5.4	1.4	0.5	10.6	46.3	1.8	5.2	34.4	8.7	10.0	86.8	58.0	1.0	4.7	3.3	3,140	2,430	439	413	111	36	255	205	+99
10	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	31.4	20.3	2022-23	OKC	68	35.5	4.8	5.5	1.6	1.0	10.4	51.0	0.9	2.5	34.5	9.8	10.9	90.5	62.6	0.9	4.0	2.8	2,416	2,135	329	371	112	65	192	192	+149
11	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	31.1	20.3	2022-23	MIL	63	32.1	11.8	5.7	0.8	0.8	11.2	55.3	0.7	2.7	27.5	7.9	12.3	64.5	60.5	2.2	9.6	3.9	2,023	1,959	742	359	52	51	246	197	+341
12	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
13	Bradley Beal B. Beal	30.5	22.9	2019-20	WAS	57	36.0	4.2	6.1	1.2	0.4	10.4	45.5	3.0	8.4	35.3	6.8	8.0	84.2	57.9	0.9	3.3	3.4	2,053	1,741	242	347	71	23	194	126	-201
14	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
15	James Harden J. Harden	30.4	20.1	2017-18	HOU	72	35.4	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	9.0	44.9	3.7	10.0	36.7	8.7	10.1	85.8	61.9	0.6	4.8	4.4	2,551	2,191	389	630	126	50	315	169	+527
16	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
17	LeBron James L. James	30.3	21.8	2021-22	LAL	56	37.2	8.2	6.2	1.3	1.1	11.4	52.4	2.9	8.0	35.9	4.5	6.0	75.6	61.9	1.1	7.1	3.5	2,084	1,695	459	349	73	59	196	121	-117
18	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	30.2	22.0	2008-09	MIA	79	38.6	5.0	7.5	2.2	1.3	10.8	49.1	1.1	3.5	31.7	7.5	9.8	76.5	57.4	1.1	3.9	3.4	3,048	2,386	398	589	173	106	272	178	+216
19	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30.1	20.3	2009-10	OKC	82	39.5	7.6	2.8	1.4	1.0	9.7	47.6	1.6	4.3	36.5	9.2	10.2	90.0	60.7	1.3	6.3	3.3	3,239	2,472	623	231	112	84	271	171	+431
20	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	30.1	21.1	2022-23	BOS	74	36.9	8.8	4.6	1.1	0.7	9.8	46.6	3.2	9.3	35.0	7.2	8.4	85.4	60.7	1.1	7.7	2.9	2,732	2,225	649	342	78	51	213	160	+470
21	Stephen Curry S. Curry	30.1	20.2	2015-16	GSW	79	34.2	5.4	6.7	2.1	0.2	10.2	50.4	5.1	11.2	45.4	4.6	5.1	90.8	66.9	0.9	4.6	3.3	2,700	2,375	430	527	169	15	262	161	+1022
22	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
23	LeBron James L. James	30.0	21.9	2007-08	CLE	75	40.4	7.9	7.2	1.8	1.1	10.6	48.4	1.5	4.8	31.5	7.3	10.3	71.2	56.8	1.8	6.1	3.4	3,027	2,250	592	539	138	81	255	165	+139
24	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	30.0	20.4	2019-20	POR	66	37.5	4.3	8.0	1.1	0.3	9.5	46.3	4.1	10.2	40.1	7.0	7.8	88.8	62.8	0.5	3.8	2.9	2,474	1,978	284	530	70	22	194	114	+84
25	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