most points per game in a season averaging under 32.8 minutes

Joel Embiid has put up the most points per game with fewer than 33 minutes played in a season, with 32.8 per game in 2023-24.

Interpreted as:

most points per game by a player in a season averaging under 32.8 minutes

	NAME	PPG	MIN	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	32.8	544	2023-24	PHI	18	30.2	10.6	5.0	1.3	1.3	11.1	20.3	54.4	1.7	3.7	45.5	9.1	10.1	89.6	66.2	1.6	9.0	3.6	591	191	90	23	24	65	47	+230
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	31.8	151	2002-03	LAL	5	30.2	4.6	4.4	2.4	0.4	9.6	17.8	53.9	1.6	4.6	34.8	11.0	13.0	84.6	67.6	0.6	4.0	1.4	159	23	22	12	2	7	9	+96
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	30.8	368	2023-24	DAL	12	30.7	7.3	7.7	1.0	0.2	10.3	19.6	52.8	3.8	8.3	45.0	6.3	8.3	76.8	66.2	0.8	6.6	3.7	369	88	92	12	2	44	16	+187
4	James Harden J. Harden	29.9	517	2018-19	HOU	17	30.4	6.1	6.5	1.1	0.6	9.8	20.4	47.8	4.8	10.8	44.8	5.6	6.5	86.4	64.4	0.6	5.4	4.3	509	103	110	19	10	73	50	+205
5	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	29.6	354	2022-23	BOS	12	29.5	5.8	3.1	1.0	0.3	10.6	18.8	56.4	3.9	9.1	43.1	4.5	5.3	85.7	70.2	0.5	5.3	2.6	355	70	37	12	4	31	26	+223
6	James Harden J. Harden	29.3	318	2019-20	HOU	11	28.9	5.1	5.9	1.6	0.6	7.6	17.1	44.7	3.9	10.0	39.1	10.1	11.5	87.4	66.0	0.6	4.5	4.7	322	56	65	18	7	52	33	+4
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	29.0	199	1992-93	CHI	7	28.4	5.7	4.4	3.7	0.4	11.1	19.9	56.1	1.9	3.4	54.2	4.9	5.4	89.5	65.2	1.3	4.4	1.9	203	40	31	26	3	13	12
8	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	28.9	708	2024-25	OKC	24	29.5	4.3	6.6	1.5	1.0	10.4	18.9	55.0	1.8	5.3	33.3	6.4	6.9	92.8	66.0	0.7	3.6	1.8	694	103	159	36	23	43	34	+444
9	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	28.8	850	2021-22	PHI	28	30.4	10.3	4.0	1.0	1.0	9.0	18.1	49.8	1.4	3.5	41.2	9.3	10.9	84.9	62.7	1.9	8.4	3.0	805	288	113	28	29	83	75	+150
10	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	28.2	791	2022-23	MIL	29	27.3	10.1	4.8	1.0	0.5	10.3	18.4	55.8	0.7	2.4	30.4	6.9	10.7	64.7	61.0	2.1	8.0	3.4	817	292	139	28	15	98	85	+173
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	28.0	594	2020-21	GSW	20	29.7	4.8	5.7	1.1	0.1	9.5	19.0	50.0	5.0	11.1	44.6	4.0	4.5	89.9	66.7	0.3	4.5	2.3	559	95	113	21	1	46	31	+97
12	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	27.9	277	2017-18	POR	9	30.8	3.1	5.6	1.4	0.6	8.7	16.6	52.3	3.8	8.0	47.2	6.8	7.2	93.8	70.7	0.8	2.3	1.4	251	28	50	13	5	13	12	+172
13	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	27.9	1,140	2019-20	MIL	41	27.8	12.7	5.3	0.8	0.7	10.4	18.3	56.9	1.5	4.6	33.2	5.5	8.7	63.1	62.9	2.0	10.7	3.5	1,142	520	216	31	30	142	117	+573
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	27.7	180	1988-89	UTA	6	30.0	9.2	2.0	1.0	0.5	8.5	15.0	56.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	10.7	13.5	79.0	66.1	2.8	6.3	3.0	166	55	12	6	3	18	20
15	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	27.6	517	2022-23	PHI	18	28.7	8.6	4.2	0.7	1.7	9.6	17.1	56.0	0.8	2.6	30.4	7.7	8.9	85.7	65.6	1.4	7.2	3.0	496	155	75	13	30	54	48	+165
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	27.1	438	1990-91	CHI	15	29.2	4.8	5.5	2.6	0.9	10.6	17.2	61.6	0.8	1.3	63.2	5.1	5.7	89.4	68.7	1.4	3.4	2.1	406	72	82	39	14	32	33
17	Trae Young T. Young	27.1	545	2021-22	ATL	18	30.3	3.7	8.4	1.1	0.1	9.7	19.3	50.0	3.2	7.3	43.9	4.5	5.1	89.0	62.8	0.4	3.3	3.5	487	67	152	19	1	63	32	+182
18	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	26.8	385	2021-22	DAL	13	29.6	8.5	7.9	0.7	0.3	9.4	19.0	49.4	3.1	7.4	41.7	5.0	6.3	79.3	61.6	1.0	7.5	3.5	349	110	103	9	4	45	23	+110
19	Kevin McHale K. McHale	26.8	156	1986-87	BOS	5	31.2	7.2	3.2	0.2	1.8	10.8	15.8	68.4	0.0	0.0		5.2	5.6	92.9	73.4	2.0	5.2	2.4	134	36	16	1	9	12	14
20	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	26.7	934	2021-22	MIL	32	29.2	10.8	6.1	1.0	1.6	8.9	16.3	54.4	1.2	3.3	35.2	7.8	10.7	72.7	63.5	1.7	9.1	3.2	853	346	196	31	50	101	98	+340
21	Stephen Curry S. Curry	26.6	787	2015-16	GSW	27	29.2	4.3	5.8	2.0	0.1	9.1	16.8	54.4	5.2	10.5	49.3	3.1	3.6	86.6	72.3	0.7	3.7	2.3	718	117	156	54	3	61	56	+506
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	26.5	54	1987-88	CHI	2	27.0	3.5	4.0	7.0	2.0	11.5	15.5	74.2	0.0	0.0		3.5	4.5	77.8	75.8	0.0	3.5	2.5	53	7	8	14	4	5	3
23	LeBron James L. James	26.4	144	2021-22	LAL	5	28.7	7.4	3.8	0.8	1.0	9.8	18.4	53.3	3.2	7.8	41.0	3.6	5.0	72.0	64.1	0.8	6.6	2.0	132	37	19	4	5	10	5	-34
24	Karl Malone K. Malone	26.4	286	1989-90	UTA	10	28.6	10.7	3.2	0.7	0.4	10.1	16.3	62.0	0.4	0.5	80.0	5.8	7.2	80.6	67.8	2.6	8.1	4.3	264	107	32	7	4	43	28
25	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	26.4	322	2022-23	POR	11	29.3	3.1	6.9	1.0	0.3	7.7	16.8	45.9	4.3	10.4	41.2	6.6	7.1	93.6	66.1	0.0	3.1	2.6	290	34	76	11	3	29	21	+62