Wilt Chamberlain had the most points per game in December 1961, with 52.4 per game.

Interpreted as:

most points per game by a player in december 1961

	NAME	PPG	MONTH	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	PF
1	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	52.4	December 1961	18	49.7	26.1	1.9	21.1	41.9	50.3	10.3	17.1	60.6	53.1	894	944	469	35	35
2	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	41.3	December 1961	20				14.6			12.2	16.2	75.5			826			67
3	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	32.6	December 1961	17		19.2		12.2			8.2	10.6	76.8			555	327		66
4	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	31.7	December 1961	14		12.0	12.5	11.4	23.4	48.6	9.0	11.2	80.3	56.0		444	168	175	38
5	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	30.7	December 1961	16		19.0		12.1			6.6	10.1	64.8			491	304		60
6	Richie Guerin R. Guerin	27.6	December 1961	14				10.4			6.9	8.2	83.5			386			48
7	Jerry West J. West	27.3	December 1961	19				9.1			9.2	12.2	75.3			518			48
8	Willie Naulls W. Naulls	23.7	December 1961	16				9.8			4.2	5.4	77.9			379			53
9	Jack Twyman J. Twyman	22.8	December 1961	15		8.3		9.5	19.7	48.0	3.9	4.4	87.9	52.6		342	124		61
10	Sam Jones S. Jones	22.3	December 1961	17				9.5			3.2	4.1	78.6			379			31
11	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	21.4	December 1961	18		5.6		7.6	18.3	41.6	6.2	7.7	80.6	49.5		386	101		68
12	Clyde Lovellette C. Lovellette	21.1	December 1961	16				8.4			4.4	4.9	88.6			338			47
13	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	21.1	December 1961	17				8.8			3.6	4.4	82.4			359			61
14	Lee Shaffer L. Shaffer	20.4	December 1961	17				8.2			4.0	4.8	82.9			346			59
15	Gene Shue G. Shue	19.8	December 1961	17				7.4			5.1	6.0	84.3			336			45
16	Wayne Embry W. Embry	19.5	December 1961	15		12.7		7.9	17.6	44.7	3.7	5.6	66.7	48.5		292	191		53
17	Bill Russell B. Russell	19.4	December 1961	17		24.8		7.4			4.6	7.6	60.5			330	422		44
18	Bailey Howell B. Howell	19.2	December 1961	17				6.4			6.4	8.2	77.7			326			69
19	Hal Greer H. Greer	19.0	December 1961	17				7.4			4.3	4.8	90.1			323			63
20	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	18.6	December 1961	14				5.8			7.0	7.3	96.1			260			45
21	Bucky Bockhorn B. Bockhorn	17.3	December 1961	15		5.9		7.6	17.1	44.4	2.1	3.0	71.1	47.0		260	88		49
22	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	17.1	December 1961	15				7.1			2.8	3.5	80.8			256			51
23	Larry Costello L. Costello	16.3	December 1961	17				6.1			4.1	5.0	81.2			277			70
24	Slick Leonard S. Leonard	15.6	December 1961	16				5.9			3.8	5.2	72.3			250			41
25	Johnny Kerr J. Kerr	15.4	December 1961	17				5.9			3.5	4.8	73.2			262			63