most points per game in less than 27 minutes per game in a season since 1980

Since 1979-80, Michael Jordan has averaged the most points per game with fewer than 27.0 minutes per game in a season, with 22.7 per game in 1985-86.

Interpreted as:
most points per game by a player in less than 27 minutes per game in a season since 1980
NAME PPG MPG SEASON TM GP 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 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
22.7
25.1
1985-86
CHI CHI
18
3.6
2.9
2.1
1.2
8.3
18.2
45.7
0.2
1.0
16.7
5.8
6.9
84.0
53.3
1.3
2.3
2.5
451
408
64
53
37
21
45
46
2 Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
20.2
25.4
2016-17
PHI PHI
31
7.8
2.1
0.9
2.5
6.5
13.8
46.6
1.2
3.2
36.7
6.2
7.9
78.3
58.4
2.0
5.9
3.8
786
627
243
66
27
76
117
112
+67
3 Lou Williams
L. Williams
20.0
26.6
2018-19
LAC LAC
75
3.0
5.4
0.8
0.1
6.5
15.2
42.5
1.4
3.9
36.1
5.7
6.5
87.6
55.4
0.5
2.4
2.4
1,993
1,498
222
402
57
11
181
80
+195
4 Freeman Williams
F. Williams
19.3
24.1
1980-81
SDC SDC
82
1.6
2.0
1.1
0.1
7.8
16.8
46.5
0.6
1.7
34.0
3.1
3.6
85.2
52.4
0.9
0.7
2.0
1,976
1,585
129
164
91
5
166
157
5 Collin Sexton
C. Sexton
18.7
26.6
2023-24
UTA UTA
78
2.6
4.9
0.8
0.2
6.5
13.3
48.7
1.6
4.2
39.4
4.1
4.7
86.2
60.7
0.9
1.7
2.1
2,075
1,458
205
383
62
18
165
154
-143
6 Freeman Williams
F. Williams
18.6
25.8
1979-80
SDC SDC
82
2.3
2.0
0.9
0.1
7.9
16.4
48.0
0.5
1.6
32.8
2.4
2.9
81.5
52.7
1.3
1.1
2.1
2,118
1,526
192
166
72
9
171
145
7 Jordan Clarkson
J. Clarkson
18.4
26.7
2020-21
UTA UTA
68
4.0
2.5
0.9
0.1
6.7
15.8
42.5
3.1
8.8
34.7
1.9
2.1
89.6
54.9
0.7
3.3
1.7
1,818
1,251
274
168
61
10
115
110
+301
8 Derrick Rose
D. Rose
18.1
26.0
2019-20
DET DET
50
2.4
5.6
0.8
0.3
7.4
15.1
49.0
0.9
2.9
30.6
2.4
2.8
87.1
55.5
0.5
1.9
2.5
1,298
904
121
278
40
16
126
49
-84
9 Jeremy Lin
J. Lin
18.0
25.0
2017-18
BKN BKN
1
0.0
4.0
0.0
0.0
5.0
12.0
41.7
1.0
2.0
50.0
7.0
7.0
100.0
59.7
0.0
0.0
3.0
25
18
0
4
0
0
3
3
-6
10 David Robinson
D. Robinson
17.7
24.5
1996-97
SAS SAS
6
8.5
1.3
1.0
1.0
6.0
12.0
50.0
0.0
0.0
5.7
8.7
65.4
55.9
3.2
5.3
1.3
147
106
51
8
6
6
8
9
+21
11 John Drew
J. Drew
17.7
22.2
1983-84
UTA UTA
81
4.2
1.7
1.1
0.0
6.3
13.2
47.9
0.1
0.3
27.3
5.0
6.4
77.8
55.2
1.8
2.4
2.4
1,797
1,430
338
135
88
2
192
208
12 Lou Williams
L. Williams
17.5
24.6
2016-17
TOT
81
2.5
3.0
1.0
0.2
5.3
12.3
42.9
2.0
5.5
36.5
5.0
5.6
88.0
59.3
0.3
2.2
2.0
1,994
1,421
202
239
80
20
160
92
+50
13 Walter Davis
W. Davis
17.5
23.7
1989-90
DEN DEN
69
2.6
2.2
0.9
0.1
7.2
15.0
48.1
0.1
0.7
13.0
3.0
3.3
91.2
53.3
0.7
1.9
1.5
1,635
1,207
179
155
59
9
102
160
14 Walter Berry
W. Berry
17.4
26.3
1987-88
SAS SAS
73
5.4
1.5
0.8
0.9
7.4
13.2
56.3
0.0
0.0
2.6
4.4
60.0
57.8
2.4
3.0
2.2
1,922
1,272
395
110
55
63
162
207
15 Myles Turner
M. Turner
17.1
27.0
2023-24
IND IND
77
6.9
1.3
0.5
1.9
6.2
11.8
52.4
1.5
4.2
35.8
3.2
4.1
77.3
62.6
1.5
5.5
1.4
2,076
1,313
533
100
39
144
109
232
+220
16 Mike Woodson
M. Woodson
17.0
25.6
1984-85
KCK KCK
78
2.5
1.8
1.5
0.4
6.8
13.7
49.6
0.1
0.3
23.8
3.4
4.2
80.0
54.8
0.9
1.7
1.8
1,998
1,329
198
143
117
28
139
216
17 Purvis Short
P. Short
17.0
26.4
1979-80
GSW GSW
62
5.1
2.0
1.0
0.1
7.4
14.8
50.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.2
2.7
81.2
53.4
1.9
3.2
2.0
1,636
1,056
316
123
63
9
122
186
18 RJ Hunter
RJ Hunter
17.0
26.0
2018-19
BOS BOS
1
3.0
3.0
1.0
0.0
6.0
13.0
46.2
4.0
10.0
40.0
1.0
2.0
50.0
61.2
1.0
2.0
0.0
26
17
3
3
1
0
0
3
+28
19 Norman Powell
N. Powell
17.0
26.1
2022-23
LAC LAC
60
2.9
1.8
0.8
0.3
5.7
11.8
47.9
1.9
4.8
39.7
3.8
4.6
81.2
61.2
0.4
2.5
1.7
1,567
1,019
175
109
50
18
101
125
-124
20 Eddie Johnson
E. Johnson
16.7
25.7
1990-91
TOT
81
3.3
1.4
0.7
0.1
6.7
13.9
48.4
0.5
1.5
32.5
2.8
3.2
89.1
54.8
1.3
2.0
1.5
2,085
1,354
271
111
58
9
122
181
21 Calvin Murphy
C. Murphy
16.7
26.5
1980-81
HOU HOU
76
1.1
2.9
1.5
0.1
6.9
14.1
49.2
0.1
0.2
23.5
2.7
2.8
95.8
54.2
0.4
0.7
1.7
2,014
1,266
87
222
111
6
129
209
22 Christian Wood
C. Wood
16.6
25.9
2022-23
DAL DAL
67
7.3
1.8
0.4
1.1
5.9
11.5
51.5
1.6
4.2
37.6
3.2
4.2
77.2
62.4
1.3
6.0
1.8
1,738
1,114
491
121
30
72
121
169
-43
23 Montrezl Harrell
M. Harrell
16.6
26.3
2018-19
LAC LAC
82
6.5
2.0
0.9
1.3
6.7
10.8
61.5
0.0
0.2
17.6
3.2
5.0
64.3
63.6
2.2
4.3
1.6
2,158
1,361
535
162
71
110
132
255
+60
24 Andrew Toney
A. Toney
16.5
24.8
1981-82
PHI PHI
77
1.7
3.7
0.8
0.2
6.6
12.7
52.2
0.3
0.8
42.4
2.9
4.0
74.2
57.2
0.6
1.2
2.8
1,909
1,274
134
283
64
17
214
269
25 Isaiah Thomas
I. Thomas
16.4
25.8
2014-15
TOT
67
2.3
4.2
0.9
0.1
5.0
11.9
42.1
1.9
5.2
37.3
4.5
5.2
86.8
58.0
0.5
1.8
2.1
1,726
1,101
153
284
57
5
143
150
+177
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68
14
.829
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52
30
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50
32
.610
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