Between the 1939-40 and 1948-49 seasons, George Mikan scored the most points per game, with 28.3 per game.

Interpreted as:

most points per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player in the 1940s

	NAME	PPG	GP	APG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PTS	AST	PF
1	George Mikan G. Mikan	28.3	60	3.6	9.7	23.4	41.6	8.9	11.5	77.2	49.8	1,698	218	260
2	Joe Fulks J. Fulks	23.9	163	0.8	8.2	27.6	29.5	7.6	10.0	76.0	37.3	3,898	125	623
3	Max Zaslofsky M. Zaslofsky	18.4	167	1.3	6.8	20.3	33.4	4.9	6.1	79.4	40.1	3,081	218	402
4	Ed Sadowski E. Sadowski	16.9	160	1.8	6.1	16.8	36.4	4.7	6.9	68.5	42.7	2,707	280	649
5	Arnie Risen A. Risen	16.6	60	1.7	5.8	13.6	42.3	5.1	7.7	66.0	48.8	995	100	216
6	Bob Feerick B. Feerick	15.2	161	1.9	5.6	15.4	36.5	4.0	5.0	80.6	43.4	2,453	313	452
7	Bob Davies B. Davies	15.1	60	5.4	5.3	14.5	36.4	4.5	5.8	77.6	44.1	904	321	197
8	Jim Pollard J. Pollard	14.8	53	2.7	5.9	14.9	39.6	2.9	4.3	68.7	44.0	784	142	144
9	Carl Braun C. Braun	14.2	104	2.3	5.5	16.9	32.7	3.2	4.4	71.6	37.7	1,481	234	246
10	Frankie Baumholtz F. Baumholtz	14.0	45	1.2	5.7	19.0	29.8	2.7	3.5	77.6	34.1	631	54	93
11	Howie Shannon H. Shannon	13.4	55	2.3	5.3	14.6	36.4	2.8	3.4	80.4	41.6	736	125	154
12	John Logan J. Logan	13.4	166	2.5	4.8	15.6	30.6	3.8	5.0	76.2	37.5	2,217	416	468
13	Belus Smawley B. Smawley	13.3	129	1.6	5.2	15.4	34.1	2.8	3.7	74.7	39.0	1,711	211	270
14	Ray Lumpp R. Lumpp	12.7	61	2.6	4.6	13.1	34.9	3.6	4.6	77.4	42.0	777	158	173
15	Kenny Sailors K. Sailors	12.6	159	2.5	4.7	14.7	31.9	3.2	4.6	70.2	37.7	2,000	402	578
16	Stan Miasek S. Miasek	12.4	166	1.1	4.6	15.1	30.4	3.2	5.5	58.8	35.4	2,062	181	608
17	Fred Scolari F. Scolari	12.1	153	1.4	4.7	15.7	29.8	2.8	3.5	78.0	35.1	1,855	216	462
18	Bones McKinney B. McKinney	12.0	158	1.4	4.6	15.6	29.2	2.9	4.3	68.4	34.4	1,903	219	554
19	Ernie Calverley E. Calverley	11.9	165	3.5	4.6	16.0	29.1	2.6	3.7	70.7	33.8	1,961	572	542
20	Bud Palmer B. Palmer	11.7	148	1.3	4.2	12.9	32.6	3.3	4.5	73.9	39.3	1,737	187	465
21	Jack Nichols J. Nichols	11.7	34	1.6	4.5	11.5	39.0	2.7	3.7	73.0	44.5	398	56	118
22	Leo Mogus L. Mogus	11.6	110	1.7	3.9	12.6	31.1	3.7	5.2	72.5	38.9	1,274	188	346
23	Andy Phillip A. Phillip	11.6	92	4.3	4.7	13.5	34.4	2.3	3.5	64.6	38.4	1,064	393	280
24	Walt Budko W. Budko	11.5	60	1.7	3.7	10.7	34.8	4.1	5.2	79.0	44.4	692	99	201
25	Red Rocha R. Rocha	11.5	106	1.8	4.3	12.4	34.6	2.9	4.0	72.9	40.6	1,219	196	460