most points per minute from an nba player in a season before 2023

Before 2022-23, Wilt Chamberlain had the most points per minute played in a season, with 1.04 in 1961-62.

Interpreted as:

most points per minute with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games from an NBA player in a season before 2023

	NAME	PTS/MIN	PTS	MIN	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	1.04	4,029	3,882	1961-62	PHI	80	48.5	50.4	25.7	2.4			20.0	39.5	50.6				10.4	17.0	61.3	53.6				2,052	192				123
2	James Harden J. Harden	0.98	2,818	2,867	2018-19	HOU	78	36.8	36.1	6.6	7.5	2.0	0.7	10.8	24.5	44.2	4.8	13.2	36.8	9.7	11.0	87.9	61.6	0.8	5.8	5.0	518	586	158	58	387	244	+357
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	0.97	1,857	1,917	2019-20	MIL	63	30.4	29.5	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	10.9	19.7	55.3	1.4	4.7	30.4	6.3	10.0	63.3	61.3	2.2	11.4	3.7	856	354	61	66	230	195	+682
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	0.94	3,586	3,806	1962-63	SFW	80	47.6	44.8	24.3	3.4			18.3	34.6	52.8				8.3	13.9	59.3	55.0				1,946	275				136
5	James Harden J. Harden	0.94	2,335	2,483	2019-20	HOU	68	36.5	34.3	6.6	7.5	1.8	0.9	9.9	22.3	44.4	4.4	12.4	35.5	10.2	11.8	86.5	62.6	1.0	5.5	4.5	446	512	125	60	308	227	+287
6	Stephen Curry S. Curry	0.94	2,015	2,151	2020-21	GSW	63	34.1	32.0	5.5	5.8	1.2	0.1	10.4	21.7	48.2	5.3	12.7	42.1	5.7	6.3	91.6	65.5	0.5	5.0	3.4	345	363	77	8	213	119	+242
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	0.93	3,041	3,281	1986-87	CHI	82	40.0	37.1	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	13.4	27.8	48.2	0.1	0.8	18.2	10.2	11.9	85.7	56.2	2.0	3.2	3.3	430	377	236	125	272	237
8	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	0.91	2,558	2,802	2016-17	OKC	81	34.6	31.6	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	10.2	24.0	42.5	2.5	7.2	34.3	8.8	10.4	84.5	55.4	1.7	9.0	5.4	864	840	132	31	438	190	+251
9	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	0.91	2,002	2,204	2021-22	MIL	67	32.9	29.9	11.6	5.8	1.1	1.4	10.3	18.6	55.3	1.1	3.6	29.3	8.3	11.4	72.2	63.3	2.0	9.6	3.3	778	388	72	91	219	212	+397
10	George Gervin G. Gervin	0.91	2,551	2,817	1981-82	SAS	79	35.7	32.3	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	12.6	25.2	50.0	0.1	0.5	27.8	7.0	8.1	86.4	56.2	1.7	3.2	2.7	392	187	77	45	210	215
11	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	0.91	2,079	2,296	2021-22	PHI	68	33.8	30.6	11.7	4.2	1.1	1.5	9.8	19.6	49.9	1.4	3.7	37.1	9.6	11.8	81.4	61.6	2.1	9.6	3.1	796	284	77	99	214	181	+367
12	George Gervin G. Gervin	0.88	2,585	2,934	1979-80	SAS	78	37.6	33.1	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	13.1	24.9	52.8	0.4	1.3	31.4	6.5	7.6	85.2	58.7	2.0	3.2	3.3	403	202	110	79	254	208
13	Stephen Curry S. Curry	0.88	2,375	2,700	2015-16	GSW	79	34.2	30.1	5.4	6.7	2.1	0.2	10.2	20.2	50.4	5.1	11.2	45.4	4.6	5.1	90.8	66.9	0.9	4.6	3.3	430	527	169	15	262	161	+1022
14	Bernard King B. King	0.88	1,809	2,063	1984-85	NYK	55	37.5	32.9	5.8	3.7	1.3	0.3	12.6	23.7	53.0	0.0	0.2	10.0	7.7	10.0	77.2	58.5	2.1	3.7	3.7	317	204	71	15	204	191
15	Bradley Beal B. Beal	0.87	1,878	2,147	2020-21	WAS	60	35.8	31.3	4.7	4.4	1.2	0.4	11.2	23.0	48.5	2.2	6.2	34.9	6.8	7.7	88.9	59.3	1.2	3.5	3.1	283	265	69	22	187	140	-3
16	Rick Barry R. Barry	0.87	2,775	3,175	1966-67	SFW	78	40.7	35.6	9.2	3.6			13.0	28.7	45.1				9.7	10.9	88.4	53.1				714	282				258
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	0.87	2,868	3,311	1987-88	CHI	82	40.4	35.0	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	13.0	24.4	53.5	0.1	0.6	13.2	8.8	10.5	84.1	60.3	1.7	3.8	3.1	449	485	259	131	252	270
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	0.86	2,832	3,277	2005-06	LAL	80	41.0	35.4	5.3	4.5	1.8	0.4	12.2	27.2	45.0	2.3	6.5	34.7	8.7	10.2	85.0	55.9	0.9	4.4	3.1	425	360	147	30	250	233	+320
19	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	0.86	1,836	2,129	1961-62	LAL	48	44.4	38.3	18.6	4.6			14.2	33.1	42.8				9.9	13.1	75.4	49.2				892	222				155
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	0.86	2,753	3,197	1989-90	CHI	82	39.0	33.6	6.9	6.3	2.8	0.7	12.6	24.0	52.6	1.1	3.0	37.6	7.2	8.5	84.8	60.6	1.7	5.1	3.0	565	519	227	54	247	241
21	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	0.86	1,759	2,047	2019-20	DAL	61	33.6	28.8	9.4	8.8	1.0	0.2	9.5	20.6	46.3	2.8	8.9	31.6	7.0	9.2	75.8	58.5	1.3	8.1	4.3	573	538	62	14	260	153	+253
22	James Harden J. Harden	0.86	2,191	2,551	2017-18	HOU	72	35.4	30.4	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	9.0	20.1	44.9	3.7	10.0	36.7	8.7	10.1	85.8	61.9	0.6	4.8	4.4	389	630	126	50	315	169	+527
23	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	0.86	2,199	2,569	2016-17	BOS	76	33.8	28.9	2.7	5.9	0.9	0.2	9.0	19.4	46.3	3.2	8.5	37.9	7.8	8.5	90.9	62.5	0.6	2.1	2.8	205	448	70	13	210	167	+276
24	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	0.85	1,717	2,013	2020-21	MIL	61	33.0	28.1	11.0	5.9	1.2	1.2	10.3	18.0	56.9	1.1	3.6	30.3	6.5	9.5	68.5	63.3	1.6	9.4	3.4	671	357	72	73	207	168	+409
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	0.85	2,580	3,034	1990-91	CHI	82	37.0	31.5	6.0	5.5	2.7	1.0	12.1	22.4	53.9	0.4	1.1	31.2	7.0	8.2	85.1	60.5	1.4	4.6	2.5	492	453	223	83	202	229