most points per minute in a month all-time with at least 400 minutes

James Harden has the most points per minute played when playing 400+ minutes in a month, with 1.12 in January 2019.

Showing:

Regular season

	NAME	PTS/MIN	MIN	PTS	MONTH	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	James Harden J. Harden	1.12	543	610	January 2019	14	38.8	43.6	8.7	7.6	2.1	1.2	12.8	29.7	43.0	5.6	16.6	33.5	12.4	13.7	90.6	60.9	1.6	7.1	5.5	122	106	29	17	77	46	+54
2	James Harden J. Harden	1.07	553	592	November 2019	15	36.9	39.5	6.4	7.6	1.9	0.5	11.2	24.2	46.3	5.5	14.1	38.9	11.6	13.9	83.7	65.1	0.9	5.5	5.1	96	114	28	8	77	43	+141
3	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1.06	450	476	January 2022	14	32.1	34.0	10.8	5.1	0.5	1.5	11.5	21.2	54.2	1.0	3.3	30.4	10.0	12.4	80.9	63.8	2.7	8.1	3.7	151	71	7	21	52	37	+121
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1.06	529	559	April 2021	15	35.2	37.3	6.1	4.6	0.8	0.3	11.8	22.8	51.8	6.4	13.7	46.6	7.3	8.0	90.8	70.8	0.4	5.7	4.2	91	69	12	4	63	31	+34
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1.04	541	564	January 2006	13	41.6	43.4	5.6	4.1	1.8	0.1	13.9	29.6	47.0	3.5	8.9	39.7	12.0	13.4	89.7	61.1	0.5	5.1	3.5	73	53	23	1	46	39	+50
6	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1.03	448	463	January 2025	13	34.5	35.6	4.5	5.8	2.2	0.8	12.2	23.1	53.0	1.6	4.6	35.0	9.5	10.0	95.4	64.8	0.9	3.6	2.7	59	75	28	10	35	32	+161
7	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1.02	476	486	March 2025	14	34.0	34.7	4.3	7.4	1.1	1.0	12.0	23.2	51.7	2.4	5.7	41.3	8.4	9.0	92.9	63.9	0.9	3.4	1.9	60	104	16	14	27	25	+178
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	1.01	594	600	March 2026	16	37.1	37.5	8.0	7.4	2.3	0.7	12.8	25.9	49.2	5.0	12.8	39.2	7.0	8.8	79.4	62.9	0.4	7.6	3.7	128	118	37	11	59	38	+162
9	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1.01	518	523	November 2019	16	32.4	32.7	13.3	5.4	1.6	1.3	12.1	21.6	56.2	1.6	5.3	31.0	6.8	11.5	59.2	61.4	3.1	10.3	4.1	213	86	25	21	65	48	+192
10	James Harden J. Harden	1.01	411	414	February 2019	11	37.4	37.6	6.2	5.6	2.5	0.9	11.6	26.0	44.8	5.0	14.2	35.3	9.4	10.3	91.2	61.7	0.8	5.4	4.5	68	62	27	10	50	28	+20
11	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	0.99	501	498	March 2023	15	33.4	33.2	9.5	4.3	0.9	2.0	10.9	18.5	58.6	0.9	2.8	33.3	10.5	12.4	84.9	69.2	1.6	7.9	3.3	142	65	13	30	50	44	+113
12	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	0.99	482	478	November 2025	15	32.1	31.9	4.5	6.9	1.7	0.5	10.1	18.1	55.7	2.3	4.7	47.9	9.5	10.6	89.3	70.1	0.7	3.8	1.7	67	104	25	7	25	29	+240
13	James Harden J. Harden	0.99	540	534	March 2019	15	36.0	35.6	6.3	7.0	1.9	0.8	11.2	26.0	43.1	4.5	12.9	35.2	8.7	9.7	89.7	58.8	0.5	5.8	3.8	95	105	28	12	57	44	+127
14	James Harden J. Harden	0.99	554	546	December 2018	15	36.9	36.4	5.9	7.9	1.8	0.5	10.2	22.9	44.6	5.2	12.6	41.3	10.8	12.4	87.1	64.3	0.8	5.1	5.3	89	118	27	7	79	51	+19
15	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	0.98	469	460	December 2022	13	36.1	35.4	9.9	4.2	1.3	1.8	12.2	22.5	54.5	1.2	2.8	41.7	9.8	11.4	85.8	64.4	2.0	7.9	3.5	129	55	17	23	46	47	+111
16	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	0.98	407	399	March 2022	12	33.9	33.3	12.8	4.8	1.3	1.5	11.7	19.8	59.1	0.8	2.8	29.4	9.1	12.9	70.3	65.4	2.4	10.4	3.3	154	58	15	18	40	41	+51
17	James Harden J. Harden	0.98	464	454	November 2017	13	35.7	34.9	5.5	10.1	1.6	0.5	10.2	21.7	46.8	5.2	11.9	43.2	9.5	10.6	89.1	66.2	0.5	4.9	4.4	71	131	21	6	57	33	+213
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	0.98	583	569	February 2003	14	41.6	40.6	4.9	3.6	2.6	0.9	13.9	29.4	47.2	2.4	5.5	42.9	10.6	12.5	84.6	58.3	0.9	4.1	3.4	69	50	37	13	48	33	+122
19	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	0.98	524	511	March 2017	15	34.9	34.1	10.5	11.1	1.8	0.5	10.7	24.6	43.6	2.8	8.9	31.6	9.8	11.2	87.5	57.7	1.1	9.4	4.7	158	166	27	8	71	34	+58
20	Bradley Beal B. Beal	0.97	410	398	February 2020	11	37.2	36.2	3.9	4.7	1.8	0.5	12.8	27.0	47.5	3.5	9.5	36.5	7.1	8.6	82.1	58.7	0.7	3.2	4.0	43	52	20	6	44	27	+30
21	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	0.97	473	458	February 1988	12	39.4	38.2	6.3	3.3	1.8	0.8	14.3	29.1	49.3	1.1	2.4	44.8	8.4	10.3	82.1	56.8	2.7	3.7	3.0	76	40	21	10	36	29
22	James Harden J. Harden	0.97	539	522	December 2019	14	38.5	37.3	5.6	6.9	2.1	1.2	11.9	24.6	48.1	5.5	12.9	42.5	8.1	9.5	85.0	64.7	1.1	4.5	3.9	79	97	29	17	54	49	+66
23	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	0.97	545	526	December 2022	15	36.3	35.1	8.5	9.3	1.6	0.7	11.7	22.6	51.9	3.7	8.8	42.4	7.9	10.5	75.2	64.4	1.1	7.5	3.6	128	139	24	11	54	42	+80
24	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	0.97	449	433	December 2024	13	34.5	33.3	5.8	5.2	2.5	1.2	12.0	21.3	56.3	2.3	6.3	36.6	7.0	7.7	91.0	67.4	0.8	5.1	2.5	76	68	32	16	32	32	+183
25	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	0.96	474	454	November 2019	14	33.8	32.4	10.3	10.4	1.2	0.2	10.3	20.9	49.3	3.2	9.6	33.6	8.6	10.3	84.0	63.9	1.6	8.7	4.6	144	146	17	3	64	38	+101

Unlock 2x data

StatMuse has game-level data for minutes played going back to the 1982-83 season.

More NBA News

Stephen Curry's desire to win again, finish career with Warriors led to him accepting less money

Sep 28, 2026

Suns owner Mat Ishbia says mortgage company woes will have no effect on basketball

Sep 28, 2026

Back in Toronto, Kawhi Leonard wants to focus on basketball and chase another ring as a Raptor

Sep 28, 2026

The Knicks enjoyed their summer of fun and now the NBA champions have to get back to work

Sep 28, 2026

Pistons start camp without All-Star center Jalen Duren on roster, failing to agree to long-term deal

Sep 28, 2026

At NBA Media Days, plenty of teams in the league find no shortage of reasons for optimism

Sep 28, 2026

More Rockets Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

26.0

Durant

RPG

8.9

Şengün

APG

6.2

Şengün

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.6

8th

DRTG

113.2

6th

NETRTG

5.4

6th

3P%

36.4

10th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns	45	37	.549	19.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	DAL	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Fri 10/23	HOU	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Sat 10/24	HOU	@	ATL	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	ATL	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Wed 10/28	HOU	@	MIL	8:00 PM

Last Game

Lakers

4 - 2

Final

Rockets

2 - 4

Fri 1 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

James Harden has the most points per minute played when playing 400+ minutes in a month, with 1.12 in January 2019.

Related Searches

More NBA News

More Rockets Stats

26.0

8.9

6.2

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

33.5

31.1

28.8

12.9

11.9

11.6

10.7

9.9

8.3

2.0

2.0

1.9

3.1

1.9

1.9

4.0

3.8

3.4

68.8

67.6

67.4

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

4,039.7

3,694

3,474

4,298.5

3,909.3

3,685.5

38.0

36.1

33.4

38.0

37.4

36.4

1.78

1.61

1.52

1.90

1.71

1.52

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

Schedule