most points per minute in a month with over 8 games player and 200 points since 1975

Since 1974-75, Joel Embiid has the most points per minute played when playing >8 games and scoring 200+ points in a month, with 1.2 in December 2023.

Interpreted as:

most points per minute in a month with over 8 games player and 200 or more points since 1975

	NAME	PTS/MIN	GP	PTS	MIN	MONTH	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	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1.2	9	362	302	December 2023	33.6	40.2	12.6	4.9	1.4	2.1	14.3	23.7	60.6	1.2	2.9	42.3	10.3	11.2	92.1	70.3	2.0	10.6	4.1	113	44	13	19	37	23	+146
2	James Harden J. Harden	1.12	14	610	543	January 2019	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
3	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1.08	9	327	303	January 2024	33.6	36.3	10.1	4.8	1.1	1.2	12.0	23.3	51.4	1.4	3.6	40.6	10.9	12.7	86.0	62.8	2.1	8.0	3.3	91	43	10	11	30	27	-10
4	James Harden J. Harden	1.07	15	592	553	November 2019	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
5	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1.06	10	367	346	February 2016	34.6	36.7	5.6	7.3	1.9	0.3	12.9	23.5	54.9	6.7	12.5	53.6	4.2	4.8	87.5	71.6	1.4	4.2	3.6	56	73	19	3	36	18	+61
6	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1.06	14	476	450	January 2022	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
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1.06	15	559	529	April 2021	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
8	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1.05	10	349	331	January 2023	33.1	34.9	10.7	3.2	1.0	1.6	11.7	21.3	54.9	1.6	3.8	42.1	9.9	11.5	86.1	66.2	2.0	8.7	3.4	107	32	10	16	34	35	+64
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1.04	13	564	541	January 2006	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
10	Bradley Beal B. Beal	1.04	10	367	353	January 2021	35.3	36.7	5.5	5.0	1.1	0.6	13.4	27.4	48.9	3.0	7.8	38.5	6.9	7.7	89.6	59.6	1.6	3.9	2.9	55	50	11	6	29	24	-28
11	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1.04	9	261	252	February 2023	28.0	29.0	11.6	5.9	0.6	0.4	11.1	20.1	55.2	0.7	2.6	26.1	6.1	9.8	62.5	59.4	1.9	9.7	3.3	104	53	5	4	30	23	+113
12	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1.03	13	463	448	January 2025	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
13	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	1.03	10	385	374	February 2023	37.4	38.5	5.7	7.0	0.8	0.2	11.5	23.2	49.6	5.0	12.2	41.0	10.5	10.9	96.3	68.8	1.1	4.6	3.2	57	70	8	2	32	18	+3
14	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1.03	12	352	343	December 2019	28.6	29.3	12.0	5.3	0.8	0.8	10.8	19.8	54.6	2.1	5.3	39.1	5.6	8.7	64.4	62.0	2.4	9.6	2.8	144	64	10	9	34	33	+145
15	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1.02	14	486	476	March 2025	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
16	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1.01	16	523	518	November 2019	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
17	James Harden J. Harden	1.01	11	414	411	February 2019	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
18	Ja Morant J. Morant	1	9	297	298	February 2022	33.1	33.0	5.6	5.9	0.9	0.4	12.1	23.1	52.4	1.3	4.4	30.0	7.4	10.2	72.8	59.8	1.1	4.4	3.3	50	53	8	4	30	14	+105
19	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	0.99	15	498	501	March 2023	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
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	0.99	9	343	346	April 1987	38.4	38.1	6.1	6.2	3.0	1.6	13.1	26.0	50.4	0.2	1.2	18.2	11.7	13.7	85.4	59.5	2.4	3.7	2.4	55	56	27	14	22	27
21	James Harden J. Harden	0.99	15	534	540	March 2019	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
22	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	0.99	12	365	370	March 2023	30.8	30.4	10.5	6.8	1.0	0.8	11.3	18.8	60.2	0.7	2.3	29.6	7.1	10.5	67.5	64.8	1.9	8.6	3.5	126	81	12	10	42	26	+47
23	James Harden J. Harden	0.99	15	546	554	December 2018	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
24	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	0.98	10	325	331	February 2022	33.1	32.5	12.4	4.7	1.3	1.5	9.8	20.5	47.8	1.7	4.6	37.0	11.2	13.5	83.0	61.5	1.4	11.0	2.8	124	47	13	15	28	30	+54
25	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	0.98	13	460	469	December 2022	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