most points per minute in a single season by a point guard

James Harden has the most points per minute played by a point guard in a season, with 0.98 in 2018-19.

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most points per minute with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games in a single season by a point guard

	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	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
2	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	0.96	2,484	2,598	2024-25	OKC	76	34.2	32.7	5.0	6.4	1.7	1.0	11.3	21.8	51.9	2.1	5.7	37.5	7.9	8.8	89.8	63.7	0.9	4.1	2.4	379	486	131	77	183	164	+918
3	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	0.94	2,117	2,259	2025-26	OKC	68	33.2	31.1	4.3	6.6	1.4	0.8	10.8	19.4	55.3	1.7	4.4	38.6	7.9	9.0	87.9	66.5	0.6	3.7	2.2	292	448	95	52	151	139	+788
4	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
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	0.94	2,143	2,289	2025-26	LAL	64	35.8	33.5	7.7	8.3	1.6	0.5	10.8	22.8	47.6	4.0	10.8	36.6	7.9	10.1	78.0	61.6	0.6	7.1	4.0	495	530	105	34	255	153	+187
6	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
7	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	0.9	2,370	2,624	2023-24	DAL	70	37.5	33.9	9.2	9.8	1.4	0.5	11.5	23.6	48.7	4.1	10.6	38.2	6.8	8.7	78.6	61.7	0.8	8.4	4.0	647	686	99	38	282	149	+319
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	0.89	2,138	2,390	2022-23	DAL	66	36.2	32.4	8.6	8.0	1.4	0.5	10.9	22.0	49.6	2.8	8.2	34.2	7.8	10.5	74.2	60.9	0.8	7.8	3.6	569	529	90	33	236	166	+128
9	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	0.89	1,866	2,106	2022-23	POR	58	36.3	32.2	4.8	7.3	0.9	0.3	9.6	20.7	46.3	4.2	11.3	37.1	8.8	9.6	91.4	64.5	0.8	4.0	3.3	277	425	50	18	191	109	+105
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	Trae Young T. Young	0.84	1,778	2,120	2019-20	ATL	60	35.3	29.6	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	9.1	20.8	43.7	3.4	9.5	36.1	8.0	9.3	86.0	59.5	0.5	3.7	4.8	255	560	65	8	289	104	-228
14	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	0.82	1,886	2,302	2014-15	OKC	67	34.4	28.1	7.3	8.6	2.1	0.2	9.4	22.0	42.6	1.3	4.3	29.9	8.1	9.8	83.5	53.6	1.9	5.4	4.4	488	574	140	14	293	184	+247
15	Trae Young T. Young	0.81	2,155	2,652	2021-22	ATL	76	34.9	28.4	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	9.4	20.3	46.0	3.1	8.0	38.2	6.6	7.3	90.4	60.3	0.7	3.1	4.0	284	737	72	7	303	128	+158
16	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	0.81	2,212	2,726	2023-24	NYK	77	35.4	28.7	3.6	6.7	0.9	0.2	10.3	21.4	47.9	2.7	6.8	40.1	5.5	6.5	84.7	59.2	0.6	3.1	2.4	278	519	70	13	186	144	+512
17	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	0.81	1,830	2,262	2020-21	DAL	66	34.3	27.7	8.0	8.6	1.0	0.5	9.8	20.5	47.9	2.9	8.3	35.0	5.2	7.1	73.0	58.7	0.8	7.2	4.3	527	567	64	36	281	152	+164
18	Stephen Curry S. Curry	0.81	1,956	2,421	2023-24	GSW	74	32.7	26.4	4.5	5.1	0.7	0.4	8.8	19.5	45.0	4.8	11.8	40.8	4.0	4.4	92.3	61.6	0.5	4.0	2.8	330	379	54	28	210	117	+189
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	0.81	1,881	2,331	2018-19	GSW	69	33.8	27.3	5.3	5.2	1.3	0.4	9.2	19.4	47.2	5.1	11.7	43.7	3.8	4.2	91.6	64.1	0.7	4.7	2.8	369	361	92	25	192	166	+689
20	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	0.8	1,928	2,398	2020-21	POR	67	35.8	28.8	4.2	7.5	0.9	0.3	9.0	19.9	45.1	4.1	10.5	39.1	6.7	7.2	92.8	62.3	0.5	3.7	3.0	283	505	62	17	203	102	+198
21	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	0.8	1,847	2,301	2021-22	DAL	65	35.4	28.4	9.1	8.7	1.2	0.6	9.9	21.6	45.7	3.1	8.8	35.3	5.6	7.5	74.4	57.1	0.9	8.3	4.5	593	568	75	36	292	145	+146
22	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	0.8	1,978	2,474	2019-20	POR	66	37.5	30.0	4.3	8.0	1.1	0.3	9.5	20.4	46.3	4.1	10.2	40.1	7.0	7.8	88.8	62.8	0.5	3.8	2.9	284	530	70	22	194	114	+84
23	James Harden J. Harden	0.8	2,356	2,947	2016-17	HOU	81	36.4	29.1	8.1	11.2	1.5	0.5	8.3	18.9	44.0	3.2	9.3	34.7	9.2	10.9	84.7	61.3	1.2	7.0	5.7	659	907	121	38	464	215	+425
24	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	0.77	1,451	1,886	2020-21	BKN	54	34.9	26.9	4.8	6.0	1.4	0.7	10.2	20.1	50.6	2.8	7.0	40.2	3.7	4.0	92.2	61.4	1.0	3.8	2.4	257	324	76	37	130	140	+229
25	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	0.77	2,377	3,103	2005-06	PHI	72	43.1	33.0	3.2	7.4	1.9	0.1	11.3	25.3	44.7	1.0	3.1	32.3	9.4	11.5	81.4	54.3	0.6	2.6	3.4	232	532	140	10	248	121	-3

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PPG

26.0

Durant

RPG

8.9

Sengun

APG

6.2

Sengun

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

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4 - 2

Final

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2 - 4

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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

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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

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50-34

61-44

50-37-1

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47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

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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

James Harden has the most points per minute played by a point guard in a season, with 0.98 in 2018-19.

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