most points per minute in nba history by a player

Joel Embiid has the most career points per minute played, with 0.87.

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	NAME	PTS/MIN	PTS	MIN	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	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	0.87	13,557	15,640	491	31.9	27.6	10.8	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.2	50.0	1.2	3.5	33.9	8.2	9.9	83.0	61.2	2.2	8.6	3.4	5,291	1,814	434	787	1,660	1,454	+2659
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	0.83	15,021	18,000	514	35.0	29.2	8.5	8.2	1.3	0.5	9.8	21.0	46.9	3.2	9.0	35.2	6.4	8.5	75.5	59.2	0.9	7.6	4.0	4,376	4,230	661	237	2,032	1,181	+1423
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	0.79	32,292	41,011	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
4	George Gervin G. Gervin	0.78	20,708	26,536	791	33.5	26.2	4.6	2.8	1.2	0.8	10.2	19.9	51.1	0.1	0.5	29.7	5.7	6.8	84.4	57.2	1.5	3.1	3.0	3,607	2,214	941	670	2,137	2,331
5	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	0.76	13,443	17,586	531	33.1	25.3	4.7	5.3	1.4	0.8	8.8	17.4	50.8	1.4	3.8	36.0	6.3	7.3	86.4	61.6	0.7	4.0	2.3	2,509	2,814	764	425	1,225	1,185	+2068
6	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	0.74	15,272	20,586	609	33.8	25.1	4.3	4.8	1.4	0.3	8.9	19.6	45.3	3.0	8.3	36.6	4.3	5.1	84.4	57.5	0.8	3.5	2.7	2,640	2,928	844	193	1,645	1,463	+2960
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	0.74	32,597	44,076	1,201	36.7	27.1	6.9	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.6	50.3	2.0	5.1	39.2	6.4	7.3	88.2	62.2	0.7	6.2	3.2	8,254	5,280	1,235	1,344	3,799	2,279	+5073
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	0.74	21,531	29,272	895	32.7	24.1	9.9	5.0	1.1	1.2	8.8	15.9	55.4	0.6	2.2	28.5	5.8	8.4	69.1	61.3	1.9	8.0	3.0	8,882	4,484	995	1,088	2,701	2,617	+3110
9	Trae Young T. Young	0.73	12,489	17,005	498	34.1	25.1	3.4	9.8	1.0	0.2	7.9	18.3	43.3	2.6	7.4	35.2	6.6	7.6	87.2	58.0	0.6	2.8	4.2	1,717	4,868	518	76	2,090	874	-187
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	0.73	26,528	36,303	1,069	34.0	24.8	4.7	6.3	1.5	0.3	8.4	17.9	47.1	4.0	9.4	42.2	4.0	4.3	91.2	62.6	0.6	4.0	3.1	4,973	6,743	1,602	282	3,308	2,385	+6266
11	Devin Booker D. Booker	0.72	18,120	25,294	737	34.3	24.6	4.0	5.3	0.9	0.3	8.5	18.4	46.3	2.1	6.0	35.2	5.4	6.2	87.3	58.1	0.6	3.4	3.0	2,966	3,908	628	208	2,236	2,140	+231
12	LeBron James L. James	0.71	43,454	61,065	1,623	37.6	26.8	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.8	19.4	50.7	1.6	4.7	34.8	5.5	7.4	73.7	59.0	1.1	6.3	3.5	12,104	12,023	2,418	1,186	5,651	2,866	+7506
13	Ja Morant J. Morant	0.71	7,331	10,370	327	31.7	22.4	4.6	7.4	1.0	0.3	8.1	17.3	46.6	1.3	4.3	31.1	4.9	6.4	77.3	55.7	0.9	3.7	3.4	1,513	2,428	335	92	1,108	555	+770
14	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	0.7	10,854	15,399	442	34.8	24.6	5.2	4.1	1.3	0.6	8.6	19.0	45.3	3.0	8.0	36.9	4.4	5.5	80.2	57.4	0.7	4.5	2.9	2,319	1,826	587	282	1,273	888	+942
15	John Drew J. Drew	0.7	15,291	21,828	739	29.5	20.7	6.9	1.7	1.4	0.3	7.4	15.8	47.0	0.0	0.2	17.5	5.8	7.8	74.8	53.8	2.9	4.0	2.7	5,088	1,224	1,004	193	1,402	2,641
16	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	0.7	26,668	38,113	1,074	35.5	24.8	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	9.3	20.1	46.1	0.7	2.1	31.9	5.6	6.9	81.1	53.6	2.7	3.9	2.5	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	2,669	2,061	-392
17	Anthony Davis A. Davis	0.7	19,385	27,708	807	34.3	24.0	10.7	2.6	1.3	2.3	9.0	17.3	52.2	0.5	1.6	29.5	5.5	7.0	79.3	59.1	2.7	8.0	2.0	8,637	2,065	1,055	1,848	1,614	1,882	+879
18	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	0.7	18,009	25,904	810	32.0	22.2	11.1	7.5	1.3	0.7	8.5	15.2	56.1	1.1	3.2	36.2	4.1	5.0	82.5	64.1	2.7	8.4	3.0	8,977	6,080	1,041	589	2,419	2,168	+4626
19	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	0.69	22,598	32,612	900	36.2	25.1	4.3	6.7	1.0	0.3	8.1	18.4	43.9	3.1	8.4	37.1	5.8	6.5	89.9	59.0	0.6	3.7	2.8	3,845	6,069	874	267	2,541	1,708	+2415
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	0.69	33,643	48,637	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
21	James Harden J. Harden	0.69	29,339	42,449	1,221	34.8	24.0	5.6	7.3	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.4	7.1	8.2	86.3	60.8	0.7	4.8	3.7	6,809	8,873	1,794	683	4,505	2,994	+4709
22	David Thompson D. Thompson	0.69	11,264	16,305	509	32.0	22.1	3.8	3.2	0.9	0.8	8.3	16.4	50.4	0.1	0.3	27.7	5.5	7.1	77.8	56.6	1.4	2.3	2.6	1,921	1,631	459	407	1,129	1,287
23	Jerry West J. West	0.69	25,192	36,571	932	39.2	27.0	5.8	6.7	2.6	0.7	9.7	20.4	47.4				7.7	9.4	81.4	55.0	1.0	2.8		5,376	6,238	81	23		2,435
24	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	0.69	18,433	26,879	779	34.5	23.7	4.1	5.6	1.3	0.4	8.7	18.4	47.4	2.4	6.1	39.4	3.8	4.3	88.8	58.4	0.8	3.3	2.5	3,173	4,365	1,022	337	1,942	1,770	+1962
25	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	0.68	23,149	33,863	846	40.0	27.4	13.5	4.3			10.3	23.8	43.1				6.8	8.7	78.0	49.4				11,463	3,650				2,596

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More 76ers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

28.0

Maxey

RPG

11.0

Embiid

APG

7.0

James

Team Rankings

ORTG

102.2

4th

DRTG

96.4

1st

NETRTG

5.8

3rd

3P%

27.5

5th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	1	0	1.000
2	76ers	1	0	1.000
3	Knicks	0	1	.000	1.0
4	Celtics	0	1	.000	1.0
5	Hawks	0	0		0.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	MIL	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Sun 10/25	DET	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Wed 10/28	PHI	@	IND	7:00 PM
Fri 10/30	NYK	@	PHI	7:30 PM

Last Game

76ers

1 - 0

106

Final

100

Knicks

0 - 1

Tue 20 Oct 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

38.0

George

32.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.0

Maxey

RPG Leaders

14.0

Drummond

13.0

Wembanyama

12.0

Towns

APG Leaders

11.0

Tatum

8.0

White

8.0

Cunningham

SPG Leaders

5.0

George

3.0

Maxey

3.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

BPG Leaders

6.0

Wembanyama

4.0

Holmgren

3.0

Maxey

3PM Leaders

7.0

George

6.0

McCain

5.0

Castle

TS% Leaders

111.1

McCain

92.2

Caruso

80.8

Green

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

123.5

115.4

111.2

102.2

99.7

96.4

DRtg Rankings

96.4

99.7

102.2

111.2

115.4

123.5

NetRtg Rankings

11.5

8.2

5.8

-5.8

-8.2

-11.5

Tank Leaderboard

0-1

1-0

Embiid

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

1-0

Worst Record ATS

0-1

1-0

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	1	0	1.000
2	76ers	1	0	1.000
3	Knicks	0	1	.000	1.0
4	Celtics	0	1	.000	1.0
5	Hawks	0	0		0.5
6	Nets	0	0		0.5
7	Hornets	0	0		0.5
8	Bulls	0	0		0.5
9	Cavaliers	0	0		0.5
10	Pacers	0	0		0.5
11	Heat	0	0		0.5
12	Bucks	0	0		0.5
13	Magic	0	0		0.5
14	Raptors	0	0		0.5
15	Wizards	0	0		0.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	1	0	1.000
2	Spurs	0	1	.000	1.0
3	Warriors	0	0		0.5
4	Mavericks	0	0		0.5
5	Nuggets	0	0		0.5
6	Rockets	0	0		0.5
7	Clippers	0	0		0.5
8	Lakers	0	0		0.5
9	Grizzlies	0	0		0.5
10	Timberwolves	0	0		0.5
11	Pelicans	0	0		0.5
12	Suns	0	0		0.5
13	Trail Blazers	0	0		0.5
14	Kings	0	0		0.5
15	Jazz	0	0		0.5