most points per minute in nba history by a player 1990s

Between the 1989-90 and 1998-99 seasons, Michael Jordan had the most points per minute played, with 0.8.

Interpreted as:

most points per minute with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games in NBA history by a player 1990s

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	0.8	18,014	22,445	585	38.4	30.8	6.3	5.1	2.3	0.7	11.7	23.4	50.1	0.8	2.4	35.9	6.6	7.9	83.0	57.4	1.5	4.8	2.5	3,707	2,966	1,344	417	1,439	1,408	+1416
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	0.73	12,343	16,985	455	37.3	27.1	12.2	2.5	0.8	2.6	10.9	18.8	57.8	0.0	0.0	6.3	5.4	10.1	53.6	58.4	4.0	8.2	2.9	5,537	1,131	364	1,197	1,331	1,581	+1142
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	0.71	21,370	30,005	785	38.2	27.2	10.7	3.7	1.4	0.9	9.9	18.7	53.1	0.1	0.3	28.2	7.3	9.7	75.1	59.3	2.5	8.2	3.0	8,427	2,888	1,105	678	2,347	2,384	+1707
4	Bernard King B. King	0.7	3,877	5,518	178	31.0	21.8	4.5	3.9	0.7	0.1	8.5	17.7	48.1	0.1	0.4	19.4	4.7	5.9	79.1	53.7	1.6	2.9	2.9	799	686	118	26	524	470
5	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	0.69	12,111	17,469	515	33.9	23.5	6.6	2.6	1.1	0.5	8.5	18.7	45.4	1.1	3.3	33.4	5.4	6.6	81.9	54.4	2.5	4.0	2.3	3,385	1,320	567	239	1,184	865	-392
6	Walter Davis W. Davis	0.67	2,588	3,859	186	20.7	13.9	2.3	1.9	0.9	0.1	5.8	12.4	47.2	0.1	0.5	22.4	2.1	2.4	90.4	52.0	0.7	1.6	1.3	430	348	168	13	235	379
7	David Robinson D. Robinson	0.66	16,715	25,364	685	37.0	24.4	11.5	3.0	1.6	3.4	8.6	16.5	52.3	0.0	0.1	25.8	7.1	9.7	74.0	58.9	3.4	8.1	2.8	7,881	2,028	1,073	2,323	1,944	2,057	+708
8	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	0.65	16,914	26,132	702	37.2	24.1	11.0	2.2	0.9	2.7	9.4	18.7	50.3	0.0	0.1	19.2	5.3	7.0	74.8	55.3	2.4	8.6	3.2	7,733	1,511	661	1,898	2,225	2,398	+446
9	Ricky Pierce R. Pierce	0.64	8,674	13,543	545	24.8	15.9	2.3	2.0	0.8	0.1	5.8	12.1	47.8	0.5	1.5	34.7	3.9	4.4	88.7	56.9	0.8	1.5	1.6	1,232	1,108	454	69	895	1,150	-123
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	0.63	16,484	26,260	689	38.1	23.9	11.6	3.0	1.8	3.5	9.6	18.7	51.3	0.0	0.1	24.0	4.7	6.3	74.7	55.7	2.9	8.7	3.3	8,000	2,079	1,229	2,381	2,240	2,445	+513
11	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	0.61	16,613	27,270	722	37.8	23.0	4.0	3.8	1.3	0.3	8.2	17.8	45.9	1.6	4.0	39.3	5.1	6.0	85.0	56.3	0.9	3.1	2.8	2,917	2,711	958	215	2,032	1,942	-342
12	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	0.61	14,852	24,413	664	36.8	22.4	11.6	4.2	1.5	0.6	8.0	15.3	52.3	0.6	2.2	27.8	5.8	7.9	73.3	59.7	3.6	8.0	2.9	7,677	2,775	1,021	405	1,893	1,813	+538
13	Cedric Ceballos C. Ceballos	0.6	7,285	12,089	500	24.2	14.6	5.4	1.2	0.8	0.3	5.7	11.2	51.2	0.3	1.1	30.6	2.8	3.7	73.9	56.8	2.1	3.3	1.7	2,690	613	378	152	834	848	+68
14	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	0.59	4,829	8,185	204	40.1	23.7	4.1	6.3	2.2	0.3	8.4	19.4	43.1	1.4	4.4	31.8	5.5	7.6	72.6	51.9	1.3	2.8	3.7	844	1,284	443	56	748	531	-346
15	Reggie Miller R. Miller	0.59	16,319	27,710	776	35.7	21.0	3.1	3.2	1.2	0.2	6.8	14.1	48.2	2.0	4.9	40.5	5.4	6.1	88.4	62.5	0.7	2.4	2.0	2,441	2,517	928	181	1,572	1,678	+810
16	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	0.59	9,541	16,286	455	35.8	21.0	10.2	1.5	0.7	3.0	7.3	14.0	52.1	0.0	0.2	26.3	6.3	8.8	71.2	58.5	3.1	7.1	3.3	4,624	662	303	1,372	1,482	1,654	+1234
17	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	0.58	12,711	21,760	608	35.8	20.9	6.4	5.7	1.8	0.7	7.5	16.5	45.6	1.2	3.8	32.9	4.6	5.8	79.4	54.8	2.2	4.2	2.6	3,879	3,448	1,106	399	1,610	1,741	+434
18	Drazen Petrovic D. Petrovic	0.58	4,461	7,669	290	26.4	15.4	2.3	2.4	0.9	0.1	5.9	11.6	50.6	0.9	2.0	43.7	2.7	3.3	84.1	58.9	0.8	1.5	2.1	669	701	265	27	596	751
19	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	0.58	7,153	12,363	473	26.1	15.1	5.0	1.7	0.7	0.5	5.6	12.3	45.6	0.2	0.7	30.2	3.7	4.5	83.2	53.1	1.2	3.8	1.6	2,362	783	321	221	741	1,324	-51
20	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	0.58	4,475	7,773	212	36.7	21.1	7.1	2.6	1.1	1.0	7.5	16.3	46.0	0.2	0.5	34.2	5.9	7.5	78.7	53.8	2.6	4.5	3.2	1,510	560	237	210	668	537	-1390
21	Kevin McHale K. McHale	0.57	4,505	7,843	277	28.3	16.3	6.7	1.6	0.3	1.5	6.4	12.2	52.5	0.1	0.5	29.2	3.3	3.9	85.6	58.5	2.0	4.6	1.8	1,845	453	82	421	497	682
22	Sarunas Marciulionis S. Marciulionis	0.57	4,631	8,123	363	22.4	12.8	2.3	2.2	1.3	0.1	4.3	8.6	50.5	0.3	0.9	36.9	3.8	4.9	76.8	59.5	0.8	1.5	2.0	819	807	459	31	715	971	-37
23	Rik Smits R. Smits	0.57	10,897	19,207	706	27.2	15.4	6.2	1.5	0.4	1.2	6.4	12.5	50.8	0.0	0.0	12.5	2.7	3.5	78.1	55.0	1.8	4.4	1.9	4,376	1,060	315	860	1,341	2,452	+725
24	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	0.57	7,377	13,014	573	22.7	12.9	3.1	1.5	0.5	0.1	5.0	11.0	45.6	0.6	1.9	34.6	2.2	2.6	87.2	53.3	1.1	2.0	1.3	1,751	849	284	51	745	1,147	-15
25	Larry Bird L. Bird	0.57	3,892	6,883	180	38.2	21.6	9.2	7.2	1.4	0.8	8.5	18.3	46.6	1.1	2.9	37.2	3.5	3.8	91.9	54.1	1.1	8.1	3.1	1,655	1,299	256	152	555	373

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