most points per minute in nba history by a player 2000s

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Kobe Bryant had the most points per minute played, with 0.71.

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most points per minute with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games in NBA history by a player 2000s

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	0.71	21,065	29,476	748	39.4	28.2	5.9	5.2	1.7	0.6	9.8	21.5	45.7	1.4	4.1	34.2	7.2	8.5	84.4	55.9	1.3	4.6	3.1	4,381	3,921	1,246	431	2,326	2,092	+3470
2	LeBron James L. James	0.68	12,993	19,142	472	40.6	27.5	7.0	6.7	1.8	0.9	9.8	20.9	47.1	1.4	4.1	32.8	6.5	8.8	73.8	55.5	1.3	5.7	3.3	3,307	3,159	830	405	1,541	951	+1669
3	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	0.67	19,154	28,534	682	41.8	28.1	3.6	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.7	22.9	42.4	1.1	3.6	31.1	7.5	9.5	79.3	51.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	2,471	4,227	1,521	106	2,450	1,198	+1187
4	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	0.67	10,768	16,113	445	36.2	24.2	6.1	3.1	1.1	0.4	8.7	18.9	46.0	0.7	2.3	30.7	6.1	7.7	79.6	54.3	2.0	4.2	3.1	2,730	1,367	503	199	1,375	1,334	+790
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	0.67	15,276	22,941	662	34.7	23.1	10.6	2.7	0.5	2.2	9.1	15.5	58.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	9.5	52.2	58.7	3.4	7.2	2.7	7,029	1,789	344	1,431	1,818	2,276	+3459
6	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	0.66	9,922	14,925	394	37.9	25.2	4.9	6.7	1.8	1.0	8.8	18.2	48.3	0.4	1.5	28.5	7.2	9.3	77.2	56.5	1.2	3.6	3.8	1,925	2,625	720	379	1,497	1,019	+1026
7	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	0.65	16,380	25,177	671	37.5	24.4	6.3	5.2	1.4	0.9	8.9	20.3	43.5	1.5	4.4	34.0	5.2	6.9	75.0	52.2	1.5	4.8	2.5	4,230	3,489	938	617	1,684	1,305	+1523
8	Vince Carter V. Carter	0.63	17,341	27,511	727	37.8	23.9	5.4	4.4	1.3	0.7	8.7	19.5	44.6	1.6	4.3	37.8	4.8	6.1	79.9	53.8	1.6	3.9	2.4	3,960	3,166	914	525	1,741	2,211	+731
9	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	0.63	18,699	29,734	792	37.5	23.6	8.9	2.8	0.9	1.0	8.2	17.3	47.4	1.3	3.5	38.2	5.9	6.7	87.4	58.3	1.3	7.6	2.0	7,020	2,200	747	830	1,545	2,073	+4665
10	Kevin Durant K. Durant	0.62	3,495	5,653	154	36.7	22.7	5.4	2.6	1.1	0.8	8.1	17.9	45.3	1.0	2.8	35.9	5.5	6.3	86.7	54.9	1.0	4.4	3.0	830	397	174	128	457	256	-1152
11	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	0.62	17,812	28,893	765	37.8	23.3	6.3	4.0	1.5	0.6	7.6	17.1	44.3	1.7	4.6	36.3	6.4	8.0	80.1	56.3	1.0	5.3	3.1	4,798	3,068	1,183	480	2,376	2,201	+1925
12	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	0.62	9,139	14,848	434	34.2	21.1	8.9	1.4	0.9	1.5	7.6	14.0	54.1	0.0	0.2	19.2	5.9	7.8	75.5	60.4	2.6	6.3	2.6	3,881	595	395	639	1,112	1,491	+1465
13	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	0.61	9,853	16,175	433	37.4	22.8	4.2	5.5	1.8	0.2	7.3	17.2	42.7	2.1	5.8	35.8	6.0	7.4	80.9	55.7	0.9	3.3	3.3	1,828	2,387	758	103	1,438	1,365	+96
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	0.61	7,982	13,191	366	36.0	21.8	8.5	4.2	1.4	0.7	7.8	16.1	48.1	0.0	0.1	30.2	6.2	7.9	78.5	55.5	1.6	6.9	2.9	3,129	1,548	510	243	1,051	994	+1303
15	Michael Redd M. Redd	0.6	11,295	18,708	550	34.0	20.5	4.1	2.3	1.0	0.1	7.2	16.0	45.2	1.8	4.6	38.6	4.3	5.1	84.3	56.3	1.1	3.0	1.6	2,272	1,254	545	63	907	945	-303
16	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	0.59	7,372	12,478	398	31.4	18.5	3.0	3.0	0.8	0.2	6.5	14.9	43.7	1.9	4.7	41.5	3.6	4.2	85.9	55.4	0.6	2.4	2.4	1,196	1,192	318	62	965	1,069	+372
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	0.59	3,015	5,124	142	36.1	21.2	5.9	4.4	1.5	0.5	8.7	20.1	43.1	0.2	0.8	24.1	3.7	4.6	80.5	48.0	0.9	5.0	2.4	836	621	208	65	335	290	+22
18	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	0.59	16,431	27,974	767	36.5	21.4	11.7	3.3	0.8	2.3	8.2	16.2	50.4	0.0	0.1	20.7	5.1	7.4	68.6	55.1	3.1	8.7	2.7	8,999	2,502	589	1,786	2,070	1,993	+5468
19	Yao Ming Y. Ming	0.58	9,196	15,727	481	32.7	19.1	9.3	1.6	0.4	1.9	7.0	13.3	52.5	0.0	0.0	20.0	5.1	6.2	83.2	59.6	2.5	6.7	2.7	4,467	765	189	912	1,304	1,583	+1518
20	Ray Allen R. Allen	0.58	16,101	27,561	728	37.9	22.1	4.4	3.8	1.2	0.2	7.7	17.1	45.2	2.7	6.7	40.3	4.0	4.4	90.0	58.2	1.1	3.4	2.3	3,238	2,801	901	143	1,674	1,623	+2189
21	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	0.57	10,830	18,900	580	32.6	18.7	3.3	3.8	0.9	0.3	6.1	15.0	40.8	1.1	3.4	31.3	5.3	6.3	84.4	52.4	0.9	2.4	2.8	1,928	2,228	539	199	1,623	1,056	+407
22	Chris Webber C. Webber	0.57	10,569	18,450	501	36.8	21.1	9.7	4.3	1.4	1.2	8.7	18.9	46.1	0.2	0.6	26.7	3.5	4.8	71.4	50.1	2.3	7.3	2.7	4,836	2,146	701	592	1,328	1,544	+1310
23	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	0.57	6,957	12,152	343	35.4	20.3	6.1	2.6	1.2	0.5	8.0	17.5	45.9	0.9	2.8	33.6	3.3	3.9	83.5	52.7	1.3	4.8	2.8	2,087	883	398	182	977	874	-49
24	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	0.57	16,638	29,345	769	38.2	21.6	12.1	4.7	1.3	1.6	8.5	17.1	49.9	0.2	0.7	28.6	4.4	5.6	79.4	55.4	2.6	9.4	2.6	9,288	3,603	1,037	1,206	2,003	1,882	+3322
25	Michael Beasley M. Beasley	0.56	1,123	2,009	81	24.8	13.9	5.4	1.0	0.5	0.5	5.6	11.8	47.2	0.4	1.0	40.7	2.3	3.0	77.2	52.8	1.4	4.1	1.5	439	83	41	37	121	184	+8

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