most ppg by a player in their second year in the last 30 years

Trae Young scored the most points per game by a player in his 2nd season, with 29.6 per game in 2019-20.

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Trae Young T. Young	29.6	2019-20	ATL	60	35.3	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	2,120	1,778	255	560	65	8	289	104	-228
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	28.8	2019-20	DAL	61	33.6	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	2,047	1,759	573	538	62	14	260	153	+253
3	LeBron James L. James	27.2	2004-05	CLE	80	42.4	7.4	7.2	2.2	0.7	9.9	21.1	47.2	1.4	3.9	35.1	6.0	8.0	75.0	55.4	1.4	6.0	3.3	3,388	2,175	588	577	177	52	262	146	+152
4	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	27.0	2020-21	NOP	61	33.2	7.2	3.7	0.9	0.6	10.4	17.0	61.1	0.2	0.6	29.4	6.0	8.7	69.8	64.9	2.7	4.5	2.7	2,026	1,647	441	226	57	39	167	135	+89
5	Vince Carter V. Carter	25.7	1999-00	TOR	82	38.1	5.8	3.9	1.3	1.1	9.6	20.7	46.5	1.2	2.9	40.3	5.3	6.7	79.1	54.3	1.8	4.0	2.2	3,126	2,107	476	322	110	92	178	263	+181
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	25.3	2008-09	OKC	74	39.0	6.5	2.8	1.3	0.7	8.9	18.8	47.6	1.3	3.1	42.2	6.1	7.1	86.3	57.7	1.0	5.5	3.0	2,885	1,871	482	205	96	53	225	134	-501
7	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	25.1	2016-17	MIN	82	37.0	12.3	2.7	0.7	1.3	9.8	18.0	54.2	1.2	3.4	36.7	4.3	5.2	83.2	61.8	3.6	8.7	2.6	3,030	2,061	1,007	220	56	103	212	241	-28
8	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	24.3	2024-25	SAS	46	33.2	11.0	3.7	1.1	3.8	8.9	18.6	47.6	3.1	8.8	35.2	3.4	4.1	83.6	59.4	1.8	9.2	3.2	1,527	1,116	506	168	52	176	149	105	+102
9	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	24.1	2004-05	MIA	77	38.6	5.2	6.8	1.6	1.1	8.2	17.1	47.8	0.2	0.6	28.9	7.5	9.9	76.2	56.1	1.4	3.7	4.2	2,974	1,854	397	520	121	82	321	230	+397
10	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	23.8	2018-19	UTA	77	33.7	4.1	4.2	1.4	0.4	8.6	19.9	43.2	2.4	6.7	36.2	4.1	5.1	80.6	53.7	0.8	3.3	2.8	2,598	1,829	316	322	106	31	218	208	+371
11	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	22.9	2017-18	PHI	63	30.4	11.0	3.2	0.6	1.8	8.1	16.8	48.3	1.0	3.4	30.8	5.7	7.4	76.9	57.3	2.3	8.7	3.7	1,914	1,445	690	199	40	111	234	209	+483
12	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	22.6	2023-24	ORL	80	35.0	6.9	5.4	0.9	0.6	8.0	17.6	45.5	1.5	4.4	33.9	5.1	7.0	72.5	54.6	1.0	5.9	3.1	2,799	1,804	554	431	71	47	247	153	+1
13	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	22.5	2012-13	CLE	59	34.7	3.7	5.9	1.5	0.4	8.2	18.1	45.2	1.8	4.7	39.1	4.2	4.9	85.5	55.3	0.6	3.1	3.2	2,048	1,325	216	350	89	21	191	146	-176
14	Antoine Walker A. Walker	22.4	1997-98	BOS	82	39.9	10.2	3.3	1.7	0.7	8.8	20.8	42.3	1.1	3.6	31.2	3.7	5.8	64.5	48.1	3.3	6.9	3.6	3,268	1,840	836	273	142	60	292	262	-267
15	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	22.3	1997-98	VAN	82	36.0	7.1	2.6	1.1	0.9	8.0	16.4	48.5	0.3	0.6	41.2	6.1	7.8	78.4	56.2	2.8	4.3	3.1	2,950	1,829	581	213	89	76	257	201	-433
16	Jalen Green J. Green	22.1	2022-23	HOU	76	34.2	3.7	3.7	0.8	0.2	7.4	17.9	41.6	2.5	7.3	33.8	4.8	6.1	78.6	53.8	0.6	3.2	2.6	2,602	1,683	284	281	59	18	200	131	-447
17	Devin Booker D. Booker	22.1	2016-17	PHX	78	35.0	3.2	3.4	0.9	0.3	7.8	18.3	42.3	1.9	5.2	36.3	4.7	5.7	83.2	53.1	0.6	2.6	3.1	2,731	1,726	249	268	72	21	241	242	-226
18	Juwan Howard J. Howard	22.1	1995-96	WAS	81	40.7	8.1	4.4	0.8	0.5	9.0	18.5	48.9	0.0	0.2	30.8	3.9	5.3	74.9	53.0	2.3	5.8	3.7	3,294	1,789	660	360	67	39	303	269
19	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	22.0	1997-98	PHI	80	39.4	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.3	8.1	17.6	46.1	0.9	2.9	29.8	4.9	6.7	72.9	53.5	1.1	2.6	3.1	3,150	1,758	296	494	176	25	244	200	-92
20	Keith Van Horn K. Van Horn	21.8	1998-99	NJN	42	37.5	8.5	1.5	1.0	1.3	7.7	17.9	42.8	0.4	1.3	30.2	6.1	7.1	85.9	51.9	2.7	5.8	3.2	1,576	916	358	65	43	53	133	134	-113
21	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	21.7	1998-99	SAS	50	39.3	11.4	2.4	0.9	2.5	8.4	16.9	49.5	0.0	0.1	14.3	4.9	7.2	69.0	54.1	3.2	8.2	2.9	1,963	1,084	571	121	45	126	146	147	+371
22	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	21.3	2021-22	MIN	72	34.2	4.8	3.8	1.5	0.6	7.6	17.3	44.1	3.0	8.4	35.7	3.1	3.9	78.6	56.0	0.9	3.9	2.6	2,466	1,533	343	275	105	46	190	164	+188
23	Brandon Miller B. Miller	21.0	2024-25	CHA	27	34.2	4.9	3.6	1.1	0.7	7.3	18.2	40.3	3.9	10.9	35.5	2.5	2.9	86.1	54.0	0.9	3.9	2.8	924	568	131	98	29	20	76	74	-124
24	Anthony Davis A. Davis	20.8	2013-14	NOP	67	35.2	10.0	1.6	1.3	2.8	7.8	15.0	51.9	0.0	0.1	22.2	5.2	6.6	79.1	58.2	3.1	7.0	1.6	2,358	1,394	673	105	89	189	109	200	-112
25	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	20.8	2004-05	DEN	75	34.8	5.7	2.6	0.9	0.4	7.1	16.4	43.1	0.6	2.1	26.6	6.1	7.6	79.6	52.6	1.9	3.8	3.0	2,608	1,558	426	194	68	30	224	229	+166