most ppg by a player who has never had more than 81 games in a season

Michael Jordan has scored the most points per game with more than 81 games played in a season, with 37.1 per game in 1986-87.

	NAME	PPG	GP	SEASON	TM	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	37.1	82	1986-87	CHI	40.0	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	13.4	27.8	48.2	0.1	0.8	18.2	10.2	11.9	85.7	56.2	2.0	3.2	3.3	3,281	3,041	430	377	236	125	272	237
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35.0	82	1987-88	CHI	40.4	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	13.0	24.4	53.5	0.1	0.6	13.2	8.8	10.5	84.1	60.3	1.7	3.8	3.1	3,311	2,868	449	485	259	131	252	270
3	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	34.5	82	1974-75	BUF	43.2	14.1	2.2	1.1	2.1	13.4	26.1	51.2				7.8	9.7	80.5	56.9	3.7	10.3		3,539	2,831	1,155	179	92	174		278
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33.6	82	1989-90	CHI	39.0	6.9	6.3	2.8	0.7	12.6	24.0	52.6	1.1	3.0	37.6	7.2	8.5	84.8	60.6	1.7	5.1	3.0	3,197	2,753	565	519	227	54	247	241
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	31.7	82	1970-71	MIL	40.1	16.0	3.3			13.0	22.5	57.7				5.7	8.3	69.0	60.6				3,288	2,596	1,311	272				264
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31.5	82	1990-91	CHI	37.0	6.0	5.5	2.7	1.0	12.1	22.4	53.9	0.4	1.1	31.2	7.0	8.2	85.1	60.5	1.4	4.6	2.5	3,034	2,580	492	453	223	83	202	229
7	Karl Malone K. Malone	31.0	82	1989-90	UTA	38.1	11.1	2.8	1.5	0.6	11.1	19.8	56.2	0.2	0.5	37.2	8.5	11.1	76.2	62.6	2.8	8.3	3.7	3,122	2,540	911	226	121	50	304	259
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30.4	82	1995-96	CHI	37.7	6.6	4.3	2.2	0.5	11.2	22.6	49.5	1.4	3.2	42.7	6.7	8.0	83.4	58.2	1.8	4.8	2.4	3,090	2,491	543	352	180	42	197	195
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30.1	82	2009-10	OKC	39.5	7.6	2.8	1.4	1.0	9.7	20.3	47.6	1.6	4.3	36.5	9.2	10.2	90.0	60.7	1.3	6.3	3.3	3,239	2,472	623	231	112	84	271	171	+431
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	30.0	82	2002-03	LAL	41.5	6.9	5.9	2.2	0.8	10.6	23.5	45.1	1.5	4.0	38.3	7.3	8.7	84.3	55.0	1.3	5.6	3.5	3,401	2,461	564	481	181	67	288	218	+260
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	29.6	82	1996-97	CHI	37.9	5.9	4.3	1.7	0.5	11.2	23.1	48.6	1.4	3.6	37.4	5.9	7.0	83.3	56.7	1.4	4.5	2.0	3,106	2,431	482	352	140	44	166	156	+818
12	Karl Malone K. Malone	29.0	82	1990-91	UTA	40.3	11.8	3.3	1.1	1.0	10.3	19.6	52.7	0.0	0.2	28.6	8.3	10.8	77.0	59.6	2.9	8.9	3.0	3,302	2,382	967	270	89	79	244	268
13	James Harden J. Harden	29.0	82	2015-16	HOU	38.1	6.1	7.5	1.7	0.6	8.7	19.7	43.9	2.9	8.0	35.9	8.8	10.2	86.0	59.8	0.8	5.3	4.6	3,125	2,376	501	612	139	51	374	229	+125
14	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	28.8	82	1969-70	MIL	43.1	14.5	4.1			11.4	22.1	51.8				5.9	9.1	65.3	55.2				3,534	2,361	1,190	337				283
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	28.7	82	1997-98	CHI	38.8	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	10.7	23.1	46.5	0.4	1.5	23.8	6.9	8.8	78.4	53.3	1.6	4.2	2.3	3,181	2,357	475	283	141	45	185	151	+598
16	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	28.7	82	1970-71	SDR	44.3	16.6	2.3			11.6	27.0	42.8				5.5	8.2	67.2	46.8				3,633	2,350	1,362	186				225
17	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	28.6	82	1989-90	NYK	38.6	10.9	2.2	1.0	4.0	11.2	20.4	55.1	0.0	0.0	25.0	6.1	7.9	77.5	59.9	2.9	8.0	3.4	3,165	2,347	893	182	78	327	278	325
18	Alex English A. English	28.6	82	1986-87	DEN	37.6	4.2	5.1	0.9	0.3	11.8	23.4	50.3	0.0	0.2	26.7	5.0	5.9	84.4	54.9	1.8	2.4	2.6	3,085	2,345	344	422	73	21	214	216
19	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	28.4	82	1968-69	SDR	45.1	17.1	1.4			11.3	25.4	44.7				5.7	9.1	62.6	48.3				3,695	2,327	1,406	113				266
20	Alex English A. English	28.4	82	1982-83	DEN	36.4	7.3	4.8	1.4	1.5	11.7	22.6	51.6	0.0	0.1	16.7	5.0	6.0	82.9	56.1	3.2	4.1	3.2	2,988	2,326	601	397	116	126	263	235
21	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	28.3	82	2007-08	LAL	38.9	6.3	5.4	1.8	0.5	9.5	20.6	45.9	1.8	5.1	36.1	7.6	9.0	84.0	57.6	1.1	5.2	3.1	3,192	2,323	517	441	151	40	257	227	+598
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	28.2	82	1984-85	CHI	38.3	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	10.2	19.8	51.5	0.1	0.6	17.3	7.7	9.1	84.5	59.2	2.0	4.5	3.5	3,144	2,313	534	481	196	69	291	285
23	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	27.7	82	1975-76	LAL	41.2	16.9	5.0	1.5	4.1	11.1	21.1	52.9				5.5	7.8	70.3	56.7	3.3	13.5		3,379	2,275	1,383	413	119	338		292
24	Karl Malone K. Malone	27.7	82	1987-88	UTA	39.0	12.0	2.4	1.4	0.6	10.5	20.1	52.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.7	9.6	70.0	56.8	3.4	8.6	4.0	3,198	2,268	986	199	117	50	325	296
25	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	27.6	82	2002-03	PHI	42.5	4.2	5.5	2.7	0.2	9.8	23.7	41.4	1.0	3.7	27.7	7.0	9.0	77.4	50.0	0.8	3.4	3.5	3,485	2,262	344	454	225	13	286	149	+184

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