most ppg by players in a season under the age of 23 since 1980

Since 1979-80, LeBron James has scored the most points per game by a player younger than 23 in a season, with 31.4 per game in 2005-06.

Interpreted as:

most ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by players in a season under the age of 23 since 1980

	NAME	PPG	AGE	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	LeBron James L. James	31.4	21	2005-06	CLE	79	42.5	7.0	6.6	1.6	0.8	11.1	23.1	48.0	1.6	4.8	33.5	7.6	10.3	73.8	56.8	0.9	6.1	3.3	3,361	2,478	556	521	123	66	260	181	+275
2	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	31.0	22	2025-26	SAS	4	32.3	13.8	2.8	1.5	4.8	11.0	18.3	60.3	1.0	2.8	36.4	8.0	10.0	80.0	68.4	1.8	12.0	1.5	129	124	55	11	6	19	6	14	+67
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30.1	21	2009-10	OKC	82	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
4	Trae Young T. Young	29.6	21	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
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	29.3	21	1993-94	ORL	81	39.8	13.2	2.4	0.9	2.9	11.8	19.6	59.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.8	10.5	55.4	60.5	4.7	8.5	2.7	3,224	2,377	1,072	195	76	231	222	281
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	29.3	22	1994-95	ORL	79	37.0	11.4	2.7	0.9	2.4	11.8	20.2	58.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.8	10.8	53.3	58.8	4.2	7.3	2.6	2,923	2,315	901	214	73	192	204	258
7	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	28.9	22	2006-07	DEN	65	38.2	6.0	3.8	1.2	0.4	10.6	22.4	47.6	0.6	2.3	26.8	7.1	8.7	80.8	55.2	2.2	3.8	3.6	2,486	1,881	391	249	77	23	234	203	+88
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	28.8	20	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
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	28.5	22	2000-01	LAL	68	40.9	5.9	5.0	1.7	0.6	10.3	22.2	46.4	0.9	2.9	30.5	7.0	8.2	85.3	55.2	1.5	4.3	3.2	2,783	1,938	399	338	114	43	220	222	+369
10	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	28.4	22	2021-22	DAL	65	35.4	9.1	8.7	1.2	0.6	9.9	21.6	45.7	3.1	8.8	35.3	5.6	7.5	74.4	57.1	0.9	8.3	4.5	2,301	1,847	593	568	75	36	292	145	+146
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	28.2	21	1984-85	CHI	82	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
12	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	27.7	21	2020-21	DAL	66	34.3	8.0	8.6	1.0	0.5	9.8	20.5	47.9	2.9	8.3	35.0	5.2	7.1	73.0	58.7	0.8	7.2	4.3	2,262	1,830	527	567	64	36	281	152	+164
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	27.7	22	2010-11	OKC	78	38.9	6.8	2.7	1.1	1.0	9.1	19.7	46.2	1.9	5.3	35.0	7.6	8.7	88.0	58.9	0.7	6.1	2.8	3,038	2,161	533	214	88	76	218	159	+271
14	LeBron James L. James	27.3	22	2006-07	CLE	78	40.9	6.7	6.0	1.6	0.7	9.9	20.8	47.6	1.3	4.0	31.9	6.3	9.0	69.8	55.2	1.1	5.7	3.2	3,190	2,132	526	470	125	55	250	171	+377
15	LeBron James L. James	27.2	20	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
16	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	27.0	20	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
17	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	26.8	21	2000-01	ORL	77	40.1	7.5	4.6	1.5	1.5	10.2	22.4	45.7	0.8	2.2	35.5	5.6	7.6	73.3	52.1	2.5	5.0	2.6	3,087	2,065	580	352	116	118	198	160	+252
18	Devin Booker D. Booker	26.6	22	2018-19	PHX	64	35.0	4.1	6.8	0.9	0.2	9.2	19.6	46.7	2.1	6.5	32.6	6.1	7.1	86.6	58.4	0.6	3.5	4.1	2,242	1,700	265	433	56	13	264	200	-330
19	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	26.5	21	2005-06	DEN	80	36.8	4.9	2.7	1.1	0.5	9.5	19.7	48.1	0.5	1.9	24.3	7.2	8.9	80.8	56.3	1.5	3.4	2.7	2,941	2,122	394	216	88	42	218	229	+4
20	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	26.4	22	2020-21	BOS	64	35.8	7.4	4.3	1.2	0.5	9.5	20.6	45.9	2.9	7.6	38.6	4.6	5.3	86.8	57.6	0.8	6.6	2.7	2,290	1,692	472	276	75	31	171	122	+161
21	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	26.0	22	2004-05	PHX	80	36.1	8.9	1.6	1.0	1.6	9.3	16.7	55.9	0.0	0.2	18.8	7.3	9.9	73.3	61.7	2.7	6.2	2.4	2,889	2,080	713	131	77	130	189	278	+602
22	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	25.9	22	2023-24	MIN	79	35.1	5.4	5.1	1.3	0.5	9.1	19.7	46.1	2.4	6.7	35.7	5.4	6.4	83.6	57.5	0.7	4.8	3.1	2,770	2,049	430	405	101	42	241	141	+432
23	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	25.6	22	2001-02	ORL	76	38.3	7.9	5.3	1.6	1.0	9.4	20.9	45.1	1.4	3.7	36.4	5.5	7.3	74.8	53.2	2.0	5.9	2.5	2,912	1,948	597	400	119	73	189	139	+291
24	Trae Young T. Young	25.3	22	2020-21	ATL	63	33.7	3.9	9.4	0.8	0.2	7.7	17.7	43.8	2.2	6.3	34.3	7.7	8.7	88.6	58.9	0.6	3.3	4.1	2,124	1,594	245	594	53	12	261	111	+267
25	Kevin Durant K. Durant	25.3	20	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