most ppg in a season while averaging less than 40 minutes a game

James Harden has put up the most points per game with fewer than 40.0 minutes per game in a season, with 36.1 per game in 2018-19.

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most ppg by a player in a season while averaging less than 40 minutes a game

	NAME	PPG	MPG	SEASON	TM	GP	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	James Harden J. Harden	36.1	36.8	2018-19	HOU	78	6.6	7.5	2.0	0.7	10.8	24.5	44.2	4.8	13.2	36.8	9.7	11.0	87.9	61.6	0.8	5.8	5.0	2,867	2,818	518	586	158	58	387	244	+357
2	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	34.7	33.6	2023-24	PHI	39	11.0	5.6	1.2	1.7	11.5	21.8	52.9	1.4	3.6	38.8	10.2	11.6	88.3	64.4	2.4	8.6	3.8	1,309	1,353	430	219	46	66	150	112	+267
3	James Harden J. Harden	34.3	36.5	2019-20	HOU	68	6.6	7.5	1.8	0.9	9.9	22.3	44.4	4.4	12.4	35.5	10.2	11.8	86.5	62.6	1.0	5.5	4.5	2,483	2,335	446	512	125	60	308	227	+287
4	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	33.9	37.5	2023-24	DAL	70	9.2	9.8	1.4	0.5	11.5	23.6	48.7	4.1	10.6	38.2	6.8	8.7	78.6	61.7	0.8	8.4	4.0	2,624	2,370	647	686	99	38	282	149	+319
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33.6	39.0	1989-90	CHI	82	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
6	George Gervin G. Gervin	33.1	37.6	1979-80	SAS	78	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	13.1	24.9	52.8	0.4	1.3	31.4	6.5	7.6	85.2	58.7	2.0	3.2	3.3	2,934	2,585	403	202	110	79	254	208
7	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	33.1	34.6	2022-23	PHI	66	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	11.0	20.1	54.8	1.0	3.0	33.0	10.0	11.7	85.7	65.5	1.7	8.4	3.4	2,284	2,183	670	274	66	112	226	205	+424
8	Bernard King B. King	32.9	37.5	1984-85	NYK	55	5.8	3.7	1.3	0.3	12.6	23.7	53.0	0.0	0.2	10.0	7.7	10.0	77.2	58.5	2.1	3.7	3.7	2,063	1,809	317	204	71	15	204	191
9	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	32.7	34.2	2024-25	OKC	76	5.0	6.4	1.7	1.0	11.3	21.8	51.9	2.1	5.7	37.5	7.9	8.8	89.8	63.7	0.9	4.1	2.4	2,598	2,484	379	486	131	77	183	164	+918
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32.6	39.3	1992-93	CHI	78	6.7	5.5	2.8	0.8	12.7	25.7	49.5	1.0	2.9	35.2	6.1	7.3	83.7	56.4	1.7	5.0	2.7	3,067	2,541	522	428	221	61	207	188
11	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	32.4	36.2	2022-23	DAL	66	8.6	8.0	1.4	0.5	10.9	22.0	49.6	2.8	8.2	34.2	7.8	10.5	74.2	60.9	0.8	7.8	3.6	2,390	2,138	569	529	90	33	236	166	+128
12	George Gervin G. Gervin	32.3	35.7	1981-82	SAS	79	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	12.6	25.2	50.0	0.1	0.5	27.8	7.0	8.1	86.4	56.2	1.7	3.2	2.7	2,817	2,551	392	187	77	45	210	215
13	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	32.2	36.3	2022-23	POR	58	4.8	7.3	0.9	0.3	9.6	20.7	46.3	4.2	11.3	37.1	8.8	9.6	91.4	64.5	0.8	4.0	3.3	2,106	1,866	277	425	50	18	191	109	+105
14	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	32.1	39.4	2002-03	ORL	75	6.5	5.5	1.7	0.8	11.1	24.2	45.7	2.3	6.0	38.6	7.7	9.7	79.3	56.4	1.6	4.9	2.6	2,954	2,407	488	411	124	59	195	156	+201
15	Kevin Durant K. Durant	32.0	38.5	2013-14	OKC	81	7.4	5.5	1.3	0.7	10.5	20.8	50.3	2.4	6.1	39.1	8.7	9.9	87.3	63.5	0.7	6.7	3.5	3,122	2,593	598	445	103	59	285	174	+509
16	Stephen Curry S. Curry	32.0	34.1	2020-21	GSW	63	5.5	5.8	1.2	0.1	10.4	21.7	48.2	5.3	12.7	42.1	5.7	6.3	91.6	65.5	0.5	5.0	3.4	2,151	2,015	345	363	77	8	213	119	+242
17	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	31.6	34.6	2016-17	OKC	81	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	10.2	24.0	42.5	2.5	7.2	34.3	8.8	10.4	84.5	55.4	1.7	9.0	5.4	2,802	2,558	864	840	132	31	438	190	+251
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31.5	37.0	1990-91	CHI	82	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
19	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	31.4	35.5	2022-23	OKC	68	4.8	5.5	1.6	1.0	10.4	20.3	51.0	0.9	2.5	34.5	9.8	10.9	90.5	62.6	0.9	4.0	2.8	2,416	2,135	329	371	112	65	192	192	+149
20	Bradley Beal B. Beal	31.3	35.8	2020-21	WAS	60	4.7	4.4	1.2	0.4	11.2	23.0	48.5	2.2	6.2	34.9	6.8	7.7	88.9	59.3	1.2	3.5	3.1	2,147	1,878	283	265	69	22	187	140	-3
21	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	31.1	32.1	2022-23	MIL	63	11.8	5.7	0.8	0.8	11.2	20.3	55.3	0.7	2.7	27.5	7.9	12.3	64.5	60.5	2.2	9.6	3.9	2,023	1,959	742	359	52	51	246	197	+341
22	Karl Malone K. Malone	31.0	38.1	1989-90	UTA	82	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
23	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	30.7	37.8	1987-88	ATL	78	6.4	2.9	1.3	0.6	11.7	25.1	46.4	0.5	1.7	29.5	6.9	8.4	82.6	53.4	2.7	3.7	2.8	2,948	2,397	502	224	103	47	218	162
24	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	30.6	37.8	1983-84	UTA	79	5.7	3.9	0.8	0.1	10.2	18.2	55.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	10.3	12.0	85.9	65.2	2.3	3.4	3.3	2,984	2,418	448	310	61	4	263	201
25	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	30.6	33.8	2021-22	PHI	68	11.7	4.2	1.1	1.5	9.8	19.6	49.9	1.4	3.7	37.1	9.6	11.8	81.4	61.6	2.1	9.6	3.1	2,296	2,079	796	284	77	99	214	181	+367