Michael Jordan has scored the most points per game with fewer than 28.0 minutes per game in a season, with 22.7 per game in 1985-86.

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most ppg by a player in a season with under 28 mpg

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	22.7	25.1	1985-86	CHI	18	3.6	2.9	2.1	1.2	8.3	18.2	45.7	0.2	1.0	16.7	5.8	6.9	84.0	53.3	1.3	2.3	2.5	451	408	64	53	37	21	45	46
2	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	22.5	27.8	2019-20	NOP	24	6.3	2.1	0.7	0.4	8.8	15.0	58.3	0.3	0.6	42.9	4.8	7.4	64.0	61.6	2.7	3.6	2.5	668	540	150	50	16	9	59	42	+62
3	John Drew J. Drew	21.2	27.4	1982-83	UTA	44	5.3	2.2	0.8	0.2	7.2	15.3	47.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.7	8.9	75.5	55.2	2.2	3.1	3.1	1,206	932	235	97	35	7	135	152
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	20.8	27.8	2019-20	GSW	5	5.2	6.6	1.0	0.4	6.6	16.4	40.2	2.4	9.8	24.5	5.2	5.2	100.0	55.7	0.8	4.4	3.2	139	104	26	33	5	2	16	11	-43
5	Ricky Pierce R. Pierce	20.5	27.8	1990-91	TOT	78	2.4	2.2	0.8	0.2	7.2	14.8	48.5	0.6	1.5	39.7	5.5	6.0	91.3	58.6	0.9	1.6	1.9	2,167	1,598	191	168	60	13	147	170
6	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	20.2	25.4	2016-17	PHI	31	7.8	2.1	0.9	2.5	6.5	13.8	46.6	1.2	3.2	36.7	6.2	7.9	78.3	58.4	2.0	5.9	3.8	786	627	243	66	27	76	117	112	+67
7	MarShon Brooks M. Brooks	20.1	27.6	2017-18	MEM	7	3.0	3.6	1.6	0.4	7.3	14.6	50.0	2.7	4.6	59.4	2.9	3.3	87.0	62.9	1.1	1.9	2.3	193	141	21	25	11	3	16	6	+10
8	Lou Williams L. Williams	20.0	26.6	2018-19	LAC	75	3.0	5.4	0.8	0.1	6.5	15.2	42.5	1.4	3.9	36.1	5.7	6.5	87.6	55.4	0.5	2.4	2.4	1,993	1,498	222	402	57	11	181	80	+195
9	Dan Issel D. Issel	19.8	27.3	1983-84	DEN	76	6.8	2.3	0.8	0.6	7.5	15.2	49.3	0.1	0.3	21.1	4.8	5.6	85.0	56.1	1.5	5.3	1.6	2,076	1,506	513	173	60	44	122	182
10	Ty Jerome T. Jerome	19.7	22.6	2025-26	MEM	15	2.8	5.7	1.1	0.3	6.8	14.3	47.4	2.8	6.7	42.0	3.3	3.7	87.5	61.6	0.7	2.1	1.8	339	295	42	85	16	4	27	31	-45
11	Freeman Williams F. Williams	19.3	24.1	1980-81	SDC	82	1.6	2.0	1.1	0.1	7.8	16.8	46.5	0.6	1.7	34.0	3.1	3.6	85.2	52.4	0.9	0.7	2.0	1,976	1,585	129	164	91	5	166	157
12	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	19.3	27.0	1959-60	BOS	71	3.7	2.0			7.9	17.3	45.6				3.5	4.1	86.6	50.6				1,916	1,370	262	144				154
13	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	19.2	27.2	2011-12	NJN	5	3.6	1.2	0.2	0.8	7.6	15.4	49.4	0.0	0.0		4.0	6.4	62.5	52.7	1.6	2.0	1.2	136	96	18	6	1	4	6	8	-27
14	Chris Gatling C. Gatling	19.0	27.3	1996-97	TOT	47	7.9	0.6	0.8	0.7	7.0	13.3	52.5	0.0	0.1	16.7	5.0	7.0	71.7	58.0	2.9	5.0	2.6	1,283	891	370	28	39	31	120	138	-90
15	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	18.9	26.4	1962-63	BOS	76	7.5	1.3			7.2	17.1	42.3				4.5	5.4	83.5	48.7				2,004	1,440	569	95				270
16	Collin Sexton C. Sexton	18.7	26.6	2023-24	UTA	78	2.6	4.9	0.8	0.2	6.5	13.3	48.7	1.6	4.2	39.4	4.1	4.7	86.2	60.7	0.9	1.7	2.1	2,075	1,458	205	383	62	18	165	154	-143
17	Montrezl Harrell M. Harrell	18.6	27.8	2019-20	LAC	63	7.1	1.7	0.6	1.1	7.5	12.9	58.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	3.7	5.6	65.8	60.7	2.6	4.5	1.7	1,749	1,173	445	107	39	72	108	146	+251
18	Freeman Williams F. Williams	18.6	25.8	1979-80	SDC	82	2.3	2.0	0.9	0.1	7.9	16.4	48.0	0.5	1.6	32.8	2.4	2.9	81.5	52.7	1.3	1.1	2.1	2,118	1,526	192	166	72	9	171	145
19	Billy Cunningham B. Cunningham	18.5	26.8	1966-67	PHI	81	7.3	2.5			6.9	15.0	45.9				4.7	6.9	68.6	51.3				2,168	1,495	589	205				260
20	Dillon Brooks D. Brooks	18.4	27.7	2021-22	MEM	32	3.2	2.8	1.1	0.3	7.1	16.4	43.2	1.4	4.7	30.9	2.8	3.3	84.9	51.5	0.9	2.3	1.6	885	590	102	88	36	8	50	105	+206
21	Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	18.4	26.7	2020-21	UTA	68	4.0	2.5	0.9	0.1	6.7	15.8	42.5	3.1	8.8	34.7	1.9	2.1	89.6	54.9	0.7	3.3	1.7	1,818	1,251	274	168	61	10	115	110	+301
22	Collin Sexton C. Sexton	18.4	27.9	2024-25	UTA	63	2.7	4.2	0.7	0.1	6.6	13.8	48.0	1.7	4.3	40.6	3.4	4.0	86.5	59.3	1.0	1.8	2.5	1,758	1,159	171	264	47	6	160	144	-286
23	Purvis Short P. Short	18.3	27.9	1986-87	GSW	34	4.0	2.5	1.3	0.2	7.1	14.7	47.9	0.1	0.5	23.5	4.0	4.7	85.6	54.3	1.6	2.4	2.0	950	621	137	86	45	7	68	103
24	Derrick Rose D. Rose	18.1	26.0	2019-20	DET	50	2.4	5.6	0.8	0.3	7.4	15.1	49.0	0.9	2.9	30.6	2.4	2.8	87.1	55.5	0.5	1.9	2.5	1,298	904	121	278	40	16	126	49	-84
25	Jeremy Lin J. Lin	18.0	25.0	2017-18	BKN	1	0.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	12.0	41.7	1.0	2.0	50.0	7.0	7.0	100.0	59.7	0.0	0.0	3.0	25	18	0	4	0	0	3	3	-6

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