Joel Embiid has scored the most points per game with fewer than 36.0 minutes per game in a season, with 34.7 per game in 2023-24.

Interpreted as:

most ppg by a player in one season less then 36 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	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
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	34.0	32.0	2025-26	MIL	2	17.0	6.0	0.0	0.5	13.5	20.0	67.5	1.5	2.5	60.0	5.5	9.5	57.9	70.3	4.5	12.5	3.5	64	68	34	12	0	1	7	6	+28
3	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	33.5	32.0	2025-26	DEN	2	5.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	11.0	16.0	68.8	5.5	8.5	64.7	6.0	6.0	100.0	89.9	0.5	4.5	1.0	64	67	10	3	3	1	2	1	+16
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	33.3	32.0	2025-26	GSW	3	4.3	4.7	2.3	1.3	10.7	20.3	52.5	5.3	11.7	45.7	6.7	6.7	100.0	71.6	0.3	4.0	2.7	96	100	13	14	7	4	8	5	+3
5	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	33.3	32.7	2025-26	SAS	3	13.3	2.3	1.7	6.0	12.3	21.7	56.9	1.3	3.7	36.4	7.3	10.0	73.3	63.9	1.7	11.7	0.7	98	100	40	7	5	18	2	13	+32
6	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
7	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	33.0	35.5	2025-26	CLE	2	2.0	5.0	2.5	0.5	11.0	20.0	55.0	4.0	9.5	42.1	7.0	8.5	82.4	69.5	0.0	2.0	3.0	71	66	4	10	5	1	6	5	+8
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	30.4	35.2	2023-24	MIL	73	11.5	6.5	1.2	1.1	11.5	18.8	61.1	0.5	1.7	27.4	7.0	10.7	65.7	64.9	2.7	8.8	3.4	2,567	2,222	841	476	87	79	250	210	+339
17	James Harden J. Harden	30.4	35.4	2017-18	HOU	72	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	9.0	20.1	44.9	3.7	10.0	36.7	8.7	10.1	85.8	61.9	0.6	4.8	4.4	2,551	2,191	389	630	126	50	315	169	+527
18	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	30.4	34.2	2024-25	MIL	67	11.9	6.5	0.9	1.2	11.8	19.7	60.1	0.2	0.9	22.2	6.5	10.6	61.7	62.5	2.2	9.7	3.1	2,289	2,036	798	433	58	78	206	155	+334
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	30.1	34.2	2015-16	GSW	79	5.4	6.7	2.1	0.2	10.2	20.2	50.4	5.1	11.2	45.4	4.6	5.1	90.8	66.9	0.9	4.6	3.3	2,700	2,375	430	527	169	15	262	161	+1022
20	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	30.1	34.0	2023-24	OKC	75	5.5	6.2	2.0	0.9	10.6	19.8	53.5	1.3	3.6	35.3	7.6	8.7	87.4	63.6	0.9	4.7	2.2	2,553	2,254	415	465	150	67	162	184	+613
21	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	29.9	32.9	2021-22	MIL	67	11.6	5.8	1.1	1.4	10.3	18.6	55.3	1.1	3.6	29.3	8.3	11.4	72.2	63.3	2.0	9.6	3.3	2,204	2,002	778	388	72	91	219	212	+397
22	Bob Rule B. Rule	29.8	35.5	1970-71	SEA	4	11.5	1.8			11.8	24.5	48.0				6.3	7.5	83.3	53.5				142	119	46	7				14
23	Trae Young T. Young	29.6	35.3	2019-20	ATL	60	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
24	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	29.5	30.4	2019-20	MIL	63	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	10.9	19.7	55.3	1.4	4.7	30.4	6.3	10.0	63.3	61.3	2.2	11.4	3.7	1,917	1,857	856	354	61	66	230	195	+682
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	29.4	34.7	2022-23	GSW	56	6.1	6.3	0.9	0.4	10.0	20.2	49.3	4.9	11.4	42.7	4.6	5.0	91.5	65.6	0.7	5.4	3.2	1,941	1,648	341	352	52	20	179	117	+268