Luka Dončić has scored the most points per game with fewer than 40.0 minutes per game in a season, with 46.0 per game this season.

Interpreted as:

most ppg by a player in one season less then 40 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	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	46.0	38.0	2025-26	LAL	2	11.5	8.5	1.0	0.5	15.5	25.0	62.0	3.5	11.0	31.8	11.5	14.5	79.3	73.3	0.5	11.0	3.0	76	92	23	17	2	1	6	5	+10
2	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
3	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	36.0	37.0	2025-26	MIN	2	5.5	3.0	0.0	1.0	12.5	23.5	53.2	4.0	8.0	50.0	7.0	8.5	82.4	66.1	0.5	5.0	3.0	74	72	11	6	0	2	6	4	-8
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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