most ppg per 36 minutes before 1960

Before 1959-60, Jack Molinas had the most points per game / minutes played / 36, with 0.43.

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NAMEPPG/(MIN/36)PPGMINGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Jack Molinas
J. Molinas
0.43
11.6
958
32
29.9
7.1
1.6
3.6
9.1
39.0
4.4
5.8
75.9
49.4
370
228
51
83
2Jerry Fleishman
J. Fleishman
0.37
9.0
882
33
26.7
4.6
3.3
3.0
9.2
33.0
2.9
4.2
68.6
40.6
296
152
108
118
3Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
0.31
24.9
2,855
70
40.8
15.0
4.1
8.6
21.2
40.8
7.6
9.8
77.7
48.8
1,742
1,050
287
270
4Wayne Embry
W. Embry
0.26
11.4
1,590
66
24.1
9.0
1.5
4.1
10.6
38.7
3.1
4.8
65.6
44.6
750
597
96
232
5Guy Rodgers
G. Rodgers
0.25
10.7
1,565
45
34.8
6.2
5.8
4.7
11.9
39.4
1.4
2.5
54.5
41.3
483
281
261
132
6Hal Greer
H. Greer
0.25
11.1
1,625
68
23.9
2.9
1.5
4.5
10.0
45.4
2.0
2.6
77.8
49.8
753
196
101
189
7Archie Dees
A. Dees
0.24
8.2
1,252
68
18.4
5.0
0.8
2.9
8.3
35.6
2.3
3.0
77.9
42.9
559
339
56
114
8Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
0.23
10.3
1,624
67
24.2
7.0
1.0
3.8
9.4
40.4
2.7
3.7
72.4
46.5
690
472
65
211
9Andy Johnson
A. Johnson
0.21
6.9
1,158
67
17.3
3.2
1.3
2.6
7.0
37.3
1.7
2.9
60.2
42.1
463
212
90
176
10Wah Wah Jones
W. Wah Jones
0.2
7.4
1,320
58
22.8
4.9
2.6
2.8
9.0
31.3
1.8
2.3
75.0
36.8
430
283
150
137
11Bill Closs
B. Closs
0.2
6.1
1,120
57
19.6
3.6
1.3
2.1
6.8
30.8
1.9
2.8
68.2
37.9
347
204
76
125
12Gerry Calabrese
G. Calabrese
0.19
5.0
937
58
16.2
1.4
1.4
1.9
5.5
34.4
1.3
1.8
70.9
40.2
291
84
83
107
13Vern Hatton
V. Hatton
0.19
5.9
1,109
64
17.3
2.8
1.1
2.3
6.5
35.6
1.2
1.6
73.3
40.4
375
178
70
111
14Hub Reed
H. Reed
0.19
5.0
950
65
14.6
4.9
0.5
2.1
4.9
42.9
0.8
1.1
74.6
46.7
325
317
32
171
15Boo Ellis
B. Ellis
0.18
5.9
1,202
72
16.7
5.3
0.8
2.3
5.3
43.0
1.4
2.0
70.8
48.4
428
380
59
137
16Bones McKinney
B. McKinney
0.18
5.3
1,083
63
17.2
2.8
1.8
2.2
6.6
32.5
1.0
1.3
81.3
37.2
337
175
111
148
17Dick Mehen
D. Mehen
0.17
10.8
2,294
65
35.3
4.3
2.6
4.5
12.7
35.6
1.8
2.6
70.1
39.2
703
282
171
209
18Jack Turner
J. Turner
0.17
4.3
922
65
14.2
2.4
1.2
1.7
4.7
36.0
0.9
1.2
78.9
41.3
282
154
77
76
19Don Otten
D. Otten
0.17
10.2
2,173
88
24.7
6.0
1.6
2.9
8.2
35.4
4.4
5.8
76.0
47.5
899
524
144
286
20Jack Stephens
J. Stephens
0.17
10.3
2,219
72
30.8
5.2
2.9
3.4
8.9
38.6
3.4
5.0
69.2
46.4
743
377
207
144
21Bucky Bockhorn
B. Bockhorn
0.16
10.2
2,251
71
31.7
6.5
2.9
4.1
10.9
38.1
1.9
2.8
70.4
42.3
726
460
206
215
22Gene Rhodes
G. Rhodes
0.16
5.2
1,162
65
17.9
1.5
1.4
1.7
5.3
31.9
1.8
2.6
70.4
40.5
337
98
91
78
23Johnny Payak
J. Payak
0.16
6.4
1,470
68
21.6
1.7
2.1
1.9
5.5
34.3
2.6
3.6
72.6
45.2
436
114
140
194
24Jim Neal
J. Neal
0.14
4.4
1,093
80
13.7
3.8
0.4
1.6
5.4
30.1
1.2
1.9
60.4
35.4
351
304
33
166
25Rollen Hans
R. Hans
0.14
7.0
1,734
80
21.7
2.2
2.6
2.8
7.3
38.0
1.4
2.6
55.6
41.4
556
176
207
192
StatMuse has season-level data for MIN/82TG and minutes played going back to the 1951-52 season.

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