Joel Embiid has averaged the most career points per game when playing 30 or fewer minutes, with 21.4 per game.

Interpreted as:

most ppg by a player with 30 min or less

	NAME	PPG	MIN	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	21.4	3,630	142	25.6	8.9	2.9	0.8	1.6	7.1	14.5	49.3	1.0	2.8	35.9	6.1	7.5	81.4	60.2	1.9	7.0	3.1	3,045	1,261	411	115	231	439	413	+972
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	21.2	1,719	67	25.7	6.4	5.6	1.0	0.4	7.2	15.5	46.5	2.5	6.9	35.8	4.3	5.8	73.7	58.6	0.9	5.6	3.0	1,420	429	377	67	24	202	107	+200
3	LeBron James L. James	20.9	2,921	108	27.1	5.8	6.6	1.0	0.4	8.0	14.9	53.7	1.4	3.8	37.7	3.5	4.7	73.5	61.6	0.8	5.0	2.6	2,253	625	710	113	48	285	130	+1218
4	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	20.6	2,107	80	26.3	5.8	4.0	1.0	0.5	8.2	13.9	58.8	0.1	0.3	25.9	4.2	6.4	65.2	61.6	2.1	3.8	2.7	1,646	466	323	79	43	216	188	+103
5	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	20.2	2,227	80	27.8	3.4	6.0	0.9	0.3	6.6	13.7	48.0	2.7	6.7	40.0	4.4	4.7	93.1	64.1	0.3	3.0	2.2	1,614	269	479	75	23	174	114	+807
6	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	20.0	1,017	39	26.1	8.8	3.0	0.9	3.2	7.2	14.9	48.3	1.6	4.8	33.3	4.0	4.8	83.1	58.8	1.8	6.9	3.5	780	342	118	36	126	138	62	-93
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	20.0	2,875	110	26.1	4.3	3.8	2.0	0.6	7.8	15.3	51.0	0.5	1.3	40.3	3.9	4.7	82.6	57.5	1.0	3.3	1.9	2,196	469	417	222	70	207	209	+175
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	19.5	3,472	131	26.5	5.0	4.0	0.8	0.8	6.8	12.6	53.6	1.5	3.4	43.5	4.5	4.9	90.7	65.8	0.5	4.6	2.5	2,552	661	522	106	111	326	180	+1237
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	18.3	5,649	214	26.4	3.7	5.6	1.2	0.2	6.3	13.2	47.5	3.1	7.2	42.4	2.7	2.9	93.0	63.2	0.5	3.2	2.3	3,912	783	1,188	263	49	494	412	+1771
10	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	17.9	2,356	93	25.3	3.3	3.9	1.3	0.3	6.4	13.8	46.5	2.6	6.2	42.5	2.5	2.9	86.2	59.6	0.6	2.7	2.1	1,668	308	359	120	24	198	191	+1037
11	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	17.4	3,462	130	26.6	8.5	2.5	0.6	1.1	6.4	12.7	50.4	1.2	3.1	39.5	3.4	4.1	84.3	60.3	2.2	6.3	2.6	2,267	1,110	320	79	140	339	459	+225
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	17.1	1,713	66	26.0	6.9	5.3	1.2	0.7	6.8	13.7	49.7	0.6	1.4	44.4	2.9	3.2	91.4	56.7	1.1	5.8		1,131	453	349	82	49		122
13	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	17.0	2,914	110	26.5	5.5	2.6	1.0	0.4	6.0	12.4	48.7	2.1	4.9	43.7	2.8	3.5	79.7	61.0	0.7	4.8	1.5	1,865	605	288	106	49	170	190	+1072
14	Trae Young T. Young	16.9	1,927	73	26.4	2.9	7.0	0.9	0.1	5.6	13.4	41.4	1.6	5.2	31.3	4.2	4.9	84.9	54.3	0.5	2.4	3.5	1,236	210	514	65	9	258	98	-291
15	Ja Morant J. Morant	16.9	2,429	92	26.4	3.8	6.5	0.8	0.3	6.0	13.0	46.3	1.0	3.2	31.1	3.8	4.9	76.8	55.4	0.8	3.1	3.0	1,551	354	598	75	27	278	134	+430
16	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	16.9	3,742	146	25.6	3.3	4.3	1.0	0.2	6.3	12.8	49.3	1.8	4.2	43.8	2.4	2.7	89.2	60.3	0.6	2.7	1.9	2,461	480	628	149	35	279	246	+805
17	Karl Malone K. Malone	16.7	5,169	197	26.2	7.4	3.1	1.2	0.5	6.2	11.9	52.3	0.0	0.1	19.2	4.2	5.8	72.7	57.8	1.6	5.8	2.8	3,298	1,458	603	227	102	548	554	+787
18	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	16.7	751	27	27.8	5.9	4.1	0.4	0.6	5.6	13.7	40.8	1.2	3.7	32.7	4.3	6.5	66.5	50.5	1.0	4.8	2.1	452	158	110	12	15	57	42	+18
19	John Drew J. Drew	16.4	2,489	116	21.5	4.1	1.6		0.1	5.8	12.5	46.2	0.0	0.2	12.0	4.8	6.3	76.7	53.8				1,904	474	189		9		338
20	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	16.3	5,652	230	24.6	7.1	3.6	0.8	0.9	5.8	11.0	53.2	0.7	2.0	32.5	3.9	5.7	69.1	60.3	1.3	5.8	2.4	3,741	1,636	835	182	200	560	606	+975
21	Kristaps Porziņģis K. Porziņģis	16.0	5,206	206	25.3	6.4	1.6	0.7	1.5	5.6	12.5	45.0	1.5	4.4	35.0	3.2	3.8	84.0	56.4	1.4	5.0	1.4	3,286	1,314	321	135	314	298	606	+357
22	George Gervin G. Gervin	15.8	3,078	130	23.7	2.5	1.9	0.6	0.4	6.2	13.1	46.9	0.0	0.2	21.7	3.5	4.1	83.5	52.9			2.0	2,055	325	246	72	54	256	308
23	Dan Issel D. Issel	15.7	3,764	161	23.4	5.5	2.0			5.9	12.2	48.3	0.0			3.9	4.7	82.5	55.0			1.5	2,530	885	315			246	368
24	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	15.7	3,005	118	25.5	3.2	3.9	1.3	0.6	5.8	11.4	50.6	0.8	2.5	30.7	3.3	3.8	86.3	59.7	0.6	2.6	2.0	1,851	378	463	150	71	239	210	+136
25	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	15.4	5,521	224	24.6	5.0	1.2	0.9	1.7	5.3	11.8	45.1	1.5	4.3	34.0	3.2	4.0	80.3	56.5	1.3	3.8	1.7	3,443	1,128	258	193	391	377	818	+177