Michael Jordan posted the most points in 1996-97, with 2,431 points.

Interpreted as:

most total points by a player in 1997

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,431	1996-97	CHI	82	3,106	482	352	140	44	920	1,892	48.6	111	297	37.4	480	576	83.3	56.7	113	369	166	156	+818	37.9	29.6	5.9	4.3	1.7	0.5	2.0
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	2,249	1996-97	UTA	82	2,998	809	368	113	48	864	1,571	55.0	0	13	0.0	521	690	75.5	60.0	193	616	233	217	+768	36.6	27.4	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	2.8
3	Glen Rice G. Rice	2,115	1996-97	CHA	79	3,362	318	160	72	26	722	1,513	47.7	207	440	47.0	464	535	86.7	60.5	67	251	177	190	+176	42.6	26.8	4.0	2.0	0.9	0.3	2.2
4	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	2,095	1996-97	SAC	81	3,125	319	338	118	24	717	1,578	45.4	204	477	42.8	457	531	86.1	57.8	59	260	237	211	-109	38.6	25.9	3.9	4.2	1.5	0.3	2.9
5	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	1,938	1996-97	GSW	80	3,353	366	507	132	45	649	1,444	44.9	147	415	35.4	493	585	84.3	57.0	58	308	322	153	-215	41.9	24.2	4.6	6.3	1.7	0.6	4.0
6	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1,810	1996-97	HOU	78	2,852	716	236	117	173	727	1,426	51.0	5	16	31.3	351	446	78.7	55.8	173	543	281	249	+382	36.6	23.2	9.2	3.0	1.5	2.2	3.6
7	Kendall Gill K. Gill	1,789	1996-97	NJN	82	3,199	499	326	154	46	644	1,453	44.3	74	220	33.6	427	536	79.7	53.0	183	316	218	225	-185	39.0	21.8	6.1	4.0	1.9	0.6	2.7
8	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	1,787	1996-97	PHI	76	3,045	312	567	157	24	625	1,504	41.6	155	455	34.1	382	544	70.2	51.3	115	197	337	233	-439	40.1	23.5	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	4.4
9	Gary Payton G. Payton	1,785	1996-97	SEA	82	3,213	378	583	197	13	706	1,482	47.6	119	380	31.3	254	355	71.5	54.5	106	272	215	208	+624	39.2	21.8	4.6	7.1	2.4	0.2	2.6
10	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	1,751	1996-97	NYK	78	2,887	834	156	69	189	655	1,342	48.8	2	9	22.2	439	582	75.4	54.8	175	659	269	250	+315	37.0	22.4	10.7	2.0	0.9	2.4	3.4
11	Reggie Miller R. Miller	1,751	1996-97	IND	81	2,966	286	273	75	25	552	1,244	44.4	229	536	42.7	418	475	88.0	60.3	53	233	166	172	+99	36.6	21.6	3.5	3.4	0.9	0.3	2.0
12	Grant Hill G. Hill	1,710	1996-97	DET	80	3,147	721	583	144	48	625	1,259	49.6	10	33	30.3	450	633	71.1	55.6	123	598	259	186	+413	39.3	21.4	9.0	7.3	1.8	0.6	3.2
13	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	1,689	1996-97	MIL	80	3,114	502	248	103	68	669	1,438	46.5	63	180	35.0	288	364	79.1	52.8	130	372	269	225	-145	38.9	21.1	6.3	3.1	1.3	0.9	3.4
14	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	1,679	1996-97	PHI	81	3,166	338	253	93	63	533	1,308	40.7	102	342	29.8	511	667	76.6	52.4	156	182	316	219	-440	39.1	20.7	4.2	3.1	1.1	0.8	3.9
15	Tom Gugliotta T. Gugliotta	1,672	1996-97	MIN	81	3,131	702	335	130	89	592	1,339	44.2	24	93	25.8	464	566	82.0	52.6	187	515	293	237	-154	38.7	20.6	8.7	4.1	1.6	1.1	3.6
16	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	1,656	1996-97	CHI	82	3,095	531	467	154	45	648	1,366	47.4	156	424	36.8	204	291	70.1	55.4	160	371	214	213	+807	37.7	20.2	6.5	5.7	1.9	0.5	2.6
17	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	1,644	1996-97	MIA	81	3,136	277	695	151	9	575	1,384	41.5	203	590	34.4	291	364	79.9	53.2	49	228	230	165	+535	38.7	20.3	3.4	8.6	1.9	0.1	2.8
18	Vin Baker V. Baker	1,637	1996-97	MIL	78	3,159	804	211	81	112	632	1,251	50.5	15	54	27.8	358	521	68.7	55.3	267	537	245	275	-63	40.5	21.0	10.3	2.7	1.0	1.4	3.1
19	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	1,634	1996-97	TOR	81	3,311	330	709	123	13	564	1,407	40.1	176	496	35.5	330	401	82.3	51.6	86	244	288	162	-213	40.9	20.2	4.1	8.8	1.5	0.2	3.6
20	Juwan Howard J. Howard	1,570	1996-97	WAS	82	3,324	652	311	93	23	638	1,313	48.6	0	2	0.0	294	389	75.6	52.9	202	450	246	259	+81	40.5	19.1	8.0	3.8	1.1	0.3	3.0
21	Terrell Brandon T. Brandon	1,519	1996-97	CLE	78	2,868	301	490	138	30	575	1,313	43.8	101	271	37.3	268	297	90.2	52.6	48	253	178	177	+128	36.8	19.5	3.9	6.3	1.8	0.4	2.3
22	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	1,516	1996-97	SEA	81	2,750	807	156	125	81	526	1,032	51.0	12	33	36.4	452	609	74.2	58.3	275	532	280	320	+462	34.0	18.7	10.0	1.9	1.5	1.0	3.5
23	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	1,494	1996-97	VAN	80	2,802	555	175	79	79	550	1,214	45.3	7	27	25.9	387	519	74.6	51.8	216	339	225	199	-596	35.0	18.7	6.9	2.2	1.0	1.0	2.8
24	Joe Smith J. Smith	1,493	1996-97	GSW	80	3,086	679	125	74	86	587	1,293	45.4	12	46	26.1	307	377	81.4	51.2	261	418	192	244	-217	38.6	18.7	8.5	1.6	0.9	1.1	2.4
25	Christian Laettner C. Laettner	1,486	1996-97	ATL	82	3,140	720	223	102	64	548	1,128	48.6	31	88	35.2	359	440	81.6	56.2	212	508	218	277	+582	38.3	18.1	8.8	2.7	1.2	0.8	2.7