most total points per season average current player

James Harden has scored the most points per game by an active player in a season, with 36.1 per game in 2018-19.

Interpreted as:

most total points with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games per season average current player

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	James Harden J. Harden	36.1	2018-19	HOU	78	2,867	2,818	518	586	158	58	843	1,909	44.2	378	1,028	36.8	754	858	87.9	61.6	66	452	387	244	+357	36.8	6.6	7.5	2.0	0.7	5.0
2	James Harden J. Harden	34.3	2019-20	HOU	68	2,483	2,335	446	512	125	60	672	1,514	44.4	299	843	35.5	692	800	86.5	62.6	70	376	308	227	+287	36.5	6.6	7.5	1.8	0.9	4.5
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	33.9	2023-24	DAL	70	2,624	2,370	647	686	99	38	804	1,652	48.7	284	744	38.2	478	608	78.6	61.7	59	588	282	149	+319	37.5	9.2	9.8	1.4	0.5	4.0
4	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	33.1	2022-23	PHI	66	2,284	2,183	670	274	66	112	728	1,328	54.8	66	200	33.0	661	771	85.7	65.5	113	557	226	205	+424	34.6	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	3.4
5	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	32.7	2024-25	OKC	76	2,598	2,484	379	486	131	77	860	1,656	51.9	163	435	37.5	601	669	89.8	63.7	67	312	183	164	+918	34.2	5.0	6.4	1.7	1.0	2.4
6	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	32.4	2022-23	DAL	66	2,390	2,138	569	529	90	33	719	1,449	49.6	185	541	34.2	515	694	74.2	60.9	54	515	236	166	+128	36.2	8.6	8.0	1.4	0.5	3.6
7	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	32.2	2022-23	POR	58	2,106	1,866	277	425	50	18	556	1,202	46.3	244	658	37.1	510	558	91.4	64.5	44	233	191	109	+105	36.3	4.8	7.3	0.9	0.3	3.3
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	32.0	2013-14	OKC	81	3,122	2,593	598	445	103	59	849	1,688	50.3	192	491	39.1	703	805	87.3	63.5	58	540	285	174	+509	38.5	7.4	5.5	1.3	0.7	3.5
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	32.0	2020-21	GSW	63	2,151	2,015	345	363	77	8	658	1,365	48.2	337	801	42.1	362	395	91.6	65.5	29	316	213	119	+242	34.1	5.5	5.8	1.2	0.1	3.4
10	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	31.6	2016-17	OKC	81	2,802	2,558	864	840	132	31	824	1,941	42.5	200	583	34.3	710	840	84.5	55.4	137	727	438	190	+251	34.6	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	5.4
11	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	31.4	2022-23	OKC	68	2,416	2,135	329	371	112	65	704	1,381	51.0	58	168	34.5	669	739	90.5	62.6	59	270	192	192	+149	35.5	4.8	5.5	1.6	1.0	2.8
12	LeBron James L. James	31.4	2005-06	CLE	79	3,361	2,478	556	521	123	66	875	1,823	48.0	127	379	33.5	601	814	73.8	56.8	75	481	260	181	+275	42.5	7.0	6.6	1.6	0.8	3.3
13	Bradley Beal B. Beal	31.3	2020-21	WAS	60	2,147	1,878	283	265	69	22	670	1,382	48.5	130	373	34.9	408	459	88.9	59.3	72	211	187	140	-3	35.8	4.7	4.4	1.2	0.4	3.1
14	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	31.1	2022-23	MIL	63	2,023	1,959	742	359	52	51	707	1,278	55.3	47	171	27.5	498	772	64.5	60.5	137	605	246	197	+341	32.1	11.8	5.7	0.8	0.8	3.9
15	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	30.6	2021-22	PHI	68	2,296	2,079	796	284	77	99	666	1,334	49.9	93	251	37.1	654	803	81.4	61.6	146	650	214	181	+367	33.8	11.7	4.2	1.1	1.5	3.1
16	Bradley Beal B. Beal	30.5	2019-20	WAS	57	2,053	1,741	242	347	71	23	593	1,303	45.5	170	481	35.3	385	457	84.2	57.9	52	190	194	126	-201	36.0	4.2	6.1	1.2	0.4	3.4
17	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	30.4	2023-24	MIL	73	2,567	2,222	841	476	87	79	837	1,369	61.1	34	124	27.4	514	782	65.7	64.9	196	645	250	210	+339	35.2	11.5	6.5	1.2	1.1	3.4
18	James Harden J. Harden	30.4	2017-18	HOU	72	2,551	2,191	389	630	126	50	651	1,449	44.9	265	722	36.7	624	727	85.8	61.9	41	348	315	169	+527	35.4	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	4.4
19	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	30.4	2024-25	MIL	67	2,289	2,036	798	433	58	78	793	1,319	60.1	14	63	22.2	436	707	61.7	62.5	147	651	206	155	+334	34.2	11.9	6.5	0.9	1.2	3.1
20	LeBron James L. James	30.3	2021-22	LAL	56	2,084	1,695	459	349	73	59	640	1,221	52.4	161	448	35.9	254	336	75.6	61.9	63	396	196	121	-117	37.2	8.2	6.2	1.3	1.1	3.5
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30.1	2009-10	OKC	82	3,239	2,472	623	231	112	84	794	1,668	47.6	128	351	36.5	756	840	90.0	60.7	105	518	271	171	+431	39.5	7.6	2.8	1.4	1.0	3.3
22	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	30.1	2022-23	BOS	74	2,732	2,225	649	342	78	51	727	1,559	46.6	240	686	35.0	531	622	85.4	60.7	78	571	213	160	+470	36.9	8.8	4.6	1.1	0.7	2.9
23	Stephen Curry S. Curry	30.1	2015-16	GSW	79	2,700	2,375	430	527	169	15	805	1,598	50.4	402	886	45.4	363	400	90.8	66.9	68	362	262	161	+1022	34.2	5.4	6.7	2.1	0.2	3.3
24	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	30.1	2023-24	OKC	75	2,553	2,254	415	465	150	67	796	1,487	53.5	95	269	35.3	567	649	87.4	63.6	65	350	162	184	+613	34.0	5.5	6.2	2.0	0.9	2.2
25	LeBron James L. James	30.0	2007-08	CLE	75	3,027	2,250	592	539	138	81	794	1,642	48.4	113	359	31.5	549	771	71.2	56.8	133	459	255	165	+139	40.4	7.9	7.2	1.8	1.1	3.4