nba alltime most points per game leaders before 1999

Before 1998-99, Michael Jordan put up the most points per game, with 31.5 per game.

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NBA alltime most points per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games leaders before 1999

	NAME	PPG	GP	MPG	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31.5	930	38.6	6.3	5.4	2.5	0.9	11.8	23.3	50.5	0.6	1.8	33.2	7.3	8.7	83.8	58.0	1.7	4.6	2.8	35,887	29,277	5,836	5,012	2,306	828	2,589	2,493	+1416
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	30.1	1,045	45.8	22.9	4.4			12.1	22.5	54.0				5.8	11.4	51.1	54.7				47,859	31,419	23,924	4,643				2,075
3	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	27.4	846	40.0	13.5	4.3			10.3	23.8	43.1				6.8	8.7	78.0	49.4				33,863	23,149	11,463	3,650				2,596
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	27.2	406	37.6	12.3	2.5	0.8	2.7	10.9	18.9	57.8	0.0	0.0	6.7	5.4	10.1	53.5	58.4	4.0	8.3	3.0	15,280	11,054	5,012	1,017	328	1,115	1,209	1,426	+917
5	Jerry West J. West	27.0	932	39.2	5.8	6.7	2.6	0.7	9.7	20.4	47.4				7.7	9.4	81.4	55.0	1.0	2.8		36,571	25,192	5,376	6,238	81	23		2,435
6	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	26.4	792	38.8	16.2	3.0			9.3	21.3	43.6				7.8	10.3	76.1	51.1				30,690	20,880	12,849	2,369				2,529
7	Karl Malone K. Malone	26.2	1,061	37.5	10.7	3.3	1.4	0.8	9.7	18.4	52.8	0.1	0.2	27.0	6.7	9.2	72.7	58.3	2.7	8.0	3.1	39,829	27,782	11,376	3,499	1,513	874	3,311	3,450	+1352
8	George Gervin G. Gervin	26.2	791	33.5	4.6	2.8	1.2	0.8	10.2	19.9	51.1	0.1	0.5	29.7	5.7	6.8	84.4	57.2	1.5	3.1	3.0	26,536	20,708	3,607	2,214	941	670	2,137	2,331
9	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	25.7	1,040	42.2	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1	9.1	18.9	48.5				7.4	8.8	83.8	56.4	1.0	3.0		43,886	26,710	7,804	9,887	77	4		2,931
10	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	25.3	1,047	36.2	6.8	2.5	1.3	0.6	9.5	20.5	46.2	0.7	2.1	31.9	5.7	7.1	81.2	53.7	2.8	4.0	2.5	37,861	26,534	7,098	2,661	1,374	641	2,646	2,042	-402
11	David Robinson D. Robinson	25.1	636	37.4	11.6	3.0	1.6	3.5	8.9	16.9	52.4	0.0	0.2	26.0	7.3	9.8	74.5	59.0	3.4	8.2	2.9	23,810	15,940	7,389	1,925	1,004	2,204	1,836	1,914	+377
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	24.6	1,560	36.8	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.2	18.1	55.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	59.2	2.4	7.6	2.7	57,446	38,387	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	24.3	897	38.4	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	56.4	2.0	8.0	3.1	34,443	21,791	8,974	5,695	1,556	755	2,816	2,279
14	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	24.3	955	35.8	5.7	3.0	1.0	0.2	8.6	15.8	54.0	0.0	0.1	17.1	7.2	8.7	81.8	61.7	2.3	3.4	2.9	34,151	23,177	5,455	2,830	944	150	2,503	2,550
15	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	24.2	658	37.0	4.2	5.4	1.4	0.3	9.4	21.3	44.1	0.2	0.3	66.7	5.4	6.6	82.0	50.0	1.0	3.3	3.7	24,316	15,948	2,747	3,563	587	108	530	1,865
16	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	23.8	1,025	37.5	11.9	2.7	1.8	3.4	9.5	18.4	51.5	0.0	0.1	19.8	4.9	6.8	71.7	55.7	3.6	8.3	3.2	38,466	24,422	12,199	2,771	1,895	3,459	3,276	3,847	+452
17	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	23.5	939	36.5	10.4	2.1	1.1	2.7	9.2	18.0	51.3	0.0	0.1	16.1	5.1	6.8	74.4	56.1	2.5	7.9	3.3	34,251	22,079	9,778	1,987	995	2,574	3,080	3,375	+399
18	Rick Barry R. Barry	23.2	794	36.3	6.5	5.1	2.0	0.5	9.1	20.4	44.9	1.0	3.1	33.0	4.8	5.3	90.0	51.0	0.9	4.3	2.5	28,825	18,395	5,168	4,017	1,104	269	574	2,264
19	George Mikan G. Mikan	23.1	439	34.4	13.4	2.8			8.1	20.0	40.4				7.0	8.9	78.2	48.3				8,350	10,156	4,167	1,245				1,862
20	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	23.1	751	37.4	4.3	3.9	1.3	0.3	8.3	17.9	46.3	1.5	3.7	39.9	5.1	6.0	84.5	56.3	1.0	3.2	2.9	28,075	17,371	3,213	2,923	976	218	2,165	2,044	-241
21	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	22.8	713	38.4	8.6	2.3			7.9	18.7	42.1				7.0	8.7	81.0	50.6				24,897	16,266	6,129	1,665				2,764
22	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	22.7	156	39.7	3.9	6.8	2.1	0.3	8.2	18.7	43.8	1.4	4.4	32.6	4.9	6.9	71.5	52.4	1.3	2.6	3.7	6,195	3,545	608	1,061	333	49	581	433	-531
23	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	22.5	1,011	36.8	11.7	3.9	1.6	0.9	8.0	14.7	54.4	0.5	1.9	26.8	6.0	8.2	73.6	61.5	4.0	7.7	3.2	37,184	22,792	11,821	3,960	1,591	871	3,232	3,150	+403
24	Alex Groza A. Groza	22.5	130		10.7	2.4			7.8	16.4	47.4				6.9	9.1	75.6	55.0					2,925	709	318				458
25	Bernard King B. King	22.5	874	33.7	5.8	3.3	1.0	0.3	9.0	17.3	51.8	0.0	0.2	17.2	4.5	6.2	73.0	56.1	1.9	3.8	3.2	29,417	19,655	5,060	2,863	866	230	2,791	2,885

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