James Harden had the most points per game in 2017-18, with 30.4 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA highest ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player 2018

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	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	James Harden J. Harden	30.4	2017-18	HOU	72	35.4	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	9.0	20.1	44.9	3.7	10.0	36.7	8.7	10.1	85.8	61.9	0.6	4.8	4.4	2,551	2,191	389	630	126	50	315	169	+527
2	Anthony Davis A. Davis	28.1	2017-18	NOP	75	36.4	11.1	2.3	1.5	2.6	10.4	19.5	53.4	0.7	2.2	34.0	6.6	8.0	82.8	61.2	2.5	8.6	2.2	2,727	2,110	832	174	115	193	162	159	+298
3	LeBron James L. James	27.5	2017-18	CLE	82	36.9	8.6	9.1	1.4	0.9	10.5	19.3	54.2	1.8	5.0	36.7	4.7	6.5	73.1	62.1	1.2	7.5	4.2	3,026	2,251	709	747	116	71	347	136	+104
4	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	26.9	2017-18	POR	73	36.6	4.5	6.6	1.1	0.4	8.5	19.4	43.9	3.1	8.6	36.1	6.8	7.4	91.6	59.4	0.8	3.6	2.8	2,670	1,962	325	481	77	27	206	117	+349
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	26.9	2017-18	MIL	75	36.7	10.0	4.8	1.5	1.4	9.9	18.7	52.9	0.6	1.9	30.7	6.5	8.5	76.0	59.8	2.1	8.0	3.0	2,756	2,014	753	361	109	106	223	231	+148
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	26.4	2017-18	GSW	68	34.2	6.8	5.4	0.7	1.8	9.3	18.0	51.6	2.5	6.1	41.9	5.3	5.9	88.9	64.0	0.5	6.4	3.0	2,325	1,792	464	366	50	119	207	133	+347
7	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	25.4	2017-18	OKC	80	36.4	10.1	10.3	1.8	0.3	9.5	21.1	44.9	1.2	4.1	29.8	5.2	7.1	73.7	52.4	1.9	8.2	4.8	2,914	2,028	804	820	147	20	381	200	+383
8	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	24.4	2017-18	BOS	60	32.2	3.8	5.1	1.1	0.3	8.9	18.1	49.1	2.8	6.8	40.8	3.9	4.4	88.9	61.0	0.6	3.2	2.3	1,931	1,466	227	306	65	17	139	122	+258
9	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	23.1	2017-18	SAS	75	33.5	8.5	2.0	0.6	1.2	9.2	18.0	51.0	0.4	1.2	29.3	4.5	5.3	83.7	57.0	3.3	5.2	1.5	2,509	1,735	635	152	43	90	111	161	+285
10	Victor Oladipo V. Oladipo	23.1	2017-18	IND	75	34.0	5.2	4.3	2.4	0.8	8.5	17.9	47.7	2.1	5.8	37.1	3.9	4.9	79.9	57.7	0.6	4.6	2.9	2,552	1,735	390	323	177	57	219	175	+336
11	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	23.0	2017-18	TOR	80	33.9	3.9	5.2	1.1	0.3	8.1	17.7	45.6	1.1	3.6	31.0	5.8	7.0	82.5	55.5	0.7	3.2	2.2	2,712	1,840	315	417	85	22	175	151	+440
12	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	22.9	2017-18	PHI	63	30.4	11.0	3.2	0.6	1.8	8.1	16.8	48.3	1.0	3.4	30.8	5.7	7.4	76.9	57.3	2.3	8.7	3.7	1,914	1,445	690	199	40	111	234	209	+483
13	Bradley Beal B. Beal	22.6	2017-18	WAS	82	36.3	4.4	4.5	1.2	0.4	8.3	18.1	46.0	2.4	6.5	37.5	3.6	4.5	79.1	56.4	0.7	3.7	2.6	2,977	1,857	363	373	96	36	214	160	+177
14	Lou Williams L. Williams	22.6	2017-18	LAC	79	32.8	2.5	5.3	1.1	0.2	7.4	16.9	43.5	2.4	6.6	35.9	5.5	6.2	88.0	57.4	0.5	2.0	3.0	2,589	1,782	198	417	85	19	234	106	+123
15	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	22.2	2017-18	MIN	59	36.7	5.3	4.9	2.0	0.4	7.4	15.6	47.4	1.2	3.4	35.0	6.2	7.2	85.4	59.0	1.3	4.0	1.8	2,164	1,307	314	288	116	24	108	78	+374
16	Kemba Walker K. Walker	22.1	2017-18	CHA	80	34.2	3.1	5.6	1.1	0.3	7.4	17.0	43.1	2.9	7.5	38.4	4.5	5.3	86.4	57.2	0.4	2.7	2.2	2,736	1,770	248	444	91	24	179	98	+203
17	Paul George P. George	21.9	2017-18	OKC	79	36.6	5.7	3.3	2.0	0.5	7.3	17.0	43.0	3.1	7.7	40.1	4.3	5.2	82.2	57.0	0.9	4.7	2.7	2,891	1,734	447	263	161	39	212	233	+226
18	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	21.4	2017-18	TOT	58	34.0	7.4	5.8	0.7	0.3	7.5	17.2	43.8	1.9	5.6	34.5	4.5	5.7	78.5	54.4	1.3	6.1	2.8	1,970	1,242	428	334	41	18	165	139	+62
19	CJ McCollum	21.4	2017-18	POR	81	36.1	4.0	3.4	1.0	0.4	8.2	18.6	44.3	2.3	5.9	39.7	2.6	3.1	83.6	53.6	0.7	3.3	1.9	2,923	1,732	321	272	77	35	151	168	+116
20	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	21.3	2017-18	MIN	82	35.6	12.3	2.4	0.8	1.4	7.8	14.3	54.5	1.5	3.5	42.1	4.2	4.9	85.8	64.6	2.9	9.4	1.9	2,918	1,743	1,012	199	64	115	159	285	+371
21	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	20.5	2017-18	UTA	79	33.4	3.7	3.7	1.5	0.3	7.5	17.2	43.7	2.4	7.0	34.0	3.0	3.8	80.5	54.1	0.7	3.1	2.7	2,638	1,616	296	291	118	27	215	213	+357
22	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	20.1	2017-18	MIL	82	36.4	5.2	4.0	1.5	0.3	7.2	15.5	46.6	1.8	5.0	35.9	3.9	4.4	88.4	57.7	0.5	4.7	2.3	2,982	1,652	429	328	119	21	191	270	+99
23	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	20.0	2017-18	GSW	73	34.3	3.8	2.5	0.8	0.5	7.9	16.1	48.8	3.1	7.1	44.0	1.1	1.3	83.7	59.8	0.4	3.4	1.8	2,504	1,461	277	185	55	34	128	117	+397
24	T.J. Warren	19.6	2017-18	PHX	65	33.0	5.1	1.3	1.0	0.6	8.1	16.4	49.8	0.3	1.4	22.2	3.0	3.9	75.7	54.1	1.9	3.2	1.3	2,142	1,271	333	85	65	41	85	149	-431
25	Dennis Schröder D. Schröder	19.4	2017-18	ATL	67	30.9	3.1	6.2	1.1	0.1	7.5	17.1	43.6	1.1	3.9	29.0	3.4	4.0	84.9	51.5	0.7	2.4	2.7	2,072	1,301	208	417	72	6	183	147	-281