nba highest ppg in a season by an active player

Luka Dončić has put up the most points per game by an active player in a season, with 46.0 per game this season.

Interpreted as:

NBA highest ppg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games in a season by an active player

	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	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	46.0	2025-26	LAL	2	38.0	11.5	8.5	1.0	0.5	15.5	25.0	62.0	3.5	11.0	31.8	11.5	14.5	79.3	73.3	0.5	11.0	3.0	76	92	23	17	2	1	6	5	+10
2	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	37.5	2025-26	PHI	4	43.0	3.8	8.3	1.0	0.8	11.5	25.3	45.5	4.5	9.5	47.4	10.0	11.5	87.0	61.9	0.3	3.5	2.0	172	150	15	33	4	3	8	12	+23
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	36.3	2025-26	MIL	4	32.8	14.0	7.0	0.8	1.3	14.3	20.5	69.5	1.0	1.8	57.1	6.8	10.5	64.3	72.2	4.0	10.0	3.3	131	145	56	28	3	5	13	10	+41
4	James Harden J. Harden	36.1	2018-19	HOU	78	36.8	6.6	7.5	2.0	0.7	10.8	24.5	44.2	4.8	13.2	36.8	9.7	11.0	87.9	61.6	0.8	5.8	5.0	2,867	2,818	518	586	158	58	387	244	+357
5	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	35.8	2025-26	LAL	4	37.8	6.8	8.5	1.8	0.0	10.8	18.8	57.3	3.0	7.0	42.9	11.3	12.8	88.2	73.4	0.5	6.3	4.0	151	143	27	34	7	0	16	9	+25
6	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	34.8	2025-26	OKC	5	38.6	6.2	5.4	1.4	1.4	12.6	24.4	51.6	1.4	6.0	23.3	8.2	9.6	85.4	60.8	0.2	6.0	2.4	193	174	31	27	7	7	12	10	+34
7	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	34.7	2025-26	UTA	3	38.3	8.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	11.3	22.7	50.0	4.7	11.0	42.4	7.3	7.7	95.7	66.6	2.7	5.3	1.0	115	104	24	9	0	0	3	3	+49
8	James Harden J. Harden	34.3	2019-20	HOU	68	36.5	6.6	7.5	1.8	0.9	9.9	22.3	44.4	4.4	12.4	35.5	10.2	11.8	86.5	62.6	1.0	5.5	4.5	2,483	2,335	446	512	125	60	308	227	+287
9	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	33.9	2023-24	DAL	70	37.5	9.2	9.8	1.4	0.5	11.5	23.6	48.7	4.1	10.6	38.2	6.8	8.7	78.6	61.7	0.8	8.4	4.0	2,624	2,370	647	686	99	38	282	149	+319
10	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	33.1	2022-23	PHI	66	34.6	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	11.0	20.1	54.8	1.0	3.0	33.0	10.0	11.7	85.7	65.5	1.7	8.4	3.4	2,284	2,183	670	274	66	112	226	205	+424
11	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	32.7	2024-25	OKC	76	34.2	5.0	6.4	1.7	1.0	11.3	21.8	51.9	2.1	5.7	37.5	7.9	8.8	89.8	63.7	0.9	4.1	2.4	2,598	2,484	379	486	131	77	183	164	+918
12	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	32.4	2022-23	DAL	66	36.2	8.6	8.0	1.4	0.5	10.9	22.0	49.6	2.8	8.2	34.2	7.8	10.5	74.2	60.9	0.8	7.8	3.6	2,390	2,138	569	529	90	33	236	166	+128
13	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	32.2	2022-23	POR	58	36.3	4.8	7.3	0.9	0.3	9.6	20.7	46.3	4.2	11.3	37.1	8.8	9.6	91.4	64.5	0.8	4.0	3.3	2,106	1,866	277	425	50	18	191	109	+105
14	Kevin Durant K. Durant	32.0	2013-14	OKC	81	38.5	7.4	5.5	1.3	0.7	10.5	20.8	50.3	2.4	6.1	39.1	8.7	9.9	87.3	63.5	0.7	6.7	3.5	3,122	2,593	598	445	103	59	285	174	+509
15	Stephen Curry S. Curry	32.0	2020-21	GSW	63	34.1	5.5	5.8	1.2	0.1	10.4	21.7	48.2	5.3	12.7	42.1	5.7	6.3	91.6	65.5	0.5	5.0	3.4	2,151	2,015	345	363	77	8	213	119	+242
16	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	31.8	2025-26	NYK	4	34.8	4.0	5.0	1.3	0.0	10.8	22.3	48.3	2.5	8.0	31.3	7.8	8.8	88.6	60.8	0.5	3.5	2.0	139	127	16	20	5	0	8	10	+8
17	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	31.6	2016-17	OKC	81	34.6	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	10.2	24.0	42.5	2.5	7.2	34.3	8.8	10.4	84.5	55.4	1.7	9.0	5.4	2,802	2,558	864	840	132	31	438	190	+251
18	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	31.4	2022-23	OKC	68	35.5	4.8	5.5	1.6	1.0	10.4	20.3	51.0	0.9	2.5	34.5	9.8	10.9	90.5	62.6	0.9	4.0	2.8	2,416	2,135	329	371	112	65	192	192	+149
19	LeBron James L. James	31.4	2005-06	CLE	79	42.5	7.0	6.6	1.6	0.8	11.1	23.1	48.0	1.6	4.8	33.5	7.6	10.3	73.8	56.8	0.9	6.1	3.3	3,361	2,478	556	521	123	66	260	181	+275
20	Bradley Beal B. Beal	31.3	2020-21	WAS	60	35.8	4.7	4.4	1.2	0.4	11.2	23.0	48.5	2.2	6.2	34.9	6.8	7.7	88.9	59.3	1.2	3.5	3.1	2,147	1,878	283	265	69	22	187	140	-3
21	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	31.3	2025-26	CLE	4	33.5	2.0	4.0	1.5	0.3	11.0	19.5	56.4	2.8	7.8	35.5	6.5	8.3	78.8	67.6	0.0	2.0	4.0	134	125	8	16	6	1	16	5	+48
22	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	31.1	2022-23	MIL	63	32.1	11.8	5.7	0.8	0.8	11.2	20.3	55.3	0.7	2.7	27.5	7.9	12.3	64.5	60.5	2.2	9.6	3.9	2,023	1,959	742	359	52	51	246	197	+341
23	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	31.0	2025-26	IND	2	36.5	7.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	8.5	15.5	54.8	2.5	5.0	50.0	11.5	13.0	88.5	73.0	1.5	5.5	2.5	73	62	14	5	0	0	5	6	-9
24	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	31.0	2025-26	SAS	4	32.3	13.8	2.8	1.5	4.8	11.0	18.3	60.3	1.0	2.8	36.4	8.0	10.0	80.0	68.4	1.8	12.0	1.5	129	124	55	11	6	19	6	14	+67
25	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	30.6	2021-22	PHI	68	33.8	11.7	4.2	1.1	1.5	9.8	19.6	49.9	1.4	3.7	37.1	9.6	11.8	81.4	61.6	2.1	9.6	3.1	2,296	2,079	796	284	77	99	214	181	+367