nba most points per 48 minutes in a career with minimum 20000 points

Michael Jordan has the most career points / minutes played / 48 when scoring 20,000+ points, with 37.8.

Interpreted as:
NBA most points per 48 minutes by a player in a career with minimum 20000 points
NAME PTS/(MIN/48) PTS MIN GP MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TPG REB AST STL BLK TOV PF +/-
1 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
37.8
32,292
41,011
1,072
38.3
30.1
6.2
5.3
2.3
0.8
11.4
22.9
49.7
0.5
1.7
32.7
6.8
8.2
83.5
56.9
1.6
4.7
2.7
6,672
5,633
2,514
893
2,924
2,783
+1438
2 George Gervin
G. Gervin
37.46
20,708
26,536
791
33.5
26.2
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
3,607
2,214
941
670
2,137
2,331
3 Kevin Durant
K. Durant
35.59
30,571
41,236
1,123
36.7
27.2
7.0
4.4
1.0
1.1
9.4
18.7
50.2
2.0
5.0
39.0
6.5
7.4
88.2
62.0
0.7
6.3
3.2
7,828
4,908
1,173
1,273
3,553
2,137
+4732
4 Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
34.92
20,538
28,233
859
32.9
23.9
9.9
5.0
1.1
1.2
8.8
15.9
55.1
0.6
2.2
28.4
5.8
8.3
69.3
61.1
1.9
8.1
3.0
8,530
4,288
961
1,064
2,586
2,531
+3014
5 Stephen Curry
S. Curry
34.84
25,386
34,974
1,026
34.1
24.7
4.7
6.4
1.5
0.3
8.4
17.9
47.1
4.0
9.3
42.3
3.9
4.3
91.1
62.5
0.7
4.0
3.1
4,819
6,540
1,553
265
3,187
2,310
+6177
6 LeBron James
L. James
34.29
42,184
59,042
1,562
37.8
27.0
7.5
7.4
1.5
0.7
9.9
19.6
50.6
1.6
4.7
34.9
5.5
7.5
73.7
59.0
1.2
6.4
3.5
11,731
11,584
2,345
1,150
5,471
2,781
+7389
7 Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
33.59
26,668
38,113
1,074
35.5
24.8
6.7
2.5
1.3
0.6
9.3
20.1
46.1
0.7
2.1
31.9
5.6
6.9
81.1
53.6
2.7
3.9
2.5
7,169
2,677
1,378
642
2,669
2,061
-392
8 Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
33.26
22,598
32,612
900
36.2
25.1
4.3
6.7
1.0
0.3
8.1
18.4
43.9
3.1
8.4
37.1
5.8
6.5
89.9
59.0
0.6
3.7
2.8
3,845
6,069
874
267
2,541
1,708
+2415
9 James Harden
J. Harden
33.22
27,687
40,011
1,151
34.8
24.1
5.6
7.2
1.5
0.6
7.1
16.2
43.9
2.8
7.6
36.3
7.1
8.2
86.1
60.8
0.8
4.9
3.7
6,473
8,316
1,715
655
4,260
2,857
+4610
10 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
33.2
33,643
48,637
1,346
36.1
25.0
5.2
4.7
1.4
0.5
8.7
19.5
44.7
1.4
4.1
32.9
6.2
7.4
83.7
55.0
1.1
4.1
3.0
7,047
6,306
1,944
640
4,010
3,353
+4153
11 Jerry West
J. West
33.06
25,192
36,571
932
39.2
27.0
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
5,376
6,238
81
23
2,435
12 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
32.81
23,149
33,863
846
40.0
27.4
13.5
4.3
10.3
23.8
43.1
6.8
8.7
78.0
49.4
11,463
3,650
2,596
13 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
32.75
28,596
41,918
1,207
34.7
23.7
10.9
2.5
0.6
2.3
9.4
16.1
58.2
0.0
0.0
4.5
4.9
9.3
52.7
58.6
3.5
7.4
2.7
13,099
3,026
739
2,732
3,310
4,146
+4887
14 Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
32.66
20,880
30,690
792
38.8
26.4
16.2
3.0
9.3
21.3
43.6
7.8
10.3
76.1
51.1
12,849
2,369
2,529
15 Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
32.58
23,177
34,151
955
35.8
24.3
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
5,455
2,830
944
150
2,503
2,550
16 Karl Malone
K. Malone
32.32
36,928
54,852
1,476
37.2
25.0
10.1
3.6
1.4
0.8
9.2
17.8
51.6
0.1
0.2
27.4
6.6
8.9
74.2
57.7
2.4
7.7
3.1
14,968
5,248
2,085
1,145
4,524
4,578
+3010
17 Alex English
A. English
32.3
25,613
38,063
1,193
31.9
21.5
5.5
3.6
0.9
0.7
8.9
17.6
50.7
0.0
0.1
21.7
3.6
4.3
83.2
55.0
2.3
3.2
2.5
6,538
4,351
1,067
833
2,821
3,027
18 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
32.07
38,387
57,446
1,560
36.8
24.6
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
17,440
5,660
1,160
3,189
2,527
4,657
19 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
31.51
31,419
47,859
1,045
45.8
30.1
22.9
4.4
12.1
22.5
54.0
5.8
11.4
51.1
54.7
23,924
4,643
2,075
20 Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
31.21
28,289
43,514
1,260
34.5
22.5
6.2
2.7
1.0
0.5
8.0
18.0
44.7
1.4
3.9
35.5
5.0
6.2
81.4
54.3
1.6
4.6
2.4
7,808
3,422
1,223
644
3,052
3,543
+1528
21 Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
31.12
24,368
37,584
914
41.1
26.7
3.7
6.2
2.2
0.2
9.3
21.8
42.5
1.2
3.7
31.3
7.0
8.9
78.0
51.8
0.8
2.9
3.6
3,394
5,624
1,983
164
3,262
1,777
+799
22 Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
31.08
23,165
35,773
1,054
33.9
22.0
4.7
5.4
1.5
0.8
8.0
16.7
48.0
0.5
1.8
29.3
5.4
7.1
76.5
55.4
1.2
3.5
3.2
4,933
5,701
1,620
885
3,326
2,328
+2827
23 Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
30.55
26,205
41,172
1,237
33.3
21.2
7.0
8.0
1.6
0.3
7.6
17.4
43.9
1.1
3.6
30.5
4.8
6.3
77.2
52.6
1.6
5.4
3.9
8,677
9,925
1,955
406
4,829
3,157
+3039
24 Larry Bird
L. Bird
30.37
21,791
34,443
897
38.4
24.3
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
8,974
5,695
1,556
755
2,816
2,279
25 Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
29.49
31,560
51,368
1,522
33.8
20.7
7.5
2.4
0.8
0.8
7.3
15.6
47.1
1.3
3.4
38.0
4.8
5.4
87.9
57.7
1.0
6.6
1.6
11,489
3,651
1,210
1,281
2,494
3,601
+6541
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50
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