nba most points per game in 2023 at least 40 games played

Joel Embiid averaged the most points per game with 40+ games played in 2022-23, with 33.1 per game.

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NBA most points per game by a player in 2023 at least 40 games played

	NAME	PPG	GP	SEASON	TM	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	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	33.1	66	2022-23	PHI	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
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	32.4	66	2022-23	DAL	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
3	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	32.2	58	2022-23	POR	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
4	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	31.4	68	2022-23	OKC	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
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	31.1	63	2022-23	MIL	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
6	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	30.1	74	2022-23	BOS	36.9	8.8	4.6	1.1	0.7	9.8	21.1	46.6	3.2	9.3	35.0	7.2	8.4	85.4	60.7	1.1	7.7	2.9	2,732	2,225	649	342	78	51	213	160	+470
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	29.4	56	2022-23	GSW	34.7	6.1	6.3	0.9	0.4	10.0	20.2	49.3	4.9	11.4	42.7	4.6	5.0	91.5	65.6	0.7	5.4	3.2	1,941	1,648	341	352	52	20	179	117	+268
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	29.1	47	2022-23	TOT	35.6	6.7	5.0	0.7	1.4	10.3	18.3	56.0	2.0	4.9	40.4	6.5	7.1	91.9	67.7	0.4	6.3	3.3	1,671	1,366	313	235	34	67	156	99	+258
9	LeBron James L. James	28.9	55	2022-23	LAL	35.5	8.3	6.8	0.9	0.6	11.1	22.2	50.0	2.2	6.9	32.1	4.6	5.9	76.8	58.3	1.2	7.1	3.2	1,954	1,590	457	375	50	32	178	88	+214
10	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	28.3	68	2022-23	CLE	35.8	4.3	4.4	1.5	0.4	10.0	20.6	48.4	3.6	9.3	38.6	4.7	5.4	86.7	61.4	0.9	3.3	2.6	2,432	1,922	289	301	99	27	180	168	+338
11	Devin Booker D. Booker	27.8	53	2022-23	PHX	34.6	4.5	5.5	1.0	0.3	9.9	20.1	49.4	2.1	6.0	35.1	5.8	6.8	85.5	60.1	0.9	3.7	2.7	1,835	1,471	240	293	51	18	145	159	+247
12	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	27.1	60	2022-23	TOT	37.4	5.1	5.5	1.1	0.8	9.9	20.1	49.4	3.1	8.3	37.9	4.1	4.6	90.5	61.3	1.0	4.1	2.1	2,241	1,623	304	331	66	45	128	165	+222
13	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	26.6	67	2022-23	BOS	35.9	6.9	3.5	1.1	0.4	10.1	20.6	49.1	2.4	7.3	33.5	3.9	5.1	76.5	58.1	1.2	5.7	2.9	2,405	1,784	459	232	75	26	197	172	+256
14	Trae Young T. Young	26.2	73	2022-23	ATL	34.8	3.0	10.2	1.1	0.1	8.2	19.0	42.9	2.1	6.3	33.5	7.8	8.8	88.6	57.3	0.8	2.2	4.1	2,541	1,914	217	741	80	9	300	104	+100
15	Ja Morant J. Morant	26.2	61	2022-23	MEM	31.9	5.9	8.1	1.1	0.3	9.3	19.9	46.6	1.5	4.9	30.7	6.1	8.1	74.8	55.7	1.0	4.9	3.4	1,948	1,596	357	493	66	16	206	100	+303
16	Anthony Davis A. Davis	25.9	56	2022-23	LAL	34.0	12.5	2.6	1.1	2.0	9.7	17.2	56.3	0.3	1.3	25.7	6.2	7.9	78.4	62.7	3.5	9.1	2.2	1,904	1,451	702	148	59	114	122	146	+205
17	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	25.6	66	2022-23	UTA	34.4	8.6	1.9	0.6	0.6	8.7	17.3	49.9	3.0	7.7	39.1	5.3	6.0	87.5	64.0	2.0	6.7	1.9	2,272	1,691	570	123	42	38	127	137	+163
18	Julius Randle J. Randle	25.1	77	2022-23	NYK	35.5	10.0	4.1	0.6	0.3	8.5	18.6	45.9	2.8	8.3	34.3	5.2	6.9	75.7	58.1	1.8	8.1	2.8	2,737	1,936	767	316	49	21	216	233	+171
19	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	25.0	73	2022-23	SAC	33.4	4.2	6.1	1.1	0.3	9.3	18.2	51.2	1.6	5.0	32.4	4.7	6.0	78.0	59.9	0.5	3.6	2.5	2,435	1,826	306	447	83	23	181	172	+176
20	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	24.8	77	2022-23	CHI	35.9	4.5	4.2	0.9	0.2	8.7	18.0	48.5	2.6	7.1	37.5	4.7	5.6	84.8	60.7	0.5	3.9	2.5	2,768	1,913	345	327	69	18	194	159	+18
21	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	24.7	45	2022-23	NOP	34.2	5.5	5.8	0.7	0.4	9.0	18.6	48.4	1.4	3.6	39.0	5.3	6.0	88.2	58.2	0.5	5.0	3.3	1,538	1,112	246	262	32	19	148	116	+96
22	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	24.6	79	2022-23	MIN	36.0	5.8	4.4	1.6	0.7	8.9	19.5	45.9	2.7	7.3	36.9	4.0	5.3	75.6	56.4	0.6	5.2	3.3	2,841	1,946	458	350	125	58	259	186	+97
23	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	24.5	74	2022-23	CHI	36.2	4.6	5.1	1.1	0.5	8.9	17.6	50.4	0.6	1.9	32.4	6.2	7.1	87.2	59.2	0.5	4.2	2.1	2,682	1,816	343	377	83	36	153	186	+67
24	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	24.5	69	2022-23	DEN	33.7	11.8	9.8	1.3	0.7	9.4	14.8	63.2	0.8	2.2	38.3	4.9	6.0	82.2	70.1	2.4	9.4	3.6	2,323	1,690	817	678	87	47	247	174	+640
25	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	24.2	71	2022-23	TOR	37.4	7.8	5.8	0.9	0.5	8.9	18.5	48.0	1.3	4.0	32.4	5.2	6.7	77.4	56.5	1.8	6.0	2.4	2,652	1,720	556	415	65	36	169	228	+123