Since 1977-78, Michael Jordan has the most points per game, with 30.1 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA most points per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player since 1978

	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	30.1	1,072	38.3	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	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	28.6	450	34.9	8.6	8.2	1.2	0.5	9.7	20.7	46.8	3.1	8.8	35.0	6.2	8.2	75.1	58.8	0.9	7.7	3.9	15,711	12,878	3,881	3,700	556	203	1,777	1,028	+1236
3	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	27.7	452	31.9	11.0	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.2	50.1	1.2	3.5	33.9	8.3	10.0	82.8	61.3	2.2	8.8	3.4	14,408	12,523	4,987	1,658	411	738	1,547	1,369	+2490
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	27.2	1,123	36.7	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	41,236	30,571	7,828	4,908	1,173	1,273	3,553	2,137	+4732
5	LeBron James L. James	27.0	1,562	37.8	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	59,042	42,184	11,731	11,584	2,345	1,150	5,471	2,781	+7389
6	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	26.7	914	41.1	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	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
7	George Gervin G. Gervin	26.5	709	33.6	4.4	2.8	1.2	0.8	10.3	20.3	50.8	0.1	0.5	29.7	5.8	6.8	84.5	56.8	1.5	3.0	3.0	23,831	18,813	3,153	1,976	836	566	2,137	2,045
8	Trae Young T. Young	25.3	483	34.4	3.5	9.8	1.0	0.2	8.0	18.5	43.3	2.6	7.5	35.2	6.7	7.6	87.3	57.9	0.6	2.9	4.2	16,621	12,220	1,687	4,748	505	74	2,051	841	-121
9	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	25.1	900	36.2	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	32,612	22,598	3,845	6,069	874	267	2,541	1,708	+2415
10	Karl Malone K. Malone	25.0	1,476	37.2	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	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	25.0	1,346	36.1	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	48,637	33,643	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
12	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	24.8	1,074	35.5	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	38,113	26,668	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	2,669	2,061	-392
13	Stephen Curry S. Curry	24.7	1,026	34.1	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	34,975	25,386	4,819	6,540	1,553	265	3,187	2,310	+6177
14	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	24.7	539	33.8	4.3	4.7	1.4	0.3	8.8	19.5	44.9	3.0	8.2	36.6	4.2	5.0	84.0	56.9	0.8	3.5	2.7	18,244	13,320	2,324	2,530	740	173	1,447	1,300	+2590
15	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	24.7	214	31.4	6.6	4.3	1.0	0.6	9.5	16.2	58.9	0.1	0.5	32.7	5.4	7.9	68.9	62.7	2.3	4.3	2.8	6,714	5,279	1,415	920	219	138	608	483	+401
16	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	24.6	878	35.7	5.5	3.1	1.0	0.2	8.7	16.0	54.2	0.0	0.1	17.1	7.2	8.8	81.8	61.8	2.2	3.3	2.9	31,335	21,613	4,868	2,686	853	135	2,503	2,335
17	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	24.4	462	33.1	4.8	5.1	1.4	0.8	8.5	17.0	50.1	1.3	3.7	35.5	6.0	7.0	86.2	60.7	0.8	4.0	2.3	15,291	11,294	2,211	2,362	666	370	1,072	1,044	+1274
18	Devin Booker D. Booker	24.4	673	34.4	4.0	5.2	0.9	0.3	8.5	18.4	46.4	2.1	6.0	35.4	5.2	6.0	87.3	58.1	0.6	3.4	3.0	23,148	16,452	2,718	3,522	577	190	2,035	1,972	+30
19	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
20	Anthony Davis A. Davis	24.1	787	34.4	10.7	2.6	1.3	2.3	9.0	17.3	52.2	0.5	1.6	29.6	5.6	7.0	79.4	59.2	2.7	8.0	2.0	27,082	18,978	8,416	2,009	1,033	1,815	1,573	1,840	+929
21	James Harden J. Harden	24.1	1,151	34.8	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	40,011	27,687	6,473	8,316	1,715	655	4,260	2,857	+4610
22	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	23.9	859	32.9	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	28,233	20,538	8,530	4,288	961	1,064	2,586	2,531	+3014
23	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	23.9	381	34.8	5.3	4.2	1.3	0.6	8.4	18.8	44.6	2.9	8.0	36.4	4.2	5.2	80.4	56.6	0.7	4.6	2.9	13,262	9,097	2,017	1,600	504	233	1,099	770	+780
24	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	23.7	1,207	34.7	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	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
25	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	23.7	779	34.5	4.1	5.6	1.3	0.4	8.7	18.4	47.4	2.4	6.1	39.4	3.8	4.3	88.8	58.4	0.8	3.3	2.5	26,879	18,433	3,173	4,365	1,022	337	1,942	1,770	+1962