players with most points per game in a season ever post 1990

Karl Malone averaged the most points per game by a big man in 1989-90, with 31.0 per game.

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	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	Karl Malone K. Malone	31.0	1989-90	UTA	82	38.1	11.1	2.8	1.5	0.6	11.1	19.8	56.2	0.2	0.5	37.2	8.5	11.1	76.2	62.6	2.8	8.3	3.7	3,122	2,540	911	226	121	50	304	259
2	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	28.6	1989-90	NYK	82	38.6	10.9	2.2	1.0	4.0	11.2	20.4	55.1	0.0	0.0	25.0	6.1	7.9	77.5	59.9	2.9	8.0	3.4	3,165	2,347	893	182	78	327	278	325
3	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	27.2	1989-90	PHX	81	37.6	7.0	2.3	1.1	0.6	10.0	20.0	50.1	0.3	1.1	27.9	6.9	8.0	86.1	57.9	1.5	5.6	2.7	3,046	2,201	571	190	88	47	218	260
4	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	24.3	1989-90	HOU	82	38.1	14.0	2.9	2.1	4.6	9.8	19.6	50.1	0.0	0.1	16.7	4.7	6.5	71.3	54.1	3.6	10.4	3.9	3,124	1,995	1,149	234	174	376	316	314
5	David Robinson D. Robinson	24.3	1989-90	SAS	82	36.6	12.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	8.4	15.9	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.5	10.2	73.2	59.7	3.7	8.3	3.1	3,002	1,993	983	164	138	319	257	259
6	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	22.4	1989-90	SAS	81	34.8	8.4	2.7	1.4	0.6	9.0	18.9	47.5	0.2	0.7	32.2	4.2	5.4	78.0	52.7	2.8	5.6	2.5	2,821	1,818	677	219	110	52	202	286
7	Wayman Tisdale W. Tisdale	22.3	1989-90	SAC	79	37.2	7.5	1.4	0.7	0.7	9.2	17.5	52.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	4.9	78.3	56.5	2.3	5.2	1.9	2,937	1,758	595	108	54	54	153	251
8	Charles Smith C. Smith	21.1	1989-90	LAC	78	35.0	6.7	1.5	1.1	1.5	7.6	14.7	52.0	0.0	0.2	8.3	5.8	7.3	79.4	58.9	2.3	4.4	2.1	2,732	1,645	524	114	86	119	162	294
9	Kevin McHale K. McHale	20.9	1989-90	BOS	82	33.2	8.3	2.1	0.4	1.9	7.9	14.4	54.9	0.3	0.8	33.3	4.8	5.4	89.3	62.3	2.5	5.8	2.2	2,722	1,712	677	172	30	157	183	250
10	Terry Catledge T. Catledge	19.4	1989-90	ORL	74	33.3	7.6	1.0	0.5	0.2	7.4	15.6	47.4	0.0	0.1	25.0	4.6	6.6	70.2	52.5	3.7	3.9	2.4	2,462	1,435	563	72	36	17	181	201
11	Moses Malone M. Malone	18.9	1989-90	ATL	81	33.8	10.0	1.6	0.6	1.0	6.4	13.3	48.0	0.0	0.1	11.1	6.1	7.8	78.1	56.4	4.5	5.5	2.9	2,735	1,528	812	130	47	84	232	158
12	Otis Thorpe O. Thorpe	17.1	1989-90	HOU	82	35.9	9.0	3.2	0.8	0.3	6.7	12.2	54.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.7	5.4	68.8	58.7	3.1	5.8	2.8	2,947	1,401	734	261	66	24	229	270
13	Hot Rod Williams H. Rod Williams	16.8	1989-90	CLE	82	33.9	8.1	2.0	1.0	2.0	6.4	13.0	49.3	0.0	0.0		4.0	5.4	73.9	54.6	2.7	5.4	1.7	2,776	1,381	663	168	86	167	143	214
14	Armen Gilliam A. Gilliam	16.7	1989-90	TOT	76	31.9	7.9	1.3	0.9	0.7	6.4	12.4	51.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.5	72.3	56.5	2.8	5.1	2.4	2,426	1,271	599	99	69	51	183	212
15	Rony Seikaly R. Seikaly	16.6	1989-90	MIA	74	32.6	10.4	1.1	1.1	1.7	6.6	13.1	50.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	5.8	59.4	53.0	3.4	6.9	3.2	2,409	1,228	766	78	78	124	236	258
16	Larry Nance L. Nance	16.3	1989-90	CLE	62	33.3	8.3	2.6	0.9	2.0	6.6	13.0	51.1	0.0	0.0	100.0	3.0	3.9	77.8	55.4	2.6	5.7	1.8	2,065	1,011	516	161	54	122	110	185
17	Danny Manning D. Manning	16.3	1989-90	LAC	71	32.0	5.9	2.6	1.3	0.5	6.2	11.6	53.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	5.2	74.1	58.4	2.0	3.9	2.6	2,269	1,154	422	187	91	39	188	261
18	Detlef Schrempf D. Schrempf	16.2	1989-90	IND	78	33.0	7.9	3.2	0.8	0.2	5.4	10.5	51.6	0.2	0.6	35.4	5.2	6.3	82.0	61.1	1.9	6.0	2.3	2,573	1,267	620	247	59	16	180	271
19	Kevin Duckworth K. Duckworth	16.2	1989-90	POR	82	30.0	6.2	1.1	0.4	0.4	6.7	14.0	47.8	0.0	0.0		2.8	3.8	74.0	51.7	2.2	4.0	2.1	2,462	1,327	509	91	36	34	171	271
20	Terry Teagle T. Teagle	16.1	1989-90	GSW	82	29.0	4.5	1.9	1.1	0.2	6.6	13.7	48.0	0.0	0.2	21.4	3.0	3.6	83.0	52.9	1.4	3.1	1.8	2,376	1,323	367	155	91	15	144	231
21	Robert Parish R. Parish	15.7	1989-90	BOS	79	30.3	10.1	1.3	0.5	0.9	6.4	11.0	58.0	0.0	0.0		2.9	3.9	74.7	61.6	3.3	6.8	2.1	2,396	1,243	796	103	38	69	169	189
22	Derrick McKey D. McKey	15.7	1989-90	SEA	80	34.4	6.1	2.3	1.1	1.0	5.9	11.9	49.3	0.0	0.3	13.0	3.9	5.0	78.2	55.7	2.1	4.0	2.4	2,748	1,254	489	187	87	81	192	247
23	Rik Smits R. Smits	15.5	1989-90	IND	82	29.3	6.2	1.7	0.5	2.1	6.3	11.8	53.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	3.6	81.1	57.9	1.6	4.6	1.7	2,404	1,271	512	142	45	169	143	328
24	Sam Bowie S. Bowie	14.7	1989-90	NJN	68	32.5	10.1	1.3	0.6	1.8	5.1	12.3	41.6	0.1	0.5	32.3	4.3	5.6	77.6	49.9	3.0	7.1	1.8	2,207	998	690	91	38	121	125	211
25	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	14.6	1989-90	NYK	61	36.0	11.9	2.4	1.0	0.3	5.5	10.5	52.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	4.7	76.1	58.0	4.2	7.7	2.7	2,196	889	727	146	64	16	165	220

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