Karl Malone scored the most points per game by a power forward in 1996-97, with 27.4 per game.

Interpreted as:

power forward with highest ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games in 1997

	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	27.4	1996-97	UTA	82	36.6	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	10.5	19.2	55.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	6.4	8.4	75.5	60.0	2.4	7.5	2.8	2,998	2,249	809	368	113	48	233	217	+768
2	Vin Baker V. Baker	21.0	1996-97	MIL	78	40.5	10.3	2.7	1.0	1.4	8.1	16.0	50.5	0.2	0.7	27.8	4.6	6.7	68.7	55.3	3.4	6.9	3.1	3,159	1,637	804	211	81	112	245	275	-63
3	Tom Gugliotta T. Gugliotta	20.6	1996-97	MIN	81	38.7	8.7	4.1	1.6	1.1	7.3	16.5	44.2	0.3	1.1	25.8	5.7	7.0	82.0	52.6	2.3	6.4	3.6	3,131	1,672	702	335	130	89	293	237	-154
4	Chris Webber C. Webber	20.1	1996-97	WAS	72	39.0	10.3	4.6	1.7	1.9	8.4	16.2	51.8	0.8	2.1	39.7	2.5	4.3	56.5	55.4	3.3	7.0	3.2	2,806	1,445	743	331	122	137	230	258	+158
5	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	18.7	1996-97	SEA	81	34.0	10.0	1.9	1.5	1.0	6.5	12.7	51.0	0.1	0.4	36.4	5.6	7.5	74.2	58.3	3.4	6.6	3.5	2,750	1,516	807	156	125	81	280	320	+462
6	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	18.7	1996-97	VAN	80	35.0	6.9	2.2	1.0	1.0	6.9	15.2	45.3	0.1	0.3	25.9	4.8	6.5	74.6	51.8	2.7	4.2	2.8	2,802	1,494	555	175	79	79	225	199	-596
7	Joe Smith J. Smith	18.7	1996-97	GSW	80	38.6	8.5	1.6	0.9	1.1	7.3	16.2	45.4	0.2	0.6	26.1	3.8	4.7	81.4	51.2	3.3	5.2	2.4	3,086	1,493	679	125	74	86	192	244	-217
8	Antonio McDyess A. McDyess	18.3	1996-97	DEN	74	34.7	7.3	1.4	0.8	1.7	7.2	15.6	46.3	0.1	0.5	17.1	3.7	5.2	70.8	50.9	2.1	5.2	2.7	2,565	1,352	537	106	62	126	199	276	-367
9	Christian Laettner C. Laettner	18.1	1996-97	ATL	82	38.3	8.8	2.7	1.2	0.8	6.7	13.8	48.6	0.4	1.1	35.2	4.4	5.4	81.6	56.2	2.6	6.2	2.7	3,140	1,486	720	223	102	64	218	277	+582
10	Antoine Walker A. Walker	17.5	1996-97	BOS	82	36.2	9.0	3.2	1.3	0.6	7.0	16.5	42.5	0.6	1.9	32.7	2.8	4.5	63.1	47.4	3.5	5.5	2.8	2,970	1,435	741	262	105	53	230	271	-559
11	Anthony Mason A. Mason	16.2	1996-97	CHA	73	43.1	11.4	5.7	1.0	0.5	5.9	11.3	52.5	0.0	0.0	33.3	4.4	5.9	74.5	58.5	2.5	8.8	2.3	3,143	1,186	829	414	76	33	165	202	+118
12	Rasheed Wallace R. Wallace	15.1	1996-97	POR	62	30.5	6.8	1.2	0.8	1.0	6.1	11.0	55.8	0.1	0.5	27.3	2.7	4.3	63.8	58.8	2.0	4.8	1.8	1,892	938	419	74	48	59	114	198	+327
13	Elden Campbell E. Campbell	14.9	1996-97	LAL	77	32.7	8.0	1.6	0.6	1.5	5.7	12.2	46.9	0.0	0.1	25.0	3.4	4.8	71.1	52.0	2.7	5.3	1.7	2,516	1,148	615	126	46	117	130	276	+170
14	Loy Vaught L. Vaught	14.9	1996-97	LAC	82	34.6	10.0	1.3	1.0	0.3	6.6	13.2	50.0	0.0	0.1	16.7	1.6	2.3	70.2	52.2	2.7	7.3	1.7	2,838	1,220	817	110	85	25	137	241	-415
15	Danny Manning D. Manning	13.5	1996-97	PHX	77	27.7	6.1	2.2	1.1	1.0	5.5	10.3	53.6	0.1	0.5	19.4	2.4	3.3	72.1	57.4	1.8	4.3	2.1	2,134	1,040	469	173	81	74	161	268	+112
16	Horace Grant H. Grant	12.6	1996-97	ORL	67	37.3	9.0	2.4	1.5	1.0	5.3	10.4	51.5	0.0	0.1	16.7	1.9	2.7	71.5	54.6	3.1	5.9	1.5	2,496	845	600	163	101	65	99	157	+87
17	Kevin Willis K. Willis	11.2	1996-97	HOU	75	26.2	7.5	0.9	0.6	0.4	4.7	9.7	48.1	0.0	0.2	14.3	1.9	2.7	69.3	51.5	1.9	5.5	1.6	1,964	842	561	71	42	32	119	216	+31
18	Terry Mills T. Mills	10.8	1996-97	DET	79	25.3	4.8	1.3	0.4	0.3	3.9	8.9	44.4	2.2	5.3	42.2	0.7	0.9	82.9	58.5	0.9	3.9	1.1	1,997	857	377	99	35	27	85	161	+472
19	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	10.8	1996-97	NYK	80	35.9	9.8	2.8	1.4	0.3	4.2	8.7	48.8	0.1	0.2	26.3	2.3	2.8	80.8	54.5	3.1	6.7	2.1	2,873	864	781	221	111	21	171	305	+105
20	Gary Trent G. Trent	10.8	1996-97	POR	82	23.4	5.2	1.1	0.6	0.4	4.4	8.2	53.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.0	2.8	69.9	56.9	1.9	3.3	1.6	1,918	882	428	87	48	35	129	186	+75
21	Danny Ferry D. Ferry	10.6	1996-97	CLE	82	32.1	4.1	1.8	0.7	0.4	4.2	9.7	42.9	1.4	3.5	40.1	0.9	1.1	85.1	52.3	1.0	3.1	1.1	2,633	870	337	151	56	32	94	245	+144
22	Antonio Davis A. Davis	10.5	1996-97	IND	82	28.5	7.3	0.8	0.5	1.0	3.8	7.8	48.0	0.0	0.2	7.1	2.9	4.4	66.6	53.6	2.3	5.0	1.7	2,335	858	598	65	42	84	141	260	+96
23	Dale Davis D. Davis	10.4	1996-97	IND	80	32.4	9.7	0.7	0.8	1.0	4.6	8.6	53.8	0.0	0.0		1.2	2.7	42.8	53.2	3.8	5.9	1.4	2,589	832	772	59	60	77	108	233	+12
24	P.J. Brown	9.5	1996-97	MIA	80	32.4	8.4	1.2	1.1	1.2	3.8	8.2	45.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.8	73.2	50.5	3.0	5.4	1.4	2,592	761	670	92	85	98	113	283	+346
25	Derek Strong D. Strong	8.5	1996-97	ORL	82	24.4	6.3	0.9	0.6	0.2	3.2	7.1	44.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.1	2.7	80.3	51.3	2.1	4.2	1.2	2,004	699	519	73	47	20	102	196	-19