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

Interpreted as:

powerful forward with most ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games 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	Glen Rice G. Rice	26.8	1996-97	CHA	79	42.6	4.0	2.0	0.9	0.3	9.1	19.2	47.7	2.6	5.6	47.0	5.9	6.8	86.7	60.5	0.8	3.2	2.2	3,362	2,115	318	160	72	26	177	190	+176
3	Kendall Gill K. Gill	21.8	1996-97	NJN	82	39.0	6.1	4.0	1.9	0.6	7.9	17.7	44.3	0.9	2.7	33.6	5.2	6.5	79.7	53.0	2.2	3.9	2.7	3,199	1,789	499	326	154	46	218	225	-185
4	Grant Hill G. Hill	21.4	1996-97	DET	80	39.3	9.0	7.3	1.8	0.6	7.8	15.7	49.6	0.1	0.4	30.3	5.6	7.9	71.1	55.6	1.5	7.5	3.2	3,147	1,710	721	583	144	48	259	186	+413
5	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	21.1	1996-97	MIL	80	38.9	6.3	3.1	1.3	0.9	8.4	18.0	46.5	0.8	2.3	35.0	3.6	4.6	79.1	52.8	1.6	4.7	3.4	3,114	1,689	502	248	103	68	269	225	-145
6	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
7	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
8	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	20.2	1996-97	CHI	82	37.7	6.5	5.7	1.9	0.5	7.9	16.7	47.4	1.9	5.2	36.8	2.5	3.5	70.1	55.4	2.0	4.5	2.6	3,095	1,656	531	467	154	45	214	213	+807
9	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
10	Juwan Howard J. Howard	19.1	1996-97	WAS	82	40.5	8.0	3.8	1.1	0.3	7.8	16.0	48.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	4.7	75.6	52.9	2.5	5.5	3.0	3,324	1,570	652	311	93	23	246	259	+81
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	18.2	1996-97	SAS	63	30.9	6.4	1.9	0.6	0.5	6.3	15.1	41.7	1.1	3.8	29.3	4.5	5.6	80.3	51.7	2.7	3.7	2.1	1,945	1,145	402	119	39	31	135	100	-402
16	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
17	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
18	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	17.0	1996-97	MIN	77	38.9	8.0	3.1	1.4	2.1	7.1	14.3	49.9	0.1	0.3	28.6	2.7	3.5	75.4	53.7	2.5	5.6	2.3	2,995	1,309	618	236	105	163	175	199	+116
19	Detlef Schrempf D. Schrempf	16.8	1996-97	SEA	61	35.9	6.5	4.4	1.0	0.3	5.8	11.9	49.2	0.9	2.6	35.4	4.1	5.2	80.1	59.2	1.4	5.0	2.5	2,192	1,022	394	266	63	16	150	151	+495
20	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	16.6	1996-97	DEN	82	35.9	3.6	2.0	0.7	0.1	5.8	14.0	41.4	2.3	6.4	36.4	2.6	3.2	81.7	53.7	1.2	2.4	1.8	2,940	1,361	293	165	60	7	146	178	-490
21	Walt Williams W. Williams	16.4	1996-97	TOR	73	36.3	5.0	2.7	1.3	0.8	5.7	13.5	42.7	2.4	6.0	40.0	2.5	3.3	76.5	55.1	1.4	3.6	2.4	2,647	1,199	367	197	97	62	174	282	-51
22	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
23	Rick Fox R. Fox	15.4	1996-97	BOS	76	34.9	5.2	3.8	2.2	0.5	5.7	12.5	45.6	1.3	3.7	36.3	2.7	3.5	78.7	55.1	1.5	3.7	2.3	2,650	1,174	394	286	167	40	178	279	-352
24	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
25	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	15.1	1996-97	POR	81	38.0	4.0	3.2	1.2	0.8	5.5	12.9	42.6	1.5	4.3	34.6	2.7	3.8	69.6	51.9	1.1	2.9	2.1	3,077	1,224	321	261	99	66	172	251	+284