regular season most total points per 36 minutes in a single season leader in 1987

36 in 1986-87, with 33.37.

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Assumption:2,000+ MIN/82TG
Data note: Minutes Played, Minutes Per 82 Team Games: player season data complete from 1951-52

	NAME	PTS/(MIN/36)	PTS	MIN	SEASON	TM	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33.37	3,041	3,281	1986-87	CHI	82	430	377	236	125	1,098	2,279	48.2	12	66	18.2	833	972	85.7	56.2	166	264	272	237	40.0	37.1	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	3.3
2	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	27.82	2,294	2,969	1986-87	ATL	79	494	261	117	51	828	1,787	46.3	31	106	29.2	607	742	81.8	54.3	210	284	215	149	37.6	29.0	6.3	3.3	1.5	0.6	2.7
3	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	27.79	2,056	2,663	1986-87	DAL	80	427	254	84	30	787	1,590	49.5	53	150	35.3	429	557	77.0	56.0	181	246	217	243	33.3	25.7	5.3	3.2	1.1	0.4	2.7
4	Alex English A. English	27.36	2,345	3,085	1986-87	DEN	82	344	422	73	21	965	1,920	50.3	4	15	26.7	411	487	84.4	54.9	146	198	214	216	37.6	28.6	4.2	5.1	0.9	0.3	2.6
5	Moses Malone M. Malone	25.47	1,760	2,488	1986-87	WAS	73	824	120	59	92	595	1,311	45.4	0	11	0.0	570	692	82.4	54.5	340	484	202	139	34.1	24.1	11.3	1.6	0.8	1.3	2.8
6	Walter Davis W. Davis	25.4	1,867	2,646	1986-87	PHX	79	244	364	96	5	779	1,515	51.4	21	81	25.9	288	334	86.2	56.2	90	154	226	184	33.5	23.6	3.1	4.6	1.2	0.1	2.9
7	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	25.22	2,122	3,029	1986-87	POR	79	251	220	52	17	808	1,545	52.3	39	81	48.1	467	527	88.6	59.7	86	165	139	137	38.3	26.9	3.2	2.8	0.7	0.2	1.8
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	24.87	2,076	3,005	1986-87	BOS	74	682	566	135	70	786	1,497	52.5	90	225	40.0	414	455	91.0	61.2	124	558	240	185	40.6	28.1	9.2	7.6	1.8	0.9	3.2
9	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	23.91	2,041	3,073	1986-87	SEA	82	447	238	104	32	785	1,520	51.6	86	240	35.8	385	489	78.7	58.8	187	260	238	267	37.5	24.9	5.5	2.9	1.3	0.4	2.9
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	23.67	1,909	2,904	1986-87	LAL	80	504	977	138	36	683	1,308	52.2	8	39	20.5	535	631	84.8	60.2	122	382	300	168	36.3	23.9	6.3	12.2	1.7	0.5	3.8
11	Kevin McHale K. McHale	23.62	2,008	3,060	1986-87	BOS	77	763	198	38	172	790	1,307	60.4	0	4	0.0	428	512	83.6	65.5	247	516	197	240	39.7	26.1	9.9	2.6	0.5	2.2	2.6
12	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	22.92	1,742	2,736	1986-87	DET	81	332	162	63	7	601	1,126	53.4	1	6	16.7	539	664	81.2	61.4	104	228	181	193	33.8	21.5	4.1	2.0	0.8	0.1	2.2
13	Jeff Malone J. Malone	22.91	1,758	2,763	1986-87	WAS	80	218	298	75	13	689	1,509	45.7	4	26	15.4	376	425	88.5	51.8	50	168	182	154	34.5	22.0	2.7	3.7	0.9	0.2	2.3
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	22.89	1,755	2,760	1986-87	HOU	75	858	220	140	254	677	1,332	50.8	1	5	20.0	400	570	70.2	55.4	315	543	228	294	36.8	23.4	11.4	2.9	1.9	3.4	3.0
15	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	22.77	1,909	3,018	1986-87	SEA	82	545	245	81	50	660	1,446	45.6	54	145	37.2	535	630	84.9	55.4	163	382	268	307	36.8	23.3	6.6	3.0	1.0	0.6	3.3
16	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	22.73	1,720	2,724	1986-87	GSW	81	589	214	92	123	690	1,461	47.2	0	0		340	432	78.7	52.1	173	416	226	255	33.6	21.2	7.3	2.6	1.1	1.5	2.8
17	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	22.45	1,890	3,031	1986-87	SEA	82	705	207	115	52	806	1,583	50.9	3	14	21.4	275	395	69.6	53.8	338	367	234	300	37.0	23.0	8.6	2.5	1.4	0.6	2.9
18	Karl Malone K. Malone	22.42	1,779	2,857	1986-87	UTA	82	855	158	104	60	728	1,422	51.2	0	7	0.0	323	540	59.8	53.6	278	577	237	323	34.8	21.7	10.4	1.9	1.3	0.7	2.9
19	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	22.21	1,516	2,457	1986-87	SAC	81	353	251	42	19	606	1,309	46.3	37	118	31.4	267	322	82.9	52.3	146	207	163	218	30.3	18.7	4.4	3.1	0.5	0.2	2.0
20	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	22.18	1,707	2,770	1986-87	MIL	82	700	229	129	81	729	1,426	51.1	0	3	0.0	249	376	66.2	53.6	214	486	172	296	33.8	20.8	8.5	2.8	1.6	1.0	2.1
21	Ricky Pierce R. Pierce	22.13	1,540	2,505	1986-87	MIL	79	266	144	64	24	575	1,077	53.4	3	28	10.7	387	440	88.0	60.6	117	149	120	222	31.7	19.5	3.4	1.8	0.8	0.3	1.5
22	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	22.13	1,356	2,206	1986-87	NYK	63	555	104	89	147	530	1,053	50.3	0	7	0.0	296	415	71.3	54.9	157	398	229	248	35.0	21.5	8.8	1.7	1.4	2.3	3.6
23	Ron Harper R. Harper	22.02	1,874	3,064	1986-87	CLE	82	392	394	209	84	734	1,614	45.5	20	94	21.3	386	564	68.4	50.3	169	223	345	247	37.4	22.9	4.8	4.8	2.5	1.0	4.2
24	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	21.88	1,676	2,758	1986-87	DAL	80	278	266	64	21	626	1,264	49.5	5	15	33.3	419	474	88.4	56.9	96	182	174	142	34.5	21.0	3.5	3.3	0.8	0.3	2.2
25	Larry Nance L. Nance	21.75	1,552	2,569	1986-87	PHX	69	599	233	86	148	585	1,062	55.1	1	5	20.0	381	493	77.3	60.7	188	411	149	223	37.2	22.5	8.7	3.4	1.2	2.1	2.2

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