retired nba players with the highest ppg at age 31

Jerry West has averaged the most career points per game by a 31-year-old inactive or retired player, with 31.2 per game.

	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	Jerry West J. West	31.2	74		4.6	7.4			11.2	22.6	49.7				8.7	10.6	82.4	57.2					2,309	338	546				160
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	29.8	69	39.2	9.0	6.0	1.6	0.8	11.6	22.3	52.1	1.2	3.1	40.4	5.2	5.8	91.0	59.9	1.3	7.7	2.7	2,706	2,054	619	417	112	54	183	147
3	Alex English A. English	28.9	81	36.8	5.2	4.1	1.0	0.5	11.6	22.2	52.4	0.0	0.1	14.3	5.7	6.8	83.9	57.5	2.4	2.8	3.0	2,978	2,344	419	333	84	40	247	249
4	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	27.9	78	41.0	11.6	3.6	1.7	3.6	11.2	21.7	51.7	0.1	0.3	27.3	5.4	7.0	76.5	56.2	2.6	9.0	3.1	3,195	2,173	904	282	134	282	241	256
5	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	27.5	82						10.9						5.6	6.7	83.6						2,252
6	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	27.3	83	38.7	8.3	3.3	1.2	0.7	10.0	21.4	46.7	0.9	3.1	29.7	6.4	7.7	83.1	55.1	3.0	5.3	2.7	3,209	2,264	693	275	101	55	221	161
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	27.0	73	38.8	5.4	5.0	1.5	0.3	9.8	21.5	45.6	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.0	7.4	81.1	54.5	1.1	4.3	3.2	2,835	1,970	391	365	113	20	233	187	+467
8	Karl Malone K. Malone	26.7	82	38.1	10.6	3.5	1.6	1.0	10.1	18.9	53.6	0.1	0.5	26.8	6.3	8.5	74.2	59.0	1.9	8.7	2.9	3,126	2,187	871	285	129	85	236	269
9	Ray Allen R. Allen	26.4	55	40.3	4.5	4.1	1.5	0.2	9.2	21.0	43.8	3.0	8.1	37.2	5.1	5.6	90.3	56.4	1.0	3.5	2.8	2,219	1,454	247	228	82	11	154	113	-50
10	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	26.3	65	42.5	3.0	7.2	1.9	0.2	8.9	20.2	44.2	1.0	3.0	31.5	7.5	9.4	79.5	54.0	0.4	2.6	4.1	2,761	1,709	193	468	123	13	268	95	-8
11	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	26.1	71						9.3						7.4	9.4	79.2						1,854
12	George Gervin G. Gervin	25.9	76	34.0	4.1	2.9	1.0	0.6	10.1	20.5	49.0	0.1	0.3	41.7	5.6	6.7	84.2	55.1	1.4	2.7	2.9	2,584	1,967	313	220	79	47	224	219
13	Sam Jones S. Jones	25.9	80						10.3						5.4	6.5	82.0						2,070
14	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	25.9	81	38.6	3.9	4.2	1.5	0.3	8.9	19.5	45.4	2.5	5.9	42.8	5.6	6.6	86.1	57.8	0.7	3.2	2.9	3,125	2,095	319	338	118	24	237	211	-109
15	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	25.0	81	37.5	7.7	2.7	0.9	1.0	8.9	18.5	48.1	0.6	1.5	42.1	6.6	7.2	91.5	57.8	1.0	6.7	1.8	3,039	2,027	620	218	70	79	149	208	+349
16	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	24.7	74	34.7	4.4	2.6	0.9	0.1	8.8	16.2	54.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.2	9.1	78.8	61.0	1.6	2.8	2.6	2,567	1,827	325	189	66	5	194	180
17	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	24.6	69	36.4	11.0	2.9	0.5	2.4	9.2	15.7	58.9	0.0	0.0		6.1	11.2	54.7	59.7	3.8	7.2	3.0	2,509	1,694	759	203	35	168	204	215	+379
18	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	24.5	79	37.6	11.2	2.3	1.1	2.7	9.4	19.0	49.6	0.1	0.2	28.6	5.6	7.4	76.5	55.1	2.8	8.4	3.3	2,972	1,939	885	179	90	217	260	275
19	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	24.3	82	46.8	23.8	8.6			10.0	16.8	59.5				4.3	11.4	37.9	55.8				3,835	1,994	1,952	702				160
20	Julius Erving J. Erving	24.2	71	35.1	6.8	3.8		1.9	9.5	17.7	53.9	0.1	0.2	30.8	5.1	6.7	76.0	58.7				2,493	1,719	481	269		136		204
21	Gary Payton G. Payton	24.2	82	41.8	6.5	8.9	1.9	0.2	9.1	20.3	44.8	2.2	6.3	34.0	3.8	5.2	73.5	53.5	1.2	5.2	2.7	3,425	1,982	529	732	153	18	224	178	+224
22	Dan Issel D. Issel	24.1	82	36.0	8.6	2.3	1.1	0.7	8.9	17.6	50.5	0.0			6.3	8.3	76.3	56.8				2,952	1,978	709	186	92	56		200
23	Hal Greer H. Greer	24.1	82		5.4	4.5			9.5	19.8	47.8				5.1	6.7	76.7	52.9					1,977	444	372				289
24	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	23.8	80	39.5	12.8	5.4		4.0	9.7	16.8	57.7				4.4	5.9	73.6	61.2				3,157	1,903	1,025	431		318		230
25	Moses Malone M. Malone	23.8	61	33.6	11.5	1.4	0.8	1.4	7.9	17.4	45.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	8.0	9.7	82.7	54.9	4.7	6.7	2.9	2,049	1,451	699	88	50	86	178	113

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2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
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6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
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4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
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6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
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13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
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Jerry West has averaged the most career points per game by a 31-year-old inactive or retired player, with 31.2 per game.

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