Michael Jordan had the most points per game in 1997-98, with 28.7 per game.

Interpreted as:

scoring with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games leaders NBA 1998

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	28.7	1997-98	CHI	82	38.8	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	10.7	23.1	46.5	0.4	1.5	23.8	6.9	8.8	78.4	53.3	1.6	4.2	2.3	3,181	2,357	475	283	141	45	185	151	+598
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28.3	1997-98	LAL	60	36.3	11.4	2.4	0.7	2.4	11.2	19.1	58.4	0.0	0.0		6.0	11.4	52.7	58.7	3.5	7.9	2.9	2,175	1,699	681	142	39	144	175	193	+649
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	27.0	1997-98	UTA	81	37.4	10.3	3.9	1.2	0.9	9.6	18.2	53.0	0.0	0.1	33.3	7.8	10.2	76.1	59.7	2.3	8.0	3.0	3,030	2,190	834	316	96	70	247	237	+584
4	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	23.2	1997-98	SAC	70	36.7	3.3	4.0	1.3	0.2	7.8	17.4	44.5	1.9	4.8	38.9	5.8	6.7	86.4	56.9	0.7	2.6	2.6	2,569	1,623	229	279	88	15	181	154	-132
5	Antoine Walker A. Walker	22.4	1997-98	BOS	82	39.9	10.2	3.3	1.7	0.7	8.8	20.8	42.3	1.1	3.6	31.2	3.7	5.8	64.5	48.1	3.3	6.9	3.6	3,268	1,840	836	273	142	60	292	262	-267
6	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	22.3	1997-98	VAN	82	36.0	7.1	2.6	1.1	0.9	8.0	16.4	48.5	0.3	0.6	41.2	6.1	7.8	78.4	56.2	2.8	4.3	3.1	2,950	1,829	581	213	89	76	257	201	-433
7	Glen Rice G. Rice	22.3	1997-98	CHA	82	40.2	4.3	2.2	0.9	0.3	7.7	16.9	45.7	1.6	3.7	43.3	5.2	6.1	84.9	56.8	1.1	3.2	2.2	3,295	1,826	353	182	77	22	182	200	+169
8	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	22.0	1997-98	PHI	80	39.4	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.3	8.1	17.6	46.1	0.9	2.9	29.8	4.9	6.7	72.9	53.5	1.1	2.6	3.1	3,150	1,758	296	494	176	25	244	200	-92
9	Chris Webber C. Webber	21.9	1997-98	WAS	71	39.6	9.5	3.8	1.6	1.7	9.1	18.9	48.2	0.9	2.9	31.7	2.8	4.7	58.9	52.3	2.5	7.0	2.6	2,809	1,555	674	273	111	124	185	269	+45
10	David Robinson D. Robinson	21.6	1997-98	SAS	73	33.7	10.6	2.7	0.9	2.6	7.5	14.6	51.1	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.6	9.0	73.5	58.1	3.3	7.3	2.8	2,457	1,574	775	199	64	192	202	204	+356
11	Michael Finley M. Finley	21.5	1997-98	DAL	82	41.4	5.3	4.9	1.6	0.4	8.2	18.4	44.9	1.1	3.0	35.7	4.0	5.1	78.4	52.2	1.8	3.5	2.7	3,394	1,763	438	405	132	30	219	163	-410
12	Grant Hill G. Hill	21.1	1997-98	DET	81	40.7	7.7	6.8	1.8	0.7	7.6	16.8	45.2	0.0	0.3	14.3	5.9	8.0	74.0	52.0	1.1	6.5	3.5	3,294	1,712	623	551	143	53	285	196	+214
13	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	21.1	1997-98	SAS	82	39.1	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	8.6	15.7	54.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	5.9	66.2	57.7	3.3	8.6	3.4	3,204	1,731	977	224	55	206	279	254	+429
14	Steve Smith S. Smith	20.1	1997-98	ATL	73	39.1	4.2	4.0	1.0	0.4	6.7	15.1	44.4	1.3	3.8	35.1	5.3	6.2	85.5	56.3	1.8	2.4	2.4	2,857	1,464	309	292	75	29	176	219	+202
15	Isaiah Rider I. Rider	19.7	1997-98	POR	74	37.6	4.7	3.1	0.7	0.3	7.4	17.6	42.3	1.8	5.7	32.1	3.0	3.6	82.8	51.4	1.3	3.3	2.5	2,786	1,458	346	231	55	19	187	188	+92
16	Keith Van Horn K. Van Horn	19.7	1997-98	NJN	62	37.5	6.6	1.7	1.0	0.4	7.2	16.9	42.6	1.1	3.6	30.8	4.2	4.9	84.6	51.6	2.3	4.3	2.6	2,325	1,219	408	106	64	25	164	216	+145
17	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	19.6	1997-98	NJN	75	34.7	3.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	6.8	15.4	44.1	0.2	1.1	18.8	5.8	6.8	86.0	53.3	1.0	2.1	3.6	2,606	1,471	228	603	121	20	269	262	+133
18	Ray Allen R. Allen	19.5	1997-98	MIL	82	40.1	4.9	4.3	1.4	0.1	6.9	16.0	42.8	1.6	4.5	36.4	4.2	4.8	87.5	53.9	1.5	3.4	3.2	3,287	1,602	405	356	111	12	263	244	-71
19	Reggie Miller R. Miller	19.5	1997-98	IND	81	34.5	2.9	2.1	1.0	0.1	6.4	13.3	47.7	2.0	4.7	42.9	4.7	5.4	86.8	61.9	0.6	2.3	1.6	2,795	1,578	232	171	78	11	128	148	+524
20	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	19.2	1997-98	MIA	58	33.4	9.6	0.9	0.7	2.2	6.9	12.6	55.1	0.0	0.0		5.3	8.0	66.5	59.5	3.3	6.3	3.1	1,939	1,115	558	52	40	130	179	208	+429
21	Vin Baker V. Baker	19.2	1997-98	SEA	82	35.9	8.0	1.9	1.1	1.0	7.7	14.2	54.2	0.0	0.1	14.3	3.8	6.4	59.1	56.4	3.5	4.5	2.1	2,944	1,574	656	152	91	86	174	278	+412
22	Gary Payton G. Payton	19.2	1997-98	SEA	82	38.4	4.6	8.3	2.3	0.2	7.1	15.6	45.3	1.6	4.8	33.8	3.4	4.6	74.4	54.4	0.9	3.6	2.8	3,145	1,571	376	679	185	18	229	195	+622
23	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	18.9	1997-98	MIA	81	37.4	3.7	8.3	1.7	0.2	6.9	16.0	43.1	1.9	5.5	35.1	3.2	4.1	78.1	53.0	0.6	3.1	2.8	3,031	1,528	299	672	136	16	224	200	+454
24	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	18.5	1997-98	MIN	82	39.3	9.6	4.2	1.7	1.8	7.7	15.8	49.1	0.0	0.2	18.8	3.0	4.0	73.8	52.7	2.7	6.9	2.3	3,222	1,518	786	348	139	150	192	224	+152
25	Juwan Howard J. Howard	18.5	1997-98	WAS	64	40.0	7.0	3.3	1.3	0.4	7.2	15.5	46.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.6	72.1	51.5	2.5	4.5	2.9	2,559	1,184	449	208	82	23	185	225	-47