the highest ppg in a season in the nba since 2000

Since 1999-00, James Harden has put up the most points per game in a season, with 36.1 per game in 2018-19.

Interpreted as:

the highest ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player in a season in the NBA since 2000

	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	James Harden J. Harden	36.1	2018-19	HOU	78	36.8	6.6	7.5	2.0	0.7	10.8	24.5	44.2	4.8	13.2	36.8	9.7	11.0	87.9	61.6	0.8	5.8	5.0	2,867	2,818	518	586	158	58	387	244	+357
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	35.4	2005-06	LAL	80	41.0	5.3	4.5	1.8	0.4	12.2	27.2	45.0	2.3	6.5	34.7	8.7	10.2	85.0	55.9	0.9	4.4	3.1	3,277	2,832	425	360	147	30	250	233	+320
3	James Harden J. Harden	34.3	2019-20	HOU	68	36.5	6.6	7.5	1.8	0.9	9.9	22.3	44.4	4.4	12.4	35.5	10.2	11.8	86.5	62.6	1.0	5.5	4.5	2,483	2,335	446	512	125	60	308	227	+287
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	34.2	2025-26	MIL	5	32.6	13.4	7.2	0.8	1.2	13.0	19.0	68.4	1.0	1.6	62.5	7.2	11.2	64.3	71.5	4.0	9.4	2.8	163	171	67	36	4	6	14	13	+40
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	33.9	2023-24	DAL	70	37.5	9.2	9.8	1.4	0.5	11.5	23.6	48.7	4.1	10.6	38.2	6.8	8.7	78.6	61.7	0.8	8.4	4.0	2,624	2,370	647	686	99	38	282	149	+319
6	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	33.7	2025-26	PHI	6	42.5	4.8	9.0	1.2	0.8	10.5	22.7	46.3	4.3	9.3	46.4	8.3	9.5	87.7	62.7	0.3	4.5	2.3	255	202	29	54	7	5	14	17	+54
7	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	33.6	2025-26	OKC	7	36.0	5.1	5.9	1.1	1.1	11.7	22.3	52.6	1.6	5.9	26.8	8.6	9.6	89.6	63.3	0.1	5.0	2.1	252	235	36	41	8	8	15	12	+66
8	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	33.1	2022-23	PHI	66	34.6	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	11.0	20.1	54.8	1.0	3.0	33.0	10.0	11.7	85.7	65.5	1.7	8.4	3.4	2,284	2,183	670	274	66	112	226	205	+424
9	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	33.0	2005-06	PHI	72	43.1	3.2	7.4	1.9	0.1	11.3	25.3	44.7	1.0	3.1	32.3	9.4	11.5	81.4	54.3	0.6	2.6	3.4	3,103	2,377	232	532	140	10	248	121	-3
10	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	33.0	2025-26	UTA	6	36.7	6.7	2.3	0.5	0.7	11.0	22.5	48.9	3.8	10.2	37.7	7.2	8.2	87.8	63.2	2.2	4.5	1.0	220	198	40	14	3	4	6	6	+17
11	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	32.7	2024-25	OKC	76	34.2	5.0	6.4	1.7	1.0	11.3	21.8	51.9	2.1	5.7	37.5	7.9	8.8	89.8	63.7	0.9	4.1	2.4	2,598	2,484	379	486	131	77	183	164	+918
12	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	32.4	2022-23	DAL	66	36.2	8.6	8.0	1.4	0.5	10.9	22.0	49.6	2.8	8.2	34.2	7.8	10.5	74.2	60.9	0.8	7.8	3.6	2,390	2,138	569	529	90	33	236	166	+128
13	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	32.2	2022-23	POR	58	36.3	4.8	7.3	0.9	0.3	9.6	20.7	46.3	4.2	11.3	37.1	8.8	9.6	91.4	64.5	0.8	4.0	3.3	2,106	1,866	277	425	50	18	191	109	+105
14	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	32.1	2002-03	ORL	75	39.4	6.5	5.5	1.7	0.8	11.1	24.2	45.7	2.3	6.0	38.6	7.7	9.7	79.3	56.4	1.6	4.9	2.6	2,954	2,407	488	411	124	59	195	156	+201
15	Kevin Durant K. Durant	32.0	2013-14	OKC	81	38.5	7.4	5.5	1.3	0.7	10.5	20.8	50.3	2.4	6.1	39.1	8.7	9.9	87.3	63.5	0.7	6.7	3.5	3,122	2,593	598	445	103	59	285	174	+509
16	Stephen Curry S. Curry	32.0	2020-21	GSW	63	34.1	5.5	5.8	1.2	0.1	10.4	21.7	48.2	5.3	12.7	42.1	5.7	6.3	91.6	65.5	0.5	5.0	3.4	2,151	2,015	345	363	77	8	213	119	+242
17	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	31.6	2016-17	OKC	81	34.6	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	10.2	24.0	42.5	2.5	7.2	34.3	8.8	10.4	84.5	55.4	1.7	9.0	5.4	2,802	2,558	864	840	132	31	438	190	+251
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	31.6	2006-07	LAL	77	40.8	5.7	5.4	1.4	0.5	10.6	22.8	46.3	1.8	5.2	34.4	8.7	10.0	86.8	58.0	1.0	4.7	3.3	3,140	2,430	439	413	111	36	255	205	+99
19	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	31.4	2022-23	OKC	68	35.5	4.8	5.5	1.6	1.0	10.4	20.3	51.0	0.9	2.5	34.5	9.8	10.9	90.5	62.6	0.9	4.0	2.8	2,416	2,135	329	371	112	65	192	192	+149
20	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	31.4	2001-02	PHI	60	43.7	4.5	5.5	2.8	0.2	11.1	27.8	39.8	1.3	4.5	29.1	7.9	9.8	81.2	48.9	0.7	3.8	4.0	2,622	1,883	269	331	168	13	237	102	+278
21	LeBron James L. James	31.4	2005-06	CLE	79	42.5	7.0	6.6	1.6	0.8	11.1	23.1	48.0	1.6	4.8	33.5	7.6	10.3	73.8	56.8	0.9	6.1	3.3	3,361	2,478	556	521	123	66	260	181	+275
22	Bradley Beal B. Beal	31.3	2020-21	WAS	60	35.8	4.7	4.4	1.2	0.4	11.2	23.0	48.5	2.2	6.2	34.9	6.8	7.7	88.9	59.3	1.2	3.5	3.1	2,147	1,878	283	265	69	22	187	140	-3
23	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	31.2	2025-26	NYK	6	34.5	3.8	5.0	1.2	0.0	10.8	22.7	47.8	2.8	8.5	33.3	6.7	7.8	85.1	59.7	0.5	3.3	2.0	207	187	23	30	7	0	12	16	+7
24	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	31.1	2025-26	LAL	7	37.9	5.1	9.3	1.4	0.0	9.4	19.3	48.9	3.0	8.7	34.4	9.3	10.3	90.3	65.4	0.6	4.6	3.4	265	218	36	65	10	0	24	15	+46
25	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	31.1	2022-23	MIL	63	32.1	11.8	5.7	0.8	0.8	11.2	20.3	55.3	0.7	2.7	27.5	7.9	12.3	64.5	60.5	2.2	9.6	3.9	2,023	1,959	742	359	52	51	246	197	+341