the highest scoring average in a calendar month by an nba player minimum 8 games

Wilt Chamberlain has put up the most points per game when playing 8+ games in a month, with 52.4 per game in December 1961.

	NAME	PPG	GP	MONTH	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	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	52.4	18	December 1961	49.7	26.1	1.9			21.1	41.9	50.3				10.3	17.1	60.6	53.1				894	944	469	35				35
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	52.1	15	November 1962	48.0	24.8	2.5			20.5	37.9	54.2				11.0	17.3	63.7	57.3				720	781	372	38				24
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	51.8	19	January 1962	48.4	24.9	2.7			20.4	39.4	51.8				10.9	16.9	64.8	55.3				919	984	473	51				28
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	50.6	19	February 1962	48.0	24.3	2.7			19.5	36.8	53.0				11.6	18.2	63.8	56.5				912	962	461	51				25
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	45.8	11	March 1963	48.9	24.0	5.6			18.9	32.5	58.1				8.0	13.6	58.7	59.4				538	504	264	62				22
6	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	44.1	14	November 1961	48.0	26.0	2.2			17.7	38.7	45.8				8.6	16.1	53.8	48.1				672	617	364	31				21
7	James Harden J. Harden	43.6	14	January 2019	38.8	8.7	7.6	2.1	1.2	12.8	29.7	43.0	5.6	16.6	33.5	12.4	13.7	90.6	60.9	1.6	7.1	5.5	543	610	122	106	29	17	77	46	+54
8	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	43.6	16	December 1962	47.1	23.5				18.4	36.4	50.5				6.8	12.6	54.0	51.9				753	697	376					28
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	43.4	13	January 2006	41.6	5.6	4.1	1.8	0.1	13.9	29.6	47.0	3.5	8.9	39.7	12.0	13.4	89.7	61.1	0.5	5.1	3.5	541	564	73	53	23	1	46	39	+50
10	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	41.9	17	January 1963	45.3	23.3	1.8			17.2	31.8	54.0				7.5	13.2	56.9	55.6				770	712	396	30				33
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	41.6	8	April 2006	39.6	5.5	3.6	2.3	0.0	14.5	28.5	50.9	3.3	7.9	41.3	9.4	11.4	82.4	62.1	1.1	4.4	2.1	317	333	44	29	18	0	17	27	+101
12	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	41.6	16	November 1964	47.1	24.9	2.9			17.6	36.1	48.7				6.5	16.0	40.6	48.3				754	666	398	47				34
13	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	41.4	19	January 1960	47.5	30.1	3.0			16.4	34.3	47.8				8.6	15.3	56.6	50.5				902	786	571	57				45
14	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	41.3	20	December 1961						14.6						12.2	16.2	75.5						826						67
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	40.6	14	February 2003	41.6	4.9	3.6	2.6	0.9	13.9	29.4	47.2	2.4	5.5	42.9	10.6	12.5	84.6	58.3	0.9	4.1	3.4	583	569	69	50	37	13	48	33	+122
16	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	40.4	20	February 1961	48.3	26.7				16.9	30.6	55.3				6.6	12.9	51.2	55.8				965	808	533					35
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	40.4	13	March 2007	44.8	6.2	4.5	1.1	0.5	13.7	29.8	45.9	2.7	7.2	37.2	10.3	11.9	86.5	57.5	1.6	4.5	2.8	582	525	80	58	14	6	36	30	-36
18	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	40.2	9	December 2023	33.6	12.6	4.9	1.4	2.1	14.3	23.7	60.6	1.2	2.9	42.3	10.3	11.2	92.1	70.3	2.0	10.6	4.1	302	362	113	44	13	19	37	23	+146
19	Rick Barry R. Barry	39.7	15	February 1967	43.5	8.6	2.9			14.3	32.6	43.8				11.2	12.5	89.4	52.1				653	596	129	43				59
20	James Harden J. Harden	39.5	15	November 2019	36.9	6.4	7.6	1.9	0.5	11.2	24.2	46.3	5.5	14.1	38.9	11.6	13.9	83.7	65.1	0.9	5.5	5.1	553	592	96	114	28	8	77	43	+141
21	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	39.4	15	December 1962						14.9						9.7	11.1	87.3						591						51
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	39.3	16	February 1972		15.6	5.8			16.0	27.1	59.0				7.3	9.8	74.4	62.5					628	249	93
23	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	39.3	16	February 1963	48.1	23.9	5.1			15.8	32.1	49.3				7.6	12.5	61.0	52.2				770	628	383	81				26
24	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	39.2	18	February 1964	47.9	23.5	4.4			16.4	30.8	53.2				6.4	12.5	51.1	54.0				863	705	423	80				49
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39.0	12	April 1988	41.3	4.5	4.9	3.2	1.1	14.5	25.9	55.9	0.1	1.0	8.3	9.9	11.8	84.4	62.7	1.8	2.8	3.3	495	468	54	59	38	13	40	51

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11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
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