which first overall draft pick has the highest career points per game since 1980

LeBron James has scored 27.0 points per game since 1979-80.

	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	LeBron James L. James	27.0	1,562	37.8	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.2	6.4	3.5	59,042	42,184	11,731	11,584	2,345	1,150	5,471	2,781	+7389
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	26.7	914	41.1	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
3	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	24.7	214	31.4	6.6	4.3	1.0	0.6	9.5	16.2	58.9	0.1	0.5	32.7	5.4	7.9	68.9	62.7	2.3	4.3	2.8	6,714	5,279	1,415	920	219	138	608	483	+401
4	Anthony Davis A. Davis	24.1	787	34.4	10.7	2.6	1.3	2.3	9.0	17.3	52.2	0.5	1.6	29.6	5.6	7.0	79.4	59.2	2.7	8.0	2.0	27,082	18,978	8,416	2,009	1,033	1,815	1,573	1,840	+929
5	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	23.9	381	34.8	5.3	4.2	1.3	0.6	8.4	18.8	44.6	2.9	8.0	36.4	4.2	5.2	80.4	56.6	0.7	4.6	2.9	13,262	9,097	2,017	1,600	504	233	1,099	770	+780
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	23.7	1,207	34.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
7	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	23.7	779	34.5	4.1	5.6	1.3	0.4	8.7	18.4	47.4	2.4	6.1	39.4	3.8	4.3	88.8	58.4	0.8	3.3	2.5	26,879	18,433	3,173	4,365	1,022	337	1,942	1,770	+1962
8	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	23.1	645	34.1	11.1	3.2	0.8	1.2	8.5	16.2	52.4	1.7	4.3	40.0	4.4	5.3	83.7	62.4	2.8	8.3	2.7	21,971	14,880	7,136	2,037	523	771	1,745	2,197	+1278
9	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	22.5	117	31.1	10.8	3.8	1.2	3.7	8.2	17.5	46.9	2.3	6.8	33.9	3.8	4.8	80.9	57.7	2.1	8.7	3.5	3,633	2,638	1,261	442	140	430	409	258	-40
10	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	22.4	198	34.4	7.1	4.6	0.8	0.6	7.7	17.4	44.5	1.5	4.6	32.0	5.4	7.5	73.0	54.2	1.1	6.0	2.9	6,811	4,432	1,396	919	167	114	583	410	-235
11	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	22.1	208	33.7	5.4	7.4	1.0	0.6	8.3	18.6	44.6	1.9	5.7	33.9	3.5	4.1	85.3	53.9	0.8	4.6	3.8	7,014	4,588	1,121	1,530	215	125	794	582	-510
12	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	21.8	1,238	35.7	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
13	David Robinson D. Robinson	21.1	987	34.7	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	58.3	3.1	7.5	2.4	34,271	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
14	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	21.0	1,183	34.3	9.8	1.9	1.0	2.4	8.2	16.3	50.4	0.0	0.1	15.2	4.6	6.2	74.0	55.3	2.3	7.5	3.0	40,594	24,815	11,607	2,215	1,136	2,894	3,537	4,034	+412
15	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	20.7	688	36.8	6.1	2.7	1.2	0.6	8.1	17.6	45.9	0.9	2.6	34.0	3.6	4.4	82.0	52.9	1.5	4.6	3.1	25,346	14,234	4,189	1,879	826	389	2,147	1,847	+10
16	Chris Webber C. Webber	20.7	831	37.1	9.8	4.2	1.4	1.4	8.7	18.1	47.9	0.3	1.1	29.9	3.0	4.7	64.9	51.3	2.7	7.0	2.8	30,847	17,182	8,124	3,526	1,197	1,200	2,313	2,700	+1550
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	20.6	787	32.6	7.6	2.8	0.7	2.0	8.5	14.9	57.2	0.0	0.0	5.6	3.6	4.9	74.3	60.6	2.0	5.6	2.6	25,675	16,246	5,980	2,220	584	1,594	2,037	2,258
18	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	20.0	923	30.0	5.0	3.1	0.7	0.3	7.8	16.1	48.4	0.4	1.4	31.2	4.0	5.4	74.1	54.2	1.8	3.1	2.5	27,730	18,458	4,578	2,871	687	296	2,306	2,599
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19.5	906	36.7	7.2	11.2	1.9	0.4	6.9	13.2	52.0	0.4	1.2	30.3	5.5	6.5	84.8	61.0	1.8	5.5	3.9	33,245	17,707	6,559	10,141	1,724	374	3,506	2,050
20	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	19.0	1,392	34.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	55.1	2.8	8.1	2.4	47,368	26,496	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
21	Yao Ming Y. Ming	19.0	486	32.5	9.2	1.6	0.4	1.9	7.0	13.3	52.4	0.0	0.0	20.0	5.1	6.1	83.3	59.6	2.5	6.7	2.7	15,818	9,247	4,494	769	189	920	1,311	1,596	+1491
22	David Thompson D. Thompson	19.0	271	28.1	3.4	2.6	0.7	0.6	6.9	14.0	49.2	0.1	0.3	27.7	5.1	6.4	79.2	56.3	1.2	2.2	2.6	7,609	5,142	923	707	183	173	698	658
23	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	19.0	765	31.9	8.0	4.0	0.8	0.5	7.1	14.4	49.3	0.7	2.1	32.8	4.1	5.9	69.6	55.9	1.9	6.0	2.3	24,384	14,513	6,109	3,055	627	359	1,732	2,058	+2496
24	Brad Daugherty B. Daugherty	19.0	548	36.5	9.5	3.7	0.8	0.7	7.0	13.1	53.2	0.0	0.0	14.3	5.0	6.7	74.7	59.0	2.2	7.3	2.8	20,029	10,389	5,227	2,028	422	397	1,511	1,466
25	John Wall J. Wall	18.7	647	34.9	4.2	8.9	1.6	0.7	6.8	15.7	43.0	1.0	3.1	32.2	4.2	5.4	77.6	51.7	0.6	3.6	3.7	22,588	12,088	2,704	5,735	1,045	439	2,412	1,394	-125