who has the highest points per game in a season in the nba in the last 20 years

Between December 14, 2005 and December 14, 2025, Kobe Bryant has scored the most points per game in a season, with 36.8 per game in 2005-06.

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	36.8	2005-06	LAL	59	41.0	5.3	4.5	2.1	0.3	12.4	27.2	45.7	2.7	7.6	35.9	9.3	10.8	85.9	57.7	0.7	4.6	3.2	2,419	2,173	315	266	122	19	187	177	+278
2	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
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	35.0	2025-26	LAL	18	37.2	9.0	9.0	1.5	0.6	10.8	23.0	47.1	3.6	10.6	33.7	9.8	12.2	80.4	61.7	0.8	8.2	4.3	670	630	162	162	27	11	77	47	+77
4	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	34.7	2023-24	PHI	39	33.6	11.0	5.6	1.2	1.7	11.5	21.8	52.9	1.4	3.6	38.8	10.2	11.6	88.3	64.4	2.4	8.6	3.8	1,309	1,353	430	219	46	66	150	112	+267
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	32.7	2005-06	PHI	50	42.6	3.1	7.2	1.9	0.1	11.2	25.0	44.7	0.9	2.9	32.2	9.4	11.3	82.5	54.4	0.5	2.5	3.5	2,132	1,635	154	359	94	7	177	86	-36
9	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
10	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	32.4	2025-26	OKC	25	33.2	4.6	6.4	1.4	0.7	10.8	19.4	56.0	2.2	5.0	43.7	8.6	9.7	88.4	68.7	0.4	4.2	1.9	831	811	115	161	35	18	48	50	+361
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	LeBron James L. James	31.6	2005-06	CLE	59	43.0	7.4	7.2	1.6	0.8	11.2	23.6	47.7	1.6	4.9	33.0	7.5	10.4	72.3	56.2	1.0	6.3	3.3	2,535	1,864	435	422	92	45	192	128	+191
16	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
17	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
18	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	31.5	2025-26	PHI	23	39.9	4.7	7.2	1.7	0.9	10.7	22.9	46.7	3.7	9.3	39.1	6.4	7.3	88.1	60.2	0.3	4.4	2.7	917	724	109	165	40	21	62	53	+62
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	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
21	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	31.3	2025-26	CLE	24	34.4	4.8	5.4	1.4	0.3	10.9	21.5	50.5	4.2	10.6	39.4	5.3	6.3	84.2	64.2	0.9	3.9	3.4	825	750	115	130	34	7	81	56	+160
22	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
23	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	30.6	2021-22	PHI	68	33.8	11.7	4.2	1.1	1.5	9.8	19.6	49.9	1.4	3.7	37.1	9.6	11.8	81.4	61.6	2.1	9.6	3.1	2,296	2,079	796	284	77	99	214	181	+367
24	Bradley Beal B. Beal	30.5	2019-20	WAS	57	36.0	4.2	6.1	1.2	0.4	10.4	22.9	45.5	3.0	8.4	35.3	6.8	8.0	84.2	57.9	0.9	3.3	3.4	2,053	1,741	242	347	71	23	194	126	-201
25	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	30.4	2023-24	MIL	73	35.2	11.5	6.5	1.2	1.1	11.5	18.8	61.1	0.5	1.7	27.4	7.0	10.7	65.7	64.9	2.7	8.8	3.4	2,567	2,222	841	476	87	79	250	210	+339