who has the highest ppg in a month with at least 5 games played since 1990

Since 1989-90, James Harden has scored the most points per game when playing 5+ games in a month, with 43.6 per game in January 2019.

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	38.9	7	August 2020	41.3	4.1	9.7	1.6	0.1	11.9	23.6	50.3	6.0	13.1	45.7	9.1	10.1	90.1	69.3	0.4	3.7	3.3	289	272	29	68	11	1	23	12	+16
9	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	38.5	10	February 2023	37.4	5.7	7.0	0.8	0.2	11.5	23.2	49.6	5.0	12.2	41.0	10.5	10.9	96.3	68.8	1.1	4.6	3.2	374	385	57	70	8	2	32	18	+3
10	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	37.8	5	April 2022	36.5	14.8	3.4	0.8	1.6	13.2	22.2	59.5	1.6	3.6	44.4	9.8	12.6	77.8	68.1	2.6	12.2	4.0	182	189	74	17	4	8	20	10	+81
11	James Harden J. Harden	37.6	11	February 2019	37.4	6.2	5.6	2.5	0.9	11.6	26.0	44.8	5.0	14.2	35.3	9.4	10.3	91.2	61.7	0.8	5.4	4.5	411	414	68	62	27	10	50	28	+20
12	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	37.5	13	December 2023	39.5	8.9	11.1	1.5	0.9	12.7	26.0	48.8	4.4	11.5	38.0	7.8	9.7	80.2	62.0	1.1	7.8	4.5	513	488	116	144	19	12	58	21	+57
13	James Harden J. Harden	37.3	14	December 2019	38.5	5.6	6.9	2.1	1.2	11.9	24.6	48.1	5.5	12.9	42.5	8.1	9.5	85.0	64.7	1.1	4.5	3.9	539	522	79	97	29	17	54	49	+66
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	37.3	15	April 2021	35.2	6.1	4.6	0.8	0.3	11.8	22.8	51.8	6.4	13.7	46.6	7.3	8.0	90.8	70.8	0.4	5.7	4.2	529	559	91	69	12	4	63	31	+34
15	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	37.1	10	January 2024	38.8	9.2	10.4	1.6	0.5	12.1	24.8	48.8	3.4	9.8	34.7	9.5	12.4	76.6	61.3	0.8	8.4	3.7	388	371	92	104	16	5	37	22	-35
16	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	36.9	8	April 2013	36.3	9.9	2.1	0.5	0.5	14.3	26.5	53.8	2.6	5.6	46.7	5.8	6.9	83.6	62.4	3.8	6.1	1.5	291	295	79	17	4	4	12	21	+74
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	36.8	8	May 2021	34.6	5.1	5.6	1.4	0.1	11.9	26.3	45.2	6.6	16.9	39.3	6.4	7.1	89.5	62.5	0.5	4.6	3.6	277	294	41	45	11	1	29	16	+114
18	Bradley Beal B. Beal	36.7	10	January 2021	35.3	5.5	5.0	1.1	0.6	13.4	27.4	48.9	3.0	7.8	38.5	6.9	7.7	89.6	59.6	1.6	3.9	2.9	353	367	55	50	11	6	29	24	-28
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	36.7	10	February 2016	34.6	5.6	7.3	1.9	0.3	12.9	23.5	54.9	6.7	12.5	53.6	4.2	4.8	87.5	71.6	1.4	4.2	3.6	346	367	56	73	19	3	36	18	+61
20	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	36.7	6	October 2022	36.7	9.5	8.7	1.7	0.5	12.8	25.5	50.3	2.0	8.8	22.6	9.0	11.5	78.3	60.0	1.3	8.2	3.0	220	220	57	52	10	3	18	19	+29
21	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	36.5	15	March 2003	39.5	5.7	6.3	2.0	0.7	12.3	25.1	48.8	3.2	7.5	42.5	8.7	11.1	78.9	60.8	1.7	4.1	3.3	592	547	86	95	30	11	49	29	+141
22	James Harden J. Harden	36.4	15	December 2018	36.9	5.9	7.9	1.8	0.5	10.2	22.9	44.6	5.2	12.6	41.3	10.8	12.4	87.1	64.3	0.8	5.1	5.3	554	546	89	118	27	7	79	51	+19
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	36.4	15	March 1990	39.7	8.1	5.9	3.8	0.7	13.5	24.5	55.2	1.3	3.4	37.3	8.1	9.3	87.1	63.6	2.2	5.9	2.1	595	546	121	89	57	11	32	44
24	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	36.4	14	February 2001	43.8	3.9	4.6	2.4	0.3	12.3	29.6	41.4	2.2	5.2	42.5	9.6	12.0	79.8	52.1	0.8	3.1	3.6	613	509	54	65	34	4	50	33	+87
25	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	36.3	9	January 2024	33.6	10.1	4.8	1.1	1.2	12.0	23.3	51.4	1.4	3.6	40.6	10.9	12.7	86.0	62.8	2.1	8.0	3.3	303	327	91	43	10	11	30	27	-10