Before 2022-23, Michael Jordan put up the most points per game, with 30.1 per game.

Interpreted as:

all-time leading with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games scorer NBA before 2023

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30.1	1,072	38.3	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	30.1	1,045	45.8	22.9	4.4			12.1	22.5	54.0				5.8	11.4	51.1	54.7				47,859	31,419	23,924	4,643				2,075
3	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	27.4	846	40.0	13.5	4.3			10.3	23.8	43.1				6.8	8.7	78.0	49.4				33,863	23,149	11,463	3,650				2,596
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	27.2	939	36.8	7.1	4.3	1.1	1.1	9.3	18.7	49.6	1.9	4.9	38.4	6.7	7.6	88.4	61.6	0.7	6.4	3.2	34,509	25,526	6,646	4,032	1,021	1,038	2,964	1,801	+4223
5	LeBron James L. James	27.1	1,366	38.2	7.5	7.4	1.6	0.8	9.9	19.6	50.5	1.6	4.5	34.6	5.7	7.8	73.4	58.8	1.2	6.3	3.5	52,140	37,062	10,210	10,045	2,136	1,041	4,788	2,516	+7009
6	Jerry West J. West	27.0	932	39.2	5.8	6.7	2.6	0.7	9.7	20.4	47.4				7.7	9.4	81.4	55.0	1.0	2.8		36,571	25,192	5,376	6,238	81	23		2,435
7	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
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	26.4	264	33.8	8.5	8.0	1.1	0.4	9.0	19.7	45.7	2.8	8.2	33.7	5.6	7.6	73.7	57.3	1.0	7.5	4.1	8,928	6,962	2,256	2,102	278	111	1,080	587	+445
9	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	26.4	792	38.8	16.2	3.0			9.3	21.3	43.6				7.8	10.3	76.1	51.1				30,690	20,880	12,849	2,369				2,529
10	George Gervin G. Gervin	26.2	791	33.5	4.6	2.8	1.2	0.8	10.2	19.9	51.1	0.1	0.5	29.7	5.7	6.8	84.4	57.2	1.5	3.1	3.0	26,536	20,708	3,607	2,214	941	670	2,137	2,331
11	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	26.0	328	31.2	11.4	3.3	0.9	1.7	8.5	17.4	49.0	1.2	3.5	33.8	7.8	9.6	81.0	60.1	2.3	9.0	3.4	10,241	8,535	3,732	1,080	285	542	1,109	1,010	+1856
12	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	25.7	85	31.7	7.0	3.2	0.9	0.6	9.9	16.4	60.4	0.2	0.6	33.3	5.7	8.3	68.3	64.0	2.7	4.2	2.7	2,694	2,187	591	276	73	48	226	177	+151
13	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	25.7	1,040	42.2	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1	9.1	18.9	48.5				7.4	8.8	83.8	56.4	1.0	3.0		43,886	26,710	7,804	9,887	77	4		2,931
14	Trae Young T. Young	25.3	280	33.6	3.9	9.1	0.9	0.2	8.1	18.4	44.0	2.6	7.3	35.5	6.5	7.4	87.3	58.3	0.7	3.2	4.1	9,399	7,076	1,085	2,544	262	42	1,161	483	-139
15	Karl Malone K. Malone	25.0	1,476	37.2	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	25.0	1,346	36.1	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	48,637	33,643	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
17	James Harden J. Harden	24.9	942	34.6	5.6	6.8	1.5	0.5	7.3	16.6	44.2	2.8	7.6	36.1	7.5	8.7	86.0	61.0	0.8	4.8	3.8	32,617	23,477	5,294	6,397	1,449	512	3,539	2,456	+3698
18	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	24.8	1,074	35.5	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	9.3	20.1	46.1	0.7	2.1	31.9	5.6	6.9	81.1	53.6	2.7	3.9	2.5	38,113	26,668	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	2,669	2,061	-392
19	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	24.6	711	36.3	4.2	6.6	1.0	0.3	8.1	18.4	43.7	3.0	8.1	37.3	5.5	6.2	89.3	58.3	0.6	3.6	2.8	25,834	17,510	2,976	4,726	682	221	1,995	1,368	+1868
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	24.6	1,560	36.8	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.2	18.1	55.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	59.2	2.4	7.6	2.7	57,446	38,387	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	24.3	897	38.4	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	56.4	2.0	8.0	3.1	34,443	21,791	8,974	5,695	1,556	755	2,816	2,279
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	24.3	826	34.3	4.6	6.5	1.7	0.2	8.3	17.6	47.3	3.8	8.8	42.8	3.9	4.3	90.8	62.4	0.7	4.0	3.1	28,360	20,064	3,838	5,388	1,367	187	2,598	1,981	+5421
23	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	24.3	955	35.8	5.7	3.0	1.0	0.2	8.6	15.8	54.0	0.0	0.1	17.1	7.2	8.7	81.8	61.7	2.3	3.4	2.9	34,151	23,177	5,455	2,830	944	150	2,503	2,550
24	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	24.2	658	37.0	4.2	5.4	1.4	0.3	9.4	21.3	44.1	0.2	0.3	66.7	5.4	6.6	82.0	50.0	1.0	3.3	3.7	24,316	15,948	2,747	3,563	587	108	530	1,865
25	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	23.9	345	33.7	4.2	4.5	1.3	0.3	8.6	19.4	44.1	2.8	7.7	36.1	4.0	4.8	83.3	55.5	0.8	3.4	2.8	11,637	8,234	1,433	1,542	445	99	964	874	+1404