highest career ppg by a player from 1940-41 to 2011-12

Between the 1940-41 and 2011-12 seasons, Michael Jordan averaged the most points per game, with 30.1 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest career ppg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player from 1940-41 to 2011-12

	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	LeBron James L. James	27.6	689	39.9	7.2	6.9	1.7	0.8	9.9	20.4	48.3	1.3	4.0	33.1	6.6	8.8	74.6	56.9	1.2	5.9	3.3	27,497	19,045	4,943	4,751	1,194	582	2,299	1,329	+3409
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	26.3	380	38.1	6.6	2.8	1.2	1.0	8.9	19.1	46.8	1.5	4.1	36.4	6.9	7.9	87.8	58.2	0.9	5.7	3.1	14,476	9,978	2,513	1,073	462	365	1,194	719	-81
9	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
10	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
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	25.4	1,161	36.5	5.3	4.7	1.5	0.5	8.9	19.6	45.3	1.3	3.9	33.7	6.4	7.6	83.8	55.4	1.2	4.1	3.0	42,377	29,484	6,142	5,418	1,722	594	3,432	2,991	+4912
12	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	25.2	596	37.2	5.1	6.2	1.8	1.0	8.9	18.3	48.6	0.5	1.9	29.1	6.8	8.9	77.0	56.6	1.3	3.7	3.5	22,165	14,990	3,020	3,697	1,055	611	2,115	1,507	+2295
13	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
14	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
15	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	24.7	646	36.2	6.3	3.1	1.1	0.5	8.8	19.3	45.6	0.8	2.6	32.2	6.3	7.8	80.5	54.4	1.9	4.4	3.0	23,374	15,926	4,091	2,010	721	299	1,934	1,939	+1371
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	Rick Barry R. Barry	23.2	794	36.3	6.5	5.1	2.0	0.5	9.1	20.4	44.9	1.0	3.1	33.0	4.8	5.3	90.0	51.0	0.9	4.3	2.5	28,825	18,395	5,168	4,017	1,104	269	574	2,264
22	George Mikan G. Mikan	23.1	439	34.4	13.4	2.8			8.1	20.0	40.4				7.0	8.9	78.2	48.3				8,350	10,156	4,167	1,245				1,862
23	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	22.9	1,055	36.3	8.3	2.6	0.9	1.0	8.0	16.8	47.5	1.2	3.2	38.0	5.7	6.5	87.8	58.1	1.2	7.1	1.9	38,314	24,134	8,733	2,791	926	1,013	2,021	2,687	+5799
24	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	22.8	713	38.4	8.6	2.3			7.9	18.7	42.1				7.0	8.7	81.0	50.6				24,897	16,266	6,129	1,665				2,764
25	Alex Groza A. Groza	22.5	130		10.7	2.4			7.8	16.4	47.4				6.9	9.1	75.6	55.0					2,925	709	318				458