highest career ppg from 1940-41 to 1973-74

Between the 1940-41 and 1973-74 seasons, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar put up the most points per game, with 30.5 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 1973-74

	NAME	PPG	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PF
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	30.5	402	42.8	15.5	4.3	1.4	3.5	12.7	22.9	55.3	5.2	7.6	68.6	58.2	3.5	11.0	17,207	12,262	6,249	1,744	112	283	1,228
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	Rick Barry R. Barry	27.1	320	38.0	8.9	4.2	2.1	0.5	10.3	22.9	45.0	6.6	7.4	88.4	51.9	1.3	5.5	12,158	8,675	2,832	1,338	169	40	1,065
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	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
7	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
8	Spencer Haywood S. Haywood	25.6	258	41.2	12.9	2.4	0.9	1.4	9.9	21.4	46.3	5.8	7.1	81.4	52.2	4.2	9.2	10,627	6,606	3,324	632	65	106	703
9	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	25.4	490	43.7	16.3	2.1	1.1	3.0	10.3	23.4	43.8	4.9	7.3	66.8	47.7	4.4	13.7	21,403	12,448	7,991	1,021	86	240	1,478
10	Charlie Scott C. Scott	25.1	139	37.7	4.2	5.7	1.9	0.4	10.0	22.3	45.0	5.0	6.4	78.4	50.0	1.2	3.0	5,242	3,483	587	792	99	22	519
11	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	24.9	273	40.6	2.8	8.5	1.6	0.2	9.0	19.1	47.5	6.8	8.3	81.7	54.8	0.6	1.8	11,092	6,789	772	2,327	56	7	699
12	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	24.3	302	37.2	4.2	5.6	1.5	0.2	9.3	20.8	44.8	5.7	7.0	80.9	50.9	1.3	3.6	11,220	7,325	1,274	1,690	111	13	951
13	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	24.0	154	37.3	12.0	2.0	1.2	3.3	9.6	19.1	50.5	4.7	6.0	78.6	55.3	3.8	11.3	5,747	3,702	1,845	309	88	246	508
14	Sidney Wicks S. Wicks	23.6	237	39.0	10.5	4.7	1.2	0.9	9.4	21.2	44.5	4.8	6.6	72.8	49.1	2.6	6.5	9,250	5,599	2,497	1,116	90	64	653
15	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	23.5	294	37.8	3.0	4.4	1.2	0.2	9.6	21.2	45.4	4.3	5.4	79.4	49.9	0.9	2.0	11,121	6,904	894	1,303	84	15	666
16	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	23.2	580	36.5	5.4	2.9	2.5	0.4	9.5	19.3	49.2	4.3	5.4	79.0	53.6	1.9	3.4	21,142	13,464	3,122	1,689	160	29	1,676
17	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
18	Dave Bing D. Bing	23.0	596	38.3	4.3	6.2	1.3	0.2	8.7	19.8	44.1	5.6	7.3	76.7	50.1	1.3	2.1	22,830	13,736	2,542	3,720	109	17	1,734
19	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
20	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
21	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	21.9	951	36.8	6.8	4.9	1.3	0.4	8.7	19.9	43.6	4.6	5.6	80.8	49.0	1.8	4.6	35,031	20,816	6,495	4,676	95	32	2,453
22	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	21.9	324	34.9	12.6	3.1	1.4	3.0	8.9	18.3	48.8	4.0	5.2	76.7	53.1	3.3	9.9	11,306	7,086	4,076	997	110	247	1,120
23	Billy Cunningham B. Cunningham	21.3	554	34.1	10.4	3.7			7.9	17.7	45.0	5.4	7.6	71.2	50.7			18,907	11,789	5,765	2,076			2,104
24	Austin Carr A. Carr	21.2	206	37.6	3.9	3.6	1.1	0.2	8.9	20.2	44.1	3.4	4.2	82.1	48.2	1.7	1.9	7,736	4,371	808	732	92	14	473
25	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	20.2	504	33.5	3.3	4.0	0.8	0.5	7.8	17.3	45.1	4.6	5.8	79.7	50.9	0.5	2.4	16,882	10,195	1,681	2,037	34	19	1,452