highest career ppg from 1940-41 to 1984-85

Between the 1940-41 and 1984-85 seasons, Wilt Chamberlain had 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 1984-85

	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	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
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	28.2	82	38.3	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	10.2	19.8	51.5	0.1	0.6	17.3	7.7	9.1	84.5	59.2	2.0	4.5	3.5	3,144	2,313	534	481	196	69	291	285
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	George Gervin G. Gervin	27.3	709	34.5	4.8	2.9	1.3	0.9	10.6	20.7	51.4	0.2	0.5	30.4	6.0	7.1	84.1	57.4	1.6	3.2	3.2	24,471	19,383	3,392	2,070	892	647	1,976	2,121
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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	26.6	1,249	38.7	12.5	4.0	1.0	3.0	11.0	19.5	56.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.6	6.5	71.8	59.5	2.7	8.7	3.0	48,373	33,262	15,627	4,968	958	2,785	1,884	3,752
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	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	26.1	601	37.7	6.7	3.3	1.2	0.2	9.3	17.0	54.8	0.0	0.0	25.0	7.5	9.1	82.1	62.2	2.7	3.9	3.3	22,679	15,669	3,999	1,973	710	109	1,712	1,714
9	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
10	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	25.2	291	33.9	5.9	3.8	0.9	0.3	9.9	19.7	49.9	0.3	1.0	28.8	5.2	7.0	73.7	55.1	2.2	3.7	3.2	9,851	7,319	1,703	1,103	257	94	934	895
11	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
12	Moses Malone M. Malone	23.9	694	37.9	14.6	1.5	1.0	1.7	8.4	16.7	50.4	0.0	0.0	4.5	7.1	9.4	75.2	57.4	6.0	8.6	3.7	26,278	16,577	10,135	1,024	660	1,148	2,248	1,928
13	Bernard King B. King	23.7	540	35.3	6.6	3.1	1.2	0.3	9.5	17.7	53.8	0.0	0.1	12.9	4.6	6.6	69.8	57.4	2.2	4.4	3.4	19,082	12,780	3,565	1,672	633	181	1,814	1,980
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	23.6	479	38.2	10.6	5.8	1.8	0.9	9.5	19.1	49.6	0.4	1.1	33.6	4.3	4.9	86.3	55.5	2.4	8.2	3.2	18,288	11,317	5,092	2,777	868	420	1,531	1,364
15	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	23.4	230	35.5	9.7	2.4	1.5	0.8	9.5	18.8	50.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	6.1	72.3	54.3	3.8	5.9	2.7	8,160	5,375	2,237	544	338	186	612	856
16	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
17	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	23.1	365	33.7	4.8	2.4	0.6	0.4	9.0	16.7	54.0	0.1	0.4	28.4	5.0	5.8	86.5	60.1	1.4	3.4	2.0	12,296	8,445	1,769	888	237	163	724	834
18	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
19	Julius Erving J. Erving	22.8	702	34.6	7.1	4.0	1.9	1.6	9.0	17.6	51.2	0.0	0.2	25.3	4.8	6.2	77.4	56.2	2.5	4.5	3.1	24,285	16,019	4,967	2,785	1,319	1,117	1,951	1,953
20	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
21	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
22	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	22.5	823	33.7	9.7	2.3	1.0	1.5	8.9	17.6	50.4	0.0	0.1	8.1	4.7	6.3	75.4	55.2	2.4	7.3	2.7	27,718	18,493	7,945	1,916	741	1,129	1,174	2,662
23	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	22.1	244	35.6	6.6	1.9	1.4	0.8	8.8	18.6	47.1	0.1	0.4	26.2	4.5	5.9	76.5	52.2	2.9	3.7	2.5	8,681	5,401	1,617	455	336	204	620	577
24	David Thompson D. Thompson	22.1	509	32.0	3.8	3.2	0.9	0.8	8.3	16.4	50.4	0.1	0.3	27.7	5.5	7.1	77.8	56.6	1.4	2.3	2.6	16,305	11,264	1,921	1,631	459	407	1,129	1,287
25	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	22.0	271	35.0	4.5	3.2	1.0	0.2	8.1	16.8	48.0	0.1	0.3	28.4	5.8	7.0	82.7	55.3	2.0	2.6	2.9	9,497	5,975	1,231	870	270	67	775	706