highest points per game per minute average in a single season, minimum 65 games played by a guard

James Harden has the most points per game per minute per game by a guard with 65+ games played in a season, with 0.98 in 2018-19.

	NAME	PPG/MPG	GP	PPG	MPG	SEASON	TM	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	0.98	78	36.1	36.8	2018-19	HOU	6.6	7.5	2.0	0.7	10.8	24.5	44.2	4.8	13.2	36.8	9.7	11.0	87.9	61.6	0.8	5.8	5.0	2,867	2,818	518	586	158	58	387	244	+357
2	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	0.96	76	32.7	34.2	2024-25	OKC	5.0	6.4	1.7	1.0	11.3	21.8	51.9	2.1	5.7	37.5	7.9	8.8	89.8	63.7	0.9	4.1	2.4	2,598	2,484	379	486	131	77	183	164	+918
3	James Harden J. Harden	0.94	68	34.3	36.5	2019-20	HOU	6.6	7.5	1.8	0.9	9.9	22.3	44.4	4.4	12.4	35.5	10.2	11.8	86.5	62.6	1.0	5.5	4.5	2,483	2,335	446	512	125	60	308	227	+287
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	0.93	82	37.1	40.0	1986-87	CHI	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	13.4	27.8	48.2	0.1	0.8	18.2	10.2	11.9	85.7	56.2	2.0	3.2	3.3	3,281	3,041	430	377	236	125	272	237
5	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	0.91	81	31.6	34.6	2016-17	OKC	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	10.2	24.0	42.5	2.5	7.2	34.3	8.8	10.4	84.5	55.4	1.7	9.0	5.4	2,802	2,558	864	840	132	31	438	190	+251
6	George Gervin G. Gervin	0.91	79	32.3	35.7	1981-82	SAS	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	12.6	25.2	50.0	0.1	0.5	27.8	7.0	8.1	86.4	56.2	1.7	3.2	2.7	2,817	2,551	392	187	77	45	210	215
7	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	0.9	70	33.9	37.5	2023-24	DAL	9.2	9.8	1.4	0.5	11.5	23.6	48.7	4.1	10.6	38.2	6.8	8.7	78.6	61.7	0.8	8.4	4.0	2,624	2,370	647	686	99	38	282	149	+319
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	0.89	66	32.4	36.2	2022-23	DAL	8.6	8.0	1.4	0.5	10.9	22.0	49.6	2.8	8.2	34.2	7.8	10.5	74.2	60.9	0.8	7.8	3.6	2,390	2,138	569	529	90	33	236	166	+128
9	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	0.88	68	31.4	35.5	2022-23	OKC	4.8	5.5	1.6	1.0	10.4	20.3	51.0	0.9	2.5	34.5	9.8	10.9	90.5	62.6	0.9	4.0	2.8	2,416	2,135	329	371	112	65	192	192	+149
10	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	0.88	75	30.1	34.0	2023-24	OKC	5.5	6.2	2.0	0.9	10.6	19.8	53.5	1.3	3.6	35.3	7.6	8.7	87.4	63.6	0.9	4.7	2.2	2,553	2,254	415	465	150	67	162	184	+613
11	George Gervin G. Gervin	0.88	78	33.1	37.6	1979-80	SAS	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	13.1	24.9	52.8	0.4	1.3	31.4	6.5	7.6	85.2	58.7	2.0	3.2	3.3	2,934	2,585	403	202	110	79	254	208
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	0.88	79	30.1	34.2	2015-16	GSW	5.4	6.7	2.1	0.2	10.2	20.2	50.4	5.1	11.2	45.4	4.6	5.1	90.8	66.9	0.9	4.6	3.3	2,700	2,375	430	527	169	15	262	161	+1022
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	0.87	82	35.0	40.4	1987-88	CHI	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	13.0	24.4	53.5	0.1	0.6	13.2	8.8	10.5	84.1	60.3	1.7	3.8	3.1	3,311	2,868	449	485	259	131	252	270
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	0.86	80	35.4	41.0	2005-06	LAL	5.3	4.5	1.8	0.4	12.2	27.2	45.0	2.3	6.5	34.7	8.7	10.2	85.0	55.9	0.9	4.4	3.1	3,277	2,832	425	360	147	30	250	233	+320
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	0.86	82	33.6	39.0	1989-90	CHI	6.9	6.3	2.8	0.7	12.6	24.0	52.6	1.1	3.0	37.6	7.2	8.5	84.8	60.6	1.7	5.1	3.0	3,197	2,753	565	519	227	54	247	241
16	James Harden J. Harden	0.86	72	30.4	35.4	2017-18	HOU	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	9.0	20.1	44.9	3.7	10.0	36.7	8.7	10.1	85.8	61.9	0.6	4.8	4.4	2,551	2,191	389	630	126	50	315	169	+527
17	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	0.86	76	28.9	33.8	2016-17	BOS	2.7	5.9	0.9	0.2	9.0	19.4	46.3	3.2	8.5	37.9	7.8	8.5	90.9	62.5	0.6	2.1	2.8	2,569	2,199	205	448	70	13	210	167	+276
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	0.85	82	31.5	37.0	1990-91	CHI	6.0	5.5	2.7	1.0	12.1	22.4	53.9	0.4	1.1	31.2	7.0	8.2	85.1	60.5	1.4	4.6	2.5	3,034	2,580	492	453	223	83	202	229
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	0.83	78	32.6	39.3	1992-93	CHI	6.7	5.5	2.8	0.8	12.7	25.7	49.5	1.0	2.9	35.2	6.1	7.3	83.7	56.4	1.7	5.0	2.7	3,067	2,541	522	428	221	61	207	188
20	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	0.82	67	28.1	34.4	2014-15	OKC	7.3	8.6	2.1	0.2	9.4	22.0	42.6	1.3	4.3	29.9	8.1	9.8	83.5	53.6	1.9	5.4	4.4	2,302	1,886	488	574	140	14	293	184	+247
21	George Gervin G. Gervin	0.82	80	29.6	36.1	1978-79	SAS	5.0	2.7	1.7	1.1	11.8	21.9	54.1				5.9	7.1	82.6	59.1	1.8	3.2	3.6	2,888	2,365	400	219	137	91	286	275
22	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	0.81	75	32.1	39.4	2002-03	ORL	6.5	5.5	1.7	0.8	11.1	24.2	45.7	2.3	6.0	38.6	7.7	9.7	79.3	56.4	1.6	4.9	2.6	2,954	2,407	488	411	124	59	195	156	+201
23	Trae Young T. Young	0.81	76	28.4	34.9	2021-22	ATL	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	9.4	20.3	46.0	3.1	8.0	38.2	6.6	7.3	90.4	60.3	0.7	3.1	4.0	2,652	2,155	284	737	72	7	303	128	+158
24	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	0.81	80	25.2	31.0	1977-78	PHX	2.1	5.5	1.7	0.4	10.1	19.6	51.6				5.0	6.1	81.3	56.5	0.5	1.5	3.5	2,481	2,014	164	437	138	31	280	162
25	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	0.81	77	28.7	35.4	2023-24	NYK	3.6	6.7	0.9	0.2	10.3	21.4	47.9	2.7	6.8	40.1	5.5	6.5	84.7	59.2	0.6	3.1	2.4	2,726	2,212	278	519	70	13	186	144	+512