Between the 1979-80 and 1999-00 seasons, Michael Jordan put up the most points per game, with 31.5 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest ppg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player between 1979-80 to 1999-00

	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	31.5	930	38.6	6.3	5.4	2.5	0.9	11.8	23.3	50.5	0.6	1.8	33.2	7.3	8.7	83.8	58.0	1.7	4.6	2.8	35,887	29,277	5,836	5,012	2,306	828	2,589	2,493	+1416
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	27.5	534	37.7	12.4	2.7	0.7	2.7	11.0	19.1	57.7	0.0	0.0	5.9	5.4	10.1	53.4	58.3	4.0	8.3	2.9	20,148	14,687	6,615	1,430	400	1,436	1,554	1,836	+1848
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	26.0	1,192	37.4	10.6	3.4	1.4	0.8	9.6	18.3	52.5	0.1	0.2	26.8	6.8	9.3	73.5	58.3	2.6	8.0	3.1	44,608	31,041	12,618	4,004	1,654	973	3,704	3,813	+2188
4	George Gervin G. Gervin	26.0	547	33.1	4.3	2.7	1.0	0.7	10.1	20.2	49.8	0.1	0.5	29.7	5.7	6.7	85.0	56.1	1.4	2.8	2.8	18,086	14,216	2,333	1,455	563	365	1,545	1,515
5	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	25.5	739	36.0	5.3	3.1	0.9	0.1	9.0	16.5	54.6	0.0	0.1	17.1	7.5	9.1	81.9	62.2	2.1	3.2	2.9	26,627	18,876	3,906	2,295	672	99	2,120	1,940
6	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	24.9	274	40.3	4.1	5.9	2.1	0.2	8.9	20.8	42.8	1.4	4.2	32.3	5.7	7.9	72.3	51.2	1.2	2.8	3.6	11,038	6,818	1,111	1,612	587	61	978	693	-213
7	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
8	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
9	Alex English A. English	23.9	970	34.2	5.5	4.0	1.0	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	21.7	4.1	4.9	84.0	55.0	2.4	3.1	2.6	33,167	23,214	5,320	3,926	939	682	2,488	2,557
10	David Robinson D. Robinson	23.7	765	36.5	11.3	2.8	1.5	3.3	8.4	16.1	52.2	0.0	0.1	25.3	6.9	9.3	73.9	58.8	3.3	8.0	2.8	27,921	18,142	8,651	2,170	1,170	2,506	2,108	2,304	+1124
11	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	23.1	1,119	36.9	11.6	2.6	1.8	3.3	9.2	17.9	51.3	0.0	0.1	20.7	4.7	6.6	71.6	55.6	3.4	8.2	3.1	41,299	25,822	12,951	2,920	2,018	3,652	3,488	4,095	+474
12	Vince Carter V. Carter	22.9	132	37.0	5.8	3.6	1.3	1.3	8.6	18.7	46.0	0.9	2.3	37.7	4.8	6.2	78.1	53.5	1.8	3.9	2.2	4,886	3,020	759	471	165	169	288	403	+228
13	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	22.8	1,039	36.2	10.4	2.0	1.0	2.7	8.9	17.5	50.8	0.0	0.1	15.6	4.9	6.6	74.2	55.7	2.5	7.9	3.2	37,586	23,665	10,759	2,088	1,061	2,758	3,321	3,676	+591
14	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	22.4	875	37.0	4.1	3.7	1.3	0.3	8.0	17.5	45.8	1.4	3.7	39.2	5.0	5.9	84.8	55.9	1.0	3.1	2.8	32,384	19,639	3,598	3,230	1,150	241	2,455	2,356	-463
15	Bernard King B. King	22.4	713	32.9	5.1	3.3	0.9	0.2	8.9	16.9	52.3	0.0	0.2	17.2	4.6	6.1	75.9	57.0	1.7	3.4	3.0	23,466	15,977	3,640	2,375	626	155	2,157	2,257
16	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	22.1	1,073	36.7	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	7.9	14.5	54.1	0.5	1.9	26.6	5.9	8.1	73.5	61.2	4.0	7.7	3.1	39,330	23,757	12,546	4,215	1,648	888	3,376	3,287	+532
17	Julius Erving J. Erving	22.0	602	34.1	6.4	3.8	1.8	1.6	8.7	17.0	51.1	0.1	0.3	26.1	4.6	5.9	77.4	56.2	2.5	3.9	2.9	20,506	13,263	3,861	2,282	1,081	983	1,770	1,621
18	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	22.0	206	39.0	12.0	2.8	0.8	2.4	8.5	16.6	51.3	0.0	0.1	7.1	5.0	7.0	71.0	56.0	3.4	8.6	3.2	8,042	4,531	2,466	579	166	497	667	611	+1275
19	World B. Free W. B. Free	21.7	583	31.8	2.7	4.0	1.1	0.2	7.9	17.5	45.2	0.4	1.1	33.7	5.5	7.2	76.6	52.4	1.1	1.6	2.4	18,515	12,662	1,555	2,303	619	116	1,372	1,504
20	Grant Hill G. Hill	21.6	435	39.1	7.9	6.3	1.6	0.6	7.8	16.4	47.6	0.1	0.5	25.6	5.9	7.9	74.6	54.4	1.4	6.4	3.3	17,007	9,393	3,417	2,720	694	281	1,433	1,131	+1057
21	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	21.1	534	35.6	10.1	1.5	0.6	3.1	7.5	14.2	52.6	0.0	0.2	25.0	6.1	8.6	71.2	58.7	3.0	7.0	3.2	19,034	11,259	5,377	785	343	1,666	1,699	1,962	+1504
22	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	21.1	426	37.8	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.6	8.2	17.8	46.2	0.9	2.6	34.9	3.7	4.6	80.7	53.1	1.6	4.4	3.3	16,103	8,970	2,587	1,189	506	248	1,393	1,185	+185
23	Moses Malone M. Malone	20.9	1,106	33.5	11.6	1.4	0.8	1.2	7.2	14.7	48.7	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.6	8.5	77.8	56.8	4.8	6.8	2.9	37,068	23,151	12,810	1,529	895	1,357	3,258	2,399
24	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	20.9	294	37.4	7.9	2.8	1.1	1.0	7.4	16.1	46.1	0.2	0.7	32.4	5.8	7.3	79.3	54.1	2.6	5.3	3.1	10,996	6,138	2,335	831	326	297	917	781	-1718
25	Chris Webber C. Webber	20.9	405	37.7	10.1	4.3	1.5	1.8	8.8	17.5	50.3	0.5	1.7	31.1	2.7	4.7	58.7	53.3	3.2	6.9	3.0	15,277	8,447	4,075	1,725	616	736	1,203	1,420	+371