highest ppg from 1979-80 to 1998-99

Between the 1979-80 and 1998-99 seasons, Michael Jordan averaged 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 from 1979-80 to 1998-99
NAMEPPGGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Michael 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
2Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
27.1
455
37.3
12.2
2.5
0.8
2.6
10.9
18.8
57.8
0.0
0.0
6.3
5.4
10.1
53.6
58.4
4.0
8.2
2.9
16,985
12,343
5,537
1,131
364
1,197
1,331
1,581
+1142
3Karl Malone
K. Malone
26.1
1,110
37.5
10.7
3.3
1.4
0.8
9.6
18.3
52.6
0.1
0.2
26.8
6.8
9.3
73.0
58.3
2.7
8.0
3.1
41,661
28,946
11,839
3,700
1,575
902
3,473
3,584
+1707
4George 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
5Adrian 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
6Dominique 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
7David Robinson
D. Robinson
24.4
685
37.0
11.5
3.0
1.6
3.4
8.6
16.5
52.3
0.0
0.1
25.8
7.1
9.7
74.0
58.9
3.4
8.1
2.8
25,364
16,715
7,881
2,028
1,073
2,323
1,944
2,057
+708
8Larry 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
9Alex 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
10Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
23.7
204
40.1
4.1
6.3
2.2
0.3
8.4
19.4
43.1
1.4
4.4
31.8
5.5
7.6
72.6
51.9
1.3
2.8
3.7
8,185
4,829
844
1,284
443
56
748
531
-346
11Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
23.6
1,075
37.4
11.8
2.7
1.8
3.3
9.4
18.2
51.5
0.0
0.1
21.0
4.8
6.7
71.7
55.7
3.5
8.3
3.2
40,250
25,367
12,677
2,859
1,977
3,582
3,415
4,007
+513
12Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
23.3
977
36.4
10.4
2.1
1.0
2.7
9.1
17.9
51.0
0.0
0.1
15.8
5.0
6.8
74.3
55.8
2.5
7.9
3.3
35,551
22,736
10,155
2,030
1,025
2,674
3,179
3,480
+446
13Mitch Richmond
M. Richmond
22.9
801
37.4
4.2
3.8
1.3
0.3
8.2
17.8
46.0
1.5
3.7
39.2
5.1
6.0
84.6
56.1
1.0
3.2
2.9
29,987
18,354
3,385
3,045
1,040
228
2,301
2,165
-342
14Bernard 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
15Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
22.3
1,053
36.8
11.7
3.9
1.6
0.8
7.9
14.6
54.1
0.5
1.9
26.7
6.0
8.1
73.6
61.3
4.0
7.7
3.2
38,710
23,468
12,337
4,152
1,634
884
3,332
3,239
+538
16Julius 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
17World 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
18Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
21.3
132
39.1
11.7
2.6
0.8
2.5
8.5
16.2
52.7
0.0
0.1
5.9
4.3
6.4
67.4
56.3
3.3
8.4
3.2
5,167
2,815
1,548
345
100
332
425
401
+800
19Shareef Abdur-Rahim
S. Abdur-Rahim
21.1
212
36.7
7.1
2.6
1.1
1.0
7.5
16.3
46.0
0.2
0.5
34.2
5.9
7.5
78.7
53.8
2.6
4.5
3.2
7,773
4,475
1,510
560
237
210
668
537
-1390
20Glenn Robinson
G. Robinson
21.1
345
38.2
6.1
2.9
1.2
0.6
8.2
17.7
45.9
0.9
2.5
34.5
3.9
4.9
80.8
53.0
1.7
4.4
3.4
13,194
7,277
2,102
996
428
207
1,170
973
+59
21Alonzo Mourning
A. Mourning
21.0
455
35.8
10.2
1.5
0.7
3.0
7.3
14.0
52.1
0.0
0.2
26.3
6.3
8.8
71.2
58.5
3.1
7.1
3.3
16,286
9,541
4,624
662
303
1,372
1,482
1,654
+1234
22Moses 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
23Mike Mitchell
M. Mitchell
20.9
679
33.8
5.8
1.4
0.7
0.5
8.8
18.0
49.2
0.0
0.1
21.6
3.1
4.0
78.2
52.8
2.1
3.7
1.8
22,961
14,161
3,917
950
479
371
1,198
1,797
24Grant Hill
G. Hill
20.7
361
39.4
8.1
6.5
1.6
0.7
7.5
15.8
47.2
0.1
0.3
18.2
5.7
7.8
73.6
53.9
1.5
6.6
3.3
14,231
7,487
2,927
2,335
591
238
1,193
941
+818
25Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
20.6
787
32.6
7.6
2.8
0.7
2.0
8.5
14.9
57.2
0.0
0.0
5.6
3.6
4.9
74.3
60.6
2.0
5.6
2.6
25,675
16,246
5,980
2,220
584
1,594
2,037
2,258

More Bulls Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

17.8

Giddey

Josh Giddey

RPG

9.0

Vučević

Nikola Vučević

APG

8.4

Giddey

Josh Giddey
Team Rankings

ORTG

113.5

25th

DRTG

117.7

24th

NETRTG

-4.2

24th

3P%

36.6

8th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
10
30
31
.492
16.0
11
26
33
.441
19.0
12
Bulls Bulls
25
36
.410
21.0
13
16
43
.271
29.0
14
15
45
.250
30.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
3/3
@
8:00 PM
Thu
3/5
@
9:00 PM
Sun
3/8
@
9:00 PM
Tue
3/10
@
10:00 PM
Thu
3/12
@
10:30 PM
Last Game
MIL Bucks

26 - 33

97

Final

120

CHI Bulls

25 - 36

Sun 1 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
45
14
.763
2
40
20
.667
5.5
3
39
22
.639
7.0
4
38
24
.613
8.5
5
35
25
.583
10.5
6
33
27
.550
12.5
7
31
28
.525
14.0
8
32
29
.525
14.0
9
31
31
.500
15.5
10
30
31
.492
16.0
11
26
33
.441
19.0
12
25
36
.410
21.0
13
16
43
.271
29.0
14
15
45
.250
30.5
15
15
46
.246
31.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
47
15
.758
2
43
17
.717
3.0
3
37
22
.627
8.5
4
38
23
.623
8.5
5
37
24
.607
9.5
6
36
24
.600
10.0
7
34
26
.567
12.0
8
31
29
.517
15.0
9
28
31
.475
17.5
10
29
33
.468
18.0
11
23
36
.390
22.5
12
21
39
.350
25.0
13
19
43
.306
28.0
14
18
42
.300
28.0
15
14
48
.226
33.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
1/28
@
99-109
Wed
1/28
@
111-113
Wed
1/28
@
104-86
Wed
1/28
@
116-113
Wed
1/28
@
123-121

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
3/2
@
7:00 PM
Mon
3/2
@
7:30 PM
Mon
3/2
@
9:00 PM
Mon
3/2
@
10:00 PM
Tue
3/3
@
7:00 PM