Between the 1983-84 and 1998-99 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 from 1983-84 to 1998-99

	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	27.1	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
3	Karl 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
4	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	25.4	992	35.7	6.7	2.6	1.3	0.6	9.4	20.5	46.0	0.7	2.2	31.9	5.8	7.2	81.7	53.7	2.7	4.0	2.5	35,416	25,234	6,691	2,548	1,294	579	2,489	1,851	-392
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	25.4	577	38.7	9.6	6.9	1.7	0.9	9.9	19.9	49.9	0.9	2.4	39.0	4.7	5.2	90.4	57.4	1.7	7.9	3.1	22,344	14,677	5,520	3,969	961	502	1,770	1,320
6	David 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
7	Alex English A. English	24.0	647	33.5	4.5	4.0	0.9	0.4	10.0	20.0	50.1	0.0	0.1	21.2	4.0	4.7	84.5	54.4	2.0	2.5	2.3	21,670	15,559	2,910	2,582	557	274	1,509	1,600
8	Allen 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
9	Hakeem 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
10	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	23.3	488	33.7	4.6	2.8	0.7	0.1	8.0	15.0	53.2	0.0	0.1	13.8	7.4	9.0	82.1	61.5	1.8	2.7	2.5	16,427	11,388	2,227	1,353	352	53	1,225	1,170
11	Patrick 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
12	Bernard King B. King	23.0	466	32.3	4.7	3.3	0.8	0.2	9.0	17.7	50.6	0.0	0.3	17.1	5.0	6.4	78.5	56.0	1.6	3.1	3.0	15,065	10,711	2,206	1,559	379	81	1,378	1,369
13	Mitch 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
14	Charles 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
15	Tim 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
16	Shareef 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
17	Glenn 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
18	Alonzo 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
19	George Gervin G. Gervin	20.9	230	29.3	3.3	2.4	0.8	0.5	8.2	16.7	49.0	0.1	0.2	26.4	4.5	5.3	85.2	55.0	1.1	2.2	2.5	6,740	4,816	762	542	194	118	583	637
20	Grant 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
21	Glen Rice G. Rice	20.6	745	37.4	4.7	2.3	1.1	0.3	7.7	16.7	46.2	1.7	4.2	40.8	3.5	4.2	84.4	55.7	1.1	3.7	1.9	27,843	15,371	3,511	1,712	829	232	1,431	1,848	+400
22	Keith Van Horn K. Van Horn	20.5	104	37.5	7.4	1.6	1.0	0.8	7.4	17.3	42.7	0.8	2.7	30.7	4.9	5.8	85.2	51.7	2.5	4.9	2.9	3,901	2,135	766	171	107	78	297	350	+32
23	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	20.4	1,086	34.6	6.1	5.6	2.0	0.7	7.7	16.3	47.2	0.8	2.4	31.8	4.3	5.5	78.8	54.7	2.4	3.7	2.7	37,537	22,195	6,677	6,125	2,207	719	2,977	3,285	+434
24	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20.1	635	36.5	6.6	12.1	1.6	0.4	6.8	13.3	51.3	0.5	1.5	31.7	6.0	6.9	86.9	61.5	1.4	5.3	3.9	23,181	12,749	4,209	7,689	1,026	225	2,471	1,309
25	Chris Webber C. Webber	20.0	330	37.6	10.0	4.2	1.5	1.8	8.5	16.8	50.8	0.6	1.8	31.6	2.4	4.5	54.1	53.4	3.3	6.6	3.0	12,397	6,613	3,288	1,380	496	608	985	1,156	+240