Between the 1997-98 and 2008-09 seasons, LeBron James scored the most points per game, with 27.5 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest ppg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player from 1997-98 to 2008-09

	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	LeBron James L. James	27.5	472	40.6	7.0	6.7	1.8	0.9	9.8	20.9	47.1	1.4	4.1	32.8	6.5	8.8	73.8	55.5	1.3	5.7	3.3	19,142	12,993	3,307	3,159	830	405	1,541	951	+1669
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	27.4	810	41.6	3.7	6.1	2.2	0.2	9.5	22.3	42.6	1.1	3.6	30.8	7.3	9.3	78.6	51.9	0.8	2.9	3.5	33,674	22,196	3,003	4,944	1,807	138	2,861	1,496	+1280
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	26.5	877	38.1	5.6	4.9	1.6	0.6	9.2	20.2	45.5	1.3	3.9	34.0	6.8	8.1	84.0	55.8	1.2	4.3	3.0	33,428	23,281	4,887	4,310	1,392	521	2,640	2,425	+3826
4	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	25.2	394	37.9	4.9	6.7	1.8	1.0	8.8	18.2	48.3	0.4	1.5	28.5	7.2	9.3	77.2	56.5	1.2	3.6	3.8	14,925	9,922	1,925	2,625	720	379	1,497	1,019	+1026
5	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	24.2	445	36.2	6.1	3.1	1.1	0.4	8.7	18.9	46.0	0.7	2.3	30.7	6.1	7.7	79.6	54.3	2.0	4.2	3.1	16,113	10,768	2,730	1,367	503	199	1,375	1,334	+790
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	24.0	224	37.1	5.9	4.0	1.6	0.5	9.4	21.2	44.5	0.3	1.0	23.9	4.9	6.2	79.4	50.2	1.1	4.7	2.3	8,305	5,372	1,311	904	349	110	520	441	+620
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	23.7	771	34.8	10.7	2.7	0.5	2.1	9.3	15.9	58.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.1	9.7	52.4	58.6	3.4	7.3	2.7	26,821	18,264	8,235	2,045	419	1,657	2,115	2,624	+4333
8	Vince Carter V. Carter	23.5	777	37.7	5.5	4.3	1.2	0.8	8.6	19.2	44.7	1.5	4.1	37.6	4.8	6.0	79.6	53.7	1.6	3.8	2.4	29,271	18,254	4,243	3,315	969	602	1,851	2,351	+778
9	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	22.9	813	37.5	6.3	3.9	1.6	0.7	7.5	16.9	44.3	1.7	4.6	36.6	6.2	7.8	79.8	56.2	1.0	5.2	3.1	30,525	18,603	5,107	3,183	1,265	530	2,489	2,340	+1861
10	Karl Malone K. Malone	22.9	496	36.4	8.9	4.2	1.3	0.7	8.1	16.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	30.0	6.6	8.5	78.0	56.5	1.8	7.1	2.9	18,053	11,336	4,426	2,065	668	341	1,460	1,365	+2242
11	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	22.8	433	37.4	4.2	5.5	1.8	0.2	7.3	17.2	42.7	2.1	5.8	35.8	6.0	7.4	80.9	55.7	0.9	3.3	3.3	16,175	9,853	1,828	2,387	758	103	1,438	1,365	+96
12	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	22.7	839	36.6	8.6	2.7	0.9	1.0	7.9	16.7	47.2	1.3	3.4	37.8	5.7	6.5	87.2	58.1	1.3	7.3	1.9	30,692	19,084	7,182	2,247	776	857	1,618	2,178	+4648
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	22.7	154	36.7	5.4	2.6	1.1	0.8	8.1	17.9	45.3	1.0	2.8	35.9	5.5	6.3	86.7	54.9	1.0	4.4	3.0	5,653	3,495	830	397	174	128	457	256	-1152
14	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	22.1	784	35.0	6.1	4.7	1.3	0.9	8.0	18.4	43.6	1.3	3.8	33.9	4.7	6.3	74.9	52.1	1.5	4.6	2.3	27,462	17,289	4,777	3,700	1,039	744	1,830	1,485	+1265
15	Ray Allen R. Allen	21.6	860	37.9	4.5	3.9	1.2	0.2	7.5	16.8	44.9	2.5	6.4	39.8	4.0	4.4	89.7	57.7	1.1	3.4	2.4	32,567	18,559	3,855	3,335	1,065	162	2,059	1,984	+2239
16	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	21.4	899	36.9	11.7	3.2	0.8	2.4	8.2	16.2	50.7	0.0	0.1	18.8	5.0	7.3	68.5	55.3	3.1	8.6	2.8	33,141	19,246	10,547	2,847	689	2,118	2,495	2,394	+6268
17	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	21.3	898	38.2	11.8	4.6	1.4	1.6	8.5	17.0	49.6	0.2	0.6	28.3	4.2	5.4	78.6	54.9	2.7	9.1	2.6	34,347	19,133	10,563	4,153	1,254	1,439	2,330	2,258	+3550
18	Chris Webber C. Webber	21.1	614	37.4	9.9	4.2	1.4	1.3	8.8	18.9	46.5	0.2	0.9	27.6	3.3	4.8	68.5	50.3	2.4	7.4	2.7	22,978	12,963	6,055	2,592	872	805	1,661	1,958	+1392
19	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	21.1	434	34.2	8.9	1.4	0.9	1.5	7.6	14.0	54.1	0.0	0.2	19.2	5.9	7.8	75.5	60.4	2.6	6.3	2.6	14,848	9,139	3,881	595	395	639	1,112	1,491	+1465
20	Michael Redd M. Redd	20.5	550	34.0	4.1	2.3	1.0	0.1	7.2	16.0	45.2	1.8	4.6	38.6	4.3	5.1	84.3	56.3	1.1	3.0	1.6	18,708	11,295	2,272	1,254	545	63	907	945	-303
21	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	20.5	446	35.9	6.0	2.6	1.2	0.6	8.2	17.7	46.1	0.9	2.5	34.3	3.3	4.0	83.4	52.6	1.3	4.7	2.9	16,025	9,130	2,670	1,141	513	257	1,283	1,152	+155
22	Elton Brand E. Brand	20.0	643	38.0	10.1	2.6	0.9	2.1	7.7	15.2	50.3	0.0	0.0	15.4	4.7	6.4	73.6	55.5	3.9	6.3	2.5	24,420	12,852	6,520	1,674	592	1,334	1,617	1,993	-1177
23	Antawn Jamison A. Jamison	19.9	798	36.8	8.0	1.7	1.0	0.4	7.7	16.8	45.6	1.0	2.9	34.7	3.6	4.9	73.4	52.5	2.6	5.4	1.7	29,355	15,883	6,402	1,396	837	302	1,396	1,947	-885
24	Brandon Roy B. Roy	19.8	209	36.9	4.6	5.1	1.1	0.2	7.2	15.6	46.5	1.0	2.8	36.3	4.3	5.4	80.3	55.2	1.2	3.5	1.9	7,710	4,136	968	1,060	234	48	404	413	+342
25	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	19.6	439	37.1	9.2	2.2	0.8	1.2	6.9	14.1	48.7	0.1	0.3	28.8	5.8	7.2	79.5	56.7	2.7	6.5	2.2	16,289	8,597	4,017	949	354	532	957	1,159	+221