LeBron James has scored the most points per game with fewer than 27.5 points per game and 40+ games played in a season, with 27.5 per game in 2017-18.

Interpreted as:

most <27.46 ppg in a season 40+ gp by a player

	NAME	PPG	GP	SEASON	TM	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	82	2017-18	CLE	36.9	8.6	9.1	1.4	0.9	10.5	19.3	54.2	1.8	5.0	36.7	4.7	6.5	73.1	62.1	1.2	7.5	4.2	3,026	2,251	709	747	116	71	347	136	+104
2	Ja Morant J. Morant	27.4	57	2021-22	MEM	33.1	5.7	6.7	1.2	0.4	10.2	20.6	49.3	1.5	4.5	34.4	5.5	7.3	76.1	57.5	1.4	4.4	3.4	1,889	1,564	325	384	66	22	196	86	+189
3	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	27.4	58	2020-21	CHI	35.1	5.0	4.9	0.8	0.5	9.8	19.4	50.7	3.4	8.2	41.9	4.4	5.1	84.9	63.4	0.6	4.4	3.5	2,034	1,591	289	282	46	27	203	138	-9
4	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	27.4	77	2013-14	NYK	38.7	8.1	3.1	1.2	0.7	9.6	21.3	45.2	2.2	5.4	40.2	6.0	7.0	84.8	56.1	1.9	6.2	2.6	2,982	2,112	622	242	95	51	198	224	+106
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	27.4	82	1996-97	UTA	36.6	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	10.5	19.2	55.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	6.4	8.4	75.5	60.0	2.4	7.5	2.8	2,998	2,249	809	368	113	48	233	217	+768
6	George Mikan G. Mikan	27.4	68	1949-50	MIN			2.9			9.5	23.5	40.7				8.3	10.7	77.9	48.7					1,865		197				297
7	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	27.4	51	2006-07	MIA	37.9	4.7	7.5	2.1	1.2	9.3	18.9	49.1	0.4	1.5	26.6	8.5	10.5	80.7	58.3	1.0	3.7	4.2	1,931	1,397	239	384	107	62	216	117	+96
8	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	27.4	80	1963-64	STL	41.2	15.3	3.2			9.9	21.4	46.3				7.6	9.6	78.9	53.5				3,296	2,190	1,224	259				300
9	James Harden J. Harden	27.4	81	2014-15	HOU	36.8	5.7	7.0	1.9	0.7	8.0	18.1	44.0	2.6	6.9	37.5	8.8	10.2	86.8	60.5	0.9	4.7	4.0	2,981	2,217	459	565	154	60	321	208	+335
10	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	27.4	81	1984-85	ATL	37.3	6.9	2.5	1.7	0.7	10.5	23.3	45.1	0.3	1.0	30.9	6.0	7.4	80.6	51.4	2.8	4.1	2.8	3,023	2,217	557	200	135	54	225	170
11	LeBron James L. James	27.4	55	2018-19	LAL	35.2	8.5	8.3	1.3	0.6	10.1	19.9	51.0	2.0	5.9	33.9	5.1	7.6	66.5	58.8	1.0	7.4	3.6	1,937	1,505	465	454	72	33	197	94	+115
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	27.3	78	2012-13	LAL	38.6	5.6	6.0	1.4	0.3	9.5	20.4	46.3	1.7	5.2	32.4	6.7	8.0	83.9	57.0	0.8	4.7	3.7	3,013	2,133	433	469	106	25	287	173	+139
13	LeBron James L. James	27.3	78	2006-07	CLE	40.9	6.7	6.0	1.6	0.7	9.9	20.8	47.6	1.3	4.0	31.9	6.3	9.0	69.8	55.2	1.1	5.7	3.2	3,190	2,132	526	470	125	55	250	171	+377
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	27.3	80	1993-94	HOU	41.0	11.9	3.6	1.6	3.7	11.2	21.2	52.8	0.1	0.2	42.1	4.9	6.8	71.6	56.5	2.9	9.1	3.4	3,277	2,184	955	287	128	297	271	289
15	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	27.3	74	2016-17	TOR	35.4	5.2	3.9	1.1	0.2	9.7	20.9	46.7	0.4	1.7	26.6	7.4	8.7	84.2	55.2	0.9	4.3	2.4	2,620	2,020	386	290	78	13	180	134	+146
16	Stephen Curry S. Curry	27.3	69	2018-19	GSW	33.8	5.3	5.2	1.3	0.4	9.2	19.4	47.2	5.1	11.7	43.7	3.8	4.2	91.6	64.1	0.7	4.7	2.8	2,331	1,881	369	361	92	25	192	166	+689
17	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	27.2	57	2019-20	HOU	35.9	7.9	7.0	1.6	0.4	10.6	22.5	47.2	1.0	3.7	25.8	5.1	6.7	76.3	53.6	1.8	6.2	4.5	2,049	1,553	451	401	93	20	255	200	+125
18	George Gervin G. Gervin	27.2	82	1977-78	SAS	34.8	5.1	3.7	1.7	1.3	10.5	19.6	53.6				6.1	7.4	83.0	59.4	1.4	3.7	3.7	2,857	2,232	420	302	136	110	306	255
19	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	27.2	78	1988-89	POR	39.3	7.9	5.8	2.7	0.7	10.6	21.4	49.6	0.3	1.3	26.0	5.6	7.0	79.9	55.5	3.7	4.2	3.2	3,064	2,123	615	450	213	54	250	269
20	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	27.2	75	2005-06	MIA	38.6	5.7	6.7	1.9	0.8	9.3	18.8	49.5	0.2	1.0	17.1	8.4	10.7	78.3	57.7	1.4	4.3	3.6	2,892	2,040	430	503	146	58	268	217	+485
21	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	27.2	67	2001-02	LAL	36.1	10.7	3.0	0.6	2.0	10.6	18.3	57.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.9	10.7	55.5	59.0	3.5	7.2	2.6	2,422	1,822	715	200	41	137	171	199	+566
22	LeBron James L. James	27.2	80	2004-05	CLE	42.4	7.4	7.2	2.2	0.7	9.9	21.1	47.2	1.4	3.9	35.1	6.0	8.0	75.0	55.4	1.4	6.0	3.3	3,388	2,175	588	577	177	52	262	146	+152
23	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	27.2	81	1989-90	PHX	37.6	7.0	2.3	1.1	0.6	10.0	20.0	50.1	0.3	1.1	27.9	6.9	8.0	86.1	57.9	1.5	5.6	2.7	3,046	2,201	571	190	88	47	218	260
24	David Thompson D. Thompson	27.2	80	1977-78	DEN	37.8	4.9	4.5	1.2	1.2	10.3	19.8	52.1				6.5	8.4	77.8	57.8	2.0	2.9	3.1	3,025	2,172	390	362	92	99	245	213
25	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	27.1	74	1964-65	LAL	41.3	12.8	3.8			10.3	25.7	40.1				6.5	8.2	79.2	46.3				3,056	2,009	950	280				235