Shaquille O'Neal 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 2002-03.

Interpreted as:

most <27.48 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	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	27.5	67	2002-03	LAL	37.8	11.1	3.1	0.6	2.4	10.4	18.1	57.4	0.0	0.0		6.7	10.8	62.2	60.2	3.9	7.2	2.9	2,535	1,841	742	206	38	159	196	229	+363
2	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	27.5	82	1988-89	SEA	38.9	4.2	2.0	1.3	0.3	10.5	20.9	50.1	2.0	4.1	47.8	4.6	5.6	81.6	58.9	1.9	2.3	2.7	3,190	2,253	342	164	108	22	218	197
3	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	27.5	82	1971-72	BOS	45.1	8.2	7.5			10.9	23.9	45.8				5.6	6.7	83.4	51.2				3,698	2,252	672	614				183
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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