Kobe Bryant has the most points per game with fewer than 28.4 points per game and 40+ games played in a season, with 28.3 per game in 2007-08.

Interpreted as:

most <28.35 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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	28.3	82	2007-08	LAL	38.9	6.3	5.4	1.8	0.5	9.5	20.6	45.9	1.8	5.1	36.1	7.6	9.0	84.0	57.6	1.1	5.2	3.1	3,192	2,323	517	441	151	40	257	227	+598
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28.3	60	1997-98	LAL	36.3	11.4	2.4	0.7	2.4	11.2	19.1	58.4	0.0	0.0		6.0	11.4	52.7	58.7	3.5	7.9	2.9	2,175	1,699	681	142	39	144	175	193	+649
3	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	28.3	80	1987-88	PHI	39.6	11.9	3.2	1.3	1.3	9.4	16.0	58.7	0.6	2.0	28.0	8.9	11.9	75.1	66.5	4.8	7.1	3.8	3,170	2,264	951	254	100	103	304	278
4	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	28.3	80	1962-63	CIN	44.0	10.4	9.5			10.3	19.9	51.8				7.7	9.5	81.0	58.8				3,521	2,264	835	758				293
5	George Mikan G. Mikan	28.3	60	1948-49	MIN			3.6			9.7	23.4	41.6				8.9	11.5	77.2	49.8					1,698		218				260
6	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	28.3	68	2022-23	CLE	35.8	4.3	4.4	1.5	0.4	10.0	20.6	48.4	3.6	9.3	38.6	4.7	5.4	86.7	61.4	0.9	3.3	2.6	2,432	1,922	289	301	99	27	180	168	+338
7	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	28.2	76	1971-72	CIN	43.1	2.9	9.2			9.7	19.9	48.6				8.9	10.8	82.2	57.2				3,272	2,145	222	701				198
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	28.2	82	1984-85	CHI	38.3	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	10.2	19.8	51.5	0.1	0.6	17.3	7.7	9.1	84.5	59.2	2.0	4.5	3.5	3,144	2,313	534	481	196	69	291	285
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	28.2	72	2015-16	OKC	35.8	8.2	5.0	1.0	1.2	9.7	19.2	50.5	2.6	6.7	38.7	6.2	6.9	89.8	63.4	0.6	7.6	3.5	2,578	2,029	589	361	69	85	250	137	+647
10	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	28.2	50	2024-25	TOT	35.4	8.2	7.7	1.8	0.4	9.2	20.5	45.0	3.5	9.6	36.8	6.2	7.9	78.2	58.7	0.8	7.4	3.6	1,769	1,408	409	383	89	21	179	126	+344
11	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	28.2	69	2009-10	DEN	38.2	6.6	3.2	1.3	0.4	10.0	21.8	45.8	0.9	2.7	31.6	7.4	8.9	83.0	54.8	2.2	4.4	3.0	2,634	1,943	454	222	88	30	209	225	+286
12	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	28.1	67	2014-15	OKC	34.4	7.3	8.6	2.1	0.2	9.4	22.0	42.6	1.3	4.3	29.9	8.1	9.8	83.5	53.6	1.9	5.4	4.4	2,302	1,886	488	574	140	14	293	184	+247
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	28.1	81	2012-13	OKC	38.5	7.9	4.6	1.4	1.3	9.0	17.7	51.0	1.7	4.1	41.6	8.4	9.3	90.5	64.7	0.6	7.3	3.5	3,119	2,280	640	374	116	105	280	143	+721
14	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	28.1	61	2020-21	MIL	33.0	11.0	5.9	1.2	1.2	10.3	18.0	56.9	1.1	3.6	30.3	6.5	9.5	68.5	63.3	1.6	9.4	3.4	2,013	1,717	671	357	72	73	207	168	+409
15	Anthony Davis A. Davis	28.1	75	2017-18	NOP	36.4	11.1	2.3	1.5	2.6	10.4	19.5	53.4	0.7	2.2	34.0	6.6	8.0	82.8	61.2	2.5	8.6	2.2	2,727	2,110	832	174	115	193	162	159	+298
16	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	28.1	42	1991-92	ATL	38.1	7.0	3.8	1.2	0.6	10.1	21.8	46.4	0.9	3.0	28.9	7.0	8.4	83.5	55.2	2.5	4.6	2.9	1,601	1,179	295	158	52	24	122	77
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	28.1	74	1986-87	BOS	40.6	9.2	7.6	1.8	0.9	10.6	20.2	52.5	1.2	3.0	40.0	5.6	6.1	91.0	61.2	1.7	7.5	3.2	3,005	2,076	682	566	135	70	240	185
18	Karl Malone K. Malone	28.0	81	1991-92	UTA	37.7	11.2	3.0	1.3	0.6	9.9	18.7	52.6	0.0	0.2	17.6	8.3	10.7	77.8	59.9	2.8	8.4	3.1	3,054	2,272	909	241	108	51	248	226
19	Paul George P. George	28.0	77	2018-19	OKC	36.9	8.2	4.1	2.2	0.4	9.2	21.0	43.8	3.8	9.8	38.6	5.9	7.0	83.9	58.3	1.4	6.8	2.7	2,841	2,159	628	318	170	34	205	214	+496
20	Kevin Durant K. Durant	28.0	66	2011-12	OKC	38.6	8.0	3.5	1.3	1.2	9.7	19.7	49.6	2.0	5.2	38.7	6.5	7.6	86.0	61.0	0.6	7.4	3.8	2,546	1,850	527	231	88	77	248	133	+369
21	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	28.0	67	2003-04	ORL	39.9	6.0	5.5	1.4	0.6	9.7	23.4	41.7	2.6	7.7	33.9	5.9	7.5	79.6	52.6	1.4	4.6	2.7	2,675	1,878	402	370	93	42	179	129	-313
22	Purvis Short P. Short	28.0	78	1984-85	GSW	39.5	5.1	3.0	1.5	0.3	10.5	22.8	46.0	0.6	1.9	31.3	6.4	7.9	81.7	53.3	2.0	3.1	3.1	3,081	2,186	398	234	116	27	241	255
23	Anthony Davis A. Davis	28.0	75	2016-17	NOP	36.1	11.8	2.1	1.3	2.2	10.3	20.3	50.5	0.5	1.8	29.9	6.9	8.6	80.2	58.0	2.3	9.5	2.4	2,708	2,099	884	157	94	167	181	168	+51
24	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	28.0	68	1979-80	UTA	39.3	7.6	2.8	1.4	0.2	10.7	18.6	57.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.5	7.7	84.2	63.5	2.7	4.9	3.4	2,674	1,903	516	191	96	14	233	211
25	Alex English A. English	27.9	81	1984-85	DEN	36.1	5.7	4.2	1.2	0.6	11.6	22.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	20.0	4.7	5.7	82.9	56.1	2.5	3.1	3.1	2,924	2,262	458	344	101	46	251	259