Carmelo Anthony has scored the most points per game with fewer than 29.0 points per game and 40+ games played in a season, with 28.9 per game in 2006-07.

Interpreted as:

most <28.95 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	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	28.9	65	2006-07	DEN	38.2	6.0	3.8	1.2	0.4	10.6	22.4	47.6	0.6	2.3	26.8	7.1	8.7	80.8	55.2	2.2	3.8	3.6	2,486	1,881	391	249	77	23	234	203	+88
2	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	28.9	76	2016-17	BOS	33.8	2.7	5.9	0.9	0.2	9.0	19.4	46.3	3.2	8.5	37.9	7.8	8.5	90.9	62.5	0.6	2.1	2.8	2,569	2,199	205	448	70	13	210	167	+276
3	LeBron James L. James	28.9	55	2022-23	LAL	35.5	8.3	6.8	0.9	0.6	11.1	22.2	50.0	2.2	6.9	32.1	4.6	5.9	76.8	58.3	1.2	7.1	3.2	1,954	1,590	457	375	50	32	178	88	+214
4	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	28.9	81	1970-71	BOS	45.4	9.0	7.5			11.0	24.5	45.0				6.8	8.4	81.8	51.3				3,678	2,338	730	607				200
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	28.8	61	2019-20	DAL	33.6	9.4	8.8	1.0	0.2	9.5	20.6	46.3	2.8	8.9	31.6	7.0	9.2	75.8	58.5	1.3	8.1	4.3	2,047	1,759	573	538	62	14	260	153	+253
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	28.8	82	1969-70	MIL	43.1	14.5	4.1			11.4	22.1	51.8				5.9	9.1	65.3	55.2				3,534	2,361	1,190	337				283
7	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	28.8	67	2020-21	POR	35.8	4.2	7.5	0.9	0.3	9.0	19.9	45.1	4.1	10.5	39.1	6.7	7.2	92.8	62.3	0.5	3.7	3.0	2,398	1,928	283	505	62	17	203	102	+198
8	World B. Free W. B. Free	28.8	78	1978-79	SDC	37.9	3.9	4.4	1.4	0.4	10.2	21.2	48.1				8.4	11.1	75.6	55.2	1.6	2.2	3.8	2,954	2,244	301	340	111	35	297	253
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	28.7	82	1997-98	CHI	38.8	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	10.7	23.1	46.5	0.4	1.5	23.8	6.9	8.8	78.4	53.3	1.6	4.2	2.3	3,181	2,357	475	283	141	45	185	151	+598
10	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	28.7	77	2023-24	NYK	35.4	3.6	6.7	0.9	0.2	10.3	21.4	47.9	2.7	6.8	40.1	5.5	6.5	84.7	59.2	0.6	3.1	2.4	2,726	2,212	278	519	70	13	186	144	+512
11	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28.7	74	2000-01	LAL	39.5	12.7	3.7	0.6	2.8	11.0	19.2	57.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.7	13.1	51.3	57.4	3.9	8.8	2.9	2,924	2,125	940	277	47	204	218	256	+463
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	28.7	80	1984-85	BOS	39.5	10.5	6.6	1.6	1.2	11.5	22.0	52.2	0.7	1.6	42.7	5.0	5.7	88.2	58.5	2.1	8.5	3.1	3,161	2,295	842	531	129	98	248	208
13	Jerry West J. West	28.7	66	1966-67	LAL	40.5	5.9	6.8			9.8	21.0	46.4				9.1	10.4	87.8	55.9				2,670	1,892	392	447				160
14	Jerry West J. West	28.7	72	1963-64	LAL	40.4	6.2	5.6			10.3	21.2	48.4				8.1	9.8	83.2	56.2				2,906	2,064	443	403				200
15	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	28.7	82	1970-71	SDR	44.3	16.6	2.3			11.6	27.0	42.8				5.5	8.2	67.2	46.8				3,633	2,350	1,362	186				225
16	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	28.7	67	2012-13	NYK	37.0	6.9	2.6	0.8	0.5	10.0	22.2	44.9	2.3	6.2	37.9	6.3	7.6	83.0	56.0	2.0	4.9	2.6	2,482	1,920	460	171	52	32	175	205	+310
17	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	28.6	82	1989-90	NYK	38.6	10.9	2.2	1.0	4.0	11.2	20.4	55.1	0.0	0.0	25.0	6.1	7.9	77.5	59.9	2.9	8.0	3.4	3,165	2,347	893	182	78	327	278	325
18	Alex English A. English	28.6	82	1986-87	DEN	37.6	4.2	5.1	0.9	0.3	11.8	23.4	50.3	0.0	0.2	26.7	5.0	5.9	84.4	54.9	1.8	2.4	2.6	3,085	2,345	344	422	73	21	214	216
19	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	28.5	68	2000-01	LAL	40.9	5.9	5.0	1.7	0.6	10.3	22.2	46.4	0.9	2.9	30.5	7.0	8.2	85.3	55.2	1.5	4.3	3.2	2,783	1,938	399	338	114	43	220	222	+369
20	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	28.5	51	2020-21	PHI	31.1	10.6	2.8	1.0	1.4	9.0	17.6	51.3	1.1	3.0	37.7	9.2	10.7	85.9	63.6	2.2	8.4	3.1	1,585	1,451	539	145	50	69	159	123	+405
21	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	28.4	74	2006-07	WAS	39.8	4.6	6.0	1.9	0.2	8.7	20.9	41.8	2.8	7.9	35.1	8.2	9.7	84.4	56.5	0.8	3.7	3.2	2,942	2,105	338	443	139	13	236	249	+192
22	LeBron James L. James	28.4	81	2008-09	CLE	37.7	7.6	7.2	1.7	1.1	9.7	19.9	48.9	1.6	4.7	34.4	7.3	9.4	78.0	59.1	1.3	6.3	3.0	3,054	2,304	613	587	137	93	241	139	+870
23	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	28.4	65	2021-22	DAL	35.4	9.1	8.7	1.2	0.6	9.9	21.6	45.7	3.1	8.8	35.3	5.6	7.5	74.4	57.1	0.9	8.3	4.5	2,301	1,847	593	568	75	36	292	145	+146
24	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	28.4	70	1999-00	PHI	40.8	3.8	4.7	2.1	0.1	10.4	24.8	42.1	1.3	3.7	34.1	6.3	8.9	71.3	49.6	1.0	2.8	3.3	2,853	1,989	267	328	144	5	230	162	+133
25	George Mikan G. Mikan	28.4	68	1950-51	MIN		14.1	3.1			10.0	23.3	42.8				8.5	10.5	80.3	50.9					1,932	958	208				308