James Harden has the most points per game with fewer than 29.0 points per game and 40+ games played in a season, with 29.0 per game in 2015-16.

Interpreted as:

most <29.0 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	James Harden J. Harden	29.0	82	2015-16	HOU	38.1	6.1	7.5	1.7	0.6	8.7	19.7	43.9	2.9	8.0	35.9	8.8	10.2	86.0	59.8	0.8	5.3	4.6	3,125	2,376	501	612	139	51	374	229	+125
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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