Between the 1946-47 and 2006-07 seasons, Michael Jordan averaged the most points per game, with 30.1 per game.

Interpreted as:

most career ppg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player 1946-47 to 2006-07

	NAME	PPG	GP	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30.1	1,072	38.3	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	30.1	1,045	45.8	22.9	4.4			12.1	22.5	54.0				5.8	11.4	51.1	54.7				47,859	31,419	23,924	4,643				2,075
3	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	27.9	747	41.8	3.9	6.2	2.3	0.2	9.7	23.0	42.3	1.2	4.0	31.1	7.2	9.2	77.7	51.5	0.9	3.0	3.8	31,202	20,824	2,899	4,642	1,716	144	2,807	1,534	+527
4	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	27.4	846	40.0	13.5	4.3			10.3	23.8	43.1				6.8	8.7	78.0	49.4				33,863	23,149	11,463	3,650				2,596
5	Jerry West J. West	27.0	932	39.2	5.8	6.7	2.6	0.7	9.7	20.4	47.4				7.7	9.4	81.4	55.0	1.0	2.8		36,571	25,192	5,376	6,238	81	23		2,435
6	LeBron James L. James	26.7	316	41.3	6.7	6.4	1.8	0.7	9.7	20.9	46.3	1.3	3.8	32.7	6.1	8.3	73.3	54.3	1.2	5.5	3.3	13,061	8,439	2,102	2,033	555	231	1,045	647	+660
7	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	26.4	792	38.8	16.2	3.0			9.3	21.3	43.6				7.8	10.3	76.1	51.1				30,690	20,880	12,849	2,369				2,529
8	George Gervin G. Gervin	26.2	791	33.5	4.6	2.8	1.2	0.8	10.2	19.9	51.1	0.1	0.5	29.7	5.7	6.8	84.4	57.2	1.5	3.1	3.0	26,536	20,708	3,607	2,214	941	670	2,137	2,331
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	25.9	981	36.6	11.6	2.8	0.6	2.5	10.3	17.7	58.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	5.4	10.2	52.5	58.4	3.8	7.8	2.9	35,926	25,454	11,379	2,701	627	2,432	2,800	3,376	+4456
10	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	25.7	1,040	42.2	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1	9.1	18.9	48.5				7.4	8.8	83.8	56.4	1.0	3.0		43,886	26,710	7,804	9,887	77	4		2,931
11	Karl Malone K. Malone	25.0	1,476	37.2	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
12	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	24.8	1,074	35.5	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	9.3	20.1	46.1	0.7	2.1	31.9	5.6	6.9	81.1	53.6	2.7	3.9	2.5	38,113	26,668	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	2,669	2,061	-392
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	24.6	784	36.2	5.2	4.5	1.5	0.6	8.5	18.8	45.3	1.2	3.5	33.7	6.4	7.6	83.8	55.5	1.2	4.0	2.9	28,379	19,296	4,073	3,561	1,170	467	2,285	2,111	+2631
14	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	24.6	1,560	36.8	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.2	18.1	55.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	59.2	2.4	7.6	2.7	57,446	38,387	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	24.3	897	38.4	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	56.4	2.0	8.0	3.1	34,443	21,791	8,974	5,695	1,556	755	2,816	2,279
16	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	24.3	955	35.8	5.7	3.0	1.0	0.2	8.6	15.8	54.0	0.0	0.1	17.1	7.2	8.7	81.8	61.7	2.3	3.4	2.9	34,151	23,177	5,455	2,830	944	150	2,503	2,550
17	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	24.2	658	37.0	4.2	5.4	1.4	0.3	9.4	21.3	44.1	0.2	0.3	66.7	5.4	6.6	82.0	50.0	1.0	3.3	3.7	24,316	15,948	2,747	3,563	587	108	530	1,865
18	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	24.1	302	36.5	5.7	2.9	1.1	0.5	8.6	18.9	45.5	0.6	2.2	27.9	6.3	7.9	79.8	53.9	2.0	3.7	3.1	11,030	7,286	1,709	886	330	136	923	886	+323
19	Vince Carter V. Carter	24.1	621	37.6	5.4	4.1	1.3	0.9	8.8	19.8	44.7	1.5	4.0	37.7	4.9	6.2	79.2	53.5	1.7	3.7	2.4	23,366	14,970	3,380	2,550	794	531	1,504	1,876	+1009
20	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	23.8	264	37.6	5.0	6.4	1.7	0.9	8.2	17.0	48.4	0.2	1.0	24.9	7.1	9.1	77.7	56.6	1.3	3.6	3.8	9,923	6,282	1,313	1,682	460	236	1,001	704	+1065
21	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	23.6	652	37.8	6.5	3.9	1.7	0.7	7.7	17.6	44.0	1.7	4.7	36.0	6.4	8.1	79.1	55.7	1.1	5.4	3.1	24,616	15,375	4,239	2,526	1,084	467	2,040	1,925	+543
22	Rick Barry R. Barry	23.2	794	36.3	6.5	5.1	2.0	0.5	9.1	20.4	44.9	1.0	3.1	33.0	4.8	5.3	90.0	51.0	0.9	4.3	2.5	28,825	18,395	5,168	4,017	1,104	269	574	2,264
23	George Mikan G. Mikan	23.1	439	34.4	13.4	2.8			8.1	20.0	40.4				7.0	8.9	78.2	48.3				8,350	10,156	4,167	1,245				1,862
24	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	22.9	418	37.5	4.2	5.5	1.8	0.2	7.4	17.3	42.8	2.1	5.8	36.1	6.0	7.4	81.0	55.8	0.9	3.3	3.3	15,687	9,575	1,768	2,301	735	101	1,388	1,331	+87
25	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	22.8	713	38.4	8.6	2.3			7.9	18.7	42.1				7.0	8.7	81.0	50.6				24,897	16,266	6,129	1,665				2,764