most points in a season with less than 40 games played before 2022-23

Before 2022-23, Kevin Durant scored the most points with fewer than 40 games played in a season, with 943 points in 2020-21.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a season with less than 40 games played before 2022-23

	NAME	PTS	GP	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kevin Durant K. Durant	943	35	2020-21	BKN	33.1	26.9	7.1	5.6	0.7	1.3	9.3	17.2	53.7	2.4	5.4	45.0	6.0	6.8	88.2	66.6	0.4	6.7	3.4	1,157	247	195	25	45	120	70	+276
2	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	926	35	2019-20	MIN	33.9	26.5	10.8	4.4	0.9	1.2	9.0	17.8	50.8	3.3	7.9	41.2	5.1	6.5	79.6	64.2	2.7	8.1	3.1	1,187	378	153	33	42	110	117	-15
3	Derrick Rose D. Rose	852	39	2011-12	CHI	35.3	21.8	3.4	7.9	0.9	0.7	7.7	17.8	43.5	1.4	4.4	31.2	5.0	6.1	81.2	53.2	0.7	2.7	3.1	1,375	131	307	35	28	119	52	+289
4	David Thompson D. Thompson	839	39	1979-80	DEN	31.8	21.5	4.5	3.2	1.0	1.0	7.4	15.8	46.8	0.2	0.5	36.8	6.5	8.6	75.8	54.9	1.4	3.0	3.0	1,239	174	124	39	38	116	106
5	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	830	35	2020-21	OKC	33.7	23.7	4.7	5.9	0.8	0.7	8.2	16.1	50.8	2.0	4.9	41.8	5.3	6.5	80.8	62.3	0.5	4.2	3.0	1,180	166	207	27	23	106	70	-185
6	Ron Harper R. Harper	798	35	1989-90	TOT	39.1	22.8	5.9	5.2	2.3	1.2	8.6	18.2	47.3	0.4	1.5	27.5	5.2	6.6	78.8	54.0	2.1	3.8	2.9	1,367	206	182	81	41	100	105
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	798	37	1980-81	LAL	37.1	21.6	8.6	8.6	3.4	0.7	8.4	15.9	53.2	0.1	0.5	17.6	4.6	6.1	76.0	58.2	2.7	5.9	3.9	1,371	320	317	127	27	143	100
8	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	796	29	2021-22	BKN	37.6	27.4	4.4	5.8	1.4	0.6	10.0	21.2	46.9	3.4	8.2	41.8	4.1	4.4	91.5	59.2	0.6	3.8	2.5	1,091	127	167	41	17	73	81	+121
9	Anthony Davis A. Davis	786	36	2020-21	LAL	32.3	21.8	7.9	3.1	1.3	1.6	8.4	17.0	49.1	0.7	2.8	26.0	4.4	5.9	73.8	55.6	1.7	6.2	2.1	1,162	286	110	45	59	74	60	+115
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	782	35	2014-15	LAL	34.5	22.3	5.7	5.6	1.3	0.2	7.6	20.4	37.3	1.5	5.3	29.3	5.6	6.9	81.3	47.7	0.7	4.9	3.7	1,207	199	197	47	7	128	65	-295
11	Kevin Martin K. Martin	779	39	2014-15	MIN	33.4	20.0	3.6	2.3	0.8	0.0	6.8	16.0	42.7	1.9	4.9	39.3	4.4	4.9	88.1	54.9	0.5	3.2	1.9	1,302	142	89	33	1	76	76	-253
12	Ron Harper R. Harper	763	39	1990-91	LAC	35.5	19.6	4.8	5.4	1.7	0.9	7.3	18.7	39.1	1.2	3.8	32.4	3.7	5.6	66.8	46.3	1.5	3.3	3.3	1,383	188	209	66	35	129	111
13	Paul George P. George	754	31	2021-22	LAC	34.7	24.3	6.9	5.7	2.2	0.4	8.6	20.5	42.1	2.9	8.3	35.4	4.1	4.8	85.8	53.8	0.4	6.5	4.1	1,077	213	176	67	13	126	74	+92
14	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	749	35	2015-16	LAC	33.4	21.4	8.4	4.9	0.8	0.5	8.6	17.2	49.9	0.2	0.5	33.3	4.0	5.5	72.7	54.4	1.5	6.9	2.4	1,170	294	170	28	17	83	95	+182
15	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	747	37	1987-88	POR	28.1	20.2	2.9	1.9	0.6	0.2	7.6	15.1	50.8	0.6	1.6	37.9	4.3	4.9	87.8	58.7	1.0	2.0	1.3	1,038	109	71	21	7	48	68
16	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	733	33	2004-05	NJN	41.1	22.2	7.3	4.0	1.0	0.5	7.2	17.1	42.2	0.9	2.7	33.7	6.9	8.2	84.4	53.7	1.5	5.8	4.0	1,355	240	133	33	17	132	109	-122
17	Malik Beasley M. Beasley	724	37	2020-21	MIN	32.8	19.6	4.4	2.4	0.8	0.2	7.1	16.2	44.0	3.5	8.7	39.9	1.8	2.2	85.0	57.0	0.8	3.6	1.6	1,214	162	88	30	7	60	62	-197
18	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	722	32	2009-10	WAS	36.5	22.6	4.2	7.2	1.3	0.3	7.9	19.3	41.1	2.0	5.7	34.8	4.8	6.5	73.9	51.1	0.5	3.6	3.7	1,169	133	230	41	9	117	95	-83
19	Archie Clark A. Clark	715	39	1972-73	BAL	37.9	18.3	3.3	7.1			7.7	15.3	50.7				2.8	3.5	81.0	54.5				1,477	129	275				111
20	Jeff Ruland J. Ruland	700	37	1984-85	WAS	38.8	18.9	11.1	4.4	0.8	0.7	6.8	11.9	56.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.4	7.9	68.5	61.7	3.4	7.6	4.8	1,436	410	162	31	27	179	128
21	Michael Redd M. Redd	699	33	2008-09	MIL	36.5	21.2	3.2	2.7	1.1	0.1	7.5	16.6	45.5	2.1	5.8	36.6	4.0	4.9	81.4	56.6	0.7	2.5	1.6	1,203	107	88	35	2	53	45	+79
22	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	697	34	1976-77	NYN	37.6	20.5	2.4	7.5	1.7	0.3	7.4	16.5	44.6				5.8	7.4	78.5	52.0	0.6	1.7		1,277	80	254	59	11		77
23	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	695	29	2021-22	POR	36.4	24.0	4.1	7.3	0.6	0.4	7.7	19.0	40.2	3.2	9.8	32.4	5.5	6.2	87.8	55.0	0.4	3.7	2.9	1,056	120	212	17	11	83	37	-30
24	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	690	38	2019-20	PHX	32.5	18.2	11.5	1.9	0.7	1.5	8.2	14.9	54.6	0.1	0.3	23.1	1.8	2.3	75.3	56.8	3.9	7.6	2.1	1,236	436	72	26	58	80	117	+98
25	Malcolm Brogdon M. Brogdon	687	36	2021-22	IND	33.5	19.1	5.1	5.9	0.8	0.4	6.8	15.1	44.8	1.6	5.2	31.2	4.0	4.6	85.6	55.7	0.9	4.2	2.1	1,206	185	212	30	14	77	71	0