most points per 36 minutes from 1971-72 to 1978-79

36, with 27.66.

Interpreted as:

most points per 36 minutes with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player from 1971-72 to 1978-79

	NAME	PTS/(MIN/36)	PTS	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	George Gervin G. Gervin	27.66	6,492	8,450	244	34.6	26.6	5.2	3.1	1.5	1.3	10.4	19.2	54.0	5.8	7.0	83.0	59.6	1.6	3.6	3.7	1,274	759	378	305	592	816
2	Walter Davis W. Davis	27.41	3,827	5,027	160	31.4	23.9	5.4	3.8	1.6	0.3	9.7	17.9	54.3	4.5	5.5	83.1	59.0	1.7	3.7	3.6	857	612	260	46	576	492
3	David Thompson D. Thompson	25.34	6,122	8,696	238	36.5	25.7	4.2	3.9	1.2	1.0	9.8	19.2	51.3	6.0	7.9	76.6	56.8	1.7	2.5	2.8	998	924	276	234	431	629
4	John Drew J. Drew	25.05	8,310	11,941	378	31.6	22.0	8.5	1.8	1.6	0.4	8.1	17.0	47.4	5.9	8.0	73.3	53.6	3.6	4.9	2.8	3,204	681	606	141	421	1,389
5	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	24.9	14,405	20,825	525	39.7	27.4	12.2	2.8	1.2	2.0	10.8	21.2	50.9	5.9	7.8	75.6	55.7	3.1	9.7	4.1	6,421	1,474	529	872	563	1,832
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	24.8	17,184	24,949	609	41.0	28.2	14.7	4.6	1.3	3.5	11.7	21.3	55.2	4.8	6.6	71.8	58.4	3.1	11.0	3.5	8,959	2,831	576	1,595	490	1,852
7	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	23.76	13,479	20,426	534	38.3	25.2	4.4	5.9	1.4	0.3	9.7	22.2	43.9	5.7	7.0	82.2	49.9	1.1	3.5	4.5	2,371	3,125	563	102	448	1,548
8	Jerry West J. West	23.56	4,189	6,400	177	36.2	23.7	4.1	8.8	2.6	0.7	9.0	18.9	47.3	5.8	7.1	81.4	53.7	1.0	2.8		732	1,560	81	23		427
9	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	23.28	8,996	13,910	548	25.4	16.4	2.1	4.3	1.5	0.4	6.6	12.9	51.2	3.2	4.0	81.3	56.1	0.6	1.6	3.2	1,145	2,340	710	183	512	1,163
10	John Williamson J. Williamson	23.09	4,915	7,663	221	34.7	22.2	2.8	3.0	1.3	0.2	8.9	19.7	45.3	4.4	5.2	83.2	50.4	0.7	2.1	3.1	616	670	290	35	461	697
11	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	22.92	3,529	5,544	157	35.3	22.5	9.1	2.7	1.3	1.2	9.2	17.2	53.7	4.0	5.4	74.8	57.5	3.2	5.9	2.2	1,433	424	208	192	345	407
12	World B. Free W. B. Free	22.74	5,293	8,378	303	27.7	17.5	2.9	3.4	1.0	0.4	6.2	13.4	46.5	5.0	6.9	72.7	53.2	1.3	1.6	3.2	875	1,016	291	107	497	766
13	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	22.73	13,405	21,231	562	37.8	23.9	12.5	3.5	1.2	2.0	9.7	19.0	51.2	4.4	5.7	78.0	55.6	3.2	8.5	3.4	7,025	1,988	466	799	400	1,828
14	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	22.6	11,043	17,592	454	38.7	24.3	2.5	8.0	1.4	0.2	8.7	18.7	46.8	6.8	8.3	82.8	54.5	0.6	1.7	2.9	1,148	3,627	415	46	197	1,046
15	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	22.54	6,761	10,800	310	34.8	21.8	11.5	4.0	2.0	0.5	8.1	17.9	45.1	5.7	8.2	69.9	50.9	3.6	7.8	4.3	3,552	1,238	627	157	658	1,241
16	Julius Erving J. Erving	22.47	5,101	8,171	234	34.9	21.8	7.4	4.0	1.8	1.3	8.6	17.3	49.7	4.6	5.9	78.3	54.8	2.4	5.0	3.6	1,740	942	427	310	553	665
17	Freeman Williams F. Williams	22.47	746	1,195	72	16.6	10.4	1.4	1.2	0.6	0.0	4.7	9.5	49.0	1.1	1.4	77.6	51.4	0.7	0.7	1.4	98	83	42	2	99	88
18	Chet Walker C. Walker	22.45	6,333	10,156	315	32.2	20.1	5.4	2.3	0.7	0.1	7.3	15.0	48.9	5.4	6.4	85.4	56.5	1.6	3.8		1,706	726	117	10		719
19	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	22.39	2,934	4,717	155	30.4	18.9	3.4	2.9	1.3	0.2	7.8	15.6	50.2	3.3	4.6	71.3	53.8	1.6	1.8	2.2	529	455	199	29	345	434
20	Bernard King B. King	22.25	3,678	5,951	161	37.0	22.8	8.8	3.0	1.5	0.5	9.4	18.8	49.9	4.1	6.7	61.2	52.5	3.2	5.6	3.9	1,420	488	240	75	634	628
21	Rick Barry R. Barry	21.93	12,695	20,844	564	37.0	22.5	6.0	5.8	2.1	0.5	9.2	20.3	45.1	4.2	4.6	91.3	50.4	0.9	4.5	2.6	3,368	3,294	1,024	241	422	1,527
22	Dan Issel D. Issel	21.74	4,891	8,100	242	33.5	20.2	9.4	3.0	1.0	0.5	7.6	14.9	51.4	4.9	6.3	78.0	57.3	2.9	6.4	2.6	2,264	736	252	116	430	758
23	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	21.68	11,688	19,404	569	34.1	20.5	2.9	4.9	1.3	0.2	8.1	17.6	46.2	4.2	5.0	84.2	51.7	1.1	1.6	2.5	1,662	2,784	545	72	390	1,488
24	Billy Knight B. Knight	21.6	4,421	7,367	210	35.1	21.1	6.2	2.7	1.2	0.2	8.2	16.4	50.1	4.6	5.6	82.0	55.8	2.1	4.1	3.0	1,312	573	262	40	392	494
25	Spencer Haywood S. Haywood	21.3	11,854	20,033	537	37.3	22.1	10.6	2.1	0.7	1.2	8.8	18.9	46.6	4.5	5.6	80.5	51.7	2.9	6.8	2.5	5,691	1,116	263	477	340	1,543