most points per game by a player from 1997-98 to 2015-16

Between the 1997-98 and 2015-16 seasons, Kevin Durant put up the most points per game, with 27.4 per game.

Interpreted as:

most points per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player from 1997-98 to 2015-16

	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	Kevin Durant K. Durant	27.4	641	37.8	7.0	3.7	1.2	1.0	9.2	19.1	48.3	1.8	4.7	38.0	7.2	8.1	88.2	60.5	0.8	6.2	3.2	24,208	17,566	4,518	2,363	774	639	2,083	1,213	+1964
2	LeBron James L. James	27.2	987	39.0	7.2	6.9	1.7	0.8	9.8	19.7	49.8	1.4	4.0	34.0	6.2	8.3	74.4	58.1	1.2	6.0	3.4	38,478	26,833	7,067	6,815	1,657	773	3,316	1,843	+5696
3	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	26.9	838	41.2	3.7	6.0	2.2	0.2	9.4	22.0	42.6	1.1	3.5	30.9	7.2	9.1	78.6	51.9	0.8	2.9	3.5	34,539	22,581	3,082	5,057	1,826	140	2,925	1,544	+1238
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	26.0	1,275	37.3	5.4	4.9	1.5	0.5	9.1	20.2	44.8	1.4	4.2	32.8	6.5	7.7	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.3	3.1	47,534	33,104	6,915	6,215	1,895	617	3,898	3,251	+4093
5	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	24.9	902	36.4	6.6	3.2	1.1	0.5	8.9	19.6	45.3	1.1	3.3	34.4	6.0	7.4	81.2	54.5	1.9	4.8	2.9	32,796	22,497	5,993	2,844	970	437	2,572	2,635	+1638
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	24.0	224	37.1	5.9	4.0	1.6	0.5	9.4	21.2	44.5	0.3	1.0	23.9	4.9	6.2	79.4	50.2	1.1	4.7	2.3	8,305	5,372	1,311	904	349	110	520	441	+620
7	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	23.7	855	35.7	4.8	5.8	1.7	0.9	8.6	17.6	48.8	0.5	1.6	28.4	6.1	7.9	76.7	56.2	1.3	3.6	3.4	30,560	20,221	4,126	4,944	1,414	759	2,882	1,974	+2941
8	Karl Malone K. Malone	22.9	496	36.4	8.9	4.2	1.3	0.7	8.1	16.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	30.0	6.6	8.5	78.0	56.5	1.8	7.1	2.9	18,053	11,336	4,426	2,065	668	341	1,460	1,365	+2242
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	22.4	495	34.9	4.3	6.9	1.8	0.2	7.9	16.6	47.7	3.2	7.3	44.4	3.4	3.7	90.2	61.5	0.7	3.6	3.2	17,259	11,089	2,149	3,393	886	104	1,579	1,258	+2526
10	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	22.3	861	33.5	10.2	2.5	0.5	2.0	8.8	15.0	58.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.8	9.1	52.3	58.7	3.2	7.0	2.6	28,813	19,241	8,768	2,151	450	1,761	2,276	2,913	+4619
11	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	22.0	1,340	35.3	7.9	2.5	0.8	0.9	7.8	16.4	47.4	1.3	3.3	38.1	5.2	5.9	87.9	58.0	1.1	6.8	1.8	47,249	29,491	10,540	3,414	1,128	1,180	2,374	3,266	+6677
12	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	21.5	410	35.3	9.6	4.0	1.0	0.6	8.4	16.0	52.1	0.1	0.4	27.1	4.6	7.0	66.1	56.1	2.5	7.0	2.5	14,491	8,801	3,927	1,654	397	246	1,017	1,255	+1914
13	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	21.5	587	34.0	5.6	7.6	1.7	0.3	7.5	17.3	43.5	0.9	2.9	30.2	5.6	6.8	81.8	52.9	1.7	3.9	3.7	19,983	12,598	3,285	4,453	1,021	166	2,182	1,426	+2227
14	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	21.4	321	36.5	3.8	6.3	0.9	0.3	7.2	16.9	42.6	2.6	7.0	37.0	4.4	5.0	87.0	55.9	0.5	3.3	2.8	11,705	6,856	1,225	2,007	300	90	900	698	+692
15	Chris Webber C. Webber	21.1	614	37.4	9.9	4.2	1.4	1.3	8.8	18.9	46.5	0.2	0.9	27.6	3.3	4.8	68.5	50.3	2.4	7.4	2.7	22,978	12,963	6,055	2,592	872	805	1,661	1,958	+1392
16	James Harden J. Harden	21.1	534	33.2	4.6	4.9	1.5	0.4	6.2	14.1	44.3	2.1	5.7	36.8	6.5	7.6	85.5	60.5	0.7	3.8	3.0	17,741	11,262	2,434	2,620	784	237	1,604	1,349	+1827
17	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	20.8	309	34.0	3.4	5.5	1.4	0.3	7.6	16.7	45.2	1.8	4.7	37.8	3.9	4.5	86.5	55.5	0.7	2.7	2.8	10,499	6,416	1,060	1,697	421	102	851	672	+73
18	Anthony Davis A. Davis	20.8	260	33.8	9.7	1.7	1.3	2.4	8.0	15.4	51.6	0.1	0.5	28.1	4.7	6.0	78.0	57.4	2.6	7.1	1.6	8,790	5,398	2,518	433	342	626	414	647	-198
19	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	20.7	552	35.1	3.9	5.3	1.6	0.2	6.7	16.0	42.1	2.0	5.6	35.1	5.2	6.5	80.3	54.7	0.8	3.1	3.2	19,351	11,402	2,168	2,909	884	134	1,744	1,683	+24
20	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	20.5	446	35.9	6.0	2.6	1.2	0.6	8.2	17.7	46.1	0.9	2.5	34.3	3.3	4.0	83.4	52.6	1.3	4.7	2.9	16,025	9,130	2,670	1,141	513	257	1,283	1,152	+155
21	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	20.2	415	31.6	10.8	2.7	1.4	1.2	7.4	16.0	46.0	0.2	0.7	29.0	5.3	7.2	72.8	52.6	3.0	7.7	3.4	13,105	8,366	4,473	1,136	586	484	1,417	1,605	-649
22	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	20.0	1,318	34.6	5.7	3.6	1.3	0.6	6.6	14.7	44.5	1.6	4.4	36.9	5.2	6.5	80.7	56.8	0.8	4.8	2.7	45,603	26,316	7,479	4,698	1,748	740	3,516	3,603	+3317
23	Derrick Rose D. Rose	19.7	406	35.0	3.7	6.2	0.8	0.4	7.6	17.0	44.8	0.9	2.9	30.2	3.6	4.4	81.3	51.9	0.9	2.8	2.9	14,210	8,001	1,489	2,516	328	155	1,186	571	+552
24	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	19.6	938	32.7	5.6	4.4	1.2	0.9	7.2	16.4	43.5	1.2	3.4	33.8	4.1	5.5	74.6	51.9	1.4	4.2	2.2	30,658	18,381	5,276	4,161	1,136	807	2,029	1,661	+1155
25	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	19.6	779	38.0	3.0	7.6	1.2	0.1	6.9	16.0	43.5	1.1	3.5	32.2	4.5	5.7	78.9	52.8	0.7	2.3	3.0	29,567	15,240	2,332	5,949	955	102	2,337	1,855	-859