most points per game in a season by a 21 year old player since 1979-1980

Since 1979-80, LeBron James has averaged the most points per game by a 21-year-old player in a season, with 31.4 per game in 2005-06.

Interpreted as:

most points per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games in a season by a 21 year old player since 1979-1980

	NAME	PPG	AGE	SEASON	TM	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	LeBron James L. James	31.4	21	2005-06	CLE	79	42.5	7.0	6.6	1.6	0.8	11.1	23.1	48.0	1.6	4.8	33.5	7.6	10.3	73.8	56.8	0.9	6.1	3.3	3,361	2,478	556	521	123	66	260	181	+275
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30.1	21	2009-10	OKC	82	39.5	7.6	2.8	1.4	1.0	9.7	20.3	47.6	1.6	4.3	36.5	9.2	10.2	90.0	60.7	1.3	6.3	3.3	3,239	2,472	623	231	112	84	271	171	+431
3	Trae Young T. Young	29.6	21	2019-20	ATL	60	35.3	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	9.1	20.8	43.7	3.4	9.5	36.1	8.0	9.3	86.0	59.5	0.5	3.7	4.8	2,120	1,778	255	560	65	8	289	104	-228
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	29.3	21	1993-94	ORL	81	39.8	13.2	2.4	0.9	2.9	11.8	19.6	59.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.8	10.5	55.4	60.5	4.7	8.5	2.7	3,224	2,377	1,072	195	76	231	222	281
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	28.2	21	1984-85	CHI	82	38.3	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	10.2	19.8	51.5	0.1	0.6	17.3	7.7	9.1	84.5	59.2	2.0	4.5	3.5	3,144	2,313	534	481	196	69	291	285
6	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	27.7	21	2020-21	DAL	66	34.3	8.0	8.6	1.0	0.5	9.8	20.5	47.9	2.9	8.3	35.0	5.2	7.1	73.0	58.7	0.8	7.2	4.3	2,262	1,830	527	567	64	36	281	152	+164
7	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	26.8	21	2000-01	ORL	77	40.1	7.5	4.6	1.5	1.5	10.2	22.4	45.7	0.8	2.2	35.5	5.6	7.6	73.3	52.1	2.5	5.0	2.6	3,087	2,065	580	352	116	118	198	160	+252
8	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	26.5	21	2005-06	DEN	80	36.8	4.9	2.7	1.1	0.5	9.5	19.7	48.1	0.5	1.9	24.3	7.2	8.9	80.8	56.3	1.5	3.4	2.7	2,941	2,122	394	216	88	42	218	229	+4
9	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	25.1	21	2016-17	MIN	82	37.0	12.3	2.7	0.7	1.3	9.8	18.0	54.2	1.2	3.4	36.7	4.3	5.2	83.2	61.8	3.6	8.7	2.6	3,030	2,061	1,007	220	56	103	212	241	-28
10	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	24.6	21	2022-23	MIN	79	36.0	5.8	4.4	1.6	0.7	8.9	19.5	45.9	2.7	7.3	36.9	4.0	5.3	75.6	56.4	0.6	5.2	3.3	2,841	1,946	458	350	125	58	259	186	+97
11	Anthony Davis A. Davis	24.4	21	2014-15	NOP	68	36.1	10.2	2.2	1.5	2.9	9.4	17.6	53.5	0.0	0.2	8.3	5.5	6.8	80.5	59.1	2.5	7.7	1.4	2,455	1,656	696	149	100	200	95	141	+267
12	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	23.7	21	1982-83	SDC	70	36.2	10.6	2.5	1.8	0.9	9.8	18.7	52.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.2	5.9	70.9	55.7	4.3	6.3	2.9	2,531	1,660	744	177	129	62	204	294
13	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	23.6	21	2016-17	MIN	82	37.2	4.0	2.3	1.0	0.4	8.6	19.1	45.2	1.3	3.5	35.6	5.0	6.6	76.0	53.4	1.2	2.8	2.3	3,048	1,933	328	189	82	30	187	183	-17
14	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	23.5	21	1996-97	PHI	76	40.1	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	8.2	19.8	41.6	2.0	6.0	34.1	5.0	7.2	70.2	51.3	1.5	2.6	4.4	3,045	1,787	312	567	157	24	337	233	-439
15	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	23.4	21	2019-20	BOS	66	34.3	7.0	3.0	1.4	0.9	8.4	18.6	45.0	2.9	7.1	40.3	3.8	4.7	81.2	56.7	1.0	6.0	2.3	2,265	1,547	460	200	93	57	155	136	+501
16	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	22.9	21	1982-83	DET	81	38.2	4.0	7.8	2.5	0.4	9.0	19.0	47.2	0.4	1.5	28.8	4.5	6.4	71.0	52.5	1.3	2.8	4.0	3,093	1,854	328	634	199	29	326	318
17	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	22.6	21	2023-24	ORL	80	35.0	6.9	5.4	0.9	0.6	8.0	17.6	45.5	1.5	4.4	33.9	5.1	7.0	72.5	54.6	1.0	5.9	3.1	2,799	1,804	554	431	71	47	247	153	+1
18	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	22.5	21	2010-11	LAC	82	38.0	12.1	3.8	0.8	0.5	8.5	16.8	50.6	0.1	0.3	29.2	5.4	8.5	64.2	54.9	3.3	8.8	2.7	3,112	1,845	989	312	63	45	223	252	-146
19	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	22.5	21	1999-00	LAL	66	38.2	6.3	4.9	1.6	0.9	8.4	17.9	46.8	0.7	2.2	31.9	5.0	6.1	82.1	54.6	1.6	4.7	2.8	2,524	1,485	416	323	106	62	182	220	+531
20	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	22.5	21	2005-06	TOR	70	39.3	9.2	2.6	0.7	1.1	7.8	15.5	50.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	6.8	8.3	81.6	58.5	2.9	6.3	2.2	2,751	1,572	647	181	50	79	157	209	-54
21	Antoine Walker A. Walker	22.4	21	1997-98	BOS	82	39.9	10.2	3.3	1.7	0.7	8.8	20.8	42.3	1.1	3.6	31.2	3.7	5.8	64.5	48.1	3.3	6.9	3.6	3,268	1,840	836	273	142	60	292	262	-267
22	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	22.3	21	1997-98	VAN	82	36.0	7.1	2.6	1.1	0.9	8.0	16.4	48.5	0.3	0.6	41.2	6.1	7.8	78.4	56.2	2.8	4.3	3.1	2,950	1,829	581	213	89	76	257	201	-433
23	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	21.3	21	1998-99	TOT	49	38.7	2.9	8.9	1.2	0.2	7.7	18.0	42.8	1.3	4.0	33.5	4.5	5.7	79.9	51.9	0.8	2.1	3.3	1,895	1,044	142	437	59	8	164	125	+88
24	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	21.1	21	2023-24	HOU	63	32.5	9.3	5.0	1.2	0.7	8.4	15.6	53.7	0.5	1.8	29.7	3.9	5.6	69.3	58.5	2.9	6.4	2.6	2,046	1,331	589	312	76	46	162	211	+49
25	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	21.1	21	1997-98	SAS	82	39.1	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	8.6	15.7	54.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	5.9	66.2	57.7	3.3	8.6	3.4	3,204	1,731	977	224	55	206	279	254	+429