Between the 1996-97 and 2003-04 seasons, Shaquille O'Neal scored the most points per game, with 27.0 per game.

Interpreted as:

most ppg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player 1996-97 to 2003-04

	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	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	27.0	514	37.6	11.8	3.1	0.6	2.5	10.6	18.5	57.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.8	10.8	53.3	58.1	3.8	8.0	2.8	19,329	13,895	6,090	1,593	317	1,278	1,446	1,692	+3677
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	27.0	535	41.4	4.1	5.7	2.4	0.2	9.5	22.9	41.7	1.3	4.2	31.0	6.6	8.7	75.8	50.5	1.0	3.1	3.6	22,164	14,436	2,175	3,046	1,273	112	1,947	1,178	+526
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	25.5	306	37.3	5.9	4.1	1.6	0.5	9.9	21.7	45.7	0.5	1.7	31.5	5.1	6.4	80.6	52.0	1.2	4.7	2.2	11,411	7,803	1,793	1,256	489	154	686	597	+1438
4	Vince Carter V. Carter	23.8	383	37.9	5.3	3.9	1.3	1.0	8.9	20.0	44.7	1.4	3.6	38.6	4.5	5.8	78.6	52.8	1.9	3.4	2.4	14,506	9,103	2,025	1,492	509	400	906	1,132	+583
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	23.5	578	36.4	9.1	4.2	1.4	0.7	8.4	16.9	50.1	0.0	0.1	24.7	6.6	8.5	77.7	57.1	1.9	7.2	2.9	21,051	13,585	5,235	2,433	781	389	1,693	1,582	+3010
6	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	23.2	444	37.9	6.5	3.6	1.8	0.9	7.7	17.9	43.2	1.7	4.9	35.6	6.1	7.7	78.9	54.6	1.2	5.3	3.1	16,832	10,317	2,893	1,609	796	381	1,385	1,325	+418
7	Chris Webber C. Webber	22.9	474	39.2	10.5	4.5	1.5	1.6	9.6	19.8	48.2	0.4	1.2	30.3	3.5	5.3	65.4	51.7	2.7	7.8	3.0	18,574	10,865	4,976	2,143	733	780	1,409	1,623	+1544
8	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	22.8	520	38.9	12.3	3.2	0.8	2.5	8.7	17.1	50.9	0.0	0.2	18.2	5.4	7.7	69.4	55.6	3.3	9.0	3.1	20,253	11,862	6,407	1,660	414	1,314	1,603	1,470	+3630
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	21.8	561	34.4	5.0	4.3	1.5	0.6	7.7	16.9	45.4	0.9	2.6	33.1	5.5	6.6	83.4	54.8	1.3	3.8	2.7	19,273	12,215	2,817	2,390	826	348	1,510	1,499	+2329
10	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	21.4	487	33.6	6.4	4.1	1.3	1.2	7.8	17.4	44.7	1.1	3.2	35.4	4.7	6.2	75.6	53.0	2.0	4.4	2.2	16,375	10,420	3,115	2,007	643	570	1,067	965	+169
11	Grant Hill G. Hill	21.4	332	37.8	7.7	6.1	1.5	0.6	7.8	16.2	47.7	0.1	0.5	28.3	5.7	7.6	75.5	54.6	1.4	6.3	3.3	12,557	7,092	2,545	2,030	511	190	1,100	781	+1096
12	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	21.3	613	39.4	11.4	4.8	1.4	1.8	8.6	17.6	48.8	0.2	0.7	30.4	3.9	5.1	76.4	53.6	2.9	8.5	2.7	24,169	13,029	6,992	2,914	882	1,100	1,670	1,569	+2264
13	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	21.2	536	36.3	3.7	4.1	1.1	0.6	6.9	16.8	40.9	1.1	3.8	30.1	6.3	7.7	82.1	52.5	1.2	2.5	3.4	19,468	11,353	2,008	2,209	582	299	1,845	1,163	-537
14	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	21.0	82	36.5	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.5	7.6	17.9	42.6	0.8	2.6	32.2	5.0	6.4	77.7	50.9	2.2	3.8	3.0	2,995	1,725	498	227	97	41	247	225	+65
15	LeBron James L. James	20.9	79	39.5	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.7	7.9	18.9	41.7	0.8	2.7	29.0	4.4	5.8	75.4	48.8	1.3	4.2	3.5	3,122	1,654	432	465	130	58	273	149	-144
16	Gary Payton G. Payton	20.8	619	39.4	4.8	7.9	1.8	0.2	8.1	17.8	45.8	1.3	3.9	32.8	3.2	4.4	73.9	52.8	1.0	3.7	2.5	24,369	12,893	2,960	4,921	1,131	152	1,578	1,409	+1960
17	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	20.8	517	36.7	6.1	2.7	1.2	0.6	8.3	17.9	46.2	0.9	2.5	34.4	3.4	4.1	82.6	52.7	1.4	4.7	3.0	18,982	10,729	3,148	1,381	612	322	1,545	1,358	+31
18	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	20.4	444	35.9	8.3	2.4	1.0	1.0	7.1	15.2	46.4	1.5	4.0	37.2	4.8	5.6	85.3	57.7	1.2	7.0	1.8	15,944	9,074	3,664	1,055	457	459	802	1,250	+2202
19	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	20.4	583	38.5	3.1	8.3	1.3	0.2	7.3	17.0	43.1	1.2	3.7	31.5	4.6	5.9	78.4	52.2	0.8	2.3	3.2	22,450	11,908	1,793	4,830	735	96	1,893	1,409	-370
20	Ray Allen R. Allen	20.2	579	36.8	4.7	4.0	1.3	0.2	7.1	15.8	44.8	2.2	5.5	40.1	3.8	4.3	88.5	57.0	1.2	3.5	2.5	21,294	11,678	2,709	2,299	735	111	1,434	1,467	+761
21	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	20.1	618	37.2	8.2	2.8	1.1	0.9	7.2	15.4	46.6	0.2	0.7	29.9	5.5	6.8	81.3	54.6	2.4	5.8	2.9	22,988	12,429	5,082	1,736	669	530	1,794	1,695	-2670
22	Michael Finley M. Finley	19.9	589	39.6	5.3	3.9	1.2	0.4	7.8	17.4	44.9	1.3	3.5	36.8	3.0	3.7	81.4	52.5	1.4	3.9	2.0	23,316	11,738	3,103	2,292	718	218	1,190	1,109	+763
23	Antoine Walker A. Walker	19.9	610	38.8	8.6	4.2	1.4	0.6	7.7	18.7	41.4	1.6	5.0	32.6	2.8	4.3	65.7	48.4	2.4	6.2	3.1	23,667	12,146	5,268	2,564	868	356	1,914	1,859	-697
24	Elton Brand E. Brand	19.4	366	38.4	10.7	2.7	1.0	2.0	7.3	14.8	49.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.8	6.6	72.1	54.8	4.3	6.3	2.7	14,049	7,095	3,898	970	352	725	974	1,189	-1478
25	Steve Francis S. Francis	19.3	374	39.6	6.1	6.4	1.6	0.4	6.7	15.4	43.1	1.2	3.6	34.6	4.8	6.0	79.1	53.4	1.9	4.2	3.7	14,825	7,226	2,295	2,381	610	161	1,385	1,185	+356