most ppg as a 31 year old in a season while playing 79+ games

Alex English has scored the most points per game by a 31-year-old player with 79+ games played in a season, with 27.9 per game in 1984-85.

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most ppg by a player as a 31 year old in a season while playing 79+ games

	NAME	PPG	AGE	GP	SEASON	TM	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	Alex English A. English	27.9	31	81	1984-85	DEN	36.1	5.7	4.2	1.2	0.6	11.6	22.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	20.0	4.7	5.7	82.9	56.1	2.5	3.1	3.1	2,924	2,262	458	344	101	46	251	259
2	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	27.5	31	82	1971-72	BOS	45.1	8.2	7.5			10.9	23.9	45.8				5.6	6.7	83.4	51.2				3,698	2,252	672	614				183
3	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	27.4	31	80	1963-64	STL	41.2	15.3	3.2			9.9	21.4	46.3				7.6	9.6	78.9	53.5				3,296	2,190	1,224	259				300
4	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	27.3	31	80	1993-94	HOU	41.0	11.9	3.6	1.6	3.7	11.2	21.2	52.8	0.1	0.2	42.1	4.9	6.8	71.6	56.5	2.9	9.1	3.4	3,277	2,184	955	287	128	297	271	289
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	26.7	31	82	1994-95	UTA	38.1	10.6	3.5	1.6	1.0	10.1	18.9	53.6	0.1	0.5	26.8	6.3	8.5	74.2	59.0	1.9	8.7	2.9	3,126	2,187	871	285	129	85	236	269
6	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	25.9	31	81	1990-91	ATL	38.0	9.0	3.3	1.5	0.8	9.5	20.2	47.0	1.0	3.1	34.1	5.9	7.1	82.9	55.5	3.2	5.8	2.5	3,078	2,101	732	265	123	65	201	156
7	Sam Jones S. Jones	25.9	31	80	1964-65	BOS	36.1	5.1	2.8			10.3	22.7	45.2				5.4	6.5	82.0	50.5				2,885	2,070	411	223				176
8	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	25.9	31	81	1996-97	SAC	38.6	3.9	4.2	1.5	0.3	8.9	19.5	45.4	2.5	5.9	42.8	5.6	6.6	86.1	57.8	0.7	3.2	2.9	3,125	2,095	319	338	118	24	237	211	-109
9	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	25.0	31	81	2009-10	DAL	37.5	7.7	2.7	0.9	1.0	8.9	18.5	48.1	0.6	1.5	42.1	6.6	7.2	91.5	57.8	1.0	6.7	1.8	3,039	2,027	620	218	70	79	149	208	+349
10	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	24.5	31	79	1993-94	NYK	37.6	11.2	2.3	1.1	2.7	9.4	19.0	49.6	0.1	0.2	28.6	5.6	7.4	76.5	55.1	2.8	8.4	3.3	2,972	1,939	885	179	90	217	260	275
11	Julius Erving J. Erving	24.4	31	81	1981-82	PHI	34.4	6.9	3.9	2.0	1.7	9.6	17.6	54.6	0.0	0.1	27.3	5.1	6.7	76.3	59.3	2.7	4.2	2.6	2,789	1,974	557	319	161	141	214	229
12	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	24.3	31	82	1967-68	PHI	46.8	23.8	8.6			10.0	16.8	59.5				4.3	11.4	38.0	55.7				3,836	1,992	1,952	702				160
13	Gary Payton G. Payton	24.2	31	82	1999-00	SEA	41.8	6.5	8.9	1.9	0.2	9.1	20.3	44.8	2.2	6.3	34.0	3.8	5.2	73.5	53.5	1.2	5.2	2.7	3,425	1,982	529	732	153	18	224	178	+224
14	Hal Greer H. Greer	24.1	31	82	1967-68	PHI	39.8	5.4	4.5			9.5	19.8	47.8				5.1	6.7	76.9	52.9				3,263	1,976	444	372				289
15	Dan Issel D. Issel	23.8	31	82	1979-80	DEN	35.8	8.8	2.4	1.1	0.7	8.7	17.3	50.5	0.0	0.1	33.3	6.3	8.1	77.5	57.1	2.9	5.9	2.0	2,938	1,951	719	198	88	54	163	190
16	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	23.8	31	80	1978-79	LAL	39.5	12.8	5.4	1.0	4.0	9.7	16.8	57.7				4.4	5.9	73.6	61.2	2.6	10.2	3.5	3,157	1,903	1,025	431	76	316	282	230
17	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	23.7	31	82	1976-77	WAS	41.0	12.5	1.9	1.1	2.7	9.3	18.5	50.1				5.1	7.5	68.7	54.4	3.5	9.0		3,364	1,942	1,029	158	87	220		312
18	Lou Williams L. Williams	22.6	31	79	2017-18	LAC	32.8	2.5	5.3	1.1	0.2	7.4	16.9	43.5	2.4	6.6	35.9	5.5	6.2	88.0	57.4	0.5	2.0	3.0	2,589	1,782	198	417	85	19	234	106	+123
19	Allan Houston A. Houston	22.5	31	82	2002-03	NYK	37.9	2.8	2.7	0.7	0.1	8.0	17.9	44.5	2.2	5.5	39.6	4.4	4.8	91.9	56.3	0.3	2.5	2.2	3,108	1,845	231	220	54	7	178	191	-31
20	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	22.4	31	82	1968-69	SEA	42.2	6.2	8.2			7.9	17.8	44.0				6.7	8.7	77.0	51.7				3,463	1,835	511	674				294
21	Bob Love B. Love	21.8	31	82	1973-74	CHI	40.1	6.0	1.6	1.0	0.3	8.9	21.4	41.7				3.9	4.8	81.8	46.3	2.2	3.8		3,292	1,785	492	130	84	28		221
22	Bob Boozer B. Boozer	21.7	31	79	1968-69	CHI	36.4	7.8	2.0			8.4	17.4	48.1				5.0	6.2	80.6	54.0				2,872	1,716	614	156				218
23	Reggie Miller R. Miller	21.6	31	81	1996-97	IND	36.6	3.5	3.4	0.9	0.3	6.8	15.4	44.4	2.8	6.6	42.7	5.2	5.9	88.0	60.3	0.7	2.9	2.0	2,966	1,751	286	273	75	25	166	172	+99
24	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	21.5	31	81	1986-87	DET	33.8	4.1	2.0	0.8	0.1	7.4	13.9	53.4	0.0	0.1	16.7	6.7	8.2	81.2	61.4	1.3	2.8	2.2	2,736	1,742	332	162	63	7	181	193
25	Antawn Jamison A. Jamison	21.4	31	79	2007-08	WAS	38.7	10.2	1.5	1.3	0.4	7.8	17.9	43.6	1.5	4.5	33.9	4.2	5.5	76.0	52.5	2.7	7.5	1.4	3,061	1,689	806	120	106	34	113	195	+195