Wilt Chamberlain has the most points / minutes played / 36 with 1,000+ points in a season, with 37.36 in 1961-62.

most pts per 36 minutes by a player in a season with 1000+ pts
1961-62 Chamberlain 2018-19 Harden 2019-20 Antetokounmpo 2022-23 Antetokounmpo 2022-23 Embiid 1962-63 Chamberlain 2019-20 Harden 2020-21 Curry 1986-87 Jordan 2020-21 Embiid 2016-17 Westbrook 2021-22 Antetokounmpo 1981-82 Gervin 2021-22 Embiid 2022-23 Doncic 2022-23 Lillard 2022-23 Gilgeous-Alexander 1979-80 Gervin 2015-16 Curry 1984-85 King 2020-21 Beal 1966-67 Barry 1987-88 Jordan 2005-06 Bryant 1961-62 Baylor 1989-90 Jordan 2019-20 Doncic 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 37.36 35.38 34.87 34.84 34.41 33.92 33.85 33.71 33.37 32.96 32.87 32.7 32.6 32.58 32.19 31.88 31.81 31.72 31.67 31.57 31.49 31.46 31.18 31.11 31.05 31 30.94
NAME SEASON TM GP PTS/(MIN/36) PTS MIN MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% REB AST STL BLK TOV PF +/-
Wilt Chamberlain illustration Wilt Chamberlain
1961-62
PHI logo PHI
80 37.36 4,029 3,882 48.5 50.4 25.7 2.4 20.0 39.5 50.6 10.4 17.0 61.3 2,052 192 123
James Harden illustration James Harden
2018-19
HOU logo HOU
78 35.38 2,818 2,867 36.8 36.1 6.6 7.5 2.0 0.7 5.0 10.8 24.5 44.2 4.8 13.2 36.8 9.7 11.0 87.9 518 586 158 58 387 244 +357
Giannis Antetokounmpo illustration Giannis Antetokounmpo
2019-20
MIL logo MIL
63 34.87 1,857 1,917 30.4 29.5 13.6 5.6 1.0 1.0 3.7 10.9 19.7 55.3 1.4 4.7 30.4 6.3 10.0 63.3 856 354 61 66 230 195 +682
Giannis Antetokounmpo illustration Giannis Antetokounmpo
2022-23
MIL logo MIL
63 34.84 1,959 2,024 32.1 31.1 11.8 5.7 0.8 0.8 3.9 11.2 20.3 55.3 0.7 2.7 27.5 7.9 12.3 64.5 742 359 52 51 246 197 +341
Joel Embiid illustration Joel Embiid
2022-23
PHI logo PHI
66 34.41 2,183 2,284 34.6 33.1 10.2 4.2 1.0 1.7 3.4 11.0 20.1 54.8 1.0 3.0 33.0 10.0 11.7 85.7 670 274 66 112 226 205 +424
Wilt Chamberlain illustration Wilt Chamberlain
1962-63
SFW logo SFW
80 33.92 3,586 3,806 47.6 44.8 24.3 3.4 18.3 34.6 52.8 8.3 13.9 59.3 1,946 275 136
James Harden illustration James Harden
2019-20
HOU logo HOU
68 33.85 2,335 2,483 36.5 34.3 6.6 7.5 1.8 0.9 4.5 9.9 22.3 44.4 4.4 12.4 35.5 10.2 11.8 86.5 446 512 125 60 308 227 +284
Stephen Curry illustration Stephen Curry
2020-21
GSW logo GSW
63 33.71 2,015 2,152 34.2 32.0 5.5 5.8 1.2 0.1 3.4 10.4 21.7 48.2 5.3 12.7 42.1 5.7 6.3 91.6 345 363 77 8 213 119 +242
Michael Jordan illustration Michael Jordan
1986-87
CHI logo CHI
82 33.37 3,041 3,281 40.0 37.1 5.2 4.6 2.9 1.5 3.3 13.4 27.8 48.2 0.1 0.8 18.2 10.2 11.9 85.7 430 377 236 125 272 237
Joel Embiid illustration Joel Embiid
2020-21
PHI logo PHI
51 32.96 1,451 1,585 31.1 28.5 10.6 2.8 1.0 1.4 3.1 9.0 17.6 51.3 1.1 3.0 37.7 9.2 10.7 85.9 539 145 50 69 159 123 +405
Russell Westbrook illustration Russell Westbrook
2016-17
OKC logo OKC
81 32.87 2,558 2,802 34.6 31.6 10.7 10.4 1.6 0.4 5.4 10.2 24.0 42.5 2.5 7.2 34.3 8.8 10.4 84.5 864 840 132 31 438 190 +251
Giannis Antetokounmpo illustration Giannis Antetokounmpo
2021-22
MIL logo MIL
67 32.7 2,002 2,204 32.9 29.9 11.6 5.8 1.1 1.4 3.3 10.3 18.6 55.3 1.1 3.6 29.3 8.3 11.4 72.2 778 388 72 91 219 212 +397
George Gervin illustration George Gervin
1981-82
SAS logo SAS
79 32.6 2,551 2,817 35.7 32.3 5.0 2.4 1.0 0.6 2.7 12.6 25.2 50.0 0.1 0.5 27.8 7.0 8.1 86.4 392 187 77 45 210 215
Joel Embiid illustration Joel Embiid
2021-22
PHI logo PHI
68 32.58 2,079 2,297 33.8 30.6 11.7 4.2 1.1 1.5 3.1 9.8 19.6 49.9 1.4 3.7 37.1 9.6 11.8 81.4 796 284 77 99 214 181 +367
Luka Doncic illustration Luka Doncic
2022-23
DAL logo DAL
66 32.19 2,138 2,391 36.2 32.4 8.6 8.0 1.4 0.5 3.6 10.9 22.0 49.6 2.8 8.2 34.2 7.8 10.5 74.2 569 529 90 33 236 166 +128
Damian Lillard illustration Damian Lillard
2022-23
POR logo POR
58 31.88 1,866 2,107 36.3 32.2 4.8 7.3 0.9 0.3 3.3 9.6 20.7 46.3 4.2 11.3 37.1 8.8 9.6 91.4 277 425 50 18 191 109 +105
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander illustration Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
2022-23
OKC logo OKC
68 31.81 2,135 2,416 35.5 31.4 4.8 5.5 1.6 1.0 2.8 10.4 20.3 51.0 0.9 2.5 34.5 9.8 10.9 90.5 329 371 112 65 192 192 +149
George Gervin illustration George Gervin
1979-80
SAS logo SAS
78 31.72 2,585 2,934 37.6 33.1 5.2 2.6 1.4 1.0 3.3 13.1 24.9 52.8 0.4 1.3 31.4 6.5 7.6 85.2 403 202 110 79 254 208
Stephen Curry illustration Stephen Curry
2015-16
GSW logo GSW
79 31.67 2,375 2,700 34.2 30.1 5.4 6.7 2.1 0.2 3.3 10.2 20.2 50.4 5.1 11.2 45.4 4.6 5.1 90.8 430 527 169 15 262 161 +1022
Bernard King illustration Bernard King
1984-85
NYK logo NYK
55 31.57 1,809 2,063 37.5 32.9 5.8 3.7 1.3 0.3 3.7 12.6 23.7 53.0 0.0 0.2 10.0 7.7 10.0 77.2 317 204 71 15 204 191
Bradley Beal illustration Bradley Beal
2020-21
WAS logo WAS
60 31.49 1,878 2,147 35.8 31.3 4.7 4.4 1.2 0.4 3.1 11.2 23.0 48.5 2.2 6.2 34.9 6.8 7.7 88.9 283 265 69 22 187 140 -3
Rick Barry illustration Rick Barry
1966-67
SFW logo SFW
78 31.46 2,775 3,175 40.7 35.6 9.2 3.6 13.0 28.7 45.1 9.7 10.9 88.4 714 282 258
Michael Jordan illustration Michael Jordan
1987-88
CHI logo CHI
82 31.18 2,868 3,311 40.4 35.0 5.5 5.9 3.2 1.6 3.1 13.0 24.4 53.5 0.1 0.6 13.2 8.8 10.5 84.1 449 485 259 131 252 270
Kobe Bryant illustration Kobe Bryant
2005-06
LAL logo LAL
80 31.11 2,832 3,277 41.0 35.4 5.3 4.5 1.8 0.4 3.1 12.2 27.2 45.0 2.3 6.5 34.7 8.7 10.2 85.0 425 360 147 30 250 233 +320
Elgin Baylor illustration Elgin Baylor
1961-62
LAL logo LAL
48 31.05 1,836 2,129 44.4 38.3 18.6 4.6 14.2 33.1 42.8 9.9 13.1 75.4 892 222 155
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