nba most points / minutes in a season (minimum 10 games)

Wilt Chamberlain has the most points per minute played with 10+ games played in a season, with 1.04 in 1961-62.

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NBA most points / minutes by a player in a season (minimum 10 games)

	NAME	PTS/MIN	GP	PTS	MIN	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	1.04	80	4,029	3,882	1961-62	PHI	48.5	50.4	25.7	2.4			20.0	39.5	50.6				10.4	17.0	61.3	53.6				2,052	192				123
2	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1.03	39	1,353	1,309	2023-24	PHI	33.6	34.7	11.0	5.6	1.2	1.7	11.5	21.8	52.9	1.4	3.6	38.8	10.2	11.6	88.3	64.4	2.4	8.6	3.8	430	219	46	66	150	112	+267
3	Darrell Armstrong D. Armstrong	1.02	13	42	41	1995-96	ORL	3.2	3.2	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.0	1.2	2.5	50.0	0.5	0.9	50.0	0.3	0.3	100.0	62.2	0.0	0.2	0.5	2	5	6	0	6	4
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	0.99	17	492	495	2025-26	MIL	29.1	28.9	10.1	6.1	0.9	0.9	11.1	17.3	63.9	0.6	1.4	43.5	6.2	9.8	63.5	66.9	3.3	6.8	3.3	172	104	16	16	56	47	+95
5	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	0.98	23	754	767	2025-26	OKC	33.3	32.8	4.7	6.4	1.4	0.7	10.8	19.4	55.6	2.2	5.0	44.3	9.0	10.2	88.1	68.6	0.5	4.3	1.7	109	148	33	16	39	46	+316
6	James Harden J. Harden	0.98	78	2,818	2,867	2018-19	HOU	36.8	36.1	6.6	7.5	2.0	0.7	10.8	24.5	44.2	4.8	13.2	36.8	9.7	11.0	87.9	61.6	0.8	5.8	5.0	518	586	158	58	387	244	+357
7	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	0.97	63	1,857	1,917	2019-20	MIL	30.4	29.5	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	10.9	19.7	55.3	1.4	4.7	30.4	6.3	10.0	63.3	61.3	2.2	11.4	3.7	856	354	61	66	230	195	+682
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	0.97	63	1,959	2,023	2022-23	MIL	32.1	31.1	11.8	5.7	0.8	0.8	11.2	20.3	55.3	0.7	2.7	27.5	7.9	12.3	64.5	60.5	2.2	9.6	3.9	742	359	52	51	246	197	+341
9	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	0.96	76	2,484	2,598	2024-25	OKC	34.2	32.7	5.0	6.4	1.7	1.0	11.3	21.8	51.9	2.1	5.7	37.5	7.9	8.8	89.8	63.7	0.9	4.1	2.4	379	486	131	77	183	164	+918
10	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	0.96	66	2,183	2,284	2022-23	PHI	34.6	33.1	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	11.0	20.1	54.8	1.0	3.0	33.0	10.0	11.7	85.7	65.5	1.7	8.4	3.4	670	274	66	112	226	205	+424
11	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	0.94	17	595	630	2025-26	LAL	37.1	35.0	9.2	9.1	1.5	0.6	10.8	22.9	47.2	3.6	10.7	33.5	9.8	12.1	81.0	62.0	0.8	8.4	4.4	157	154	26	11	74	42	+79
12	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	0.94	80	3,586	3,806	1962-63	SFW	47.6	44.8	24.3	3.4			18.3	34.6	52.8				8.3	13.9	59.3	55.0				1,946	275				136
13	James Harden J. Harden	0.94	68	2,335	2,483	2019-20	HOU	36.5	34.3	6.6	7.5	1.8	0.9	9.9	22.3	44.4	4.4	12.4	35.5	10.2	11.8	86.5	62.6	1.0	5.5	4.5	446	512	125	60	308	227	+287
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	0.94	63	2,015	2,151	2020-21	GSW	34.1	32.0	5.5	5.8	1.2	0.1	10.4	21.7	48.2	5.3	12.7	42.1	5.7	6.3	91.6	65.5	0.5	5.0	3.4	345	363	77	8	213	119	+242
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	0.93	82	3,041	3,281	1986-87	CHI	40.0	37.1	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	13.4	27.8	48.2	0.1	0.8	18.2	10.2	11.9	85.7	56.2	2.0	3.2	3.3	430	377	236	125	272	237
16	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	0.92	51	1,451	1,585	2020-21	PHI	31.1	28.5	10.6	2.8	1.0	1.4	9.0	17.6	51.3	1.1	3.0	37.7	9.2	10.7	85.9	63.6	2.2	8.4	3.1	539	145	50	69	159	123	+405
17	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	0.91	81	2,558	2,802	2016-17	OKC	34.6	31.6	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	10.2	24.0	42.5	2.5	7.2	34.3	8.8	10.4	84.5	55.4	1.7	9.0	5.4	864	840	132	31	438	190	+251
18	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	0.91	67	2,002	2,204	2021-22	MIL	32.9	29.9	11.6	5.8	1.1	1.4	10.3	18.6	55.3	1.1	3.6	29.3	8.3	11.4	72.2	63.3	2.0	9.6	3.3	778	388	72	91	219	212	+397
19	George Gervin G. Gervin	0.91	79	2,551	2,817	1981-82	SAS	35.7	32.3	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	12.6	25.2	50.0	0.1	0.5	27.8	7.0	8.1	86.4	56.2	1.7	3.2	2.7	392	187	77	45	210	215
20	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	0.91	68	2,079	2,296	2021-22	PHI	33.8	30.6	11.7	4.2	1.1	1.5	9.8	19.6	49.9	1.4	3.7	37.1	9.6	11.8	81.4	61.6	2.1	9.6	3.1	796	284	77	99	214	181	+367
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	0.9	18	408	451	1985-86	CHI	25.1	22.7	3.6	2.9	2.1	1.2	8.3	18.2	45.7	0.2	1.0	16.7	5.8	6.9	84.0	53.3	1.3	2.3	2.5	64	53	37	21	45	46
22	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	0.9	70	2,370	2,624	2023-24	DAL	37.5	33.9	9.2	9.8	1.4	0.5	11.5	23.6	48.7	4.1	10.6	38.2	6.8	8.7	78.6	61.7	0.8	8.4	4.0	647	686	99	38	282	149	+319
23	Stephen Curry S. Curry	0.9	16	446	497	2025-26	GSW	31.1	27.9	3.7	4.0	1.3	0.6	9.1	19.4	47.1	4.7	12.0	39.1	4.9	5.4	91.9	64.1	0.3	3.4	3.1	59	64	21	9	50	35	+28
24	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	0.89	66	2,138	2,390	2022-23	DAL	36.2	32.4	8.6	8.0	1.4	0.5	10.9	22.0	49.6	2.8	8.2	34.2	7.8	10.5	74.2	60.9	0.8	7.8	3.6	569	529	90	33	236	166	+128
25	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	0.89	23	702	789	2025-26	CLE	34.3	30.5	4.8	5.5	1.4	0.3	10.6	21.1	50.2	4.0	10.4	38.5	5.3	6.3	83.6	63.8	1.0	3.9	3.4	111	126	32	7	78	55	+151