Between the 1926-27 and 2022-23 seasons, Michael Jordan had the most points per game, with 30.1 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA ppg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games leader 1926-27 to 2022-23

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30.1	1,072	38.3	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	30.1	1,045	45.8	22.9	4.4			12.1	22.5	54.0				5.8	11.4	51.1	54.7				47,859	31,419	23,924	4,643				2,075
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	27.6	330	34.3	8.6	8.0	1.1	0.4	9.4	20.1	46.6	2.8	8.2	33.8	6.0	8.2	73.9	58.1	1.0	7.6	4.0	11,318	9,100	2,825	2,631	368	144	1,316	753	+573
4	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	27.4	846	40.0	13.5	4.3			10.3	23.8	43.1				6.8	8.7	78.0	49.4				33,863	23,149	11,463	3,650				2,596
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	27.3	986	36.7	7.1	4.3	1.1	1.1	9.3	18.7	49.9	1.9	4.9	38.5	6.7	7.6	88.6	61.9	0.7	6.4	3.2	36,180	26,892	6,959	4,267	1,055	1,105	3,120	1,900	+4481
6	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	27.2	394	31.8	11.2	3.4	0.9	1.7	9.0	17.9	50.1	1.2	3.4	33.7	8.1	9.9	81.9	61.1	2.2	8.9	3.4	12,525	10,718	4,402	1,354	351	654	1,335	1,215	+2280
7	LeBron James L. James	27.2	1,421	38.1	7.5	7.3	1.5	0.8	10.0	19.7	50.5	1.6	4.6	34.5	5.7	7.7	73.5	58.8	1.2	6.3	3.5	54,094	38,652	10,667	10,420	2,186	1,073	4,966	2,604	+7223
8	Jerry West J. West	27.0	932	39.2	5.8	6.7	2.6	0.7	9.7	20.4	47.4				7.7	9.4	81.4	55.0	1.0	2.8		36,571	25,192	5,376	6,238	81	23		2,435
9	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	26.7	914	41.1	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
10	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	26.4	792	38.8	16.2	3.0			9.3	21.3	43.6				7.8	10.3	76.1	51.1				30,690	20,880	12,849	2,369				2,529
11	George Gervin G. Gervin	26.2	791	33.5	4.6	2.8	1.2	0.8	10.2	19.9	51.1	0.1	0.5	29.7	5.7	6.8	84.4	57.2	1.5	3.1	3.0	26,536	20,708	3,607	2,214	941	670	2,137	2,331
12	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	25.8	114	32.0	7.0	3.6	0.9	0.6	9.9	16.4	60.5	0.2	0.6	34.3	5.8	8.4	69.1	64.3	2.5	4.4	2.9	3,650	2,941	793	409	105	64	325	242	+300
13	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	25.7	1,040	42.2	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1	9.1	18.9	48.5				7.4	8.8	83.8	56.4	1.0	3.0		43,886	26,710	7,804	9,887	77	4		2,931
14	Trae Young T. Young	25.5	353	33.8	3.7	9.3	1.0	0.1	8.1	18.6	43.7	2.5	7.1	35.1	6.7	7.7	87.6	58.0	0.7	3.0	4.1	11,940	8,990	1,302	3,285	342	51	1,461	587	-39
15	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	25.2	769	36.3	4.2	6.7	1.0	0.3	8.2	18.6	43.9	3.1	8.3	37.2	5.8	6.4	89.5	58.8	0.6	3.6	2.8	27,940	19,376	3,253	5,151	732	239	2,186	1,477	+1973
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	25.0	1,476	37.2	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	25.0	1,346	36.1	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	48,637	33,643	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
18	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	24.8	1,074	35.5	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	9.3	20.1	46.1	0.7	2.1	31.9	5.6	6.9	81.1	53.6	2.7	3.9	2.5	38,113	26,668	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	2,669	2,061	-392
19	James Harden J. Harden	24.7	1,000	34.8	5.6	7.0	1.5	0.5	7.3	16.5	44.2	2.8	7.6	36.3	7.4	8.6	86.0	60.9	0.8	4.9	3.7	34,752	24,693	5,648	7,015	1,520	543	3,734	2,568	+3975
20	Stephen Curry S. Curry	24.6	882	34.4	4.7	6.5	1.6	0.2	8.4	17.7	47.5	3.8	9.0	42.8	3.9	4.3	90.9	62.7	0.7	4.1	3.1	30,301	21,712	4,179	5,740	1,419	207	2,777	2,098	+5689
21	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	24.6	1,560	36.8	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.2	18.1	55.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	59.2	2.4	7.6	2.7	57,446	38,387	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657
22	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	24.6	413	34.1	4.2	4.5	1.3	0.3	8.8	19.6	44.8	2.9	8.0	36.5	4.1	4.9	83.9	56.5	0.8	3.4	2.8	14,069	10,156	1,722	1,843	544	126	1,144	1,042	+1742
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	24.3	897	38.4	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	56.4	2.0	8.0	3.1	34,443	21,791	8,974	5,695	1,556	755	2,816	2,279
24	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	24.3	955	35.8	5.7	3.0	1.0	0.2	8.6	15.8	54.0	0.0	0.1	17.1	7.2	8.7	81.8	61.7	2.3	3.4	2.9	34,151	23,177	5,455	2,830	944	150	2,503	2,550
25	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	24.2	658	37.0	4.2	5.4	1.4	0.3	9.4	21.3	44.1	0.2	0.3	66.7	5.4	6.6	82.0	50.0	1.0	3.3	3.7	24,316	15,948	2,747	3,563	587	108	530	1,865