Between the 1985-86 and 1997-98 seasons, Michael Jordan had the most points per game, with 31.8 per game.

Interpreted as:

ppg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games leaders 1985-86 to 1997-98

	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	31.8	848	38.6	6.3	5.3	2.5	0.9	11.9	23.7	50.5	0.6	1.9	33.7	7.3	8.7	83.7	57.9	1.6	4.6	2.7	32,743	26,964	5,302	4,531	2,110	759	2,298	2,208	+1416
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	27.2	406	37.6	12.3	2.5	0.8	2.7	10.9	18.9	57.8	0.0	0.0	6.7	5.4	10.1	53.5	58.4	4.0	8.3	3.0	15,280	11,054	5,012	1,017	328	1,115	1,209	1,426	+917
3	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	26.3	803	36.3	6.8	2.7	1.3	0.5	9.7	21.1	46.0	0.8	2.6	32.2	6.1	7.4	82.3	54.1	2.8	4.1	2.5	29,180	21,133	5,481	2,206	1,038	437	2,026	1,465	-402
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	26.2	1,061	37.5	10.7	3.3	1.4	0.8	9.7	18.4	52.8	0.1	0.2	27.0	6.7	9.2	72.7	58.3	2.7	8.0	3.1	39,829	27,782	11,376	3,499	1,513	874	3,311	3,450	+1352
5	David Robinson D. Robinson	25.1	636	37.4	11.6	3.0	1.6	3.5	8.9	16.9	52.4	0.0	0.2	26.0	7.3	9.8	74.5	59.0	3.4	8.2	2.9	23,810	15,940	7,389	1,925	1,004	2,204	1,836	1,914	+377
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	25.1	418	38.6	9.3	7.0	1.6	0.8	9.7	19.5	49.5	1.1	2.8	39.4	4.6	5.0	91.1	57.6	1.5	7.8	3.1	16,155	10,474	3,882	2,918	688	335	1,285	915
7	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	24.1	943	37.7	11.9	2.8	1.9	3.4	9.6	18.7	51.3	0.0	0.1	19.8	4.9	6.8	72.6	55.7	3.4	8.5	3.2	35,552	22,730	11,225	2,660	1,796	3,239	3,042	3,503	+452
8	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	23.5	939	36.5	10.4	2.1	1.1	2.7	9.2	18.0	51.3	0.0	0.1	16.1	5.1	6.8	74.4	56.1	2.5	7.9	3.3	34,251	22,079	9,778	1,987	995	2,574	3,080	3,375	+399
9	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	23.3	929	37.5	12.0	4.1	1.6	0.9	8.2	15.2	54.3	0.6	2.1	26.8	6.2	8.5	73.6	61.6	4.0	7.9	3.3	34,837	21,644	11,118	3,805	1,496	791	3,023	2,849	+403
10	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	23.1	751	37.4	4.3	3.9	1.3	0.3	8.3	17.9	46.3	1.5	3.7	39.9	5.1	6.0	84.5	56.3	1.0	3.2	2.9	28,075	17,371	3,213	2,923	976	218	2,165	2,044	-241
11	Alex English A. English	23.0	484	32.8	4.1	3.8	0.8	0.3	9.6	19.5	49.3	0.0	0.1	22.5	3.8	4.5	85.2	53.7	1.8	2.3	2.1	15,876	11,130	1,988	1,832	373	133	1,036	1,089
12	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	22.7	156	39.7	3.9	6.8	2.1	0.3	8.2	18.7	43.8	1.4	4.4	32.6	4.9	6.9	71.5	52.4	1.3	2.6	3.7	6,195	3,545	608	1,061	333	49	581	433	-531
13	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	21.9	924	36.3	6.5	6.0	2.1	0.7	8.1	17.3	47.1	0.9	2.8	31.9	4.7	6.0	79.1	54.9	2.5	4.0	2.8	33,574	20,190	5,966	5,531	1,923	622	2,631	2,811	+434
14	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	21.5	298	39.0	6.1	3.0	1.3	0.6	8.3	18.0	46.0	0.9	2.6	34.0	4.1	5.1	80.1	53.1	1.7	4.4	3.6	11,615	6,412	1,826	896	382	166	1,064	859	-89
15	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	21.2	354	32.4	4.1	2.4	0.7	0.1	7.3	13.9	52.4	0.0	0.1	12.0	6.6	8.1	81.2	60.6	1.6	2.5	2.2	11,472	7,508	1,456	857	234	41	791	836
16	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	21.1	82	39.1	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	8.6	15.7	54.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	5.9	66.2	57.7	3.3	8.6	3.4	3,204	1,731	977	224	55	206	279	254	+429
17	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	21.1	409	35.5	10.1	1.4	0.7	2.9	7.4	14.1	52.3	0.1	0.2	26.9	6.3	8.8	71.9	58.7	3.0	7.0	3.3	14,533	8,617	4,117	588	269	1,192	1,343	1,493	+894
18	Glen Rice G. Rice	20.8	718	37.4	4.8	2.3	1.1	0.3	7.8	16.8	46.3	1.7	4.1	40.9	3.5	4.2	84.3	55.7	1.1	3.7	1.9	26,858	14,899	3,412	1,641	812	226	1,386	1,781	+345
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20.7	491	36.3	6.6	11.9	1.6	0.3	6.9	13.8	50.0	0.6	1.9	32.5	6.3	7.2	87.9	61.1	1.4	5.2	3.8	17,833	10,165	3,242	5,846	763	151	1,860	985
20	Grant Hill G. Hill	20.7	311	39.8	8.3	6.5	1.6	0.7	7.4	15.8	47.1	0.1	0.3	20.6	5.7	7.8	73.4	53.8	1.5	6.8	3.2	12,379	6,434	2,572	2,035	511	211	1,009	827	+627
21	Bernard King B. King	20.6	334	30.9	4.5	3.6	0.7	0.1	8.1	16.6	48.4	0.1	0.3	18.4	4.4	5.6	79.1	53.9	1.5	2.9	2.9	10,335	6,875	1,495	1,191	233	49	977	905
22	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	20.5	162	35.5	7.0	2.4	1.0	1.0	7.4	15.8	47.0	0.2	0.5	35.9	5.5	7.2	76.7	54.1	2.7	4.3	3.0	5,752	3,323	1,136	388	168	155	482	400	-1029
23	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	20.1	400	40.0	4.3	4.7	1.7	0.7	7.1	16.2	43.6	1.4	4.2	33.2	4.6	5.8	79.1	53.6	1.0	3.3	3.1	16,009	8,032	1,725	1,862	696	269	1,247	761	-395
24	Chris Webber C. Webber	20.0	288	37.1	9.5	4.2	1.5	1.8	8.5	16.5	51.2	0.6	1.9	32.8	2.5	4.5	55.3	54.1	3.3	6.2	2.9	10,678	5,774	2,743	1,207	436	519	837	1,011	+203
25	Antoine Walker A. Walker	20.0	164	38.0	9.6	3.3	1.5	0.7	7.9	18.7	42.4	0.9	2.8	31.7	3.3	5.1	63.9	47.8	3.4	6.2	3.2	6,238	3,275	1,577	535	247	113	522	533	-826