top 10 average points from 1996-97 to 2020-21

Between the 1996-97 and 2020-21 seasons, Kevin Durant had the most points per game played, with 27.02.

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top 10 average points per game by a player from 1996-97 to 2020-21

	NAME	PTS/GP	PTS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kevin Durant K. Durant	27.02	23,883	884	36.7	27.0	7.1	4.2	1.1	1.1	9.2	18.6	49.4	1.9	4.9	38.4	6.7	7.6	88.3	61.5	0.7	6.3	3.1	32,462	6,239	3,681	973	986	2,773	1,688	+3954
2	LeBron James L. James	27	35,367	1,310	38.2	27.0	7.4	7.4	1.6	0.7	9.8	19.5	50.4	1.5	4.4	34.5	5.8	7.9	73.3	58.6	1.2	6.3	3.5	50,056	9,751	9,696	2,063	982	4,592	2,395	+7126
3	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	26.66	24,368	914	41.1	26.7	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	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
4	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	25.73	2,187	85	31.7	25.7	7.0	3.2	0.9	0.6	9.9	16.4	60.4	0.2	0.6	33.3	5.7	8.3	68.3	64.0	2.7	4.2	2.7	2,694	591	276	73	48	226	177	+151
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	25.7	5,115	199	33.3	25.7	8.4	7.7	1.0	0.4	8.7	19.1	45.7	2.7	8.1	33.1	5.6	7.6	73.5	57.3	1.1	7.3	4.0	6,627	1,663	1,534	203	75	788	442	+299
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	25.5	7,803	306	37.3	25.5	5.9	4.1	1.6	0.5	9.9	21.7	45.7	0.5	1.7	31.5	5.1	6.4	80.6	52.0	1.2	4.7	2.2	11,411	1,793	1,256	489	154	686	597	+1438
7	James Harden J. Harden	25.14	22,045	877	34.4	25.1	5.5	6.5	1.6	0.5	7.4	16.7	44.4	2.8	7.7	36.3	7.5	8.7	85.8	61.1	0.8	4.7	3.7	30,198	4,794	5,730	1,367	476	3,255	2,303	+3525
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	24.99	33,643	1,346	36.1	25.0	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	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
9	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	24.83	6,456	260	30.6	24.8	11.3	3.1	0.8	1.7	8.2	16.9	48.7	1.1	3.5	32.9	7.3	9.0	80.8	59.6	2.4	8.9	3.4	7,945	2,936	796	208	443	895	829	+1489
10	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	24.66	16,815	682	36.3	24.7	4.2	6.6	1.0	0.3	8.1	18.4	43.9	3.0	8.0	37.5	5.5	6.2	89.3	58.4	0.6	3.6	2.8	24,778	2,856	4,514	665	210	1,912	1,331	+1898
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	24.19	18,434	762	34.3	24.2	4.6	6.5	1.7	0.2	8.3	17.4	47.7	3.7	8.6	43.3	3.8	4.2	90.7	62.6	0.7	3.9	3.1	26,150	3,503	4,984	1,282	164	2,392	1,851	+4914
12	Trae Young T. Young	24.12	4,921	204	33.1	24.1	3.9	8.9	0.9	0.2	7.6	17.7	43.1	2.4	7.1	34.3	6.4	7.4	86.1	57.4	0.7	3.3	4.2	6,747	801	1,807	190	35	858	355	-297
13	Anthony Davis A. Davis	23.87	13,463	564	34.3	23.9	10.2	2.3	1.4	2.3	8.9	17.3	51.4	0.5	1.6	31.2	5.6	7.0	79.9	58.6	2.5	7.7	1.9	19,368	5,769	1,292	775	1,323	1,097	1,322	+640
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	23.5	13,585	578	36.4	23.5	9.1	4.2	1.4	0.7	8.4	16.9	50.1	0.0	0.1	24.7	6.6	8.5	77.7	57.1	1.9	7.2	2.9	21,051	5,235	2,433	781	389	1,693	1,582	+3010
15	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	23.38	6,501	278	33.7	23.4	4.1	4.3	1.2	0.3	8.4	19.2	43.9	2.6	7.2	36.2	4.0	4.8	82.9	55.0	0.8	3.4	2.7	9,371	1,151	1,184	346	87	764	710	+1128
16	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	23.18	21,857	943	34.7	23.2	7.4	8.5	1.7	0.3	8.2	18.8	43.7	1.1	3.7	30.5	5.6	7.0	79.0	52.8	1.7	5.7	4.1	32,747	6,961	8,061	1,624	293	3,893	2,451	+3191
17	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	22.98	27,370	1,191	35.0	23.0	6.3	2.8	1.0	0.5	8.2	18.4	44.7	1.3	3.8	35.3	5.2	6.4	81.4	54.2	1.6	4.7	2.5	41,721	7,520	3,354	1,176	592	2,993	3,377	+1616
18	Devin Booker D. Booker	22.97	9,395	409	33.6	23.0	3.7	4.6	0.8	0.2	8.0	17.5	45.5	1.9	5.5	35.2	5.1	5.8	87.0	57.1	0.5	3.2	3.3	13,727	1,523	1,899	321	102	1,330	1,229	-827
19	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	22.92	9,352	408	34.3	22.9	11.6	3.0	0.8	1.4	8.5	16.2	52.7	1.5	3.9	39.4	4.3	5.1	83.5	62.0	3.1	8.5	2.6	13,996	4,738	1,217	317	580	1,064	1,366	+266
20	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	22.84	13,293	582	33.9	22.8	3.8	5.7	1.3	0.4	8.4	17.9	47.0	2.2	5.6	39.1	3.8	4.4	88.1	57.6	0.8	3.0	2.6	19,713	2,212	3,337	775	224	1,524	1,311	+1218
21	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	22.56	20,577	912	33.7	22.6	10.3	2.5	0.5	2.1	8.9	15.3	58.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.8	9.1	52.1	58.5	3.3	7.1	2.7	30,754	9,408	2,310	496	1,908	2,422	3,093	+4887
22	Bradley Beal B. Beal	21.99	13,303	605	34.7	22.0	4.1	4.0	1.1	0.4	8.0	17.5	45.6	2.3	6.0	37.7	3.7	4.6	82.0	56.4	0.9	3.2	2.4	20,979	2,452	2,436	691	236	1,428	1,340	+386
23	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	21.98	23,165	1,054	33.9	22.0	4.7	5.4	1.5	0.8	8.0	16.7	48.0	0.5	1.8	29.3	5.4	7.1	76.5	55.4	1.2	3.5	3.2	35,773	4,933	5,701	1,620	885	3,326	2,328	+2827
24	Chris Webber C. Webber	21	14,408	686	37.6	21.0	9.9	4.3	1.4	1.4	8.8	18.6	47.0	0.3	1.0	30.3	3.2	4.7	67.3	50.7	2.5	7.4	2.8	25,784	6,798	2,923	994	942	1,891	2,216	+1550
25	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	20.93	13,984	668	34.2	20.9	8.6	4.3	0.9	0.5	7.8	15.8	49.5	0.7	2.1	33.4	4.6	6.6	69.6	56.0	2.1	6.5	2.5	22,857	5,726	2,889	586	336	1,679	1,888	+2485