what led the nba in mpg in 1985/86

Maurice Cheeks had the most minutes per game in 1985-86 with 39.9 minutes per game.

Interpreted as:
What led the NBA in mpg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player in 1985/86?
NAMEMPGSEASONTMGPPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Maurice Cheeks
M. Cheeks
39.9
1985-86
PHI PHI
82
15.4
2.9
9.2
2.5
0.3
6.0
11.1
53.7
0.0
0.2
23.5
3.4
4.1
84.2
59.7
0.7
2.2
2.9
3,270
1,266
235
753
207
27
238
160
2Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
39.1
1985-86
ATL ATL
78
30.3
7.9
2.6
1.8
0.6
11.4
24.3
46.8
0.2
0.9
18.6
7.4
9.0
81.8
53.6
3.3
4.6
3.2
3,049
2,366
618
206
138
49
251
170
3Larry Bird
L. Bird
38.0
1985-86
BOS BOS
82
25.8
9.8
6.8
2.0
0.6
9.7
19.6
49.6
1.0
2.4
42.3
5.4
6.0
89.6
58.0
2.3
7.5
3.2
3,113
2,115
805
557
166
51
266
182
4Purvis Short
P. Short
37.9
1985-86
GSW GSW
64
25.5
5.1
3.7
1.4
0.3
9.9
20.5
48.2
0.2
0.8
30.6
5.5
6.3
86.5
54.7
2.0
3.2
2.9
2,427
1,632
329
237
92
22
184
229
5Buck Williams
B. Williams
37.4
1985-86
NJN NJN
82
15.9
12.0
1.6
0.9
1.2
6.1
11.7
52.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.7
5.4
67.6
56.5
4.0
8.0
3.0
3,070
1,301
986
131
73
96
244
294
6Jeff Malone
J. Malone
37.4
1985-86
WAS WAS
80
22.4
3.6
2.4
0.9
0.2
9.2
19.0
48.3
0.0
0.2
17.6
4.0
4.6
86.8
53.3
0.8
2.8
2.1
2,992
1,795
288
191
70
12
168
180
7Alex English
A. English
37.3
1985-86
DEN DEN
81
29.8
5.0
4.0
0.9
0.4
11.7
23.3
50.4
0.0
0.1
20.0
6.3
7.3
86.2
56.2
2.4
2.6
3.1
3,024
2,414
405
320
73
29
249
235
8Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
36.9
1985-86
PHI PHI
80
20.0
12.8
3.9
2.2
1.6
7.4
13.0
57.2
0.2
0.9
22.7
5.0
7.2
68.5
61.9
4.4
8.4
4.4
2,952
1,603
1,026
312
173
125
350
333
9Moses Malone
M. Malone
36.6
1985-86
PHI PHI
74
23.8
11.8
1.2
0.9
1.0
7.7
16.8
45.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
8.3
10.6
78.7
55.3
4.6
7.2
3.5
2,706
1,759
872
90
67
71
261
194
10Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
36.3
1985-86
HOU HOU
68
23.5
11.5
2.0
2.0
3.4
9.2
17.5
52.6
0.0
0.0
5.1
7.9
64.5
56.0
4.9
6.6
2.9
2,467
1,597
781
137
134
231
195
271
11Ralph Sampson
R. Sampson
36.3
1985-86
HOU HOU
79
18.9
11.1
3.6
1.3
1.6
7.9
16.2
48.8
0.0
0.2
13.3
3.1
4.8
64.1
51.6
3.3
7.9
3.6
2,864
1,491
879
283
99
129
285
308
12Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
36.2
1985-86
DET DET
77
20.9
3.6
10.8
2.2
0.3
7.9
16.2
48.8
0.3
1.1
31.0
4.7
6.0
79.0
55.4
1.1
2.5
3.8
2,790
1,609
277
830
171
20
289
245
13Mike Mitchell
M. Mitchell
36.2
1985-86
SAS SAS
82
23.4
5.0
2.3
0.7
0.3
9.8
20.7
47.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
3.9
4.8
80.9
51.4
1.6
3.4
2.2
2,970
1,921
409
188
56
25
184
175
14Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
36.1
1985-86
UTA UTA
76
29.8
5.2
3.5
0.8
0.1
10.8
19.1
56.3
0.0
0.1
9.1
8.3
10.5
79.1
62.9
2.3
2.9
3.0
2,744
2,267
395
264
64
4
231
206
15Vern Fleming
V. Fleming
35.9
1985-86
IND IND
80
14.2
4.8
6.3
1.6
0.1
5.5
10.8
50.6
0.0
0.1
16.7
3.3
4.4
74.5
55.8
1.3
3.6
2.6
2,870
1,136
386
505
131
5
208
230
16Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
35.8
1985-86
LAL LAL
72
18.8
5.9
12.6
1.6
0.2
6.7
12.8
52.6
0.1
0.6
23.3
5.3
6.0
87.1
61.0
1.2
4.7
3.8
2,578
1,354
426
907
113
16
273
133
17Reggie Theus
R. Theus
35.6
1985-86
SAC SAC
82
18.3
3.7
9.6
1.4
0.2
6.7
13.9
48.0
0.1
0.4
17.1
4.9
6.0
82.7
55.6
0.9
2.8
4.0
2,919
1,503
304
788
112
20
327
231
18Herb Williams
H. Williams
35.5
1985-86
IND IND
78
19.9
9.1
2.2
0.6
2.4
8.0
16.3
49.2
0.0
0.2
8.3
3.8
5.2
73.0
53.3
2.2
6.9
2.7
2,770
1,549
710
174
50
184
210
244
19Joe Barry Carroll
J. Barry Carroll
35.5
1985-86
GSW GSW
79
21.2
8.5
2.2
1.3
1.8
8.2
17.8
46.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.8
6.3
75.2
51.6
2.4
6.0
3.5
2,801
1,677
670
176
101
144
275
277
20Kiki VanDeWeghe
K. VanDeWeghe
35.3
1985-86
POR POR
79
24.8
2.7
2.4
0.7
0.2
9.1
16.9
54.0
0.0
0.1
12.5
6.6
7.6
86.9
61.4
1.2
1.6
2.2
2,791
1,962
216
187
54
17
177
161
21Bill Laimbeer
B. Laimbeer
35.3
1985-86
DET DET
82
16.6
13.1
1.8
0.7
0.8
6.6
13.5
49.2
0.0
0.2
28.6
3.2
3.9
83.4
54.5
3.7
9.4
1.6
2,891
1,360
1,075
146
59
65
133
291
22Kevin McHale
K. McHale
35.3
1985-86
BOS BOS
68
21.3
8.1
2.7
0.4
2.0
8.3
14.4
57.4
0.0
0.0
4.8
6.2
77.6
62.3
2.5
5.6
2.2
2,397
1,448
551
181
29
134
149
192
23Sidney Moncrief
S. Moncrief
35.2
1985-86
MIL MIL
73
20.2
4.6
4.9
1.4
0.2
6.4
13.2
48.9
0.5
1.4
32.0
6.8
7.9
85.9
60.4
1.6
3.0
2.4
2,567
1,471
334
357
103
18
174
178
24Alvin Robertson
A. Robertson
35.1
1985-86
SAS SAS
82
17.0
6.3
5.5
3.7
0.5
6.9
13.3
51.4
0.1
0.4
27.6
3.2
4.0
79.5
56.3
2.2
4.0
3.1
2,878
1,392
516
448
301
40
256
296
25Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
35.0
1985-86
BOS BOS
78
15.6
3.4
5.8
1.4
0.4
6.2
13.6
45.5
0.1
0.5
14.3
3.1
3.8
81.8
50.9
0.9
2.6
2.2
2,732
1,213
268
456
110
35
173
206
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