which retired player has the highest points per minute all-time

Michael Jordan has the most career points per minute played by an inactive or retired player, with 0.79.

Interpreted as:
Which retired player has the highest points per minute with a minimum of 5000 minutes played all-time?
NAME PTS/MIN MIN PTS GP 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 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
0.79
41,011
32,292
1,072
38.3
30.1
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
6,672
5,633
2,514
893
2,924
2,783
+1438
2 George Gervin
G. Gervin
0.78
26,536
20,708
791
33.5
26.2
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
3,607
2,214
941
670
2,137
2,331
3 Freeman Williams
F. Williams
0.72
6,606
4,738
323
20.5
14.7
1.6
1.6
0.8
0.1
6.1
13.0
46.7
0.5
1.5
33.1
2.1
2.6
82.4
51.9
0.8
0.8
1.8
510
516
247
18
568
533
4 John Drew
J. Drew
0.7
21,828
15,291
739
29.5
20.7
6.9
1.7
1.4
0.3
7.4
15.8
47.0
0.0
0.2
17.5
5.8
7.8
74.8
53.8
2.9
4.0
2.7
5,088
1,224
1,004
193
1,402
2,641
5 Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
0.7
38,113
26,668
1,074
35.5
24.8
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
7,169
2,677
1,378
642
2,669
2,061
-392
6 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
0.69
48,637
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
7,047
6,306
1,944
640
4,010
3,353
+4153
7 David Thompson
D. Thompson
0.69
16,305
11,264
509
32.0
22.1
3.8
3.2
0.9
0.8
8.3
16.4
50.4
0.1
0.3
27.7
5.5
7.1
77.8
56.6
1.4
2.3
2.6
1,921
1,631
459
407
1,129
1,287
8 Jerry West
J. West
0.69
36,571
25,192
932
39.2
27.0
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
5,376
6,238
81
23
2,435
9 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
0.68
33,863
23,149
846
40.0
27.4
13.5
4.3
10.3
23.8
43.1
6.8
8.7
78.0
49.4
11,463
3,650
2,596
10 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
0.68
41,918
28,596
1,207
34.7
23.7
10.9
2.5
0.6
2.3
9.4
16.1
58.2
0.0
0.0
4.5
4.9
9.3
52.7
58.6
3.5
7.4
2.7
13,099
3,026
739
2,732
3,310
4,146
+4887
11 Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
0.68
30,690
20,880
792
38.8
26.4
16.2
3.0
9.3
21.3
43.6
7.8
10.3
76.1
51.1
12,849
2,369
2,529
12 Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
0.68
34,151
23,177
955
35.8
24.3
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
5,455
2,830
944
150
2,503
2,550
13 Walter Davis
W. Davis
0.68
28,859
19,521
1,033
27.9
18.9
3.0
3.8
1.2
0.1
7.9
15.4
51.1
0.2
0.7
27.2
3.0
3.6
85.1
55.8
0.9
2.1
2.5
3,053
3,878
1,280
133
2,541
2,454
14 Karl Malone
K. Malone
0.67
54,852
36,928
1,476
37.2
25.0
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
14,968
5,248
2,085
1,145
4,524
4,578
+3010
15 Alex English
A. English
0.67
38,063
25,613
1,193
31.9
21.5
5.5
3.6
0.9
0.7
8.9
17.6
50.7
0.0
0.1
21.7
3.6
4.3
83.2
55.0
2.3
3.2
2.5
6,538
4,351
1,067
833
2,821
3,027
16 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
0.67
57,446
38,387
1,560
36.8
24.6
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
17,440
5,660
1,160
3,189
2,527
4,657
17 Bernard King
B. King
0.67
29,417
19,655
874
33.7
22.5
5.8
3.3
1.0
0.3
9.0
17.3
51.8
0.0
0.2
17.2
4.5
6.2
73.0
56.1
1.9
3.8
3.2
5,060
2,863
866
230
2,791
2,885
18 World B. Free
W. B. Free
0.67
26,893
17,955
886
30.4
20.3
2.7
3.7
1.0
0.3
7.3
16.1
45.6
0.4
1.1
33.7
5.3
7.1
75.3
52.7
1.1
1.6
2.5
2,430
3,319
910
223
1,869
2,270
19 Mark Aguirre
M. Aguirre
0.67
27,730
18,458
923
30.0
20.0
5.0
3.1
0.7
0.3
7.8
16.1
48.4
0.4
1.4
31.2
4.0
5.4
74.1
54.2
1.8
3.1
2.5
4,578
2,871
687
296
2,306
2,599
20 Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
0.66
28,327
18,787
852
33.2
22.1
9.4
2.3
1.0
1.5
8.7
17.3
50.3
0.0
0.1
8.1
4.6
6.1
75.4
55.1
2.4
7.1
2.6
8,048
1,951
751
1,147
1,223
2,726
21 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
0.66
47,859
31,419
1,045
45.8
30.1
22.9
4.4
12.1
22.5
54.0
5.8
11.4
51.1
54.7
23,924
4,643
2,075
22 DeMarcus Cousins
D. Cousins
0.66
19,508
12,802
654
29.8
19.6
10.2
3.0
1.3
1.1
7.0
15.2
46.0
0.7
2.0
33.1
5.0
6.7
73.7
53.9
2.6
7.6
3.3
6,664
1,979
874
742
2,149
2,421
-553
23 Dan Issel
D. Issel
0.66
22,342
14,659
718
31.1
20.4
7.9
2.5
1.0
0.6
7.6
14.9
50.6
0.0
0.2
25.3
5.3
6.6
79.7
57.2
2.3
5.6
2.0
5,707
1,804
698
396
1,281
2,022
24 Pete Maravich
P. Maravich
0.66
24,316
15,948
658
37.0
24.2
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
2,747
3,563
587
108
530
1,865
25 Kiki VanDeWeghe
K. VanDeWeghe
0.65
24,521
15,980
810
30.3
19.7
3.4
2.1
0.6
0.3
7.6
14.4
52.5
0.3
0.7
36.8
4.3
4.9
87.2
59.4
1.1
2.3
1.6
2,785
1,668
468
243
1,310
1,560
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