highest ppg to win mvp

Paul Hornung has averaged the most points per game by an MVP in a season, with 12.2 per game in 1961.

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highest ppg to win mvp in a regular season by a player
NAMEPPGMVPSEASONTMGPRUSH TDREC TDRET TDTDFGMXPMXP2SFTYPTS
1Paul Hornung
P. Hornung
12.2
1
1961
12
8
2
0
10
15
41
0
146
2LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
11.6
1
2006
16
28
3
0
31
0
0
0
0
186
3Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
11.4
1
2000
14
18
8
0
26
0
0
2
0
160
4Gino Cappelletti
G. Cappelletti
11.1
1
1964
14
0
7
0
7
25
36
1
0
155
5Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
10.5
1
2005
16
27
1
0
28
0
0
0
0
168
6Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
9.1
1
1962
14
13
2
0
15
8
14
0
0
128
7Jim Brown
J. Brown
9.0
1
1965
14
17
4
0
21
0
0
0
126
8Jim Brown
J. Brown
9.0
1
1958
12
17
1
0
18
0
0
0
108
9Terrell Davis
T. Davis
8.6
1
1998
16
21
2
0
23
0
0
0
0
138
10Mark Moseley
M. Moseley
8.4
1
1982
9
0
0
0
0
20
16
0
76
11Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
8.1
1
1962
14
19
0
0
19
0
0
0
114
12George Blanda
G. Blanda
8.0
1
1961
14
0
0
0
0
16
64
0
0
112
13Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
7.1
1
1979
16
19
0
0
19
0
0
0
114
14Walter Payton
W. Payton
6.9
1
1977
14
14
2
0
16
0
0
0
96
15Larry Brown
L. Brown
6.0
1
1972
12
8
4
0
12
0
0
0
72
16Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.3
1
1997
16
11
3
0
14
0
0
0
0
84
17Marcus Allen
M. Allen
5.3
1
1985
16
11
3
0
14
0
0
0
84
18O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
5.1
1
1973
14
12
0
0
12
0
0
0
72
19Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
5.1
1
1960
14
9
3
0
12
0
0
0
0
72
20Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
5.0
1
2012
16
12
1
0
13
0
0
1
0
80
21Jim Brown
J. Brown
5.0
1
1957
12
9
1
0
10
0
0
0
60
22Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
4.8
1
1991
15
7
5
0
12
0
0
0
72
23Jim Nance
J. Nance
4.7
1
1966
14
11
0
0
11
0
0
0
0
66
24Josh Allen
J. Allen
4.6
1
2024
17
12
1
0
13
0
0
0
0
78
25Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4.3
1
1993
14
9
1
0
10
0
0
0
60
StatMuse has season-level data for points per game going back to the 1921 season.

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