Most points per game in an NBA season
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Wilt Chamberlain leads with 50.4 points per game over 80 games in 1961-62, first of 15,066 player-seasons.
| # | Player and seasons | Value |
|---|---|---|
 Wilt Chamberlain (1961-62 PHW)1961-62 | 50.4 | |
| Wilt Chamberlain (1962-63 SFW)1962-63 | 44.8 | |
| Wilt Chamberlain (1960-61 PHW)1960-61 | 38.4 | |
| Wilt Chamberlain (1959-60 PHW)1959-60 | 37.6 | |
 Michael Jordan (1986-87 CHI)1986-87 | 37.1 | |
| Wilt Chamberlain (1963-64 SFW)1963-64 | 36.9 | |
 James Harden (2018-19 HOU)2018-19 | 36.1 | |
| Rick Barry (1966-67 SFW)1966-67 | 35.6 | |
 Kobe Bryant (2005-06 LAL)2005-06 | 35.4 | |
| Michael Jordan (1987-88 CHI)1987-88 | 35.0 | |
| Elgin Baylor (1960-61 LAL)1960-61 | 34.8 | |
 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1971-72 MIL)1971-72 | 34.8 | |
 Wilt Chamberlain (1964-65 SFW/PHI)1964-65 | 34.7 | |
 Bob McAdoo (1974-75 BUF)1974-75 | 34.5 | |
| James Harden (2019-20 HOU)2019-20 | 34.3 | |
| Elgin Baylor (1962-63 LAL)1962-63 | 34.0 | |
 Nate Archibald (1972-73 KCK)1972-73 | 34.0 | |
 Luka Dončić (2023-24 DAL)2023-24 | 33.9 | |
| Michael Jordan (1989-90 CHI)1989-90 | 33.6 | |
| Wilt Chamberlain (1965-66 PHI)1965-66 | 33.5 | |
| Luka Dončić (2025-26 LAL)2025-26 | 33.5 | |
 George Gervin (1979-80 SAS)1979-80 | 33.1 | |
| Joel Embiid (2022-23 PHI)2022-23 | 33.1 | |
| Allen Iverson (2005-06 PHI)2005-06 | 33.0 | |
 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2024-25 OKC)2024-25 | 32.7 |
Method
- 11,147 player-seasons haven't played 70% of the team's games, so they aren't here.