most points per minute in nba history by a player 1 season

Wilt Chamberlain has the most points per minute played in a season, with 1.04 in 1961-62.

Interpreted as:

most points per minute with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games in NBA history by a player 1 season

	NAME	PTS/MIN	PTS	MIN	SEASON	TM	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	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	1.04	4,029	3,882	1961-62	PHI	80	48.5	50.4	25.7	2.4			20.0	39.5	50.6				10.4	17.0	61.3	53.6				2,052	192				123
2	James Harden J. Harden	0.98	2,818	2,867	2018-19	HOU	78	36.8	36.1	6.6	7.5	2.0	0.7	10.8	24.5	44.2	4.8	13.2	36.8	9.7	11.0	87.9	61.6	0.8	5.8	5.0	518	586	158	58	387	244	+357
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	0.97	1,857	1,917	2019-20	MIL	63	30.4	29.5	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	10.9	19.7	55.3	1.4	4.7	30.4	6.3	10.0	63.3	61.3	2.2	11.4	3.7	856	354	61	66	230	195	+682
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	0.97	1,959	2,023	2022-23	MIL	63	32.1	31.1	11.8	5.7	0.8	0.8	11.2	20.3	55.3	0.7	2.7	27.5	7.9	12.3	64.5	60.5	2.2	9.6	3.9	742	359	52	51	246	197	+341
5	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	0.96	2,183	2,284	2022-23	PHI	66	34.6	33.1	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	11.0	20.1	54.8	1.0	3.0	33.0	10.0	11.7	85.7	65.5	1.7	8.4	3.4	670	274	66	112	226	205	+424
6	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	0.94	3,586	3,806	1962-63	SFW	80	47.6	44.8	24.3	3.4			18.3	34.6	52.8				8.3	13.9	59.3	55.0				1,946	275				136
7	James Harden J. Harden	0.94	2,335	2,483	2019-20	HOU	68	36.5	34.3	6.6	7.5	1.8	0.9	9.9	22.3	44.4	4.4	12.4	35.5	10.2	11.8	86.5	62.6	1.0	5.5	4.5	446	512	125	60	308	227	+287
8	Stephen Curry S. Curry	0.94	2,015	2,151	2020-21	GSW	63	34.1	32.0	5.5	5.8	1.2	0.1	10.4	21.7	48.2	5.3	12.7	42.1	5.7	6.3	91.6	65.5	0.5	5.0	3.4	345	363	77	8	213	119	+242
9	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	0.93	785	840	2024-25	MIL	24	35.0	32.7	11.6	6.0	0.7	1.5	12.8	20.9	61.3	0.2	0.8	22.2	7.0	11.3	61.4	63.2	2.0	9.6	3.4	278	144	17	36	82	56	+10
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	0.93	3,041	3,281	1986-87	CHI	82	40.0	37.1	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	13.4	27.8	48.2	0.1	0.8	18.2	10.2	11.9	85.7	56.2	2.0	3.2	3.3	430	377	236	125	272	237
11	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	0.91	2,558	2,802	2016-17	OKC	81	34.6	31.6	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	10.2	24.0	42.5	2.5	7.2	34.3	8.8	10.4	84.5	55.4	1.7	9.0	5.4	864	840	132	31	438	190	+251
12	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	0.91	2,002	2,204	2021-22	MIL	67	32.9	29.9	11.6	5.8	1.1	1.4	10.3	18.6	55.3	1.1	3.6	29.3	8.3	11.4	72.2	63.3	2.0	9.6	3.3	778	388	72	91	219	212	+397
13	George Gervin G. Gervin	0.91	2,551	2,817	1981-82	SAS	79	35.7	32.3	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	12.6	25.2	50.0	0.1	0.5	27.8	7.0	8.1	86.4	56.2	1.7	3.2	2.7	392	187	77	45	210	215
14	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	0.91	2,079	2,296	2021-22	PHI	68	33.8	30.6	11.7	4.2	1.1	1.5	9.8	19.6	49.9	1.4	3.7	37.1	9.6	11.8	81.4	61.6	2.1	9.6	3.1	796	284	77	99	214	181	+367
15	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	0.9	2,370	2,624	2023-24	DAL	70	37.5	33.9	9.2	9.8	1.4	0.5	11.5	23.6	48.7	4.1	10.6	38.2	6.8	8.7	78.6	61.7	0.8	8.4	4.0	647	686	99	38	282	149	+319
16	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	0.89	2,138	2,390	2022-23	DAL	66	36.2	32.4	8.6	8.0	1.4	0.5	10.9	22.0	49.6	2.8	8.2	34.2	7.8	10.5	74.2	60.9	0.8	7.8	3.6	569	529	90	33	236	166	+128
17	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	0.89	1,866	2,106	2022-23	POR	58	36.3	32.2	4.8	7.3	0.9	0.3	9.6	20.7	46.3	4.2	11.3	37.1	8.8	9.6	91.4	64.5	0.8	4.0	3.3	277	425	50	18	191	109	+105
18	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	0.88	2,135	2,416	2022-23	OKC	68	35.5	31.4	4.8	5.5	1.6	1.0	10.4	20.3	51.0	0.9	2.5	34.5	9.8	10.9	90.5	62.6	0.9	4.0	2.8	329	371	112	65	192	192	+149
19	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	0.88	2,254	2,553	2023-24	OKC	75	34.0	30.1	5.5	6.2	2.0	0.9	10.6	19.8	53.5	1.3	3.6	35.3	7.6	8.7	87.4	63.6	0.9	4.7	2.2	415	465	150	67	162	184	+614
20	George Gervin G. Gervin	0.88	2,585	2,934	1979-80	SAS	78	37.6	33.1	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	13.1	24.9	52.8	0.4	1.3	31.4	6.5	7.6	85.2	58.7	2.0	3.2	3.3	403	202	110	79	254	208
21	Stephen Curry S. Curry	0.88	2,375	2,700	2015-16	GSW	79	34.2	30.1	5.4	6.7	2.1	0.2	10.2	20.2	50.4	5.1	11.2	45.4	4.6	5.1	90.8	66.9	0.9	4.6	3.3	430	527	169	15	262	161	+1022
22	Bernard King B. King	0.88	1,809	2,063	1984-85	NYK	55	37.5	32.9	5.8	3.7	1.3	0.3	12.6	23.7	53.0	0.0	0.2	10.0	7.7	10.0	77.2	58.5	2.1	3.7	3.7	317	204	71	15	204	191
23	Bradley Beal B. Beal	0.87	1,878	2,147	2020-21	WAS	60	35.8	31.3	4.7	4.4	1.2	0.4	11.2	23.0	48.5	2.2	6.2	34.9	6.8	7.7	88.9	59.3	1.2	3.5	3.1	283	265	69	22	187	140	-3
24	Rick Barry R. Barry	0.87	2,775	3,175	1966-67	SFW	78	40.7	35.6	9.2	3.6			13.0	28.7	45.1				9.7	10.9	88.4	53.1				714	282				258
25	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	0.87	817	935	2024-25	OKC	27	34.6	30.3	5.5	6.2	2.0	1.0	10.7	21.0	50.8	2.1	6.3	33.5	6.8	7.9	86.8	61.9	0.8	4.7	2.7	148	167	53	27	72	57	+301