nba the highest scoring average in a calendar month since 1977

Since 1976-77, Kevin Martin has put up the most points per game in a month, with 50.0 per game in April 2009.

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NBA the highest scoring by a player average in a calendar month since 1977

	NAME	PPG	MONTH	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kevin Martin K. Martin	50.0	April 2009	1	46.1	3.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	11.0	22.0	50.0	5.0	11.0	45.5	23.0	26.0	88.5	74.8	1.0	2.0	5.0	46	50	3	3	2	0	5	3	-4
2	James Harden J. Harden	49.0	July 2020	1	43.5	9.0	8.0	3.0	3.0	14.0	20.0	70.0	3.0	9.0	33.3	18.0	21.0	85.7	83.8	0.0	9.0	1.0	43	49	9	8	3	3	1	5	+8
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	45.0	October 2007	1	42.7	8.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	13.0	32.0	40.6	1.0	3.0	33.3	18.0	27.0	66.7	51.3	0.0	8.0	5.0	43	45	8	4	4	1	5	4	+3
4	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	45.0	October 1997	1	41.0	3.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	18.0	31.0	58.1	4.0	7.0	57.1	5.0	6.0	83.3	66.9	1.0	2.0	3.0	41	45	3	7	0	0	3	0	-16
5	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	44.0	October 2000	1	42.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	17.0	35.0	48.6	1.0	3.0	33.3	9.0	10.0	90.0	55.8	1.0	4.0	2.0	42	44	5	3	0	1	2	1	+16
6	James Harden J. Harden	43.6	January 2019	14	38.8	8.7	7.6	2.1	1.2	12.8	29.7	43.0	5.6	16.6	33.5	12.4	13.7	90.6	60.9	1.6	7.1	5.5	543	610	122	106	29	17	77	46	+54
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	43.4	January 2006	13	41.6	5.6	4.1	1.8	0.1	13.9	29.6	47.0	3.5	8.9	39.7	12.0	13.4	89.7	61.1	0.5	5.1	3.5	541	564	73	53	23	1	46	39	+50
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	42.0	October 2013	1	39.2	6.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	9.0	24.0	37.5	2.0	8.0	25.0	22.0	24.0	91.7	60.8	0.0	6.0	5.0	39	42	6	1	3	0	5	1	+3
9	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	42.0	April 2009	1	48.9	9.0	9.0	2.0	1.0	16.0	35.0	45.7	0.0	1.0	0.0	10.0	12.0	83.3	52.1	1.0	8.0	4.0	49	42	9	9	2	1	4	3	+4
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	41.6	April 2006	8	39.6	5.5	3.6	2.3	0.0	14.5	28.5	50.9	3.3	7.9	41.3	9.4	11.4	82.4	62.1	1.1	4.4	2.1	317	333	44	29	18	0	17	27	+101
11	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	41.5	April 2023	2	40.4	5.5	2.5	1.5	0.5	14.5	24.0	60.4	4.0	9.0	44.4	8.5	10.5	81.0	72.5	0.0	5.5	4.0	81	83	11	5	3	1	8	6	+26
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	40.6	February 2003	14	41.6	4.9	3.6	2.6	0.9	13.9	29.4	47.2	2.4	5.5	42.9	10.6	12.5	84.6	58.3	0.9	4.1	3.4	583	569	69	50	37	13	48	33	+122
13	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	40.5	October 2015	2	42.3	6.5	9.0	1.5	0.5	14.5	29.5	49.2	2.0	5.5	36.4	9.5	11.5	82.6	58.6	3.0	3.5	5.5	85	81	13	18	3	1	11	6	+9
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	40.4	March 2007	13	44.8	6.2	4.5	1.1	0.5	13.7	29.8	45.9	2.7	7.2	37.2	10.3	11.9	86.5	57.5	1.6	4.5	2.8	582	525	80	58	14	6	36	30	-36
15	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	40.2	December 2023	9	33.6	12.6	4.9	1.4	2.1	14.3	23.7	60.6	1.2	2.9	42.3	10.3	11.2	92.1	70.3	2.0	10.6	4.1	302	362	113	44	13	19	37	23	+146
16	James Harden J. Harden	39.5	November 2019	15	36.9	6.4	7.6	1.9	0.5	11.2	24.2	46.3	5.5	14.1	38.9	11.6	13.9	83.7	65.1	0.9	5.5	5.1	553	592	96	114	28	8	77	43	+141
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	39.3	October 2015	3	32.9	5.7	7.3	2.3	0.0	13.3	22.7	58.8	5.7	11.7	48.6	7.0	7.3	95.5	76.0	1.0	4.7	1.7	99	118	17	22	7	0	5	8	+40
18	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	39.2	April 1986	6	39.3	7.8	2.3	1.5	0.3	15.0	31.3	47.9	0.0	0.7	0.0	9.2	11.3	80.9	53.9	4.5	3.3	3.0	236	235	47	14	9	2	18	15
19	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	39.0	October 2023	3	36.8	11.7	9.7	1.0	0.3	13.3	24.0	55.6	6.0	12.3	48.6	6.3	9.0	70.4	69.7	0.7	11.0	3.3	110	117	35	29	3	1	10	6	+19
20	Kristaps Porziņģis K. Porziņģis	39.0	July 2020	1	38.9	16.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	13.0	26.0	50.0	3.0	8.0	37.5	10.0	11.0	90.9	63.2	2.0	14.0	2.0	39	39	16	2	2	1	2	5	-11
21	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	39.0	July 2020	1	37.9	3.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	17.0	33.0	51.5	1.0	7.0	14.3	4.0	5.0	80.0	55.4	3.0	0.0	3.0	38	39	3	6	1	1	3	3	-12
22	Steve Francis S. Francis	39.0	October 2002	1	39.0	8.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	13.0	28.0	46.4	1.0	3.0	33.3	12.0	14.0	85.7	57.1	4.0	4.0	5.0	39	39	8	4	1	1	5	4	-3
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39.0	April 1988	12	41.3	4.5	4.9	3.2	1.1	14.5	25.9	55.9	0.1	1.0	8.3	9.9	11.8	84.4	62.7	1.8	2.8	3.3	495	468	54	59	38	13	40	51
24	Moses Malone M. Malone	39.0	October 1981	2	44.5	10.5	2.0	1.0	2.0	16.5	26.5	62.3	0.0	0.0		6.0	8.0	75.0	65.0			1.5	89	78	21	4	2	4	3	9
25	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	38.9	August 2020	7	41.3	4.1	9.7	1.6	0.1	11.9	23.6	50.3	6.0	13.1	45.7	9.1	10.1	90.1	69.3	0.4	3.7	3.3	289	272	29	68	11	1	23	12	+16