League Leaders Who Led?

1990 NBA Points per Game Leaders

Points scored per game

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Michael Jordan led the NBA in points per game in 1990 with 31.5, 2.4 ahead of Karl Malone (29.1). It stands 37th among all single seasons in NBA history. It was one of 10 times Michael Jordan led in points per game.

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# Player Team GP MPG PTS PPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM FTM FT%
1 Michael Jordan Michael Jordan CHI 82 37.0 2,580 31.5 990 1,837 53.9% 29 571 85.1%
2 Karl Malone Karl Malone UTH 82 40.3 2,382 29.1 847 1,608 52.7% 4 684 77.0%
3 Bernard King Bernard King WAS 64 37.5 1,817 28.4 713 1,511 47.2% 8 383 79.0%
4 Charles Barkley Charles Barkley PHL 67 37.3 1,849 27.6 665 1,167 57.0% 44 475 72.2%
5 Patrick Ewing Patrick Ewing NYK 81 38.3 2,154 26.6 845 1,645 51.4% 0 464 74.5%
6 Michael Adams DEN 66 35.6 1,752 26.6 560 1,421 39.4% 167 465 87.9%
7 Dominique Wilkins Dominique Wilkins ATL 81 38.0 2,101 25.9 770 1,640 47.0% 85 476 82.9%
8 Chris Mullin GOS 82 40.4 2,107 25.7 777 1,449 53.6% 40 513 88.5%
9 David Robinson David Robinson SAN 82 37.7 2,101 25.6 754 1,366 55.2% 1 592 76.2%
10 Mitch Richmond GOS 77 39.3 1,840 23.9 703 1,424 49.4% 40 394 84.7%
11 Tim Hardaway GOS 82 39.2 1,881 22.9 739 1,551 47.7% 97 306 80.3%
12 Reggie Miller Reggie Miller IND 82 36.2 1,855 22.6 596 1,164 51.2% 112 551 91.8%
13 Kevin Johnson Kevin Johnson PHX 77 36.0 1,710 22.2 591 1,145 51.6% 9 519 84.3%
14 Hersey Hawkins PHL 80 38.9 1,767 22.1 590 1,251 47.2% 108 479 87.1%
15 Tony Campbell MIN 77 37.6 1,678 21.8 652 1,502 43.4% 16 358 80.3%
16 Brad Daugherty CLE 76 38.8 1,645 21.6 605 1,155 52.4% 0 435 75.1%
17 Clyde Drexler Clyde Drexler POR 82 34.8 1,767 21.6 645 1,338 48.2% 61 416 79.4%
18 James Worthy James Worthy LAL 78 38.6 1,670 21.4 716 1,455 49.2% 26 212 79.7%
19 Ricky Pierce SEA 78 27.8 1,598 20.5 561 1,156 48.5% 46 430 91.3%
20 Joe Dumars DET 80 38.1 1,629 20.4 622 1,292 48.1% 14 371 89.0%
21 Antoine Carr SAC 77 32.8 1,551 20.1 628 1,228 51.1% 0 295 75.8%
22 Charles Smith Charles Smith LAC 74 36.5 1,480 20.0 548 1,168 46.9% 0 384 79.3%
23 Rolando Blackman DAL 80 37.1 1,590 19.9 634 1,316 48.2% 40 282 86.5%
24 Tom Chambers PHX 76 32.6 1,511 19.9 556 1,271 43.8% 20 379 82.6%
25 Derek Harper DAL 77 37.4 1,519 19.7 572 1,226 46.7% 89 286 73.2%
26 Larry Bird Larry Bird BOS 60 38.0 1,164 19.4 462 1,017 45.4% 77 163 89.1%
27 Magic Johnson Magic Johnson LAL 79 37.1 1,531 19.4 466 976 47.8% 80 519 90.6%
28 Larry Nance Larry Nance CLE 80 36.6 1,537 19.2 635 1,211 52.4% 2 265 80.3%
29 Reggie Lewis Reggie Lewis BOS 79 36.4 1,478 18.7 598 1,219 49.1% 1 281 82.7%
30 Reggie Theus Reggie Theus NJN 81 36.5 1,510 18.6 583 1,247 46.8% 52 292 85.1%
31 Jeff Malone UTH 69 35.7 1,282 18.6 525 1,034 50.8% 1 231 91.7%
32 Sherman Douglas MIA 73 35.1 1,352 18.5 532 1,055 50.4% 4 284 68.6%
33 Chuck Person IND 80 32.1 1,474 18.4 620 1,231 50.4% 69 165 72.1%
34 Derrick Coleman Derrick Coleman NJN 74 35.2 1,364 18.4 514 1,100 46.7% 13 323 73.1%
35 Kevin McHale Kevin McHale BOS 68 30.4 1,251 18.4 504 912 55.3% 15 228 82.9%
36 Harvey Grant WAS 77 36.9 1,405 18.3 609 1,224 49.8% 2 185 74.3%
37 Lionel Simmons SAC 79 37.7 1,421 18.0 549 1,301 42.2% 3 320 73.6%
38 Tyrone Corbin Tyrone Corbin MIN 82 39.0 1,472 18.0 587 1,311 44.8% 2 296 79.8%
39 Scottie Pippen Scottie Pippen CHI 82 36.8 1,461 17.8 600 1,153 52.0% 21 240 70.6%
40 Kenny Smith Kenny Smith HOU 78 34.6 1,380 17.7 522 1,003 52.0% 49 287 84.4%
41 Terry Cummings SAN 67 32.8 1,177 17.6 503 1,039 48.4% 7 164 68.3%
42 Otis Thorpe Otis Thorpe HOU 82 37.1 1,435 17.5 549 988 55.6% 3 334 69.6%
43 Glen Rice MIA 77 34.4 1,342 17.4 550 1,193 46.1% 71 171 81.8%
44 Ken Norman LAC 70 33.0 1,219 17.4 520 1,037 50.1% 6 173 62.9%
45 John Stockton John Stockton UTH 82 37.8 1,413 17.2 496 978 50.7% 58 363 83.6%
46 Scott Skiles Scott Skiles ORL 79 34.4 1,357 17.2 462 1,039 44.5% 93 340 90.2%
47 Pooh Richardson MIN 82 38.5 1,401 17.1 635 1,350 47.0% 42 89 53.9%
48 Terry Porter Terry Porter POR 81 32.9 1,381 17.1 486 944 51.5% 130 279 82.3%
49 Vernon Maxwell Vernon Maxwell HOU 82 35.0 1,397 17.0 504 1,247 40.4% 172 217 73.3%
50 Xavier McDaniel PHX 81 32.5 1,373 17.0 590 1,186 49.8% 0 193 72.3%
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