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Nuggets All-Time Points Leaders: Single Regular Season Per Game Average

List with the stats for the top 50 players with the best single season points per game average in Nuggets history.

Notes: - These stats were updated on April 20, 2024
- Three-pointers were implemented in 1979-80.
- This list includes players with some minimum requirements

Nuggets All-Time Points Leaders:
Single Regular Season Per Game Average - Top 50

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Player
Points
 Total
Points		 Season Games FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA
1. Alex English 29.80 2,414 1986 81 11.74 23.31 0.01 0.06 6.31 7.32
2. Kiki Vandeweghe 29.42 2,295 1984 78 11.47 20.55 0.14 0.38 6.33 7.44
3. Carmelo Anthony 28.94 1,881 2007 65 10.63 22.35 0.62 2.29 7.06 8.74
4. Alex English 28.60 2,345 1987 82 11.77 23.41 0.05 0.18 5.01 5.94
5. Alex English 28.37 2,326 1983 82 11.70 22.65 0.02 0.15 4.95 5.98
6. Carmelo Anthony 28.16 1,943 2010 69 9.97 21.77 0.86 2.71 7.36 8.87
7. Alex English 27.93 2,262 1985 81 11.59 22.37 0.01 0.06 4.73 5.70
8. David Thompson 27.15 2,172 1978 80 10.33 19.80 - - 6.50 8.35
9. Nikola Jokic 27.08 2,004 2022 74 10.32 17.72 1.31 3.89 5.12 6.32
10. Kiki Vandeweghe 26.66 2,186 1983 82 10.26 18.74 0.18 0.62 5.96 6.82
Player
Points
 Total
Points		 Season Games FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA
11. Michael Adams 26.55 1,752 1991 66 8.48 21.53 2.53 8.55 7.05 8.02
12. Carmelo Anthony 26.53 2,122 2006 80 9.45 19.65 0.46 1.90 7.16 8.86
13. Alex English 26.52 2,175 1989 82 11.27 22.94 0.02 0.10 3.96 4.62
14. Alex English 26.43 2,167 1984 82 11.06 20.90 0.01 0.09 4.29 5.21
15. Nikola Jokic 26.39 2,085 2024 79 10.41 17.86 1.05 2.92 4.53 5.54
16. Allen Iverson 26.39 2,164 2008 82 8.68 18.98 1.16 3.35 7.87 9.72
17. Nikola Jokic 26.36 1,898 2021 72 10.17 17.96 1.28 3.29 4.75 5.47
18. David Thompson 25.91 2,125 1977 82 10.05 19.83 - - 5.82 7.60
19. Carmelo Anthony 25.69 1,978 2008 77 9.45 19.23 0.75 2.13 6.03 7.66
20. David Thompson 25.55 1,967 1981 77 9.53 18.84 0.13 0.51 6.35 7.99
Player
Points
 Total
Points		 Season Games FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA
21. Alex English 25.39 2,082 1982 82 10.43 18.94 0.00 0.10 4.54 5.40
22. Alex English 25.00 2,000 1988 80 10.54 21.30 0.00 0.08 3.93 4.74
23. Nikola Jokic 24.49 1,690 2023 69 9.36 14.81 0.83 2.16 4.94 6.01
24. David Thompson 24.01 1,825 1979 76 9.12 17.80 - - 5.78 7.67
25. Alex English 23.81 1,929 1981 81 9.48 19.20 0.04 0.06 4.81 5.67
26. Dan Issel 23.79 1,951 1980 82 8.72 17.27 0.05 0.15 6.30 8.13
27. Calvin Natt 23.29 1,817 1985 78 8.78 16.09 0.00 0.04 5.73 7.23
28. Dan Issel 22.86 1,852 1982 81 8.04 15.26 0.05 0.07 6.74 8.09
29. Carmelo Anthony 22.79 1,504 2009 66 8.11 18.29 0.95 2.58 5.62 7.09
30. George McGinnis 22.57 1,715 1979 76 7.93 16.75 - - 6.70 10.07
Player
Points
 Total
Points		 Season Games FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA
31. Dan Issel 22.34 1,765 1977 79 8.35 16.23 - - 5.63 7.06
32. Dan Issel 21.86 1,749 1981 80 7.68 15.25 0.03 0.15 6.49 8.55
33. Dan Issel 21.58 1,726 1983 80 8.26 16.20 0.05 0.24 5.00 5.99
34. Kiki Vandeweghe 21.46 1,760 1982 82 8.61 15.37 0.01 0.16 4.23 4.94
35. Dan Issel 21.29 1,746 1978 82 8.04 15.70 - - 5.22 6.67
36. Antonio McDyess 21.22 1,061 1999 50 8.30 17.64 0.02 0.18 4.60 6.76
37. Jamal Murray 21.19 1,250 2024 59 8.03 16.71 2.46 5.78 2.66 3.12
38. Carmelo Anthony 21.04 1,725 2004 82 7.61 17.87 0.84 2.61 4.98 6.40
39. Antonio McDyess 20.83 1,458 2001 70 8.24 16.64 0.00 0.00 4.34 6.20
40. Carmelo Anthony 20.77 1,558 2005 75 7.07 16.40 0.56 2.11 6.08 7.64
Player
Points
 Total
Points		 Season Games FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA
41. Nikola Jokic 20.05 1,604 2019 80 7.70 15.08 1.04 3.38 3.61 4.40
42. Jamal Murray 19.97 1,298 2023 65 7.28 16.02 2.65 6.65 2.77 3.32
43. Nikola Jokic 19.95 1,456 2020 73 7.74 14.67 1.10 3.49 3.37 4.12
44. Fat Lever 19.85 1,409 1989 71 7.86 17.20 0.32 0.93 3.80 4.85
45. Dan Issel 19.82 1,506 1984 76 7.49 15.17 0.05 0.25 4.79 5.63
46. Chauncey Billups 19.55 1,427 2010 73 5.51 13.18 2.15 5.58 6.38 7.01
47. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf 19.17 1,553 1993 81 7.81 17.37 0.86 2.43 2.68 2.86
48. Antonio McDyess 19.15 1,551 2000 81 7.58 14.95 0.00 0.02 3.99 6.37
49. Michael Porter Jr. 19.05 1,162 2021 61 7.26 13.39 2.79 6.26 1.74 2.20
50. Fat Lever 18.93 1,552 1987 82 7.84 16.71 0.27 1.12 2.98 3.80

Minimum requirements:
1946-47: 40 games
1947-48: 32 games
1948-49: 40 games
1949-50 to 1950-51: 46 games
1951-52: 44 games
1952-53 to 1956-57: 48 games
1957-58 to 1958-59: 55 games
1959-60: 60 games
1960-61: 55 games
1961-62 to 1968-69: 65 games
1969-70 to 1973-74: 70 games
1974-75 to 2012-13: 70 games or 1400 points
    with the exceptions of
    1998-99: 43 games or 854 points
    and 2011-12: 56 games or 1127 points
2013-14 to present: 58 games
    with the exceptions of
    2019-20: 70% of games played
    and season in progress: 70% of games played
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