NBA Players with the Highest Scoring Averages in Their 22nd Season
Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 22nd NBA season, ranked by regular season points per game. See how the all-time greats compare in this top-50 historical list.
Which NBA player averaged the most points in the Regular Season in his 22nd year?
Playing for the 2025 Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James averaged 24.4 points in 70 games — the highest scoring average by any NBA player in his 22nd season.
Points Per Game, 22nd Season
24.4 ppg
LeBron James
(2025 Los Angeles Lakers)
Note: No game minimums were used for this list
Points Per Game in a Player's 22nd Season - Full List
Regular Season
| Points | Other stats | ||||||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Per Game | Total | Gms | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | 3pm |
| 1 | (2025 Lakers) |
24.4 | 1,710 | 70 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 2.1 |
| 2 | (2020 Hawks) |
5.0 | 298 | 60 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.0 |