| NBA | -- | ABA | |||||||
| Year | Player, Team | Ppg | Year | Player | Team | Ppg | |||
| 2002-03 | Tracy McGrady, Orl. | 32,1 | 1975-76 | Julius Erving | NYN | 29.3 | top25 | ||
| 2001-02 | Allen Iverson, Philadelphia | 31,4 | top20 | 1974-75 | George Mcginnis | IND | 29.8 | top25 | |
| 2000-01 | Allen Iverson, Philadelphia | 31,1 | top20 | 1973-74 | Julius Erving | NYN | 27.4 | top25 | |
| 1999-00 | Shaquille O'Neal, LA Lakers | 29,7 | top20 | 1972-73 | Julius Erving | VIR | 31.9 | top25 | |
| 1998-99 | Allen Iverson, Philadelphia | 26,8 | top20 | 1971-72 | Charlie Scott | VIR | 33.4 | top25 | |
| 1997-98 | Michael Jordan, Chicago | 28.7 | top20 | 1970-71 | Dan Issel | KEN | 29.9 | top25 | |
| 1996-97 | Michael Jordan, Chicago | 29.7 | top20 | 1969-70 | Spencer Haywood | DEN | 30.0 | top25 | |
| 1995-96 | Michael Jordan, Chicago | 30.4 | top20 | 1968-69 | Connie Hawkins | MNP | 30.2 | top25 | |
| 1994-95 | Shaquille O'Neal, Orlando | 29.3 | top20 | 1967-68 | Connie Hawkins | PIT | 26.8 | top25 | |
| 1993-94 | David Robinson, San Antonio | 29.8 | top20 | ||||||
| 1992-93 | Michael Jordan, Chicago | 32.6 | top20 | ||||||
| 1991-92 | Michael Jordan, Chicago | 30.0 | top20 | ||||||
| 1990-91 | Michael Jordan, Chicago | 31.5 | top20 | ||||||
| 1989-90 | Michael Jordan, Chicago | 33.6 | top20 | ||||||
| 1988-89 | Michael Jordan, Chicago | 32.5 | top20 | ||||||
| 1987-88 | Michael Jordan, Chicago | 35.0 | top20 | ||||||
| 1986-87 | Michael Jordan, Chicago | 37.1 | top20 | ||||||
| 1985-86 | Dominique Wilkins, Atlanta | 30.3 | top20 | ||||||
| 1984-85 | Bernard King, New York | 32.9 | top20 | ||||||
| 1983-84 | Adrian Dantley, Utah | 30.6 | top20 | ||||||
| 1982-83 | Alex English, Denver | 28.4 | top20 | ||||||
| 1981-82 | George Gervin, San Antonio | 32.3 | top20 | ||||||
| 1980-81 | Adrian Dantley, Utah | 30.7 | top20 | ||||||
| 1979-80 | George Gervin, San Antonio | 33.1 | top20 | ||||||
| 1978-79 | George Gervin, San Antonio | 29.6 | top20 | ||||||
| 1977-78 | George Gervin, San Antonio | 27.2 | top20 | ||||||
| 1976-77 | Pete Maravich, New Orleans | 31.1 | top20 | ||||||
| 1975-76 | Bob McAdoo, Buffalo | 31.1 | top20 | ||||||
| 1974-75 | Bob McAdoo, Buffalo | 34.5 | top20 | ||||||
| 1973-74 | Bob McAdoo, Buffalo | 30.6 | top20 | ||||||
| 1972-73 | Nate Archibald, Kansas City-Omaha | 34.0 | top20 | ||||||
| 1971-72 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee | 34.8 | top20 | ||||||
| 1970-71 | Lew Alcindor, Milwaukee | 31.7 | top20 | ||||||
| 1969-70 | Jerry West, LA Lakers | 31.2 | top20 | ||||||
| 1968-69 | Elvin Hayes, San Diego | 28,4 | top20 | ||||||
| 1967-68 | Dave Bing, Detroit | 27,1 | top20 | ||||||
| 1966-67 | Rick Barry, San Francisco | 35,6 | top20 | ||||||
| 1965-66 | Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia | 33,5 | top20 | ||||||
| 1964-65 | Wilt Chamberlain, SF/Phil | 34,7 | top20 | ||||||
| 1963-64 | Wilt Chamberlain, San Francisco | 36,9 | top20 | ||||||
| 1962-63 | Wilt Chamberlain, San Francisco | 44,8 | top20 | ||||||
| 1961-62 | Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia | 50,4 | top20 | ||||||
| 1960-61 | Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia | 38,4 | top20 | ||||||
| 1959-60 | Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia | 37,6 | top20 | ||||||
| 1958-59 | Bob Pettit, St. Louis | 29,2 | top20 | ||||||
| 1957-58 | George Yardley, Detroit | 27,8 | top20 | ||||||
| 1956-57 | Paul Arizin, Philadelphia | 25,6 | top20 | ||||||
| 1955-56 | Bob Pettit, St. Louis | 25,7 | top20 | ||||||
| 1954-55 | Neil Johnston, Philadelphia | 22,7 | top20 | ||||||
| 1953-54 | Neil Johnston, Philadelphia | 24,4 | top20 | ||||||
| 1952-53 | Neil Johnston, Philadelphia | 22,3 | top20 | ||||||
| 1951-52 | Paul Arizin, Philadelphia | 25,4 | top20 | ||||||
| 1950-51 | George Mikan, Minneapolis | 28,4 | top20 | ||||||
| 1949-50 | George Mikan, Minneapolis | 27,4 | top20 | ||||||
| 1948-49 | George Mikan, Minneapolis | 28,3 | top20 | ||||||
| 1947-48 | Max Zaslofsky, Chicago | 21.0 | top20 | ||||||
| 1946-47 | Joe Fulks, Philadelphia | 23,2 | top20 |