NBA History: 5 Players with the most 30+ points per game seasons

For the majority of NBA players, reaching 30 points in a single game is a significant achievement. However, a handful of elite individuals possess the skillset to regularly produce huge offensive performances and have been able to average 30-points per game for an entire season.

Steph Curry and Kevin Durant have both achieved the feat in recent seasons, while James Harden has averaged 30 in each of his past two seasons. However, it is incredibly difficult to average 30-points per game over an 82-game regular season, and only 10 players have managed to do it at least three times over the course of their careers.

So, here we will take a look at the 5 Players with the most 30+ points per game seasons in NBA history.

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#5 Allen Iverson - 4 Seasons with 30+ points

Allen Iverson is among the best pound-for-pound players in history (Picture credit: NBA.com)

Following two wildly successful years at Georgetown University, Allen Iverson was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the first overall pick of the 1996 NBA draft. Iverson was named Rookie of the Year in his first year and quickly established himself as one of the most prolific scorers in NBA history.

Iverson averaged at least 20 points in each season between 1996 and 2007, and the 11-time All-Star managed 30+ points for the first time during his only MVP winning campaign in 2001. He also accomplished the feat the following year and went on to do it a further two times in 2005 and 2006.

Iverson's highest points average came during the 2005-06 season, although his 33 points were not enough to win the scoring title for the fourth time as Kobe Bryant averaged a remarkable 35.4 points per game.

#4 Adrian Dantley - 4 Seasons with 30+ points

Alvin Dantley is among the NBA's forgotten superstars

During 15 seasons in the NBA, Adrian Dantley scored 23,177 points, posted an absurd .540 field-goal percentage, and recorded 30-plus points per game for four straight seasons. However, the former Utah Jazz star is somewhat of a forgotten superstar, who never earned the recognition he deserved.

After spending his first three seasons with as many different teams, Dantley quickly established himself as one of the NBA's best players with the Jazz and averaged 30.7 points during the 1980-81 season. The small forward would top 30 for the next three seasons, and he almost did it for a fifth time after averaging 29.8 points in the 1985/86 campaign.

Dantley's scoring impact soon slowed as he hit entered his 30s, although the Utah great finally got some of the recognition he deserved when he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame back in 2008.

#3 Oscar Robertson - 6 Seasons with 30+ points

Oscar Robertson was the original triple-double king (Picture credit: NBA.com)

In 1962, Oscar Robertson became the first player in NBA history to average a triple-double for a season - and The Big O's legacy has been revisited due to Russell Westbrook's triple-double heroics. However, unlike Westbrook, Robertson was one of the deadliest scorers of his era and the point guard recorded six 30 points per game seasons.

Uncommonly, Robertson averaged 30.5 points in his rookie campaign with the Cincinnati Royals, and only failed to top the 30-point threshold in one (1962-63) of his first seven seasons in the league. Roberston came close again during the 1967-68 season, averaging 29.2 points, although his scoring efficiency declined after a late-career move to Milwaukee in 1970. Nevertheless, Robertson finished his career averaging 25.7 points per game, and only two other men recorded more 30 point seasons.

#2 Wilt Chamberlain - 7 Seasons with 30+ points

Wilt Chamberlain is among the most recognizable figures in NBA history

During spells with the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, and Los Angeles Lakers, Wilt Chamberlian established himself as the best player of his generation. The 13-time All-Star is most well-known for his 100 point NBA game, although Chamberlain's biggest achievement was his incredible ability to put up the biggest numbers in the history of the sport.

During his first seven seasons in the league, Chamberlain never dipped under 30 points, and the four-time MVP recorded an NBA record of 50.4 points during the 1961-62 season. Chamberlain also took home the scoring title in each of his 30 point seasons and is one of only two players in history to average 30 points over the course of his entire career.

Chamberlain couldn't replicate his early scoring heroics during five years with the Lakers, although the Hall of Famer had already cemented his legacy as perhaps the best scorer in history.

#1 Michael Jordan - 8 Seasons with 30+ points

Michael Jordan is widely considered as the best basketball player of all-time (Picture credit: NBA.com)

Micahel Jordan is no stranger to holding NBA records, and the Chicago Bulls legend unsurprisingly holds the record of most 30 points per game seasons. Jordan first reached the tally during the 1986-87 season, as he averaged a career-high 37.1 points - and the Chicago legend went on to average at least 30 in the following six seasons.

Jordan's streak came to an end after his surprise retirement in 1993, although the superstar soon returned to win three more championships - and Jordan sealed the record by averaging 30 points for one final time during the 1995-96 season.

Jordan also retired as just the second player in history to average 30 points per game over the course of his career. Ultimately, Jordan's record appears unbeatable, and few players will even get halfway to his eight seasons of averaging at least 30.