This might not be very popular, but Joel Embiid is currently leading the league in PPG at 31.9 ppg. He is having another really good season.
Rounding out the top 10:
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KD (31.4 ppg)
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Luka Doncic (30.5 ppg)
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SGA (30.4)
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Giannis (29.7)
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Steph (29.7)
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Jokic (28.2)
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Jayson Tatum (27.8)
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Anthony Edwards (26.7)
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Tyrese Maxey (26.3)
This list matches the eye test very well.
No one really thinks of Embiid as an all-time great scorer (yet), but 3 straight scoring titles would place him in truly elite company
He also has the 3rd highest career PPG in NBA history currently.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/pts_per_g_career.html
Booker averaging 29.6 next to KD. Just doesn’t have the games played to make the list yet. He has played 8 of our 16 games
He has been, having a down year with efficiency but that was expected without harden getting him easy looks
I think players will start respecting Maxey more and sag off Embiid a bit more to give him more space to drive
Jo’s assists are up significantly. He had 9 tonight. He will have triple doubles when Oubre is back in the lineup.
Embiid is definitely one of the best regular season scorers of all time