{"id":407773,"date":"2026-01-15T01:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T01:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/407773\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T01:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T01:30:13","slug":"which-nba-team-has-the-most-points-per-game-in-a-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/407773\/","title":{"rendered":"Which NBA team has the most points per game in a season?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan 14, 2026, 06:36 PM ET<\/p>\n<p>The 2025-26 NBA season is bringing high-powered offense. The league average for points per game has been over 110 for the past eight seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Even with their All-Star center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3112335\/nikola-jokic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nikola Jokic<\/a> out for part of the year with an injury, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/den\/denver-nuggets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Denver Nuggets<\/a>&#8216; offense has been on a tear this season. The Nuggets are on pace to be in the top 10 in most PPG in a season in NBA history, which is championed by the 1981-82 Nuggets and Hall of Famer Alex English.<\/p>\n<p>As the season progresses, take a look at the teams with the most PPG in a season in NBA history below:<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<p>Denver Nuggets, 1981-82: 126.5 PPG<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Warriors, 1961-62: 125.4 PPG<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/phi\/philadelphia-76ers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a>, 1966-67: 125.2 PPG<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/bos\/boston-celtics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Celtics<\/a>, 1959-60: 124.5 PPG<\/p>\n<p>Denver Nuggets, 1983-84: 123.7 PPG<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/ind\/indiana-pacers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Indiana Pacers<\/a>, 2023-24: 123.3 PPG<\/p>\n<p>Denver Nuggets, 1982-83: 123.2 PPG<\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati Royals, 1961-62: 123.1 PPG<\/p>\n<p>Denver Nuggets, 2025-26: 122.7 PPG<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia 76ers, 1967-68: 122.6 PPG<\/p>\n<p>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN NBA hub page<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/standings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">standings<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/scoreboard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">scores<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/stats\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stats<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/schedule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">schedules<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan 14, 2026, 06:36 PM ET The 2025-26 NBA season is bringing high-powered offense. The league average for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407774,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-407773","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-nba","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}