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This article contains two charts: The first chart is a list of the top 50 all-time scorers in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The list includes only points scored in regular season games. The second chart is a progressive list of the leading all-time NBA scorers. [1] LeBron James is the leading scorer in NBA history.
Most consecutive games with at least 30 points to start a season (excluding Wilt Chamberlain) 8 by Luka Doncic, 2022–23 [278] Most bench points, season; 1,556 by Ricky Pierce, 1990–91 [279] Most points by a non-All-Star, season; 2,244 by World B. Free, averaged 28.77ppg (played 78 gms), 1978–79 [280]
This list exhibits the National Basketball Association's top single-season scoring averages based on at least 70 games played or 1,400 points scored. The NBA began recording 3-point field goals during the 1979–80 NBA season. Statistics accurate as of the 2023–24 NBA season. ^
He also holds the rookie records for points per game when he averaged 37.6 points in the 1959–60 season. [7] Among active players, James Harden has the highest point total (2,818) and the highest scoring average (36.1) in a season; both were achieved in the 2018–19 season. Michael Jordan has won the most scoring titles, with 10. [8]
LeBron James celebrates after setting the NBA's all-time regular season scoring record during a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Feb. 7, 2023.
Kevin Durant could pass Moses Malone's NBA points record. Moses Malone is at No. 10 all-time with 27,409 career points. That's less than 100 points difference from Hayes, and just 462 points apart ...
LeBron James has just surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most regular season points scored in NBA history. ... James set the record with a fadeaway jumper with 10.9 seconds left in the third ...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar retired in 1989 with a then-record of 20 seasons played. Kobe Bryant was the first guard to play 20 seasons. Jason Kidd had two stints with Dallas in his career, retiring tied with a then-record 19 seasons as a guard. John Stockton spent all 19 years of his NBA career with the Utah Jazz, from 1984 to 2003.