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List of NBA annual scoring leaders

In basketball, points are accumulated through free throws or field goals.[1] The National Basketball Association's (NBA) scoring title is awarded to the player with the highest points per game average in a given season. The scoring title was originally determined by total points scored through the 1968–69 season, after which points per game was used to determine the leader instead.[2] The three-point field goal was introduced in the NBA at the start of the 1979–80 season.[3][4] To qualify for the scoring title, a player must appear in at least 58 games (out of 82). However, a player who appears in fewer than 58 games may qualify as annual scoring leader if his point total would have given him the greatest average, had he appeared in 58 games.[5] For the scoring title, this has been the requirement since the 2013–14 season, with requirements changing several times previously throughout history.[6]

Michael Jordan recorded ten scoring titles in his career—the most in NBA history—and is the oldest scoring champion, having achieved his last title aged 35.

Wilt Chamberlain holds the all-time records for total points scored (4,029) and points per game (50.4) in a season; both records were achieved in the 1961–62 season.[7] 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 ten.[8] Jordan and Chamberlain are the only players to have won seven consecutive scoring titles (this was also Chamberlain's career total).[8] George Gervin, Allen Iverson and Kevin Durant have won four scoring titles in their career,[9] and James Harden, George Mikan, Neil Johnston and Bob McAdoo have achieved it three times. Paul Arizin, Bob Pettit, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O'Neal, Tracy McGrady, Kobe Bryant, Russell Westbrook, Stephen Curry and Joel Embiid have each won the scoring title twice. Since the 1946–47 season, five players have won both the scoring title and the NBA championship in the same season: Joe Fulks in 1947 with the Philadelphia Warriors, Mikan from 1949 to 1950 with the Minneapolis Lakers, Abdul-Jabbar (then Lew Alcindor)[g] in 1971 with the Milwaukee Bucks, Jordan from 1991 to 1993 and from 1996 to 1998 with the Chicago Bulls, and O'Neal in 2000 with the Los Angeles Lakers.[2][10] Since the introduction of the three-point field goal, O'Neal is the only scoring leader to not have made a three-pointer during the season.[11]

At 21 years and 197 days, Durant is the youngest scoring leader in NBA history,[12] averaging 30.1 points in the 2009–10 season. Stephen Curry led the league with an average of 30.1 points in the 2015–16 season and became the first player to win the title shooting 50–40–90 in a season. Russell Westbrook led the league with an average of 31.6 points in the 2016–17 season, when he also became the second NBA player to average a triple-double in a season. The most recent champion is Luka Dončić.

Key

^Denotes player who is still active in the NBA
*Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
†Not yet eligible for Hall of Fame consideration[a]
‡Denotes player who won the Most Valuable Player award that year
Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player had been the scoring leader up to and including that season
GGuardFForwardCCenter

Annual leaders

Joe Fulks won the first scoring title in 1947.
Wilt Chamberlain won seven consecutive scoring titles from 1960 to 1966.
Jerry West won the scoring title in 1970, averaging 31.2 points per game.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won scoring titles in 1971 and 1972.
Bob McAdoo won consecutive titles 1974–1976.
Allen Iverson won scoring titles in 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2005.
Kobe Bryant won scoring titles in 2006 and 2007.
LeBron James won the scoring title in 2008 en route to becoming the NBA's all-time scoring leader in 2023.
Kevin Durant became the youngest scoring champion in 2010. He won another three in 2011, 2012 and 2014.
Russell Westbrook won in 2015, following teammate Durant's win a year earlier, and again in 2017.
Stephen Curry became the first player to win the title shooting 50–40–90 in 2016, he won it again in 2021
James Harden won consecutive titles 2018–2020.
SeasonPlayerAge[b]Pos[c]TeamGames
played		Field goals
made		3-point
field goals
made		Free throws
made		Total
points		Points per
game		Ref
1946–47Joe Fulks*25F/CPhiladelphia Warriors60475—4391,38923.2[13][14]
1947–48Max Zaslofsky[d]22G/FChicago Stags48373—2611,00721.0[16][17]
1948–49George Mikan*24CMinneapolis Lakers60583—5321,69828.3[18][19]
1949–50George Mikan* (2)25CMinneapolis Lakers68649—5671,86527.4[19][20]
1950–51George Mikan* (3)26CMinneapolis Lakers68678—5761,93228.4[19][21]
1951–52Paul Arizin*23F/GPhiladelphia Warriors66548—5781,67425.4[22][23]
1952–53Neil Johnston*23CPhiladelphia Warriors70504—5561,56422.3[24][25]
1953–54Neil Johnston* (2)24CPhiladelphia Warriors72591—5771,75924.5[25][26]
1954–55Neil Johnston* (3)25CPhiladelphia Warriors72521—5891,63122.7[25][27]
1955–56 ‡Bob Pettit*23F/CSt. Louis Hawks72646—5571,84925.7[28][29]
1956–57Paul Arizin* (2)28F/GPhiladelphia Warriors71613—5911,81725.6[23][30]
1957–58George Yardley*29F/GDetroit Pistons72673—6552,00127.8[31][32]
1958–59 ‡Bob Pettit* (2)26F/CSt. Louis Hawks72719—6672,10529.2[29][33]
1959–60 ‡Wilt Chamberlain*[e]23CPhiladelphia Warriors721,065—5772,70737.6[34][35]
1960–61Wilt Chamberlain* (2)24CPhiladelphia Warriors791,251—5313,03338.4[35][36]
1961–62Wilt Chamberlain* (3)[f]25CPhiladelphia Warriors801,597—8354,02950.4[35][37]
1962–63Wilt Chamberlain* (4)26CSan Francisco Warriors801,463—6603,58644.8[35][38]
1963–64Wilt Chamberlain* (5)27CSan Francisco Warriors801,204—5402,94836.9[35][39]
1964–65Wilt Chamberlain* (6)28CSan Francisco Warriors
Philadelphia 76ers		731,063—4082,53434.7[35][40]
1965–66 ‡Wilt Chamberlain* (7)29CPhiladelphia 76ers791,074—5012,64933.5[35][41]
1966–67Rick Barry*22FSan Francisco Warriors781,011—7532,77535.6[42][43]
1967–68Dave Bing*[g]24GDetroit Pistons79835—4722,14227.1[46][47]
1968–69Elvin Hayes*[h]23F/CSan Diego Rockets82930—4672,32728.4[48][49]
1969–70Jerry West*[i]31GLos Angeles Lakers74831—6472,30931.2[51][52]
1970–71 ‡Lew Alcindor*[j]23CMilwaukee Bucks821,063—4702,59631.7[54][55]
1971–72 ‡Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* (2)24CMilwaukee Bucks811,159—5042,82234.8[55][56]
1972–73Nate Archibald*24GKansas City-Omaha Kings801,028—6632,71934.0[57][58]
1973–74Bob McAdoo*22C/FBuffalo Braves74901—4592,26130.6[59][60]
1974–75 ‡Bob McAdoo* (2)23C/FBuffalo Braves821,095—6412,83134.5[60][61]
1975–76Bob McAdoo* (3)24C/FBuffalo Braves78934—5592,42731.1[60][62]
1976–77Pete Maravich*29GNew Orleans Jazz73886—5012,27331.1[63][64]
1977–78George Gervin*[k]25G/FSan Antonio Spurs82864—5042,23227.2[70][71]
1978–79George Gervin* (2)26G/FSan Antonio Spurs80947—4712,36529.6[71][72]
1979–80George Gervin* (3)27G/FSan Antonio Spurs781,024325052,58533.1[71][73]
1980–81Adrian Dantley*24F/GUtah Jazz8090926322,45230.7[74][75]
1981–82George Gervin* (4)29G/FSan Antonio Spurs79993105552,55132.3[71][76]
1982–83Alex English*29FDenver Nuggets8295924062,32628.4[77][78]
1983–84Adrian Dantley* (2)27F/GUtah Jazz7980218132,41830.6[75][79]
1984–85Bernard King*[l]28FNew York Knicks5569114261,80932.9[81][82]
1985–86Dominique Wilkins*[m]26FAtlanta Hawks78888135772,36630.3[84][85]
1986–87Michael Jordan*23GChicago Bulls821,098128333,04137.1[86][87]
1987–88 ‡Michael Jordan* (2)24GChicago Bulls821,06977232,86835.0[87][88]
1988–89Michael Jordan* (3)25GChicago Bulls81966276742,63332.5[87][89]
1989–90Michael Jordan* (4)26GChicago Bulls821,034925932,75333.6[87][90]
1990–91 ‡Michael Jordan* (5)27GChicago Bulls82990295712,58031.5[87][91]
1991–92 ‡Michael Jordan* (6)28GChicago Bulls80943274912,40430.1[87][92]
1992–93Michael Jordan* (7)29GChicago Bulls78992814762,54132.6[87][93]
1993–94David Robinson*[n]28CSan Antonio Spurs80840106932,38329.8[95][96]
1994–95Shaquille O'Neal*22COrlando Magic7993004552,31529.3[97][98]
1995–96 ‡Michael Jordan* (8)32GChicago Bulls829161115482,49130.4[87][99]
1996–97Michael Jordan* (9)33GChicago Bulls829201114802,43129.6[87][100]
1997–98 ‡Michael Jordan* (10)[o]34GChicago Bulls82881305652,35728.7[87][103]
1998–99[p]Allen Iverson*[q]23GPhiladelphia 76ers48435583561,28426.8[106][107]
1999–00 ‡Shaquille O'Neal* (2)27CLos Angeles Lakers7995604322,34429.7[98][108]
2000–01 ‡Allen Iverson* (2)[r]25GPhiladelphia 76ers71762985852,20731.1[107][110]
2001–02Allen Iverson* (3)[s]26GPhiladelphia 76ers60665784751,88331.4[107][112]
2002–03Tracy McGrady*[t]23G/FOrlando Magic758291735762,40732.1[114][115]
2003–04Tracy McGrady* (2)[u]24G/FOrlando Magic676531743981,87828.0[115]
2004–05Allen Iverson* (4)29GPhiladelphia 76ers757711046562,30230.7[107]
2005–06Kobe Bryant*27GLos Angeles Lakers809781806962,83235.4[117]
2006–07Kobe Bryant* (2)28GLos Angeles Lakers778131376672,43031.6[117]
2007–08LeBron James^[v]23FCleveland Cavaliers757941135492,25030.0[119]
2008–09Dwyane Wade*27GMiami Heat79854885902,38630.2[120]
2009–10Kevin Durant^[w]21FOklahoma City Thunder827941287562,47230.1[122]
2010–11Kevin Durant^ (2)22FOklahoma City Thunder787111455942,16127.7[122]
2011–12[x]Kevin Durant^ (3)[y]23FOklahoma City Thunder666431334311,85028.0[122]
2012–13Carmelo Anthony†[z]28FNew York Knicks676691574251,92028.7[126]
2013–14 ‡Kevin Durant^ (4)25FOklahoma City Thunder818491927032,59332.0[122]
2014–15Russell Westbrook^[aa]26GOklahoma City Thunder67627865461,88628.1[128]
2015–16 ‡Stephen Curry^[ab]28GGolden State Warriors798054023632,37530.1[130]
2016–17 ‡Russell Westbrook^ (2)28GOklahoma City Thunder818242007102,55831.6[128]
2017–18 ‡James Harden^[ac]28GHouston Rockets726512656242,19130.4[132]
2018–19James Harden^ (2)29GHouston Rockets788433787542,81836.1[132]
2019–20James Harden^ (3)30GHouston Rockets686722996922,33534.3[132]
2020–21Stephen Curry^ (2)32GGolden State Warriors636583373622,01532.0[130]
2021–22Joel Embiid^[ad]27CPhiladelphia 76ers68666936542,07930.6[134]
2022–23 ‡Joel Embiid^ (2)[ae]28CPhiladelphia 76ers66728666612,18333.1[136]
2023–24Luka Dončić^25GDallas Mavericks708042844782,37033.9

Multiple-time leaders

RankPlayerTeamTimes leaderYears
1Michael JordanChicago Bulls101987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998
2Wilt ChamberlainPhiladelphia Warriors/San Francisco Warriors (5) / Philadelphia 76ers (2)71960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
3Kevin DurantOklahoma City Thunder42010, 2011, 2012, 2014
George GervinSan Antonio Spurs1978, 1979, 1980, 1982
Allen IversonPhiladelphia 76ers1999, 2001, 2002, 2005
6James HardenHouston Rockets32018, 2019, 2020
Neil JohnstonPhiladelphia Warriors1953, 1954, 1955
Bob McAdooBuffalo Braves1974, 1975, 1976
George MikanMinneapolis Lakers1949, 1950, 1951
10Kareem Abdul-JabbarMilwaukee Bucks21971, 1972
Paul ArizinPhiladelphia Warriors1952, 1957
Kobe BryantLos Angeles Lakers2006, 2007
Stephen CurryGolden State Warriors2016, 2021
Adrian DantleyUtah Jazz1981, 1984
Joel EmbiidPhiladelphia 76ers2022, 2023
Tracy McGradyOrlando Magic2003, 2004
Shaquille O'NealOrlando Magic (1) / Los Angeles Lakers (1)1995, 2000
Bob PettitSt. Louis Hawks1956, 1959
Russell WestbrookOklahoma City Thunder2015, 2017

See also

Notes

References

General
  • "Yearly Leaders and Records for Points Per Game". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on October 18, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2009.
  • "Yearly Leaders and Records for Points". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on October 18, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2009.
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