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Encyclopedia > List of National Basketball Association top individual scoring season averages

NBA minimum requirements for scoring average are 70 games played or 1,400 points scored. The NBA began recording three-point field goals during the 1979-80 season. The National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the NBA, is the premier professional basketball league in North America. ...

Rank Season Player Team Games FG 3FG FT Pts PPG
1 1961-62 Wilt Chamberlain Philadelphia Warriors 80 1,597 0 835 4,029 50.4
2 1962-63 Wilt Chamberlain San Francisco Warriors 80 1,463 0 660 3,586 44.8
3 1960-61 Wilt Chamberlain Philadelphia Warriors 79 1,251 0 531 3,033 38.4
4 1959-60 Wilt Chamberlain Philadelphia Warriors 72 1,065 0 577 2,707 37.6
5 1986-87 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls 82 1,098 12 833 3,041 37.1
6 1963-64 Wilt Chamberlain San Francisco Warriors 80 1,204 0 540 2,948 36.9
7 1966-67 Rick Barry San Francisco Warriors 78 1,011 0 753 2,775 35.6
8 2005-06 Kobe Bryant Los Angeles Lakers 80 978 180 696 2,832 35.4
9 1987-88 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls 82 1,069 7 723 2,868 35.0
10 1971-72 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Milwaukee Bucks 81 1,159 0 504 2,822 34.8
11 1960-61 Elgin Baylor Los Angeles Lakers 73 931 0 676 2,538 34.8
12 1964-65 Wilt Chamberlain SF Warriors/Phil 76ers 73 1,063 0 408 2,534 34.7
13 1974-75 Bob McAdoo Buffalo Braves 82 1,095 0 641 2,831 34.5
14
(tie)		 1962-63 Elgin Baylor Los Angeles Lakers 80 1,029 0 661 2,719 34.0
1972-73 Nate Archibald Kansas City-Omaha Kings 80 1,028 0 663 2,719 34.0
16 1989-90 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls 82 1,034 92 593 2,753 33.6
17 1965-66 Wilt Chamberlain Philadelphia 76ers 79 1,074 0 501 2,649 33.5
18 1979-80 George Gervin San Antonio Spurs 78 1,024 32 505 2,585 33.1
19 2005-06 Allen Iverson Philadelphia 76ers 72 815 72 675 2,377 33.0
20 1984-85 Bernard King New York Knicks 55 691 1 426 1,809 32.9
21 1992-93 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls 78 992 81 476 2,541 32.6
22 1988-89 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls 81 966 27 674 2,633 32.5
23 1981-82 George Gervin San Antonio Spurs 79 993 10 555 2,551 32.3
24 2002-03 Tracy McGrady Orlando Magic 75 829 173 576 2,407 32.1
25 1970-71 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Milwaukee Bucks 82 1,063 0 470 2,596 31.7

Wilton Norman Wilt Chamberlain (August 21, 1936–October 12, 1999), nicknamed Wilt the Stilt and The Big Dipper, was an American professional National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player for the Philadelphia / San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers; and also played for the Harlem Globetrotters. ... The Golden State Warriors are a National Basketball Association team based in Oakland, California. ... Wilton Norman Wilt Chamberlain (August 21, 1936–October 12, 1999), nicknamed Wilt the Stilt and The Big Dipper, was an American professional National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player for the Philadelphia / San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers; and also played for the Harlem Globetrotters. ... The Golden State Warriors are a National Basketball Association team based in Oakland, California. ... Wilton Norman Wilt Chamberlain (August 21, 1936–October 12, 1999), nicknamed Wilt the Stilt and The Big Dipper, was an American professional National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player for the Philadelphia / San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers; and also played for the Harlem Globetrotters. ... The Golden State Warriors are a National Basketball Association team based in Oakland, California. ... Wilton Norman Wilt Chamberlain (August 21, 1936–October 12, 1999), nicknamed Wilt the Stilt and The Big Dipper, was an American professional National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player for the Philadelphia / San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers; and also played for the Harlem Globetrotters. ... The Golden State Warriors are a National Basketball Association team based in Oakland, California. ... This article is about the former basketball player. ... The Chicago Bulls are a professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois. ... Wilton Norman Wilt Chamberlain (August 21, 1936–October 12, 1999), nicknamed Wilt the Stilt and The Big Dipper, was an American professional National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player for the Philadelphia / San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers; and also played for the Harlem Globetrotters. ... The Golden State Warriors are a National Basketball Association team based in Oakland, California. ... Richard (Rick) Francis Dennis Barry III (born March 28, 1944, in Elizabeth, New Jersey) is an American former professional basketball player. ... The Golden State Warriors are a National Basketball Association team based in Oakland, California. ... Kobe Bryant (born August 23, 1978) is an American All-Star shooting guard in the National Basketball Association who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers. ... The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Los Angeles, California. ... This article is about the former basketball player. ... The Chicago Bulls are a professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois. ... For the football player, see Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Elgin Gay Baylor (born September 16, 1934 in Washington, D.C.) is an American former basketball forward. ... The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Los Angeles, California. ... Wilton Norman Wilt Chamberlain (August 21, 1936–October 12, 1999), nicknamed Wilt the Stilt and The Big Dipper, was an American professional National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player for the Philadelphia / San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers; and also played for the Harlem Globetrotters. ... The Golden State Warriors are a National Basketball Association team based in Oakland, California. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Robert Allen Bob McAdoo (born September 25, 1951 in Greensboro, North Carolina) is a former professional basketball player who spent his fourteen-season career between the center and power forward positions in the National Basketball Association. ... The Los Angeles Clippers are a National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles, California. ... Elgin Gay Baylor (born September 16, 1934 in Washington, D.C.) is an American former basketball forward. ... The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Los Angeles, California. ... This article is about the NBA Player. ... The Sacramento Kings are a National Basketball Association team based in Sacramento, California. ... This article is about the former basketball player. ... The Chicago Bulls are a professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois. ... Wilton Norman Wilt Chamberlain (August 21, 1936–October 12, 1999), nicknamed Wilt the Stilt and The Big Dipper, was an American professional National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player for the Philadelphia / San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers; and also played for the Harlem Globetrotters. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... George Gervin (born April 27, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former professional basketball player, a shooting guard for the American Basketball Associations (ABA) Virginia Squires and San Antonio Spurs and the National Basketball Associations (NBA) San Antonio Spurs and Chicago Bulls. ... The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. ... Allen Ezail Iverson (born June 7, 1975, in Hampton, Virginia[1]), nicknamed A.I. and The Answer, is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Bernard King (born December 4, 1956 in Brooklyn, New York) is a retired American professional basketball player at the small forward position in the NBA and one of the NBAs all-time greatest scorers. ... “Knicks” redirects here. ... This article is about the former basketball player. ... The Chicago Bulls are a professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois. ... This article is about the former basketball player. ... The Chicago Bulls are a professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois. ... George Gervin (born April 27, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former professional basketball player, a shooting guard for the American Basketball Associations (ABA) Virginia Squires and San Antonio Spurs and the National Basketball Associations (NBA) San Antonio Spurs and Chicago Bulls. ... The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. ... Tracy Lamar McGrady, Jr. ... The Orlando Magic is a professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. ... For the football player, see Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

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