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In even rarer instances, players have reached the 2,000- and 3,000-point plateaus (no player has ever scored 4,000 or more points at the Division I level). The top 25 highest scorers in NCAA Division I men's basketball history are listed below. The NCAA was not organized into its current divisional format until August 1973. [2]
The statistics during that era were compiled from the National Basketball Committee Official Basketball Guide, which was not regulated by NCAA authorities. Therefore, the following players are included in the annual NCAA men's basketball media guide, but are listed as unofficial season scoring leaders. [3]
Rank College First Season Seasons Wins Losses Ties Win% 1 Kansas: 1898 126 2,417 896 1 .730 2 Kentucky: 1906 121 2,398 824 0 .744 3 North Carolina
As noted earlier, assists, steals, and blocks were not kept on a national basis until well into the 1980s; the current array of national statistics did not fully take shape until the 1986–87 season. [3] B.H. Born, Kansas vs. Indiana, CH, 3-18-1953: 26 pts., 15 rebs. & 13 blocked shots. [10]
This is a list of Men's Division I college basketball teams ranked by winning percentage through the end of the 2022–23 season. It includes only those schools that have spent at least 25 years in Division I. [1]
According to the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball media guide, there were also two seasons in the early 1950s in which assists were recorded: 1950–51 and 1951–52. [3] The all-time leader in career assists is Bobby Hurley of Duke. He recorded 1,076 assists in 140 games (7.68 per game average) between 1989–90 and 1992–93.
The overall top 25 is completely occupied by players who were active in the 2020–21 season and benefited from the COVID-19 waiver. The last players eligible to take advantage of this waiver will not complete their college eligibility until 2024–25, not counting any potential medical redshirt season in 2021–22 or later.
Basketball conference affiliations represents those of the 2024–25 NCAA basketball season. [2] Alaska is the only state without a Division I basketball program, but it does have two Division II programs: the Alaska–Anchorage Seawolves and the Alaska Nanooks (the latter representing the University of Alaska's original Fairbanks campus).