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Every year, the National Basketball Association (NBA) awards titles to various leaders in the five basketball statistical categories—points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots. Both the scoring title and the assists title were recognized in the 1946–47 season are also recognized, when the league played its first 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.
Only player to lead the league in assists per game and steals per game in the same season, three times; Chris Paul (2007–08, 2008–09, 2013–14) [390] Only player to average 30 points on 50–40–90 splits in a season; Stephen Curry, 2015–16; Only player to average 30 points with a 40% 3-point percentage and 90% free throw percentage in ...
Wilt Chamberlain holds the seven highest season-leading minutes played averages and led the league nine times. In basketball, minutes of game time during which a player is on the court are recorded. The minutes played statistics are recorded as far back as the 1951–52 season when statistics on minutes were first compiled by the National ...
Examples of tempo-free statistics including the following [3] [4] Pace: Possessions per game (typically ranges from 60 to 75) PPP: Points per possession, the points a team score for each possession regardless of a team's pace; TO%: Turnover percentage, the measure of how often a team loses possession of the ball before creating a scoring ...
The National Basketball Association's (NBA) assist title is awarded to the player with the highest assists per game average in a given season. The assists title was first recognized in the 1946–47 season when statistics on assists were first compiled by the Basketball Association of America (BAA), predecessor of the NBA. [ 2 ]
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier professional basketball league in the world.
The league was founded in 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). [1] The league adopted its current name at the start of 1949–50 season when it merged with the National Basketball League (NBL). [2] The league currently consists of thirty teams, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada.