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A mix of established veterans and budding superstars make up the back end of USA TODAY Sports' best NBA players heading into the 2022-23 season. Counting down the NBA's top 50 players for 2022-23 ...
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.
The 50 players had to have played at least a portion of their careers in the NBA and were selected irrespective of position played. The list was announced by NBA commissioner David Stern on October 29, 1996, at the hotel Grand Hyatt New York , the site of the Commodore Hotel, where the original NBA charter was signed in 1946.
The league adopted its current name at the start of the 1949–50 season when it merged with the National Basketball League (NBL). [2] The NBA Finals is the championship series for the NBA and the conclusion of the sport's postseason. The winning team of the series receives the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy.
All 50 players from the 50th anniversary team made the 75th anniversary list. Eleven current players were added to the list, and the previous list's biggest snub, Dominique Wilkins, made this version.
There is no perfect way to craft a list of the NBA's 75 Greatest Players, but here we try.
The league adopted the NBA name at the start of the 1949–50 season when it merged with the National Basketball League (NBL). [2] The NBA is an active member of USA Basketball, which is recognized by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) as the national governing body for basketball in the country. [3]
[5] [6] Karl Malone scored 36,374 points with the Utah Jazz, the most points by a player for a single franchise. [7] Kobe Bryant leads the Los Angeles Lakers, scoring the most points in the NBA while playing for only one team in an entire career. [8] [9] Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks is second behind Bryant in scoring while playing for ...