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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.
He holds the record for heaviest NFL player ever, at 410 lbs, weighing over 350 lbs in high school. [1] He was a two-way player. As a senior, he was a first-team All-state selection and was named as a Top 33 Pick by the Bloomington Herald-Times. As a defensive tackle, he had 8 fumble recoveries and 11 passes defensed.
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.
In the NBA, big men typically have longer playing careers than smaller men. [17] [18] Older centers and power forwards may have the luxury of pacing themselves while running the court, or they might station themselves in the post. [19] [20] Big men Parish, Willis, and Garnett all had relatively minor roles while playing in their respective 21st ...
This is a list of basketball players who are the leaders in career regular season games played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). [a] Statistics accurate as of December 15, 2024. Robert Parish has played the most games in NBA history.
Most consecutive games with at least 30 points to start a season (excluding Wilt Chamberlain) 8 by Luka Doncic, 2022–23 [277] Most bench points, season; 1,556 by Ricky Pierce, 1990–91 [278] Most points by a non-All-Star, season; 2,244 by World B. Free, averaged 28.77ppg (played 78 gms), 1978–79 [279]
It adopted the name National Basketball Association at the start of the 1949–50 season when it merged with the National Basketball League (NBL). [1] The NBA is an active member of USA Basketball, which is recognized by FIBA (a French acronym for "International Basketball Federation") as the National Governing Body (NGB) for basketball in the ...
This has been the requirement since the 2013–14 season. [3] [4] Mark Eaton holds the all-time records for total blocks (456) and blocks per game (5.56) in a season; both achieved in the 1984–85 season. [2] Manute Bol holds the rookie records for total blocks and blocks per game when he had 397 and averaged 5.0 in the 1985–86 season. [2]