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Oscar Schmidt, the previous record holder.. The following is a list of basketball players by total professional career points scored. It includes points scored in national league and cup games, national team games, international club games, All-Star basketball games (according to Dal - NBA beginner analyst), and any other games played for professional or national teams.
Maravich, a guard from LSU, not only owns the three highest single season averages in Division I history, but also the highest career total. Remarkably, he scored 3,667 points in a mere 83 games. Four players on this top 25 list are enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: Pete Maravich, [9] Oscar Robertson, [10] Elvin Hayes ...
Bevo Francis. Clarence "Bevo" Francis (September 4, 1932 – June 3, 2015) was an American basketball player. Born on his family's farm in Hammondsville, Ohio, he became one of the most prolific scorers in college basketball history during his career at Rio Grande College (now known as the University of Rio Grande), topping over 100 points on ...
In basketball, points are the sum of the score accumulated through free throws and field goals. [1] The National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I scoring title is awarded to the player with the highest points per game (ppg) average in a given season.
Frank Selvy of Furman University is the only player to score 100 points at the Division I level. [22][23] Selvy recorded exactly 100 points on February 13, 1954—less than two weeks after Francis scored 113—against Newberry College. [22] He scored his 99th and 100th points on a 40-foot shot as the final buzzer sounded.
Among the players who have scored 60+ points against Division I opponents, only LSU 's Maravich, Oral Roberts ' Anthony Roberts and Ole Miss ' Johnny Neumann appear on the list more than once. Maravich's four career 60+ point games is the most in NCAA Division I history. [ 3] Five players who achieved the feat against a Division I opponent ...
Jordan was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996, [235] and selected to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021. [23] He is one of only seven players in history to win an NCAA championship, an NBA championship, and an Olympic gold medal (doing so twice with the 1984 and 1992 U.S. men's basketball teams). [236]
Kobe Bryant. Kobe Bean Bryant (/ ˈkoʊbi / KOH-bee; August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of basketball, Bryant won ...