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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.
[a] NBA win-loss records also do not include wins and losses recorded during a team's playing time in the American Basketball Association (ABA), despite the 1976 ABA–NBA merger. [ 2 ] The San Antonio Spurs have the highest win-loss record percentage, with 2,305–1,562 (.596). [ 3 ]
Bill Russell won 11 championships with the Boston Celtics, an NBA record. The following is a list of National Basketball Association (NBA) players who won the most championships. The NBA is a major professional basketball league in North America. It was founded in 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). [1]
List of NBA career playoff 3-point scoring leaders Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title List of NBA scoring leaders .
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 January 12, 2025. Robert Parish has played the most games in NBA history.
Wilt Chamberlain holds the all-time records for total points scored (4,029) and points per game (50.4) in a season; both records were achieved in the 1961–62 season. [7] He also holds the rookie records for points per game when he averaged 37.6 points in the 1959–60 season . [ 7 ]
There have been 15 defunct franchises in NBA history. In basketball, points are the sum of the score accumulated through free throw or field goal. [4] The NBA introduced three-point field goals in the 1979–80 season as a bonus for field goals made from a longer distance.
All NBA Finals have been played in a best-of-seven format, and are contested between the winners of the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference (formerly Divisions before 1970), except in 1950 when the Eastern Division champion faced the winner between the Western and Central Division champions.