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[[File:Jordan Lipofsky.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Michael Jordan]] recorded ten scoring titles in his career—the most in NBA history—and is the oldest scoring champion, having achieved his last title aged 35.]]
In [[basketball]], [[PointBasketball (basketball)scorekeeping|points]] are accumulated through [[free throw]]s or [[Field goal (basketball)|field goals]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/baskBasi/glos.asp |title=Basketball glossary |work=FIBA.com |access-date=March 6, 2010|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516175956/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/baskBasi/glos.asp |archive-date=May 16, 2010}}</ref> The [[National Basketball Association]]|National Basketball Association's]] (NBA) scoring title is awarded to the player with the highest [[points per game]] [[average]] in a given season. The scoring title was originally determined by total points scored through the [[1968–69 NBA season|1968–69 season]], after which points per game was used to determine the leader instead.<ref name="scoring title">{{cite web |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9402E4DF143FF936A25752C0A9609C8B63 |title=Around the N.B.A.; In the N.B.A., Scoring Titles Rarely Equal Championships |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 22, 2009 |date=January 15, 2006 |first=Liz |last=Robbins|archive-date=November 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106194915/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9402E4DF143FF936A25752C0A9609C8B63|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[three-point field goal]] was introduced in the NBA at the start of the [[1979–80 NBA season|1979–80 season]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/05/sports/3-pointer-adds-dimension-to-nba.html |title=3-Pointer Adds Dimension To N.B.A |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 21, 2009 |date=February 5, 1990 |first=Clifton |last=Brown|archive-date=November 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110072621/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/05/sports/3-pointer-adds-dimension-to-nba.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=httphttps://assets.espn.go.com/nba/s/2003/0102/1485892.html |title=The trey is the thing in today's NBA |work=ESPN.com |access-date=February 21, 2009 |date=January 2, 2003 |first=Mark |last=Haubner|archive-date=September 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921151230/http://assets.espn.go.com/nba/s/2003/0102/1485892.html|url-status=live}}</ref> To qualify for the scoring title, a player must appear in at least 58&nbsp; games (out of 82). However, a player who appears in fewer than 58 games may qualify as annual scoring leader if his point total would have given him the greatest average, had he appeared in 58 games.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Statistical Minimums {{!}} Stats {{!}} NBA.com {{!}} NBA.com |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/help/statminimums |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=www.nba.com |archive-date=April 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429063802/https://www.nba.com/stats/help/statminimums |url-status=live }}</ref> For the scoring title, Thisthis has been the requirement since the [[2013–14 NBA season|2013–14 season]], with requirements changing several times previously throughout history.<ref name="ratereq">{{cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/about/rate_stat_req.html |title=Rate Statistic Requirements |work=basketball-reference.com |access-date=March 6, 2010|archive-date=May 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514040849/http://www.basketball-reference.com/about/rate_stat_req.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
[[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 NBA season|1961–62 season]].<ref name="chamberlain_bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/history/players/chamberlain_bio.html |title=Wilt Chamberlain |work=NBA.com |publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc |access-date=March 2, 2009|archive-date=January 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119095210/http://www.nba.com/history/players/chamberlain_bio.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He also holds the rookie records for points per game when he averaged 37.6 points in the [[1959–60 NBA season|1959–60 season]].<ref name="chamberlain_bio" /> Among active players, [[James Harden]] has the highest point total (2,818) and the highest scoring average (36.1) in a season; both were achieved in the [[2018–19 NBA season|2018–19 season]].
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[[Michael Jordan]] has won the most scoring titles, with ten.<ref name="jordan_bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/history/players/jordan_bio.html |title=Michael Jordan |work=NBA.com |publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc |access-date=February 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902114359/http://www.nba.com/history/players/jordan_bio.html|archive-date=September 2, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jordan and Chamberlain are the only players to have won seven consecutive scoring titles (this was also Chamberlain's career total).<ref name="jordan_bio" /> [[George Gervin]], [[Allen Iverson]] and [[Kevin Durant]] have won four scoring titles in their career,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/sixers/features/iverson_050420.html |title=Iverson Wins Fourth Scoring Title |work=NBA.com |publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc |access-date=February 25, 2009 |date=April 20, 2005 |first=Brian |last=Smith|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419040639/http://www.nba.com/sixers/features/iverson_050420.html |archive-date=April 19, 2014}}</ref> and [[James Harden]], [[George Mikan]], [[Neil Johnston]] and [[Bob McAdoo]] have achieved it three times. [[Paul Arizin]], [[Bob Pettit]], [[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]], [[Shaquille O'Neal]], [[Tracy McGrady]], [[Kobe Bryant]], [[Russell Westbrook]], [[Stephen Curry]] and [[Joel Embiid]] have each won the scoring title twice. Since the [[1946–47 BAA season|1946–47 season]], five players have won both the scoring title and the [[List of NBA champions|NBA championship]] in the same season: [[Joe Fulks]] in [[1947 BAA Finals|1947]] with the [[Philadelphia Warriors]], Mikan from [[1949 BAA Finals|1949]] to [[1950 NBA Finals|1950]] with the [[Los Angeles Lakers|Minneapolis Lakers]], Abdul-Jabbar (then Lew Alcindor){{Ref label|Note7|g|g}} in [[1971 NBA Finals|1971]] with the [[Milwaukee Bucks]], Jordan from [[1991 NBA Finals|1991]] to [[1993 NBA Finals|1993]] and from [[1996 NBA Finals|1996]] to [[1998 NBA Finals|1998]] with the [[Chicago Bulls]], and O'Neal in [[2000 NBA Finals|2000]] with the [[Los Angeles Lakers]].<ref name="scoring title" /><ref>{{cite news |first=Janis |last=Carr |title=Jackson aware of the score with O'Neal |work=The Orange County Register |page=D11 |date=April 2, 2000}}</ref> Since the introduction of the [[three-point field goal]], O'Neal is the only scoring leader to not have made a three-pointer during the season.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shaquille O'Neal: A Force of Nature |date=August 7, 2019 |website=FoxSports.com |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nba/shaquille-oneal-a-force-of-nature |access-date=October 15, 2020|archive-date=January 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101163947/https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nba/shaquille-oneal-a-force-of-nature|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
At 21&nbsp;years and 197&nbsp;days, Durant is the youngest scoring leader in NBA history,<ref name="youngest">{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=10378942 |title=Durant Becomes NBA's Youngest Scoring Champ |first=Jeff |last=Latzke |date=April 15, 2010 |work=ABC News Internet Ventures |access-date=April 15, 2010 |archive-date=February 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217173028/http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=10378942 |url-status=live }}</ref> averaging 30.1 points in the [[2009–10 NBA season|2009–10 season]]. [[Stephen Curry]] led the league with an average of 30.1 points in the [[2015–16 NBA season|2015–16 season]] and became the first player to win the title shooting [[50–40–90 club|50–40–90]] in a season. [[Russell Westbrook]] led the league with an average of 31.6 points in the [[2016–17 NBA season|2016–17 season]], when he also became the second NBA player to average a [[triple-double]] in a season. The most recent champion is [[JoelLuka EmbiidDončić]].
 
== Key ==
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|colspan=5|Inducted into the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]]
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|style="background-color:#FFE6BD; border:1px solid #aaaaaaCCFF99; width:6em" colspan=2|{{dagger}}†
|colspan=5|Not yet eligible for Hall of Fame consideration{{efn|A player is not eligible for induction into the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] until he has been fully retired for three calendar years.}}
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|style="background-color:#FFE6BD; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:6em" colspan=2|‡
|colspan=5|Denotes player who won the [[NBA Most Valuable Player Award|Most Valuable Player]] award that year
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[[File:Joe Fulks.jpeg|thumb|right|upright=0.52|[[Joe Fulks]] won the first scoring title in 1947.]]
[[File:Wilt Chamberlain 1967.jpeg|thumb|right|upright=0.52|[[Wilt Chamberlain]] won seven consecutive scoring titles from 1960 to 1966.]]
[[File:Jerry West Lakers 1972 champions.jpgjpeg|thumb|right|upright=0.52|[[Jerry West]] won the scoring title in 1970, averaging 31.2 points per game.]]
[[File:Kareem-Abdul-Jabbar Lipofsky.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.52|[[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]] won scoring titles in 1971 and 1972.]]
[[File:Mcadoo 1973.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.52|[[Bob McAdoo]] won consecutive titles 1974–1976.]]
[[File:Allen Iverson Lipofsky.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.52|[[Allen Iverson]] won scoring titles in 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2005.]]
[[File:KBryant8.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.52|[[Kobe Bryant]] won scoring titles in 2006 and 2007.]]
[[File:LebronFT (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.52|[[LeBron James]] won the scoring title in 2008 en route to becoming the NBA's all-time scoring leader in 2023.]]
[[File:Kevin Durant 4.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.52|[[Kevin Durant]] became the youngest scoring champion in 2010. He won another three in 2011, 2012 and 2014.]]
[[File:Russell Westbrook dribbling vs Cavs (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.52|[[Russell Westbrook]] won in 2015, following teammate Durant's win a year earlier, and again in 2017.]]
[[File:Stephen Curry dribbling 2016 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.52|[[Stephen Curry]] became the first player to win the title shooting [[50–40–90 club|50–40–90]] in 2016, he won it again in 2021]]
[[File:JamesHardenWSHLuka Doncic (51177372745).jpg|thumb|upright=0.52|[[JamesLuka HardenDončić]] wonis the reigning scoring leader for the NBA after averaging 33.9 points during consecutivethe titles2023–24 2018–2020season.]]
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" summary="Season (sortable), Player (sortable), Position (sortable), Team (sortable), Game played (sortable), Field goals made (sortable), 3-point field goals made (sortable), Free throws made (sortable), Total points (sortable), Points per game (sortable) and References"
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!scope="col"| [[Basketball positions|Pos]]{{#tag:ref|The player's primary position is listed first.|group=lower-alpha}}
!scope="col"| Team
!scope="col"| {{tooltip|GP|Games<br />played}}
!scope="col"| [[Field goal (basketball)|Field goals]]<br />made
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| [[Three-point field goal|3-point<br />field goals]]<br />made
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|align=center|<ref name="johnston" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/history/points/19541955.html |title=League Leaders: Points – 1954–55 |work=NBA.com |publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc |access-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109050702/http://www.nba.com/history/points/19541955.html|archive-date=November 9, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| {{nbay|1955}} {{dagger}}‡
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Bob|Pettit}}*
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/history/points/19571958.html |title=League Leaders: Points – 1957–58 |work=NBA.com |publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc |access-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109050833/http://www.nba.com/history/points/19571958.html|archive-date=November 9, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite basketball-reference|id=y/yardlge01|name=George Yardley|date=February 21, 2009}}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| {{nbay|1958}} {{dagger}}‡
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Bob|Pettit}}* (2)
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|align=center|<ref name="pettit" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/history/points/19581959.html |title=League Leaders: Points – 1958–59 |work=NBA.com |publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc |access-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109050840/http://www.nba.com/history/points/19581959.html|archive-date=November 9, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| {{nbay|1959}} {{dagger}}‡
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Wilt|Chamberlain}}*{{#tag:ref|Wilt Chamberlain holds the all-time rookie record for points per game.<ref name="chamberlain_bio" />|group=lower-alpha}}
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|align=center|<ref name="chamberlain" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/history/points/19641965.html |title=League Leaders: Points – 1964–65 |work=NBA.com |publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc |access-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109050911/http://www.nba.com/history/points/19641965.html|archive-date=November 9, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| {{nbay|1965}} {{dagger}}‡
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Wilt|Chamberlain}}* (7)
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/history/points/19691970.html |title=League Leaders: Points – 1969–70 |work=NBA.com |publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc |access-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109050946/http://www.nba.com/history/points/19691970.html|archive-date=November 9, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite basketball-reference|id=w/westje01|name=Jerry West|date=February 21, 2009}}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| {{nbay|1970}} {{dagger}}‡
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Lew|Alcindor|Kareem Abdul-Jabbar}}*{{#tag:ref|Before the 1971–72 season, Lew Alcindor changed his name to [[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/history/players/abduljabbar_bio.html |title=Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |access-date=March 8, 2009 |publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc |work=NBA.com|archive-date=July 31, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731111524/http://www.nba.com/history/players/abduljabbar_bio.html|url-status=live}}</ref>|group=lower-alpha}}
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/history/points/19701971.html |title=League Leaders: Points – 1970–71 |work=NBA.com |publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc |access-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109050953/http://www.nba.com/history/points/19701971.html|archive-date=November 9, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Abdul-Jabbar">{{cite basketball-reference|id=a/abdulka01|name=Kareem Abdul-Jabbar|date=February 21, 2009}}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| {{nbay|1971}} {{dagger}}‡
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Kareem|Abdul-Jabbar}}* (2)
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/history/points/19731974.html |title=League Leaders: Points – 1973–74 |work=NBA.com |publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc |access-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109051044/http://www.nba.com/history/points/19731974.html|archive-date=November 9, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="mcadoo">{{cite basketball-reference|id=m/mcadobo01|name=Bob McAdoo|date=February 21, 2009}}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| {{nbay|1974}} {{dagger}}‡
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Bob|McAdoo}}* (2)
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/history/points/19861987.html |title=League Leaders: Points – 1986–87 |work=NBA.com |publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc |access-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109051550/http://www.nba.com/history/points/19861987.html|archive-date=November 9, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="jordan">{{cite basketball-reference|id=j/jordami01|name=Michael Jordan|date=February 22, 2009}}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| {{nbay|1987}} {{dagger}}‡
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Michael|Jordan}}* (2)
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|align=center|<ref name="jordan" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/history/points/19891990.html |title=League Leaders: Points – 1989–90 |work=NBA.com |publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc |access-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109051605/http://www.nba.com/history/points/19891990.html|archive-date=November 9, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| {{nbay|1990}} {{dagger}}‡
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Michael|Jordan}}* (5)
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|align=center|<ref name="jordan" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/history/points/19901991.html |title=League Leaders: Points – 1990–91 |work=NBA.com |publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc |access-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109051616/http://www.nba.com/history/points/19901991.html|archive-date=November 9, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| {{nbay|1991}} {{dagger}}‡
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Michael|Jordan}}* (6)
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|{{nbay|1993}}
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|David|Robinson|David Robinson (basketball)}}*{{#tag:ref|In the 1993–94 season, [[David Robinson (basketball)|David Robinson]] scored 71 points in the final game of the season to edge [[Shaquille O'Neal]] (29.3) for the scoring title.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/history/players/robinson_bio.html |title=David Robinson |work=NBA.com |publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc |access-date=February 20, 2009|archive-date=January 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119024304/http://www.nba.com/history/players/robinson_bio.html|url-status=live}}</ref>|group=lower-alpha}}
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/history/points/19941995.html |title=League Leaders: Points – 1994-9 |work=NBA.com |publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc |access-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125080626/http://www.nba.com/history/points/19941995.html|archive-date=January 25, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="oneal">{{cite basketball-reference|id=o/onealsh01|name=Shaquille O'Neal|date=February 22, 2009}}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| {{nbay|1995}} {{dagger}}‡
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Michael|Jordan}}* (8)
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|align=center|<ref name="jordan" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/history/points/19961997.html |title=League Leaders: Points – 1996–97 |work=NBA.com |publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc |access-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109051718/http://www.nba.com/history/points/19961997.html|archive-date=November 9, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| {{nbay|1997}} {{dagger}}‡
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Michael|Jordan}}* (10){{#tag:ref|In the 1997–98 season, [[Michael Jordan]] defeated [[Shaquille O'Neal]] for the scoring title in the third-closest race ever (28.7 to 28.3).<ref name="scoring_race">{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/41378/durant-bryant-take-scoring-race-to-wire |title=Durant, Bryant take scoring race to wire |work=ESPN.com |access-date=April 27, 2012 |date=April 26, 2012|archive-date = January 1, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210101164005/https://www.espn.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/41378/durant-bryant-take-scoring-race-to-wire|url-status = live}}</ref> Jordan, at 35 years and 60 days old, is the oldest scoring leader in NBA history.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jordami01/gamelog/1998/ |title=Michael Jordan 1997–98 game log |publisher=basketball-reference |access-date=May 24, 2016|archive-date=January 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101163902/https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jordami01/gamelog/1998/|url-status=live}}</ref>|group=lower-alpha}}
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/history/points/19981999.html |title=League Leaders: Points – 1998–99 |work=NBA.com |publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc |access-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109051730/http://www.nba.com/history/points/19981999.html|archive-date=November 9, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="iverson">{{cite basketball-reference|id=i/iversal01|name=Allen Iverson|date=February 22, 2009}}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| {{nbay|1999|trunc=y}} {{dagger}}‡
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Shaquille|O'Neal}}* (2)
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|align=center|<ref name="oneal" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/history/points/19992000.html |title=League Leaders: Points – 1999–2000 |work=NBA.com |publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc |access-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320231540/http://www.nba.com/history/points/19992000.html|archive-date=March 20, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| {{nbay|2000}} {{dagger}}‡
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Allen|Iverson}}* (2){{#tag:ref|In the 2000–01 season, [[Jerry Stackhouse]] had the highest point total (2,380) but was second in scoring average (29.8).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2001.html |title=2000-01 NBA Season Summary |work=basketball-reference.com |access-date=February 20, 2009|archive-date=May 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510065812/http://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2001.html|url-status=live}}</ref>|group=lower-alpha}}
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|{{nbay|2011}}{{#tag:ref|The 2011–12 season was shortened to 66 games due to the league's [[2011 NBA lockout|lockout]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Beck |first=Howard |title=Two Exhibition Games for N.B.A. Teams |date=November 28, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/sports/basketball/two-exhibition-games-for-nba-teams.html?ref=basketball |access-date=November 28, 2011 |archive-date=October 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012014925/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/sports/basketball/two-exhibition-games-for-nba-teams.html?ref=basketball |url-status=live}}</ref> The qualification of this season's scoring title is to appear in at least 56&nbsp;games (out of 66) or to have at least 1127&nbsp;points.<ref name="ratereq" />|group=lower-alpha}}
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| {{sortname|Kevin|Durant}}^ (3){{#tag:ref|In the 2011–12 season, [[Kevin Durant]] defeated [[Kobe Bryant]] for the scoring title in the second-closest scoring race ever (28.03 to 27.86).<ref name="scoring_race" /><ref name="Kobe vs KD">{{cite web |url=httphttps://espnwww.goespn.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/7858868/los-angeles-lakers-kobe-bryant-sits-allows-oklahoma-city-thunder-kevin-durant-win-scoring-title |title=Kobe Bryant sits; Kevin Durant wins |work=ESPN.com |access-date=April 26, 2012 |date=April 26, 2012 |first=Dave |last=McMenamin|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050514/http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/7858868/los-angeles-lakers-kobe-bryant-sits-allows-oklahoma-city-thunder-kevin-durant-win-scoring-title|url-status=live}}</ref> Bryant, who needed to score 38 points in the final game to win, decided to sit out.<ref name="Kobe vs KD" />|group=lower-alpha}}
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|{{nbay|2012}}
!scope="row" style="background-color:transparent#CCFF99;"|{{sortname|Carmelo|Anthony}}<sup>†</sup>{{#tag:ref|In the 2012–13 season, Kevin Durant had the highest point total (2,280) but was second in scoring average (28.1).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2013.html |title=2012-13 NBA Season Summary |work=basketball-reference.com |access-date=April 17, 2014|archive-date=February 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200208045652/https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2013.html|url-status=live}}</ref>|group=lower-alpha}}
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|align=center|<ref name="anthony">{{cite basketball-reference|id=a/anthoca01|name=Carmelo Anthony|date=April 17, 2013}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| {{nbay|2013}} {{dagger}}‡
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| {{sortname|Kevin|Durant}}^ (4)
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|align=center|<ref name="westbrook">{{cite basketball-reference|id=w/westbru01|name=Russell Westbrook|date=April 16, 2015}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| {{nbay|2015}} {{dagger}}‡
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| {{sortname|Stephen|Curry}}^{{#tag:ref|In the 2015–16 season, James Harden had the highest point total (2,376) but was second in scoring average (29.0).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2016.html |title=2015-16 NBA Season Summary LLC |work=basketball-reference.com |access-date=April 14, 2016|archive-date=April 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401172000/https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2016.html|url-status=live}}</ref>|group=lower-alpha}}
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|align=center|<ref name="curry">{{cite basketball-reference|id=c/curryst01|name=Stephen Curry|date=April 14, 2016}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| {{nbay|2016}} {{dagger}}‡
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| {{sortname|Russell|Westbrook}}^ (2)
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|align=center|<ref name="westbrook" />
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!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| {{nbay|2017}} {{dagger}}‡
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| {{sortname|James|Harden}}^{{#tag:ref|In the 2017–18 season, LeBron James had the highest point total (2,251) but was third in scoring average (27.5).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2018.html |title=2017-18 NBA Season Summary LLC |work=basketball-reference.com |access-date=April 12, 2018|archive-date=October 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012144309/https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2018.html/|url-status=live}}</ref>|group=lower-alpha}}
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|align=center|<ref name="curry"/>
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| {{nbay|2021}}
|[[2021–22 NBA season|2021–22]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| {{sortname|Joel|Embiid}}^{{#tag:ref|In the 2021–22 season, [[Trae Young]] had the highest point total (2,155) but was fourth in scoring average (28.4).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2022.html |title=2021-22 NBA Season Summary LLC |work=basketball-reference.com |access-date=April 11, 2022|archive-date=April 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411180447/https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2022.html|url-status=live}}</ref>|group=lower-alpha}}
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|2,079
|30.6
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joel Embiid Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/e/embiijo01.html |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=Basketball-Reference.com |language=en |archive-date=October 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030070450/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/e/embiijo01.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| {{nbay|2022}} {{dagger}}‡
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| {{sortname|Joel|Embiid}}^ (2){{#tag:ref|In the 2022–23 season, [[Jayson Tatum]] had the highest point total (2,225) but was sixth in scoring average (30.1).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2023.html |title=2022-23 NBA Season Summary LLC |work=basketball-reference.com |access-date=April 9, 2023|archive-date=April 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411180447/https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2023.html|url-status=live}}</ref>|group=lower-alpha}}
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|2,183
|33.1
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joel Embiid Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/e/embiijo01.html |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=Basketball-Reference.com |language=en |archive-date=October 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030070450/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/e/embiijo01.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| {{nbay|2023}}
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| {{sortname|Luka|Dončić}}^
|25
|G
||[[2023–24 Dallas Mavericks season|Dallas Mavericks]]
|70
|804
|284
|478
|2,370
|33.9
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luka Dončić Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/doncilu01.html |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Basketball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
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|2||[[Wilt Chamberlain]]||[[Golden State Warriors|Philadelphia Warriors/San Francisco Warriors]] (5) / [[Philadelphia 76ers]] (2)||7||{{nbay|1959|end}}, {{nbay|1960|end}}, {{nbay|1961|end}}, {{nbay|1962|end}}, {{nbay|1963|end}}, {{nbay|1964|end}}, {{nbay|1965|end}}
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| rowspan="3" |3||[[Kevin Durant]]||[[Oklahoma City Thunder]]|| rowspan="3" |4||{{nbay|2009|end}}, {{nbay|2010|end}}, {{nbay|2011|end}}, {{nbay|2013|end}}
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|[[George Gervin]]
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|[[Allen Iverson]]
|[[Philadelphia 76ers]]
|{{nbay|1998|end}}, {{nbay|2000|end}}, {{nbay|2001|end}}, {{nbay|2004|end}}
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|[[Neil Johnston]]
|[[Philadelphia Warriors]]
|{{nbay|1952|end}}, {{nbay|1953|end}}, {{nbay|1954|end}}
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|[[Paul Arizin]]
|[[Philadelphia Warriors]]
|{{nbay|1951|end}}, {{nbay|1956|end}}
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|[[Kobe Bryant]]
|[[Los Angeles Lakers]]
|{{nbay|2005|end}}, {{nbay|2006|end}}
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|[[Stephen Curry]]
|[[Golden State Warriors]]
|{{nbay|2015|end}}, {{nbay|2020|end}}
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|[[Joel Embiid]]
|[[Philadelphia 76ers]]
|{{nbay|2021|end}}, {{nbay|2022|end}}
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|[[Shaquille O'Neal]]
|[[Orlando Magic]] (1) / [[Los Angeles Lakers]] (1)
|{{nbay|1994|end}}, {{nbay|1999|end}}
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|[[Russell Westbrook]]
|[[Oklahoma City Thunder]]
|{{nbay|2014|end}}, {{nbay|2016|end}}
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*[[List of National Basketball Association career 3-point scoring leaders]]
*[[List of National Basketball League (United States) season scoring leaders]]
*[[List of National Basketball Association annual 3-point scoring leaders]]
*[[List of National Basketball Association annual assists leaders]]
*[[List of National Basketball Association annual rebounding leaders]]
*[[List of National Basketball Association annual steals leaders]]
*[[List of National Basketball Association annual blocks leaders]]
*[[List of National Basketball Association annual field goal percentage leaders]]
 
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