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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]], [[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=
[[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 years and 197 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 [[Luka Dončić]].
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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.]]
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[[File:Kareem-Abdul-Jabbar Lipofsky.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.52|[[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]] won scoring titles in 1971 and 1972.]]
[[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: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]]
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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 games (out of 66) or to have at least 1127 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=
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