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List of NBA single-season scoring leaders

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This list exhibits the National Basketball Association's top single-season scoring averages based on at least 70 games played or 1,400 points scored. The NBA began recording 3-point field goals during the 1979–80 NBA season.

Statistics accurate as of the 2023–24 NBA season.

^	Active NBA player
*	Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

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Rank	Season	Player	Team	Games	FGM	3PM	FTM	Pts	PPG	P/36	P/75P
1	1961–62	Wilt Chamberlain*	Philadelphia Warriors	80	1,597	N/A	835	4,029	50.4	37.4	N/A
2	1962–63	Wilt Chamberlain*	San Francisco Warriors	80	1,463	N/A	660	3,586	44.8	33.9	N/A
3	1960–61	Wilt Chamberlain*	Philadelphia Warriors	79	1,251	N/A	531	3,033	38.4	29.8	N/A
4	1961–62	Elgin Baylor*	Los Angeles Lakers	48	680	N/A	476	1,836	38.3	31.0	N/A
5	1959–60	Wilt Chamberlain*	Philadelphia Warriors	72	1,065	N/A	577	2,707	37.6	29.2	N/A
6	1986–87	Michael Jordan*	Chicago Bulls	82	1,098	12	833	3,041	37.1	33.4	34.8
7	1963–64	Wilt Chamberlain*	San Francisco Warriors	80	1,204	N/A	540	2,948	36.9	28.8	N/A
8	2018–19	James Harden^	Houston Rockets	78	843	378	754	2,818	36.1	35.4	36.2
9	1966–67	Rick Barry*	San Francisco Warriors	78	1,011	N/A	753	2,775	35.6	31.5	N/A
10	2005–06	Kobe Bryant*	Los Angeles Lakers	80	978	180	696	2,832	35.4	31.1	34.2
11	1987–88	Michael Jordan*	Chicago Bulls	82	1,069	7	723	2,868	35.0	31.2	32.7
12	1971–72	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*	Milwaukee Bucks	81	1,159	N/A	504	2,822	34.8	28.4	N/A
13	1960–61	Elgin Baylor*	Los Angeles Lakers	73	931	N/A	676	2,538	34.8	29.2	N/A
14	1964–65	Wilt Chamberlain*	S.F. Warriors / Phila. 76ers	73	1,063	N/A	408	2,534	34.7	27.6	N/A
15	1974–75	Bob McAdoo*	Buffalo Braves	82	1,095	N/A	641	2,831	34.5	28.8	26.7
16	2019–20	James Harden^	Houston Rockets	68	672	299	692	2,335	34.3	33.9	32.6
17 (tie)	1962–63	Elgin Baylor*	Los Angeles Lakers	80	1,029	N/A	661	2,719	34.0	29.0	N/A
17 (tie)	1972–73	Nate Archibald*	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	80	1,028	N/A	663	2,719	34.0	26.6	N/A
19	2023–24	Luka Dončić^	Dallas Mavericks	70	804	284	478	2,370	33.9	32.5	33.2
20	1989–90	Michael Jordan*	Chicago Bulls	82	1,034	92	593	2,753	33.6	31.0	32.0
21	1965–66	Wilt Chamberlain*	Philadelphia 76ers	79	1,074	N/A	501	2,649	33.5	25.5	N/A
22	1979–80	George Gervin*	San Antonio Spurs	78	1,024	32	505	2,585	33.1	31.7	29.0
23	2022–23	Joel Embiid^	Philadelphia 76ers	66	728	66	661	2,183	33.1	34.4	35.6
24	2005–06	Allen Iverson*	Philadelphia 76ers	72	815	72	675	2,377	33.0	27.6	29.8
25	1984–85	Bernard King*	New York Knicks	55	691	1	426	1,809	32.9	31.6	31.7
26	1992–93	Michael Jordan*	Chicago Bulls	78	992	81	476	2,541	32.6	29.8	32.3
27	1988–89	Michael Jordan*	Chicago Bulls	81	966	27	674	2,633	32.5	29.1	30.0
28	2022–23	Luka Dončić^	Dallas Mavericks	66	719	185	515	2,138	32.4	32.2	33.3
29	1981–82	George Gervin*	San Antonio Spurs	79	993	10	555	2,551	32.3	32.6	31.8
30	2022–23	Damian Lillard^	Portland Trail Blazers	58	556	244	510	1,866	32.2	31.9	32.3

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List of NBA single-season scoring leaders

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