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1953 NBA Total Points Leaders

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Neil Johnston led the NBA in total points in 1953 with 1,759, 376 ahead of Bob Cousy (1,383). It was one of 3 times Neil Johnston led in total points.

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Led the NBA in 1953 Neil Johnston PHW
1,759 Total Points 376 clear of Bob Cousy
Showing Total Points and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team PTS GP MPG PPG
1 Neil Johnston PHW 1,759 72 45.8 24.4
2 Bob Cousy Bob Cousy BOS 1,383 72 39.7 19.2
3 Ed Macauley Ed Macauley BOS 1,344 71 39.3 18.9
4 George Mikan George Mikan MNL 1,306 72 32.8 18.1
5 Ray Felix BAL 1,269 72 37.1 17.6
6 Dolph Schayes Dolph Schayes SYR 1,228 72 36.9 17.1
7 Bill Sharman Bill Sharman BOS 1,155 72 34.3 16.0
8 Larry Foust Larry Foust FTW 1,090 72 37.4 15.1
9 Carl Braun Carl Braun NYK 1,062 72 33.0 14.8
10 Bobby Wanzer ROC 958 72 35.3 13.3
11 Harry Gallatin Harry Gallatin NYK 949 72 37.4 13.2
12 Arnie Risen Arnie Risen ROC 949 72 33.1 13.2
13 Joe Graboski Joe Graboski PHW 944 71 38.9 13.3
14 Paul Seymour Paul Seymour SYR 931 71 38.4 13.1
15 Bob Davies Bob Davies ROC 887 72 29.7 12.3
16 Jim Pollard Jim Pollard MNL 831 71 35.0 11.7
17 George King George King SYR 817 72 32.9 11.4
18 Max Zaslofsky Max Zaslofsky FTW 811 65 28.9 12.5
19 Vern Mikkelsen Vern Mikkelsen MNL 797 72 31.2 11.1
20 Don Sunderlage Don Sunderlage MIH 760 68 32.8 11.2
21 Andy Phillip Andy Phillip FTW 751 71 38.1 10.6
22 Mel Hutchins Mel Hutchins FTW 741 72 40.8 10.3
23 Paul Hoffman BAL 723 72 34.8 10.0
24 Connie Simmons Connie Simmons NYK 720 72 27.9 10.0
25 Eddie Miller BAL 719 72 23.0 10.0
26 Jack McMahon ROC 711 71 26.6 10.0
27 Nat Clifton Nat Clifton NYK 688 72 30.3 9.6
28 Jack Coleman ROC 686 71 33.5 9.7
29 Slater Martin Slater Martin MNL 684 69 35.8 9.9
30 Jack George PHW 675 71 37.3 9.5
31 Earl Lloyd Earl Lloyd SYR 654 72 30.6 9.1
32 Dick McGuire NYK 622 68 34.5 9.2
33 Wally Osterkorn Wally Osterkorn SYR 615 70 30.9 8.8
34 Bob Houbregs BAL 608 70 28.1 8.7
35 Bill Calhoun MIH 594 72 32.9 8.3
36 Robert Zawoluk PHW 592 71 25.3 8.3
37 Clyde Lovellette Clyde Lovellette MNL 588 72 17.4 8.2
38 Lew Hitch MIH 575 72 34.1 8.0
39 George Ratkovicz MIH 570 69 31.5 8.3
40 Al Roges BAL 570 67 28.9 8.5
41 Charlie Share Charlie Share MIH 564 68 23.2 8.3
42 George Yardley George Yardley FTW 564 63 23.6 9.0
43 Odie Spears ROC 551 72 22.7 7.7
44 Billy Gabor Billy Gabor SYR 547 61 19.9 9.0
45 Irv Bemoras MIH 509 69 21.7 7.4
46 Whitey Skoog MNL 496 71 26.4 7.0
47 Bill Tosheff MIH 492 71 25.7 6.9
48 Rollen Hans BAL 483 67 23.2 7.2
49 Fred Schaus Fred Schaus NYK 475 67 22.6 7.1
50 Jim Baechtold NYK 474 70 23.2 6.8
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