NBA Single-Season Points per Game Record Progression

Every season that raised the bar, and the leader in every season between.

The NBA single-season points per game record is 50.4, set by Wilt Chamberlain in 1961. It has stood for 64 years. The mark has been raised 6 times since 1951.

PPG PTS FGM FTM 3PM GP MPG

Record Holders

7 marks since 1951

Year	Player	PPG	Stood for
1961	Wilt Chamberlain	50.4	still standing
1960	Wilt Chamberlain	38.4	1 year
1959	Wilt Chamberlain	37.6	1 year
1958	Bob Pettit	29.2	1 year
1957	George Yardley	27.8	1 year
1955	Bob Pettit	25.7	2 years
1951	Paul Arizin	25.4	4 years

The earliest marks here are records only in the sense that nobody had done better yet. Season length, schedule and the rules themselves have all changed, so a figure from the 1870s is not comparable with a modern one and is not offered as though it were.

Every Season

75 seasons

Year	Leader	PPG
2025	Luka Dončić	33.5
2024	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	32.7
2023	Luka Dončić	33.9
2022	Joel Embiid	33.1
2021	Joel Embiid	30.6
2020	Stephen Curry	32.0
2019	James Harden	34.3
2018	James Harden	36.1
2017	James Harden	30.4
2016	Russell Westbrook	31.6
2015	Stephen Curry	30.1
2014	Russell Westbrook	28.2
2013	Kevin Durant	32.0
2012	Carmelo Anthony	28.7
2011	Kevin Durant	28.0
2010	Kevin Durant	27.7
2009	Kevin Durant	30.2
2008	Dwyane Wade	30.2
2007	LeBron James	30.0
2006	Kobe Bryant	31.6
2005	Kobe Bryant	35.4
2004	Allen Iverson	30.7
2003	Tracy McGrady	28.0
2002	Tracy McGrady	32.1
2001	Allen Iverson	31.4
2000	Allen Iverson	31.1
1999	Shaquille O'Neal	29.7
1998	Allen Iverson	26.8
1997	Michael Jordan	28.7
1996	Michael Jordan	29.7
1995	Michael Jordan	30.4
1994	Shaquille O'Neal	29.3
1993	David Robinson	29.8
1992	Michael Jordan	32.6
1991	Michael Jordan	30.1
1990	Michael Jordan	31.5
1989	Michael Jordan	33.6
1988	Michael Jordan	32.5
1987	Michael Jordan	35.0
1986	Michael Jordan	37.1
1985	Dominique Wilkins	30.3
1984	Larry Bird	28.7
1983	Adrian Dantley	30.6
1982	Alex English	28.4
1981	George Gervin	32.3
1980	Adrian Dantley	30.7
1979	George Gervin	33.1
1978	George Gervin	29.6
1977	George Gervin	27.2
1976	Pete Maravich	31.1
1975	Bob McAdoo	31.1
1974	Bob McAdoo	34.5
1973	Bob McAdoo	30.6
1972	Nate Archibald	34.0
1971	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	34.8
1970	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	31.7
1969	Jerry West	31.2
1968	Elvin Hayes	28.4
1967	Oscar Robertson	29.2
1966	Rick Barry	35.6
1965	Wilt Chamberlain	33.5
1964	Wilt Chamberlain	34.7
1963	Wilt Chamberlain	36.9
1962	Wilt Chamberlain	44.8
1961	Wilt Chamberlain	50.4	new record
1960	Wilt Chamberlain	38.4	new record
1959	Wilt Chamberlain	37.6	new record
1958	Bob Pettit	29.2	new record
1957	George Yardley	27.8	new record
1956	Paul Arizin	25.6
1955	Bob Pettit	25.7	new record
1954	Neil Johnston	22.7
1953	Neil Johnston	24.4
1952	Neil Johnston	22.3
1951	Paul Arizin	25.4	new record