The NBA Scoring Champions trophy is awarded to the player that scores the highest points average during the regular season.
The award was originally determined by total points scored during the 1968–69 season, after which average points per game was used to award the NBA Scoring Leader.
Wilt Chamberlain holds the record for total points (4,029 and points at 50.4 ppg) during a single season in the 1961-62 NBA season..
Michael Jordan holds the record for most number of scoring titles with 10. Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain are the only two players to have won the award on seven straight occasions. Will Michael Jordan Scoring Titles ever be broken?
Kevin Durant is the youngest player to have won the Scoring Title at 21 years and 197 days, averaging 30.1 points during the 2009-10 season with OKC.
Michael Jordan – Scoring Titles Leader
Michael Jordan has 10 Scoring Titles, see some of his greatest plays and the reason he is considered by all logical people to be the GOAT.
NBA Scoring Title Winners List By Year
Below is a list of NBA Scoring Champions including the all-time greatest, Michael Jordan scoring titles.
***Championship Year
*Shortened Season – 72 games.(Covid)
| Season | Player | Team | PPG | Total Points | Games |
| 2023-24 | Luka Doncic | Philadelhpia 76ers | 33.9 | 2,370 | 70 |
| 2022-23 | Joel Embiid | Philadelhpia 76ers | 33.1 | 2,183 | 66 |
| 2021-22 | Joel Embiid | Philadelhpia 76ers | 30.6 | 2,079 | 68 |
| 2020-21* | Stephen Curry | Golden State Warriors | 32.0 | 2,015 | 63 |
| 2019-20 | James Harden | Houston Rockets | 34.3 | 2,335 | 68 |
| 2018-19 | James Harden | Houston Rockets | 36.1 | 2,818 | 78 |
| 2017-18 | James Harden | Houston Rockets | 30.4 | 2,191 | 72 |
| 2016-17 | Russell Westbrook | Oklahoma City Thunder | 31.6 | 2,558 | 81 |
| 2015-16 | Stephen Curry | Golden State Warriors | 30.1 | 2,375 | 79 |
| 2014-15 | Russell Westbrook | Oklahoma City Thunder | 28.1 | 1,886 | 67 |
| 2013-14 | Kevin Durant | Oklahoma City Thunder | 32.0 | 2,593 | 81 |
| 2012-13 | Carmelo Anthony | New York Knicks | 28.7 | 1,920 | 67 |
| 2011-12 | Kevin Durant | Oklahoma City Thunder | 28.0 | 1,850 | 66 |
| 2010-11 | Kevin Durant | Oklahoma City Thunder | 27.7 | 2,161 | 78 |
| 2009-10 | Kevin Durant | Oklahoma City Thunder | 30.1 | 2,472 | 82 |
| 2008-09 | Dwyane Wade | Miami Heat | 30.2 | 2,386 | 79 |
| 2007-08 | LeBron James | Cleveland Cavaliers | 30.0 | 2,250 | 75 |
| 2006-07 | Kobe Bryant | Los Angeles Lakers | 31.6 | 2,430 | 77 |
| 2005-06 | Kobe Bryant | Los Angeles Lakers | 35.4 | 2,832 | 80 |
| 2004-05 | Allen Iverson | Philadelphia 76ers | 30.7 | 2,302 | 75 |
| 2003-04 | Tracy McGrady | Orlando Magic | 28.0 | 1,878 | 67 |
| 2002-03 | Tracy McGrady | Orlando Magic | 32.1 | 2,407 | 75 |
| 2001-02 | Allen Iverson | Philadelphia 76ers | 31.4 | 1,883 | 60 |
| 2000-01 | Allen Iverson | Philadelphia 76ers | 31.1 | 2,207 | 71 |
| 1999-00 *** | Shaquille O’Neal | Los Angeles Lakers | 29.7 | 2,344 | 79 |
| 1998-99 | Allen Iverson | Philadelphia 76ers | 26.8 | 1,284 | 48 |
| 1997-98 *** | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls | 28.7 | 2,357 | 82 |
| 1996-97 *** | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls | 29.6 | 2,431 | 82 |
| 1995-96 *** | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls | 30.4 | 2,491 | 82 |
| 1994-95 | Shaquille O’Neal | Orlando Magic | 29.3 | 2,315 | 79 |
| 1993-94 | David Robinson | San Antonio Spurs | 29.8 | 2,383 | 80 |
| 1992-93 *** | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls | 32.6 | 2,541 | 78 |
| 1991-92 *** | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls | 30.1 | 2,404 | 80 |
| 1990-91 *** | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls | 31.5 | 2,580 | 82 |
| 1989-90 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls | 33.6 | 2,753 | 82 |
| 1988-89 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls | 32.5 | 2,633 | 81 |
| 1987-88 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls | 35.0 | 2,868 | 82 |
| 1986-87 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls | 37.1 | 3,041 | 82 |
| 1985-86 | Dominique Wilkins | Atlanta Hawks | 30.3 | 2,366 | 78 |
| 1984-85 | Bernard King | New York Knicks | 32.9 | 1,809 | 55 |
| 1983-84 | Adrian Dantley | Utah Jazz | 30.6 | 2,418 | 79 |
| 1982-83 | Alex English | Denver Nuggets | 28.4 | 2,326 | 82 |
| 1981-82 | George Gervin | San Antonio Spurs | 32.3 | 2,551 | 79 |
| 1980-81 | Adrian Dantley | Utah Jazz | 30.7 | 2,452 | 80 |
| 1979-80 | George Gervin | San Antonio Spurs | 33.1 | 2,585 | 78 |
| 1978-79 | George Gervin | San Antonio Spurs | 29.6 | 2,365 | 80 |
| 1977-78 | George Gervin | San Antonio Spurs | 27.2 | 2,232 | 82 |
| 1976-77 | Pete Maravich | New Orleans Jazz | 31.1 | 2,273 | 73 |
| 1975-76 | Bob McAdoo | Buffalo Braves | 31.1 | 2,427 | 78 |
| 1974-75 | Bob McAdoo | Buffalo Braves | 34.5 | 2,831 | 82 |
| 1973-74 | Bob McAdoo | Buffalo Braves | 30.6 | 2,261 | 74 |
| 1972-73 | Tiny Archibald | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | 34.0 | 2,719 | 80 |
| 1971-72 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Milwaukee Bucks | 34.8 | 2,822 | 81 |
| 1970-71 *** | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Milwaukee Bucks | 31.7 | 2,596 | 82 |
| 1969-70 | Jerry West | Los Angeles Lakers | 31.2 | 2,309 | 74 |
| 1968-69 | Elvin Hayes | San Diego Rockets | 28.4 | 2,327 | 82 |
| 1967-68 | Dave Bing | Detroit Pistons | 27.1 | 2,142 | 79 |
| 1966-67 | Rick Barry | San Francisco Warriors | 35.6 | 2,775 | 78 |
| 1965-66 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia 76ers | 33.5 | 2,649 | 79 |
| 1964-65 | Wilt Chamberlain | San Francisco Warriors / Philadelphia 76ers | 34.7 | 2,534 | 73 |
| 1963-64 | Wilt Chamberlain | San Francisco Warriors | 36.9 | 2,948 | 80 |
| 1962-63 | Wilt Chamberlain | San Francisco Warriors | 44.8 | 3,586 | 80 |
| 1961-62 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia Warriors | 50.4 | 4,029 | 80 |
| 1960-61 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia Warriors | 38.4 | 3,033 | 79 |
| 1959-60 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia Warriors | 37.6 | 2,707 | 72 |
| 1958-59 | Bob Pettit | St. Louis Hawks | 29.2 | 2,105 | 72 |
| 1957-58 | George Yardley | Detroit Pistons | 27.8 | 2,001 | 72 |
| 1956-57 | Paul Arizin | Philadelphia Warriors | 25.6 | 1,817 | 71 |
| 1955-56 | Bob Pettit | St. Louis Hawks | 25.7 | 1,849 | 72 |
| 1954-55 | Neil Johnston | Philadelphia Warriors | 22.7 | 1,631 | 72 |
| 1953-54 | Neil Johnston | Philadelphia Warriors | 24.4 | 1,759 | 72 |
| 1952-53 | Neil Johnston | Philadelphia Warriors | 22.3 | 1,564 | 70 |
| 1951-52 | Paul Arizin | Philadelphia Warriors | 25.4 | 1,674 | 66 |
| 1950-51 | George Mikan | Minneapolis Lakers | 28.4 | 1,932 | 68 |
| 1949-50 *** | George Mikan | Minneapolis Lakers | 27.4 | 1,865 | 68 |
| 1948-49 *** | George Mikan | Minneapolis Lakers | 28.3 | 1,698 | 60 |
| 1947-48 | Max Zaslofsky | Chicago Stags | 21.0 | 1,007 | 48 |
| 1946-47 *** | Joe Fulks | Philadelphia Warriors | 23.2 | 1,389 | 60 |
Who has won the most NBA Scoring Titles
| Player | Team | Times leader | Seasons |
| Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls | 10 | 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998 |
| Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia Warriors/San Francisco Warriors (5) /Philadelphia 76ers (2) | 7 | 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966 |
| Kevin Durant George Gervin Allen Iverson |
Oklahoma City Thunder San Antonio Spurs Philadelphia 76ers |
4 | 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005 |
| Neil Johnston Bob McAdoo George Mikan James Harden |
Philadelphia Warriors Buffalo Braves Minneapolis Lakers Houston Rockets |
3 | 1953, 1954, 1955 1974, 1975, 1976 1949, 1950, 1951 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Paul Arizin Kobe Bryant Adrian Dantley Tracy McGrady Shaquille O’Neal Bob Pettit Russell Westbrook Joel Embiid |
Milwaukee Bucks Philadelphia Warriors Los Angeles Lakers Utah Jazz Orlando Magic Orlando Magic (1) / Los Angeles Lakers (1) St. Louis Hawks Oklahoma City Thunder Philadelphia 76ers |
2 | 1971, 1972 1952, 1957 2006, 2007 1981, 1984 2003, 2004 1995, 2000 1956, 1959 2015, 2017 2022, 2023 |
This list of NBA Scoring Champions will be updated following the end of each NBA regular season.
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