highest ppg for number 1 overall pick

Elgin Baylor has scored the most career points per game by a #1 overall pick, with 27.4 per game.

NAMEPPGGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
27.4
846
40.0
13.5
4.3
10.3
23.8
43.1
6.8
8.7
78.0
49.4
33,863
23,149
11,463
3,650
2,596
2LeBron James
L. James
27.0
1,573
37.8
7.5
7.4
1.5
0.7
9.9
19.6
50.6
1.6
4.7
34.9
5.5
7.5
73.7
59.0
1.1
6.3
3.5
59,417
42,406
11,793
11,662
2,355
1,158
5,500
2,798
+7381
3Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
26.7
914
41.1
3.7
6.2
2.2
0.2
9.3
21.8
42.5
1.2
3.7
31.3
7.0
8.9
78.0
51.8
0.8
2.9
3.6
37,584
24,368
3,394
5,624
1,983
164
3,262
1,777
+799
4Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
25.7
1,040
42.2
7.5
9.5
1.1
0.1
9.1
18.9
48.5
7.4
8.8
83.8
56.4
1.0
3.0
43,886
26,710
7,804
9,887
77
4
2,931
5Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
24.6
1,560
36.8
11.2
3.6
0.9
2.6
10.2
18.1
55.9
0.0
0.0
5.6
4.3
6.0
72.1
59.2
2.4
7.6
2.7
57,446
38,387
17,440
5,660
1,160
3,189
2,527
4,657
6Zion Williamson
Z. Williamson
24.5
228
31.2
6.6
4.3
1.0
0.6
9.4
16.1
58.5
0.1
0.4
31.7
5.5
8.0
69.3
62.5
2.3
4.3
2.8
7,119
5,580
1,496
972
236
144
645
513
+372
7Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
24.1
403
34.8
5.3
4.2
1.3
0.6
8.5
18.9
44.9
2.9
8.0
36.7
4.3
5.3
80.5
56.9
0.7
4.5
2.9
14,026
9,720
2,131
1,685
531
252
1,163
815
+846
8Anthony Davis
A. Davis
24.1
801
34.3
10.7
2.6
1.3
2.3
9.0
17.3
52.2
0.5
1.6
29.6
5.5
7.0
79.3
59.1
2.7
8.0
2.0
27,514
19,272
8,578
2,050
1,049
1,838
1,600
1,873
+900
9Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
23.7
1,207
34.7
10.9
2.5
0.6
2.3
9.4
16.1
58.2
0.0
0.0
4.5
4.9
9.3
52.7
58.6
3.5
7.4
2.7
41,918
28,596
13,099
3,026
739
2,732
3,310
4,146
+4887
10Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
23.7
779
34.5
4.1
5.6
1.3
0.4
8.7
18.4
47.4
2.4
6.1
39.4
3.8
4.3
88.8
58.4
0.8
3.3
2.5
26,879
18,433
3,173
4,365
1,022
337
1,942
1,770
+1962
11Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
23.0
671
34.0
11.1
3.2
0.8
1.2
8.4
16.1
52.2
1.7
4.4
39.8
4.5
5.3
83.9
62.4
2.8
8.3
2.7
22,832
15,441
7,438
2,117
545
790
1,809
2,286
+1471
12Victor Wembanyama
V. Wembanyama
22.8
133
31.1
11.0
3.8
1.2
3.6
8.3
17.4
47.5
2.2
6.5
33.9
4.1
5.0
81.2
58.1
2.1
8.9
3.5
4,130
3,029
1,457
501
155
483
463
307
+114
13Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
22.6
233
34.0
5.5
7.6
1.1
0.6
8.4
18.9
44.7
1.9
5.7
33.6
3.8
4.4
84.8
54.2
0.8
4.7
3.8
7,918
5,263
1,280
1,760
251
145
886
663
-315
14Paolo Banchero
P. Banchero
22.3
216
34.3
7.2
4.6
0.8
0.6
7.6
17.2
44.5
1.4
4.5
31.5
5.6
7.6
73.3
54.3
1.1
6.1
2.9
7,398
4,809
1,547
998
178
128
629
451
-225
15David Thompson
D. Thompson
22.1
509
32.0
3.8
3.2
0.9
0.8
8.3
16.4
50.4
0.1
0.3
27.7
5.5
7.1
77.8
56.6
1.4
2.3
2.6
16,305
11,264
1,921
1,631
459
407
1,129
1,287
16Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
21.8
1,238
35.7
11.1
2.5
1.7
3.1
8.7
17.0
51.2
0.0
0.1
20.2
4.4
6.2
71.2
55.3
3.3
7.8
3.0
44,222
26,946
13,748
3,058
2,162
3,830
3,667
4,383
+564
17David Robinson
D. Robinson
21.1
987
34.7
10.6
2.5
1.4
3.0
7.5
14.4
51.8
0.0
0.1
25.0
6.1
8.3
73.6
58.3
3.1
7.5
2.4
34,271
20,790
10,497
2,441
1,388
2,954
2,417
2,835
+2454
18Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
21.0
1,183
34.3
9.8
1.9
1.0
2.4
8.2
16.3
50.4
0.0
0.1
15.2
4.6
6.2
74.0
55.3
2.3
7.5
3.0
40,594
24,815
11,607
2,215
1,136
2,894
3,537
4,034
+412
19Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
21.0
1,303
38.4
12.5
1.8
1.0
2.0
8.4
18.6
45.2
0.0
0.1
14.7
4.1
6.1
67.0
49.1
3.1
7.8
2.4
50,000
27,313
16,279
2,398
864
1,771
1,358
4,193
20Glenn Robinson
G. Robinson
20.7
688
36.8
6.1
2.7
1.2
0.6
8.1
17.6
45.9
0.9
2.6
34.0
3.6
4.4
82.0
52.9
1.5
4.6
3.1
25,346
14,234
4,189
1,879
826
389
2,147
1,847
+10
21Chris Webber
C. Webber
20.7
831
37.1
9.8
4.2
1.4
1.4
8.7
18.1
47.9
0.3
1.1
29.9
3.0
4.7
64.9
51.3
2.7
7.0
2.8
30,847
17,182
8,124
3,526
1,197
1,200
2,313
2,700
+1550
22Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
20.1
1,043
37.3
13.7
2.4
0.7
0.6
7.6
14.7
51.6
4.9
7.8
63.2
55.4
3.4
6.2
38,940
20,941
14,241
2,544
52
48
3,536
23Bob Lanier
B. Lanier
20.1
959
33.5
10.1
3.1
1.1
1.5
8.1
15.7
51.4
0.0
0.0
15.4
3.9
5.1
76.7
55.9
2.6
6.8
2.6
32,103
19,248
9,698
3,007
777
1,100
1,112
3,048
24Mark Aguirre
M. Aguirre
20.0
923
30.0
5.0
3.1
0.7
0.3
7.8
16.1
48.4
0.4
1.4
31.2
4.0
5.4
74.1
54.2
1.8
3.1
2.5
27,730
18,458
4,578
2,871
687
296
2,306
2,599
25Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
19.5
906
36.7
7.2
11.2
1.9
0.4
6.9
13.2
52.0
0.4
1.2
30.3
5.5
6.5
84.8
61.0
1.8
5.5
3.9
33,245
17,707
6,559
10,141
1,724
374
3,506
2,050

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Team Leaders

PPG

34.1

Dončić

Luka Dončić

RPG

9.0

Ayton

Deandre Ayton

APG

8.8

Dončić

Luka Dončić
Team Rankings

ORTG

119.0

7th

DRTG

117.8

23rd

NETRTG

1.2

13th

3P%

34.5

24th

2025-26 Conference Standings
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2
21
7
.750
4.0
3
20
7
.741
4.5
4
Lakers Lakers
19
8
.704
5.5
5
19
10
.655
6.5
6
17
9
.654
7.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
12/23
@
9:00 PM
Thu
12/25
@
8:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
9:30 PM
Tue
12/30
@
10:30 PM
Fri
1/2
@
10:30 PM
Last Game
LAL Lakers

19 - 8

88

Final

103

LAC Clippers

7 - 21

Sat 20 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

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1
22
6
.786
2
20
8
.714
2.0
3
18
11
.621
4.5
4
16
11
.593
5.5
5
16
12
.571
6.0
6
17
13
.567
6.0
7
16
14
.533
7.0
8
15
14
.517
7.5
9
15
15
.500
8.0
10
13
15
.464
9.0
11
11
18
.379
11.5
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20
.310
13.5
13
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.296
13.5
14
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23
.207
16.5
15
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22
.185
16.5
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1
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.893
2
21
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.750
4.0
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20
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.741
4.5
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19
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5.5
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19
10
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6.5
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10.0
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11.5
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18.0
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18.0
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NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
11/20
@
109-120
Thu
11/20
@
113-105
Thu
11/20
@
110-140
Thu
11/20
@
143-107
Thu
11/20
@
115-118

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
12/23
@
7:00 PM
Tue
12/23
@
7:00 PM
Tue
12/23
@
7:30 PM
Tue
12/23
@
7:30 PM
Tue
12/23
@
7:30 PM