most points in a season with less than 45 games played before this season

Before this season, Joel Embiid had the most points in a season with fewer than 45 games played, with 1,353 points in 2023-24.

	NAME	PTS	GP	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1,353	39	2023-24	PHI	33.6	34.7	11.0	5.6	1.2	1.7	11.5	21.8	52.9	1.4	3.6	38.8	10.2	11.6	88.3	64.4	2.4	8.6	3.8	1,309	430	219	46	66	150	112	+267
2	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	1,179	42	1991-92	ATL	38.1	28.1	7.0	3.8	1.2	0.6	10.1	21.8	46.4	0.9	3.0	28.9	7.0	8.4	83.5	55.2	2.5	4.6	2.9	1,601	295	158	52	24	122	77
3	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1,142	43	2025-26	GSW	30.9	26.6	3.6	4.7	1.1	0.4	8.7	18.6	46.8	4.4	11.3	39.3	4.7	5.1	92.3	63.7	0.4	3.2	2.8	1,329	154	203	49	17	121	75	+89
4	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	1,123	42	2025-26	UTA	34.4	26.7	6.9	2.1	1.0	0.5	9.1	19.2	47.7	2.7	7.7	35.5	5.7	6.4	89.6	60.8	2.0	4.9	1.5	1,443	289	89	42	21	63	77	-55
5	James Harden J. Harden	1,083	44	2020-21	TOT	36.6	24.6	7.9	10.8	1.2	0.8	7.8	16.7	46.6	2.8	7.6	36.2	6.3	7.3	86.1	61.8	0.8	7.1	4.0	1,609	348	475	53	33	177	99	+102
6	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	1,068	44	2004-05	IND	34.8	24.3	8.8	1.9	0.6	2.0	8.8	19.4	45.2	0.0	0.1	16.7	6.7	8.9	75.4	52.0	1.9	6.9	3.0	1,530	388	82	25	88	131	173	+32
7	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1,021	38	2025-26	PHI	31.6	26.9	7.7	3.9	0.6	1.2	9.0	18.3	48.9	1.4	4.2	33.3	7.5	8.8	85.4	60.5	2.0	5.7	2.9	1,201	293	150	21	46	109	82	+155
8	Desmond Bane D. Bane	997	42	2023-24	MEM	34.4	23.7	4.4	5.5	1.0	0.5	8.6	18.5	46.4	3.3	8.6	38.1	3.3	3.8	87.0	58.9	0.9	3.5	2.7	1,443	185	230	43	22	112	120	-200
9	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	993	36	2025-26	MIL	28.9	27.6	9.8	5.4	0.9	0.7	10.4	16.6	62.4	0.4	1.3	33.3	6.4	9.9	65.0	65.8	2.7	7.1	3.2	1,039	352	196	34	24	115	86	+96
10	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	966	40	2014-15	NYK	35.7	24.2	6.6	3.1	1.0	0.4	9.0	20.2	44.4	1.5	4.5	34.1	4.7	5.9	79.7	53.1	1.8	4.8	2.2	1,428	264	122	40	17	89	87	-108
11	Joe Fulks J. Fulks	949	43	1947-48	PHI		22.1		0.6			7.6	29.3	25.9				6.9	9.1	76.2	33.2						26				162
12	Kevin Durant K. Durant	943	35	2020-21	BKN	33.1	26.9	7.1	5.6	0.7	1.3	9.3	17.2	53.7	2.4	5.4	45.0	6.0	6.8	88.2	66.6	0.4	6.7	3.4	1,157	247	195	25	45	120	70	+276
13	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	943	43	1969-70	SFW	44.6	21.9	17.7	3.5			7.9	19.2	41.4				6.1	8.0	75.4	48.3				1,919	762	150				110
14	John Drew J. Drew	932	44	1982-83	UTA	27.4	21.2	5.3	2.2	0.8	0.2	7.2	15.3	47.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.7	8.9	75.5	55.2	2.2	3.1	3.1	1,206	235	97	35	7	135	152
15	Bradley Beal B. Beal	928	40	2021-22	WAS	36.0	23.2	4.7	6.6	0.9	0.4	8.7	19.3	45.1	1.6	5.3	30.0	4.2	5.1	83.3	53.9	1.0	3.8	3.4	1,439	189	265	36	15	135	95	-102
16	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	928	44	2014-15	MIA	35.4	21.1	7.0	2.2	0.9	0.6	7.8	16.9	46.0	1.4	3.8	37.5	4.1	5.3	77.2	54.8	1.0	6.0	2.2	1,556	310	95	41	25	95	69	-99
17	Anthony Davis A. Davis	927	40	2021-22	LAL	35.1	23.2	9.9	3.1	1.2	2.3	9.3	17.4	53.2	0.3	1.8	18.6	4.4	6.1	71.3	57.8	2.7	7.2	2.1	1,404	394	122	49	90	82	97	-92
18	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	926	35	2019-20	MIN	33.9	26.5	10.8	4.4	0.9	1.2	9.0	17.8	50.8	3.3	7.9	41.2	5.1	6.5	79.6	64.2	2.7	8.1	3.1	1,187	378	153	33	42	110	117	-15
19	Keith Van Horn K. Van Horn	916	42	1998-99	NJN	37.5	21.8	8.5	1.5	1.0	1.3	7.7	17.9	42.8	0.4	1.3	30.2	6.1	7.1	85.9	51.9	2.7	5.8	3.2	1,576	358	65	43	53	133	134	-113
20	Austin Carr A. Carr	911	43	1971-72	CLE	35.8	21.2	3.5	3.4			8.9	20.8	42.6				3.5	4.6	76.0	46.5				1,539	150	148				99
21	John Collins J. Collins	885	41	2019-20	ATL	33.2	21.6	10.1	1.5	0.8	1.6	8.6	14.8	58.3	1.4	3.6	40.1	2.9	3.7	80.0	65.9	2.8	7.3	1.8	1,363	416	60	31	66	75	138	-165
22	Vince Carter V. Carter	884	43	2002-03	TOR	34.2	20.6	4.4	3.3	1.1	1.0	8.3	17.7	46.7	1.0	3.0	34.4	3.0	3.7	80.6	53.2	1.4	3.0	1.7	1,471	188	143	48	41	74	121	-26
23	Tyler Herro T. Herro	875	42	2023-24	MIA	33.5	20.8	5.3	4.5	0.7	0.1	7.7	17.5	44.1	3.1	7.9	39.6	2.3	2.6	85.6	55.8	0.5	4.8	2.2	1,407	222	188	30	3	93	63	+31
24	Kristaps Porziņģis K. Porziņģis	865	43	2020-21	DAL	30.8	20.1	8.9	1.6	0.5	1.3	7.6	15.9	47.6	2.3	6.0	37.6	2.7	3.2	85.5	58.2	1.9	7.0	1.2	1,326	381	68	20	58	51	115	+8
25	Gordon Hayward G. Hayward	863	44	2020-21	CHA	34.0	19.6	5.9	4.1	1.2	0.3	7.1	15.0	47.3	1.9	4.7	41.5	3.5	4.2	84.3	58.4	0.8	5.0	2.1	1,496	258	181	52	14	91	74	+19

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.8

Maxey

RPG

9.7

Embiid

APG

5.7

Embiid

Team Rankings

ORTG

105.4

28th

DRTG

102.5

5th

NETRTG

2.9

12th

3P%

31.7

22nd

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	3	0	1.000
2	76ers	3	1	.750	0.5
3	Hornets	3	1	.750	0.5
4	Raptors	2	1	.667	1.0
5	Celtics	2	1	.667	1.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/28	PHI	@	IND	7:00 PM
Fri 10/30	NYK	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Sat 10/31	PHI	@	CHA	6:00 PM
Mon 11/2	CHI	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Wed 11/4	PHI	@	DET	7:00 PM

Last Game

Pistons

3 - 0

106

Final

76ers

3 - 1

Sun 25 Oct 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

34.3

Dončić

33.3

Edwards

29.8

Jerome

RPG Leaders

17.3

Sabonis

14.3

Gobert

12.0

Towns

APG Leaders

11.0

Young

9.5

Haliburton

8.7

Jokić

SPG Leaders

3.7

Flagg

3.5

Daniels

3.3

Dunn

BPG Leaders

4.0

Wembanyama

3.0

Kessler

3.0

Holmgren

3PM Leaders

5.0

Dončić

5.0

Robinson

4.5

Edwards

TS% Leaders

86.7

Carter

85.9

Sabonis

84.6

Camara

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

126.5

125.9

121.1

119.4

119.1

118.3

DRtg Rankings

98.8

101.4

101.7

102.5

105.6

NetRtg Rankings

24.5

16.4

12.8

12.7

10.6

10.4

Tank Leaderboard

0-4

0-3

1-3

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

202.8

Johnson

195.8

Edwards

194.2

Şengün

DraftKings Points Leaders

204.8

Johnson

204

Antetokounmpo

203.3

Edwards

USG% Leaders

42.3

Dončić

37.7

Edwards

35.4

Antetokounmpo

MPG Leaders

38.7

Murray

38.0

Jokić

38.0

LaVine

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.56

Johnson

1.55

Dončić

1.52

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.69

Dončić

1.61

Antetokounmpo

1.58

Johnson

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

4-0

3-0

4-0

3-0

3-1

Worst Record ATS

0-4

0-3

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	3	0	1.000
2	76ers	3	1	.750	0.5
3	Hornets	3	1	.750	0.5
4	Raptors	2	1	.667	1.0
5	Celtics	2	1	.667	1.0
6	Cavaliers	2	1	.667	1.0
7	Hawks	2	2	.500	1.5
8	Wizards	2	2	.500	1.5
9	Pacers	2	2	.500	1.5
10	Magic	1	2	.333	2.0
11	Bulls	1	3	.250	2.5
12	Bucks	1	3	.250	2.5
13	Knicks	0	3	.000	3.0
14	Nets	0	3	.000	3.0
15	Heat	0	4	.000	3.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Rockets	4	0	1.000
2	Thunder	4	0	1.000
3	Grizzlies	4	0	1.000
4	Lakers	3	0	1.000	0.5
5	Trail Blazers	2	0	1.000	1.0
6	Timberwolves	3	1	.750	1.0
7	Mavericks	2	2	.500	2.0
8	Spurs	1	2	.333	2.5
9	Clippers	1	2	.333	2.5
10	Nuggets	1	2	.333	2.5
11	Suns	1	2	.333	2.5
12	Warriors	1	3	.250	3.0
13	Jazz	1	3	.250	3.0
14	Pelicans	0	3	.000	3.5
15	Kings	0	3	.000	3.5

NBA 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	116-104
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	132-125
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	116-128

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/27	BKN	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Tue 10/27	SAC	@	SAS	8:00 PM
Tue 10/27	DET	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Tue 10/27	POR	@	LAL	11:00 PM
Wed 10/28	WAS	@	CLE	7:00 PM

Before this season, Joel Embiid had the most points in a season with fewer than 45 games played, with 1,353 points in 2023-24.

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5.7

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

34.3

33.3

29.8

17.3

14.3

12.0

11.0

9.5

8.7

3.7

3.5

3.3

4.0

3.0

3.0

5.0

5.0

4.5

86.7

85.9

84.6

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

202.8

195.8

194.2

204.8

204

203.3

42.3

37.7

35.4

38.7

38.0

38.0

1.56

1.55

1.52

1.69

1.61

1.58

NBA 2026-27 Betting

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NBA 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

Schedule