most points in nba debut for a 1st overall pick

LeBron James has put up the most career points by a #1 overall pick, with 43,368 points.

NAMEPTSGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
43,368
1,619
37.6
26.8
7.5
7.4
1.5
0.7
9.8
19.4
50.7
1.6
4.7
34.8
5.5
7.4
73.7
59.0
1.1
6.3
3.5
60,951
12,077
11,987
2,408
1,184
5,640
2,860
+7448
2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
38,387
1,560
36.8
24.6
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
17,440
5,660
1,160
3,189
2,527
4,657
3Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
28,596
1,207
34.7
23.7
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
13,099
3,026
739
2,732
3,310
4,146
+4887
4Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
27,313
1,303
38.4
21.0
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
16,279
2,398
864
1,771
1,358
4,193
5Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
26,946
1,238
35.7
21.8
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
13,748
3,058
2,162
3,830
3,667
4,383
+564
6Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
26,710
1,040
42.2
25.7
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
7,804
9,887
77
4
2,931
7Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
26,496
1,392
34.0
19.0
10.8
3.0
0.7
2.2
7.4
14.6
50.6
0.0
0.1
17.9
4.2
6.1
69.6
55.1
2.8
8.1
2.4
47,368
15,091
4,225
1,025
3,020
3,381
3,304
+8910
8Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
24,815
1,183
34.3
21.0
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
11,607
2,215
1,136
2,894
3,537
4,034
+412
9Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
24,368
914
41.1
26.7
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
3,394
5,624
1,983
164
3,262
1,777
+799
10Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
23,149
846
40.0
27.4
13.5
4.3
10.3
23.8
43.1
6.8
8.7
78.0
49.4
33,863
11,463
3,650
2,596
11Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
20,941
1,043
37.3
20.1
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
14,241
2,544
52
48
3,536
12David Robinson
D. Robinson
20,790
987
34.7
21.1
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
10,497
2,441
1,388
2,954
2,417
2,835
+2454
13Dwight Howard
D. Howard
19,485
1,242
31.8
15.7
11.8
1.3
0.9
1.8
5.7
9.7
58.7
0.0
0.1
21.4
4.3
7.6
56.7
60.2
3.3
8.4
2.7
39,435
14,627
1,676
1,081
2,228
3,302
3,912
+2878
14Anthony Davis
A. Davis
19,385
807
34.3
24.0
10.7
2.6
1.3
2.3
9.0
17.3
52.2
0.5
1.6
29.5
5.5
7.0
79.3
59.1
2.7
8.0
2.0
27,708
8,637
2,065
1,055
1,848
1,614
1,882
+879
15Bob Lanier
B. Lanier
19,248
959
33.5
20.1
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
9,698
3,007
777
1,100
1,112
3,048
16Mark Aguirre
M. Aguirre
18,458
923
30.0
20.0
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
4,578
2,871
687
296
2,306
2,599
17Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
18,433
779
34.5
23.7
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
3,173
4,365
1,022
337
1,942
1,770
+1962
18Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
17,707
906
36.7
19.5
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
6,559
10,141
1,724
374
3,506
2,050
19Chris Webber
C. Webber
17,182
831
37.1
20.7
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
8,124
3,526
1,197
1,200
2,313
2,700
+1550
20Elton Brand
E. Brand
16,827
1,058
33.0
15.9
8.5
2.1
0.9
1.7
6.2
12.5
50.0
0.0
0.0
9.5
3.4
4.7
73.6
54.8
3.1
5.4
1.9
34,910
9,040
2,184
940
1,828
2,060
3,115
-1065
21Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
16,346
718
33.8
22.8
11.1
3.1
0.8
1.1
8.3
15.9
52.2
1.7
4.3
39.7
4.4
5.3
83.9
62.4
2.8
8.3
2.7
24,233
8,003
2,254
586
811
1,930
2,446
+1640
22James Worthy
J. Worthy
16,320
926
32.4
17.6
5.1
3.0
1.1
0.7
7.4
14.3
52.1
0.1
0.5
24.1
2.6
3.4
76.9
55.9
1.7
3.4
2.0
30,001
4,708
2,791
1,041
624
1,859
1,975
23Andrew Wiggins
A. Wiggins
15,170
830
33.6
18.3
4.5
2.3
1.0
0.7
6.8
15.1
45.1
1.5
4.3
36.2
3.1
4.3
72.8
53.9
1.3
3.2
1.8
27,847
3,743
1,927
816
586
1,520
1,799
-454
24Blake Griffin
B. Griffin
14,513
765
31.9
19.0
8.0
4.0
0.8
0.5
7.1
14.4
49.3
0.7
2.1
32.8
4.1
5.9
69.6
55.9
1.9
6.0
2.3
24,384
6,109
3,055
627
359
1,732
2,058
+2496
25Glenn Robinson
G. Robinson
14,234
688
36.8
20.7
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
4,189
1,879
826
389
2,147
1,847
+10

More Cavaliers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

27.8

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell

RPG

9.0

Mobley

Evan Mobley

APG

5.7

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell
Team Rankings

ORTG

119.1

6th

DRTG

114.9

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

12th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
2
53
25
.679
4.0
3
50
28
.641
7.0
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
49
29
.628
8.0
5
45
33
.577
12.0
6
43
35
.551
14.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
4/8
@
7:00 PM
Fri
4/10
@
7:00 PM
Sun
4/12
@
6:00 PM
Last Game
IND Pacers

18 - 60

108

Final

117

CLE Cavaliers

49 - 29

Sun 5 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
57
21
.731
2
53
25
.679
4.0
3
50
28
.641
7.0
4
49
29
.628
8.0
5
45
33
.577
12.0
6
43
35
.551
14.0
7
43
35
.551
14.0
8
43
36
.544
14.5
9
42
36
.538
15.0
10
41
37
.526
16.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
31
47
.397
26.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
29
49
.372
28.0
13
Nets Nets - e
19
59
.244
38.0
14
18
60
.231
39.0
15
17
61
.218
40.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
62
16
.795
2
Spurs Spurs - x
59
19
.756
3.0
3
50
28
.641
12.0
4
50
28
.641
12.0
5
49
29
.628
13.0
6
46
32
.590
16.0
7
43
35
.551
19.0
8
40
38
.513
22.0
9
40
38
.513
22.0
10
36
42
.462
26.0
11
25
53
.321
37.0
12
25
53
.321
37.0
13
25
54
.316
37.5
14
Kings Kings - e
21
58
.266
41.5
15
Jazz Jazz - e
21
58
.266
41.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
3/10
@
122-128
Tue
3/10
@
111-122
Tue
3/10
@
134-117
Tue
3/10
@
93-129
Tue
3/10
@
117-109

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
4/7
@
7:00 PM
Tue
4/7
@
7:00 PM
Tue
4/7
@
7:30 PM
Tue
4/7
@
7:30 PM
Tue
4/7
@
8:00 PM