most points in nba history by a forward before turning 23

LeBron James has the most career points by a forward younger than 23, with 7,534 points.

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most points in NBA history by a forward before turning 23 years old

	NAME	PTS	GP	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	LeBron James L. James	7,534	263	41.7	28.6	7.1	6.7	1.8	0.8	10.3	21.6	47.6	1.4	4.2	33.0	6.7	9.2	72.6	55.8	1.2	5.9	3.3	10,964	1,856	1,766	473	202	857	556	+858
2	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	7,286	302	36.5	24.1	5.7	2.9	1.1	0.5	8.6	18.9	45.5	0.6	2.2	27.9	6.3	7.9	79.8	53.9	2.0	3.7	3.1	11,029	1,709	886	330	136	923	886	+323
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	6,504	234	39.2	27.8	7.0	2.8	1.3	0.9	9.3	19.6	47.1	1.6	4.3	37.2	7.7	8.7	88.4	59.2	1.0	6.0	3.1	9,162	1,638	650	296	213	714	464	+201
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	5,364	339	32.1	15.8	7.1	3.6	1.2	1.3	5.8	11.5	50.3	0.4	1.4	27.5	3.9	5.2	74.3	57.4	1.4	5.7	2.3	10,886	2,407	1,230	394	445	796	1,006	-243
5	Anthony Davis A. Davis	5,276	255	34.0	20.7	9.7	1.7	1.3	2.4	8.0	15.4	51.8	0.1	0.5	27.6	4.6	5.9	77.8	57.5	2.6	7.1	1.6	8,668	2,467	426	337	621	407	636	-125
6	John Drew J. Drew	4,892	229		21.4					7.9						5.6	7.8	72.5
7	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	4,880	231	36.8	21.1	7.4	2.7	1.1	1.0	7.5	16.2	46.1	0.2	0.6	33.1	6.0	7.6	78.6	54.0	2.7	4.7	3.2	8,492	1,711	634	258	228	728	598	-1488
8	Rick Barry R. Barry	4,834	158	39.0	30.6	9.9	2.9			11.1	24.9	44.6				8.4	9.6	87.4	52.5				6,165	1,564	455				555
9	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	4,688	209	34.4	22.4	7.2	4.6	0.8	0.6	7.7	17.3	44.6	1.4	4.6	31.7	5.6	7.6	73.2	54.4	1.1	6.1	2.9	7,191	1,496	966	175	124	614	439	-219
10	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	4,677	224	36.1	20.9	3.9	2.0	1.0	0.5	7.7	17.1	45.1	1.1	3.3	32.7	4.4	6.0	73.8	53.0	1.2	2.7	2.1	8,097	876	459	227	115	472	466	+116
11	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	4,648	255	32.3	18.2	6.1	2.5	1.2	0.7	6.6	14.6	45.3	1.9	4.8	39.5	3.1	3.7	83.6	56.2	0.8	5.3	1.8	8,235	1,546	629	300	187	467	531	+1270
12	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	4,639	286	36.0	16.2	8.4	3.3	1.4	1.8	6.8	14.1	48.6	0.1	0.3	26.6	2.4	3.4	73.0	52.1	2.6	5.7	2.1	10,290	2,394	931	408	527	612	764	+344
13	Cliff Robinson C. Robinson	4,533	262		17.3					7.2			0.0			2.9	4.0	70.5
14	Luol Deng L. Deng	4,427	283	33.4	15.6	6.4	2.3	1.0	0.5	6.3	13.1	48.0	0.2	0.8	27.2	2.9	3.8	76.3	53.1	1.8	4.6	1.7	9,448	1,809	640	274	154	494	510	+541
15	Josh Smith J. Smith	4,251	312	33.0	13.6	7.4	2.7	1.1	2.6	5.1	11.4	44.5	0.3	1.3	26.5	3.1	4.5	70.2	50.9	2.1	5.3	2.5	10,288	2,314	836	358	797	783	938	-875
16	Elton Brand E. Brand	4,245	216	37.8	19.7	10.5	2.4	0.9	1.7	7.5	15.3	48.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.7	6.6	70.9	54.0	4.3	6.3	2.7	8,173	2,273	526	197	371	590	700	-1073
17	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	4,228	208	38.1	20.3	9.4	2.3	0.7	1.3	7.1	14.4	49.3	0.1	0.3	25.0	6.1	7.7	78.3	57.1	2.7	6.8	2.4	7,920	1,956	470	155	270	490	560	+51
18	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	4,103	231	31.9	17.8	4.6	3.4	1.0	0.3	6.6	13.8	47.9	1.4	4.2	33.2	3.2	3.7	85.0	57.5	1.0	3.6	1.8	7,375	1,066	783	221	79	423	515	+11
19	Antoine Walker A. Walker	4,059	206	37.8	19.7	9.4	3.2	1.5	0.7	7.8	18.4	42.2	1.0	3.0	33.2	3.2	5.1	62.3	47.7	3.2	6.2	3.1	7,787	1,936	665	310	141	641	675	-1026
20	Rudy Gay R. Gay	3,971	238	33.8	16.7	5.4	1.7	1.2	0.9	6.4	14.2	45.0	1.1	3.2	35.1	2.8	3.7	76.4	52.8	1.4	4.0	2.2	8,049	1,284	393	280	212	533	643	-1046
21	Jabari Smith Jr. J. Smith Jr.	3,967	289	32.2	13.7	7.3	1.5	0.6	0.9	4.9	11.3	43.7	1.8	5.3	34.7	2.0	2.5	79.6	55.3	1.6	5.7	1.2	9,295	2,113	425	176	247	359	742	-125
22	Joe Smith J. Smith	3,899	241	34.2	16.2	7.7	1.2	0.9	1.1	6.3	14.1	44.9	0.1	0.3	26.8	3.5	4.4	78.8	50.6	3.2	4.6	2.0	8,251	1,867	298	221	271	488	731	-636
23	Bernard King B. King	3,821	173		22.1					9.1			0.0	0.0		4.0	6.5	60.8
24	Michael Beasley M. Beasley	3,770	239	29.0	15.8	5.8	1.5	0.7	0.6	6.4	14.0	45.5	0.5	1.5	35.0	2.5	3.3	76.6	51.1	1.5	4.3	2.0	6,920	1,395	348	178	141	467	649	-253
25	Jamal Mashburn J. Mashburn	3,728	171	37.0	21.8	4.4	3.5	1.0	0.1	7.9	18.7	41.9	1.3	4.2	31.2	4.8	6.6	72.5	50.3	1.4	2.9	3.0	6,321	744	595	178	25	516	421

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Team Leaders

PPG

27.9

Mitchell

RPG

9.0

Mobley

APG

5.7

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BKN	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 10/26	MIN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	WAS	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Thu 10/29	CLE	@	ATL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 0

130

Final

Cavaliers

0 - 4

Mon 25 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0