most total points by a player single season among active players

James Harden has scored the most points by an active player in a season, with 2,818 points in 2018-19.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	James Harden J. Harden	2,818	2018-19	HOU	78	2,867	518	586	158	58	843	1,909	44.2	378	1,028	36.8	754	858	87.9	61.6	66	452	387	244	+357	36.8	36.1	6.6	7.5	2.0	0.7	5.0
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	2,593	2013-14	OKC	81	3,122	598	445	103	59	849	1,688	50.3	192	491	39.1	703	805	87.3	63.5	58	540	285	174	+509	38.5	32.0	7.4	5.5	1.3	0.7	3.5
3	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	2,558	2016-17	OKC	81	2,802	864	840	132	31	824	1,941	42.5	200	583	34.3	710	840	84.5	55.4	137	727	438	190	+251	34.6	31.6	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	5.4
4	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	2,484	2024-25	OKC	76	2,598	379	486	131	77	860	1,656	51.9	163	435	37.5	601	669	89.8	63.7	67	312	183	164	+918	34.2	32.7	5.0	6.4	1.7	1.0	2.4
5	LeBron James L. James	2,478	2005-06	CLE	79	3,361	556	521	123	66	875	1,823	48.0	127	379	33.5	601	814	73.8	56.8	75	481	260	181	+275	42.5	31.4	7.0	6.6	1.6	0.8	3.3
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	2,472	2009-10	OKC	82	3,239	623	231	112	84	794	1,668	47.6	128	351	36.5	756	840	90.0	60.7	105	518	271	171	+431	39.5	30.1	7.6	2.8	1.4	1.0	3.3
7	James Harden J. Harden	2,376	2015-16	HOU	82	3,125	501	612	139	51	710	1,617	43.9	236	657	35.9	720	837	86.0	59.8	63	438	374	229	+125	38.1	29.0	6.1	7.5	1.7	0.6	4.6
8	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2,375	2015-16	GSW	79	2,700	430	527	169	15	805	1,598	50.4	402	886	45.4	363	400	90.8	66.9	68	362	262	161	+1022	34.2	30.1	5.4	6.7	2.1	0.2	3.3
9	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	2,370	2023-24	DAL	70	2,624	647	686	99	38	804	1,652	48.7	284	744	38.2	478	608	78.6	61.7	59	588	282	149	+319	37.5	33.9	9.2	9.8	1.4	0.5	4.0
10	James Harden J. Harden	2,356	2016-17	HOU	81	2,947	659	907	121	38	674	1,533	44.0	262	756	34.7	746	881	84.7	61.3	95	564	464	215	+425	36.4	29.1	8.1	11.2	1.5	0.5	5.7
11	James Harden J. Harden	2,335	2019-20	HOU	68	2,483	446	512	125	60	672	1,514	44.4	299	843	35.5	692	800	86.5	62.6	70	376	308	227	+287	36.5	34.3	6.6	7.5	1.8	0.9	4.5
12	LeBron James L. James	2,304	2008-09	CLE	81	3,054	613	587	137	93	789	1,613	48.9	132	384	34.4	594	762	78.0	59.1	106	507	241	139	+870	37.7	28.4	7.6	7.2	1.7	1.1	3.0
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	2,280	2012-13	OKC	81	3,119	640	374	116	105	731	1,433	51.0	139	334	41.6	679	750	90.5	64.7	46	594	280	143	+721	38.5	28.1	7.9	4.6	1.4	1.3	3.5
14	LeBron James L. James	2,258	2009-10	CLE	76	2,966	554	651	125	77	768	1,528	50.3	129	387	33.3	593	773	76.7	60.4	71	483	261	119	+648	39.0	29.7	7.3	8.6	1.6	1.0	3.4
15	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	2,254	2023-24	OKC	75	2,553	415	465	150	67	796	1,487	53.5	95	269	35.3	567	649	87.4	63.6	65	350	162	184	+613	34.0	30.1	5.5	6.2	2.0	0.9	2.2
16	LeBron James L. James	2,251	2017-18	CLE	82	3,026	709	747	116	71	857	1,580	54.2	149	406	36.7	388	531	73.1	62.1	97	612	347	136	+104	36.9	27.5	8.6	9.1	1.4	0.9	4.2
17	LeBron James L. James	2,250	2007-08	CLE	75	3,027	592	539	138	81	794	1,642	48.4	113	359	31.5	549	771	71.2	56.8	133	459	255	165	+139	40.4	30.0	7.9	7.2	1.8	1.1	3.4
18	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	2,225	2022-23	BOS	74	2,732	649	342	78	51	727	1,559	46.6	240	686	35.0	531	622	85.4	60.7	78	571	213	160	+470	36.9	30.1	8.8	4.6	1.1	0.7	2.9
19	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	2,222	2023-24	MIL	73	2,567	841	476	87	79	837	1,369	61.1	34	124	27.4	514	782	65.7	64.9	196	645	250	210	+339	35.2	30.4	11.5	6.5	1.2	1.1	3.4
20	James Harden J. Harden	2,217	2014-15	HOU	81	2,981	459	565	154	60	647	1,470	44.0	208	555	37.5	715	824	86.8	60.5	75	384	321	208	+335	36.8	27.4	5.7	7.0	1.9	0.7	4.0
21	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	2,212	2023-24	NYK	77	2,726	278	519	70	13	790	1,648	47.9	211	526	40.1	421	497	84.7	59.2	43	235	186	144	+512	35.4	28.7	3.6	6.7	0.9	0.2	2.4
22	James Harden J. Harden	2,191	2017-18	HOU	72	2,551	389	630	126	50	651	1,449	44.9	265	722	36.7	624	727	85.8	61.9	41	348	315	169	+527	35.4	30.4	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	4.4
23	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	2,183	2022-23	PHI	66	2,284	670	274	66	112	728	1,328	54.8	66	200	33.0	661	771	85.7	65.5	113	557	226	205	+424	34.6	33.1	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	3.4
24	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	2,177	2024-25	MIN	79	2,871	450	359	91	51	721	1,612	44.7	320	811	39.5	415	496	83.7	59.5	61	389	249	150	+291	36.3	27.6	5.7	4.5	1.2	0.6	3.2
25	LeBron James L. James	2,175	2004-05	CLE	80	3,388	588	577	177	52	795	1,684	47.2	108	308	35.1	477	636	75.0	55.4	111	477	262	146	+152	42.4	27.2	7.4	7.2	2.2	0.7	3.3