nba player drafted number 1 with most pts

LeBron James has posted the most career points by a #1 overall pick, with 43,558 points.

	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	43,558	1,630	37.6	26.7	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.8	19.4	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.8	5.5	7.4	73.7	59.0	1.1	6.3	3.5	61,294	12,154	12,071	2,429	1,192	5,673	2,879	+7525
2	Kareem 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
3	Shaquille 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
4	Elvin 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
5	Hakeem 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
6	Oscar 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
7	Tim 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
8	Patrick 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
9	Allen 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
10	Elgin 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
11	Walt 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
12	David 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
13	Anthony Davis A. Davis	19,572	815	34.3	24.0	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	27,972	8,711	2,082	1,066	1,857	1,630	1,896	+888
14	Dwight 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
15	Bob 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
16	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	18,583	786	34.5	23.6	4.1	5.6	1.3	0.4	8.7	18.4	47.4	2.4	6.1	39.3	3.8	4.3	88.8	58.4	0.8	3.3	2.5	27,086	3,199	4,396	1,032	340	1,954	1,790	+1980
17	Mark 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
18	Magic 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
19	Chris 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
20	Elton 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
21	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	16,543	728	33.7	22.7	11.2	3.1	0.8	1.1	8.3	15.9	52.2	1.7	4.3	39.8	4.4	5.3	83.9	62.4	2.8	8.3	2.7	24,543	8,134	2,288	592	815	1,962	2,477	+1708
22	James 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
23	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	15,291	843	33.4	18.1	4.5	2.3	1.0	0.7	6.7	15.0	45.1	1.5	4.3	36.1	3.1	4.3	72.8	53.8	1.3	3.2	1.8	28,183	3,782	1,952	823	594	1,539	1,825	-536
24	Blake 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
25	Glenn 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

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Team Leaders

PPG

22.6

Mitchell

RPG

8.0

Mobley

APG

5.9

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

116.5

10th

DRTG

112.1

12th

NETRTG

4.5

13th

3P%

37.0

10th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
4	Hawks	6	4	.600	2.0
5	Raptors	5	4	.556	2.5
6	Cavaliers	5	4	.556	2.5
7	Knicks	4	4	.500	3.0
8	Wizards	4	5	.444	3.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/7	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Mon 11/9	CLE	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Wed 11/11	CLE	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Fri 11/13	CLE	@	MIA	8:00 PM
Sat 11/14	DAL	@	CLE	7:30 PM

Last Game

76ers

8 - 2

Final

119

Cavaliers

5 - 4

Fri 6 Nov 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

40.1

Dončić

29.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.9

Curry

RPG Leaders

14.6

Sabonis

13.6

Towns

12.7

Antetokounmpo

APG Leaders

9.6

Young

9.3

Jokić

8.5

Wagner

SPG Leaders

2.8

Dunn

2.7

Gillespie

2.6

Daniels

BPG Leaders

4.2

Wembanyama

2.7

Turner

2.4

Kessler

3PM Leaders

5.8

Dončić

4.7

Curry

4.4

Robinson

TS% Leaders

78.5

Stewart

76.3

Matković

75.9

Carter

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.2

121.9

121.1

118.7

118.2

117.7

DRtg Rankings

103.6

106.6

108.2

108.6

108.7

NetRtg Rankings

10.6

10.0

9.5

9.0

Tank Leaderboard

1-8

1-7

2-6

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

567.5

Dončić

565.1

Wembanyama

477.8

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings Points Leaders

602.5

Dončić

550.3

Wembanyama

501

Antetokounmpo

USG% Leaders

40.6

Dončić

36.6

Wembanyama

36.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

37.0

Murray

36.9

Acuff

36.5

Maxey

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.03

Wembanyama

1.75

Dončić

1.63

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.97

Wembanyama

1.86

Dončić

1.70

Antetokounmpo

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

9-1

7-2

6-2

7-3

6-3

Worst Record ATS

1-8

1-6

2-7

2-6

3-7

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	76ers	8	2	.800
2	Celtics	7	2	.778	0.5
3	Pistons	6	2	.750	1.0
4	Hawks	6	4	.600	2.0
5	Raptors	5	4	.556	2.5
6	Cavaliers	5	4	.556	2.5
7	Knicks	4	4	.500	3.0
8	Wizards	4	5	.444	3.5
9	Heat	3	6	.333	4.5
10	Pacers	3	6	.333	4.5
11	Hornets	3	7	.300	5.0
12	Magic	2	6	.250	5.0
13	Nets	2	6	.250	5.0
14	Bulls	1	7	.125	6.0
15	Bucks	1	8	.111	6.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lakers	8	2	.800
2	Rockets	7	2	.778	0.5
3	Thunder	7	2	.778	0.5
4	Spurs	7	2	.778	0.5
5	Trail Blazers	6	2	.750	1.0
6	Timberwolves	7	3	.700	1.0
7	Grizzlies	6	3	.667	1.5
8	Warriors	6	3	.667	1.5
9	Nuggets	4	3	.571	2.5
10	Mavericks	5	4	.556	2.5
11	Pelicans	4	5	.444	3.5
12	Suns	2	5	.286	4.5
13	Clippers	1	7	.125	6.0
14	Kings	1	8	.111	6.5
15	Jazz	1	8	.111	6.5