nba player with most points after first season

LeBron James put up the most points by a player after his 1st season, with 41,786 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	41,786	1,543	37.5	27.1	7.6	7.5	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.4	51.1	1.7	4.8	35.0	5.5	7.5	73.6	59.5	1.1	6.4	3.5	57,909	11,663	11,551	2,287	1,127	5,377	2,713	+7652
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	36,026	1,478	36.5	24.4	11.0	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.1	17.9	56.2	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.2	5.8	72.7	59.5	2.4	7.6	2.7	53,912	16,250	5,323	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,374
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	35,725	1,395	37.5	25.6	10.2	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.3	18.1	51.7	0.1	0.2	27.6	6.9	9.2	75.0	58.0	2.4	7.8	3.0	52,377	14,250	5,012	1,980	1,101	4,245	4,283	+3010
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	33,104	1,275	37.3	26.0	5.4	4.9	1.5	0.5	9.1	20.2	44.8	1.4	4.2	32.8	6.5	7.7	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.3	3.1	47,534	6,915	6,215	1,895	617	3,898	3,251	+4093
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	31,175	1,475	34.2	21.1	7.7	2.4	0.8	0.9	7.5	15.9	47.2	1.3	3.5	38.3	4.8	5.5	88.0	57.8	1.0	6.7	1.6	50,410	11,327	3,604	1,181	1,254	2,421	3,496	+6558
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30,973	1,121	36.8	27.6	7.1	4.5	1.0	1.1	9.5	18.7	50.8	2.1	5.2	39.5	6.5	7.4	88.2	62.8	0.6	6.4	3.2	41,308	7,906	5,088	1,157	1,269	3,567	2,157	+5723
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	29,979	990	38.2	30.3	6.2	5.2	2.3	0.8	11.5	23.1	49.6	0.6	1.7	33.1	6.8	8.1	83.4	56.7	1.5	4.7	2.7	37,867	6,138	5,152	2,318	824	2,633	2,498	+1438
8	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	28,712	973	45.8	29.5	22.6	4.6			11.9	21.8	54.8				5.6	11.2	50.4	55.3				44,521	21,983	4,475				1,925
9	James Harden J. Harden	28,586	1,145	35.6	25.0	5.7	7.6	1.5	0.6	7.4	16.7	44.0	2.9	7.9	36.3	7.4	8.5	86.4	61.0	0.8	5.0	3.8	40,711	6,565	8,736	1,714	663	4,399	2,794	+4525
10	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	26,703	1,126	34.5	23.7	10.6	2.6	0.6	2.2	9.4	16.1	58.4	0.0	0.0	5.0	4.9	9.4	52.3	58.6	3.4	7.2	2.7	38,847	11,977	2,874	679	2,446	3,003	3,825	+4887
11	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	26,564	1,178	34.4	22.6	6.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	8.1	18.0	44.8	1.4	4.0	35.7	5.0	6.1	81.7	54.5	1.5	4.7	2.4	40,519	7,310	3,195	1,126	603	2,805	3,318	+1463
12	Moses Malone M. Malone	26,326	1,247	34.1	21.1	12.1	1.4	0.8	1.2	7.3	14.8	49.1	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.6	8.5	77.2	57.0	5.0	7.1	3.1	42,565	15,140	1,707	1,022	1,552	3,804	2,801
13	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	26,049	1,187	35.4	21.9	4.4	4.3	1.0	0.3	7.8	16.7	47.0	0.6	1.8	30.2	5.7	6.8	84.5	55.8	0.7	3.7	2.0	41,971	5,211	5,132	1,207	398	2,413	2,632	-152
14	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	25,920	1,219	33.1	21.3	7.1	8.1	1.6	0.3	7.7	17.4	44.0	1.2	3.9	30.9	4.7	6.2	76.8	52.8	1.5	5.5	3.9	40,357	8,626	9,916	1,928	402	4,764	3,113	+2855
15	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	25,606	1,295	34.2	19.8	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.5	6.5	14.5	44.6	1.6	4.3	36.7	5.2	6.5	80.9	56.9	0.8	4.8	2.6	44,248	7,218	4,593	1,670	695	3,419	3,504	+3409
16	Alex English A. English	25,303	1,133	33.0	22.3	5.6	3.8	0.9	0.7	9.3	18.3	50.7	0.0	0.1	21.7	3.7	4.5	83.3	55.0	2.4	3.2	2.5	37,415	6,370	4,326	1,050	815	2,821	2,949
17	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	25,255	1,190	37.2	21.2	6.3	5.0	1.2	0.3	8.4	19.2	43.9				4.4	5.3	81.8	49.3	1.5	3.5	2.5	44,271	7,473	5,935	476	117	204	3,092
18	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	25,254	1,156	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.8	3.1	8.7	17.1	51.0	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.1	71.9	55.3	3.1	7.9	3.0	41,308	12,774	2,947	2,063	3,610	3,433	4,039	+564
19	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	25,236	1,382	34.8	18.3	10.2	3.8	1.3	1.4	7.3	14.8	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.5	4.4	79.2	54.7	2.2	8.1	2.2	48,125	14,161	5,300	1,773	1,906	3,069	3,372	+4913
20	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	25,234	992	35.7	25.4	6.7	2.6	1.3	0.6	9.4	20.5	46.0	0.7	2.2	31.9	5.8	7.2	81.7	53.7	2.7	4.0	2.5	35,416	6,691	2,548	1,294	579	2,489	1,851	-392
21	Stephen Curry S. Curry	25,129	989	33.8	25.4	4.7	6.3	1.5	0.3	8.6	18.2	47.2	4.1	9.8	42.1	4.1	4.5	91.3	62.9	0.6	4.0	3.1	33,407	4,617	6,271	1,450	263	3,065	2,133	+6452
22	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	24,986	1,221	37.9	20.5	12.2	1.9	1.0	2.0	8.2	18.2	45.3	0.0	0.1	14.7	4.0	5.9	67.4	49.2	3.1	7.8	2.4	46,305	14,873	2,285	864	1,771	1,358	3,927
23	Vince Carter V. Carter	24,815	1,491	29.9	16.6	4.2	3.1	1.0	0.5	6.0	13.8	43.5	1.5	4.1	37.2	3.1	3.9	79.9	53.6	1.0	3.2	1.7	44,607	6,323	4,565	1,475	811	2,480	3,855	+1770
24	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	24,765	1,310	33.7	18.9	10.8	3.1	0.7	2.1	7.3	14.5	50.3	0.0	0.1	19.0	4.3	6.1	69.8	54.9	2.7	8.0	2.4	44,164	14,114	4,001	970	2,814	3,102	3,050	+8481
25	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	24,545	969	42.2	25.3	7.3	9.5	1.1	0.1	9.0	18.6	48.6				7.3	8.7	83.9	56.5	1.0	3.0		40,854	7,088	9,197	77	4		2,712

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Team Leaders

PPG

25.6

Mitchell

RPG

8.0

Mobley

APG

6.2

Harden

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)
Tue 5/19	CLE	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Thu 5/21	CLE	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Sat 5/23	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Mon 5/25	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Wed 5/27	CLE	@	NYK	8:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

4 - 3

125

Final

Pistons

3 - 4

Sun 17 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.1

Cunningham

27.4

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

11.9

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.0

Wembanyama

1.9

Mobley

1.9

Allen

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

126.0

124.5

117.3

114.5

113.7

111.7

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

103.4

105.7

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.0

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

20.3

14.5

13.8

3.0

1.7

1.6

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

627.9

Cunningham

564.7

Wembanyama

556.4

Mobley

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

679

Cunningham

560.8

Harden

556.3

Wembanyama

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.68

Wembanyama

1.66

Beringer

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.66

Wembanyama

1.61

Towns

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

56-38

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

45-37

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-55

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