nba player with most points in third season in the last 20 years

LeBron James put up the most points by a player in his 3rd season, with 2,478 points.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	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	2,478	2005-06	CLE	79	42.5	31.4	7.0	6.6	1.6	0.8	11.1	23.1	48.0	1.6	4.8	33.5	7.6	10.3	73.8	56.8	0.9	6.1	3.3	3,361	556	521	123	66	260	181	+275
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	2,472	2009-10	OKC	82	39.5	30.1	7.6	2.8	1.4	1.0	9.7	20.3	47.6	1.6	4.3	36.5	9.2	10.2	90.0	60.7	1.3	6.3	3.3	3,239	623	231	112	84	271	171	+431
3	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	2,122	2005-06	DEN	80	36.8	26.5	4.9	2.7	1.1	0.5	9.5	19.7	48.1	0.5	1.9	24.3	7.2	8.9	80.8	56.3	1.5	3.4	2.7	2,941	394	216	88	42	218	229	+4
4	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	2,040	2005-06	MIA	75	38.6	27.2	5.7	6.7	1.9	0.8	9.3	18.8	49.5	0.2	1.0	17.1	8.4	10.7	78.3	57.7	1.4	4.3	3.6	2,892	430	503	146	58	268	217	+485
5	Derrick Rose D. Rose	2,026	2010-11	CHI	81	37.4	25.0	4.1	7.7	1.0	0.6	8.8	19.7	44.5	1.6	4.8	33.2	5.9	6.9	85.8	55.0	1.0	3.1	3.4	3,026	330	623	85	51	278	136	+498
6	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	1,946	2022-23	MIN	79	36.0	24.6	5.8	4.4	1.6	0.7	8.9	19.5	45.9	2.7	7.3	36.9	4.0	5.3	75.6	56.4	0.6	5.2	3.3	2,841	458	350	125	58	259	186	+97
7	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	1,933	2016-17	MIN	82	37.2	23.6	4.0	2.3	1.0	0.4	8.6	19.1	45.2	1.3	3.5	35.6	5.0	6.6	76.0	53.4	1.2	2.8	2.3	3,048	328	189	82	30	187	183	-17
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	1,830	2020-21	DAL	66	34.3	27.7	8.0	8.6	1.0	0.5	9.8	20.5	47.9	2.9	8.3	35.0	5.2	7.1	73.0	58.7	0.8	7.2	4.3	2,262	527	567	64	36	281	152	+164
9	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1,793	2010-11	OKC	82	34.7	21.9	4.6	8.2	1.9	0.4	7.5	17.0	44.2	0.4	1.3	33.0	6.5	7.7	84.2	53.8	1.5	3.1	3.9	2,847	379	670	155	30	316	207	+117
10	Brandon Roy B. Roy	1,765	2008-09	POR	78	37.2	22.6	4.7	5.1	1.1	0.3	8.1	16.9	48.0	1.1	2.8	37.7	5.3	6.5	82.4	57.3	1.3	3.4	1.9	2,903	370	400	88	22	152	127	+505
11	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1,761	2018-19	PHI	64	33.7	27.5	13.6	3.7	0.7	1.9	9.1	18.7	48.4	1.2	4.1	30.0	8.2	10.1	80.4	59.3	2.5	11.1	3.5	2,154	871	234	46	122	226	211	+371
12	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	1,753	2006-07	CHI	82	33.0	21.4	3.1	3.6	0.8	0.2	7.4	16.3	45.5	1.9	4.6	41.3	4.6	5.4	86.4	57.2	0.4	2.7	3.0	2,704	258	296	64	17	249	252	+353
13	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	1,743	2017-18	MIN	82	35.6	21.3	12.3	2.4	0.8	1.4	7.8	14.3	54.5	1.5	3.5	42.1	4.2	4.9	85.8	64.6	2.9	9.4	1.9	2,918	1,012	199	64	115	159	285	+371
14	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	1,720	2014-15	POR	82	35.7	21.0	4.6	6.2	1.2	0.3	7.2	16.6	43.4	2.4	7.0	34.3	4.2	4.9	86.4	56.0	0.6	4.0	2.7	2,925	378	507	97	21	222	164	+302
15	Buddy Hield B. Hield	1,695	2018-19	SAC	82	31.9	20.7	5.0	2.5	0.7	0.4	7.6	16.6	45.8	3.4	7.9	42.7	2.1	2.4	88.6	58.7	1.3	3.7	1.8	2,615	412	205	58	33	146	202	0
16	Chris Paul C. Paul	1,684	2007-08	NOH	80	37.6	21.1	4.0	11.6	2.7	0.1	7.9	16.1	48.8	1.2	3.1	36.9	4.2	4.9	85.1	57.6	0.8	3.2	2.5	3,006	321	925	217	4	201	185	+479
17	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	1,673	2010-11	NJN	82	35.2	20.4	6.0	1.6	0.6	1.5	7.9	16.0	49.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.7	6.0	78.7	54.9	2.4	3.5	2.1	2,889	488	129	47	120	176	240	-314
18	CJ McCollum	1,666	2015-16	POR	80	34.7	20.8	3.2	4.3	1.2	0.3	8.0	17.9	44.8	2.5	5.9	41.7	2.3	2.8	82.7	54.4	0.6	2.7	2.5	2,780	259	341	97	23	196	187	+154
19	Anthony Davis A. Davis	1,656	2014-15	NOP	68	36.1	24.4	10.2	2.2	1.5	2.9	9.4	17.6	53.5	0.0	0.2	8.3	5.5	6.8	80.5	59.1	2.5	7.7	1.4	2,455	696	149	100	200	95	141	+267
20	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	1,655	2019-20	UTA	69	34.3	24.0	4.4	4.3	1.0	0.2	8.7	19.4	44.9	2.5	6.9	36.6	4.0	4.7	86.3	55.8	0.8	3.6	2.7	2,364	304	294	70	14	184	172	+113
21	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	1,636	2007-08	GSW	81	37.9	20.2	5.0	3.9	1.5	0.3	8.0	15.1	53.1	0.1	0.6	23.1	4.0	5.1	76.7	58.0	1.6	3.3	2.1	3,071	404	315	124	27	173	195	+212
22	Kevin Martin K. Martin	1,618	2006-07	SAC	80	35.2	20.2	4.3	2.2	1.2	0.1	6.3	13.3	47.3	1.6	4.2	38.1	6.0	7.1	84.4	61.4	0.9	3.4	1.7	2,818	342	173	98	11	135	181	-166
23	Jalen Green J. Green	1,610	2023-24	HOU	82	31.7	19.6	5.2	3.5	0.8	0.3	6.9	16.2	42.3	2.5	7.4	33.2	3.5	4.3	80.4	54.1	0.5	4.7	2.3	2,602	423	291	66	28	191	115	+31
24	Aaron Brooks A. Brooks	1,604	2009-10	HOU	82	35.6	19.6	2.6	5.3	0.8	0.2	7.0	16.2	43.2	2.5	6.4	39.8	3.0	3.6	82.2	54.9	0.7	2.0	2.8	2,919	215	434	69	14	232	199	-26
25	Trae Young T. Young	1,594	2020-21	ATL	63	33.7	25.3	3.9	9.4	0.8	0.2	7.7	17.7	43.8	2.2	6.3	34.3	7.7	8.7	88.6	58.9	0.6	3.3	4.1	2,124	245	594	53	12	261	111	+267