Michael Jordan scored the most points in 1997-98, with 2,357 points.

Interpreted as:

most total points by a player in 1997-98

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,357	1997-98	CHI	82	3,181	475	283	141	45	881	1,893	46.5	30	126	23.8	565	721	78.4	53.3	130	345	185	151	+598	38.8	28.7	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	2.3
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	2,190	1997-98	UTA	81	3,030	834	316	96	70	780	1,472	53.0	2	6	33.3	628	825	76.1	59.7	189	645	247	237	+584	37.4	27.0	10.3	3.9	1.2	0.9	3.0
3	Antoine Walker A. Walker	1,840	1997-98	BOS	82	3,268	836	273	142	60	722	1,705	42.3	91	292	31.2	305	473	64.5	48.1	270	566	292	262	-267	39.9	22.4	10.2	3.3	1.7	0.7	3.6
4	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	1,829	1997-98	VAN	82	2,950	581	213	89	76	653	1,347	48.5	21	51	41.2	502	640	78.4	56.2	227	354	257	201	-433	36.0	22.3	7.1	2.6	1.1	0.9	3.1
5	Glen Rice G. Rice	1,826	1997-98	CHA	82	3,295	353	182	77	22	634	1,386	45.7	130	300	43.3	428	504	84.9	56.8	89	264	182	200	+169	40.2	22.3	4.3	2.2	0.9	0.3	2.2
6	Michael Finley M. Finley	1,763	1997-98	DAL	82	3,394	438	405	132	30	675	1,505	44.9	87	244	35.7	326	416	78.4	52.2	150	288	219	163	-410	41.4	21.5	5.3	4.9	1.6	0.4	2.7
7	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	1,758	1997-98	PHI	80	3,150	296	494	176	25	649	1,407	46.1	70	235	29.8	390	535	72.9	53.5	86	210	244	200	-92	39.4	22.0	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.3	3.1
8	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	1,731	1997-98	SAS	82	3,204	977	224	55	206	706	1,287	54.9	0	10	0.0	319	482	66.2	57.7	274	703	279	254	+429	39.1	21.1	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	3.4
9	Grant Hill G. Hill	1,712	1997-98	DET	81	3,294	623	551	143	53	615	1,361	45.2	3	21	14.3	479	647	74.0	52.0	93	530	285	196	+214	40.7	21.1	7.7	6.8	1.8	0.7	3.5
10	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	1,699	1997-98	LAL	60	2,175	681	142	39	144	670	1,147	58.4	0	0		359	681	52.7	58.7	208	473	175	193	+649	36.3	28.3	11.4	2.4	0.7	2.4	2.9
11	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	1,623	1997-98	SAC	70	2,569	229	279	88	15	543	1,220	44.5	130	334	38.9	407	471	86.4	56.9	50	179	181	154	-132	36.7	23.2	3.3	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.6
12	Ray Allen R. Allen	1,602	1997-98	MIL	82	3,287	405	356	111	12	563	1,315	42.8	134	368	36.4	342	391	87.5	53.9	127	278	263	244	-71	40.1	19.5	4.9	4.3	1.4	0.1	3.2
13	Reggie Miller R. Miller	1,578	1997-98	IND	81	2,795	232	171	78	11	516	1,081	47.7	164	382	42.9	382	440	86.8	61.9	46	186	128	148	+524	34.5	19.5	2.9	2.1	1.0	0.1	1.6
14	Vin Baker V. Baker	1,574	1997-98	SEA	82	2,944	656	152	91	86	631	1,164	54.2	1	7	14.3	311	526	59.1	56.4	286	370	174	278	+412	35.9	19.2	8.0	1.9	1.1	1.0	2.1
15	David Robinson D. Robinson	1,574	1997-98	SAS	73	2,457	775	199	64	192	544	1,065	51.1	1	4	25.0	485	660	73.5	58.1	239	536	202	204	+356	33.7	21.6	10.6	2.7	0.9	2.6	2.8
16	Gary Payton G. Payton	1,571	1997-98	SEA	82	3,145	376	679	185	18	579	1,278	45.3	134	397	33.8	279	375	74.4	54.4	77	299	229	195	+622	38.4	19.2	4.6	8.3	2.3	0.2	2.8
17	Chris Webber C. Webber	1,555	1997-98	WAS	71	2,809	674	273	111	124	647	1,341	48.2	65	205	31.7	196	333	58.9	52.3	176	498	185	269	+45	39.6	21.9	9.5	3.8	1.6	1.7	2.6
18	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	1,528	1997-98	MIA	81	3,031	299	672	136	16	558	1,296	43.1	155	442	35.1	257	329	78.1	53.0	48	251	224	200	+454	37.4	18.9	3.7	8.3	1.7	0.2	2.8
19	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1,518	1997-98	MIN	82	3,222	786	348	139	150	635	1,293	49.1	3	16	18.8	245	332	73.8	52.7	222	564	192	224	+152	39.3	18.5	9.6	4.2	1.7	1.8	2.3
20	Allan Houston A. Houston	1,509	1997-98	NYK	82	2,848	274	212	63	24	571	1,277	44.7	82	213	38.5	285	335	85.1	53.0	43	231	200	207	+131	34.7	18.4	3.3	2.6	0.8	0.3	2.4
21	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	1,471	1997-98	NJN	75	2,606	228	603	121	20	510	1,156	44.1	15	80	18.8	436	507	86.0	53.3	73	155	269	262	+133	34.7	19.6	3.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	3.6
22	Steve Smith S. Smith	1,464	1997-98	ATL	73	2,857	309	292	75	29	489	1,101	44.4	97	276	35.1	389	455	85.5	56.3	133	176	176	219	+202	39.1	20.1	4.2	4.0	1.0	0.4	2.4
23	Isaiah Rider I. Rider	1,458	1997-98	POR	74	2,786	346	231	55	19	551	1,302	42.3	135	420	32.1	221	267	82.8	51.4	99	247	187	188	+92	37.6	19.7	4.7	3.1	0.7	0.3	2.5
24	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	1,450	1997-98	MIN	82	3,112	230	704	104	7	513	1,237	41.5	95	304	31.3	329	450	73.1	50.5	58	172	256	222	+23	38.0	17.7	2.8	8.6	1.3	0.1	3.1
25	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	1,442	1997-98	CLE	80	2,769	745	197	108	90	518	1,164	44.5	2	8	25.0	404	556	72.7	51.2	219	526	271	310	+255	34.6	18.0	9.3	2.5	1.4	1.1	3.4