nba, players, most total pts, by season, last 10 seasons

Since 2016-17, James Harden has posted the most points 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	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	2,199	2016-17	BOS	76	2,569	205	448	70	13	682	1,473	46.3	245	646	37.9	590	649	90.9	62.5	43	162	210	167	+276	33.8	28.9	2.7	5.9	0.9	0.2	2.8
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	Paul George P. George	2,159	2018-19	OKC	77	2,841	628	318	170	34	707	1,614	43.8	292	757	38.6	453	540	83.9	58.3	105	523	205	214	+496	36.9	28.0	8.2	4.1	2.2	0.4	2.7
17	Trae Young T. Young	2,155	2021-22	ATL	76	2,652	284	737	72	7	711	1,544	46.0	233	610	38.2	500	553	90.4	60.3	50	234	303	128	+158	34.9	28.4	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	4.0
18	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	2,138	2022-23	DAL	66	2,390	569	529	90	33	719	1,449	49.6	185	541	34.2	515	694	74.2	60.9	54	515	236	166	+128	36.2	32.4	8.6	8.0	1.4	0.5	3.6
19	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	2,135	2022-23	OKC	68	2,416	329	371	112	65	704	1,381	51.0	58	168	34.5	669	739	90.5	62.6	59	270	192	192	+149	35.5	31.4	4.8	5.5	1.6	1.0	2.8
20	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	2,118	2021-22	CHI	76	2,743	392	374	68	24	774	1,535	50.4	50	142	35.2	520	593	87.7	59.0	56	336	181	178	+77	36.1	27.9	5.2	4.9	0.9	0.3	2.4
21	Anthony Davis A. Davis	2,110	2017-18	NOP	75	2,727	832	174	115	193	780	1,462	53.4	55	162	34.0	495	598	82.8	61.2	187	645	162	159	+298	36.4	28.1	11.1	2.3	1.5	2.6	2.2
22	Kemba Walker K. Walker	2,102	2018-19	CHA	82	2,863	361	484	102	34	731	1,684	43.4	260	731	35.6	380	450	84.4	55.8	52	309	211	131	+35	34.9	25.6	4.4	5.9	1.2	0.4	2.6
23	Bradley Beal B. Beal	2,099	2018-19	WAS	82	3,028	411	448	121	58	764	1,609	47.5	209	596	35.1	362	448	80.8	58.1	89	322	224	226	-112	36.9	25.6	5.0	5.5	1.5	0.7	2.7
24	Anthony Davis A. Davis	2,099	2016-17	NOP	75	2,708	884	157	94	167	770	1,526	50.5	40	134	29.9	519	647	80.2	58.0	172	712	181	168	+51	36.1	28.0	11.8	2.1	1.3	2.2	2.4
25	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	2,085	2023-24	DEN	79	2,737	976	708	108	68	822	1,411	58.3	83	231	35.9	358	438	81.7	65.0	223	753	238	195	+684	34.6	26.4	12.4	9.0	1.4	0.9	3.0