nba total points leaders in 1979-80 to 2024-25

Between the 1979-80 and 2024-25 seasons, Michael Jordan averaged the most points per game, with 30.1 per game.

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NBA total points with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games leaders in 1979-80 to 2024-25

	NAME	PPG	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30.1	1,072	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	12,192	24,537	49.7	581	1,778	32.7	7,327	8,772	83.5	56.9	1,668	5,004	2,924	2,783	+1438	38.3	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	2.7
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	28.6	450	15,711	12,878	3,881	3,700	556	203	4,359	9,321	46.8	1,378	3,938	35.0	2,782	3,704	75.1	58.8	427	3,454	1,777	1,028	+1236	34.9	8.6	8.2	1.2	0.5	3.9
3	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	27.7	452	14,408	12,523	4,987	1,658	411	738	4,117	8,212	50.1	532	1,568	33.9	3,757	4,538	82.8	61.3	1,008	3,979	1,547	1,369	+2490	31.9	11.0	3.7	0.9	1.6	3.4
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	27.2	1,123	41,236	30,571	7,828	4,908	1,173	1,273	10,542	21,000	50.2	2,191	5,620	39.0	7,296	8,271	88.2	62.0	740	7,088	3,553	2,137	+4732	36.7	7.0	4.4	1.0	1.1	3.2
5	LeBron James L. James	27.0	1,562	59,042	42,184	11,731	11,584	2,345	1,150	15,488	30,583	50.6	2,559	7,322	34.9	8,649	11,735	73.7	59.0	1,799	9,932	5,471	2,781	+7389	37.8	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	3.5
6	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	26.7	914	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	8,467	19,906	42.5	1,059	3,383	31.3	6,375	8,168	78.0	51.8	745	2,649	3,262	1,777	+799	41.1	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	3.6
7	George Gervin G. Gervin	26.0	547	18,086	14,216	2,333	1,455	563	365	5,508	11,052	49.8	77	259	29.7	3,123	3,674	85.0	56.1	792	1,541	1,545	1,515		33.1	4.3	2.7	1.0	0.7	2.8
8	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	25.5	739	26,627	18,876	3,906	2,295	672	99	6,673	12,214	54.6	7	41	17.1	5,523	6,747	81.9	62.2	1,560	2,346	2,120	1,940		36.0	5.3	3.1	0.9	0.1	2.9
9	Trae Young T. Young	25.3	483	16,621	12,220	1,687	4,748	505	74	3,865	8,935	43.3	1,277	3,629	35.2	3,213	3,679	87.3	57.9	299	1,388	2,051	841	-121	34.4	3.5	9.8	1.0	0.2	4.2
10	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	25.1	900	32,612	22,598	3,845	6,069	874	267	7,266	16,567	43.9	2,804	7,556	37.1	5,262	5,853	89.9	59.0	534	3,311	2,541	1,708	+2415	36.2	4.3	6.7	1.0	0.3	2.8
11	Karl Malone K. Malone	25.0	1,476	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	13,528	26,210	51.6	85	310	27.4	9,787	13,188	74.2	57.7	3,562	11,406	4,524	4,578	+3010	37.2	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	3.1
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	25.0	1,346	48,637	33,643	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	11,719	26,200	44.7	1,827	5,546	32.9	8,378	10,011	83.7	55.0	1,499	5,548	4,010	3,353	+4153	36.1	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	3.0
13	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	24.8	1,074	38,113	26,668	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	9,963	21,589	46.1	711	2,231	31.9	6,031	7,438	81.1	53.6	2,950	4,219	2,669	2,061	-392	35.5	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	2.5
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	24.7	1,026	34,974	25,386	4,819	6,540	1,553	265	8,648	18,356	47.1	4,058	9,589	42.3	4,032	4,424	91.1	62.5	669	4,150	3,187	2,310	+6177	34.1	4.7	6.4	1.5	0.3	3.1
15	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	24.7	539	18,244	13,320	2,324	2,530	740	173	4,720	10,512	44.9	1,618	4,419	36.6	2,262	2,692	84.0	56.9	435	1,889	1,447	1,300	+2590	33.8	4.3	4.7	1.4	0.3	2.7
16	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	24.7	214	6,714	5,279	1,415	920	219	138	2,041	3,468	58.9	32	98	32.7	1,165	1,690	68.9	62.7	487	928	608	483	+401	31.4	6.6	4.3	1.0	0.6	2.8
17	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	24.4	462	15,291	11,294	2,211	2,362	666	370	3,943	7,872	50.1	614	1,729	35.5	2,794	3,243	86.2	60.7	351	1,860	1,072	1,044	+1274	33.1	4.8	5.1	1.4	0.8	2.3
18	Devin Booker D. Booker	24.4	673	23,148	16,452	2,718	3,522	577	190	5,749	12,390	46.4	1,424	4,024	35.4	3,530	4,042	87.3	58.1	424	2,294	2,035	1,972	+30	34.4	4.0	5.2	0.9	0.3	3.0
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	24.3	897	34,443	21,791	8,974	5,695	1,556	755	8,591	17,334	49.6	649	1,727	37.6	3,960	4,471	88.6	56.4	1,757	7,217	2,816	2,279		38.4	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	3.1
20	Anthony Davis A. Davis	24.1	787	27,082	18,978	8,416	2,009	1,033	1,815	7,100	13,589	52.2	375	1,269	29.6	4,403	5,546	79.4	59.2	2,086	6,330	1,573	1,840	+929	34.4	10.7	2.6	1.3	2.3	2.0
21	James Harden J. Harden	24.1	1,151	40,011	27,687	6,473	8,316	1,715	655	8,174	18,610	43.9	3,175	8,750	36.3	8,164	9,478	86.1	60.8	871	5,602	4,260	2,857	+4610	34.8	5.6	7.2	1.5	0.6	3.7
22	Alex English A. English	23.9	970	33,167	23,214	5,320	3,926	939	682	9,621	19,024	50.6	18	83	21.7	3,954	4,708	84.0	55.0	2,313	3,007	2,488	2,557		34.2	5.5	4.0	1.0	0.7	2.6
23	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	23.9	859	28,233	20,538	8,530	4,288	961	1,064	7,525	13,668	55.1	542	1,908	28.4	4,946	7,134	69.3	61.1	1,599	6,931	2,586	2,531	+3014	32.9	9.9	5.0	1.1	1.2	3.0
24	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	23.9	381	13,262	9,097	2,017	1,600	504	233	3,200	7,167	44.6	1,109	3,043	36.4	1,588	1,976	80.4	56.6	281	1,736	1,099	770	+780	34.8	5.3	4.2	1.3	0.6	2.9
25	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	23.7	1,207	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	11,330	19,457	58.2	1	22	4.5	5,935	11,252	52.7	58.6	4,209	8,890	3,310	4,146	+4887	34.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	2.7