List of National Basketball Association single-season scoring leaders
This list exhibits the National Basketball Association's top single-season scoring averages based on at least 70 games played or 1400 points scored. The NBA began recording 3-point field goals during the 1979–80 NBA season.
| Rank | Season | Player | Team | Games | |||||||
| 1 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia Warriors | 80 | 1,597 | — | 835 | 4,029 | 50.4 | 37.4 | ||
| 2 | Wilt Chamberlain | San Francisco Warriors | 80 | 1,463 | — | 660 | 3,586 | 44.8 | 33.9 | ||
| 3 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia Warriors | 79 | 1,251 | — | 531 | 3,033 | 38.4 | 29.8 | ||
| 4 | Elgin Baylor | Los Angeles Lakers | 48 | 680 | — | 476 | 1,836 | 38.3 | 31.0 | ||
| 5 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia Warriors | 72 | 1,065 | — | 577 | 2,707 | 37.6 | 29.2 | ||
| 6 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls | 82 | 1,098 | 12 | 833 | 3,041 | 37.1 | 33.4 | 34.8 | |
| 7 | Wilt Chamberlain | San Francisco Warriors | 80 | 1,204 | — | 540 | 2,948 | 36.9 | 28.8 | ||
| 8 | James Harden | Houston Rockets | 78 | 843 | 378 | 754 | 2,818 | 36.1 | 35.4 | 36.2 | |
| 9 | Rick Barry | San Francisco Warriors | 78 | 1,011 | — | 753 | 2,775 | 35.6 | 31.5 | ||
| 10 | Kobe Bryant | Los Angeles Lakers | 80 | 978 | 180 | 696 | 2,832 | 35.4 | 31.1 | 34.2 | |
| 11 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls | 82 | 1,069 | 7 | 723 | 2,868 | 35.0 | 31.2 | 32.7 | |
| 12 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Milwaukee Bucks | 81 | 1,159 | — | 504 | 2,822 | 34.8 | 28.4 | ||
| 13 | Elgin Baylor | Los Angeles Lakers | 73 | 931 | — | 676 | 2,538 | 34.8 | 29.2 | ||
| 14 | Wilt Chamberlain | S.F. Warriors / Phila. 76ers | 73 | 1,063 | — | 408 | 2,534 | 34.7 | 27.6 | ||
| 15 | Bob McAdoo | Buffalo Braves | 82 | 1,095 | — | 641 | 2,831 | 34.5 | 28.8 | 26.7 | |
| 16 | Elgin Baylor | Los Angeles Lakers | 80 | 1,029 | — | 661 | 2,719 | 34.0 | 29.0 | ||
| 16 | Nate Archibald | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | 80 | 1,028 | — | 663 | 2,719 | 34.0 | 26.6 | ||
| 18 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls | 82 | 1,034 | 92 | 593 | 2,753 | 33.6 | 31.0 | 32.0 | |
| 19 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia 76ers | 79 | 1,074 | — | 501 | 2,649 | 33.5 | 25.5 | ||
| 20 | George Gervin | San Antonio Spurs | 78 | 1,024 | 32 | 505 | 2,585 | 33.1 | 31.7 | 29.0 | |
| 21 | Allen Iverson | Philadelphia 76ers | 72 | 815 | 72 | 675 | 2,377 | 33.0 | 27.6 | 29.8 | |
| 22 | Bernard King | New York Knicks | 55 | 691 | 1 | 426 | 1,809 | 32.9 | 31.6 | 31.7 | |
| 23 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls | 78 | 992 | 81 | 476 | 2,541 | 32.6 | 29.8 | 32.3 | |
| 24 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls | 81 | 966 | 27 | 674 | 2,633 | 32.5 | 29.1 | 30.0 | |
| 25 | George Gervin | San Antonio Spurs | 79 | 993 | 10 | 555 | 2,551 | 32.3 | 32.6 | 31.8 | |
| 26 | Tracy McGrady | Orlando Magic | 75 | 829 | 173 | 576 | 2,407 | 32.1 | 29.3 | 31.5 |