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The 19 Greatest NBA Scorers of All Time

By YPB Team

Career totals on one side, points-per-game on the other, and half a century of scoring styles in between. Which one do you call the greatest?

  1. LeBron James — ranked #11
    LeBron James
    The NBA's all-time leading scorer, past 43,000 regular-season points across 23 seasons.
    1000pts
  2. Oscar Robertson — ranked #22
    Oscar Robertson
    Averaged a triple-double for a full season while scoring more than 30 a night.
    952pts
  3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — ranked #33
    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
    Held the all-time scoring record for 39 years on the back of an unblockable skyhook.
    857pts
  4. Dominique Wilkins — ranked #44
    Dominique Wilkins
    The Human Highlight Film, who out-scored almost everyone and out-dunked all of them.
    835pts
  5. Allen Iverson — ranked #55
    Allen Iverson
    Six feet tall, four scoring titles, and no interest in avoiding contact.
    734pts
  6. Luka Doncic — ranked #66
    Luka Doncic
    Scored 73 in a single game before turning 25 and led the league in scoring at 25.
    659pts
  7. James Harden — ranked #77
    James Harden
    Three straight scoring titles built on a step-back the rulebook never fully solved.
    659pts
  8. Jerry West — ranked #88
    Jerry West
    The logo himself, averaging over 27 points a game across 14 seasons.
    467pts
  9. Kevin Durant — ranked #99
    Kevin Durant
    A seven-foot forward with four scoring titles and the smoothest jumper of his era.
    467pts
  10. Dirk Nowitzki — ranked #1010
    Dirk Nowitzki
    The one-legged fadeaway that made him the highest-scoring European in league history.
    467pts
  11. Stephen Curry — ranked #1111
    Stephen Curry
    Rewrote what a shot chart looks like as the NBA's all-time three-point leader.
    467pts
  12. Hakeem Olajuwon — ranked #1212
    Hakeem Olajuwon
    The Dream Shake made him the most skilled scoring centre of the 1990s.
    467pts
  13. Elgin Baylor — ranked #1313
    Elgin Baylor
    Invented hang time and once put 61 points on the Celtics in an NBA Finals game.
    343pts
  14. Moses Malone — ranked #1414
    Moses Malone
    Turned offensive rebounds into 27,000 career points across the ABA and NBA.
    343pts
  15. Michael Jordan — ranked #1515
    Michael Jordan
    Ten scoring titles and the highest career average in league history at 30.1 points per game.
    343pts
  16. Wilt Chamberlain — ranked #1616
    Wilt Chamberlain
    Scored 100 points in a single game and averaged 50.4 per game across the 1961-62 season.
    343pts
  17. Karl Malone — ranked #1717
    Karl Malone
    The Utah power forward who scored more than 36,000 points without missing seasons.
    190pts
  18. Kobe Bryant — ranked #1818
    Kobe Bryant
    Dropped 81 points in one night and 60 in his farewell game for the Lakers.
    190pts
  19. Carmelo Anthony — ranked #1919
    Carmelo Anthony
    A pure shot-maker who scored nearly 30,000 points from every angle on the floor.
    190pts

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Comments

One record here is 43,440 points, another is 30.1 a game, and Karl Malone sits between them without a single scoring title: https://youpick.best/articles/lebron-james-vs-michael-jordan-ranked https://youpick.best/articles/kobe-bryant-ranked-many-ways

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