NBA Honors: Scoring Leader

Since the 1969-70 NBA season, the leading scorer is determined by points per game. Previously, from 1946-47 through the 1968-69 season, the NBA scoring leader was the player with more total points at the end of each season.

Kobe Bryant scored 35.4 points in 2005-06, breaking the 35-point mark for the first time since Michael Jordan did it 18 years before.

Three players from the 2003 Draft have led the NBA in scoring: Lebron James in 2007-08, Dwayne Wade in 2008-09 and Carmelo Anthony in 2012-13. Former teammates Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden were the scoring leaders in 9 of the last 11 seasons. The only exceptions in those years were Carmelo Anthony and Stephen Curry who made more three-pointers than anybody in NBA history to become the 2016 top scorer.