NBA Single-Season Records

Name: NBA Single-Season Records
Creator: Dunkwise

The best statistical seasons in NBA history, per game. See also all-time career leaders.

Single-season points per game records

#	Player	Team	Season	PPG
1	Wilt Chamberlain	PHW	1961-62	50.4
2	Wilt Chamberlain	SFW	1962-63	44.8
3	Wilt Chamberlain	PHW	1960-61	38.4
4	Elgin Baylor	LAL	1961-62	38.3
5	Wilt Chamberlain	PHW	1959-60	37.6
6	Michael Jordan	CHI	1986-87	37.1
7	Wilt Chamberlain	SFW	1963-64	36.9
8	James Harden	HOU	2018-19	36.1
9	Rick Barry	SFW	1966-67	35.6
10	Kobe Bryant	LAL	2005-06	35.4
11	Michael Jordan	CHI	1987-88	35.0
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	MIL	1971-72	34.8
13	Elgin Baylor	LAL	1960-61	34.8
14	Wilt Chamberlain	2TM	1964-65	34.7
15	Charlie Scott	VIR	1971-72	34.6
16	Bob McAdoo	BUF	1974-75	34.5
17	James Harden	HOU	2019-20	34.3
18	Elgin Baylor	LAL	1962-63	34.0
19	Tiny Archibald	KCO	1972-73	34.0
20	Luka Dončić	DAL	2023-24	33.9
21	Michael Jordan	CHI	1989-90	33.6
22	Wilt Chamberlain	PHI	1965-66	33.5
23	Luka Dončić	LAL	2025-26	33.5
24	Joel Embiid	PHI	2022-23	33.1
25	George Gervin	SAS	1979-80	33.1

#	Player	Team	Season	RPG
1	Wilt Chamberlain	PHW	1960-61	27.2
2	Wilt Chamberlain	PHW	1959-60	27.0
3	Wilt Chamberlain	PHW	1961-62	25.7
4	Bill Russell	BOS	1963-64	24.7
5	Wilt Chamberlain	PHI	1965-66	24.6
6	Wilt Chamberlain	SFW	1962-63	24.3
7	Wilt Chamberlain	PHI	1966-67	24.2
8	Bill Russell	BOS	1964-65	24.1
9	Bill Russell	BOS	1959-60	24.0
10	Bill Russell	BOS	1960-61	23.9
11	Wilt Chamberlain	PHI	1967-68	23.8
12	Bill Russell	BOS	1962-63	23.6
13	Bill Russell	BOS	1961-62	23.6
14	Bill Russell	BOS	1958-59	23.0
15	Wilt Chamberlain	2TM	1964-65	22.9
16	Bill Russell	BOS	1965-66	22.8
17	Bill Russell	BOS	1957-58	22.7
18	Wilt Chamberlain	SFW	1963-64	22.3
19	Nate Thurmond	SFW	1967-68	22.0
20	Nate Thurmond	SFW	1966-67	21.3
21	Jerry Lucas	CIN	1965-66	21.1
22	Wilt Chamberlain	LAL	1968-69	21.1
23	Bill Russell	BOS	1966-67	21.0
24	Bob Pettit	STL	1960-61	20.3
25	Jerry Lucas	CIN	1964-65	20.0

#	Player	Team	Season	APG
1	John Stockton	UTA	1989-90	14.5
2	John Stockton	UTA	1990-91	14.2
3	Isiah Thomas	DET	1984-85	13.9
4	John Stockton	UTA	1987-88	13.8
5	John Stockton	UTA	1991-92	13.7
6	John Stockton	UTA	1988-89	13.6
7	Kevin Porter	DET	1978-79	13.4
8	Magic Johnson	LAL	1983-84	13.1
9	Magic Johnson	LAL	1988-89	12.8
10	Magic Johnson	LAL	1984-85	12.6
11	John Stockton	UTA	1993-94	12.6
12	Magic Johnson	LAL	1985-86	12.6
13	Magic Johnson	LAL	1990-91	12.5
14	John Stockton	UTA	1994-95	12.3
15	Kevin Johnson	PHX	1988-89	12.2
16	Magic Johnson	LAL	1986-87	12.2
17	John Stockton	UTA	1992-93	12.0
18	Magic Johnson	LAL	1987-88	11.9
19	Rajon Rondo	SAC	2015-16	11.7
20	Rajon Rondo	BOS	2011-12	11.7
21	Russell Westbrook	WAS	2020-21	11.7
22	Steve Nash	PHX	2006-07	11.6
23	Chris Paul	NOH	2007-08	11.6
24	Trae Young	ATL	2024-25	11.6
25	Oscar Robertson	CIN	1964-65	11.5

#	Player	Team	Season	SPG
1	Don Buse	INA	1975-76	4.1
2	Alvin Robertson	SAS	1985-86	3.7
3	Don Buse	IND	1976-77	3.5
4	Michael Ray Richardson	NYK	1979-80	3.2
5	Slick Watts	SEA	1975-76	3.2
6	John Stockton	UTA	1988-89	3.2
7	Michael Jordan	CHI	1987-88	3.2
8	Alvin Robertson	SAS	1986-87	3.2
9	Nate McMillan	SEA	1993-94	3.0
10	Ted McClain	CAR	1973-74	3.0
11	John Stockton	UTA	1991-92	3.0
12	Alvin Robertson	SAS	1988-89	3.0
13	Alvin Robertson	SAS	1987-88	3.0
14	Alvin Robertson	MIL	1990-91	3.0
15	Dyson Daniels	ATL	2024-25	3.0
16	Michael Ray Richardson	NJN	1984-85	3.0
17	John Stockton	UTA	1987-88	3.0
18	Michael Jordan	CHI	1988-89	2.9
19	Michael Ray Richardson	NYK	1980-81	2.9
20	Rick Barry	GSW	1974-75	2.9
21	Michael Jordan	CHI	1986-87	2.9
22	Gary Payton	SEA	1995-96	2.9
23	Scottie Pippen	CHI	1994-95	2.9
24	John Stockton	UTA	1990-91	2.9
25	Scottie Pippen	CHI	1993-94	2.9

#	Player	Team	Season	BPG
1	Mark Eaton	UTA	1984-85	5.6
2	Artis Gilmore	KEN	1971-72	5.0
3	Manute Bol	WSB	1985-86	5.0
4	Elmore Smith	LAL	1973-74	4.9
5	Mark Eaton	UTA	1985-86	4.6
6	Hakeem Olajuwon	HOU	1989-90	4.6
7	Dikembe Mutombo	DEN	1995-96	4.5
8	David Robinson	SAS	1991-92	4.5
9	Mark Eaton	UTA	1983-84	4.3
10	Tree Rollins	ATL	1982-83	4.3
11	Hakeem Olajuwon	HOU	1991-92	4.3
12	Manute Bol	GSW	1988-89	4.3
13	Hakeem Olajuwon	HOU	1992-93	4.2
14	Dikembe Mutombo	DEN	1993-94	4.1
15	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LAL	1975-76	4.1
16	Mark Eaton	UTA	1986-87	4.1
17	Caldwell Jones	SDA	1973-74	4.0
18	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LAL	1978-79	4.0
19	Patrick Ewing	NYK	1989-90	4.0
20	Dikembe Mutombo	DEN	1994-95	3.9
21	Hakeem Olajuwon	HOU	1990-91	3.9
22	David Robinson	SAS	1990-91	3.9
23	Alonzo Mourning	MIA	1998-99	3.9
24	David Robinson	SAS	1989-90	3.9
25	Victor Wembanyama	SAS	2024-25	3.8