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How difficult is it to score more than 3,000 points in a single season? Only 12 people have done this in history, KD1 times, Jordan 10 times

6:54pm, 9 June 2025Basketball

On June 9th, Alexander scored 34 points in the finals against the Pacers. So far, his total score in the playoffs + regular season has exceeded 3,000 points. Looking at the players who have been able to score so many points in a single season in history, and Alexander today has only 12. Both the strongest James and Curry have never done it. Speaking of this, do you know which players have done it in history? Let’s take a look together.

62-63 season Elgin Baylor

This is the fifth season of Elgin Baylor's career. He averaged 34 points per game in a single season. Relying on his outstanding performance, he scored 2,719 points in the regular season. In the playoffs, Baylor also led the Lakers to the finals with his outstanding performance, but he met the victim Celtics again, and the team missed the championship in the end. However, Baylor scored a total of 424 points in the playoffs this year, and he has achieved over 3,000 points in a single season. In the 66-67 season, Rick Barry was one of the best scorers in NBA history, but because he left the NBA to play in the ABA that year, he did not get enough praise from the league. He scored a super scorer in the second year of his career, averaging 35.6 points per game. He scored 2,775 points in the entire regular season. He was still unstoppable in the playoffs, leading the Warriors to the Finals, but lost to Chamberlain's 76ers. However, Barry was still strong on the offensive end, scoring a total of 521 points in the playoffs.

71-72 season, Jabbar

This is the third season of Jabbar's career. In an interview that year, he said that in the second year of his career, he had surpassed Chamberlain and became the first person in the league. After winning the championship, Jabbar was also full of energy. He averaged 34.8 points per game in the regular season next season. He scored a total of 2,822 points in the entire regular season. Although he only scored 316 points in the playoffs, he also achieved the feat of scoring 3,000 points in a single season. In the 2}

74-75 season, McAdou

Bob McAdou, this may be the greatest player in the history of the Clippers. Although he did not help the Clippers win the championship, he won at least the regular season MVP when he played for the Clippers. In the 74-75 season, McAdou played the dominance of the super inside line, averaging 34.5 points. He scored a total of 2,831 points in the regular season and another 262 points in the playoffs. This year was also a season for McAdou to prove himself, and he won the regular season MVP.

99-00 O'Neal

This year was the most representative season of O'Neal's career. He won the only regular season MVP in his career. At the same time, O'Neal also led the team to the finals and won the championship. O'Neal averaged 29.7 points in the regular season, and he scored a total of 2,344 points in the regular season throughout the season. It does not seem that much, but in the playoffs, he started the dominant game mode, scoring a total of 707 points, and his opponents could not limit him at all.

05-06 season, Kobe

Although Kobe did not win a major personal honor in the regular season this year, he played the craziest season of his career. 81 points in a single game were achieved this season. Kobe averaged 35.4 points per game and played 80 regular season games in the whole season. He relied on his own to lead the team to the playoffs, and scored a total of 2,832 points in the regular season. Although he was eliminated very early in the playoffs, he relied on his outstanding personal performance and scored 195 points in 7 games.

13-14 season Durant has been injured this season, and Harden has left the team, and Durant has led the team with a single core. As a result, he relied on his unsolvable personal firepower and led the Thunder to achieve the second place in the West. Durant also won the league's scoring champion and regular season MVP. He averaged 32.4 points per game throughout the season and scored 2,593 points in the entire regular season. Although he reached the division final in the playoffs, he was eventually eliminated. He scored a total of 815 points in the entire playoffs.

18-19 season Harden showed his personal heroism to the fullest. Because of Paul's injury, Harden could only stand up and lead the team forward most of the time. Therefore, he achieved a feat of 36.1 points per game in the regular season, the highest since Jordan, with a total of 2,815 points in the whole regular season. Although he was eliminated in the second round of the playoffs, Harden scored 424 points in the playoffs, which was also a feat of 3,000 points in the single season. In the 23-24 season, Doncic

, Doncic last season, last season won the league scoring champion in the regular season, and then led the team to the finals. Although he failed to lead the team to win the championship, Doncic also achieved a feat of 3,000 points in a single season. He scored a total of 2,370 points in the regular season and scored 635 points in the playoffs, almost unable to reach 3,000 points. To be honest, Doncic is also very powerful, the key is that he is only 26 years old. We don’t plan to say in detail about these two,

Jordan and Chamberlain

, because they have done it many times, Chamberlain has done it 5 times, and Jordan has done it 10 times, one is more than the other, and Chamberlain has even scored more than 3,000 points in a single season by relying solely on the regular season, and in the 61-62 season, he has scored more than 4,000 points in a single season. This is just a regular season score! Having said that, what do you want to say about these players? Welcome to leave a message for discussion.

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