All-time NBA statistics by points. Records
Wilt Chamberlain
The Boston Celtics won the NBA Championship 16 times: 1957, 1959-1966, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1984 and 1986.
Highest score in the NBA
The highest total score in a game was 370 when the Detroit Pistons defeated the Denver Nuggets 186 to 184 in Denver, Colorado, USA on December 13, 1983. Overtime was played after the score was 145:145 in regulation time.
The highest total score in regulation was 320 when the Golden State Warriors defeated the Denver Nuggets 162-158 in Denver, Colorado on November 2, 1990.
Highest points per game
Individually, Wilt Chamberlain scored a career-high 100 points in Philadelphia's game against New York in Hershey, Pennsylvania, on March 2, 1962. That total included 36 field goals and 28 free throws on 32 attempts. as well as a record number of 59 points from the middle of the court.
Chamberlain's career record is tied with Adrian Dantley's free throws in Utah's game against Houston in Las Vegas, Nevada, in January 1984.
Most points in a season – 4029 – dialed Wilt Chamberlain (nicknamed “Stilt”). The record was set in the 1961–62 season when Chamberlain played for the Philadelphia Warriors.
Most effective field goals made in a season - this record was set by Wilt Chamberlain (USA), who in the 1961/62 season. made 1597 accurate throws. At this time he played for the Philadelphia Warriors club.
Most free throws made made by Karl Mellon (USA), who scored 9,443 free throws in 1,405 games with the Utah Jazz from 1985 to 2003.
Most field goals made in an NBA game Wilt Chamberlain made 36 effective field goals. The record was set on March 2, 1962, in the NBA championship game between the Philadelphia Warriors and the New York Knicks.
Record for most accurate three-point shots in a season belongs to Orlando Magic player Denis Scott, who in the 1995/96 season. made 267 three-point shots.
Record for highest scoring average by a player in a season is 50.4(!) points and belongs to Wilt Chamberlain, who played for the Philadelphia Warriors club in the 1961/62 season.
Most wins in a season in the NBA
The Chicago Bulls won NBA games 72 times during the 1995-1996 season, an NBA single-season winning record.
Most games played in the NBA
Robert Parish played 1,611 games in 21 seasons with the Golden State Warriors (1976 - 1980), Boston Celtics (1980 - 1994), Charlotte Hornets (1994 - 1996) and Chicago Bulls ( 1996 -1997).
Record the largest number games played in one season , equals 79. It belongs to Wilt Chamberlain, who played for Philadelphia in 1962. During this period he was on the court record number time - 38882 min. Chamberlain is also unique in that he has never been fined in his entire 1,045-game career.
Most points in NBA
Kareem Abdul-Jabar scored 38,387 points for his teams in NBA games, including 15,837 points from the field during regular games (24.6 points per game on average) and 5,762 points in the final matches of the playoff series.
Highest average points per game for a group of players with over 10,000 points , Michael Jordan has 31.7 points per game, who reached 26,290 points in 748 games with the Chicago Bulls from 1984 to 1997.
Highest average points per game in a playoff game is 33.6 and belongs to Michael Jordan, who scored 5,307 points in 158 games from 1984 to 1997.
Jordan made more money from endorsement deals than any other basketball player.
Record for highest NBA career scoring average — 30.1 points belongs to Michael Jordan (USA). N scored 32,292 points in 1,072 games with the Chicago Bulls (1984–1998) and Washington Wizards (2001–2003).
Record for most points in All-Star games belongs to Michael Jordan (USA), who scored 262 points. In his 14th match in Atlanta (Georgia, USA) on February 9, 2003, Michael scored 20 points.
Most assists in a career was made by John Stockton (USA). From 1984 to 2003, Stockton recorded 15,585 assists in 1,475 games with the Utah Jazz.
Record for most rebounds (23,924 in 1,045 career games) belongs to Wilt Chamberlain. Chamberlain achieved this result while playing for the Philadelphia Warriors (1959-1962), San Francisco Warriors (1962-1965), Philadelphia 76ers (1965-1968) and Los Angeles Lakers (19968). -1973).
Most blocked shots in a NBA career And Hakeem Olajuwon (3,380 blocked shots in 1,238 matches), who played for the Houston Rockets (1984-2000) and the Toronto Raptors (2001-2002), did it. In fact, according to unofficial data, this record belongs to Bill Russell or Wilt Chamberlain. The thing is that in their time this type statistics were not calculated.
Most interceptions (3216 in 1475 matches) was made by John Stockton (USA), playing for the Utah Jazz club from 1984 to 2003.
Most large stock victory
The record winning margin is 68 points. It was recorded in the Cleveland Cavaliers game against the Miami Heat (148: 80) on December 17, 1991.
Best winning streak in the NBA
The Los Angeles Lakers won a record 33 consecutive games between November 5, 1971 and January 7, 1972 during the 1971-1972 season.
Youngest NBA player
Jermaine O'Neal was 18 years and 53 days old when he took to the NBA court for the first time in a Portland Trail Blazers game against the Denver Nuggets on December 5, 1996. O'Neal played 3 minutes and made a good shot, earning 2 points on his debut.
Kob Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers made his first NBA appearance on November 5, 1996, at the age of 18 years and 63 days. He played for 6 minutes. And he made a bad throw.
Oldest NBA player
Robert Parish of the Chicago Bulls played at the age of 43 years 231 days on April 19, 1997, making him the oldest regular season player in the NBA.
Most consecutive games played in the NBA – this record belongs to A.C. Green (USA), who entered the court 1177 times during the period from November 19, 1986 to March 20, 2001.
Largest number full games per NBA season equals 79. They were played by Wilt Chamberlain (USA) for the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1961/62 season. Chamberlain was on the site for a record total time - 3882 minutes.
Tallest NBA player
Gheorghe Mureson (Muresan) of the Washington Wizards is 2.31 m tall. He first played for the team in 1994. He was born in Transylvania (Romania) in 1971, and his growth is due to the peculiarities of the pituitary gland. He has a nickname - “Gitza”, which translates as “Little Gheorghe”.
The three-point shot appeared much later than basketball itself, and only several decades later it became a significant weapon in the arsenal of teams. But now in basketball, any player who aspires to superstar status must own it. American sports names the 5 players who made the most three-pointers in NBA history.
These basketball players (the best three-point shooters in the NBA) most often in history sent the ball into someone else's basket from behind that very arc
- Who: Legendary point guard
- Career years: 1994-2013
- Number of three-pointers made: 1988
- Most three-pointers made in one season: 176 in 2009–10
Current Main coach“ ” was one of the best point guards of his generation, vying for that title with Steve Nash for many years. And one of Jason’s advantages over the Canadian was his more stable three-point shot.
It is noteworthy that in his youth Jason preferred dagger passes, but already in his mature years, at 30 or more years old, when his sharpness began to leave him, Kidd began to devote much more time to three-point shots and eventually became one of the best long-range snipers in history.
- Who: one of the best lungs forwards of the 21st century
- Years of career: 1998 – today
- Number of three-pointers made: 2133
- Most three-pointers made in one season: 210 in 2001–02
The throw was always there business card Paul Pierce, and he also attacked consistently from behind the arc.Therefore, it is not surprising that over the course of a 20-year career, he scored more than 2,000 three-pointers.
- Who: Strong attacking defender
- Years of career: 1999 – today
- Number of three-pointers made: 2178
- Most three-pointers made in one season: 172 in 2001–02
Jason was never considered a star of the first magnitude, but any team would not mind having him on their roster.And this is understandable: for 13 consecutive seasons, Terry did not make less than 100 three-pointers in a season. He is number 3 on the NBA's Top 3-Point Shooters list.
- Who: best player in the history of Indiana, who could score 8 points in 9 seconds
- Career years: 1987 – 2005
- Number of three-pointers made: 2560
- Most three-pointers made in one season: 229 in 1996-97
Even though Miller is considered the leading choker of his time, he was still a top player throughout his career.A top player who could destroy you with his three-pointers even in 9 seconds:
- Who: Star shooting guard who dominated the endings
- Career years: 1996 – 2014
- Number of three-pointers made: 2973
- Most three-pointers made in one season: 269 in 2005–06
Before Steph Curry entered the league, the very definition of “three-point shot” was strongly associated with Ray Allen.Three-pointers from the corners, from the dribble, from static position“Ray shot from everywhere and did it with a decent percentage.
Even at 38 years old, he saved his team with a three-pointer in the final match:
Current players most likely to surpass Jason Kidd in the near future:
Jamal Crawford
How many goals have already been scored: 1962 shots
Vince Carter
How many goals have already been scored: 1961 shots
Kyle Korver
How many have you scored so far: 1922 shots
The man who can't be missed: Stephen Curry
- Who: the main sniper of our time
- Years of career: 2009 – today
- Number of three-pointers made: 1679
- Most three-pointers made in a single season: 402 in 2015–16 (NBA record)
Curry Jr. redefined the importance of three-pointers. It was thanks to him that there was a boom in this type of shot in the league. It is thanks to him that all children dream of not dunking like young Carter, but scoring after the dribble, like Steph.Last season, he set a new NBA record with 402 shots from beyond the arc in one season, and three seasons before that he made 250+ threes.If Curry's health allows him to play another 10 years, he will undoubtedly become the first player to make more than 3,000 three-pointers in his career.Or maybe even 4 or 5 thousand.
These were the NBA's all-time leading three-point shooters. It's only the beginning.
100 points in basketball is considered a grandmaster's mark. However, such performance was not always a guarantee of victory. The history of this game knows cases when both teams far exceeded the 100-point bar. If we take into account only professional teams, the highest score in basketball was recorded in the game between the Detroit Pistons and the Denver Nuggets, who scored 370 points between them on December 13, 1983. It is noteworthy that the remaining 9 places in the top are also occupied by representatives of the NBA, indirectly answering the question of where the brightest and most effective basketball is played.
Top 10 Biggest Scores in Basketball History
10. Boston Celtics – Minneapolis Lakers 173:139 (02/27/1959). It is extremely difficult to score 312 points for two, even with several overtimes. However, in 1959, in the regular season match, Boston and Minneapolis were able to complete the game in the main 48 minutes. To a greater extent, this achievement belongs to the Celtics players, who literally crushed their opponents, providing a difference of 34 points.
The most productive player of the meeting was Tom Heinsohn, who brought the Boston team 43 points. In total, 13 basketball players from both teams overcame the 10-point mark. And one of them, Bob Cousy, also made 28 assists. By the way, Bob held the title of the most passing player for 8 years - from 1953 to 1960.
9. San Antonio Spurs – Denver Nuggets 161:153 (11/07/1990). Unlike the previous match, where there was a clear favorite, the battle that took place in early November 1990 between San Antonio and Denver was uncompromising. Each team took two quarters, and the third 12-minute period was decisive, which the Spurs managed to win with a 16-point handicap.
The hero of the meeting was San Antonio player David Robinson, nicknamed the Admiral, who scored 43 points, and also made 9 rebounds, 5 blocked shots and 4 assists. Interestingly, Robinson played for the Spurs throughout professional career, eventually earning the honor of becoming a member of the NBA Hall of Fame.
6-8. Phoenix Suns – Denver Nuggets 173:143 (11/10/1990). 1990 was truly a year of scoring records in the world of basketball, and almost every time one of the participants was the Denver Nuggets. This time the Denver team's opponent was Phoenix, which did not put the matter on hold and literally terrorized the opponent's hoop in the first two quarters, scoring 107 points. Having slightly moderated their ardor in the second half of the meeting, the Suns nevertheless calmly brought the match to victory.
In addition to the unimaginable score, this match was marked by another record. Phoenix coach Cotton Fijimons reached his 700th career win, becoming just the 7th coach to surpass that mark.
6-8. Cincinnati Royals – San Diego Rockets 165:151 (03/12/1970). Cincinnati Royals during the 1969-1970 season. demonstrated excellent performance, the peak of which occurred in the period February-March, when the team averaged 127 points per game. This trend was not only confirmed in the match against the San Diego Rockets, but became even more obvious. The Royals scored a stunning 165 points, with the bulk of the momentum coming in the first quarter, in which the Rockets were outshot by 18 points.
This game was one of the last in a Cincinnati Royals jersey for team legend Oscar Robertson. Over the course of 10 years, he averaged 29.3 points, 10.3 assists and 8.5 rebounds. In April 1970, Big O was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks.
6-8. Philadelphia Warriors – New York Knicks 169:147 (03/02/1962). The game between the Warriors and the Knicks, which took place on March 2, 1962, will forever go down in American basketball history as “Chamberlain’s 100-point game.” Philadelphia center Wilt Chamberlain scored exactly 100 points - an NBA record that many experts consider eternal. When Wilt had 41 points after 2 quarters, his teammates decided to play exclusively for him so that he could beat his own achievement of 79 points.
Final result exceeded even the wildest expectations. At the end of the match, the spectators in the stands chanted only one phrase: “Give the ball to Chamberlain!”, and the Warriors players carried out this instruction with pleasure. Having scored the hundredth point a minute before the end of the game, main character match, he simply stopped in the center of the court, without even trying to increase the record, because he did not want to spoil the round number. The photo of Chamberlain holding a sign with the distinctive "100" inscription is considered one of the greatest images in NBA history.
4-5. Phoenix Suns – New Jersey Nets 161:157 (12/07/2006). The most a productive match The new era is the match between the Suns and the Nets, which took place in the 2006-2007 season. The game ended only after the second overtime, while the leader changed 34 times throughout the meeting. After the meeting, Phoenix Suns coach Michael D'Antoni said it was Best game that he has ever seen.
The teams were primarily helped to score 318 points between them by the inspired play of their leaders, Steve Nash and Jason Kidd. The first scored 42 points, made 13 assists and made 6 rebounds, the second’s figures were no less impressive - 38 points, 14 assists and 14 rebounds. The difference of 4 points between the performance of Nash and Kidd, in fact, became decisive, since this was the handicap that was observed in the final score sheet of the match.
4-5. Denver Nuggets – San Antonio Spurs 163:155 (01/11/1984). In the 1983-1984 season. The Denver Nuggets have established themselves as the most offensive force in the Western Conference. At the same time, especially reliable protection The Nuggets were no different, so the matches they played were extremely productive. Perhaps the most striking evidence of this fact is the match between Denver and San Antonio, in which each team scored over 150 points without using a single overtime.
The first two quarters were in favor of the Nuggets, who created a comfortable 18-point handicap. The Spurs did not give up and cut the lead in half, but were unable to snatch the final victory or at least send the game into overtime. The most productive player of the meeting was Kiki Vandeweghe, who made 21 shots out of 30 attempts.
3. Golden State Warriors – Denver Nuggets 162:158 (11/02/1990). The highest score in a game without overtime was recorded in the Warriors' match with the Nuggets, which took place on November 2, 1990 during the regular season. For one of the most successful teams in history, Denver, this was the first home game of the 1990-1991 season. and introducing new head coach Paul Westhead to the local crowd.
In the match, both teams used a total of 22 players and 21 of them were able to hit the opponent’s basket at least once, while 12 basketball players scored more than 10 points. The most accurate in the match was Golden State Warriors small forward Chris Mullin, who scored 38 points and was 1 point ahead of Orlando Woolridge from the Nuggets.
2. San Antonio Spurs – Milwaukee Bucks 171:168 (03/06/1982). 3 overtimes are a fairly rare occurrence in the NBA, even taking into account the uncompromising nature of most matches in the regular season and especially in the playoffs. The meeting between the San Antonio Spurs and the Milwaukee Bucks, which ended with a unique score, refers to exactly this match. 337 points for two is the second maximum among professional teams not only in America, but also in the world.
Throughout the game, the opponents stayed very close to each other, so the main time did not reveal the winner. The two overtime periods also turned out to be draws, and only in the third added five minutes did the Spurs manage to break away by 3 decisive points. George Gervin contributed most to this, scoring 50 points, 24 of which in overtime.
1. Detroit Pistons – Denver Nuggets 186:184 (12/13/1983).
Many modern basketball fans associate Detroit with a defensive team that sometimes only needs to score 80 points to win. However, in the 1983-1984 season. it was a brightly attacking team with an average performance of 117 points. The Denver Nuggets were considered an even more reckless team, averaging 123 points per game. Therefore, it is not surprising that fate chose these teams to forever inscribe their names in the NBA record book.
An incredible 370 points between them might not have happened if three seconds before the end of the fourth quarter, Isaiah Thomas had not given hope to the Pistons with his accurate shot. This was followed by 3 overtimes, as a result of which Detroit managed to snatch victory in this historic game. It is difficult to say whether anyone in the future will be able to encroach on this record. At least, over the past 30 years, no one has even come close to such figures.
