Who Led the NBA in Scoring Last Season?

We take a look at who led the NBA in scoring last season and how they managed to put up such big numbers.

Russell Westbrook

Russell Westbrook led the NBA in scoring last season with an average of 31.6 points per game. He is a guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder and is one of the most explosive players in the league. Westbrook is known for his high energy and his ability to make plays for himself and his teammates.

2017-2018 season

Westbrook became the first player in NBA history to average a triple-double for an entire season, and he did it in style. He averaged 21.9 points, 10.7 rebounds and 10.4 assists per game, leading the league in scoring and helping the Thunder to the playoffs.

Career

Russell Westbrook stages one of the most exciting individual performances in recent NBA history, Westbrook became the first player since Oscar Robertson in 1961-62 to average a triple-double for an entire season. The previous season, he joined Robertson and Johnson as the only players ever to average at least 23 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds per game.

James Harden

James Harden led the NBA in scoring last season with an average of 36.1 points per game. He also led the league in assists, with an average of 7.5 assists per game. Harden was the only player in the NBA to average more than 30 points and 7 assists per game last season.

2017-2018 season

In 2017-2018, James Harden led the NBA in scoring with an average of 30.4 points per game. The second highest scorer was LeBron James, who averaged 27.5 points per game. Harden’s scoring average was the highest in the NBA since Kevin Durant averaged 32 points per game in 2013-2014.

Career

Born August 26, 1989, in Los Angeles, CA James Harden is an NBA shooting guard for the Houston Rockets, wearing number 13. The 6’5” point-scoring machine played college basketball at Arizona State University before being drafted by the Oklahoma City Thunder with the third overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft. Harden was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team in his first season and helped lead the Thunder to the NBA Finals in 2012. He was named an NBA All-Star for the first time in 2013 and has since been selected to six straight All-Star teams. In 2012, Harden was traded to the Houston Rockets where he has continued to excel, leading the league in scoring in 2019-20 with an average of 34.3 points per game.

Anthony Davis

Anthony Davis led the National Basketball Association (NBA) in scoring with 28.1 points per game during the 2018-19 season. He also averaged a career-high 12.0 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game. The 6-foot-10 Davis was drafted first overall by the New Orleans Pelicans in the 2012 NBA draft. He was a two-time All-Star and was named to the All-NBA First Team in 2018.

2017-2018 season

In his seventh NBA season, Anthony Davis led the league in scoring, averaging 28.1 points per game. The 6’10” New Orleans Pelicans power forward/center also averaged 11.1 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game, while shooting 53.5% from the field and 34.0% from three-point range. Davis was named an All-Star for the fifth time in his career, and he was also named First Team All-NBA for the second time.

Career

Anthony Davis played one season of college basketball for the University of Kentucky before being selected first overall in the 2012 NBA draft by the New Orleans Pelicans. He is a five-time NBA All-Star, and has led the league in blocks three times. In 2019, he was named MVP of the All-Star Game after scoring a game-high 52 points. That same year, he helped lead the Pelicans to their first playoff appearance in four years. In 2020, he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, where he won his first NBA championship.