What Player Scored The Most Points In The NBA?
The answer to this question may surprise you – it wasn’t Kobe Bryant or Michael Jordan! So who did rack up the most points in an NBA career? Read on to find out.
LeBron James
LeBron James is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is widely considered to be one of the greatest basketball players in NBA history. James has won four NBA championships, four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, two Olympic gold medals, an NBA scoring title, and the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. In addition, he has been selected to 15 NBA All-Star teams, 17 All-NBA teams, and has been named the All-Star MVP three times. He is also the all-time leader in assists per game in the playoffs.
Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan is the player who scored the most points in the NBA. He played for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards, and is considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He was a 14-time All-Star and won six NBA championships. In his career, he averaged 30.1 points per game.
Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bean Bryant (born August 23, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. He played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He entered the NBA directly from high school and won five NBA championships with the Lakers. Bryant is an 18-time All-Star, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, and 12-time member of the All-Defensive team. He led the NBA in scoring during two seasons, and ranks third on both the league’s all-time regular season scoring and all-time postseason scoring lists. He holds so many league records that a 2017 Bleacher Report article stated that “it would be easier to list (Bryant’s) accomplishments that didn’t happen”.
Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain holds the record for the most points scored in an NBA game. He accomplished this feat on March 2, 1962, when he scored 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169-147 victory over the New York Knicks.
