Who Leads the NBA in PPG?
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The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional men’s basketball league in North America. Who leads the NBA in points per game (PPG)?
Russell Westbrook
Russell Westbrook is currently leading the NBA in points per game with an astounding 30.8. This is quite a feat considering the fact that Westbrook is in his 9th season in the NBA. Not only is Westbrook leading the NBA in PPG, but he is also leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a successful season.
2017-2018 season
In the 2017-2018 season, Russell Westbrook averaged a triple double for the entire season. He led the NBA in points per game with 30.6, assists per game with 10.7, and steals per game with 2.0. He was also second in the league in defensive rebounds per game with 8.2.
2016-2017 season
In the 2016-2017 season, Russell Westbrook averaged a triple-double for the entire year. He is the first player to do so since Oscar Robertson in 1961-1962. Westbrook also broke Robertson’s record for most triple-doubles in a season with 42.
James Harden
James Harden is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Harden played college basketball for Arizona State, where he was named a consensus All-American and Pac-10 Player of the Year in 2009. He was selected with the third overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder.
2017-2018 season
In the 2017-2018 season, James Harden led the NBA in points per game with 30.4. He also led the league in minutes per game, with 36.4.
2016-2017 season
In the 2016-2017 NBA season, Houston Rockets shooting guard James Harden led the league in points per game with an average of 29.1. Harden was also second in the league in assists per game, averaging 11.2, and third in steals per game, averaging 1.5.
LeBron James
LeBron James is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. LeBron has led the league in points per game 10 times, which is the most by any player in NBA history. He is also the only player to average at least 30 points per game in his first 16 seasons. In the 2019-20 season, LeBron is averaging 25.7 points per game, which ranks him 7th in the league.
2017-2018 season
LeBron Raymone James Sr. (/ləˈbrɒn/; born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Often compared to Michael Jordan, James has been frequently ranked as one of the greatest basketball players in NBA history. James played high school basketball at St. Vincent–St. Mary High School in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, where he was highly promoted in the national media as a future NBA superstar. A prep-to-pro, he joined the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003 as the first overall draft pick. Named the 2003–04 NBA Rookie of the Year, he soon established himself as one of the league’s premier players; winning the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in 2009 and 2010. After failing to win a championship with Cleveland, James left in 2010 to sign with Miami Heat. This move was announced on The Decision, an ESPN special.
With James leading the way, the Heat won back-to-back NBA championships in 2012 and 2013 and reached a fourth consecutive Finals appearance in 2014. In 2013, he was awarded his second MVP title. After his fourth season with the Heat in 2014, James opted out of his contract to re-sign with Cleveland. In 2016, he played a pivotal role in leading the Cavaliers to their first NBA Championship, delivering an epic performance in Game 7 of The Finals by becoming the third player ever to record a triple-double en route to 35 points respectively. He again led Cleveland to victory over Golden State in 2017 before moving to Los Angeles via free agency during that offseason The following year he helped spur a turnaround for Los Angeles that saw them go from having missed six straight playoffs streaks accrue chance seasons consecutively from 2016-2021popping up levels advanced further down taking into account second all time scoring leader easily leaving his name engraved
In his 17 NBA seasons, James has won four NBA championships (2012–2013 with Miami; 2016, 2017 with Cleveland), four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards (2009, 2010 with Miami; 2012–2013 with Miami; 2016 with Cleveland), two Finals MVP Awards (2012–2013 with Miami; 2016 with Cleveland), three All-Star Game MVP Awards (2006 with Eastern Conference team; 2008: shared MVP honors WITH Kobe Bryant while playing for Western Conference team; 2018: playing for Eastern Conference team), an All-Star Game record 12 appearances (2005–2016: every season except injury-plagued 2005–06 campaign when he was still selected as starter), two Olympic gold medals (2008 – Beijing & 2012 – London) and led teams to nine appearances in NBA Finals (2007 – Cavaliers vs Spurs & 2008 – Cavaliers vs Patriots & 2010 – Heat vs Mavericks & 2011 – Mavericks vs Thunder & 2012 – Heat vs Thunder & 2013 – Heat vs Spurs & 2014 – Spurs vs Heat & 2015 – Warriors vs Cavaliers).
2016-2017 season
During the 2016-2017 season, Cleveland Cavaliers small forward LeBron James led the National Basketball Association (NBA) in scoring, averaging 28.9 points per game (ppg). This was the fifth time in James’ career that he had won the scoring title, and he became the oldest player to do so at 32 years of age. James finished the season with a total of 2,249 points, just ahead of second-placed Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder, who averaged 31.6 ppg but played two more games than James. Houston Rockets shooting guard James Harden was third with an average of 29.1 ppg.
