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NBA Top 50 Points Per 36 Leaders

Can you name the top 50 NBA leaders in points per 36 minutes (as of 3/1/26)?
Full career length and teams (NBA and ABA) are included
Will be updated after each season
Per https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/pts_per_mp_career.html
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Last updated: March 1, 2026
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Rank
Player
PTS/36 MP
Team(s)
Years Played
1
Joel Embiid
31.25
PHI
2016-PRESENT
2
Luka Dončić
29.84
DAL / LAL
2018-PRESENT
3
Michael Jordan
28.35
CHI / WAS
1984-2003
4
George Gervin
28.09
VIR / SAA / SAS / CHI
1972-1986
5
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
27.36
LAC / OKC
2018-PRESENT
6
Donovan Mitchell
26.69
UTA / CLE
2017-PRESENT
7
Kevin Durant
26.64
SEA / OKC / GSW / BRK / PHO / HOU
2007-PRESENT
8
Trae Young
26.44
ATL / WAS
2018-PRESENT
9
Giannis Antetokounmpo
26.44
MIL
2013-PRESENT
10
Stephen Curry
26.30
GSW
2009-PRESENT
11
LeBron James
25.67
CLE / MIA / LAL
2003-PRESENT
12
Devin Booker
25.65
PHO
2015-PRESENT
13
Anthony Edwards
25.32
MIN
2020-PRESENT
14
John Drew
25.22
ATL / UTA
1974-1985
15
Dominique Wilkins
25.19
ATL / LAC / BOS / SAS / ORL
1982-1999
16
Anthony Davis
25.16
NOH / NOP / LAL / DAL
2012-PRESENT
17
Nikola Jokić
24.99
DEN
2015-PRESENT
18
Damian Lillard
24.94
POR / MIL
2012-PRESENT
19
James Harden
24.92
OKC / HOU / BRK / PHI / LAC / CLE
2009-PRESENT
20
Kobe Bryant
24.90
LAL
1996-2016
21
David Thompson
24.87
DNA / DEN / SEA
1975-1984
22
Jerry West
24.80
LAL
1960-1974
23
Kyrie Irving
24.69
CLE / BOS / BRK / DAL
2011-PRESENT
24
Elgin Baylor
24.61
MNL / LAL
1958-1972
25
Jayson Tatum
24.58
BOS
2017-PRESENT
26
Shaquille O'Neal
24.56
ORL / LAL / MIA / PHO / CLE / BOS
1992-2011
27
Bob Pettit
24.49
MLH / STL
1954-1965
28
Adrian Dantley
24.43
BUF / IND / LAL / UTA / DET / DAL / MIL
1976-1991
29
Walter Davis
24.35
PHO / DEN / POR
1977-1992
30
Karl-Anthony Towns
24.27
MIN / NYK
2015-PRESENT
31
Karl Malone
24.24
UTA / LAL
1985-2004
32
Alex English
24.22
MIL / IND / DEN / DAL
1976-1991
33
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
24.06
MIL / LAL
1969-1989
34
Bernard King
24.05
NJN / UTA / GSW / NYK / WSB
1977-1993
35
World B. Free
24.04
PHI / SDC / GSW / CLE / HOU
1975-1988
36
Mark Aguirre
23.96
DAL / DET / LAC
1981-1994
37
Bob McAdoo
23.88
BUF / NYK / BOS / DET / NJN / LAL / PHI
1972-1986
38
Wilt Chamberlain
23.63
PHW / SFW / PHI / LAL
1959-1973
39
DeMarcus Cousins
23.62
SAC / NOP / GSW / HOU / LAC / MIL / DEN
2010-2022
40
Dan Issel
23.62
KEN / DNA / DEN
1970-1985
41
Pete Maravich
23.61
ATL / NOJ / UTA / BOS
1970-1980
42
Kiki Vandeweghe
23.46
DEN / POR / NYK / LAC
1980-1993
43
Carmelo Anthony
23.40
DEN / NYK / OKC / HOU / POR / LAL
2003-2022
44
Allen Iverson
23.34
PHI / DEN / DET / MEM
1996-2010
45
Dwyane Wade
23.31
MIA / CHI / CLE
2003-2019
46
Kawhi Leonard
23.25
SAS / TOR / LAC
2011-PRESENT
47
Jaren Jackson Jr.
23.23
MEM / UTA
2018-PRESENT
48
De'Aaron Fox
23.11
SAC / SAS
2017-PRESENT
49
Kristaps Porziņģis
23.06
NYK / DAL / WAS / BOS / ATL / GSW
2015-PRESENT
50
Julius Erving
23.05
VIR / NYA / PHI
1971-1987
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