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Progressive list of oldest and youngest players

This is a progressive list of scoring leaders showing how the record increased through the years.

Statistics accurate as of March 21, 2024.

^	Active NBA player
*	Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Team abbreviations

Team(s) listed is the one player was on when he established the record.

ATL	Atlanta Hawks	DET	Detroit Pistons	MIL	Milwaukee Bucks	PHW	Philadelphia Warriors
BOS	Boston Celtics	FTW	Fort Wayne Pistons	MIN	Minnesota Timberwolves	PHX	Phoenix Suns
BUF	Buffalo Braves	GSW	Golden State Warriors	MNL	Minneapolis Lakers	SAS	San Antonio Spurs
CHI	Chicago Bulls	HOU	Houston Rockets	NOJ	New Orleans Jazz	SDR	San Diego Rockets
CHS	Chicago Stags	IND	Indiana Pacers	NOP	New Orleans Pelicans	SFW	San Francisco Warriors
CLE	Cleveland Cavaliers	KCO	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	OKC	Oklahoma City Thunder	STL	St. Louis Hawks
DAL	Dallas Mavericks	LAL	Los Angeles Lakers	ORL	Orlando Magic	SYR	Syracuse Nationals
DEN	Denver Nuggets	MIA	Miami Heat	PHI	Philadelphia 76ers	UTA	Utah Jazz

Scoring leader at the end of every season

Season	Year-by-year youngest	Age	Record youngest	Age	Year-by-year Oldest	Age	Record oldest	Age	Season
1946–47	Max Zaslofsky000CHS	20-330	Max Zaslofsky000CHS	20-330	Ben Goldfaden000WSC	33-059	Ben Goldfaden000WSC	33-059	1946–47
1947–48	Stan Brown000PHI	18-139	Stan Brown000PHI	18-139	Nat Hickey000PRO	45-363	Nat Hickey000PRO	45-363	1947–48
1948–49	Joe Graboski000CHS	18-296			Chick Reiser000BLB	34-99			1948–49
1949–50		19-290			Charley Shipp000WAT	36-26			1949–50
1950–51	Don Lofgran000SYR	20-359			Al Cervi000SYR	34-51			1950–51
1951–52	John McConathy000MLH	21-208				35-56			1951–52
1952–53	Eddie Miller000MLH	21-136				36-37			1952–53
1953–54	Bob Houbregs*000MLH	21-232			Mike Novak000SYR	38-266			1953–54
1954–55	Boris Nachamkin000ROC	21-328			Bob Davies*000ROC	35-63			1954–55
1955–56	Bob Santini000NYK	20-261			Bobby Wanzer*000ROC	34-281			1955–56
1956–57	Bill Thieben000FTW	21-213				35-199			1956–57
1957–58	George Yardley*000DET	2,001	Dolph Schayes*000SYR	11,764	Dolph Schayes*000SYR	11,764			1957–58
1958–59	Bob Pettit*000STL	2,105		13,298		13,298			1958–59
1959–60	Wilt Chamberlain* 000PHW 1959–62 000SFW 1962–65 000PHI 1965–66	2,707		14,987		14,987			1959–60
1960–61		3,033		16,855		16,855			1960–61
1961–62		4,029		17,677		17,677			1961–62
1962–63		3,586		18,304		18,304			1962–63
1963–64		2,948	Bob Pettit*000STL	19,756	Bob Pettit*000STL	19,756			1963–64
1964–65		2,534		20,880		20,880			1964–65
1965–66		2,649	Wilt Chamberlain* 000PHI 1965–68 000LAL 1968–73	21,486	Wilt Chamberlain* 000PHI 1965–68 000LAL 1968–73	21,486			1965–66
1966–67	Rick Barry*000SFW	2,775		23,442		23,442			1966–67
1967–68	Dave Bing*000DET	2,142		25,434		25,434			1967–68
1968–69	Elvin Hayes*000SDR	2,327		27,098		27,098			1968–69
1969–70	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*000MIL	2,361		27,426		27,426			1969–70
1970–71		2,596		29,122		29,122			1970–71
1971–72		2,822		30,335		30,335			1971–72
1972–73	Nate Archibald*000KCO	2,719		31,419		31,419			1972–73
1973–74	Bob McAdoo*000BUF	2,261	Oscar Robertson*000MIL	26,710					1973–74
1974–75		2,831	John Havlicek*000BOS	22,389					1974–75
1975–76		2,427		23,678					1975–76
1976–77	Pete Maravich*000NOJ	2,273		25,073					1976–77
1977–78	George Gervin*000SAS	2,232		26,395					1977–78
1978–79		2,365	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*000LAL	22,141					1978–79
1979–80		2,585		24,175					1979–80
1980–81	Adrian Dantley*000UTA	2,452		26,270					1980–81
1981–82	George Gervin*000SAS	2,551		28,088					1981–82
1982–83	Alex English*000DEN	2,326		29,810					1982–83
1983–84	Adrian Dantley*000UTA	2,418		31,527	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*00LAL	31,527			1983–84
1984–85	Michael Jordan*000CHI	2,313		33,262		33,262			1984–85
1985–86	Alex English*000DEN	2,414		35,108		35,108			1985–86
1986–87	Michael Jordan*000CHI	3,041		36,474		36,474			1986–87
1987–88		2,868		37,639		37,639			1987–88
1988–89		2,633		38,387		38,387			1988–89
1989–90		2,753	Moses Malone* 000ATL 1989–91 000MIL 1991–93 000PHI 1993–94 000SAS 1994–95	24,868					1989–90
1990–91		2,580		25,737					1990–91
1991–92		2,404		27,016					1991–92
1992–93		2,541		27,066					1992–93
1993–94	David Robinson*000SAS	2,383		27,360					1993–94
1994–95	Shaquille O'Neal*000ORL	2,315		27,409					1994–95
1995–96	Michael Jordan*000CHI	2,491	Michael Jordan*000CHI	24,489					1995–96
1996–97		2,431		26,920					1996–97
1997–98		2,357		29,277					1997–98
1998–99	Shaquille O'Neal*000LAL	1,289	Karl Malone* 000UTA 1998–2003 000LAL 2003–04	28,946					1998–99
1999–00		2,344		31,041					1999–00
2000–01	Jerry Stackhouse00DET	2,380		32,919					2000–01
2001–02	Paul Pierce*000BOS	2,144		34,707					2001–02
2002–03	Kobe Bryant*000LAL	2,461		36,374					2002–03
2003–04	Kevin Garnett*000MIN	1,987		36,928					2003–04
2004–05	Allen Iverson*000PHI	2,302	Reggie Miller*000IND	25,279					2004–05
2005–06	Kobe Bryant*000LAL	2,832	Shaquille O'Neal* 000MIA 2005–08 000PHX 2008–09 000CLE 2009–10 000BOS 2010–11	24,764					2005–06
2006–07		2,430		25,454					2006–07
2007–08		2,323		26,286					2007–08
2008–09	Dwyane Wade*000MIA	2,386		27,619					2008–09
2009–10	Kevin Durant^000OKC	2,472		28,255					2009–10
2010–11		2,161		28,596					2010–11
2011–12		1,850	Kobe Bryant*000LAL	29,484			2011–12
2012–13		2,280		31,617			2012–13
2013–14		2,593		31,700			2013–14
2014–15	James Harden^000HOU	2,217		32,482			2014–15
2015–16		2,376		33,643			2015–16
2016–17	Russell Westbrook^000OKC	2,558	Dirk Nowitzki*000DAL	30,260			2016–17
2017–18	LeBron James^000CLE	2,251		31,187			2017–18
2018–19	James Harden^000HOU	2,818	LeBron James^000LAL	32,543			2018–19
2019–20		2,335		34,241			2019–20
2020–21	Stephen Curry^000GSW	2,015		35,367			2020–21
2021–22	Trae Young^000ATL	2,155		37,062			2021–22
2022–23	Jayson Tatum^000BOS	2,225		38,652	LeBron James^000LAL	38,652	2022–23
2023–24	Luka Dončić^000DAL	2,080		40,179		40,179	2023–24
2024–25	Luka Dončić^000DAL	2,080		40,179		40,179	2024–25
Season	Year-by-year leader	Points	Active player leader	Total points	Career record	Total points	Single-season record	Points	Season