In the NBA the scoring champions is the player that has the highest points per game average in a given season, the player has also to play at least 70 games (out os 82) or have at least 1400 points, this rules have been stablished since the1974-1975 season, until the 1968-1969 season the scoring champion was the player with most total points. We must also bring to light that the players whom won the scoring title beforethe 1979-1980 season didnt score any 3 pointers, bacause the 3 point line was first implanted in that season. Wilt Chamberlain still holds the record for most points in one season with 4029 and also the record for best average with 50.4 points per game, both achived at the 1961-1962 season, he also deteins the record for points per game as a rookie with 37.6 in the 1959-1960 season. If we only considerer the players that are still in activity on the NBA, Kobe Bryant has the highst point total (2832) and the best average (35.4), both achived in the 2005-2006 season.
The player with most scoring titles in the most unexpected, Mr. Michael Jordan with 10 titles, him and Wilt Chamberlain are the only players to win 7 consecutive titles. George Gervin and Allen Iverson have 4 titles each. George Mikan, Neil Johnston and Bob Mcadoo have won 3 titles each. Paul Arizin, Bob Pettit, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O´Neal, Tracy McGrady and Kobe Bryant have each won 2 times the title.
How important realy is for a team having a scoring champion in the squad? Since the 1969-1970 only three players were able to get the scoring title and the NBA title in the same season, Abdul-Jabbar in 1971 with the Bucks, the great Michael Jordan from 1991 to 1993 and 1996 to 1998 with the Chicago Bulls and Shaquille O´Neal in 2000 with the Lackers (Shaq is the only scoring champ that didnt make any three point field goal in his winning season (considering only the era of the 3 point field goal ). The 2009-2010 season scoring champion was Kevin Durant with 30.1 points per game for the Thunder, he also became the youngest scoring leader in NBA History at 21 years and 197 days old.
You can see the list at http://www.nbauniverse.com/awards/nba_scoring_leader_year.htm
You can see the list at http://www.nbauniverse.com/awards/nba_scoring_leader_year.htm
