__NOTOC__ In basketball, points are the sum of the score accumulated through free throws and field goals. The National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I scoring title is awarded to the player with the highest points per game (ppg) average in a given season. The NCAA did not split into its current divisions format until August 1973. From 1906 to 1955, there were no classifications to the NCAA nor its predecessor, the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS). Then, from 1956 to 1973, colleges were classified as either "NCAA University Division (Major College)" or "NCAA College Division (Small College)". The NCAA's official men's basketball media guide recognizes scoring champions beginning with the 1947–48 season; from 1935–36 to 1946–47, "unofficial" scoring champions were compiled from the annual National Basketball Committee Official Basketball Guide.

Pete Maravich of LSU holds the all-time NCAA Division I records for career scoring (3,667) and average (44.2). His three consecutive scoring titles from 1968 to 1970 are also the three highest single-season averages in NCAA history.

Nine players have earned multiple scoring titles. The most recent player to accomplish this is Reggie Williams of Virginia Military Institute (2007, 2008). There have been two occurrences where, in back-to-back seasons, two different teammates have earned the NCAA scoring title. Frank Selvy and Darrell Floyd of Furman each won in 1954 and 1955, respectively, while Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble of Loyola Marymount won in 1989 and 1990, respectively.

Many of the scoring champions from the 1986–87 season and earlier could have added significantly more points if the three-point line had been instituted. It wasn't until the 1987–88 season that the NCAA standardized the line and accounted for three-point field goals in its official record book. The only player since they were instituted to have not made a single three-point shot in his scoring title season is Gathers, who instead made 419 field goals and 177 free throws en route to scoring 1,015 points and averaging 32.7 points per game.

One prolific college basketball scorer who was not an NCAA scoring champion was Notre Dame's Austin Carr. Carr averaged 38.2 ppg as a junior in 1969–70 (tied for eighth highest in NCAA history) and 38.0 ppg as a senior in 1970–71 (tenth highest). Unfortunately for Carr, he happened to accomplish these feats while playing at the same time as Maravich, whose 44.5 ppg in 1969–70 is the highest in Division I history, and as Johnny Neumann, whose 40.1 ppg in 1970–71 is the fifth highest average. While finishing second in the scoring races each of his last two seasons, Carr is the only player on the NCAA's top ten single season scoring averages list who never won an NCAA scoring title.

Key

Pos.GFCPPGRef. Position Guard Forward Center Points per gameReferences Class (Cl.) key Fr Freshman So Sophomore Jr Junior Sr Senior Gr Graduate

^ Player still competing in NCAA Division I* Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player had been thescoring leader up to and including that season

Scoring leaders Except as specifically noted, all teams are listed under their current athletic brand names, which do not always match those used by a given program in a specific season.

Unofficial

Between 1935–36 and 1946–47, there were no "official" NCAA scoring champions. The statistics during that era were compiled from the National Basketball Committee Official Basketball Guide, which was not regulated by NCAA authorities. Therefore, the following players are included in the annual NCAA men's basketball media guide, but are listed as unofficial season scoring leaders.

Season Player Pos. Cl. Team Gamesplayed Field goalsmade3-point field goals made Free throwsmade Totalpoints PPG 1935–36 * G Stanford 29 ? ? 416 14.3 1936–37 * (2) G Stanford 24 ? ? 410 17.1 1937–38 F Rhode Island 21 177 87 441 21.0 1938–39 (2) F Rhode Island 21 201 73 475 22.6 1939–40 G/F Rhode Island 22 210 89 509 23.1 1940–41 (2) G/F Rhode Island 25 178 107 463 18.5 1941–42 (3) G/F Rhode Island 22 182 106 470 21.4 1942–43 G Saint Joseph's 22 211 93 515 23.4 1943–44 G Rhode Island 20 226 82 534 26.7 1944–45 * C DePaul 24 222 114 558 23.3 1945–46 * (2) C DePaul 24 206 143 555 23.1 1946–47 F Loyola (MD) 32 242 183 667 20.8

Official

Season Player Pos. Cl. Team Gamesplayed Field goalsmade 3-point field goals made Free throwsmade Totalpoints PPGRef. 1947–48 G Iowa 19 152 95 399 21.0 1948–49 F Yale 30 228 215 671 22.4 1949–50 * F Villanova 29 260 215 735 25.3 1950–51 F Temple 25 303 125 731 29.2 1951–52 * C Kansas 28 352 182 795 28.4 1952–53 G Furman 25 272 194 738 29.5 1953–54 (2) G Furman 29 427 355 1,209 41.7 1954–55 G Furman 25 344 209 897 35.9 1955–56 (2) G Furman 28 339 268 946 33.8 1956–57 F South Carolina 29 336 234 906 31.2 1957–58 * G Cincinnati 28 352 280 984 35.1 1958–59 * (2) G Cincinnati 30 331 316 978 32.6 1959–60 * (3) G Cincinnati 30 369 273 1,011 33.7 1960–61 G Gonzaga 26 304 234 842 32.4 1961–62 C/F Utah 26 394 221 1,009 38.8 1962–63 F Seton Hall 22 221 208 650 29.5 1963–64 G Bowling Green 23 292 260 844 36.7 1964–65 * F Miami (Florida) 26 340 293 973 37.4 1965–66 G Purdue 24 284 213 781 32.5 1966–67 G Providence 28 323 205 851 30.4 1967–68 * G LSU 26 432 274 1,138 43.8 1968–69 * (2) G LSU 26 433 282 1,148 44.2 1969–70 * (3) G LSU 31 522 337 1,381 44.5 1970–71 F/G Ole Miss 23 366 191 923 40.1 1971–72 G Louisiana 29 429 196 1,054 36.3 1972–73 G Pepperdine 25 352 144 848 33.9 1973–74 G Canisius 25 326 183 835 33.4 1974–75 G Richmond 26 321 213 855 32.9 1975–76 G Texas–Pan American 25 361 197 919 36.8 1976–77 F/G Portland State 26 417 176 1,010 38.8 1977–78 (2) F/G Portland State 27 410 149 969 35.9 1978–79 G Idaho State 27 310 192 812 30.1 1979–80 G Southern 29 377 178 932 32.1 1980–81 G South Carolina 27 300 181 781 28.9 1981–82 F Texas Southern 29 336 190 862 29.7 1982–83 (2) F Texas Southern 29 333 169 835 28.8 1983–84 G Akron 27 304 206 814 30.1 1984–85 F/C Wichita State 31 351 142 844 27.2 1985–86 G Wagner 29 321 212 854 29.4 1986–87 G Army 29 311 268 953 32.9 1987–88 G Bradley 31 377 87 284 1,125 36.3 1988–89 F/C Loyola Marymount 31 419 0 177 1,015 32.7 1989–90 G Loyola Marymount 32 404 92 231 1,131 35.3 1990–91 G U.S. International 28 358 60 278 1,054 37.6 1991–92 F Morehead State 29 278 66 193 815 28.1 1992–93 G Texas–Pan American 19 189 67 111 556 29.3 1993–94 F Purdue 34 368 79 215 1,030 30.3 1994–95 C TCU 27 288 3 202 781 28.9 1995–96 G Texas Southern 24 194 30 230 648 27.0 1996–97 G LIU 30 338 109 118 903 30.1 1997–98 (2) G LIU 30 326 116 101 869 29.0 1998–99 G Niagara 29 253 65 157 728 25.1 1999–00 G Fresno State 27 252 58 107 669 24.8 2000–01 G Centenary 27 244 85 214 787 29.1 2001–02 G VMI 28 285 79 171 820 29.3 2002–03 G New Mexico 28 218 94 253 783 28.0 2003–04 G Saint Peter's 29 233 112 197 775 26.7 2004–05 (2) G Saint Peter's 28 230 109 152 721 25.8 2005–06 F Gonzaga 33 306 74 240 926 28.1 2006–07 G VMI 33 338 76 176 928 28.1 2007–08 (2) G VMI 25 269 43 114 695 27.8 2008–09 G Davidson 34 312 130 220 974 28.6 2009–10 G Houston 35 305 51 235 896 25.6 2010–11 G BYU 37 346 124 252 1,068 28.9 2011–12 G Oakland 36 281 118 262 942 26.2 2012–13 G Virginia Tech 32 261 61 218 801 25.0 2013–14 F Creighton 35 330 96 178 934 26.7 2014–15 G Eastern Washington 32 230 128 150 738 23.1 2015–16 G Howard 30 226 80 280 812 27.1 2016–17 G Central Michigan 32 313 125 208 959 30.0 2017–18 G Oklahoma 32 261 118 236 876 27.4 2018–19 G Campbell 33 304 139 246 993 30.1 2019–20 G Marquette 29 237 121 211 806 27.8 2020–21 G Oral Roberts 28 224 100 138 686 24.5 2021–22 G Bryant 27 246 50 138 680 25.2 2022–23 G Detroit Mercy 33 303 159 165 930 28.2 2023–24 C Purdue 39 336 1 310 983 25.2 2024–25 F Villanova 35 269 103 174 815 23.3 2025–26 ^ F BYU 35 308 49 229 894 25.5

Multiple-time leaders RankPlayerTeamTimes leaderYears1Rhode Island31939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42Pete MaravichLSU1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70Cincinnati1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–604Rhode Island21937–38, 1938–39Stanford1935–36, 1936–37George MikanDePaul1944–45, 1945–46Saint Peter's2003–04, 2004–05Darrell FloydFurman1954–55, 1955–56LIU1996–97, 1997–98Texas Southern1981–82, 1982–83Frank SelvyFurman1952–53, 1953–54Portland State1976–77, 1977–78Reggie WilliamsVMI2006–07, 2007–08

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