In basketball, points are accumulated through free throws or field goals. The National Basketball League's (NBL) scoring title was awarded to the player with the most total points in a given season.Nelson, Murry R. The National Basketball League: A History, 1935–1949. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2009. Retrieved on June 17, 2019.
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Bobby McDermott holds the NBL all-time record for career points scored (3,583), while fellow Hall of Famer George Mikan holds the single season points (1,195) and points per game (21.3) records. McDermott earned the most points spanning an eight-year NBL career, but Mikan only played two seasons and set both records during 1947–48, the penultimate year the league existed.
Key *Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of FameDenotes player who won the MVP Award that yearPlayer (X)Denotes the number of times the player had been the scoring leader up to and including that seasonGGuardFForwardCCenter
Season scoring leaders SeasonPlayerPos.TeamTotalpointsGamesplayedPPGField goalsmadeFree throwsmadeRef.1937–38COshkosh All-Stars2101316.283441938–39 (2)COshkosh All-Stars3342811.9124861939–40 (3)COshkosh All-Stars3612812.91111391940–41G/FAkron Goodyear Wingfoots2652411.098691941–42G/FToledo Jim White Chevrolets4062218.51431201942–43 *GFort Wayne Zollner Pistons3162313.7132521943–44G/FCleveland Chase Brassmen3231817.9113971944–45 (2)G/FCleveland Allmen Transfers6073020.22231611945–46F/COshkosh All-Stars4733413.91861011946–47 *G/FRochester Royals6324414.42281761947–48 *CMinneapolis Lakers1,1955621.34063831948–49CTri-Cities Blackhawks8996414.0301297
Career scoring leaders RankPlayerPos.Team(s) played for (years)TotalpointsGamesplayedPPGField goalsmadeFree throwsmadeRef.1 *GFort Wayne Zollner Pistons (1941–1946)Chicago American Gears (1946–1947)Sheboygan Red Skins (1947)Tri-Cities Blackhawks (1947–1949)Hammond Calumet Buccaneers (1949)3,58328712.481,4656532COshkosh All-Stars (1937–1949)3,22132210.001,0451,1313F/COshkosh All-Stars (1941–1944, 1945–1949)2,60023810.929067884CSheboygan Red Skins (1938–1948)Oshkosh All-Stars (1948–1949)2,4903217.769555805 *G/FBuffalo Bisons (1937–1938)Rochester Royals (1945–1948)Syracuse Nationals (1948–1949)2,32618712.447977326CTri-Cities Blackhawks (1946–1949)2,29216813.647837267F/CChicago Bruins (1939–1942)Chicago Studebaker Flyers (1942–1943)Sheboygan Red Skins (1943–1946)Syracuse Nationals (1946–1948)2,2812678.548805218F/COshkosh All-Stars (1940–1941, 1945–1948)Hammond Calumet Buccaneers (1948–1949)2,14020910.247965489F/CAkron Goodyear Wingfoots (1941–1942)Rochester Royals (1945–1947)Indianapolis Kautskys (1947–1948)Hammond Calumet Buccaneers (1948–1949)2,13820210.5876361210F/CAkron Goodyear Wingfoots (1940–1941)Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (1942–1948)1,9492268.6266861311G/FAkron Goodyear Wingfoots (1937–1939)Oshkosh All-Stars (1939–1944)Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (1944–1946)Anderson Duffey Packers (1946–1948)Waterloo Hawks (1948–1949)1,9353765.1576540512G/FDetroit Eagles (1940–1941)Chicago American Gears (1945–1947)Flint/Midland Dow A.C.'s (1947–1948)Syracuse Nationals (1948–1949)1,81016510.9667546013G/FChicago American Gears (1944–1947)Flint/Midland Dow A.C.'s (1947–1948)Hammond Calumet Buccaneers (1948–1949)1,7652128.3368140314 *CChicago American Gears (1946–1947)Minneapolis Lakers (1947–1948)1,6088119.8555350215 *CIndianapolis Kautskys (1945–1948)Rochester Royals (1948)1,60612313.0656348016F/CAnderson Duffey Packers (1946–1949)1,6001659.7054451217 *GRochester Royals (1945–1948)1,50013810.8661626818G/FSheboygan Red Skins (1938–1947)1,4422226.4959824619GIndianapolis Kautskys (1945–1946)Toledo Jeeps (1946–1948)Hammond Calumet Buccaneers (1948–1949)1,4341489.6844953620F/CSheboygan Red Skins (1947–1949)1,42512011.8751639321G/FTri-Cities Blackhawks (1947–1949)1,36712411.0252332122CToledo Jeeps (1947–1948)Waterloo Hawks (1948–1949)1,35112011.2551831523*GWarren Penns / Cleveland White Horses (1938–1939)Detroit Eagles (1939–1941)Sheboygan Red Skins (1942–1943)Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (1943–1946)1,3241628.1745142224F/COshkosh All-Stars (1943–1948)Hammond Calumet Buccaneers (1948–1949)1,3192475.3450031925G/FSheboygan Red Skins (1944–1945)Toledo Jeeps (1946–1948)1,30210412.51499304
See also List of National Basketball Association annual scoring leaders List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders
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