Greatest scoring seasons in history..

[BlazerRed]

But don't forget to factor in "scarcity of mountain lions".

It has tailed off in recent years; Wilt had a distinct advantage in that, too.

We are in a weak era for mountain lions..

[dunksby]

But don't forget to factor in "scarcity of mountain lions".

It has tailed off in recent years; Wilt had a distinct advantage in that, too.

And BBC loving women, 20K is no small number!

[SHAQisGOAT]

Yea, let's use TS% for players who didn't have a 3pt line Or even for those who weren't shooting as many 3's because the line had just been introduced

And after the early 60's, nobody was getting like even close to 30 shots per game.

Plus the fact that stars today get more bullshit calls.

....

Can't do comparisons like these, period.

[HoopsFanNumero1]

OP needs to stop stealing other people's work from reddit. Or at least give proper credit where it's due.

[Overdrive]

Graph's stupid. If you inverse the axis Wilt is on top at the left and everything after it falls down. This just doesn't work properly to provide quality information.

[tpols]

damn.. adrian dantley GOAT scorer

[Kblaze8855]

31.4 PPG on 49% TS.

Why do people consider this dude a great scorer?

Watching him play basketball and tens of thousands of others who cant do what he did.....thats why.

[pauk]

What makes KD's high scoring amazing to me is that he is doing it as a pure shooter (meaning a 50-40-90 guy)... before that the highest PPG from a 50-40-90 guy was Larry Bird (30 ppg)....

[Deuce Bigalow]

That chart is missing a lot of seasons

'81 Dantley: 30.7 ppg / .622 TS% (Scoring title)
'82 Dantley: 30.3 ppg / .631 TS%
'84 Dantley: 30.6 ppg / .652 TS% (Scoring title)

[MaxFly]

I would like to note that '83 Dantley missed 60 games that season.

Indeed

[MaxFly]

Yea, let's use TS% for players who didn't have a 3pt line Or even for those who weren't shooting as many 3's because the line had just been introduced

And after the early 60's, nobody was getting like even close to 30 shots per game.

Plus the fact that stars today get more bullshit calls.

....

Can't do comparisons like these, period.

It is hard to normalize stats given a number of factors across decades.

[bballnoob1192]

I would like to note that '83 Dantley missed 60 games that season.

wtf get his ass off the charts then lmfao

[russwest0]

Durant is having arguably the best scoring season ever.

Probably wouldn't be renowned as such unless he finished with 50/40/90 though.

[CavaliersFTW]

TS% is flawed when evaluating any player in the 2 to make 3 and 3 to make 2 era, it overly penalizes players with low free throw percentage as it does not factor in the fact that players were actually getting more opportunities to score at the line if they missed their first or 2nd attempts. A player like Wilt for example, was almost always going to make points at the line if he was sent there, even if he only shot a low FT%... because he always had an extra chance to make the shot. It inflates his total number of free throws taken, but makes it appear as if he wasn't scoring often every time he was sent to the line but that isn't true at all. This alone is a huge flaw in comparing TS% and there are other equally huge problems with it like not having 3 point shots prior to it's inception in the NBA.... TS% is a MODERN stat, it simply does not apply to past players.

[BlazerRed]

OP needs to stop stealing other people's work from reddit. Or at least give proper credit where it's due.

Don't take your anger at the data out on me