Who's the 2nd greatest scorer of alltime?

[Deuce Bigalow]

Michael Jordan is obviously the greatest scorer of alltime, but there is no real clear cut number two. Here are 10 candidates for being the second greatest scorer of alltime.

Elgin Baylor
Jerry West
Wilt Chamberlain
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kobe Bryant
George Gervin
Shaquille O'Neal
Karl Malone
Lebron James
Allen Iverson

Here are their scoring numbers in the Regular season, Playoffs and Finals.

REGULAR SEASON

PPG
Chamberlain - 30.07
James - 27.49
Baylor - 27.36
West - 27.03
Iverson - 26.66
Gervin - 26.18
Bryant - 25.46
Malone - 25.02
Abdul-Jabbar - 24.61
O'Neal - 23.69

Points
Abdul-Jabbar - 38,387
Malone - 36,928
Bryant - 31,700
Chamberlain - 31,419
O'Neal - 28,596
West - 25,192
Iverson - 24,369
Baylor - 23,149
James - 22,016
Gervin - 20,708

25 point games
Abdul-Jabbar - 794
Malone - 789
Bryant - 664
Chamberlain - 633
West - 581
O'Neal - 555
Iverson - 539
Baylor - 521
James - 514
Gervin - 451

30 point games
Chamberlain - 515
Malone - 435
Abdul-Jabbar - 429
Bryant - 419
West - 350
Iverson - 345
Baylor - 343
James - 313
Gervin - 296
O'Neal - 313

40 point games
Chamberlain - 271
Bryant - 120
Baylor - 88
Iverson - 79
Abdul-Jabbar - 70
Gervin - 68
West - 66
O'Neal - 49
James - 49
Malone - 44

50 point games
Chamberlain - 118
Bryant - 24
Baylor - 14
Iverson - 11
Abdul-Jabbar - 10
James - 9
West - 5
Gervin - 5
Malone - 4
O'Neal - 3

60 point games
Chamberlain - 32
Baylor - 5
Bryant - 5
West - 1
O'Neal - 1
Gervin - 1
Malone - 1

35 ppg seasons
Chamberlain - 5
Bryant - 1
Baylor - 1

30 ppg seasons
Chamberlain - 7
Abdul-Jabbar - 4
West - 4
Iverson - 4
Bryant - 3
Baylor - 3
James - 2
Gervin - 2
Malone - 1

25 ppg seasons
Bryant - 12
Malone - 12
West - 11
Abdul-Jabbar - 10
O'Neal - 10
James - 10
Iverson - 10
Baylor - 8
Chamberlain - 8
Gervin - 7

Scoring champion
Chamberlain - 7x
Gervin - 4x
Iverson - 4x
O'Neal - 2x
Abdul-Jabbar - 2x
Bryant - 2x
West - 1x
James - 1x

Points total leader
Chamberlain - 7x
Gervin - 4x
Bryant - 4x
Abdul-Jabbar - 3x
O'Neal - 3x
Iverson - 1x

Top 3 in scoring
Malone - 8x
Abdul-Jabbar - 8x
O'Neal - 8x
Bryant - 8x
James - 7x
Chamberlain - 7x
Iverson - 6x
Gervin - 5x
West - 5x
Baylor - 5x

Top 5 in scoring
Malone - 13x
Bryant - 12x
Abdul-Jabbar - 10x
James - 9x
Chamberlain - 9x
O'Neal - 8x
Iverson - 8x
Baylor - 8x
Gervin - 7x
West - 6x

3,000 point seasons
Chamberlain - 3

2,500 point seasons
Chamberlain - 7
Baylor - 2
Gervin - 2
Abdul-Jabbar - 2
Bryant - 1
Malone - 1

2,000 point seasons
Malone - 12
Abdul-Jabbar - 9
Bryant - 8
James - 8
Chamberlain - 7
Gervin - 6
Baylor - 5
West - 5
Iverson - 5
O'Neal - 4

Career high points per game
Chamberlain - 50.4
Baylor - 38.3
Bryant - 35.4
Abdul-Jabbar - 34.8
Gervin - 33.1
Iverson - 33.0
James - 31.4
West - 31.3
Malone - 31.0
O'Neal - 29.7

Career high points total
Chamberlain - 4,029
Bryant - 2,832
Abdul-Jabbar - 2,822
Gervin - 2,585
Malone - 2,540
Baylor - 2,538
James - 2,478
West - 2,476
O'Neal - 2,377
Iverson - 2,377

PLAYOFFS

Note: Playoffs only had 3 rounds for all of Baylor's, Chamberlain's, and West's careers and the first series was a best of 5.

PPG
Iverson - 29.73
West - 29.13
James - 28.05
Baylor - 27.04
Gervin - 26.98
Bryant - 25.64
Malone - 24.67
Abdul-Jabbar - 24.31
O'Neal - 24.31
Chamberlain - 22.54

Points
Abdul-Jabbar - 5,762
Bryant - 5,640
O'Neal - 5,250
Malone - 4,761
West - 4,457
James - 3,871
Baylor - 3,623
Chamberlain - 3,607
Iverson - 2,111
Gervin - 1,592

25 point games
Abdul-Jabbar - 126
Bryant - 123
O'Neal - 107
West - 104
Baylor - 104
Malone - 98
James - 90
Chamberlain - 63
Iverson - 48
Gervin - 34

30 point games
Bryant - 88
Abdul-Jabbar - 75
West - 70
James - 61
Baylor - 60
O'Neal - 55
Malone - 54
Chamberlain - 42
Iverson - 36
Gervin - 32

40 point games
West - 20
Baylor - 14
Bryant - 13
Chamberlain - 13
O'Neal - 12
James - 11
Iverson - 10
Abdul-Jabbar - 9
Gervin - 6
Malone - 4

50 point games
Chamberlain - 4
Iverson - 3
West - 2
Baylor - 1
Malone - 1
Bryant - 1

60 point games
Baylor - 1

35 ppg playoffs
Chamberlain - 2
Baylor - 2
West - 1
Abdul-Jabbar - 1
James - 1

30 ppg playoffs
West - 7
Bryant - 5
Chamberlain - 4
Baylor - 4
Abdul-Jabbar - 4
Iverson - 4
O'Neal - 3
James - 3
Gervin - 2
Malone - 2

25 ppg playoffs
Malone - 12
Abdul-Jabbar - 11
O'Neal - 9
Bryant - 9
West - 8
Baylor - 7
James - 7
Gervin - 7
Iverson - 6
Chamberlain - 6

Scoring champion
Abdul-Jabbar - 5
Gervin - 5
Baylor - 4
West - 4
Bryant - 3
James - 2
Iverson - 2
O'Neal - 1
Chamberlain - 1

Points total leader
West - 5
Bryant - 4
Baylor - 4
Abdul-Jabbar - 3
James - 3
O'Neal - 2
Iverson - 1
Chamberlain - 1

Top 3 in scoring
Abdul-Jabbar - 8x
West - 7x
Bryant - 7x
O'Neal - 6x
Malone - 6x
Iverson - 6x
Gervin - 5x
Baylor - 4x
James - 4x
Chamberlain - 3x

Top 5 in scoring
O'Neal - 10x
Malone - 10x
West - 9x
Bryant - 9x
Abdul-Jabbar - 8x
Baylor - 7x
James - 6x
Iverson - 6x
Gervin - 6x
Chamberlain - 3x

300 point playoffs
Abdul-Jabbar - 12
O'Neal - 9
Bryant - 9
West - 9
James - 8
Baylor - 8
Malone - 6
Chamberlain - 6
Iverson - 2
Gervin - 1

400 point playoffs
West - 7
Bryant - 7
James - 6
O'Neal - 6
Abdul-Jabbar - 5
Malone - 5
Baylor - 4
Chamberlain - 2
Gervin - 1
Iverson - 1

500 point playoffs
Bryant - 5
O'Neal - 3
James - 3
West - 2
Malone - 2
Abdul-Jabbar - 2
Baylor - 1
Iverson - 1

FINALS

PPG
Iverson - 35.6
West - 30.1
O'Neal - 28.8
Baylor - 26.4
Bryant - 25.3
Abdul-Jabbar - 23.5
James - 23.4
Malone - 19.6
Chamberlain - 18.6

Points
West - 1,679
Abdul-Jabbar - 1,317
Baylor - 1,161
Bryant - 937
O'Neal - 865
Chamberlain - 652
James - 515
Malone - 293
Iverson - 176

25 ppg finals
West - 7
O'Neal - 5
Abdul-Jabbar - 5
Baylor - 4
Bryant - 4
James - 2
Iverson - 1
Chamberlain - 1
Malone - 1

30 ppg finals
West - 6
O'Neal - 3
Abdul-Jabbar - 2
Baylor - 2
Iverson - 1
Bryant - 1

35 ppg finals
Baylor - 1
O'Neal - 1
West - 1
Iverson - 1

Leading scorer in finals
West - 5x
O'Neal - 3x
Abdul-Jabbar - 3x
Bryant - 3x
Baylor - 2x
James - 2x
Iverson - 1x
Chamberlain - 1x

[CeilingFan#1]

Jordan is not the clear cut #1 scorer. It is debatable, and I have Wilt at #1.

[moe94]

Jordan is not the clear cut #1 scorer. It is debatable, and I have Wilt at #1.

Chamberlain's playoffs: 22.5 PPG on 52% shooting

Jordan's playoffs: 33 PPG on 49% shooting

It's pretty close and I think Wilt has the advantage.

[Rose'sACL]

Chamberlain's playoffs: 22.5 PPG on 52% shooting

Jordan's playoffs: 33 PPG on 49% shooting

It's pretty close and I think Wilt has the advantage.

But wilt played in the slower league which had better defense.
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[TheMarkMadsen]

Holy shit awesome stats awesome thread

[Deuce Bigalow]

Jordan is not the clear cut #1 scorer. It is debatable, and I have Wilt at #1.

[bdreason]

MJ.

[RightToCensor]

I swear, if you don't consider KAJ #1, then you need to choose another sport to watch.

[CeilingFan#1]

As you posted:
60 point games
Chamberlain - 32

50 point games
Chamberlain - 118

Career high points per game
Chamberlain - 50.4

[pauk]

Larry Bird

[moe94]

As you posted:
60 point games
Chamberlain - 32

50 point games
Chamberlain - 118

Career high points per game
Chamberlain - 50.4

Why are you dodging the playoffs post? Are you implying Wilt might have shrunk when it counted? Hmmmmm.

[BoutPractice]

One other player I think deserves mention on the list is Shaq (similarly unstoppable as KAJ regardless of volume, career 24 ppg in regular season and playoffs on ridiculous percentages, and had his best offensive performances in the Finals). When it's all said and done Durant might get to that number 2 spot. It's not guaranteed by any means, but I'd be willing to bet on that.

[Deuce Bigalow]

As you posted:
60 point games
Chamberlain - 32

50 point games
Chamberlain - 118

Career high points per game
Chamberlain - 50.4

Here you go

Regular season points
Jordan- 32,292
Chamberlain- 31,419

Regular season PPG
Jordan- 30.12
Wilt- 30.07

30-point games Regular season
Jordan- 562
Chamberlain- 515

Scoring Titles
Jordan- 10
Wilt- 7

Playoff points
Jordan- 5,987
Chamberlain- 3,607

Playoff PPG
Jordan- 33.4
Chamberlain- 22.5

Scoring Titles Playoffs
Jordan- 10
Chamberlain- 1

30-point games Playoffs
Jordan- 109
Wilt- 42

40-point games Playoffs
Jordan- 38
Chamberlain- 13

50-point games Playoffs
Jordan- 8
Chamberlain- 4

60-point games Playoffs
Jordan- 1
Chamberlain- 0

Points Finals
Jordan- 1,176
Chamberlain- 652

Finals PPG
Jordan- 33.6
Chamberlain- 18.6

30-point games Finals
Jordan- 23
Chamberlain- 4

40-point games Finals
Jordan- 6
Chamberlain- 1

50-point games Finals
Jordan- 1
Chamberlain- 0

[Lebron23]

Where's Lebron?

27.5 ppg on 49.4 FG% in the regular season. He's top 3 in scoring since the 2004-05 to 2012-13 NBA Season. He won his first scoring title back in 2008 after he averaged 30 ppg in the regular season.

28.1 ppg on 47.1 FG% in the playoffs.

[Deuce Bigalow]

Where's Lebron?

27.5 ppg on 49.4 FG% in the regular season. He's top 3 in scoring since the 2004-05 to 2012-13 NBA Season. He won his first scoring title back in 2008 after he averaged 30 ppg in the regular season.

28.1 ppg on 47.1 FG% in the playoffs.