For other uses, see Point.
Points in basketball are used to keep track of the score in a game. Points can be accumulated by making field goals (two or three points) or free throws (one point).
The team that has recorded the most points at the end of a game is declared that game's winner.
NBA
- Most points in a career: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387 pts) [1]
- Highest career points per game: Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain (30.1 ppg) [2]
- Most points by a player in an NBA game: 100 by Wilt Chamberlain (3/2/62 vs. New York Knicks). [3]
- Most points averaged by a player in one season: 50.4 by Wilt Chamberlain (1961–62) [3]
- Most points by a player in one season: 4,029 by Wilt Chamberlain (1961–1962) [3]
- Most points by a player in one half: 59 by Wilt Chamberlain [3]
- Most points by a player in one quarter: 33 by George Gervin [3] and Carmelo Anthony [4]
- Most points by a player in one overtime period: 16 by Gilbert Arenas
- Highest career points per game average (playoffs): Michael Jordan (33.4)
- Most career points (playoffs): Michael Jordan (5,987)
- Most points in a game (playoffs): Michael Jordan (63, 4/20/1986 vs. Boston Celtics [2OT])
- Most points in Finals game: Elgin Baylor (61, 4/14/62 vs. Boston Celtics)
- Most points in Finals game, one half: Michael Jordan (35, 6/3/1992 vs. Portland Trail Blazers)
See also
- List of National Basketball Association top individual scoring season averages
- List of individual National Basketball Association scoring leaders by season
- List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders
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