NBA Players with the Most Points Scored in Their 20th Season
Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 20th NBA season, ranked by regular season total points. See how the all-time greats compare in this top-50 historical list.
Which NBA player had the most total points in the Regular Season in his 20th year?
Playing for the 2023 Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James recorded a total of 1,590 points in 55 games — the highest total ever by an NBA player in his 20th season.
Total Points, 20th Season
1,590 pts
LeBron James
(2023 Los Angeles Lakers)
Total Points in a Player's 20th Season - Full List
Regular Season
| Points | Other stats | ||||||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | 3pm |
| 1 | (2023 Lakers) |
1,590 | 28.9 | 55 | 457 | 375 | 50 | 32 | 121 |
| 2 | (2016 Lakers) |
1,161 | 17.6 | 66 | 247 | 184 | 62 | 13 | 133 |
| 3 | (2018 Mavericks) |
927 | 12.0 | 77 | 438 | 120 | 43 | 45 | 138 |
| 4 | (1989 Lakers) |
748 | 10.1 | 74 | 334 | 74 | 38 | 85 | 0 |
| 5 | (2025 Spurs) |
723 | 8.8 | 82 | 296 | 605 | 103 | 22 | 140 |
| 6 | (2015 more than 1 team) |
323 | 6.9 | 47 | 311 | 77 | 46 | 17 | 1 |
| 7 | (2018 Kings) |
313 | 5.4 | 58 | 148 | 69 | 42 | 26 | 57 |
| 8 | (1996 Hornets) |
290 | 3.9 | 74 | 303 | 29 | 21 | 54 | 0 |
| 9 | (2005 Hawks) |
87 | 3.0 | 29 | 76 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | (2023 Heat) |
27 | 3.9 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Points | Other stats | ||||||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | 3pm |
| 11 | (2026 76ers) |
6 | 1.5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | (2020 Nets) |
5 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |