NBA Players with the Highest Scoring Averages in Their 21st Season
Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 21st NBA season, ranked by regular season points per game. See how the all-time greats compare in this top-50 historical list.
Which NBA player averaged the most points in the Regular Season in his 21st year?
Playing for the 2024 Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James averaged 25.7 points in 71 games — the highest scoring average by any NBA player in his 21st season.
Points Per Game, 21st Season
25.7 ppg
LeBron James
(2024 Los Angeles Lakers)
Note: No game minimums were used for this list / 
= NBA champion in this season.
Points Per Game in a Player's 21st Season - Full List
Regular Season
| Points | Other stats | ||||||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Per Game | Total | Gms | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | 3pm |
| 1 | (2024 Lakers) |
25.7 | 1,822 | 71 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 2.1 |
| 2 | (2019 Hawks) |
7.4 | 562 | 76 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.6 |
| 3 | (2019 Mavericks) |
7.3 | 373 | 51 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
| 4 | (1997 Bulls) |
3.7 | 161 | 43 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| 5 | (2016 Timberwolves) |
3.2 | 122 | 38 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 6 | (2026 Clippers) |
2.9 | 47 | 16 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| 7 | (2007 Mavericks) |
2.4 | 12 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |