Points in basketball are used to keep track of the score in a game. Points can be accumulated by making a field goal (2 points), a three-point field goal (3 points) or free throws (1 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 (30.12 ppg) [2]
- Most points by a player in an NBA game: 100 by Wilt Chamberlain. [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 Chamberlin [3]
- Most points by a player in one quarter: 33 by George Gervin [3]
- Most points by a player in one overtime period: 16 by Gilbert Arenas
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
