Who's the best SCORER in NBA History?

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10 Scoring Titles

6 of his scoring titles were achieved the same seasons he won his 6 NBA Titles

He achieved a scoring title the same season he led his team to 72-10

33.4 ppg career playoff average (the record)

33.6 ppg career Finals average (the record)

30.1 ppg career average (the record)

41.0 ppg in the 1993 Finals (the record)

Most 50 point playoff games (8)

Most 40 point playoff games (38)

Most 20 point playoff games (174)

5,987 career playoff points (the record)

Most 30 ppg or more seasons (8)

Most 30 ppg or more playoff seasons (12)

Most points in a playoff game (63)

Most points in a 3 game series (135)

Most points in a 5 game series (226)

Only player to have back to back 50 point playoff games

35 points in 1 half of a Finals game (the record)

Six 3's made in 1 half of a Finals game (the record)

866 consecutive games scoring in double figures (the record)

5 games scoring 60 or more

39 games scoring 50 or more

THE GREATEST!

Who's the best SCORER in NBA History?nba playoff

Its the guy who came up with the Baggy Shorts, so that

the Lakers would not be in short shorts.

The guy who wore his UNC shorts under his Bulls Shorts,

and had the baggy shorts so that he could grab it, and

lean forward to save his energy.

Its the guy who everyone wants to be like, because he

was an original creative player as Spikes Lee/Mars Blackman called him "MONEY!"

MJ!!!

Only one who let his game speak...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dBxcunGc_nA

Who's the best SCORER in NBA History?nba stats ,nba teams

Wow, J.J. The Great, just because you can google search Michael Jordan, highlight as much content as you can on him, copy and paste it into your answer does not mean you will get the best answer.
magic Johnson
its all about jordan man represent the best till death...GO JORDAN
Early career

During his first season in the NBA, Jordan averaged 28.2 ppg on 51.5% shooting.[6] He quickly became a fan favorite even in opposing arenas,[9][10][11] and appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated with the heading "A Star is Born" just over a month into his professional career.[12][13] Jordan was also voted in as an All-Star starter by the fans in his rookie season.[3] Controversy arose before the All-Star game when word surfaced that several veteran players, led by Isiah Thomas, were upset by the amount of attention Jordan was receiving.[3] This led to a so called "freeze-out" on Jordan, where players refused to pass him the ball throughout the game.[3] The controversy left Jordan relatively unaffected when he returned to regular season play, and he would go on to be voted Rookie of the Year.[14] The Bulls finished the season 38-44,[15] and lost in the first round of the playoffs in four games to the Milwaukee Bucks.[14] Jordan finished the season as the team's leader in scoring, rebounding (6.5 rpg), assists (5.9 apg) and steals (196), becoming the only rookie in NBA history to lead a team in four statistics.[16]

Jordan's second season was cut short by a broken foot which caused him to miss 64 games. Despite Jordan's injury and a 30鈥?2 record,[15] the Bulls made the playoffs. Jordan recovered in time to participate in the playoffs and performed well upon his return. Against a 1985鈥?6 Boston Celtics team that is often considered one of the greatest in NBA history,[17] Jordan set the still-unbroken record for points in a playoff game with 63 in Game 2.[18] The Celtics, however, managed to sweep the series.[14]

Jordan had recovered completely by the 1986鈥?7 season, and had one of the most prolific scoring seasons in NBA history. He became the only player other than Wilt Chamberlain to score 3,000 points in a season, averaging a league high 37.1 points on 48.2% shooting.[6] In addition, Jordan demonstrated his defensive prowess, as he became the first player in NBA history to record 200 steals and 100 blocks in a season. Despite Jordan's success, Magic Johnson won the league's Most Valuable Player Award. The Bulls reached 40 wins,[15] and advanced to the playoffs for the third consecutive year. However, they were again swept by the Celtics.[14]

[edit] Mid-career: Pistons roadblock

Jordan led the league in scoring again in the 1987鈥?8 season, averaging 35.0 ppg on 53.5% shooting,[6] and won his first league MVP award. He was also named the Defensive Player of the Year鈥攁 rarity for a guard鈥攁s he had averaged 1.6 blocks and a league high 3.16 steals per game.[19] The Bulls finished 50鈥?2,[15] and made it out of the first round of the playoffs for the first time in Jordan's career, as they defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in five games.[20] However, the Bulls then lost in five games to the more experienced Detroit Pistons,[14] who were led by Isiah Thomas and a group of physical players known as the "Bad Boys".

In the 1988鈥?9 season, Jordan again led the league in scoring, averaging 32.5 ppg on 53.8% shooting from the field.[6] The Bulls finished with a 47鈥?5 record,[15] and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals, defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks along the way. The Cavaliers series included a career highlight for Jordan when he hit a series winning shot over Craig Ehlo in the closing moments of the deciding fifth game of the series. However, the Pistons again defeated the Bulls, this time in six games,[14] by utilizing their "Jordan Rules" method of guarding Jordan, which consisted of double and triple teaming him every time he touched the ball.[3]

The Bulls entered the 1989鈥?0 season as a team on the rise. With their core group of Jordan and young improving players like Scottie Pippen and Horace Grant, they were becoming a more cohesive team under the guidance of new coach Phil Jackson. Jordan averaged a league leading 33.6 ppg on 52.6% shooting,[6] and led the Bulls to a 55鈥?7 record.[15] They again advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals beating the Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers en route. However, despite pushing the series to seven games, the Bulls lost to the Pistons for the third consecutive season.[14]

[edit] First three-peat

In the 1990鈥?1 season, Jordan won his second MVP award after averaging 31.5 ppg, 6.0 rebounds per game (rpg), and 5.5 assists per game (apg) for the regular season.[6] The Bulls finished in first place in their division for the first time in 16 years and set a franchise record with 61 wins in the regular season.[15] With Scottie Pippen developing into an All-Star, the Bulls elevated their play to another level. The Bulls defeated the New York Knicks and the Philadelphia 76ers in the opening two rounds of the playoffs. They advanced to Eastern Conference Finals where their rival, the Detroit Pistons, awaited them. However, this time when the Pistons employed their "Jordan Rules" defense of doubling and triple teaming Jordan, he picked them apart with passing. Finally, the Bulls beat the Detroit Pistons in a surprising sweep.[21][22] In an unusual ending to the fourth and final game, Isiah Thomas led the Pistons off the court when there was still time remaining on the clock, choosing to forfeit the game instead of shaking hands with the Bulls.[23]

The Bulls advanced to the NBA Finals where they beat the Los Angeles Lakers four games to one. The Bulls compiled an outstanding 15鈥? record during the playoffs.[24] Perhaps the best known moment of the series came in Game 2 when, attempting a dunk, Jordan avoided a potential Sam Perkins block by switching the ball from his right hand to his left in mid-air to lay the shot in.[25] Jordan won his first NBA Finals MVP award by a unanimous decision,[26] and he cried while holding the NBA Finals trophy.[27]

Jordan and the Bulls continued their dominance in the 1991鈥?2 season, establishing a 67鈥?5 record, topping their franchise record from 1990-91.[15] Jordan won his second consecutive MVP award with a 30.1/6.4/6.1 season.[19] After winning a physical 7-game series over the burgeoning New York Knicks in the second round of the playoffs and finishing off the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Conference Finals in 6 games, the Bulls met Clyde Drexler and the Portland Trail Blazers in the Finals. The media, hoping to recreate a Magic-Bird rivalry, highlighted the similarities between "Air" Jordan and Clyde "The Glide" during the pre-Finals hype. In the first game, Jordan scored a Finals-record 35 points in the first half, including a record-matching six three-point field goals.[28] After the sixth three-pointer, he jogged down the court shrugging as he looked courtside. Marv Albert, who broadcast the game, later stated that it was as if Jordan was saying, "I can't believe I'm doing this."[29] The Bulls went on to win Game 1, and defeat the Blazers in six games. Jordan was named Finals MVP for the second year in a row[26] and finished the series averaging 35.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg, and 6.5 apg, while shooting 53% from the floor.[26] Drexler finished with averages of 24.8 ppg, 7.5 rpg, and 5.3 apg,[30] but only shot 41% from the floor.

In 1992鈥?3, despite a 32.6/6.7/5.5 campaign,[19] Jordan's streak of consecutive MVP seasons ended as he lost the award to his friend Charles Barkley. Fittingly, Jordan and the Bulls met Barkley and his Phoenix Suns in the 1993 NBA Finals. The Bulls captured their third consecutive NBA championship on a game-winning shot by John Paxson and a last-second block by Horace Grant, but Jordan was once again Chicago's catalyst. He averaged a Finals-record 41.0 ppg during the six-game series,[31] and became the first player in NBA history to win three straight Finals MVP awards.[26] With his third Finals triumph, Jordan capped off a seven-year run where he attained seven scoring titles and three championships, but there were signs that Jordan was tiring of his massive celebrity and all of the non-basketball hassles in his life.

[edit] Gambling controversy

During the Bulls' playoff run in 1993, controversy arose when Jordan was seen gambling in Atlantic City the night before a game against the New York Knicks.[32] In that same year, he admitted to having to cover $57,000 in gambling losses,[33] and author Richard Esquinas wrote a book claiming he had won $1.25 million from Jordan on the golf course.[33] In 2005, Jordan talked to Ed Bradley of the CBS evening show 60 Minutes about his gambling and admitted that he made some reckless decisions. Jordan stated, "Yeah, I鈥檝e gotten myself into situations where I would not walk away and I鈥檝e pushed the envelope. Is that compulsive? Yeah, it depends on how you look at it. If you鈥檙e willing to jeopardize your livelihood and your family, then yeah."[34] When Bradley asked him if his gambling ever got to the level where it jeopardized his livelihood or family, Jordan replied, "No."[34]

[edit] First retirement

On October 6, 1993, Jordan announced his retirement, citing a loss of desire to play the game. Jordan later stated that the murder of his father earlier in the year shaped his decision.[35] James R. Jordan, Sr. was murdered on July 23, 1993, at a highway rest area in Lumberton, North Carolina, by two teenagers, Daniel Green and Larry Martin Demery. The assailants were traced from calls they made on James Jordan's cellular phone,[36] caught, convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Jordan was close to his father; as a child he had imitated his father's proclivity to stick out his tongue while absorbed in work. He later adopted it as his own signature, displaying it each time he drove to the basket.[3] In 1996 he founded a Chicago area Boys %26amp; Girls Club and dedicated it to his father.[37][38]

Those close to Jordan claimed that he had been considering retirement as early as the summer of 1992, and that the added exhaustion due to the Dream Team run in the 1992 Olympics solidified Jordan's feelings about the game and his ever-growing celebrity status. Jordan's announcement sent shock waves throughout the NBA and appeared on the front pages of newspapers around the world.[39]

Jordan then further surprised the sports world by signing a minor league baseball contract with the Chicago White Sox. He reported to spring training and was assigned to the team's minor league system on March 31, 1994.[40] Jordan has stated this decision was made to pursue the dream of his late father, who had always envisioned his son as a major league baseball player.[41] The White Sox were another team owned by Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf, who continued to honor Jordan's basketball contract during the years he played baseball.[42] He had an unspectacular professional baseball career for the Birmingham Barons, a Chicago White Sox farm team, batting .202 with 3 HR, 51 RBI, 30 SB, and 11 errors. [43] He also appeared for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the 1994 Arizona Fall League.

[edit] "I'm back": return to the NBA

In the 1993鈥?4 season, the Jordan-less Bulls notched a 55鈥?7 record,[15] and lost to the Knicks in the second round of the playoffs. But the 1994鈥?5 version of the Bulls was a shell of the championship squad of just two years earlier. Struggling at mid-season to ensure a spot in the playoffs, Chicago needed a lift. The lift came in early 1995, when Jordan decided to return to the NBA for the Bulls.

On March 18, 1995, Jordan announced his return to the NBA through a two-word press release: "I'm back."[3] The next day, Jordan donned jersey number 45 (his number with the Barons), as his familiar 23 had been retired in his honor following his first retirement. He took to the court with the Bulls to face the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis, scoring 19 points.[44]

Although Jordan had not played in an NBA game in a year and a half, he played well upon his return, including a game-winning jump shot (against Atlanta in his fourth game back), and a 55-point game against the Knicks on March 29, 1995.[14] The Bulls made the playoffs and advanced to the Eastern Conference Semi-finals against the Orlando Magic. At the end of the first game of the series, Orlando's Nick Anderson commented that Jordan "didn't look like the old Michael Jordan",[45] after which Jordan returned to wearing his old number (23). Jordan averaged 31.5 points per game in that series, but Orlando prevailed in six games.

[edit] Second three-peat

Freshly motivated by the playoff defeat, Jordan trained aggressively for the 1995鈥?6 season.[46] Strengthened by the addition of rebound specialist Dennis Rodman, the Bulls dominated the league, starting the season 41鈥?,[47] and eventually finishing with the best regular season record in NBA history: 72鈥?0.[48] Jordan led the league in scoring with 30.4 ppg,[49] and won the league's regular season and All-Star Game MVP awards.[3] In the playoffs, the Bulls lost only three games in four series, defeating the Seattle SuperSonics in the NBA Finals to win the championship. Jordan was named Finals MVP for a record fourth time,[26] surpassing Magic Johnson's three Finals MVP awards. He also became only the second player (after Willis Reed in the 1969鈥?0 season) to sweep the MVP Awards in the All-Star Game, regular season and NBA Finals.[14] Because this was Jordan's first championship since his father's death, and it was won on Father's Day, Jordan reacted very emotionally upon winning the title, including a memorable scene of him sobbing on the locker room floor with the game ball.

In the 1996鈥?7 season the Bulls started out 69鈥?1, but narrowly missed out on a second consecutive 70-win season by losing their final two games to finish 69鈥?3.[50] However, this year Jordan was beaten for the NBA MVP Award by Karl Malone. The team again advanced to the Finals, where they faced Malone and the Utah Jazz team. The series against the Jazz featured two of the more memorable clutch moments of Jordan's career. He won Game 1 for the Bulls with a buzzer-beating jump shot. In Game 5, with the series tied 2鈥?, Jordan played despite being feverish and dehydrated from a stomach virus. In what is known as the "flu game", Jordan scored 38 points including the game-deciding three-pointer with less than a minute remaining.[51] The Bulls won 90-88 and went on to win the series in six games.[50] For the fifth time in as many Finals appearances, Jordan received the Finals MVP award.[26]

Jordan and the Bulls compiled a 62鈥?0 record in the 1997鈥?8 season.[15] Jordan led the league with 28.7 points per game,[19] securing his fifth regular-season MVP award, plus honors for All-NBA First Team, First Defensive Team and the All-Star Game MVP.[3] The Bulls captured the Eastern Conference Championship for a third straight season and moved on to once again face the Jazz in the Finals.

The Bulls returned to Utah for Game 6 on June 14, 1998 leading the series 3-2. Jordan executed a series of plays, considered to be one of the greatest clutch performances in NBA Finals history.[52] With the Bulls trailing 86-83 with 40 seconds remaining, coach Jackson called a timeout. When play resumed, Jordan received the inbound pass, drove to the basket, and hit a layup over several Jazz defenders.[52] The Jazz brought the ball upcourt and passed the ball to forward Karl Malone, who was set up in the low post and was being guarded by Rodman. Malone jostled with Rodman and caught the pass, but Jordan cut behind him and swatted the ball out of his hands for a steal.[52] Jordan then slowly dribbled upcourt and paused at the top of the key, eyeing his defender, Jazz guard Bryon Russell. With fewer than 10 seconds remaining, Jordan started to dribble right, then crossed over to his left, possibly pushing off Russell,[53][54][55] although the officials did not call a foul. Jordan then released a shot that would be rebroadcast innumerable times in years to come. As the shot found the net, announcer Bob Costas shouted "Chicago with the lead!"[56] After a desperation three-point shot by John Stockton missed, Jordan and the Bulls claimed their sixth NBA championship, and secured a second three-peat. Once again, Jordan was voted the Finals MVP,[26] having led all scorers by averaging more than 30 points per game, including 45 in the deciding Game 6.[57] Jordan's six Finals MVPs is a record; Shaquille O'Neal, Magic Johnson, and Tim Duncan are tied for second place with three apiece.

[edit] Second retirement

Jordan's Game 6 performance seemed to be a perfect ending to his career. With Phil Jackson's contract expiring, the pending departures of Scottie Pippen (who stated his desire to be traded during the season) and Dennis Rodman (who would sign with the Los Angeles Lakers as a free agent) looming, and being in the latter stages of an owner-induced lockout of NBA players, Jordan retired for the second time on January 13, 1999.

On January 19, 2000, Jordan returned to the NBA not as a player, but as part owner and President of Basketball Operations for the Washington Wizards.[58] His responsibilities with the club were to be comprehensive, as he was in charge of all aspects of the team, including personnel decisions. Opinions of Jordan as a basketball executive were mixed.[59][60] He managed to purge the team of several highly-paid, unpopular players (such as forward Juwan Howard and point guard Rod Strickland),[61][62] but used the first pick in the 2001 NBA Draft to select high schooler Kwame Brown, who did not live up to expectations and was traded away after several years.[59][63]

Despite his January 1999 claim that he was "99.9% certain" that he would never play another NBA game,[64] in the summer of 2001 Jordan expressed interest in making another comeback, this time with his new team. Inspired by the comeback of his friend NHL star Mario Lemieux the previous winter,[65] Jordan spent much of the spring and summer of 2001 in training, holding several invitation-only camps for NBA players in Chicago. In addition, Jordan hired his old Chicago Bulls head coach, Doug Collins, as Washington's coach for the upcoming season, a decision that many saw as foreshadowing another Jordan return.

[edit] Washington Wizards comeback

On September 25, 2001 Jordan announced his return to professional play with the Wizards, indicating his intention to donate his salary as a player to a relief effort for the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks.[66][67] In an injury-plagued 2001鈥?2 season, he led the team in scoring (22.9 ppg), assists (5.2 apg), and steals (1.42 spg).[3] However, injuries ended Jordan's season after only 60 games, the fewest he had played in a regular season since a broken foot cut short his season in 1985鈥?6.[6]

Playing in his 14th and final NBA All-Star Game in 2003, Jordan passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the all-time leading scorer in All-Star game history. That year, Jordan was the only Washington player to play in all 82 games, starting in 67 of them. He averaged 20.0 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 1.5 steals per game.[3] He also shot 45% from the field, and 82% from the free throw line.[3] Even though he turned 40 during the season, he scored 20 or more points 42 times, 30 or more points nine times, and 40 or more points three times.[14] On February 21, 2003, Jordan became the first 40-year-old to tally 40 points in an NBA game.[68] During his stint with the Wizards, all Jordan's home games at the MCI Center and nearly all his road games were sold out and the Wizards were the most-watched team in the NBA, averaging 20,173 fans a game at home and 19,311 on the road. However, neither of Jordan's final two seasons resulted in a playoff appearance for the Wizards, and Jordan was often unsatisfied with the play of those around him.[69][70] At several points he openly criticized his teammates to the media, citing their lack of focus and intensity.[69][70]

With the recognition that 2002鈥?3 would be Jordan's final season, tributes were paid to him in nearly every arena in the NBA. In his final game at his old home court, the United Center in Chicago, Jordan received a prolonged standing ovation. The Miami Heat retired the number 23 jersey on April 11, 2003, even though Jordan had never played for the team.[71] At the 2003 All-Star Game, Vince Carter was originally selected to be the starter at shooting guard; however, he gave Jordan his spot out of respect, and the halftime ceremony was dedicated to Jordan's career.

Jordan's final NBA game was on April 16, 2003 in Philadelphia. Jordan scored only 13 points in the game and went to the bench with 4 minutes and 13 seconds remaining in the third quarter and with his team trailing the Philadelphia 76ers, 75-56. Just after the start of the fourth quarter, the First Union Center crowd began chanting "We want Mike!". After much encouragement from coach Doug Collins, Jordan finally rose from the bench and re-entered the game for Larry Hughes with 2:35 remaining. At 1:45, Jordan was intentionally fouled by the 76ers' Eric Snow, and stepped to the line to make both free throws. After the second foul shot, the 76ers in-bounded the ball to rookie John Salmons, who in turn was intentionally fouled by Bobby Simmons one second later, stopping time so that Jordan could return to the bench. Jordan received a three-minute standing ovation from his teammates, his opponents, and a crowd of 21,257 fans

I know Robert I just did it for the fun of it!
Wilt Chamberlain was the scoring king.

33.1 ppg career average (.3 less than mike)

7 scoring titles

100 point game!!!

61-62 season - 50.1 ppg scoring average

5 seasons of over 35 ppg

over 50% shooting in all but rookie year

72-73 season shooting percentage - 72.7%

Most points scored in a half (59)

Most 40 point games in a season (63) career (271)

Most 50 point games in a season (45!!!) career (118)

Most 60 point games in career (32)

Most points in a season (4,029)

Most consecutive 50 point games (7)

Most rookie ppg (37.6)

Fewest games to reach 25,000 and 30,000 points

Most field goals in a game (36)

Too many too list, and all the feats listed (except for career average and scoring titles) are all records by long shots, also many of the 2nd and 3rd scoring records are also held by him, plus all the records back in the day werent all recorded. Michael Jordan may be the best player ever, but Wilt is the offensive KING.
jordan is great n all, but

kareem is the all time leading scorer and kobe is the youngest to 20,000

kobe will be the future record holder.
ur mom! omg dude! its Jordan!!!!
Man you are a true MJ fan.Your answer is MJ
Michael Jeffery Jordan!!!!!

GO BULLS
Michael Jordan....
Wilt ... No Doubt about it!!!

MJ was GREAT and probably the best all round NBA BB player, although there are several others that come to mind ... Bill Russel, Larry Bird, Dr. J, Magic just to name a few ...

But one does have to admit MJ had a fantastic support team ... When the BULLS were #1 all those years it was really a team effort ... Scotty %26amp; Company were a big part of MJ even having the chance to do all the great things he did ... One man can not make a team, BB has always been and always will be a TEAM sport ... So although I believe the BULLS were fantastic and MJ was a large part of that ... He did not do it alone.
I cant think of anyone else but mj
MJ

But, "The King" is tryin 2 b the next MJ but he doesn't have a Scotty like Michael did in the 80's %26amp; 90's.
lol bet wilt had lots of great scoring stats that werent recorded, so you never know.